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Friends and Family
Pastor’s Desk ………... 1
RCA News……………. 2
Education News………. 2
Calendar………………. 3
Ladies” Ministry……… 4
SOULed Out News…… 4
TeamKID….………….. 4
Music Notes…………... 5
Finance Committee…… 5
Pastor/Staff Information
Bro. John E. Abraham,
Pastor 24 Hour Cell Phone: 512-304-8937
Bro. JR Regalado, Assistant Pastor; Youth Director
Bro. Curtis Chandler Assistant Pastor; Children’s Director [email protected]
Mrs. Martha Gardner, Music Choir Director
Mrs. Sarah Voigt, Principal
Loretta Holliday, RBC/RCA Secretary
Faith Sanders, Financial Secretary
www.RosankyBaptistChurch.com www.RosankyChristianAcademy.com
www.RosankyBaptistChurch.com NOVEMBER 2019 512-360-3968
“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.” 1 Corinthians 15:52
Pastor John
November 2nd-- Men’s Breakfast 7:00am, Ladies Brunch 9:00am
November 3rd— Fall Back (Daylight Savings Time-set clocks back one hour)
November 5th— Election Day
November 11th— Veteran’s Day-RCA Salutes our Veteran’s 10:30am
November 16th— RBC Craft Fair 10:00am-4pm
November 24th— RBC Thanksgiving Fellowship at the Table 5:30pm
November 22nd— Mid-Week Service 6:00pm
November 28th— Happy Thanksgiving
Folks, it’s a great day to be alive! God is on His throne, He is Sovereign over the affairs of man, and He pours out His mercies on the just and the unjust alike. Wow! What a great God we serve! Are you excited about the Fall months of the year? Fall brings with it, a crisp excitement in the air and a renewed spirit of optimism in our hearts.
Wasn’t Jubilee Sunday just amazing? Did you enjoy the Aragon Family? They brought us great worship and an inspirational message in song, God’s Word spoke to hearts, and WOW, wasn’t the great lunch together simply amazing? Thank you everyone for helping us to celebrate 103 amazing years of Rosanky Baptist Church. I believe in the providence of God and can’t wait to see what He has in store for us in the days, weeks, months, and years ahead. Amen? Great days are facing us.
Holy God desires for us to walk with Him and know His glorious presence in our lives; that’s why He created us. Job cried out unto the Lord: “I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eyes seeth thee” (42:5). Holy God doesn’t just want you to know about Him, He desires for you to know Him. Do you know Him? Or better yet, does He know you? My desire is: “That I (we) might know Him”; to become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving…recognizing…understanding…continually transformed…to be like Him. Can anything on this earth be more important to a child of God? Holy God says, “If you seek me, you will find me; IF you search for me with your whole heart.”
November is the beginning of the Holiday Season. We celebrate ‘Thanksgiving’ this month. Are you truly thankful? The Lord has blessed us all, let us give him the thanksgiving of praise and worship Him with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. Let’s show Him our love and thankfulness by being faithful to His Bride, the Church. I’m reminded of the song: Thank You Lord” by Don Moen.
I come before You today; and there's just one thing that I want to say:
Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord! For all You've given to me; for all the blessings I cannot see:
Thank You Lord! Thank You Lord! With a grateful heart; With a song of praise; With an outstretched arm; I will bless
Your name! I just want to say, ‘Thank You, Lord!’ ‘Thank You’, my dear family and friends, for your love, support, and commitment. I love you very much and thank God upon every remembrance of you. See you in Bible Study and Worship each Sunday in November. Be blessed, my friends.
P.S. Thank you for all the expressions of your love to Linda and I during Pastor Appreciation Month. What a joy and blessing to serve you in this great place.
Have a Very Blessed And
Happy Thanksgiving!
Pastor John
Education Ministry: “REACHING, TEACHING,
and SERVING” to the glory of God!
2019: Intimacy with the Almighty!
I pray that you didn’t miss our wonderful RBC 103rd Anniver-sary Sunday Celebration. Jubilee Sunday was an amazing day in the Lord. Thanks for being faithful and showing your love and support for your church.
TeamKID is going strong and continuing to grow. Spread the word and get those kids involved in Sunday School and Wednesday evening Children’s Ministry. Thanks to everyone who worked hard and came out and supported the ‘Christmas in October’ night that replaced the Fall Festival this year. Every-one had a great time and we received some great gifts for needy families.
