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church, I remember reading somewhere the statement: “The future is as bright as the promises of God!” I am sure that the future belongs to God and if our church moves for-ward in the center of God’s will, He will con-tinue to do His mighty r edempt i ve wo rk through us. “Geared to the times and anchored to the R o c k ” d e s c r i b e s churches that want to live New Testament principles as we move through this twenty-first century. My heart-felt desire is that the Fairview Church Family will refocus our atten-tion on what has been and is our main mission — to implement the Great Commission. That Commission in-cludes winning people to Christ and discipling them in the Christian life.

These confusing, try-ing times call for our absolute best as follow-ers of the Lord Jesus Christ. We know that the only answer to the human situation is Je-sus. Declaring Him and His Gospel is our mis-sion, and may it please God to keep us on mis-sion together. Before we were saved, we were ene-mies of our Lord Jesus Christ (Colossians 1:21). Even now many of us hurt Him with our lack of love and our preoccupation with side issues that detour us from fulfilling His Com-mission.

Fairview, as we cele-brate our 100th Church Anniversary, let us not dwell on the past. We owe a great debt to our predecessors, but they would say to us: “Do not rest of the bridges we have built. Cross on over and build even greater bridges to the future.” Therefore, the faith-ful proclamation of the Gospel by hearts fo-cused on our Lord Je-sus Christ is the deep-est need of our age. Let us continue to im-plement The Great Commission!

JULY 2009 From the Pastor’s Desk —

“Implementing the Great Commission”

Special points of interest:

• Founder’s Day Celebration • Men’s Empowerment Conference • W.O.W. Young Adult Midnight Musical • 100 Years of Implementing the Great Commission—Fairview’s

History • Ministry News and Announcements • Upcoming Events

Vacation Bible School — EZDA Congress of Christian Education — OBS Convention 5th Annual Youth Awareness Conference

Dr. J. A. Reed, Jr.

The FairviewanThe Fairviewan

OUR CHURCH MOTTO:

GROWING OUR CHURCH—OUR PRIORITY —Evangelism—Discipleship—Fellowship—

—Ministry—Worship—

Volume 16, Issue 7

2009—JULY 2 THE FAIRVIEWAN -100 YEARS

Inside This Issue PASTOR’S MESSAGE “ Implementing the Great Commission” Front Cover MINISTRY HAPPENINGS Women Ministry Mission Action Fair..................4 Nurses Ministry ......................................................4 Sunday School: Mother’s Day/Father’s Day .......5 Men’s Ministry Corner........................................14 Camp Burge Report ............................................15 Tape Ministry ......................................................18 Fishes & Loaves Ministry ....................................18 SPECIAL FEATURES Founders Day Celebration ...........................3 & 20 Men’s Empowerment Conference .................... 6-7 W.O.W Midnight Musical ............................7 & 17 100-Years:The Great Commission ................... 8-9 100-Year Souvenir Book Letter ..........................13 Angel-Tree Summer Camp .................................16 State Congress of Christian Education ..............17 Prison Ministry Conference ................................21 100-Year Souvenir Book Ad Form ............... 22-23 JULY BIRTHDAYS ....................................................10 WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ............................. 11-12 CHURCH CALENDAR ...............................................19

FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH

1700 N.E. 7th Street P.O. Box 36188 - Oklahoma City, OK

73136

PHONE: 405-232-1621

FAX: 405-232-5459

EMAIL: [email protected]

WEBSITE: www.fairviewokc.com

DO YO HAVE A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST?

If you believe in your heart that Jesus Is Lord, the Christ, the Savior, the Son of the Living God, and you are willing to turn from sin to God, the receive Jesus Christ now by faith and pray this prayer:

Lord Jesus I am a sinner. Forgive me of all my sins, come into my heart

and save me. I do now confess you as my risen Lord. Thank you Lord Jesus for saving me.

AMEN

The Fairviewan is published monthly by the Fairview Baptist Church, 1700 N. E. 7th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1621. All articles submitted for publication are printed at the discretion of the Editor-In-Chief. Articles printed do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the staff.

Editor-in-Chief.................................Pastor J. A. Reed, Jr. Editor............................................... Maeleatha Patterson Managing Editor.............................................Rose Partin Recorder/Librarian.................................. Charlene Ellison Staff Reporters ...................Theresa Kirklin, James Tobler, .............Erika Alamah, Charles Hardrick, Sharon Guydon ... Cathey Thompson, Charlene Ellison, Cameron Faulkner ...................................... Monica Wilder, Linette Burton, Staff Photographer................................Levi McCullough, .........................................................CarVell McCullough Layout.....................................................Cora Kemp Epps Duplication ..................................................... Larry Epps Collation Managers ................ Rose Partin, Odessa Gaines Distribution .................................................. James Tobler ............. .Johnny Douglas ,Fairview Hospitality Ministry Mail Distribution........ Johnny Douglas, Charles Hardrick Contributing Reporters..................................(As Credited)

Fairview Family, The book committee is actively accepting Patrons for the Souvenir Journal.

Ad types include Personal Greetings (family & in-dividual), Business, Fairview Ministries and Me-morials.

Committee members will be in the vestibule after church each Sunday to accept your information or answer your questions.

OUR GOAL: To commemorate the Fairview Family of 2009, reflect on our beginning in 1909 and preserve this occasion for the Fairview

Families in the next hundred years.

Deadline August 31!


It can now be said that our year-long celebration of 100 years of the existence of the Fairview Baptist Church has officially begun. It began on Sunday June 28, 2009 in the 10:00 AM Morning Worship Service. Current and former members of the church gath-ered along with an impressive number of officials from the Local and State levels of Government from the Lt. Governor, who was the Governor during that day due to Governor Henry’s absence from the State, down to City Councilmen. Those two levels of Government were joined by County Government officials along with State Senators and Representatives. Not to overlook anyone, one of the prominent Dis-trict Judges was also present to worship with the Fairview Family. Among the former members who returned for this special occasion were pro-claimers of the Gospel including Sons in the ministry of Pastor Reed. One of Pas-tor’s sisters came from California also to join with us. There were several other for-mer members who came from far and near to join in the worship celebration as well. Pastor Reed prepared and deliv-ered a special Founder’s Day Message which he entitled “100 Years of Implementing the Great Commission”, using Matthew 28:18-20 as his text. He said in his message, that the faith-ful band of believers that gathered in that Little Red Barn on 5th & Kellam Street a hundred years ago in 1909 formed the church to carry out the Great Commission, and were faithful in doing so. He told the story of how God blessed the church to grow. One of the most moving portions of his message was when he told of how the first of the permanent church homes for Fairview was built. Each brick that went into the building was made and purchased by the members, and it took seven years from the time that the foundation was laid until it was completed and the church family was able to move into the new facility. Fairview’s Praise Team was joined by two of the established Musical Aggregations in the Church in the per-son of the Adult Choir and The Singing Churchmen provid-ing inspirational music to prepare the congregation for the spoken word. The Holy Spirit moved within the spirit and soul of the musical groups and they poured more of them-selves into their performances than they would routinely do. Normally the Benediction to the worship services is given from the Alter within the church. This time how-ever it was given on the outside of the church. That was because Pastor wanted to unveil a new plaque commemo-rating the historic event. A special lapel pin replicating the plaque was created for the present membership. You can

