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!
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
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