“Cookout at the Cooks” Russell & Marsha Cook

would like to invite all PLBA Pastors and Wives to a cookout at their home

1313 Castle Creek Street, Shawnee Thursday, May 7, at 6:00 p.m.

(Please R.S.V.P to PLBA by May 4)

May 2015

“...encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” I Thessalonians 5:11

Pottawatomie-Lincoln Baptist Association, Shawnee, OK ~ Dr. Russell R. Cook, Director of Missions Vol. 19, No. 5

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PLBA’s Association Children’s Camp

May 24-27, 2015 Completed grades 3rd - 6th ~ PLBA Cost: $75

One church check of $35 per camper made out to PLBA for food. Submit this with camper’s registration papers to PLBA by May 18.

One church check of $40 per camper made out to ACC for the gate fee. Submit this check at Falls Creek with camper’s health release form when you register.

The gate fee of $40 applies to all campers, sponsors and cooks.

Forms are online at www.plba.org

Office

CLOSED Monday,

May 25

For

Memorial

Day

May 7, 2015

EXECUTIVE

BOARD

MEETING

May 11 10:30 a.m.

Right Now

Media Guest Speaker

Lunch following,

RSVP to the

PLBA Office

By May 7

Support Service:

9:00 a.m.

Fellowship Time:

10:00 a.m.

Mission

Partnership:

1:00 p.m.

Association

Website

www.plba.org

“The Doctrine Of Salvation” Acts 2:40

There are many theological terms that describe the doctrine of salva-tion (i.e. soteriology). Each of these terms implies a specific change that takes place in the life of a believer. These changes come from a rebirth and complete transformation. Consider seven of these terms and the changes they bring.

I. Salvation involves REPENTANCE: a Change of MIND! A. Matthew 3:8 “bring forth fruit in keeping with repentance.” B. Acts 26:20 “Repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance.”

II. Salvation involves REGENERATION: A Change of HEART! A. John 3:3,5 Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” B. Titus 3:5 “He saved us...according to His mercy, by the wash- ing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit.”

III. Salvation involves CONVERSION: A Change of LIFE! A. Matthew 18:3 “...unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” B. Acts 3:19 (KJV) “...repent and be converted, so that your sins may be wiped away…” C. II Corinthians 5:17 “...if anyone is in Christ, he is a new crea- ture, the old things passed away; behold new things have come.”

IV. Salvation involves ADOPTION: A Change of FAMILY! A. Romans 8:14-17 (esp. v. 15) “...you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, Abba! Father!” B. I John 3:1 “See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are.”

V. Salvation involves JUSTIFICATION: A Change of STATE/ CONDITION! A. Romans 3:24 “being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus.” B. Romans 5:1 “...having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

VI. Salvation involves SANCTIFICATION: A Change of BEHAVIOR! A. Hebrews 10:14 “For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified.” (i.e. “being sanctified”) B. I Peter 1:15 “but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior.”

VII. Salvation involves GLORIFICATION: A Change of PLACE! A. John 14:3 “If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also.” B. John 17:24 “Father, I desire that they (us) also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory…” C. I Corinthians 15:49 “Just as we have borne the image of the earthly, we will also bear the image of the heavenly.”

God’s miraculous salvation afforded us by His grace through our faith changes everything. Therefore, we “proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called us out of darkness into His marvelous light” (I Peter 2:9).

—rrc

AYDELOTTE, SHAWNEE is prayerfully seeking God's man for Youth Minister. Send resume to 10201 N. Harrison, Shawnee, OK 74804 or email to aydelot-tebc@gmail.com (Monte Dean, Pastor)

EMMANUEL, MCLOUD is seeking a godly and committed full–time pastor and a bi-vocational Music/Youth-Student Minister. Please send resumes to Emmanuel Baptist Church, Search Committee, PO Box 1119, McLoud, OK 74851.

FAITH, HARRAH is seeking a godly part time or bi-vocational Youth Minister. If inter-ested call 405-312-2391 or send resumes to Faith Baptist Church, Attn. Dan Campbell, PO Box 419, Harrah, OK 73045 or email to brodan-1@cox.net.

