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Taking the Backseat by Lakan Mariano on Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 7:36am Early morning thoughts flying over the Pacific Ocean, May 14 It was devastating to hear. “It took four years for us before we were able to go back to this one town after a team with some Americans went there,” Nick told us. Nick oversees several Filipino teams of young people who go into Muslim villages in southern Philippines and serve the people through literacy and medical outreach pro-grams. What Nick did

not know was that I was part of that team that went out to those villages a little over four years ago. We wanted to help. We did not realize our presence would be a problem. I can still re-member that day like it was yesterday. We had started the day with individual time of prayer and Bible reading. At seven that morning, about ten Filipino workers, myself and a white American gath-ered for a raucous breakfast. We had gotten to know these young people fairly well and with that fa-miliarity came a sense of freedom to rib each other. After breakfast, we loaded onto a jeep-ney and made our way to one of those Muslim villages. The mood was still jovial

as we talked to each other. We were al-most shouting because our voices were being drowned out by the wind blowing through the open windows of the jeepney. Then, just like someone turned off a switch, some-thing changed. The young people be-came very quiet as we neared our desti-nation, the mood be-coming very somber. The driver pulled over to the side of the road and the leader of the group re-minded everyone the seriousness and the danger of what we were about to do, and yet the necessity of serving the needs of this Muslim commu-nity and telling them about Isa (Jesus). He led us in a prayer for protection and effec-tiveness. Then we drove into the village. Cont. on p. 3

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MAY:

22ND—SUNDAY

EVENING

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UNIDAD-5PM

30TH—OFFICE CLOSED

JUNE:

5TH—SUNDAY SCHOOL

PROMOTION DAY

MISSION TEAM

SUNDAY AT THE PARK

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TAKING THE BACK SEAT

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AWANA YOUTH BABY SHOWER

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MOVING FORWARD WEDDING SHOWER MEETINGS

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CHILDREN SUNDAY EVENING HOME GROUPS

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MINISTRIES

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Inside this issue:

May 16, 2011 Volume 1, Issue 9

C O L L E G E H I L L S B A P T I S T C H U R C H

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Taking the Backseat...

OUR TEAM

MEMBERS:

STACY STEPHENSON

ED & KATHY TULLOCH

RYAN CONNEL

LAKAN & KIM MARIANO

RACHEL MARIANO

KENNY GREENWOOD

COLE CALLOWAY

COURTNEY TOLAR

Mindanao Strategic Vision...

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Sunday Evening Home Groups at the Park!

Sunday, May 22nd at 5PM, come join the fun at the park! Bring food and drinks to share (we’ll have the grills hot), blankets, lawn chairs, etc. Unidad Park is located on the corner of College Hills and Vista Del Arroyo.

Graduation Recognitions:

Sunday, May 22nd during the Morning Worship service, we will recognize those of our church family who are graduating from high school. We invite you to also attend the school graduations: May 27th—Water Valley: 7:00pm, Pride Gym May 27th—Wall: 7:00pm, Junell Center May 28th—Lake View: 5:00pm, San Angelo Coliseum May 28th—Central: 8:00pm, San Angelo Stadium

When we got to the village, we dispersed into several groups. My partner and I went to a house of an imam. He seemed glad to see us, espe-cially when he found out my name. “Raja Lakandula” after whom I was named, was a sixteenth cen-tury Muslim king of Manila. We had a good discussion about the Koran and the Bi-ble and what both have to say about Isa. We were also intro-duced to a very re-spected, elderly sul-tan. We even had our pictures taken with him. Some of the peo-ple we visited seemed very hospitable, offer-ing us some local fruit and something to drink. I never sus-pected that our pres-ence would hinder There are many places in the world today where the tra-ditional method of mission work doesn't work anymore. White Americans doing backyard Bible clubs, or holding crusades (“crusades” in the Mus-

lim world conjures up all kinds of negative feelings), or building church buildings, are no longer viable. A lot of these places are hostile to the gospel. But God has been raising up indigenous people to reach their own culture and peo-ple. Churches are be-ing planted in these seemingly impossible places. By churches, we don't mean a building with a stee-ple, and a cross, and a sign that identifies it as a Christian church. By church, we mean a biblically functioning community of believ-ers normally meeting secretly in homes. While the western church still has a lot to offer, we need to un-derstand that the pri-mary responsibility of church planting in these difficult places is now being done by indigenous people. We can help by en-couraging these church planters in their work, coming along side them in their training, and just relating to them. And the most

frequent request I hear from them is for prayer. Brother Andrew's and Al Janssen's book Se-cret Believers, about Muslims who become followers of Jesus Christ, has this to say, through an MBB (Muslim background believer) named “Peter”: “Yes, we need to keep the mission heart here... But we need understanding of real partnership. We need people with maturity. This is not a field for beginners for people who want spectacular results. We need peo-ple who will come and serve the church. Their agenda must be the kingdom of God. Don't bring Holly-wood; bring Christ. Don't bring power. Don't bring just your money. Bring love. Bring the king-dom.” (p. 249) That, hopefully, is what we bring to the frontliners when we meet with them.