Don’t forget the Adult and Youth Bible Study on Wednesdays evenings. They are being well attended. Please take advantage of every opportunity to have you and your children under the teaching and preaching of God’s Word.
If you are not a regular member of an Adult Bible Study Class, please find the one right for you. There is a class that’s devel-oped with you in mind. Invite a neighbor, friend, or family member and come study God’s Word together and get to know each another. Get plugged in and catch the vision.
This month we celebrate Thanksgiving. It’s a great way of showing that you are thankful for God’s Word to us. Studying God’s Word together is a great way of showing that you are thankful. Will you make a choice to be used of God and to be committed to faithfulness in Sunday morning, Sunday evening and Wednesday evening Adult Bible Study / Children’s Sunday School and Worship? We need you—and we all need God’s Word. God bless you. See you Sunday at 9:45 am, and Wednesday at 6:00 pm, as we open the Word of God together.
Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits, …
(Psalm 103:1-2).
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October was a busy month for RCA! Thank you to so many of our teachers,
students and staff for all the hard work they put into Spirit Week. You can check
out some of the pictures of our daily themes on the RCA Facebook page! Not
only did we have a fantastic Spirit Week complete with our TRIBE Pep Rally,
the teachers enjoyed a two day ACE Conference in Houston earlier in the month
where we heard from some great speakers and took home strategies to imple-
ment in the school.
Our first “Christmas in October” was also well received—thank you to all who
came out and supported this event! I especially enjoyed Jubilee Sunday. The
singing, preaching and fellowship were food for my soul. Happy 103rd birthday
to RBC!
This month we finish out the 1st Quarter. Report cards go home on Nov.4 and
then we will already be in the 2nd Quarter of the school year.
This month we look forward to the Thanksgiving holidays, but first, our very
own RCA Choir led by Mrs. Dana Henning will perform at church on Sunday,
November 10, and also during school on Monday, November 11. The kids have
been practicing so hard—I know that it is going to honor all of our Veterans. We
hope you will join us!
Upcoming Dates:
Nov. 1 End of 1st Quarter Nov. 1 Shop Class Begins Nov. 4 2nd Quarter Begins (Report Cards go home) Nov. 8 Scripture Memory Due Nov. 11 RCA Choir Concert at 10:30 am Nov. 26 2 pm Early Release Nov. 27-29 RCA Thanksgiving Holidays (No School)
Mrs. Sarah Voigt, Principal
Volunteers needed Towers and Lost Pines Nursing Home Services
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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Deacon’s Meeting @5pm
11 RCA Salutes
our Veteran’s
10:30am
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Business Mtg @6pm
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24 RBC Thanksgiving Service Fellowship at the Table 5:30pm
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RBC Mid-
Week Service
6:00pm
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Church Office
is closed
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Church Office
is closed
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November 2019
Lost Pines
Children’s Ministry 6 pm
(ages 4 thru 6th grade)
Adult Bible
Study 6 pm
Towers 10 am
Happy Anniversary Happy Birthday 1 3 4
Guy Bond Shirley Miller Carissa White Collin Scrivner
14 15
Richard Cox Scarlett Rodriguez Brandt Segraves
5
Drake McCoy Madison Perryman
17 19 21
Bobby Jones Aaron Haynes Curtis Chandler
8 9 13
Tiny Brown Les Hooper Lane Hirsch June Ryman John Dorgan Lisa Evans Jennifer Segraves
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Ron Bone Mabel Alexander Elizabeth Chandler Hope McManus Errol Glidewell
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Leroy & Brenda Behrens
James & Patsy Welch
23 Mark & Faith Sanders
SOULed Out to Christ Youth Ministry
6 pm
Food Pantry 8 am
Fellowship Meal 5 pm
In His Service, Bro. Curtis
Wow! It’s hard to believe that 2019 is almost over. First of all, thank you to everyone who made Christmas in October a success. What a great night we had. Let me encourage you to bring your child on Wednesday nights. We started learn-ing about missions that are taking place in our state. The first church we learned about was a Cowboy Church in Boerne. We learned how they conducted services. Also, we learned how they are similar to us, and how they are different from us. We will be looking at churches all over state in the weeks to come. I hope to see you there.
Mark your calendar for January 17, 2020. We will have a lock-in for the Preteens age 10 and up. It will begin at 4:00 pm and conclude at 8 am. We have a fun night planned. The cost will be $25.00 to cover our activities and food. Please give me a call if you have any questions.