(Dan Campbell, Pastor) FIRST, MAUD is seeking a part-time Music Minister. If you are interested call Bobby

Shatto at 405-630-8348 or email to shattobg@oge.com. (Bobby Shatto, Pastor) FIRST, TRYON is seeking a bi-vocational Music Minister. If you are interested call

Bob Fowler at 405-606-5603 or 405-606-5621. (Bob Fowler, Pastor) HOPEWELL is seeking a part time Music Minister. If you are interested please call

Danny Goodman at 405-598-8366. (Bryan Cook, Pastor) PLEASANT HOME is seeking a Music Minister for their Sunday morning and evening

services. If interested, please contact Nathan Howard at 405-432-9228 or email to nhow10@hotmail.com. (Nathan Howard, Pastor)

ROCK CREEK is seeking a godly and committed full–time pastor. Please send re-sumes to Rock Creek Baptist Church, Search Committee, 44900 Hardesty Rd., Shawnee, OK 74801.

“When David and his men came to the city (of Ziklag), behold it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive. Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep” (I Samuel 30:3-4). Have you ever come to a place in your life where you felt like the en-emy (Satan) had destroyed all opportunities for your advancement in life and ministry? You may even feel like your family (children and grandchil-dren) have been “taken captive” by the enemy. Have you found yourself weeping until there were no more tears? This was exactly where David found himself on this occasion. So, what do you do? To whom do you turn? Where are the answers to your hard questions? This passage tells us, “David strengthened himself in the Lord his God” (I Samuel 30:6c). You and I have the same privilege David had. When we are faced with what seems to be insurmountable odds, we, too, can “inquire of the Lord” (v. 8) and, in the strength of the Lord our God, come against the enemy, reclaim what is ours in Christ and win a victory. The Bible says, “Whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world-our faith” (I John 5:4). So, before you give out, give up and give in to your enemy, “strengthen your-self in the Lord your God!” and re-place your faith in Him who is your victory.

Encouragingly Yours, Russell Cook

Staff Needed Incorrect information... please call the Association office, 405.273.4558.

Church News Please let us know of any upcoming events or news from your church!

HOPEWELL has an organ to give away. If you are interested please contact Bryan Cook at 405-788-9484. (Bryan Cook, Pastor)

MACOMB is having Revival Services with Bro. Clint Dawkins, April 26-30. (Billy Benson, Pastor) ROCK CREEK has called Danny Napier as their interim pastor. (Danny Napier, Interim Pastor) ROMULUS will be celebrating their 75th anniversary on May 17. Congratula-

tions on having faithfully proclaimed the Gospel of Christ from 1940 to 2015. (Tony Black, Pastor)

TRINITY, WELLSTON-Christian sympathy is being expressed to Bro. Lane Buckley in the passing of his mother, L. Jane Buckley. Services were held April 17, in Hennessey. (Lane Buckley, Pastor)

It Might Preach!

A Nugget From My Spiritual Journey

PLBA WOMEN

With MOTHER’S DAY approaching, I couldn’t help but think again about how Mother had so much to do with shaping my life. Memories began to flow. Here are a few to share with you… MOTHER taught me as a tiny child to love God’s Word. Waiting for the birth of my sister, Gail, she spent much time confined to bed. Trying to control/entertain 2-3-year-old me, she kept me close and taught me to memorize scripture…maybe 100??? Gail is sure she must have heard them in Mother’s womb, too! Mother never stopped being my most ardent, yet gentle, spiritual mentor—at home and at church! MOTHER never had huge clothing budgets. But she knew how to wisely spend what she had! She taught us the fun art of bargain-shopping the best stores with the least amount of money! We often put clothes in layaway at the best store in town for a whole year. She also encouraged my desire to learn to sew and I loved doing that for many years. MOTHER knew how to dispense “tough love,” saying the hard things so that I would grow up, be independent and realize my potential. For instance, she gently but firmly explained to me, as a teen struggling with shyness, that shyness is actually a form of selfishness, because it shows you are only concerned with what other people think about oneself. What a life-changer that was for me! MOTHER extended hospitality to all she could with generosity and graciousness. More often than not our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner tables were shared with international university students. She and Daddy were careful to share the love of Christ during those celebrations. They often found creative ways to practice hospital-ity by “coloring outside the lines” of the normal ways of doing that. MOTHER was the epitome of the so-called submissive wife, yet she also exhibited how to graciously express her own opinion. She and Daddy worked as a team, no matter what. Sacrificial love was a very real picture in our home. MOTHER taught us to find beauty in the small things. Noticing wildflowers in a field. Taking pictures of spectacular Fall trees in the Ozarks. Enjoying the fragrance of making endless jars of strawberry jam and spreading the “foam” on freshly buttered bread to enjoy as we worked. Noticing cloud formations in the blue sky or the promise of a rainbow. Listening to classical music on 33rpm records while we dusted and polished our beautiful, antique upright piano—and insisting that beautiful music would eventually come from hours of practicing there for our own piano lessons!