see additional pictures of this plaque in the collage of pic-tures contained on the back cover of this issue of the Fair-viewan. Every member is urged to purchase and wear one of these Lapel Pins throughout the remainder of the year as the celebration continues. After the Benediction was given, the large gather-ing moved into the Donald Burns Fellowship Hall for an old

fashioned dinner prepared by the entire member-ship. Each Ministry of the church was asked to provide a dish for the meal and also each member was asked to provide another dish to bring to the church to insure that enough food was available to feed a large gathering. The collage of pictures from the event is on the back page of this issue of the July Fairviewan. I have no idea of the number of persons fed, but my best estimate would be somewhere between 500 and 600. Every space within the Fellowship Hall was utilized where people could sit down to eat including the many classroom areas. To say that there was an abun-dance of food would be an understatement. Sister Willa Nero and the Culinary Ministry along with Brother Havered Hill did an outstanding job in seeing that the large gathering was fed in a timely manner. Kudos to them, and to any others who

assisted them. This Founders Day Worship service would be memorable under any circumstances, but it was particularly memorable because it marked the celebration of 100 years of faithful service of the Fairview Family as a body of born again believers, whose mission when founded was to carry out the mandates of the Great Commission and who re-mains faithful today to that command from our Lord & Sav-ior Jesus Christ. C. Meldon Hardrick, Staff Reporter

100th Anniversary Founder’s Day Worship Service


WOMEN’S MINISTRY 2009 MISSION ACTION FAIR On Saturday, June 20th, the Fairview Women’s Ministry utilized the 2009 Mission Action Fair to celebrate our Ministry’s rich history and heritage. The theme: “For A Century: Women of God On A Mission, United For Christian Matur-ity” (Ephesians 4:12-13) The Praise and Worship Committee set the spiritual tone for the morning’s celebration. Sis. Hattie Marsh extended the greetings and Sis. Doretha Haskins expressed the purpose/origin of the Mission Fair. Various community service projects adopted by each of the five Mission Groups were on display for viewing. Throughout the year, the ministry provides services to the Infant Crisis Center, Emerson Alternative School, Salvation Army, the City Rescue Mission, Grace Living Centers (2 locations), and the Lennie M. Tolliver Alternative Center. Each Mission Group was recognized during Who’s Here by Sis. Erika Alamah. We were also elated by the presence of our Direc-tor Emeritus, Sis. Lottie Douglas and her daughter, Sis. Rita Douglas-McClarty.

Members presented “Looking Back: Our Legacy, Our Heroes 1913 – 2009” highlighting the ser-vice and accomplishments of our past WMS/WMU Directors:

Sis. Maggie Bruce - Organized the WMS in 1913, First President. Succeeded by Sis. Josie L. Barbee, Sis. Christine H. Provo, Sis. Mattie Hildreth, Sis. Rosie Jackson, Sis. Sadie Baker (1949-1950), Sis. Flora McGlory (1951-1954), Sis. Roberta Hildreth (1955-1966), Sis. Mildred J. King (1967-1985), Sis. Lottie Douglas (1986-1997), Sis. Linda Edwards (1998-2002), and Sis. Mary Jones (2003-Present)

Prior to the presentation, voices were lifted in song “We’re Looking Back” (tune of an old gospel song: “Take Me Back”). The song was written especially for this occasion by our 1st Vice President, Sis. Delores Stephens. Words of encouragement and appreciation were given by Director Jones. The day was abundantly blessed as we closed the occasion with prayer and fellowship.

Sis. Mary Jones, Women’s Ministry Director Sis. Linda Edwards, Reporter

B reast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis among African American women, and among women nationwide. Studies have shown that when African American women follow the same preventive measures as white women, their death rates from breast cancer are very

similar. However, African American women are more likely than white women to be diagnosed at later stages of the disease. One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. A screening mammogram is an effective tool that medical providers have to detect breast cancer. It is well known that if breast can-cer is detected in its early stages, then there is a much better chance of response to treatment and cure: however, Oklahoma ranks amongst the lowest states in the nation for women over 40 to have had a

screening mammogram. With support from the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the OU Cancer Institute and OU Breast Institute (located 825 NE 10th St.) will be able to offer free mammograms for women that meet the following criteria: • between 40 years of age and 65 years of age, • younger than 40 years of age with a family history of breast cancer, • ineligible for Medicare, • resident of Oklahoma, and • less than 200% of the federal poverty level, with no insurance. The ability to provide this screening service will fill a critical need for an underserved population in the Central Oklahoma Affili-ate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation. If you are interested in obtaining a mammogram or would like more information to see if

you qualify, please call 405-271-8001, Ext. 48596 or 405-271-4514

Nurses Ministry

References: American Cancer Society, Net Wellness Consumer Health Information, Submitted by Teressa Hunter


FATHER’S DAY PROGRAM June 21, 2009

The program began with the congregational hymn “This Little Light of Mine”. The Pre-School and Kindergarten group (Sarah Cud-joe and LaRhesa Marsh - Group Leaders) did speeches on Father – All the World to Me. The Primary group (Verell Randolph and Doris Sim-mons) recited versus and Verell Randolph read a poem, “What Makes A Dad”. The Primary group #2 (Paula McGlory) and the Jun-ior group #3 (Hattie Marsh) read speeches in their own words to give their Dads accolades of praise on this special day. The Junior group #4 (Phyllis Reece) and #5 (Myrtle Holloway, and jean Fisher) gave us illustrations of what their Dads are like. Then we were blessed with the hymn “Victory Is Mine” by the Singing Churchmen and led by Bro. Ron Coffey. All of us love to hear him sing. The Intermediate Group (Jo Reed) and Seniors (Evalia Darling) did tributes to their Dads in their own words. Bro. Chris Holloway did a tribute to Fathers by read-ing a poem by Emanuel Scott, “What a Difference a Daddy Makes”. Bro. Charles Hardrick discussed what is “Championship Fathering”. Some pointers he gave were a Father is to be loving; he is to encourage, coach, and model what a father is like to his sons. The Singing Churchmen closed out the program by singing the hymn, “I Surrender All”. Closing remarks were made by Hattie Marsh, Drama Ministry Director and Sunday School Director Ron Coffey. Rev. Crawford gave the benediction and closed out the program.

