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WBC NEWSLETTER

July 2020

WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH EXISTS TO

GLORIFY GOD BY LEADING PEOPLE INTO A

GROWING RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST

A WORD FROM OUR PASTOR

Six months into a year(s) long pandemic seems like a peculiar time to hire a student minister. The need for a student minister is not primarily about hosting cool events by which students can make friends with other Christians, although that is a great thing. The main goal, and the reason for why this is a matter worth taking up in the midst of such a difficult time, is to address an even greater need - to be reconciled with God. Contracting COVID-19 is the result of living in a fallen world, or to say it differently, the coronavirus is a result of sin. Sin entering our world introduced death, decay, and disease. So really this disease is simply another reminder we live in a fallen broken world, separated and alienated from God. So really our focus right now should be reconciliation with God, over and above a global solution to coronavirus like a vaccine. Reconciliation with God is the very heart of Jesus' work on the cross and the center of Christian's responsibility. "All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation; that is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation"( 2 Cor 5:18-19). We believe that this ministry of reconciliation is especially needed during challenging times when people are looking for answers and keenly aware of the fallen world we inhabit. For us as a church an area of reconciling ministry that is needed is in the area of students from middle school through college. We have been led over the past year by faithful volunteers, and we hope this will continue. We also believe that having a minister spend 100% of their work week serving students will greatly multiply these efforts. Our hope is that we can see students more often and more fully reconciled to God through Jesus' work on the cross by bringing on a Minister to Students to work with our faithful volunteers. Pastor Mitch

WBC PRAYER FOCUS

WBC PRAYER MINISTRY: This I call to mind and therefore I have hope;

Because of the Lord's great love we are not consumed, for HIS compassions never fail.” Lamentations 3:21-22

This verse speaks such a truth for believers – Hope. As Christ-followers we know HE is the hope! Our job is to continue in

prayer as we face new or unknown circumstances knowing that Our Lord is listening. Recall as you pray, both the hope and

compassion that our Lord’s love brings to His children. Then, ask for an opportunity to share that truth with others, pointing

them to Christ, the source of Hope!

Could you join with others who have committed to praying daily for the WBC Vacation Bible School from

July 8 through July 21? Together we can be a part of this opportunity to see God’s hope touch lives! Below is the 2020

VBS Prayer Guide. Will you help us pray?

VBS PRAYER FOCUS -- July 8-July 21

July 8: Ask to grant HIS favor and honor on all those who are serving in VBS.

July 9: Ask God to give workers strength when weary and power when weak.

July 10: Ask God to grant safety and to protect all people that participate in WBC’s VBS program.

July 11: Ask God to help all serving in VBS to joyfully do everything with kindness and love.

July 12: Pray for completion of last VBS details, as well as opportunity for the physical and spiritual preparation of

volunteers as they prepare for students to attend July 13-July 16. VBS starts tomorrow!

July 13: Pray for Bible Study leaders to effectively communicate God’s truths as they teach and for students to have

open hearts to receive and understand gospel truths.

July 14: Ask God to provide energy and stamina to those who lead in VBS worship through music; and also safety

for those either directing or participating in VBS recreation.

July 15: Pray for blessing on the snacks and those volunteers preparing and serving during VBS.

July 16. Pray that witnessing opportunities at VBS will lead to salvations.

July 17: Pray that both the VBS crafts completed and the missionary family studied at VBS will remind students of

God’s creative purposes for everything and everyone.

July 18: Pray that all involved in VBS will continue to seek God and grow in relationship with Him.

July 19: Ask God to bless follow-up contacts with new families which lead them to being part of a church family.

July 20: Pray that WBC’s 2020 VBS will continue to bear spiritual fruit and glorify God.

July 21: Ask God to provide time for rest and renewed spiritual energy for all VBS volunteers.

Thank you for your prayers for VBS. Also, please continue prayers for our Student Minister search process and many other needs for our church families, communities and nation. May you see God at work in answer to YOUR prayers . . . and give HIM praise!

“. . . I lay my requests before You and wait expectantly.”

Psalm 5:3 NIV

Countywide Prayer

Spotlight Greater Gaston Baptist Association established

prayer as an associational priority for 2018. In

keeping with this objective, leadership is

asking area churches to join in prayer for one

another. Please consider praying in both

your small group prayer times as well as your

individual prayer times. May WBC be blessed as

we join others seeking God to build up HIS

kingdom through this prayer emphasis

First Baptist – Lowell Supply Pastors First Baptist - Mt. Holly Kendell Cameron, Pastor

First Baptist – Stanley Jason Ballard, Pastor Flint Groves – Gastonia Ronnie Bowers, Pastor Fraley Memorial – Lowell Warner Doles, Pastor

"Restore us again, O God our Savior … Will You not revive us again. . .

