JUNE 29, 2015 Cliff Mayton Senior Pastor Sunday started off with thunder, lighting and rain, which hurt our early service attendance, but the late service attendance was good. The spirit of both services was good and the message from Jude was profoundly relevant for all that is happening in our world. Once again God blessed us with three coming to profess their faith in Jesus as their Lord and Savior and wanting to follow in believer’s baptism. We welcome into the Kingdom and our fellowship Chris Allahar, Jr., Carlos Aguilar and his wife, Nicole Alloggio. I had the honor of baptizing Carlos and Nicole during the Sunday evening service. Speaking of the Sunday evening service, I feel safe in saying everyone appreciated the wonderful way our youth shared their camp experiences. We are blessed to have a man of Kevin Horn’s character as our Interim Youth Leader. Kevin has a deep love for our kids and, I have observed, the young people know he does. The Youth Ministry has not missed a beat since Tim Darst left. We are grateful and give credit to Tim for doing an excellent job in leadership the four years he was here, but the true success of any ministry is after you leave. The team Tim developed has beautifully “stepped up to the plate” to make sure that the ministry moves forward smoothly during this time. I also want to express gratitude to Connor Guthrie, our summer intern, for the exemplary assistance he is giving to Kevin and the youth leadership team. Of course, the youth themselves have exhibited some real maturity as they accepted Tim and Jenni going to a new field as God’s will. The nomination process was completed yesterday and the Personnel Committee has counted your nominations. We were hoping to be able to announce the members of the Youth Pastor Search Team to you in this publication, but the Personnel Committee has to contact a few more people to make sure they will accept being on the committee. This Sunday, the Youth Pastor Search Committee will be announced, and they will have their first meeting as soon as possible. The Worship Pastor Search Committee is working, and contacts have been made to perspective candidates for this position. While we do not want to drag the process out, at the same time we will not rush to get any man to fill the position. In my sixteen year tenure as Senior Pastor, we have had the very best in staff relations and we want to keep it that way. The worse mistake we could make is to miss finding the man God wants for us. The Search Committee and I are absolutely confident that in God’s timing He will bring us His man! I was very pleased with the response to our Holy Land Tour Informational Meeting Sunday night. An excellent group attended and there is a lot of interest in this tour. A good number of people have been with us before and want to go again, but we had more people who have never gone. If you would like information about this fabulous pilgrimage to the cradle of our Christian faith, please call me, email me, or make an appointment to discuss it with me. I cannot tell you how much you would gain through this experience. We leave for Israel on Friday, March 11, and return Sunday, March 20, 2016. Georgianna and I are hoping to take a good size group with us. Again, I want to remind you to make a special effort to be here Sunday, July 12! Dr. Paige Patterson, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, will be our special guest preaching in both morning services. I will be expecting to see you this Sunday. Keep Looking Up!!! HOLY LAND TOUR MARCH 11-20, 2016 PAGE 2 - The VISION - JUNE 29, 2015 Scott P owers Power -Associate Pastor The New Covenant But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith Jehovah: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know Jehovah; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith Jehovah: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more. (Jeremiah 31:33-34) The book of Jeremiah concerns itself with the coming judgment upon Judah (the southern kingdom) as a result of its hardheartedness, apostasy and idolatry. However, in spite of how bad things became as a result of God’s discipline, Israel had a hope for the future. This hope was “the New Covenant.” This covenant had an inward, spiritual dynamic which the Mosaic Covenant did not. Rather than writing His Law upon stone tablets, one day God would write His Law upon their heart. With the first covenant, the sacrifice and the mediator