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The Baptist Recorder

Official Newsletter of Truett Baptist Association of Churches, Inc.

Telephone 828.837.5401 Email – tbanc@frontier.com

Rev. Mitchell Shields, Director of Missions Mobile #828.360.5049 Email-tbadom@frontier.com

February-March 2013

CHURCH LEADERSHIP TRAINING EXTRAVAGANZA APRIL 6, 2013

Track 1 8:00 – 10:00

1. The Pastor and Sunday School Director’s Role in a Transformational Sunday School – Dennis Thurman 2. Starting and Building a Transformational Adult Sunday School Small Group – Phil Stone

Explore 7 common elements of “Transformational churches”, how to start or renew a class by implementing transformational elements. 3. Building a Transformational Student Sunday School Small Group – Joe Sinclair

Basics for organizing a transformational your Sunday School for reaching Student Disciples 4. Building a Transformational Children Sunday School Small Group – Gail Ledbetter

Basics for organizing a transformational your Sunday School for reaching Children Disciples 5. Building a Transformational Preschool Sunday School Small Group – Jean Willoughby

Basics for organizing a transformational your Sunday School for reaching Preschool Disciples 6. Lets talk about IRS and what they need to know – Bobby Faulkenberry

There are certain forms and reports required by various government agencies. Focus will be on the correct preparation of payroll and payroll tax information, W-2’s and 1099’s, contribution reporting, Form 990-T reporting and other questions.

7. Protecting Your Church from the ‘Bad Stuff’ …Fraud, Embezzlement, Liability, Lawsuits, etc – Jason Wilkinson, CPA, CFE An overview of major issues confronting churches when it comes to embezzlement, security, liability, law-suit concerns with property, personnel and ethical issues.

8. Staff Compensation Issues: How to structure and administer compensation that is both legal and tax efficient for church employees. Johnny Ross

9. ACTS 1:8 - Duane Kuykendall 10. Embrace: Women’s ministry, what is it, can we do both WMU and Embrace? - Ashley Allen 11. Seeing Your Church in 3D - Brian Upshaw

Track 2 10:00 to 12:00

13. Empty Chairs in Bible Study or Small Group? You can fill them! – Dennis Thurman Chair 1 is empty because a member had a sick child, or the in-laws came in. Chair 2 is empty because people made a conscious decision to stay away. Chair 3 is empty because there are people in your area who do not know Christ. Discuss ways to fill these chairs.

14. Transformational Bible Study for Adults in Sunday School Small Groups – Phil Stone Teaching Adults in ways that transform lives

15. Best Practices for Teaching Teenagers the Bible – Joe Sinclair Will provide insight into how teens learn, teaching methods that work, and best practices to help teens experience the Bible in a transformative way.

16. Creatively Teaching Children with Diverse Learning Styles (children) - Gail Ledbetter Learn to identify significant learning styles in children and discover fun and appropriate ways to teach these styles.

17. Creative Lesson Planning (preschoolers) – Jean Willoughby Discover creativity and meaningful ways to develop and write lesson plans which will enhance the teaching and learning experience.

18. Getting Your Church Finances in Order – Bobby Faulkenberry How to’s for developing a church financial plan.

19. Developing a Church Security Plan – Jason Wilkinson, CPA, CFE8. How to’s for developing a church security plan that includes the Greeting Ministry.

20. ACTS 1:8 - Duane Kuykendall 21. Staff Compensation Issues: How to structure and administer compensation that is both legal and tax efficient for church employees.-

Johnny Ross 22. Embrace: Women’s ministry, what is it, can we do both WMU and Embrace? - Ashley Allen 23. Seeing Your Church in 3D - Brian Upshaw

****Registration Form for Church Leadership Training Extravaganza can be found on Page 2****

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Name______________________________________ Address____________________________________ Phone#_____________________________________ Email_______________________________________ Church Name________________________________

Position_____________________________________

Training Event will take place at Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church, 1650 Hwy. 141, Murphy NC 28906