Thank you, MOTHER, for being my “Proverbs 31 Lady!” Marsha Cook, Director

Association Website — www.plba.org

Budget Receipts Churches listed in red are Pastorless PASTORS CHURCH March ‘15 YTD Roger Shaw Agra, FBC 453.71 1,352.66 Mat Riddle Asher, FBC 154.44 526.16 Larry Sparks Blackburn Chapel 199.24 869.07 Albert May Carney, FBC 231.52 415.88 Rick Blackwell Chandler, FBC 767.53 2,726.98 Keith Henley Chandler Southern 291.96 798.33 Doug Parker Dale 27.73 123.24 Mike Mitchell Davenport, FBC 374.46 2,278.53 Mike Haines Deer Creek 196.56 646.27 Mark Streetman Earlsboro, FBC .00 .00 Galen Greenwalt Earlsboro Indian Mission .00 126.84 Wayne Knight Fairview 122.32 345.00 Dan Campbell Faith 267.00 801.92 Jeff Bruton Forest .00 .00 Lee Witt Hazel Dell 326.39 1,045.50 Tuney Ropp Hillside 1,075.00 3,480.60 Gary Nickerson Hilltop 432.10 1,800.89 Bryan Cook Hopewell .00 .00 Billy Benson Macomb 175.00 450.56 Mike Hazelwood Mammoth 275.00 820.00 Bobby Shatto Maud, FBC 200.15 200.15 Butch Bradley Maud, Trinity 149.68 658.26 Russell Cook, Int. McLoud, Emmanuel 541.65 2,102.28 Jerry Gray McLoud, Emmaus 94.90 294.10 Matt Halsted McLoud, FBC 59.98 200.45 Joe Jones Meeker, FBC 253.65 873.28 Jerry Jackson Morning Star .00 .00 R.J. Stokes Mt. Pleasant .00 109.25 Jimmy Reed Newalla, New Life 628.53 2,012.73 Ed Moore Newalla, Pecan Valley 92.43 179.73 Mike Collyer Pink 385.53 1,181.01 Jim Morningstar Pioneer .00 .00 Nathan Howard Pleasant Home 160.87 419.30 Tim Emmons Prague, FBC 407.16 1,345.69 Danny Napier, Int. Rock Creek 1,074.41 2,451.34 Gaspar Reyes Rock Creek Spanish 158.04 46.14 Tony Black Romulus 211.75 655.57 Monte Dean Sh-Aydelotte 336.78 990.87 David Henry Sh-Calvary .00 .00 Ray Miller Sh-First 256.72 999.19 Spencer Davis, Int. Sh-First Indian 350.93 350.93 Anthony Rhone Sh-Galilee 75.00 250.00 Bob Dawson Sh-Good Shepherd Chapel .00 105.08 Jay Sampson Sh-Heritage .00 .00 Todd Fisher Sh-Immanuel 2,269.60 7,464.58 Rendon Falls Sh-Karis .00 .00 Tom Hall Sh-New Life 33.25 83.25 John York Sh-Oakland Chapel 21.15 68.52 _______________ Sh-Sallateeska 96.00 277.00 Mike Craig Sh-Temple 923.11 2,579.89 Larry Norris Sh-Trinity 171.74 458.02 Steve Dominy Sh-University 353.23 1,193.29 Kent Wooster Sh-Wallace Ave. 166.00 564.00 Perry Tripp Sparks, FBC 87.80 202.78 Glenn Peck St. Louis, FBC 290.06 954.59 Ben Little Stroud, Disciple’s Way 2.52 5.29 James Bond Stroud, FBC 301.94 1,725.00 Tony Peak Tecumseh, FBC 847.71 2,861.93 Will Wilson Tecumseh, New Hope 50.00 150.00 Clint Dawkins Tecumseh, Sharon 708.45 2,085.02 Bob Fowler Tryon, FBC 160.75 527.65 Britt Lesley Wanette, FBC 179.31 519.70 Bill Howse Wanette, Victory Pointe 10.00 35.00 Russ Houser Wellston, Cornerstone .00 .00 Darrell Sullivan Wellston, FBC 393.50 1,303.22 Lane Buckley Wellston, Trinity 550.00 550.00 TOTAL $18,281.24 $57,642.51

TOTAL CHECKING AND SAVINGS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR Beginning Bal. Income Expenses Ending Bal. 3-1-15 3-31-15 Budget 47,029.30 18,281.24 -20,161.98 45,148.56 Designated 187,536.60 193,513.87 Total Monies $234,565.90 $238,662.43

New Information for Helping

International Students at OBU

OBU has chosen to use Signupgenius.com for their Welcome Basket collection this year. If you would like to help support International Students at OBU, please use this online format.

