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A twice monthly publication of Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, VA
2 Pastor’s Pen
2 August Sermons
2 Youth Reach Week Events
2 Christmas in August
3 Prayer List
3 August Worship Assistants
3 Stewardship Report
What’s INSIDE
Join us for our next Engage Sunday School on Sunday, August 11 in the Family Life Center beginning at 9:45 a.m. We’ll all meet together as Pastor Dwight shares the lesson.
Youth Reach Week begins Monday, August 12. We’ll meet each day to share in ministry in the local area. (See page 2 for more information.)
Worship Choir Resumes rehearsals on Wednesday, August 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Suite. Come and join us if you have a heart for music and want to “make a joyful noise for the Lord.”
Save the Date! Rise Again Hunger comes back to MBC
Sunday, October 6! Come ready to worship in one service at 8:30 a.m.
Go to your Sunday School class at 9:45 a.m. and then leave at 10:15 a.m. to package meals.
08.07 .19 - 08 .21 .19
Great Opportunities Are Coming in August
Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Closed for lunch 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Office: 804.746.7253
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O ne of Sigmund
Freud’s favorite stories was about the sailor shipwrecked on
one of the South Sea Islands. He was seized by the natives, hoisted to their shoulders, carried to the village, and set on a rude throne. Little by little, he learned that it was their custom once each year to make some man a king, king for a year. He liked it until he began to wonder what hap-pened to all the former kings. Soon he discovered that every year when his kingship was ended, the king was banished to an island, where he starved to death. The sailor did not like that, but he was smart and he was king, king for a year. So he put his carpenters to work making boats, his farmers to work transplanting fruit trees to the island, farmers growing crops, masons building houses. So when his kingship was over, he was banished, not to a barren island,
The Touchstone
August Sermons
August 4 Upper Room Lessons
August 11 False Promises
August 18 Pastor Dwight to Preach
August 25
The Easy Road of Resistance
but to an island of abundance. It is a good parable of life: We’re all kings here, kings for a little while, able to choose what we shall do with the stuff of life. “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.” (Matthew 6:19-20)
~~ Pastor Tim
CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST
The following items will be collected the whole month of August for Mission-ary Danny Torres at the Swerve Church in Brooklyn, NY:
coloring books Items for hygiene kits for the homeless: hard candy Deodorant toothpaste toys for boys (various ages) Soap toothbrushes toys for girls (various ages) razors
Thank you for helping the Mission Friends, RA’s & GA’s with this ministry.
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Lucille Hott at Beth Sholom, Don Stewart at The Hermitage
Shirley Armstrong, Steve Beck, Amy Bowles, Betty Bowles, Eunice Bowles, Melvin Bowles, Dale Boyers, Jeanne Bradley, Len Brightwell, Jean Brooks, Brenda Brown, Florence Brown, George/Bessie Bryan, Joyce Burgess, Jerry Clark, Brenda Crawford, David/Janice Culver
Nancy Damron, Rusty Daniel, Jean Davis, Chuck/Margaret Davis, Amy Dixon, Rick Doggett, Roxanne Eliott, Jennifer Fisher, Fisher Family, Jean Foster
Garrett Family, Linda Gerhardt, Mary Greenwood, Cliff/Doris Grotz, Mary Hawthorne, Michael Hechler, Ward/Peggy Hildreth, John/Shirley Horton, Johnny Howell, Shirley Huffman
Sandy Jackson, Dot Jones, Mary Lee Jones, Cecil Keel, Diane Kennedy, Shelly Kidd, Paula King, Kerry Kinser, Bryan Lane, Jean Lane, Jim Lewis, Carolyn Little, Olive Litwinowicz, Lawson Logan, Audrey Long, David Matthews, Doris Metz, Joe Norman, Tori Nunnally, Patrick Olmstead, Robert/Betty Olmstead
Shirley Pasowicz, J.L. Pitts, Kimberly Pomato, Margaret Rice, Ruth Anne Sawyer, Charles Sprouse, Allie/Audrey Stevens, Ruth Stewart, Ruth Tate, Billy Temple, Daniel, Casey & Eli Toney, Doris Tucker
Joyce Wallace, Daniel Washington, Bill White, Bill/Victoria White, Vickie White, Andy Wibright, Larry Williams, Vera Williams, Melinda Winn, Elizabeth Wood, Jim Wright, Patricia Wright
Keeping You in Prayer
The Touchstone
07.28 08.04 Crosswalk ................................................................ 81 .......................... 95 Sunday School ...................................................... 163 ....................... 128 Worship II ............................................................... 99 .......................... 95 Regular Offering ............................................. $7,090.51 ............ $11,790.00 E-Giving ............................................................ 2,825.00 ............... 1,413.00 Designated Funds ............................................... 555.00 ................... 185.00 Total Offering ................................................ $10,470.51 ............ $13,388.00
Stewardship Report
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AUGUST WORSHIP ASSISTANTS
Opening & Closing 08.04 - Sam Shermer
08.11 - Eric Washburn
08.18 - Ted Boschen
08.25 - Jay Thompson
Counting Teams 08.04 - Donnie Leake
08.11 - Carla Broughton
08.18 - Steve Beck
08.25 - Alan Adkins
Nursery Workers 08.04 - Worship 1: Justin & Kelsey Holmes
Worship 2: Karen Monger &
Stephanie Smith
08.11 - Worship 1: Janet & Courtney
Madison
Worship 2: Jenni & Eric Washburn
08.18 - Worship 1: Rose Burrows &
Cindy Culley
Worship 2: Charlotte Grammer &
Robin Rozell
08.25 - Worship 1: Karen Monger &
Pat Hines
Worship 2: Carla Broughton &
Ashley Day
Deacon of the Week 08.04 - Mike Rosser - 355.5545
08.11 - Cotton Sizemore - 559.0925
08.18 - Gary Stainback - 909.1472
08.25 - Pat Clark - 730-2051
The Keenagers will meet for a picnic with the Youth on Thursday, August 15 at 10:30 a.m. at the church.
Congratulations Pastor Tim for 10 years of ministry!
We appreciate you!!
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Join us at
Mechanicsville Baptist Church
On Sundays
8:30 a.m. Crosswalk (Contemporary) Worship 8:30 a.m. M&M (Missions & Music) for children 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship 5:00 p.m. Encounter Service
Join us this Sunday morning at 9:45 a.m.
for our Engage Joint Sunday School.
We’ll meet in the Family Life Center.
MECHANICSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH 8016 Atlee Rd. Mechanicsville, VA 23111
The Touchstone Church Office: 804.746.7253
MECHANICSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH STAFF Dr. Tim Madison
Pastor
Rev. Dwight Hedges Associate Pastor to Students
& Spiritual Formation
Paul Rozecki Minister of Music & Worship
Julie Scott Child Care Director
Jean Dart Office Administrator
Cooper Gossage A/V Tech Director
Melvin Anderson Custodian
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