Taking the Backseat (cont. from pg. 1)

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AWANA News….

Baby Shower...

Youth Camps—

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05-18: Wednesday AWANA year celebration in the Fellowship Hall

05-22: Sunday AWANA Awards Recognitions during the Morning Worship service. AWANA clubs will resume in the Fall

Honoring Jessalyn Cherry Sunday, June 5th

Come and Go Luncheon

1:00-3:00PM at 3817 Rock Brook

FMI: Contact Pam Luce

Glorieta, New Mexico June 6-11 Cost: $375 Please pray for our students attending this “mission” camp. They will go out during the day to participate in various mission projects and then enjoy worship together each evening.

HEB Camp July 14-17 Cost: $60 each Spaces are filling up quickly, so be sure to register now! FMI and registration forms: http://web.me.com/chbc_students/CHBC_Student_Ministry/Coming_Soon.html

Registered at:

It’s a Salad Luncheon Bridal Shower!

Please help us celebrate with

Brenna Dossey (bride elect of A J Riddle)

Sunday June 12, 2011

Noon (after the morning worship service)

Fellowship Hall Brenna is registered at:

Target, Dillard’s and Bed, Bath & Beyond FMI: JoAnna Speciale 325.374.2793 [email protected]

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Moving Forward...

Meetings...

Wedding Shower...

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June 4th—Men’s Monthly Breakfast at 7AM June 12th—Deacons’ Meeting at 3PM June 19th—Church Leadership Teams Meeting at 4PM

Children’s Ministries...

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Preteen Camp: Student Life for Kids

Austin College, Sherman

July 11th—14th

Cost: $350.00

Summer Sunday Evening Home Groups Schedule...

May 22nd— Home Groups meet at Unidad Park at 5PM May 29th— No Evening Home Groups June 5th— No Evening Home Groups June 12th— Summer Home Groups Begin July 3rd— Home Groups meet at Community Pops Concert

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INFORMATION ON

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FAMILY MINISTRIES,

PLEASE CONTACT

PHILIP CROSS

The church offices will be closed on Monday, May 30th in observance of Memorial Day.

Extended Session Teacher Schedule for May-June: We appreciate all our extended session workers!

2’s&3’s: 4’s&5’s:

05-22 Jackson/Allie Rike Wilson/Alexis Wilson

05-29 Josh Stephenson Becka Woods/Lexie Ries

06-05 Kira Connel/Tara Weber Jacob Reid

06-12 Taylor Stephenson/Presley Fisher Rex Stephenson/Brittany Guevara

06-19 Amber Minor/Jordan Fisher Rutherford/Stephen Guevara

06-26 Larmon/Blake Weber Dalgliesh/Mackenzie Shanafelt

NOTE: Extended Session Workers should be in their places by 10:25AM each Sunday. If you are unable to

fulfill your obligation, please immediately contact Cathy Blair @405-496-5769. Thanks for your cooperation.

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able to anyone who has needs.) May 01 Fred Rike……………….227-4208 May 22 Charles Harrison…………..653-4386

May 08 Rex Stephenson…………. 942-9537 May 29 John Bilberry……………..942-1012

May 15 Jerry Walls……….……..944-1876 June 04 Bob Gilliam………………655-6067

Coming Soon to CHBC

05-13 Philippine Mission

Trip

05-22 High School Grad

Recognitions

AWANA Awards

Sunday Evening

Home Groups at

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05-29 Memorial Day

Recognitions

Lord’s Supper

Mission Trip Report

05-30 Offices Closed

06-04 Men’s Breakfast-7AM

06-05 Sunday School

Promotion Day

06-06 MFuge Youth Camp

06-12 Deacon’s Meeting

Summer Sunday

Evening Home

Groups Begin

06-19 FATHER’S DAY!

06-20 Summer Breakout

YOUR CHURCH STAFFYOUR CHURCH STAFF

Lakan Mariano.……………..Senior Pastor Philip Cross………....Family & Education Pastor

Ryan Connel……….…..Pastor to Students Micah Mariano……………...….Worship Pastor

Cynthia Hickey…..……..Ministry Assistant

CHURCH OFFICE HOURSCHURCH OFFICE HOURS

Monday—Thursday: 8:30 AM—Noon/ 1:00 PM—4:00 PM

Friday: 9:00AM—Noon/ 1:00PM—4:00PM