were not the same. Moses was the mediator of the first covenant and the covenant was inaugurated by animal sacrifice. The New Covenant would be different. In this case, the sacrifice and the mediator would be one and the same. When Jesus was in the upper-room with His disciples, just hours before His trial and crucifixion, He poured a cup of wine and offered it to His disciples. He states in Luke 22:20, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, even that which is poured out for you.” And again, in Hebrews 9:15 the writer states, “And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.” Jesus is both the sacrifice and the mediator of the New Covenant. In Hebrews 9:15, you may notice that the benefit of being a beneficiary of the New Covenant is the promise of eternal inheritance. Those who trust and follow Christ are recipients (beneficiaries) of the benefits of this covenant. Let’s review these benefits. First, God told Jeremiah that He would write His Law on the hearts of all those who trust Him. Secondly, God will be their God and believers would be His people. This bespeaks of an intimate relationship between the created and their creator. Thirdly, their God would forgive them of their iniquity. And fourthly, God would remember their sin no more. His wrath would no longer reside upon them. Paul, a minister of the New Covenant (see 2 Cor. 3:6), said confidently, “You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross” (Colossians 2:13-14). As beneficiaries of the New Covenant, we have much for which to be thankful. Like Israel, we have a hope for the future! A Grateful Beneficiary, Pastor Scott Anita Wood Director of Education and Evangelism The Body. MBC is the local Body of Christ located at 22333 Kuykendahl Rd in Spring Texas. Ephesians 4:15b-16 reminds me and challenges me to think seriously about my part of His local body, MBC: “...in all things grow up into Him who is the Head, that is…Christ. From Him the whole body [MBC], joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” KJV. MBC members are the supporting ligaments of this body—each person with a unique purpose, Spiritual gifts and abilities. A ligament is something that connects bones or holds organs of our body in its designated healthy place. How might this work in a church body? God uses us to encourage and support one another. We inspire each other and demonstrate God’s love to one another. We stir ground-meat for sloppy Joe’s for the VBS luncheon… What connects us? —This question is so pertinent every Sunday as greeters in our foyers and I encounter visitors and recommend Sunday School groups. I met two couples yesterday and recommended a class for them to visit. I met the people, discovered the age-range they would be most comfortable with and a bit about their family. Most visitors want to be in a group similar to them: children of similar ages, life-style similarities, female-only groups or male-only groups. Ligaments matter every week. Connection allows communication to begin. Connecting allows people to become part of our group. I observed this as teams met Sunday afternoon… Healthy connect-groups support individuals and enable MBC/ Body to function together on God’s path and purpose. God does not act in random ways, and the fact that you are a part of this local body is not random. Please ask God to clarify why He placed you in this local body! Ask Him to show you what your function and purpose is and how to participate in building up the Body of Christ called MBC. 2 Cor. 12:12-26 is a great reminder that we are all different yet part of the same body. God never designed us to be cookiecutter copies of each other, but He does want us to function together for our good and His glory! Every single part is needful: the smallest most obscure body-part must contribute to our overall health! I need YOU! I need your prayer support, suggestions and insights. Your class needs your presence, your communications, encouragements and your participation. Remember, God placed you into this local body called Memorial Baptist Church! See you Sunday! Anita EQUIP MEGA CONFERENCE FALLBROOK CHURCH AUGUST 15, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Cost: $10.00, includes lunch. Sign up at Communication Desk. Presented by Southern Baptist of Texas Convention. Leadership training for all aspects of ministry. Keynote speaker: Allan Taylor, Minister of Education at First Baptist Church in Woodstock, Georgia. PAGE 