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The Messenger Monthly Newsletter of Dyer Baptis t Association

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3057 Hwy 51 South

Dyersburg, TN 38024

Pastors & Wives Breakfasts

September 13 & 27

8:30 AM, Association Office

www.dyerbapt is tassocia t ion.com

September , 2021

Church News

Church Grove — Rev. Ronnie Turner reports that the parking lot pavement has been completed. He

also reports one salvation and that the young man will be baptized on 8/22.

Evansville — Rev. Danny Griffin is serving as Interim Pastor. Please continue to pray for Bro. Don

Williams’ health.

Macedonia — October 3 is dedicated as Homecoming Day beginning at 10:30 AM. Rev. Don Layman will

be preaching. The Union University Gospel Choir will be leading worship that day. The church will hold

Revival Services October 24-27 with Rev. Kevin Sellars as evangelist and with Rev. Trevor Sewell leading

worship. Rev. Charles McKendree is pastor.

New Mitchell Grove will celebrate Homecoming October 3. Bro. Johnny Emmerson will be preaching.

Williams Chapel will hold Revival Services September 26-29 with Dr. Dennis Jones as evangelist. Rev.

Jimmy Clay is pastor.

The Path — The mission is celebrating a recent baptism. Rev. Ricky DeSpain is pastor.

Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions

www.goldenoffering.org

DBA Baptist Women

Will Meet Monday, September 13

6:00 PM at the BCM

All Women Are Invited

Notes Along the Journey,

Mission Mexico Jan. 8-15, 2022 – Our Association has been invited to work again

with our Baptist friends in Pijijiapan, Mexico. We will be doing general evangelism

with some of our sister churches as well as conducting a Discipleship Conference for

pastors and church leaders. If you are praying about joining us, please contact us at

the DBA office so we can share with you more about this trip.

The Task Force – The Task Force that is studying the feasibility of moving our

offices to the BCM and selling our current property has met three times already. At this point we are trying to

meet weekly. Bro. Gary Durham, pastor of Hillcrest Baptist Church is our chairman. Bro. Lynn King is our

Vice Chairman. Please pray for these men as they lead us in this very important study. Other team members:

Charlie Halliburton, Bill Oakley, Kevin Sellars, Rick Isbell, and Eddie Wilbanks.

GOTM Update – Each year, our TBC churches give to the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. Part of

this money is returned to the Association from which it came. The TBMB totals all GOTM monies given by

the churches in each Association and returns ten percent of that total to each association. This is Good

News!!! However, we now have GREATER NEWS!!! During the next two years, FIFTEEN PERCENT of

the total given by the churches of the DBA to the GOTM will be returned to our Association. During the last

couple of years, we received about $1800. For the next two years, we will receive about 50% more!!! So, let

me encourage your church to promote the GOTM even more this year. By giving to our state missions offer-

ing, we will be able to bless our own work here in the DBA. By giving to our state missions offering we will

be able to bless he work of the TBMB as well as the work here in the DBA. If you need resources to promote

this offering in your church, please contact us and we will help you with resources.

By-Law and Guideline Updates – Revisions approved at our recent Executive Board Meeting have been in-

cluded in our By-Law and Guidelines. Contact the DBA office for a copy of these updated policies.

Enjoying the Journey,

Dennis R. Jones, your DOM

Treasurer’s Report

October 2020— July 2021

Disaster Relief

Ministry Update -

Our DR ministry continues to

receive gifts toward the purchase of a trac-

tor/skidder and trailer. This is great news!!

If you or your church would like to help us

reach our goal, please send your gifts to the

DBA and designate it for Disaster Relief

Equipment. As of today, we have received

the following gifts toward our goal:

Anticipated cost $ 30,000

Given to date $ 8,672

Baptist Collegiate Ministry

Fall semester is beginning August 23! The BCM is excited to announce open hours

Monday- Thursday 10am- 4pm! Open hours mean any student can come hang out, play

games, and study during these times. I am looking for volunteers to keep the BCM open

Monday and Tuesday from 1pm-4pm. If anyone would like to volunteer, please call me!

Our small group bible studies (ROAR/BLOOM), Amplify and Lunch Encounter all begin the week of the 23rd as well! Encourage any college students you have in your churches to plug in to these events! Be in prayer for each of our Welcome Week activities as we partner with Student Life on some events!

If you have not already followed or liked our Instagram and Facebook pages (@theb.dscc) , please do so! All events and prayer requests, etc can be found there!

Last of all, please be in prayer for our BCM Leadership Team as they seek to share the Gospel and serve this campus as well! Your continued support of the BCM is appreciated!

Senior Adult Praise Gathering (Sponsored by DBA and FBC Newbern)

FBC Newbern

October 14

Worship at 10:30 AM

Lunch follows at Noon

Rev. Tommy Vinson will be preaching

The Bradfords will be leading in worship

The Cost is $5 per person

Each church is asked to contact

the association office by October 11th

with the number of people coming from

your church.

DBA Annual Meeting

October 18

Mount Vernon Baptist 2728 Unionville Road

Halls TN 38040

First Session — 3:30 PM

Meal — 5:45 PM

Second Session — 6:45 PM

Church Names July YTD

Beech Grove 136.00 1224.00

Beech Grove Viar 0.00 900.00

Bogota 483.92 2182.84

Calvary Chapel 0.00 900.00

Church Grove 0.00 1368.00

Curve 0.00 3294.40

Dyersburg First 2500.00 17630.00

Dyersburg Second 130.00 910.00

Emmaus 600.00 767.87

Enon 157.46 1157.78

Evansville 13.26 270.86

Fairview 191.85 1532.94

Finley 586.00 4556.00

Ft. Hudson 150.00 1204.00

Fowlkes 150.00 1200.00

Gates 43.71 525.86

Halls First 811.70 3762.74

Halls Westside 198.16 1851.87

Harmony 58.59 1613.26

Harvest 0.00 1355.92

Hillcrest 1651.17 12244.09

Lenox 0.00 750.00

Macedonia 664.94 3902.66

Mary's Chapel 445.49 3515.53

McCullough 202.68 1041.16

Miston 0.00 0.00

Mt. Tirzah 90.40 866.02

Mt.Vernon 0.00 5641.47

New Hope 0.00 0.00

New Mitchell Grove 100.00 750.00

Newbern First 2329.19 15743.03

Parrish Chapel 0.00 210.00

RoEllen 320.18 2151.65

Southside 277.41 1897.63

Springhill 1294.58 5730.75

The Path 0.00 0.00

Three Oaks Chapel 0.00 500.00

Trimble First 700.00 3150.00

Westside 0.00 135.00

Williams Chapel 150.00 1200.00

Woodville 0.00 0.00

Zion Hill 197.64 1467.86

Total 14,634.33 109,105.19

September 21, 2021

Sponsored by Dyer Baptist Association

And Hillcrest Baptist Church

All churches invited.

The Summit:

The Gathering of Tennessee Baptists

November 14-17, 2021

Brentwood Baptist Church 7777 Concord Road

Brentwood, Tennessee