Thank you to Hattie Marsh and the Drama Ministry Committee,

Nella Coffey, Pianist, the Facilitators, Parents, Youth and everyone who participated in the program

Sis. Lillian House Asst. Sunday School Director

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MOTHER’S DAY PROGRAM MAY 10, 2009

The Mother’s Day program was held on May 10th during the second half of the Sunday School hour. The program began with a moving solo describing The Alabas-ter Box by Sharon Guydon. The Preschoolers (LaRhesa Marsh-instructor) and Kindergarten (Sarah Cudjoe-instructor) sang an entertaining song, “Mommy O”. They also sang, “She’s my Mother and I Love Her So”. The children in Primary groups led by Sis.Verell Randolph and Sis. Verna Fulsom (Age 6) and Sis. Doris Simmons (Age 7) recited short versus spelling out M-O-T-H-E-R. They also gave short speeches about their mothers from cards they made personally for their mothers. The Age 8 Primary group was led by Paula McGlory, and Age 9, Junior group was led by Hattie Marsh. The Juniors Age 10 (led by Phyllis Reece) and Age 11 (led by Mother Holloway and Jean Fisher), delivered speeches on, “A Mother’s Love” with bouquets in hand to give to their mothers. We were then blessed with an inspiring rendition of, “I Won’t Complain” by Sis. Debra Davis, because as we know our mother’s work hard to take care of us and never complain. The Intermediate group (led by Jo Reed) and Seniors (led by Evalia Darling) concluded the speeches with each student giv-ing tributes to their mothers in their own words. The adult groups spoke of Mothers in the Bible. Sis. Delores Stephens quoted scripture from Samuel 1 and 2. Sis. Sandra Holloway quoted scripture from Genesis. Sis. Linda Edwards quoted scripture from Matthew and Proverbs. We were then blessed with a soul stirring hymn, “If I could hear my Mother Pray Again” by Sis Janice Cooke. The program closed with remarks made by Hattie Marsh, Di-rector of the Drama Ministry, Bro. Ron Coffey, Sunday School Director, and Pastor Rev. J. A. Reed Jr.. We thank the Drama Ministry and the teachers for their hard work preparing the program and the parents for letting their children participate and encouraging them to continue to attend Sunday School.

Sis. Lillian House Asst. Sunday School Director

The Newsletter Ministry would like to apologize for missing this article in last month’s issue. It was an oversight on our part. The time spent report-ing this information is very important and very much appreciated.


5th ANNUAL MEN’S MINISTRY EMPOWERMENT

CONFERENCE

The weekend of June 5th & 6th 2009, proved to be an unforgettable one. That weekend the Men’s Ministry of Fairview Baptist Church held its 5th Empower-ment Conference. The theme for the conference this year was “Christian Men, Implementing the Great Com-mission.” The text used was Matthew 28:18-20. Our special guest this year was Bro. Harold L. Sim-mons, National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., Na-tional Laymen President. Friday Evening: The first night of the conference consisted of a pe-riod of devotion and a banquet/supper. The meal for the banquet/supper was provided by Fairview’s Cu-linary Ministry, headed by Sister Willa Nero. The food was delicious and the service superb. The menu consisted of baked chicken, dirty rice, broccoli, hot rolls, a salad, dessert, and coffee and punch. The meal was great, but it really prepared us for the spiritual meal to come. Just before our speaker of the night was presented, the Fairview Singing Church-men blessed the large gathering with a song that they had prepared just for the occasion. Pastor Reed presented our speaker and President Simmons came forward to challenge us with a mes-sage lifted from the scripture used for the theme. What a message. Bro. Simmons was in rare form as he challenged us to be men who would step up to the plate and become actively involved in imple-

menting the Great Commission. All of the Fairview Ministerial Staff was in attendance except two, and there were other ministers in the audience. Those who God had called to proclaim His gospel were more excited about the message than the large lay audience present. Saturday Morning: Saturday morning began with a continental break-fast, followed by a praise and worship period. Fair-view’s Men’s Ministry Director, Bro. Charles Hardrick, welcomed and introduced the facilitators for the day. State Laymen President Eddie G. Tay-lor, Sr. drove down from Tulsa to fellowship with us on Saturday. We welcomed his presence, thankful that he could be with us. The first of the three facilitators was Rev. Harvey Wallace, Pastor of the Mt. Rose Baptist Church. He lectured on “The nature of the work which Christ has en-trusted to His Church.” That work revolves around two ar-eas as stated in Matthew 28:19 and that is teaching and baptizing. Next, Rev. Larry Wood lectured on “The extent of

the work Christ has committed to His Church” as stated in Matthew 28:20a. The teaching consisted of all things that Christ had com-manded his disci-ples to do. Rev. Woods presently serves as the Min-ister of Outreach

at the Faith Memorial Baptist Church. Continued on Page 7


Last but certainly not least came the National Laymen President who had the task of ex-pounding on the subject of “The en-couragement to the work which Christ has en-trusted to His Church.” In Mat-thew 28:20b, Christ reminds us that as we evangelize in our attempt to make new disci-ples, He will be with us, even unto the end of the world. In summary, the Empowerment Conference did just what it was intended to do, empower us as men as we implement the Great Commission in our mission field. It successfully fulfilled the task of strengthening our resolve to do God’s will for our lives, as we labor in His vineyard. Roughly 65 men and boys were fed spiritual food during the two-day conference. I personally feel empowered through the Holy Spirit to do better in the work God has prepared for me. I am sure that I am not alone in feeling this way.

Special thanks goes out to Bro. Hardrick for his fine leader-ship and to each person who helped make the conference a success. A very special thanks goes out to our beloved Pas-tor for his support, love, and care for the brethren.