3 - The VISION - JUNE 29, 2015 CHURCHWIDE FELLOWSHIP SUNDAY, JULY 5 AT 5:00 P.M. Bring enough fried chicken for you +2, potato salad, baked beans, and dessert. Water slides for preschool and children. SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS Forms can be picked up at the Communication Desk. Deadline to turn in the application is Sunday, July 5. SNACKS FOR VBS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Please bring snacks for our VBS Volunteer Hospitality Room to the kitchen in FLC-A Monday-Thursday mornings (by 9:00 A.M.), July 13-17. Suggestions: homemade cookies, cakes, doughnuts, fresh fruit, sandwiches or meat/cheese trays, 2-liter sodas. Sign up in the foyer or contact Elaine Spears or Gay Denley. SUMMER PRAYER GATHERINGS Prayer for our church’s growth and reaching others for Christ. Sign up in the crosswalk if you are attending at one of these homes. BUDGET & ATTENDANCE SUNDAY JUNE 28, 2015 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL JULY 13-17, 9:00A.M. - NOON KINDERGARTEN (completed)-6TH GRADE Online Registration: https://kideventpro.lifeway.com/ myChurch/?id=28330 Take the journey! VBS will take your kids to uncharted territory where they will begin to understand that obedience to God can lead them beyond the expected. So, toss the map, stick close to your guide, and prepare to listen for God’s direction in this journey that is unknown to us, but known by Him. VOLLEYBALL OPEN GYM THURSDAY, JULY 23 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. - FLC-A. Adults & Youth 9th-12th grades. Teams will be formed for league play to begin in September. Contact: Gene Norris. No childcare provided. • THURSDAY, JULY 9, 7:00 - 8:00 P.M Mike and Betty Zeamer 30111 E. Legends Trail Drive, Spring, TX • FRIDAY, JULY 10, 6:00 - 7:00 P.M. Heber and Marisol Morales 22634 Pineleigh Ct., Tomball, TX • TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. Billy and Laura West’s home 7803 Teal Trail, Spring, TX • THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. Matthew and Breanne Lee 25522 Dappled Filly Dr., Tomball, TX SAVE THE DATE! SUNDAY, JULY 12 8:00 A.M. & 10:45 A.M. SPECIAL SPEAKER: DR. PAIGE PATTERSON President & Professor of Theology, SWBTS KINGDOM STARZ AUGUST SUMMER MUSIC CAMP, AUGUST 3-7 9:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. Cost: $25.00. Music, Drama and Stage Crews needed! Kindergarten-6th (completed). Bring a sack lunch, snacks will be served. Music program will be Fri., Aug. 7, 6:30 P.M., refreshments to follow. Register now: https://kideventpro.lifeway.com/ myChurch/?id=30085 . BLOOD DRIVE SUNDAY, JULY 19 10:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. Sign up in the church foyer. Donations are at a critical level because of the flooding in May; many appointments had to be cancelled. Please, give the gift of life. Children’s Camp Highland Lakes Camp July 31-August 1 1st - 3rd grades Weekly Requirement $ 29,468.00 Budget Receipts -6/28/15 29,301.91 Required Year-To-Date 766,168.00 Received Year-To-Date 772,296.69 D ESIGNATED World Missions Receipts - 6/28/2015 $ 750.00 Lottie Moon (YTD) $ 7,020.66 Annie Armstrong (YTD) $ 3,990.27 State Missions (YTD) $ 3,240.27 Total World Missions (YTD) $ 14,251.20 Building Fund Receipts - 6/28/15 $ 505.00 BIBLE STUDY ATTENDANCE SUNDAY MORNING: Adults.............................................219 College..............................................16 Youth.................................................38 Preteen.............................................26 1st - 4th Grades...................................30 Preschool..........................................56 SUNDAY TOTAL...............................385 Y OUTH EVENTS www.mbcyouthministry.com INTERIM YOUTH LEADER KEVIN HORN Rooted Wednesdays, 6:30 P.M., 205B THEME: IN THE BIG INNING Invite your friends & family to hear Dr. Patterson speak at MBC during both morning services. MINISTRY BUDGET When the kids gather at the park near the church for a Saturday of baseball, they are in for a surprising glimpse at the Bible’s “Hall of Faith” in Hebrews 11. They’ll meet Moses (“he got his start in the bush leagues”), Noah (“that guy can really swing the lumber!”), Abraham (“with his son Isaac at the plate, it looks like the Manager is calling for a sacrifice . . . “), and many more. With shades of the iconic “Casey at the Bat,” it all leads to the climactic finish of “Jesus at the Cross,” and the Good News of the Gospel