"Psalm 85:4-6

PRAYERS FOR SALVATION:

Joshua, James, Josh, Ceasar,

Rosa, Jessie, Robert

PRAYERS FOR HOMEBOUND OR

THOSE IN ASSISTED LIVING:

Hortense Cowan

Hazel Currie, Patsy Waugh

PRAYERS FOR THE MONTH OF JULY

PRAYERS FOR HEALTH AND

HEALING: Michael Minges, Tracy and Joshua

McAferty, Shirley Sutton, Bob Patton, Kirk Setzer, Janet Sabucco,Terry Collins’

daughter Marsha

To initiate a prayer, call one of the

following:

Joyce Wynn

Jane Saunders

Community Prayer Gathering

Since we are unable to meet for corporate

prayer, please pray for our world during

these unsure times.

Please join your brothers and sisters in Christ

from area churches to pray and believe that

God’s Word in 2 Chronicles 7:14 is true for today

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

Vacation Bible School

July 13-17

6-8pm Kids who completed

Grades K-5th

WBC Kids

Weekly Ministries

for Grades K-5th:

Sunday 11:00am

Kids Worship

Nursery/Preschool Worship

Wednesday 7:00 pm

Kids ROC

Preschool Kids Club

***********

Volunteers needed for weekly classes as well as

VBS. Please pray about the opportunity to serve at

Woodlawn. Class volunteers must be a member

and pass background check. Contact Melissa

Botts. [email protected]

336-580-6154

YOUTH ADULTS

$20

We will resume

Young At Heart as soon as possible.

YOUTH 6th GRADE – 12th GRADE

JOIN US Sunday 6pm Bible Study

Wednesday 7pm Bible Study

Please pray during this time for all the ministries we typically

help. We will gather again soon!!

YOUTH

All youth activities have been postponed until further notice.

PARENTS PLEASE SEE THE PARENT NEWSLETTER FOR IMPORTANT INFO.

Woodlawn Security Team

is looking for individuals to

serve and join our team. If

you are interested or have

questions, please contact

the church office for

information.

Look on

Facebook for

our song and

scripture to

memorize.

WBC KIDS

GLOW GLORIFY, LOVE, OBEY, WORSHIP

You are the light of the world… Matthew 5:14

MUSIC MINISTRY

Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and

admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and

spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.

Rehearsal for Singers!

* If you are interested in helping us lead our congregation in

worship through music, please join us for our weekly rehearsal

on Wednesday evenings 6-7pm!

Instrumentalists!

* If you play an instrument and would like to talk about serving

the church through music please reach out via email!

[email protected]

Colossians 3:16

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all

wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts

to God.

God has created music as a means of worshiping him! We have all experienced music’s

ability to enhance and stir our passions. I believe that music is intentionally designed in

this way. When we attach the truths of Scripture to the songs we sing we can see very

clearly why God has designed music this way! I pray that our love for the Lord would

continue to deepen as a result of singing together each week.

FOR THE MONTH OF JULY

WE WILL BE COLLECTING:

Spaghetti Sauce and noodles,

Grits, Peanut Butter and Jelly

Wednesday

Evening

At Woodlawn

Adults- Gym

Preschoolers – Preschool

SS Classroom

Children – Children’s Dept.

Youth – Youth Room

WHAT’S GOING ON AT WOODLAWN?

Please pray for our Student Minister candidate, our church and the

Student Ministry

Saturday, July 18, 4-6pm: Meet and Greet

Sunday, July 19, AM Services: Vote on Candidate

TRUTH SEEKERS

Postponed until further notice

Join us as we seek to know the truth in God’s word. We are working through the book of

Ephesians.

Two Sunday morning

services:

8:30 and 11:00am(see below)

or

Sunday morning worship

live at 11:00am www.woodlawnbaptist-

lowell.com

If you do not have access to a

computer, please let the church office

know. We have dvds available.

Join us for Sunday Mornings

8:30am for the Senior Adults and those vulnerable to the virus

11:00am for those with children and less vulnerable (children

activities offered)

SPECIAL OCCASIONS – JULY 2020

❖ Read through the Bible in a year

❖ Read through the New Testament

❖ Read through the Bible Chronologically

❖ Read through Mark

1 Lawana Hovis 2 Harrison Swindell 10 Mark Hall

10 James Sears 12 Hensley Evans 12 Kayla Hawkins

14 Ruth Abbott 16 Sandra Simonds 17 Keylee Calvert

22 Shirley Falls 22 Canaan Morehead 25 Caroline Grant

26 Hanna Moore 27 Kimberly Collins 28 Ashleigh Grant

28 Melanie Hawkins 29 Betty Walker 30 Reagan Evans

31 Justin Clements 31 Carolyn Patton

1

Eddie and Debbie Calvert

1

Glen Sr and Rene Flowe

9

Rick and Joyce Fowler

18

Chris and Leslie Lamb

29

Chris and Ragan Norris

…so you know…

WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH

STAFF

Pastor: Mitch Evans [email protected] Worship Minister – Justin Morehead [email protected] Ministry Assistant: Crystal Watkins