A special thank you from Lorena, the kids, and I, as you blessed us tremendously in the month of October for Pastor appreciation.
In HIS Grip,
Bro. Curtis
HEART TO HEART
I hope Thanksgiving isn’t just a holiday for you. It should be a way of life for every Christian. We serve an awesome God who sent his Son to die for you and me.
The life of thanksgiving is the truly lived life, fulfilling what it was created to be, and rehearsing what it will do fully and gloriously in eternity. So as you continue to reflect on what you are thankful for this year, remember God’s many blessings in your life!
Have a wonderful and blessed November and Thanksgiving!
With love from my heart ♥️
“Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!” Psalm 118:1 Upcoming Events: Nov 2 @ 9:00 - Ladies Brunch at Lorena Chandler’s home. Speaker: Mrs. Lorena Missions activity Leader: Mrs. Chris Nov 16 10:00-4:00 RBC Craft Fair Fellowship Halll Come out and get your Christmas shopping done early. Dec 7 @ 9:00 - Christmas Cookie Exchange at Chris Dorgan’s home Speaker: Mrs. Chris
~Bro. JR
Ladies Bible Study
We have just completed our study of Lysa Terkeurst’s It’s Not Supposed to be This Way. How refreshing it is to see an author being so very transparent about going through life’s challenges and sharing how God has grown her throughout her time of suffering. I am so grateful for each of the ladies, who are so very faithful to come on a weekly basis to study, share, and hold each other accountable.
With November and December being such busy times for families due to the holiday preparations and participation, we will be taking a two month hiatus from our weekly meetings. We look forward to coming together again in January, when we will again delve into a study written by Lysa Terkeurst.
I pray you ladies will come join our study of 1st and 2nd Kings as we study Trustworthy, Overcoming Our Greatest Struggles to Trust God. Stay tuned for the actual starting date, which will be announced in the next Trumpet.
Until then, I pray each of you has a wonderful Thanksgiving season.
In His Love, Mrs. Chris
It’s crazy to think the holiday season is upon us. I want to give a BIG "THANK YOU!" to all who helped with the "Christmas in October" Toy Drive event. Our goal is to collect as many toys to bless families in need. If you would like to still donate toys, we will continue accepting donations until December 4th.
Last year, the Youth Group donated enough food to bless two families for Thanksgiving, and we would like to do it again this year! For the next couple of weeks, I'd like to encourage students to bring Thanksgiving meal items to bless families of need this season. If any parent would like to deliver the meal packages, please let me know.
On January 19th-20th, we are headed to San Antonio for the SBTC Student Evangelism Conference. This is a fun time where students are trained and encouraged to take the gospel with them everywhere they go and to share their faith. Cost will be $80 plus food, this includes hotel stay. The deadline to sign up is December 13th.
Come grow with us! Be Blessed,
P.S. Staci and I want to thank all of our RBC congregation for the beautiful cards and gifts you blessed us with over Pastor Appreciation Month.
REACHING OUT Has someone been on your heart? If you have a desire to reach out
and stay in touch with those who have relocated, or are shut-in/
nursing home bound, we want to encourage you to please do so.
By the 30th of each month, we will send a care package of your
cards, letters, etc to our members. We have cards available in the
Church Office. Please, feel free to stop by and pick up one. For
more information, please see Loretta Holliday.
We will continue to collect Toy
donations until December 4th.
Month ending September 30, 2019, the General Fund received $21,959 with expenses of $21,148. There was a General Fund surplus of $811 for the month. Building Fund receipts were $2,817. The balance on the building note is $91,373. To learn more about our church finances, please contact me. I am available to answer all your ques-tions concerning the church finances. You may call 512-360-3968 to set up an appointment with me, or reach out to me by email at fi-
[email protected]. You may also, reach out to a member of our Finance Committee. RBC conducts a monthly business meeting on the third Wednesday of each month. Please join us! Thank you for being so faithful in your giving. God blesses us when we give with a prayerful heart.
“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this,” says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”
Malachi 3:10
Faith Sanders Financial Secretary
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Frans Hakkesteeg
Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to stop and ponder what the Lord God has really done for us. What a testimony that the early Colonists came together with their Native American counterparts to join with them in the partaking of the harvest and paying homage to the true God.There is a song that we sing during this Season of Thanks called 'Now Thank We All Our God', and it is fitting at this time that we mention how this song came about.