TBA Support

Other Missions

TBA Support

Other Missions

1 Iglesia Bautista Hispanic 404.76

0.00 New Hope Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Andrews First Baptist Church 21,240.64

19,896.62 New Martins Creek Baptist Church 2,817.05 0.00

Bealtown Baptist Church 300.00

0.00 Notla Baptist Church 400.00 450.00

Bethabara Baptist Church 0.00

0.00 Oak Grove Baptist Church (Marble) 2,261.76 1,920.86

Bethel Baptist Church 0.00

0.00 Oak Grove Baptist Church (Murphy) 2,993.27 2,000.00

Bible Missionary Baptist Church 0.00

0.00 Oak View Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Blessed Hope Baptist Church 140.00

0.00 Ogreeta Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Boiling Springs Baptist Church 1,200.00

4,789.00 Old Shooting Creek Baptist Church 2,374.19 0.00

Downings Creek Baptist Church 0.00

0.00 Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church 16,096.87 2500.00

Ebenezer Baptist Church 3,618.25

1,000.00 Pilgrim Baptist Church 100.00 881.78

Fires Creek Baptist Church 213.09

0.00 Pine Grove Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Friendship Baptist Church 3,600.00

500.00 Pine Log Baptist Church 608.21 0.00

Grace Fellowship Baptist Church 500.00

826.00 Ranger Baptist Church 4,800.00 0.00

Hanging Dog Baptist Church 250.00

500.00 Shady Grove Baptist Church (Hayesville) 1,494.99 1,000.00

Harmony Baptist Church 0.00

0.00 Shady Grove Baptist Church (Murphy) 0.00 0.00

Hopewell Baptist Church 2,000.00

0.00 Shiloh Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Liberty Baptist Church 300.00

0.00 Shoal Creek Baptist Church 1,211.45 0.00

Little Brasstown Baptist Church 13,500.00

1,200.00 Simonds Chapel Baptist Church 356.36 0.00

Macedonia Baptist Church 880.03

843.95 Snow Hill Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Maltby Baptist Church 0.00

0.00 South End Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Marble Springs Baptist Church 7,661.12

2,492.00 Swanson Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Martin Hill Baptist Church 0.00

0.00 Sweetwater Baptist Church 296.00 400.00

Meadow Grove Baptist Church 400.00

0.00 Tomotla Baptist Church 1,200.00 415.00

Moccasin Creek Baptist Church 0.00

0.00 Truett Memorial First Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Moss Memorial Baptist Church 500.00

750.00 Unaka Baptist Church 1,132.14 0.00

Mount Carmel Baptist Church 600.00

2,420.00 Upper Peachtree Baptist Church 1,200.00 1,007.65

Mount Liberty Baptist Church 1,716.00

2,620.00 Valley River Baptist Church 1,200.00 1,020.00

Mount Moriah Baptist Church 1,458.80

1,400.00 Valleytown Baptist Church 1,200.00 4,000.00

Mount Pisgah Baptist Church 624.00

1,000.00 Vengeance Creek Baptist Church 1,500.00 1,700.00

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church 15,538.63

6,921.71 Violet Baptist Church 100.00 200.00

Mount Zion Baptist Church 925.94

0.00 Individuals 100.00 38953.03

Murphy First Baptist Church 3,600.04

4,750.00 Totals 124,613.59 108,357.60

Registration Form for Region 10 Church Leadership Training Extravaganza

April 6, 2013 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

You may select one (1) course from each track, place course # here: Track 1 ________ Track 2________

Please submit registration form to Truett Baptist Association at 2235 NC Hwy. 141, Marble NC 28905 or email tbanc@frontier.com. Deadline is March 22, 2012

Cost is $10.00 per course. You may send payment with registration or pay at the door. This will help to offset total cost for this leadership training event.

The course leaders are trained and recommended by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. This training is provided as a partnership between BSCNC and churches of Truett Baptist Association

Church Contributions – January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012

TBA Budget Support is for everyday operations. Other Missions is Land Purchase, Murphy Tornado, Truett Children’s Home, Dental Ministry & Hispanic Ministry

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Land Purchase Update Balance 11/19/2012 $ 1,860.83 Contributions from Churches: Andrews First Baptist 1,299.99 Boiling Springs 2,289.00 Grace Fellowship 250.00 Little Brasstown 200.00 Moss Memorial 250.00 Mount Carmel 120.00 Mount Liberty 170.00 Mount Pleasant 200.00 Murphy First 150.00 Oak Grove (Marble) 527.76 Peachtree Memorial 100.00 Valley River 170.00 Vengeance Creek 200.00 Total Church Contributions $ 5,926.75 Individual Contributions $ 3,151.70 $10,939.28 Loan Payments to First Citizens(2) -$ 1,351.98 Principal Payment to First Citizens -$ 7,700.00 Balance 1/23/2013 $ 1,877.30

Land Purchase Payoff $18,361.47

HELP WANTED:

PART-TIME CHURCH SECRETARY

Monday, Wednesday & Friday

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED

SEND RESUME TO: ATTN: Personnel Committee 517 Hiwassee Street Murphy NC 28906

The last day to bring food to Truett

Baptist Association for the Food

Roundup is Monday, April 22nd. For a

copy of the items needed for the Food

Roundup please go to the website

listed above.

