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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

When you give through e-giving, the church receives more of your contribution if you

use your bank account (ACH) as opposed to using a credit or debit card.

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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