JAMES G. TOBLER, Staff Reporter

East Zion Consolidated District Association

Annual Benefit Fellowship Banquet

THEME

MAKING MISSION OUR MINISTRY:

LOVE IN ACTION 1John 3: 15-18

Clarion Meridian Hotel August 7, 2009 Oklahoma City, OK

Tickets - $15.00 See Bro. Walter Ellison Or Sis. Linda Edwards

Rev. J.L. Mitchell, Moderator

W.O.W. MIDNIGHT MUSICAL

First of all, let me say if you didn't make it to the W.O.W. Midnight Musical, you missed a phenomenal event in the church house. When I first walked into the sanctuary I was hit with a wall of energy. Surprisingly the energy did not stop until after midnight. Every performer was magnifi‐cent and inspirational. They all brought their own flavor to this affair. It was astounding how many young people attended, especially in today's society when it's not exactly cool to be at church on Friday night. It is my belief that this event is the first step toward changing the way children and young adults see the church. What I mean is, we all know church is a place of worship and reverence. This musical showed that we can sing, dance & have a good time at church, and we did, although I can not possi‐bly pick out my favorite group of the night. I will say that the first praise & worship team set a standard that was met for the rest of the evening. Not to mention the Jesus Puppet whose theatrics and intensity I always enjoy. In closing I would like to say thanks to all the choirs that participated and to everyone that came to share this experience with Fairview.

Submitted by J.T. JACKSON (See Pictures on Page 17)

Pres. Howard Simmons


“100 “100 YYEARSEARS OFOF I IMPLEMENTINGMPLEMENTING THETHE G GREATREAT C COMMISSIONOMMISSION””

The Written History – Part VII

“Let the Lord Do It” “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own under-standing. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.”—Proverbs 3:5-6. (“Let the Lord Do It” was the theme selected by Pastor J. A. Reed, Jr., to lead the Fairview Church Family into a building project which, upon comple-tion, resulted in a modern office com-plex and a magnificent place of wor-ship of which few could compare. The beauty and serenity of the purple and white sanctuary created a sense of reverence and majesty. Pastor Reed could say as Solomon, “I have surely built You an exalted house, and a place for You to dwell in forever.” - I Kings 8:12) (Longtime Fairview member, Brother Donald E. Burns, served as

Building Chairman for the building project.) During 1990 much is owed to the leadership of Building Chairman, Don-ald E. Burns for keeping the project on track and assuring its completion. While the building was going up, the church program continued to grow. On August 19, 1990, a grand pa-rade marched from the Ralph Ellison Library (at NE 23rd Street and Martin Luther King Avenue) to the new church sanctuary and Pastor Reed was pre-sented the keys. The first worship ser-vice was held for the Fairview Family

and Pastor Reed preached the dedica-tory sermon entitled, “Rejoice in the Lord.” A week of celebration was held with churches from all over the com-munity and state. (The new sanctuary had a seating capacity of 1500, which includes a choir stand of approximately 150. The first funeral that was held in the new sanctuary was that of Sister Willie Woody, affectionately called Mama Woody. The homegoing service was held August 25, 1990. The first bap-tisms were Kameshia Murrell Woods and Shayla Antwine. Both were per-formed by Pastor John A. Reed, Jr.) During the first year of operation in the new facility, the East Zion Dis-trict held it’s annual revival and the community was blessed by the annual presentation of “The Messiah” by the Baton and Keyboard Club. (People from far and near would come to tour Fairview’s new facility. Many requested the use of the sanctu-ary for weddings and the Church mem-bership graciously shared the building for funerals, community and denomina-tional meetings. God truly blessed the efforts of His people as they submitted to the leader-ship of the shepherd as he followed the leadership of the Holy Spirit—”Let the Lord Do It!”)

BY M. PATTERSON, EDITOR

In observance of Fairview’s 100th Anniversary Celebration, each month of the year, the staff and contributing writers will endeavor to inform the readers of the history of this great church. It will be done through two meth-ods: by printing excerpts from the current written history and by interviewing long-time members to collect their memories of people and events during their tenure at Fairview. These two presentations will be entitled, “The Written History” and “An Eye Witness Account,” respectively. (Any additions made to these reports will be indicated by parenthesis). At the end of the year, this information will be compiled into one document and will be placed in the church archives.—M. Patterson, Editor

Foreground: Fairview Sanctuary/Office Complex, West view. Dedication ser-vice was held on August 19, 1990. Building project was under the pastoral lead-ership of Pastor J. A. Reed, Jr.

Fairview serves as host to many community events.


THE FOLLOWING IS AN INTER-

VIEW CONDUCTED WITH BROTHER ROY NELSON

QUESTION: When did you come to the Fairview Baptist Church? ANSWER: After the death of my father, who was a Steward at The East Sixth Street Chris-tian Church in 1932, I began to attend church with my mother, Mrs. Gussie Nelson. QUESTION: Who was the Pastor at that time? ANSWER: Rev. J. D. Provo was the pastor QUESTION: Were you baptized at Fairview? ANSWER: I was baptized in 1934 by Pastor Sylvester S. Fairly when I was nine years old. QUESTION: When did your family come to Fairview? ANSWER: My mother joined Fairview in the 1920’s and was the secretary of Mission Circle #5 and at that time, they met in individual homes. My sisters, Verna and Vera Nelson, also my brother, Marvin, attended Fairview.

QUESTION: What activities did your family members partici-pate in? ANSWER: Verna was a lead singer in the choir and teaches Sunday School and we all par-ticipated in church activities. QUESTION: Did your family purchase bricks for the Sanctu-ary? ANSWER: No, but I do have two bricks from the old Sanctu-ary. QUESTION: What are some of your earliest memories of Fair-view ? ANSWER: In the 1930’s Rev. Fairly’s preaching made the members shout. During that time Mother Hall, who was in her 80’s, would get happy and prance around the Sanctuary like she was a 20 year old. In the old building, the sanctuary would sway and swing from the shouting and, out of fear that the church would collapse into the basement, Pastor Fairly had steel pillars installed to stabilize the building. I remember in this neighbor-hood that if you were doing any wrong thing and Rev. Fairly appeared, you would stop im-

mediately until he was out of sight. He walked through the neighborhood every day. I recall that in the 1930’s the church was in debt and faced foreclosure and Bro. John An-glin, Sr. paid the debt to prevent the foreclosure. He is remem-bered as saying that “if this was my home I would do the same.” Brother Anglin worked at Veazy Drug, downtown main street, where he walked to work everyday. QUESTION: Who were some of the church leaders during that time? ANSWER: Deacon A. W. Ayers, who was church treas-urer; Deacon Kinnion; Deacon Hildreth; Deacon Bo Baker; Deacon Isaiah Williams; Dea-con Hunnicutt; Deacon Sidney Sanders; Deacon Bozie Jones; Dr. J.W. Sanford, Sr., who was the president of Langston Uni-versity at the time; and Deacon Warner.