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Sewing for Missions

Sewing for Missions by Baptist women is not a new concept, however, when mission minded women from different churches and denominations get together to sew for missions the idea is unique. This past fall some WMU leaders from Truett Association churches decided to meet once a month and sew projects that would be sold at a Christmas Bazaar which was held in December in the Fellowship Hall at Murphy First Baptist. All proceeds went to The Lottie Moon Foreign Mission Offering. The monthly sewing days are held one Wednesday per month at Ranger Baptist Church in the Family Life Center. Ladies from several churches participated and all are welcome. Ranger Methodist Church even donated some fabric for the project. The ladies made casserole covers, sewing and desk cup caddies, four season placemats and coasters. Several other items such as crocheted and knitted scarves and craft projects as well as home baked goods were available at the Bazaar. Old Shooting Creek, Murphy First and Ranger Baptist raised $1,500 from the Bazaar for Lottie Moon Missions. A special thanks is extended to Old Shooting Creek Baptist Church youth for participating.

To obtain more information and find out when the next Sewing for Missions Day will be held, please contact one of the organizers: Jeanette Hedrick 828-494-7172; Mary Ashley 828-644-5258 or Jayne Smith 828-644-0558.

Dates to Remember:

February 3-10 Offering and Week of Prayer for Older Adults

February 4 – Truett Association Leadership Team Meeting, 7:00 p.m. @ Truett Assoc. Conf. Ctr.

February 11 – Pastor’s Breakfast & Fellowship at Blue Mountain Grill, 8:30 a.m.

March 3-10 North American Missions Emphasis & Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

March 10 – Daylight Savings Time begins March 17 – Truett Association Bible Drills March 29 – Good Friday March 31 - Easter

Missions Extravaganza and 122nd

Annual Meeting of WMU of North Carolina

The Story Lives On April 19-21, 2013 @ Ridgecrest Conference

Center

Reservations for Missions Extravaganza will be accepted at Ridgecrest on a first come, first-served basis. For more information contact NC WMU at 866-210-8602 or the website at www.wmunc.org.

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Embrace Mother Daughter Retreat

March 22-23, 2013

Caraway Conference Center -- Sophia, NC Do you desire for your daughter to have a heart that is passionate for Christ, but also is a reflection of who He created her to be? Today’s society and culture do not provide young girls a correct image of who God made them to be and all He has in store for them. During the 2013 Mother- Daughter Retreat, learn how to teach your daughter that God desires for His daughters to live a life that is different from what the world says is true and help her begin to shape and mold the hidden person of her heart to be one that is turned to the Lord. Through large group times and breakout sessions, you and your daughter will learn practical life-long lessons on God’s heart for His daughters.

More Information – Contact Ashley Allen at (919) 459-5100 ext. 5561 or (800) 395-5102 ext. 5561; or email at

embracenc@ncbaptist.org. or visit the website: http://www.ncbaptist.org/index.php?id=1530

SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS

Please remember to pray for these Churches

searching for a Pastor:

Murphy First Liberty

Bealtown Mount Zion

Marble Springs Oak Grove-Murphy

Valleytown Mount Liberty

*Iglesia Bautista Hispana *TBA Children’s Home *Mountain Area Dental Ministry *Those serving in Military If your son/daughter/father/mother is serving and you would like for us to list their name to pray for them, please contact us at 828.837.5401 or tbanc@frontier.com

Men and Women Serving in the Military: Matt Hauck Devan D. Jump

Patrick Cook DeEtte LaCharite’

Michael Johnson Ashley Allen

Jonathan White Brandon Cordon

Cpl. Christopher Raper Justin Jensen

Isaac Rhodes T.J. Posey

Savannah M. Dockery Dustin Berry

Chris Berry Dana Miles

Galen Edwards Nathan Rhoton

Brian Shields Travis McClure

Jarrett Graves Megan Bateman

Jordan West

CHURCHES PRAYING FOR CHURCHES AND OUR COMMUNITIES !

