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Hans Wunch, Director of Missions ▲ hwunch@mallary-baptist.org

Butch Knight, Moderator

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This Month

The Messenger

Volume 64, Number 1 Mallary Baptist Association February 2020

Children’s Mission Day Church Safety Seminar GBAMA 2020 Georgia Baptist Women’s Spring

Event Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast Pastor Wellness Listening Session VBS 2020 Equip Event/Pelham

February 2020

9 Racial Reconciliation Sunday 12 Evangelism/Missions Team, Noon, MBO 10-16 Focus on WMU Week 17 President’s Day, MBO closed 24 MBA Prayer Time, 10 am, MBO 25 MBA Minister’s Fellow ship, Sherwood 29 Children's Ministry Day

The Messenger

2020 VBS Equip Events | Pelham

March 6 @ 7:00 pm - March 7 @ 2:30 pm

FBC Pelham

177 Church Street SW

Pelham, GA 31779

Registration: 770-936-5370 Email: jcarter@gabaptist.org

Website:: https://gabaptist.org/groups

Cost $15.00 Early Registration through February 3, 2020 $20.00 Regular Registration through March 2, 2020

$25.00 At the Door

DOM Thoughts

Church News

ENGAGE, ENCOURAGE, EMPOWER

Alpha: Alpha Baptist Church in Leesburg GA is looking for a Music Leader for Sunday 11am service only. Faith: Faith Baptist Church is seeking a piano player for Sunday mornings and Sunday evenings, which includes choir practice. If you are interested or know anyone who might be interested, please contact Pastor David Cromie at davidcromie.27@gmail.com. FBC Acree: FBC of Acree is seeking a Bi vocational Pastor. You may email perigo2myrick2@bellsouth.net or mail to 110 Old County Line Rd., Sylvester, GA 31791. FBC Sylvester: FBC Sylvester is going to Branson, MO - Join us April 19-25. This 6 night, 7 day trip includes motor coach, lodging and shows, including the musical Noah at Sights and Sounds Theater. Contact Bobby Boutwell for all the details. 423-619-1735 or bobbyrboutwell@gmail.com FBC Sylvester has recently retired some music from their music library. If you would be interested in any of it just give us a call. 229-776-3337 or 423-619-1735 or bobbyrboutwell@gmail.com Lakeside: We are seeking a Full-time Church Administration Assistant. Strong finance and computer skills are required. Contact Mel Ashley at 229-407-0066 or email at melvinashley430@gmail.com. Mercedes: Mercedes Baptist Church is seeking a Bi-Vocational Pastor. If interested, please send resume to Ralph Gay, Mercedes Baptist Church, 2623 Moultrie Rd, Albany, GA 31705. Poulan: Poulan Baptist Church is seeking a piano player for Sunday mornings and Sunday evenings. If interested, call Diane Rogers at 229-776-4721. Sherwood: Children’s Spring Sports registration is open! Soccer - Girls and Boys ages 4-13, Baseball - Boys ages 4-12. Cost $89 per player (Includes full uniform). To register, please visit SherwoodBaptist.net/sports. Join us for a Prayer Conference with Bob Bakke, Teaching Pastor at Hillside Church in Minnesota, on February 28 & 29 at Sherwood. For more information, visit SherwoodBaptist.net/letspray. Terrell: Terrell Baptist Church has 5 pews they would like to donate to another church. Please email Brad Hughes at BHughes@MackinnonEquipment.com if anyone is interested.

Friends, I penned this article shortly after we found out Silas’s cancer had returned. It ran on the Christian Index website, and the response was

overwhelming. I wanted to include it this month with the prayer that it would be encouraging to you as well. Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me. And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for

you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. ~2 Corinthians 12:8-9

What do you do when the cancer comes back? In 2015, just before my family and I relocated to southwest Georgia, my youngest son was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH). Our first year here included regular trips to Shands hospital in Gaines-ville, Fla. to see a pediatric hematologist/oncologist and receive chemotherapy.

As the year progressed, my son’s MRIs and CT scans improved. In December of 2016, the doctor said the LCH was no longer active in his body. He rang the bell. We celebrated. It was Christmastime and we had just been given the best gift ever.

For the next year, we went back every three months to see the doctor and have scans. We also kept a close eye on our son; looking for, and being nervous about, anything that might indicate the cancer had returned. But each time we went to Shands, we received the same great news, no active LCH detected.

The following year, we went every six months. We had hoped our trip in December 2018 would be our last. We inquired, and our doctor said, “Just to be safe, let us see him again in a year.”

I won’t lie, we were a little frustrated. We had let our guard down. We had grown comfortable. We believed that the cancer would never return.