Martin Rinkart was a prolific hymn writer and Lutheran minister in the city of Eilenburg, Saxony during the Thirty Years' War. In 1636, he wrote the hymn, Nun danket alle Gott, which is, as we know it, 'Now Thank We All Our God'. During that time, the city was overrun by refugees suffering from the hazards of war as well as the horrors of a severe plague, so Rinkart opened his home to many who were seeking merely to survive. Rinkart was the only surviving pastor, conducting as many as 50 funerals a day, includ-ing that of his own wife. He continued his song-writing, and in 1648, his song was widely sung by the time peace was finally realized.
Amazing how this timeless composition has remained through the rigors of time and events, but we know that God's Word goes forth in many forms, and He will sustain his message throughout time, music included! Pray that the music of our time portrays God's Word in a way that would honor Him, and may we continue to be the vessels who facilitate the bringing of that message.
Bless you and yours in this time of giving thanks to our Maker,
KEEP ON SINGING FOR THE LORD!! FROM MARTHA AND THE RBC ADULT SANCTUARY CHOIR.
WEDNESDAY Fellowship MealWEDNESDAY Fellowship MealWEDNESDAY Fellowship Meal
5pm-5:45pm
NOVEMBER
6th: Chili, Salad & Cornbread 13th: Chicken & Rice, Green Beans & Rolls
20th: Stew & Cornbread 27th: Thanksgiving Eve– No Church Service or Meal
*all meals served with dessert & drink
No cost-just give what you can!
NURSERY WORKERS
11/3: Megan Fohn & Cooper Voigt
11/10: Rhonda & Luke Lock
11/17: Penny Fain & Cheri Willard
11/24: Alysha Currie
CHILDREN’S
CHURCH LEADERS
11/3: The Bastien’s
11/10: The Chandler’s
11/17: The Voigt’s
11/24: The Chandler’s
Sam Craig Ministries
CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX MINISTRY
ALL Shoeboxes will be picked up
Sunday, November 24th
(please see Loretta H for list of items)
2160 FM 535, P O Box 96, Rosanky, Texas 78953
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.”
REACH THE LOST in ministering the gospel into new areas (expansion of youth and chil-dren’s ministries). RENEWAL of godly living, Christ-honoring homes, and personal witness for Christ.
RECORD growth and development of Ro-sanky Christian Academy to train godly young people.
RAISE funding to pay off the Worship Cen-ter—“Building For Kingdom Growth.”
REVIVAL of Holy God’s presence and a hun-ger and thirst for holiness in individuals and families.
I believe this is God’s vision for Rosanky Bap-tist Church. Please pray with me for His mer-cies to be poured upon us. The door of oppor-tunity is open to us. Ask Holy God to give you a vision of His will for your life.
“Catch the Vision”
-Reaching
-Teaching
-Serving
~Pastor John
How to Become A
Christian (Romans 3:23; Romans 6:23)
Repent (turn away) from your sin
A—ADMIT:
Admit to God that you are a sinner
(Acts 3:19; 1 John 1:9)
B—BELIEVE
Believe that Jesus is God’s only Son and
accept God’s forgiveness from sin
(Romans 5:8; Acts 4:12; John 3:16; John
14:6; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 1:11-13)
C—CONFESS
Confess your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior
and Lord (Romans 10:9-10, and 13)
Is it time for you to become a
Christian? God’s Holy Spirit will help you know
if you are ready to become a Christian.
If it is time, pray a prayer such as the
one below:
Dear God: I know that I have sinned
and that my sin separates me from
You. I am sorry for my sins. I believe
that Jesus died on the cross for me so
that my sin can be forgiven. I believe
Jesus rose from the dead and is alive.
I ask Jesus, to come into my life and to
be my Savior and Lord. I will obey
You and live for You the rest of my
life.
Thank you, Amen!
If you have trusted Jesus to be your
Savior and Lord, you can be sure
that…
1) Your sin is forgiven.
2) You are a Christian.
3) You are a child of God.
4) God will always be with you.
5) You will go to heaven when you
die.
What can you do now?
Tell others that you are a Christian
and that Jesus is your Savior and
Lord.
Attend Church and Bible Study reg-
ularly.
Be baptized to show others that you
have become a Christian.
Read the Bible and pray to God every day.
RBC Vision