Interview by Theresa Kirklin Staff Reporter

“100 “100 YYEARSEARS OFOF I IMPLEMENTINGMPLEMENTING THETHE G GREATREAT C COMMISSIONOMMISSION””

Bro. Nelson with sister, Verna Nelson Fulsom

An Eye Witness Account of

BROTHER ROY C. NELSON


HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JULY!!

We extend birthday greetings to the following members and former mem-bers of our Church Family known to be born in the month of July. THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH: "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delighteth in his way.” – Psalms 37:23

____________________ Cara Gaines ................................. 7/ 1 Vivian Jones ................................ 7/ 1 Crystal Allen................................ 7/ 2 Jamar Patterson............................ 7/ 2 Casena Fields Washington .......... 7/ 2 Anthony Carter, II ....................... 7/ 3 Curtis Hines................................. 7/ 3 Dwayne King............................... 7/ 3 Jarrod McCauley ......................... 7/ 3 Janice Bird................................... 7/ 4 Valerie Hawkins .......................... 7/ 4 Alvin Marsh................................. 7/ 4 Andria Brady ............................... 7/ 5 Paula McGlory ............................ 7/ 5 Larry Davis.................................. 7/ 5 Monica Gaddis ............................ 7/ 5 Carl Holmes................................. 7/ 5 Tony Johnson .............................. 7/ 5 Viola Norman .............................. 7/ 5 Nia Stepeny ................................. 7/ 5 Erma Chatman............................. 7/ 6 Candyce Miller ............................ 7/ 6 Davietta Penn .............................. 7/ 6 LaDawna Pulliam........................ 7/ 6 Exzetta Stepeny ........................... 7/ 6 Sheleatha Taylor.......................... 7/ 6 Kim Williams .............................. 7/ 6 DeRisa Flowers ........................... 7/ 7 Terrell Johnson ............................ 7/ 7 Victor Thompson......................... 7/ 7 Markishia Williams ..................... 7/ 8 Linda Edwards............................. 7/ 9 Barbara Ellis ................................ 7/ 9 David Vick, Jr.............................. 7/ 9 Kenny Chamberlain.................... 7/10 Whitney Hunter .......................... 7/10

Kevin McClish............................ 7/10 Lorraine Ortiz ............................. 7/10 Robert Grinstead......................... 7/11 Derlonda Osborne....................... 7/11 JaRail Smith................................ 7/11 Essence Wofford ........................ 7/11 Shirell Corbet.............................. 7/11 Miles Bruner ............................... 7/12 Darmaine Davis .......................... 7/12 Sarah Dickerson.......................... 7/12 Christina Ellis ............................. 7/12 Dorrien Simmons........................ 7/12 Brent Thompson ......................... 7/12 Maxine Brown ............................ 7/13 Lenuel Compton ......................... 7/13 Marcus Davis.............................. 7/13 Vincent Guydon.......................... 7/13 Katrina Maynard......................... 7/13 Jimmy Reed ................................ 7/13 Rev. Herman Richmond ............. 7/13 LaKisha Smart ............................ 7/13 Velma Brown.............................. 7/14 Linda Ferguson........................... 7/14 Christal Henry ............................ 7/14 Melonie Odum............................ 7/14 Shakyla Tyler.............................. 7/14 Alaya Alexander ......................... 7/15 Doris English .............................. 7/15 Gary Johnson .............................. 7/15 Richard Johnson ........................ 7/15 Doris Simmons ........................... 7/15 Eric Walker................................. 7/15 Jamilla Cudjoe ............................ 7/16 Steve Gillispie ............................ 7/16 Chaquita Griffin.......................... 7/16 Dorothy Hawkins........................ 7/16 Ella Haynes................................. 7/16 Kenikka Lemons......................... 7/16 DeAndre Walter.......................... 7/16 Anttwain Cox.............................. 7/17 Rosie Hunt .................................. 7/17 Tamechia Tobler......................... 7/17 Celia Roberson ........................... 7/17 Natara Burden............................. 7/19 Betty DeJear ............................... 7/19 Connie Hale ................................ 7/19 Christopher Smith....................... 7/19 Eleshia Williams......................... 7/19 Brittani Lewis ............................. 7/20 Niesha Stepeny ........................... 7/20 Darrell Childress......................... 7/21 Darryon Conway ........................ 7/21 Tamiea Eberson .......................... 7/21 Elvia Tolbert ............................... 7/21 Pashon Robinson ........................ 7/21

Cassandra Bell ............................ 7/22 Sabraya Cooper........................... 7/22 Terry Franklin............................. 7/22 Elmer Carter, Sr. ......................... 7/23 Jasmine Young............................ 7/23 Sharlet Chiles.............................. 7/24 Darcy Dow, Jr............................. 7/24 Cleo Lucas .................................. 7/24 Maurice Mack............................. 7/24 Suella Hill ................................... 7/25 Ola Reed ..................................... 7/25 Kiairra Robinson......................... 7/25 Cydney Stell ............................... 7/25 Jean Stoner.................................. 7/25 Felecia Stinson............................ 7/25 Marietta Cayton .......................... 7/26 Tiamber Derrick.......................... 7/26 Terry Elkins ................................ 7/26 Cameron Montgomery................ 7/26 Jarrod Thompson ........................ 7/26 Kennyon Willis........................... 7/26 Alene Dunlap .............................. 7/27 Jimecia Edwards ......................... 7/27 Dorothy Lewis ............................ 7/27 Jeffrey Whitson........................... 7/27 Stacey Truss................................ 7/28 Dawn Whitson ............................ 7/28 Teresa Wofford........................... 7/28 Tionna Cooper ............................ 7/29 Margo Smith ............................... 7/30 Sharuy Underdown ..................... 7/30 Raven Gaddis.............................. 7/31 Cameron Jordan .......................... 7/31 Todd Miller, Jr. ........................... 7/31

Welcome, New Members We WELCOME the following who have recently requested membership with us. Please greet them and welcome them to our Family!

