Volume 19 May ISSUE 5

A Mother is the only one who can divide her love among 10 children and each child still have all her love.

is Sr. Adult Day with a meal for them served by our Youth.

Let our Seniors know what their Faith, Leadership, and Godly Legacy

mean to us. We are blessed to have them as our Parents, Grandparents,

Great Grandparents, Friends, but mostly, Loved Ones! Seniors please know

you are so appreciated, respected, and much loved! Pray for all our Seniors

at SLBC. Please sign-up so we can get an accurate meal count.

Graduate Recognition. please sign up or call the church office so we can recognize you during the morning Worship Service on Sunday, May 19th. God bless your future endeavors! Jer. 29:11

A special recognition gift will be given to Mothers during our morning worship. No PM worship service, or activities. Honor Your Mother! “Mothers”-Beautiful, Beloved, Blessed of God!

Memorial Day, is observed on the last Monday of May to honor

the men and women who died while serving in our country’s armed

forces. It originated following the Civil War and became an official

federal holiday in 1971. It became the “unofficial” start of summer

vacation season, while Labor Day marks its end. No

Evening Worship/Activities May 26th. Pause to Remember

Sharing Love

Because of Christ

SLBC Purpose

...to glorify God by

making disciples who:

intentionally devote themselves to their own

spiritual growth,

joyfully celebrate

knowing Christ through

corporate worship,

faithfully connect

with others for

fellowship and

accountability, actively

participate in the

ministry of the church

and purposely invest

their own time and

resources in order to

reach and disciple

others in obedience to

the great Commission.

Sunday Worship

10:30 AM

Sunday School

(For All Ages)

9:30 AM

Evening Worship

6:30 PM

Wednesday

Bible Study 7:00 PM

Everyone Welcome!

A special reminder to mark your calendars for our

VBS beginning June 17-21 (6-9 PM). Kids, get

ready for amazing encounters with Jesus! Call

Susan Bishop 414-9817 if you have questions or

to let her know if you can volunteer in any way.

We possess the most powerful weapon within ourselves to

approach God’s Mercy Seat at any time of day, the Power Of

Prayer. How awesome! This day is set aside to pray for our

Country and its Leaders, for our Churches, its leaders, and for

each other. Please take time to pray and offer thanks, not only on

this day, but every day. Give God thanks for this privilege.

A Mother’s Prayer-Thank you Lord for bringing my children into my life. Help me

guide them and teach them through example to lead lives of wisdom and strong,

loving faith. Please let them learn to serve You always in thought and deed. And re-

mind me Lord to always be there for my Family as You are always there for me. Amen.

Sr. Adults will meet on the last Thursday, May 30th

at 11:30 AM, and also, throughout the Summer. Hope

you can come join us for fun, food, fellowship, and

trips too! Walter Brown, Ministry Leader.

Christian Sympathy to the families and friends of: Bertha Foster and Joyce Goodwin. Weep but briefly

for your loved ones as they enter into the Kingdom of God, for they shall possess a joy and peace that is

unattainable on God’s earthly realm. Rather, rejoice in their everlasting and total happiness, for their

eyes have seen God and are being led throughout Heaven by Jesus!

You can teach someone better with your life actions rather than with your lips.

Food Pantry: Food items collected through

May will be used for the Connie Maxwell

Children’s Home June Food Drive. Your donations are so

appreciated!! Beryl-WOM/WMU

My Mother's “Dollar”-Matt. 22:21-Then saith He unto them, "Render therefore unto Caesar the

things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's." I was a very young boy in the fourth grade when I

received my first lesson in returning to God that which is His. To this day I remember it so well. My Dad had past away at age

39 and Mom was left to raise five kids ranging from 6 to 16. She had to go to work to try to make ends meet and keep her

children together. We had very little but always enough. The lesson I remember is Mom giving our last ten dollars to the church

as an offering. It had to take a lot of faith for her to do that because ten dollars would pay our rent for the month. A few days

later some people came to our door and gave Mom forty dollars. Mom's act of obedience was the modern version of the

widow's mite when she gave all she had. God wants our willingness to be obedient and He will always meet our needs. Mom is

gone now, but her lesson that you can never out give God lives on inside me. I can look back over my life and clearly

see how God has always been at work in it. Even in the tough times when I thought He had forgotten me, He was

there, and I know He still is. What a great God we serve. Mr. Jerry- Finance.

Thank You SLBC for the 50 health kits you provided for

migrants distributed by Lex. Bapt. Assoc. WOM/WMU

Greetings in the name of Jesus! May is coming shortly. For me it is a month with many milestones. In May, I

will have another birthday. I’ve had enough of them that the number doesn’t matter anymore. Also, Susan and I

will celebrate our fiftieth wedding anniversary. Mother’s Day is coming and it will be number seventy-two to celebrate with

my Mom; she will be ninety-nine in June, and to celebrate with Susan, the mother of my two terrific sons. I have two grand-

children with May birthdays as well.

All of these milestones cause me to stop and think of just how much God has blessed me. Truly, I have little to complain

about. When I do complain, and I do, it is usually unwarranted. I say again, God has been good to me! There is little in my

life that I would want to change. God gave me his Son to die in my place and give me life. God gave me the right family to

be born into. He gave me the right wife to be paired with for a life time. If He let me pick out two men to be my sons, it

would be the two I have. All of this and then the amazing love that has been shown to Susan and me by all of the brothers and

sisters in Christ that God placed in our lives.

Are there any changes I would want to make in my life? Yes! All of them have to do with my life and attitude toward

God. Surely, I wish I had been more faithful to Him. I wish I would have used the abundant and eternal life that He has given

to me to do more for Him and more to advance His kingdom. In reality He gives so much to us and asks so little from us.

