Houston Herald

May 2019
A publication of
Houston Baptist Association
Reaching Our World For Christ
From Your Associational Mission Strategist
I want to thank those who gave money towards the new windows for the Chapel at our camp. They have been installed and not only do they look great, but they will help with the insulation in a great way! There were churches and individuals who gave toward this effort and we are grateful for the gifts. We continue to make improvements on the camp, and we have several goals for the years ahead to make this a better camp for churches to use for spiritual retreats and fellowships. We are going to have a work day on May 4th at 9:00 a.m. and we would love for those who are able to come out and help us get the camp ready for the season. There will be many projects and we will need a lot of help! We also would like to encourage those who would still like to give a love offering to the camp so that we will have money for camp scholarships. I am thankful that we have many churches who support this camp and I want you to know that this camp would not exist if it weren’t for our churches giving of their finances, service, and prayers. I can’t wait to see what God does this summer in the many lives that will be impacted by our camps!

During the third week of this month there will be a special time of prayer for our Association. We will be sending out prayer guides for our churches to use as we bring a special emphasis to the work of the association. The association is very important and still relevant today as we are able to cooperate together to reach more people with the Gospel. The first association was formed over 300 years ago by a group of churches who realized they could do more together than they could by themselves. This is still true today and I am grateful especially for our association! I would like to encourage all of you to spend time praying for our association and ask God to continue to bless us as we work together in fulfilling the Great Commission! 
Bro. Gary
Church
News



 Northern Height Church presented “Sacrifice of Glory” during Easter weekend.
Upcoming VBS Dates:
Vienna First- June 2-6
Smyrna- June 9-14
Northern Heights- June 2-7
Arabi- June 9-13
Byromville- June 17-21
New Life- June 13-16
Ebenezer May 31-June 2
Penia June 16-20

More dates to be announced...
Please pray for

■Asssociational Missionary Gary Leutzinger
■Church planters Drew and Shannon Cunningham, Santa Cruz Area, California
■Pregnancy Care Center–Crisp, Dooly, Wilcox
■Lost and unchurched people
■Revival in HBA churches
■Unity in our churches and unity among our churches
■Churches without pastors: Pinehurst, Byromville, New Life Hispanic Mission Church, Sharon and Lakeshore
■TV ministries of Cordele First, and Pinecrest churches 
■Our schools, teachers and students
■All the events and activities mentioned in this newsletter


Church positions available

Smyrna Church is seeking a part-time minister of music. Contact Linda White at 229-268-6792.

Pinehurst Church is seeking a part-time youth leader. Contact Pinehurst for more information

Sharon Church is seeking a retired or bi-vocational pastor, contact Donnie Johnson at 322-9426 for more infornation.
Pastors Rountable
May 8, 2019
@10:00 am, HBC
Opportunities
coming up

Houston Baptist Association events are printed in bold. HBC is an abbreviation for Houston Baptist Center.

 Tuesdays Men’s Prayer
Breakfast 8am, HBC

May 2 National Day of Prayer, Crisp County Courthouse, 12:00 am

May 4 Camp Clean-Up Day

May 6 Men's Ministries Fish Fry

May 8 Pastors Roundtable 10:00 am, HBC

May 12 Mother's Day

May 16 Crisp County Pastor Prayer Meeting, 10:00 am, Pinecrest

May 19-25 Association Emphasis and Week of Prayer for Houston Baptist Association

May 21 Dooly County Pastor Prayer meeting, 10:00 am, Vienna First

May 27 HBC Office Closed for Memorial
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If you or someone in your church would like to serve as a Camp Missionaries (counselors ) applications can be found at http://www.houstonbaptist.org/Camp.html or come by the Houston Baptist Center for more information.
What to do with all those old Sunday School books?  

Don’t throw them away–bring them to HBC

Bring your old SS literature to Houston Baptist Center. Chad Harris will take it to a Edwin L. Hodges Ministries collection site to send overseas. ELHM is a Christian literature ministry that collects donated Bibles, books, magazines, tapes, and tracts from American Christians and ships them to Bible schools, churches, missionaries, and ministries overseas. ELHM is a non-denominational, nonprofit, evangelical ministry .
Blood Drives
Cordele Community Clubhouse
 Tuesday, May 14, 2019
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Badges for Life -
Crisp Regional Hospital
Monday - May 13th 2019 
10:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Shirley Hills Baptist Church, Warner Robins
May 9, 2019, 6-9 p.m.
The 2019 Church Protection Seminar is designed for both church staff and lay leaders who work with church finances and church administration to stay current with protecting your church. 
Cost: $10 online registration, $15 at the door
Partner with Lifetouch to create a no cost, updateable directory for your leadership, staff and families and start 2018 with new tools to help your church stay connected.
Be a Church Host or Volunteer in times of disaster!
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