Then it did. At the appointment we didn’t want to go to, nothing seemed to go right. Radiology had a hard time starting the IV for the contrast used in

his chest CT. That made us late for our MRI, and doctor’s appointment. Again, it was Christmastime and we had better things to do. Our regular doctor was out of town and we were seen by another doctor who told us the preliminary read of his scans showed no active

LCH detected. He said we should come back in a year, but maybe this time he could just be seen, no scans. We went home and, on the way, called our family to share the good news.

The next day, the doctor we saw the day before called my wife. He said that the review of the MRI showed my son did indeed have active LCH. Except this time, instead of being in his lungs, bones, or skin as it had before, this time it was in his Pituitary gland, situated near his brain.

The news was crushing. We cried as we told his brother and him the news. We cried again when we called our family. We cried some more, too. Even though we have a better idea of what to expect this time, it isn’t easy.

I am pretty sure Paul knew something of what we are going through. His “thorn in the flesh” has remained a mystery through the ages. Whatever it was, it had come back three times. I doubt seriously it was LCH, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is the answer God gave Paul. Be-cause it is the same answer God gives us today.

“My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Paul’s response to the Lord’s answer is not a natural one. When dealing with infirmities, many will deny their existence, hide them, or be

embarrassed by them. Paul says we should glory in them. In other words, we should let God’s power shine through them. We aren’t certain what that is going to look like or entail. However, it is our prayer that every step of the way we can glory in our position

as infinitely weaker than the Lord.

We aren’t certain what that is going to look like or entail. However, it is our prayer that every step of the way we can glory in our position as infinitely weaker than the Lord.

Mallary Prayer Time February 24, 2020

10am, MBO

Just a reminder to our churches that the deadline to submit news for the

Newsletter is the 15th of each month. Just send us an email to minassistant@mallary-baptist.org

2020 VBS Equip Events | Pelham March 6 @ 7:00 pm - March 7 @ 2:30 pm

FBC Pelham 177 Church Street SW

Pelham, GA 31779

Email: jcarter@gabaptist.org or

https://gabaptist.org/groups

Georgia Baptist Women Spring Event | Stone Mountain

April 24 @ 1:30 pm - April 25 @ 3:00 pm

An experience for women of all ages. Join us as at Turning Point at Mabel White Baptist Church as we explore God’s Unshakable Pursuit.

$159 Early Bird Rate through February 23 $179 Regular Rate, February 24-April 5 $79 Saturday Only through April 5

Registration fee includes all conferences and general sessions, t-shirt, 3 meals.

Cost:

Early Bird: $20 per participant. Early bird registra-tion closes Feb. 10. The cost includes a T-shirt, lunch, and all ministry supplies.

After Feb. 10: $30 per participant. Deadline is Feb 17. T-shirt is not guaranteed.

First Baptist Church Canton 1 Mission Point Canton, GA

Mayor's Prayer Breakfast for Albany and Dougherty County

Thursday February 6th, 2020, Time: Breakfast 6:30AM, Program 7:00 AM-8:15AM

Merry Acres Event Center 1500 Dawson Road Albany, Ga. 31707

$17 per ticket made out to ALDON and mail to 2406 Ashford Drive Albany, Ga. 31721-9245

Deadline for reservations February 1st, 2020 (or when tickets sold out)

Speakers: John S. Riley and Mayor Kermit S. Bo Dorough

Tickets available from above Larry Price or Albany Area Chamber of Commerce 225 West Broad Ave.

Check or Cash please. No Credit Cards

Pastor Wellness Listening Session Leesburg

FBC Leesburg 135 Main St

Leesburg, GA 31763

March 19 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

What’s Happening

Minister/Staff Anniversaries

NON-PROFIT ORG.

U.S. POSTAGE PAID

PERMIT NO. 264 Albany, Georgia

Minister/Staff Birthdays

December Income: $14,547.09 December Expenses: $16,575.05

Budget Needs Per Month: $ 15,781.37

February: 21 Grady Morey, Interim Pastor, Westview 21 Melvin Slappy, Pastor, Kinchafoonee

February: 1 Jong Choi, Pastor, Korean First 2004 1 Mark Scardino, Children’s Pastor, Sherwood 2017 18 Tim Johnson, MS Assoc. Pastor, Sherwood 2013