Ashley Brown

Mary Turner Brown Patti Brown

Calvia Demery Tyesha Ginn

Gloria Higginbotham


July 5, Central Baptist, Chandler We will worship with the Central Baptist Church, Chandler, Sunday, July 5, 3:30 p.m., for the Anniversary Service of Pastor James E. Reed, Sr. Pastor Reed will bring the message and the JR Inspirational Choir, Usher and Nurse Ministries will accompany him. July 6—10, Vacation Bible School Vacation Bible School will be held at Fairview the week of July 6—10. Classes are available for youth and adults. All Fairview members are encouraged to attend. July 11, OBSW Prayer Retreat The Oklahoma Baptist State Women’s Prayer Retreat will be held at Camp Burge, Arcadia Oklahoma, on Saturday, July 11, from 8:30 a.m.—12 noon Fairview is encouraged to support the Prayer Retreat. In the event of inclement weather, the Retreat will be held at Fairview. July 13—17, EZD Congress of Christian Education The East Zion District Congress will be held July 13—17, with the Greater Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Oklahoma City. Rev. A. Glenn Woodberry is host Pastor. Anyone interested in attending classes should contact Bro. Ron Coffey, Fairview Sunday School Director, Sis. Lillian House, Assistant Director, or Sis. Mendell Simmons, Christian Education Director. July 18, Souvenir Book Committee Breakfast Meeting The Souvenir Book Committee will hold a breakfast meeting on Saturday morning, July 18, at 8:30a.m. The meeting will be held in Fairview’s Fellowship Hall. All Committee members are asked to be present. Team Leaders should be prepared to give a progress report. For more information, contact Maeleatha Patterson or Rose Partin. July 18, DOC Training DOC training will be held on Saturday, July 18. Those interested in working with the Prison Ministry should plan to attend. July 18, EZD Women Fellowship The Women’s Ministry of the East Zion District will have a Fellowship Meeting at St. Jude Baptist Church on Saturday, July 18, at 9:00am. July 19, Annual Scholarship Day Sunday, July 19, is Scholarship Day at Fairview. This fund is used to provide monetary gifts to Fairview's college students.

July 25, Youth Awareness Program The 5th Annual Youth Awareness Program, sponsored by the Oklahoma Baptist State Convention Prison Ministry, will be held Saturday evening, July 25, at Fairview. The program begins at 1:00 p.m. Guest speaker will be Rev. Bertrain Bailey, St. John Missionary Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas. See inserted flyer for more information. For more information, contact Sis. Donna K. Thompson, Prison Ministry Director, at 405-209-6750 or [email protected]. Dr. J. A. Reed, Jr. is Convention President. July 26, Christmas Campaign The Fairview Women’s Ministry will have their “Christmas in August” campaign on Sunday, July 26. The members are asked to make a financial donation. Money collected is used to purchase Christmas items for senior members. August 1, State Youth Annual Meeting at Camp Burge Fairview youth will be participating in the State Youth Annual Meeting at Camp Burge on August 1. Parents should contact Fairview youth leaders for additional information. The meeting is for boys and girls. August 3, Monthly Staff Meeting The Monthly Staff Meeting will be held on Monday evening, August 3. The meeting begins at 6:00 p.m.

Opportunities for Worship and Fellowship Opportunities for Worship and Fellowship ——––

ATTENTION!! FAIRVIEW MINISTRY LEADERS!!

Fairview Centennial Parade In celebration of the church’s Centennial An-niversary, this year’s parade will be a Centen-nial Parade. All Ministries are asked to be represented with a float that reflects the Min-istry’s work in Implementing the Great Com-mission. Start planning now! More information will be available from the Committee in the near future.


Fairview Baptist Church 100th Church Anniversary SOUVENIR BOOK PROJECT

Theme: “100 Years of Implementing the Great Commission”

Project Motto: “100 “soldiers” daily praying, marching and working together to pursue, chronicle and preserve the ministry and life of a Centennial Church.”

Goal: To assemble and produce a quality Souvenir Book that will serve as a testament as well as commemoration of the ministry of “this church” and its impact in the lives of its members, the community, state, nation and uttermost parts of the world.

WE NEED YOU! We are currently recruiting 100 Fairview Soldiers to be a part of the Souvenir Book Committee. If you would like to be a part of collecting and preserving Fairview’s 100-Year Ministry, please see Maeleatha Patterson or Rose Partin. Our next Committee Meeting is Saturday, July 18, at 8:30a.m., in the Donald Burns Fellowship Hall. WE INVITE YOU! Don’t be left out! Claim your spot today in the Historic 100th Souvenir Journal. Simply complete the form included in this issue and submit, with payment, to the Committee or mail to the address shown on the form.

Renowned Author to Preach at Fairview DR. BILL BURWELL, JR., author of the book Sho Nuff! - Confronting the Controversies, will be

the 10:00a.m. morning messen-ger at Fairview on Sunday, July 26. Dr. Bill Burwell is a for-mer Black nationalist who was converted to Christianity in 1978, after serving as co-founder, professor, and chair-man of the Afro-American Stud-ies department at California State University, Northridge, for

ten years. Leaving his pursuit of the PhD degree at the University of Southern California, and re-signing his tenured position at the university in 1981, Dr. Burwell became a full-time seminarian pursuing the Master of Divinity Degree at Talbot Theological Seminary in La Mirada California, where after assisting in the development of a Mi-nority Ministers Program; he briefly joined the faculty teaching at both the graduate and under-graduate level. After organizing and serving as Pastor-Teacher of the First Berean Christian Church in Los Angeles for eight years, Dr. Bur-well left the pastorate and embarked upon the unique ministry of a full-time teaching evangelist. He addresses such controversial issues as: "Is the 'Full Gospel Baptist Church' truly Baptist, or is it Pentecostalism in disguise? Is the growing

trend towards women serving as preachers and pastors biblical? Is the 'mega-church mania' that is sweeping the country doctrinally sound?” Over the past seventeen years he, with his faithful wife Kathy at his side, has traveled more than a million miles in the USA, the Virgin Is-lands, and Germany serving as Christian educa-tion consultant and lecturer to dozens of local Baptist district associations, state and national conventions.

Moses Howard, Sr. Scholarship Activities Scheduled The Howard-Harris Funeral Services owners will have the 12th Thanksgiving Services, Rev. Moses Howard, Sr. Schol-arship Concert and Candlelight/Memorial Services during the week of July 10—12 at Fairview. The Thanksgiving Services will be Friday, July 10, at 7:30. The guest speaker will be Dr. Melvin Wade, Pastor of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Los Angeles, and President of the National Baptist Convention. Community Churches and choirs will be in attendance. The Rev. Moses Howard, Sr., Scholarship Concert will be on Saturday, July 11, at 7:00pm with Tyscot Gospel Re-cording Artist VaShawn Mitchell of Atlanta, GA, and other local artists. The Candlelight/Memorial and Honors Services will be Sunday afternoon, July 12, with Men of Gospel in concert: Special guest will be Bishop Neal Roberson, Lansing, MI. The Master of Ceremony will be Bishop Al Hobbs of Indian-apolis. The Services are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Jo’Landa Harris, Program Chair, at 405-682-1717.