To sign up, go to: www.SignUpGenius.com/

Director of Missions .................................................................. Dr. Russell Cook, 405.273.4558 Moderator ..........................................................................................David Henry, 405.275.3450 Vice Moderator .................................................................................. Will Wilson, 405-598-6430 Treasurer .........................................................................................Clint Dawkins, 405.273.5502 Clerk & Office Manager .............................................................. Janice Maynard, 405.273.4558 Media Manager ............................................................................... Tanya Bruton, 405.273.4558 Bible Study Director ............................................................................. Ray Miller, 405-273-6111 Discipleship Director .................................................................. Mike Hazelwood, 405.279.2451 Family Director ............................................................................ Shawn Crawley, 405.229.5813 Worship Director ........................................................................... Jason Henson, 405.273.2105 Missions Director ............................................................................Kirk Holloway, 405.258.0175 Support Director ....................................................................... Dr. Russell Cook, 405.273.4558 Youth Minister ................................................................................. Chris Groves, 405.760.5444 Licensed Counselor ............................................................................ Brett Ellard, 405.275.2222 Licensed Counselor ........................................................................Larry Roberts, 405.275.2222

7 National Day Of Prayer

10 Mother’s Day

11 Exec. Board Meeting

PLBA Office-10:30 a.m.

Support Services–9:00 a.m.

Mission Partnership-1:00 p.m.

15 OBU Graduation

25 Memorial Day-Assn Office Closed

24-27 PLBA Assn. Children’s Camp

27-30 Assn. Children’s Camp II

22 Mrs. Gayle (Dan) Campbell 20385 Elm St. Harrah, OK 73045 Pastor’s Wife, Faith, Harrah

27 Mrs. Renee (Lane) Buckley PO Box 122 Wellston, OK 74881 Pastor’s Wife, Trinity, Wellston

28 Rev. Mike Hazelwood PO Box 891 Meeker, OK 74855 Pastor, Mammoth

31 Rev. Bobby Burnett 1500 Mesa Verde Shawnee, OK 74804 Retired Pastor

Anniversaries 6 Rev. & Mrs. Lee Witt 39208 Moccasin Trail Shawnee, OK 74804 Pastor, Hazel Dell

9 Rev. & Mrs. Al Farrow 1 Dennis Blvd. Shawnee, OK 74804 Retired Pastor

22 Rev. & Mrs. Doug Parker 37505 Old Hwy 270 Shawnee, OK 74804 Pastor, Dale

27 Rev. & Mrs. Bill Howse, III 38714 Okay Rd Wanette, OK 74878 Pastor, Victory Pointe

29 Rev. & Mrs. Dale Rogers 920068 S. 3450 Road Chandler, OK 74834 Retired Pastor

May Birthdays

1 Rev. Keith Henley 136 Meadow Lane Chandler, OK 74834 Pastor, Chandler Southern

2 Rev. Dale Rogers 920068 S. 3450 Road Chandler, OK 74834 Retired Pastor

8 Rev. Anthony Rhone 816 NW 138th St. Edmond, OK 73013 Pastor, Galilee

8 Rev. Mark Streetman 830 Denison Dr. Norman, OK 73069 Pastor, First, Earlsboro

9 Mrs. Judy (Jim) Morningstar 609 S. Dewey Ave. Chandler, OK 74834 Pastor’s Wife, Pioneer

13 Mrs. LaShai (Anthony) Rhone 816 NW 138th St. Edmond, OK 73013 Pastor’s Wife, Galilee

14 Mrs. Danielle Collyer PO Box 213 Harrah, OK 73045 Pastor’s Wife, Pink

15 Dr. Paul Calmes 2000 N. Broadway Shawnee, OK 74804 Retired Pastor

17 Rev. Mike Collyer PO Box 213 Harrah, OK 73045 Pastor, Pink

Southern Baptist

Convention 2015

June 16-17, 2015

Greater Columbus

Convention

Center,

Columbus, OH

To Register go to:

www.sbcannualmeeting.net

Thank you to all the ladies who came to the Secretaries and Clerks luncheon.

Go online to see the pictures.

http://www.plba.org/page/2015_secretary__clerks_luncheon