March 2020 1-8 Week of Prayer for Annie Armstrong Easter 6-7 VBS Clinic - Pelham, GA 8 Daylight Savings Time Begins 10 MBA Administrative Team, Noon, MBO 15 Church Planting Sunday 16 MBA Prayer Time, 10 am, MBO 24 MBA Minister’s Fellowship, FBC Sylvester April 2020 5-12 Holy Week 8 Evangelism/Missions Team, Noon, MBO 9 MBA Senior Adult Rally, Noon, TBA 12 Easter 13 Easter Monday, MBO closed 16 MBA Spring Meeting, 7pm, Central Baptist 20 MBA Prayer Time, 10 am, MBO 22 Administrative Professionals Day 22-24 GBAMA St. Simon’s Island 26 Cooperative Program Sunday 28 MBA Minister’s Fellowship, TBA May 2020 3 Senior Adult Sunday 7 National Day of Prayer 10 Mother's Day 13 MBA Administrative Team, Noon, MBO 17 MBA Prayer Time, 10 am, MBO 25 Memorial Day, MBO Closed 26 MBA Minister’s Fellowship, TBA June 2020 8-9 SBC Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 15 MBA Prayer Time, 10 am, MBO 24-7/7 MBA Mission Trip to Ft. Peck, MT 21 Father's Day July 2020 4 Independence Day, MBO Closed (7/6) 9 MBA Senior Adult Rally, Noon, TBA 20 MBA Prayer Time, 10 am, MBO

August 2020 12 Evangelism/Missions Team, Noon, MBO 17 MBA Prayer Time, 10 am, MBO 25 MBA Minister’s Fellowship, TBA

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MALLARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION PRAYER UPDATE (Acts 1:8 Prayer Plan—Volume 22, Number 2, February 2020)

Urgent Prayer Requests Silas Wunch and Fred Evers as they take treatments for cancer. Family of Todd Lee and Union Baptist Church Our Jerusalem 1. Pray for our Vision to become a reality: "Serving together the churches of the Mallary Baptist Association will make disciples to impact the world." 2. We are praying for our churches and pastors according to an alphabetical list of churches. Salem, Sherwood (Michael Catt, pastor), Shingler (Danny Smith, pastor), Southside (Bill Suggs, pastor), and Sumner (John Town-send, pastor). 3. Pray for the churches without pastors: Beacon, Byne, FBC Acree, FBC Leesburg, Lakeside, Mercedes, Salem, and Unity. 4. Pray for our city and county officials in Dougherty, Lee, and Worth Counties. 5. Pray for our schools, colleges, boards of education, superintendents, principals, teachers, and students. 6. Pray for the lost in your family and your circle of influence (work, school, recreation, neighborhood, etc.). 7. Pray for unity in the body of Christ in our association and surrounding area. 8. Pray for the meetings of the Prayer/Discipleship Team, Evangelism/Missions Team, Administrative Team, as well as the monthly MBA Prayer Time. 9. Pray for the Mallary Baptist Staff (Dr. Hans Wunch and Mrs. Pat Wilks). 10.Pray for the Mallary Baptist Associational Spring Meeting, April 16th, at Central. 11. Pray for the Alpha Pregnancy Centers in Albany and Worth Counties and the Lee County Pregnancy Resource Center. 12. Pray for Call to Care, Promise 686, Lutheran Services of GA, and other foster / adoptive organizations. Our Judea 1. Pray for our state government officials. 2. Pray for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board: its Executive Director (Thomas Hammond), its ministries, and other State Missionaries. 3. Pray that God would raise up 31 churches in our area to pray for 24 hours each month (one day) for spiritual awakening and renewal in SW Georgia. 4. Pray for New Church Plants and Revitalization efforts in our GA Baptist Churches. Our Samaria 1. Pray for our national government leaders. 2. Pray for the North American Mission Board, its president (Kevin Ezell), staff, and its missionaries. 3. Pray for the Southern Baptist Convention: CEO of the Executive Committee Ronnie Floyd and J.D. Greear, SBC President. 4. Pray for our SBC Annual Meeting June 9-10, 2020 in Orlando, FL. 5. Pray for our partnership with the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association, New York; George Russ, Executive Director; its 260 churches; and their church planting efforts. 6. Pray for Pastor Lito & Pastor Bruce Plummer serving in MT. That God would call pastors to serve the tribes. 7. Pray for the revival of God’s people and the spiritual awakening of our nation and the world. 8. Pray for the protection and support of our law enforcement, fire fighters, and EMS personnel. 9. Pray for Brandton and Katie Wood and New England Church Planters. 10.Pray for Josh and Shannon Jennings, church planters in Sedona, AZ. 11. Pray for Gideons International, Wycliffe Bible Translators, and Christian Missionaries around the world. Our Uttermost Parts of the World 1. Pray for the International Mission Board--its new president Paul Chitwood, staff, and missionaries. 2. Pray for the 1.8 billion Muslims of the world that they would come to an understanding of who Jesus Christ is. 3. Pray for the Gospel of Christ to come to the 3.1 Billion unreached people in the world. 4. Pray for protection for our armed forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and around the globe. 5. Pray that the people of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria would have stable governments and that they would have an opportunity to hear the Gospel and respond. 6. Pray that those who are seeking to escape religious persecution would find freedom. 7. Pray for the millions of families who deal with the impact abortion has had on their lives.

Next MBA Prayer Time, February 24th, 10 am at the Mallary Office (all are welcome attend).