Dear Patron: We greet you in the glorious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! We are celebrating a historic event at Fairview, one that few churches in the Oklahoma City area have experi-enced. Fairview is observing its 100th year of service! This year will be spent remembering those early Christians who organized this fellowship of faith in the year of 1909. Members, together with friends, who, through their love for this church, made many sacrifices to sus-tain this fellowship for a century. The memory and honor of those whose prayer that the Fairview Baptist Church Family would some day realize her first century of Christian service has been answered! For 100 years, Fairview has followed the commands of Christ as set forth in the Great Commission, “Go ye there-fore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Matthew 28:19-20)

We are putting together a CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY SOUVENIR JOURNAL to serve as a testament as well as commemoration of the ministry of Fairview and its impact in the lives of its members, the community, state, nation and uttermost parts of the world. The Journal will chronicle Fairview’s 100-year existence and include photos, greetings, remembrances and memorials of all those that have, in some way, been a part of this jour-ney. We consider you to be an important part of Fairview’s history and, therefore, want YOU to be included in this Historical Journal! Because of the multiplicity of persons that have been a part of this great church, we expect a record number of requests for inclusion so we recommend that you reserve your space early! A form with details for listing is included. Select a full page and receive a complimentary copy of the Journal.

A number of other observances have been scheduled to commemorate this great event. On Sunday, June 28, we celebrated FOUNDER’S DAY. In August we will have a CENTENNIAL PARADE. On November 15, the Fairview Music Ministry will sponsor a CENTENNIAL REUNION MUSICAL. We will hold our CENTENNIAL BANQUET on November 20, and finally, we will close out the year with our CENTENNIAL CHURCH ANNIVER-SARY AND HOMECOMING CELEBRATION on December 6, 2009.

For additional information or details on any of these events, call the church office at (405) 232-1621. Specific questions regarding the Souvenir Journal may be directed to [email protected]. In His Service, J. A. Reed, Jr., Senior Pastor Clearon Coffey, 100th Anniversary Celebration Chairperson

P.S.: Ads should be submitted no later than August 31, 2009, to guarantee placement. Use the ad form that is included in this issue.

Theme:Theme: “100 Years of Implementing the Great Commission”“100 Years of Implementing the Great Commission”

Fairview Baptist ChurchFairview Baptist Church 100th Church Anniversary Celebration

1700 N E 7th Street ~ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73117 ~ (405) 232-1621

Church Email: [email protected] -- Website: www.fairviewokc.com

Reverend John A. Reed, Jr., D.D., LH.D., Senior Pastor


O nce more we do greet you in the Perfect, Power-ful, Matchless, and Eternal Name of Our Lord &

Savior Jesus The Christ. To say that this is a busy time of the year for everyone at Fairview would be an under-statement. As born again Baptist Believers, God gener-ally does not use anyone who is not already heavily in-volved in His work. I strongly believe that if you are committed to and have a desire to serve the Master, The Holy spirit will give you the time and the resources to do that. We just have to trust Him to supply all of our needs as He has promised us he would. We serve a great God. So great that not only does he supply our needs, but the Psalmist has said that He will give us some of the delights of our hearts. To me, those “delights” are not necessarily needs. Most of them are wants. In a recent bible lesson, Pastor Reed taught us, that if we are obedi-ent, God gives us just a little bit of Heaven while we are here on earth. He can do that you know. What a God we serve.

East Zion District Banquet Men we call you to action once more. We recently re-ceived our allocation of tickets for our East Zion District Banquet which will be held the evening of Friday Au-gust 7, 2009. Once again it will be held at the Clarion Meridian Hotel, which is on south Meridian Avenue. Normally the tickets are $25.00, but Pastor Reed has authorized us to sell them for $15.00 to any member of Fairview Baptist Church. If you are writing a check, those checks should be made payable to Fairview Bap-tist Church. From the Men’s Ministry, contact Brother Walter Ellison or yours truly to purchase the tickets. See Sister Linda Edwards on the Distaff side to purchase tickets. We do not have an unlimited supply and once the allocation that we have is sold, we will not be able to get any more. So please, pretty please, do not wait until the last moment to get tickets if you are planning to buy them. Purchase them now so that you can be assured of getting them at the discounted price.

Men’s Empowerment Conference Just as I had indicated in the June issue of the Fair-viewan, the Men’s Ministry Empowerment Conference was just awesome. Our special guest, National Laymen President Harold L. Simmons had the attendees spell-bound on both Friday night as Keynote Banquet/Supper

Speaker and on Saturday he did not disappoint as one of the Facilitators as he expounded the theme of the Con-ference. A more comprehensive and complete report can be found elsewhere in this issue of the Fairviewan with accompanying photos.

Choir Robes On behalf of our Music Department I was asked to urge those men who are part of one of our Church Choirs to be advised that you can start paying the cost of the new choir robes at this time. As a matter of fact you are urged to do so. If you are unable to pay the full cost, you may make payments toward that cost. Please con-tact Sister Clara Von Finley for complete details at this time.

100 Year Souvenir Book Also for those of you who would be interested on work-ing on one of the committees that is responsible for put-ting the 100 year Commemorative Souvenir Book to-gether, contact Sister Maeleatha Patterson. She would be delighted to hear from you and I can assure you she would have a job for you to do. I want to thank you once more for your tremendous sup-port of the Ministry and the things that it endeavors to do in service to God. We would just ask, that if you are not actively involved with the ministry, that you would be-come active. You are already a member. The question is, are you actively utilizing the gifts that God has blessed you with in support of the Ministry? If you are a born again, committed Christian, God is on your side. Are you on His side? Scripture for the month: For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eter-nal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23 Charles M. Hardrick, Director – Men’s Ministry

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The Angel Tree Organization sponsored a weekend of learning, fun and recreation, and experiencing another phase of life, for twelve youth who are members of that organization the weekend of June 11, 12, & 13. The young people were hosted by the Camp Burge Youth & Adolescent Development Foundation Inc (CBYADF). This foundation consists of a Board of Directors under the Chairmanship of Bennie Surratt. The Oklahoma Missionary Baptist State Convention is the Parent Organization of the CBYADF.

This was the second consecutive year that Camp Burge has hosted the youth from The Angel Tree Organization. The Angel Tree Organization is a part of the State Prison Ministry of the OMBSC, where Donna Thompson serves as Prison Ministry Director. The Children of Angel Tree youngsters are dependents of prison inmates.