is driven home with power! SAVE THE DATE! LADIES NIGHT OUT SATURDA Y, AUGUST 22 TURDAY 6:00 P.M. Gir Girll Talk Sundays, 5 P.M., 205B Guy Talk Sundays, 5 P.M., 205B College & Career Wed., 6:30 P.M., Rm. 222C 1st Sundays - Lunch 2nd Sundays - 1:30 P.M. Movie Matinee, Rm. 219C Contact Kay Bradshaw or Matt Olson Memorial Baptist Church Staff Cliff Mayton.......................................................Senior Pastor Scott Powers..................................................Associate Pastor 22333 Kuykendahl, Spring, Texas 77379-2555 Phone: 281-378-4400 Fax: 281-378-4405 e-mail: [email protected] Don Kidd..............................................Interim Worship Leader Kevin Horn...........................................Intermin Youth Leader NON- PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 350 SPRING, TX www.mbchouston.org Anita Wood ............... Director of Education & Evangelism Address Service Requested Charlotte Ogden..............................................Administrator Carlee Qualls........................Director of Preschool Ministries Laura Huff............................ Director of Children’s Ministries Marcia Norris................................................Pastor's Secretary Mary Jones..........................................................Receptionist Judy Syptak................................................Printing Secretary Robert Dickey..................................................Chief Custodian JUNE 29, 2015 WEEKL Y EEKLY CALEND AR ALENDAR SUNDAY, JULY 5 • 8:00 A.M. Morning Worship • 8:45-10:30 A.M. Media Library • 9:15 A.M. Bible Study • 10:45 A.M. Morning Worship • Noon - College & Career Lunch • 5:00 P.M. Church-wide Family Fellowship MONDAY, JULY 6 • VBS Prep Week - FLC-A & Gym-B • 6:00 P.M. G.R.O.W. light dinner • 6:30 P.M. G.R.O.W. - Cafe TUESDAY, JULY 7 • VBS Prep Week - FLC-A & Gym-B WEDNESDAY, JULY 8 • VBS Prep Week - FLC-A & Gym-B • 5:30 P.M. Prayer - Worship Center • 6:15 P.M. Lead a Child to Christ Training - Gym-B • 6:30 P.M. Noah’s Ark Club - 112B • 6:45 P.M. Children’s Bible Study, Gr. 1-6 - GymB • 6:45 P.M. Adult Choir Rehearsal - Rm 104B • 7:00 P.M. Adult Bible Study & Prayer - Rm 317A THURSDAY, JULY 9 • VBS Prep Week - FLC-A & Gym-B • 9:30 A.M. Sunshine Club - Gym-B • 7:00 P.M. Prayer Gathering Zeamer’s home FRIDAY, JULY 10 • VBS Prep Week - FLC-A & Gym-B • 6:00 P.M. Prayer Gathering Morales’ home DEACONS FOR THE MONTH Gene White - 281.288.4081 Roger Kroning - 281.449.1547 Helen Fuller in the loss of her grandson. Gene Norris in the loss of his brother. Thank You Dear Memorial, Thank you so much for praying for my nephew, Jonathan, and for my family this past month. It is because of all the prayers and encouraging words of comfort that God has given us His peace that surpasses all understanding throughout this difficult time. We had the Celebration of Life Memorial service in Corpus Christi for the precious souls of Jonathan’s wife, Laura, his son, Andrew, and his daughter, Leighton. It was truly a celebration because we know, and Jonathan shared that he believes without a doubt, that his loved ones are in the presence of God and they have eternal life because of His gift of Jesus Christ. Please continue to pray for Jonathan and all the families that are still recovering from the effects of the flood in Wimberley Texas. May God’s blessings be on you all! Love in Christ, Susan Bouck and family ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Dear Memorial, Thank you for the letter saying you prayed for us. I will always have a special place in my heart for all of you. Your prayers have kept us going all the years of Loney’s illness. God bless you all. Sincerely, The McVeys - Christine, Larry, Jim & Jana By Baptism Chris Allahar, Jr. Nicole Alloggio Carlos Aguilar SCRIPTURE OF THE MONTH I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. John 15:5 NASB SPANISH LANGUAGE BIBLE STUDY on Sundays 9:15 A.M. - Rm. 220-C *** ESTUDIO DE LA BIBLIA Domingo a las 9:15 A.M. - Rm. 220-C FAITH OF OUR FATHERS, in theaters WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, starring Stephen Baldwin, Kein Downes, David A.R. White, Rebecca St. James, with Si Robertson and Candace Cameron Bure. During the Vietnam War, two young fathers report for duty. Decades later, their sons meet for the first time before traveling to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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