The churches listed below have signed up to pray on a specific day each month. We talk about the importance of prayer. Our country and community needs us to pray.

Would you join these churches in making prayer a priority in the life of your church and in your personal life?

The Challenge! Acts 1:8

The Answer! Matthew 9:38

PRAYER MINISTRY

Has your church signed up to pray a day each month?

Please prayerfully consider this opportunity Sign up your church to pray on a specific day...we can

have more than one church each day. 1 Vengeance Creek Baptist Church 2 Oak Grove Baptist Church, Marble 3 Downings Creek Baptist Church 4 Oak Grove Baptist Church, Murphy 5 Ebenezer Baptist Church 6 Vengeance Creek Baptist Church 7 Marble Springs Baptist Church

Oak View Baptist Church 8 Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church 9 Notla Baptist Church 10 Liberty Baptist Church 11 Grace Fellowship Baptist Church 12 Old Shooting Creek Baptist Church 13 Blessed Hope Baptist Church 14 Meadow Grove Baptist Church 15 Pine Log Baptist Church 16 Bible Missionary Baptist Church 17 Murphy First Baptist Church

Rebecca Sunday School Class 18 Murphy First Baptist Church

Men’s Bible Study 19 Moccasin Creek Baptist Church 20 Unaka Baptist Church 21 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church 22 Vengeance Creek Baptist Church 23 Mt. Liberty Baptist Church 24 Friendship Baptist Church 25 Andrews First Baptist Church 26 Shoal Creek Baptist Church 27 Valleytown Baptist Church 28 Little Brasstown WMU 29 Macedonia Baptist Church, Wolfcreek 30 Shady Grove Baptist Church, Murphy 31 Truett Memorial Baptist Church (or

last day of each month)

Remember to pray for the children in

care at Truett Children’s Home in

Hayesville.

K.C. A.G. M.S. K.C. B.G. A.G.

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B I R T H D A Y S – F E B R U A R Y

3 R e v . C h r i s M a t h e s o n

3 P a t r i c i a ( M r s . D a n n y ) H o l l i f i e l d

9 C o n n i e ( M r s . R o b ) D i l l a r d

1 1 R e v . T r o y L o n g

1 4 N a n c y ( M r s . N e d ) G o l d e n

1 4 A n n a L e e ( M r s . T r o y ) L o n g

1 7 R e v . R o b D i l l a r d

1 8 J u l i e ( M r s . T o m m y ) H a y e s

2 8 D a i s y ( M r s . M i t c h e l l ) S h i e l d s

B I R T H D A Y S – M A R C H

1 M a r i e ( M r s . R o y ) P h i l l i p s

9 G a i l ( M r s . E d w a r d ) C a r t e r

1 2 M e l i s s a ( M r s . J o e y ) B u c h a n a n

1 6 R e v . D e r r i c k P a l m e r

3 1 B e t h ( M r s . C l a r k ) M o s s

A N N I V E R S A R I E S – F E B R U A R Y

2 4 R e v . a n d M r s . B i l l M a u g h a n

2 6 R e v . a n d M r s . E d w a r d C a r t e r

A N N I V E R S A R I E S – M A R C H

1 0 R e v . a n d M r s . B i l l y F r a n k l i n

2 1 R e v . a n d M r s . L e n n o x H e d r i c k

ATTENTION: PASTORS and TREASURERS

The IRS has announced the mileage reimbursement

rate for ministers beginning January 1, 2013 will be:

56.5 cents per mile for business

24 cents per mile for moving or medical

purposes

14 cents per mile for service of charitable

organization

Would you be interested in receiving the Truett Association Newsletter by E-mail instead of snail mail?

If so, please send us an email indicating you would prefer the E-mail Newsletter and we will make the change.

This will help TBA with postage expense and will benefit you because you will receive your newsletter faster.

Truett Baptist Association of Churches, Inc.

2235 North Carolina Highway 141

Marble, North Carolina 28905-8385

February-March 2013

Non-Profit Organization US Postage Paid

Permit Number One Marble NC 28905