[email protected]

The WBC Newsletter is a monthly publication for Woodlawn Baptist Church

1101 N. Main St. Lowell, NC 28098

Phone: 704-824-4261

Sunday School is at 9:45am Worship service is at 11:00am

Sunday evening service and activities are at 6:00pm

Wednesday small groups, youth and children’s activities are at 7:00pm

FINANCIAL DIGEST

AS OF may 2020

INCOME YEAR TO DATE

$158,749.04

OFFERING may 2020

$44,891.86

AVERAGE ATTENDANCE

SUNDAY SCHOOL

may 2019- 95

may 2020- 0 (COVID-19)

WORSHIP

may 2019- 158

may 2020- 124 (COVID-19)

Please note that the 2020 averages represent only

2 weeks attendance because of the Coronavirus

quarantine situation.

Church Office

Hours

Monday

Thru

Thursday

8am – 4pm

Woodlawn Baptist Church is

happy to allow members to

use our facilities. We just ask that you complete a “Facilities

Use Form” and give it to the Ministry

Assistant so she can be sure there are no

scheduling conflicts and can add your event

to the church calendar. The “Facilities Use

Forms” are available in the workroom, on

the wall by the copier.

MISSIONS

What do you do? What do you do?

Missionaries and their converts face cross-cultural situations many times that we may never

have to face. We generally live our lives in our own specific historical and cultural situations. A

lot of times important cultural decisions made by missionaries and their converts cannot be

made after long deliberate thought, but must be made on the spot as any delay can have long

lasting consequences. Here is an example of a true story from Japan.

Mashashi grew up in a small village that contained two Shinto shrines and a Buddhist temple.

There were no Christians in his area. Mashashi had gone to university in Tokyo. It was there

that he had met a missionary through a group of young people and became a Christian. During

his visits back home between semesters the villagers had noticed the change in his life. He led

his brother to the faith. His mother also became a Christian after he had prayed and cared for

her when she was ill. They were the only Christians in the village. A week before his

grandmother had died he also told her the gospel and she became a believer.

Mashashi received the phone call that his grandmother had died so he returned to the village.

Preparations were already underway for the funeral. He confronted his father stating that his

grandmother was now a Christian and should have a Christian funeral instead of a Buddhist

funeral. His father flat out refused. His father had recently been elected as president of the

village. He was responsible for the village's religious activities so he did not want to upset the

200+ guests and relatives attending the funeral.

The next day was the funeral. At the end of the ceremony the family stood in line. His father

was first, followed by his mother. Mashashi being the eldest son was third. His young Christian

brother was next watching him to see what he would do. Each person was expected to offer

burning incense for the dead. All the family and guests focused on Mashashi as it was his turn

to venerate his grandmother. As he approached the coffin, Mashashi . . .

What would you do? What would you do!?

The Pates in Brazil

Woodlawn VBS

For the missions segment of VBS we will be showing a video of the Worthy family in Italy. We will also be

collecting donations for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes.

Monkey River Belize

Continue to pray for our missionary family in Campinas, Sao Paulo State, Brazil as they like us live

through CV19. Brazil is now ranked second in total cases and total deaths behind the U.S. There have

been 290,000+ cases confirmed in the State of Sao Paulo with 15,030 deaths. Yet even in the midst of it

all, Brian still has encouraging words to say on Facebook.

Brian Pate June 13 at 8:48 AM · God is doing something very special here in Brazil, and it's humbling to be a part

of it! We are praying God will bring more individuals and families to join our team.

Belize has had a total of 28 cases of CV19 with 2 deaths. They are starting to ease some of their lockdown restrictions internally and are scheduled to open up their borders on August 15. For more details, visit the Belize Tourism Board website at Belize COVID-19 Update for Travellers | BTB

Pray for villagers in Monkey River.

Your deacons on duty for

July

Tom Botts and Shane Wilders

2019-2020 Deacon Family and Ministry Assignment

Tom Botts – A – Bok Missions, Website

Don Trapp – Bol – Cov Building and Grounds, Prayer Ministry

Jonathan Grant – Cow – Fel Recreation, Decorations, Young At Heart

Jon Calvert– Fem – G Audio Visual, Men’s Ministry

Willie Sutton – H – La Finance Team, Women’s Ministry, Food Pantry

Tony Watkins – Lax – M Baptism, Greeters, Security

Scott McCombs – N – Sil Fellowship, Bereavement, Music, Benevolence

Shane Wilders – Sim – T Sunday School, Youth Ministry

Chris Norris – U – Z Children’s Ministry