The CBYADF provides Camp Counselors, Instruc-tors, Mentors, and other staff personnel such as Cooks and Medical Support personnel. The camp-ers range in age from 8 to 11 years of age and in addition to various recreational activities including hiking, biking, fishing, volleyball, and basketball, they are instructed in areas such as Life Skills, Arts & Crafts, and Bible Study. They are also given les-sons in the art of catching fish. The boys and girls are taught separately during the Bible Study. There are periods of worship and meditation in the Camp Burge Chapel available on site. Rest periods are given both during the morning and evening peri-ods where the campers are given nutritional snacks. They are given breakfast, lunch, and sup-per daily.

The outing continues to grow in effectiveness and another three-day session is planned for 2010. The Angel Tree Organization and the CBYADF combine their experiences and knowledge from the previ-ous sessions to improve upcoming sessions.

The Angel Tree Organization is responsible for se-lecting the camp participants and Donna Thomp-son, State Prison Ministry Director, is the point per-son for having a child that you know is eligible to participate in the camp considered for becoming a participant. All staff people volunteer their time and talents to make this outing a success. The An-gel Tree Organization and the CBYADF wants to

thank all those who participated in this worthy effort to add to the molding of the lives of the young peo-ple who participated. For those who may be inter-ested, you are urged to join with the others of us in not only this event, but other events and activities sponsored by the CBYADF. There is an urgent need for your support of future events, for our budget does not come close to supplying enough funds to do all of the things that we do. Your volun-tary service is critical and crucial to any successful endeavor that the organization is able to achieve.

Fairview Baptist was well represented among those who volunteered their time and talent to assist in the weekend of activity enjoyed by the Angel Tree Organization campers. We salute the following Fairview Members. Sisters Sandra Holloway, Sarah Cudjoe, Hattie Marsh, Barbara Chandler and Delores Stephens. These ladies constituted the dis-taff side rendering service from Fairview. They served as Instructors and Camp Counselors during the session. Yours truly was one of the Bible In-structors for the young men who were in atten-dance. I along with the ladies experienced a tre-mendous blessing from the Holy Spirit for render-ing our service. We are thankful for those from Fair-view who served and are hopeful that we will have more Fairview members volunteer in the future. Normally Sister Linda Edwards would have been among that delegation rendering service, but she became ill shortly before the camp dates. We are asking that those of you who would serve and have the necessary skills to do so, please prayerfully consider being with us as Instructors and Counsel-ors, and other Staff Positions next year when the camp is held again.

The CBYADF is still looking for a full time Camp Di-rector. If you are interested in this position or need any information about the camp and its agenda, you may contact Board Chairman Bennie Surratt at 405 602-2091 or mobile 405 640-8231.

Again, The Angel Tree Organization and the CBYADF extend its sincere thanks to all of you for your help and your support. C. Meldon Hardrick, Staff Reporter


"Hi, my name is Victoria Cole. I participated in the State Congress, which was held at the New Zion Baptist Church for the youth. The adults were at Greater Mount Olive. When we arrived every morning at New Zion, we immediately had devotion. Then they broke us up into groups. I was with the 13-15 year olds. My teacher was named Pastor McDaniel. He was so funny. He taught us the difference between love and lust. He taught us what agape love means. It is the type of love that God has for us. Pastor McDaniels also put us into groups of 5 to see who displayed good team work. After class we went out for lunch. Lunch was great!!! We ate until 2:00pm. After lunch we had choir rehearsal. We had the best choir teacher ever. That would be the one and only Mrs. Shree Walter. She made everyone put their cell phones on a table so that we wouldn't be texting (She knows how we are!). Fairview got 1st place for having over 50 total people attend the State Congress.

I enjoyed seeing the big smile on Pastor Reed and Pas-tor Walters' face. If you didn't go, I advise you to go next time."

Thanks goes out to Pastor Reed, Pastor Curtis, Sis Curtis, and the parents for helping this come together so well.

Be Blessed Submitted by Victoria Cole and Brother James Tobler

The week of June 8-11, 2009 proved an exciting week for the youth of Fairview Baptist Church. On that week, 20+ of our Fairview youth participated in this year’s Congress of Christian Education. Following is a comprehen-sive take on the events of the week from one of our most faithful youth, Ms. Victoria Cole.

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The following media are currently available through Fairview’s Media Ministry. Simply complete the order form and mail with donation to Fairview Baptist Church, ATTN: Media Ministry, P. O. Box 36188, Oklahoma City, OK 73136.

Fairview Baptist Church Media Ministry

MEDIA MINISTRY ORDER FORM

NAME: __________________________________________________________________ MAILING ADDRESS: _____________________________________________________ PHONE: _________________________________________________________________

CASH _____________________________ CHECK NO.___________________________ Call the Church Office at (405)232-1621 for information on costs for series or sets.

Date Event Presenter Title *Media Types and Dona-tion Amounts—CT, $5;

CD, $8; DVD, $10

6/07/09 10:00am

Fairview Morning Worship Pastor J.A Reed, Jr. “Tell It Like It Is,” Psalm 73:8 CT CD DVD

6/14/09 10:00am

Fairview Morning Worship

Rev. Derek Nettles YOUTH DAY

Mark 10: 17—23 CT CD DVD

6/21/09 10:00am

Fairview Morning Worship Rev. A Crawford “Encouragement in Difficult Times,” James 1:2-4, 1Peter 4:12, James 4:7, Romans 8:28, Philippians 2:5

CT CD DVD

6/28/09 10:00am

Fairview Morning Worship

Pastor J.A Reed, Jr. “100 Years of Implementing the Great Commission,” Matthew 28: 18-20

CT CD DVD

Media may also be obtained by visiting the church at 1700 N. E. 7th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Circle the desired media type(s) and submit appropri-ate donation.

*CT=cassette tape

# Homes Served 107 # of Children Under 18 Served 96 # of Adults Served 154

# Deliveries to Sick/Shut-in 12 # of Committee Volunteers 29 # Evangelism Requests 11

JUNE 2009

But He saves the needy from the sword, From the mouth of the mighty, and from their hand, and injustice shuts her mouth. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth. (Job 5:15-16)

TERESA KIRKLIN, MINISTRY LEADER


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FAIRVIEW CELEBRATES FOUNDER’S DAY—JUNE 28, 2009 Photos courtesy of Levi McCullough, Levis Photos, 405-850-3892. To see additional photos or for copies, go to [email protected]

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