Read Matthew 25:34-40. He also said, “If you love me, obey my commands.” God gave us His son to die in our place, He

forgives all who truly believe and He gives us eternal life. Weigh what He has done for us and given to us, with what He asks

of us, and we will truly see how blessed we are. All I can do, all you can do, is to ask ourselves daily, how can I be a blessing

to God today. Even then we have to ask His help to be that blessing. God bless you, we love you all! Butch

Thanks for helping us exceed our $1,200 goal!

RTD: $1,766-100% will be used for Missionary support.

Much thanks to our Grounds keeping crew

for all their hard work; and special thanks

to Nicholas & Dakota Bishop and Charles Tisdell for the

retention pond clean-up and hauling off of debris.

Congratulations to our very own Beryl Bledsoe as she assumes

role as VP of the Executive Board of WMU program! You make

us so proud Ms. Beryl!

Special Thanks to everyone who helped with the Easter Egg

Hunt! Appreciation for all the donated cupcakes, candy, & plastic

eggs. A great success due to God’s blessings and all our awesome

volunteers. We thank you so very much! Tonya Williamson and

Dottie Sharpe, Ministry Leaders.

Thanks so much for your donations towards the

unexpected expense for the three retention pond

inspections. Received $1,310 for the 5th Sunday offering!

Church Members: Our Bus Ministry has need of CDL

drivers! If you feel led and are interested, please contact

Toby Spires-(260-1404). Thanks so much!

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1

2

Joe Larned

3

Donnie Griffin

4

Gary Elliott Jeanette Ferguson

Faye Hunter

Kelsey Willis

5

Nathan Davis

Jacob Tedder

6

Dakota Bishop

Landyn Oakley

7

Amber Parker

8

Savannah Bustle

Renee Goff

9

Treina Risher

10

Brittany Penninger

11

Sharon Bailey

Brooklyn Bishop Dawn Humphries

Kimber Murray

12

Anna Richburg

No PM Service

13

Brian Bishop

Marion Steele

14

15

Diane Conyers

Nunnie Zeigler

16

Daniel Long

Dawnte Robinson

17

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19

Graduate

Recognition

20

21

Cathy Kyzer

Madison

Schumacher

22

Butch Powell

23

24

Linda Ebron

Christine Golda

Luke Long

25

Chester Keisler

Carol Martin

26

Don Miller

Ryan Rentz

No PM Service

27

Pause...and

Remember

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Elaine Cato

Susan Howell

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Elizabeth Boykin

Jamie Harlin

31 Charles McCurdy

Doug Wooten

2019

Never Look down on someone unless you’re helping them up! Truth doesn’t hurt unless it ought to!

Sunday Schedule Sunday School

9:30 AM

Morning Worship

10:30 AM

Evening Bible Study

6:30 PM

Awana Clubs

5:30 - 7:30 PM

Choir Practice

(2nd & 4th)-4:45 PM

Wednesday Schedule

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Food Pantry

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Bible Study

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Team Kids

7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Youth Bible Study

On-Going Activities

WOM/WMU Last Tuesday 10:00 AM

Sr. Adults Lunch/Meeting Last Thursday 11:30 AM

Deacons Meeting 2nd Sunday 4:00 PM

South Lexington Baptist Church

116 Brevard Parkway

Lexington SC 29073 (803) 957-8285 office@slbchurch.com

www.slbchurch.com

Return Service Requested

NON-PROFIT ORG.

US POSTAGE

P-A-I-D Lexington, S C

Permit No. 184

2019

Pastor: Butch Powell E-Mail: pastor@slbchurch.com

Deacons: *Primary Deacons for Month of May

Brian Bishop 414-9831 Marty Griner 605-9972

*Chester Keisler 662-6695 *Ron Matthews 312-3036

Toby Spires 260-1404 Marion Steele 609-6115

Secretary: Betty Frick Finance: Jerry Frick

Thru April 21st . . (16 Weeks)

Budget Required-$111,699

Receipts - $101,795 Expenditures - $102,565

Designated-$18,420 Annie Armstrong-$ 1,766

E-mail or sign up to receive offering envelopes, It helps us

post your contributions more efficiently. We appreciate

you using them! Mr. Jerry-Finance.

Excerpted from 2010 Newsletter by Mrs. Bertha Foster, who went home to be with Jesus recently… How Sound is

your Tabernacle? As I was studying during my devotional time, I thought about how God called the Israelites to

build the Tabernacle. They were to use only the finest materials of gold, silver, and acacia wood and curtains woven

of fine linen with no pieces but one fine length for each curtain. Why? Because God’s very presence would dwell

there. How is your tabernacle? Do you keep your mind and body a fitting place for the Lord to dwell inside your

heart? Is it pure? Is it filled with clean and loving ways? Does your mind think and stay filled with things of God or

things that you would not want God or your Pastor to know about? Do you give of your best to provide the Lord God

a safe and lovely place to receive your worship? Do you give Him your best or do you give Him what is left over

from all of your other activities? Ex. 35:22 says, “The people came, both men and women, those who had a willing

heart and brought...”. Do you bring to the Lord willingly or grudgingly? We all must have necessities of life: shelter,

food and clothing for the body, etc.; but do we pile on more and more bills to be paid for things that we simply have

to “have”? When we have paid the bills, do we give to God from what’s left or did we give to Him first? Examine

your priorities today and see if God approves of your “Tabernacle”. Suggested reading 2 Cor. 5:1-4; 2 Peter 1:11-14.

Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away.