THE MESSENGER
of Quaker Gap Baptist Church - King, NC
Volume 18, Issue 7
JULY 2016
A WORD FROM PASTOR JACK…
THESE ARE THE DAYS OF HEZEKIAH
Hezekiah was one of the faithful kings of Judah. That is what
makes his story so disturbing. Hezekiah became ill. He called for the
prophet Isaiah, who told him that he would not recover. Hezekiah cried
out to the Lord for his life. Bargaining with the Lord, he was granted fifteen bonus years of life.
During his extended sunset years, Hezekiah received a letter from
an admirer. The Prince of Babylon sent Hezekiah a gift and congratulations for his recovery from illness. What Hezekiah did next is where there
story goes south.
Enamored by his newfound popularity, Hezekiah invited envoys
from Babylon for a private viewing of the riches of Judah. The Babylonians must have drooled all over themselves as they took a tour of the storehouses filled with God’s
blessings of silver, gold, spices, and arms.
As the Babylonian ambassadors were pulling out, Isaiah approached Hezekiah, asking him
where these men came from. Hezekiah proudly relayed the report of his celebrity to Isaiah. But rather than applauding the king for his greatness, Isaiah rebuked him for his stupidity. “The time will
surely come,” Isaiah prophesied, “when everything in your palace, and all that your predecessors
have stored up to this day, will be carried off to Babylon.”
You might expect Hezekiah to become angry with Isaiah, or embarrassed by his own foolishness. You might expect him to cry out to the Lord for forgiveness. Instead, he turns to Isaiah in his
selfish pride and says, “The word of the Lord you have spoken is good, there will be peace and security in my lifetime.”
Hezekiah couldn’t care less about the next generation. It did not alarm him that the riches of
Judah would be ransacked and his own flesh and blood taken hostage. All he was concerned about
was that he would spend his final fifteen years in peace.
I pray the Lord will protect us as a nation, and as believers in Jesus, from the generationally
selfish spirit of Hezekiah. It is a sad day when we lose any sense of responsibility for the plight of
the next generation. As a nation, it is our duty to leave the USA a better place for our children and
grandchildren. As Christians, it is our responsibility before the Lord to pass our faith and values on
to the next generation. May it never be said of us that all we cared about was our own peace and
security. I pray that these are not the days of Hezekiah.
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We welcome the following new member
into the fellowship of our church:
Josh Davis
by
Profession of Faith & Baptism
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SERMON SERIES
June 26
The Moment After You Die
2 Corinthians 5:6-9
July 3*
The Voting Booth
Jeremiah 29:4-14
July 10
Daniel Parker Preaching
July 17
Defeating Depression
July 24
Reserved for your request**
July 31
Reserved for your request**
Ephesians 1:17-19
August 7*
Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Preaching
August 14
Reserved for your request**
August 21
Reserved for your request**
August 28
Reserved for your request**
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*The Lord’s Supper
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**We take requests! It’s your turn to determine a sermon. If you
have a passage of Scripture, a Bible story, a question, a topic, or an issue
that you would like to hear about in one of our summer messages,
please pass along your suggestion to Pastor Jack.
Email: jcdarida@gmail.com.
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Quaker Gap Baptist Church Financial Summary
January 1, 2016 through May 31, 2016
General Fund
Actual
Budget
Church Offering
$ 109,771
$ 135,697
Specific Purpose Funds $ 27,253
$
—
Total Receipts
$ 137,024
$ 135,697
Expenses*
$ 149,454
$ 135,697
Expenses Over Receipts $ (12,430)
$
*Actual & Budgeted Expenses Include the New Roof
Account Balance as of May 31, 2016
Checking / MM / CD
General Fund
$ 75,917
Building Fund
$ 164,700
Cemetery Fund
$ 19,758
New Building Expenses Jan.— Dec. 2015
New Building Expenses Jan.— May 2016
Total
Variance
$ (25,926)
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$ 13,757
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$ 249,743
$ 358,258
$ 608,001
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Deborah Spalding
Nate Hale
Hannah Bennett
Caitlin Murphy
Pat Sands
Larry Kiser
Ella McKinney
Wanda Sands
Anna Stover
Mechelle Baker
Matthew Ballard
Lisa Hinson
Dale Davis
Madelyn Gordon
Sonny Groves (3 yrs. old)
Dale Lockamy
Suzanne O’Neal
A. J. Bennett
Jeanie Nelson
Robert Satterfield
Scott Self
April Lancaster
Linda Lee
Brad Royal
Brandon Shaw
Emily Snow Castellucci
Austin Jobe
Chelsea Darida
Howard Largen
Reese Snow
Susan Young
Ann Meadows
Brandon Shore
Ellen McKinney
Samuel Baker
Daniel Snyder
Stacey Allen
Mike Gordon
Madison Lancaster
Brian Walton
Lynne Bowman
Leyla Gosselin
Sharon Hayden
Jane Ruff
Brandy Carroll
Pat Cook-Goins
Lindsay Goff
Chris Hill
Ben Hale
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Darshan’s Soul Notes…
The Fruit of Joy
During the summer months, the Worship Team is studying the fruit of the Spirit. Paul explains in
his letter to the Galatians nine characteristics that reap a harvest of nourishing fruit in the life of each believer. This week we are looking at the particular fruit of joy, and I realize that this fruit gives us a taste of what
heaven must be like!" And the ransomed of the Lord will return. They will enter Zion with singing and everlasting JOY will crown their heads. Gladness and JOY will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will
flee away (Isaiah 35:10). David even said that this fullness of joy is everlasting: "You have made known to
me the path of life; you will fill me with JOY in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right
hand" (Psalm 16:11). How is it that we can even begin to understand this kind of joy? Joy that is inward and
eternal and thrives from the Lord and is our strength, not circumstantial happiness. I believe we start by
acknowledging God Who has given us "a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who
are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation...In this you greatly rejoice" (I Peter 1: 3-6). As believers, we have joy because of what God has done for us through His Son. We can treasure a living hope
and inheritance whereby we may live now with an eternal perspective always keeping heaven in view. We
also live now in the joy of the presence of our Lord because we have received the privilege of a relationship
with Him. In fact, the joy of the Lord is the answer to living a meaningful life now! Sometimes, in order for
us to truly understand this, God may allow the trials of life to strip us of all outward circumstances that
would usually bring us a sense of "happiness" so that we might focus on our relationship with Him.
"Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the
fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I WILL REJOICE
IN THE LORD, I WILL BE JOYFUL IN GOD MY SAVIOR! (Habakkuk 3: 17-18). If we listen and obey, God
even "grieves us by various trials that the genuineness of our faith...may be found to praise, honor and glory
at the revelation of Christ...whom we now rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory" (I Peter 1: 6-8).
Even our trials can produce pure joy when we allow God to remove the dross of sin which threatens to rob
us of that joy.
And, if sin is a condition of not doing God's will (which robs us of joy), then we must acknowledge
that true joy comes from doing the will of God. We find no better example of this in God's Word than to
look at the life of Jesus, Himself. Christ was motivated by doing
the will and work of God. His joy came from full surrender and
obedience to His Heavenly Father. Christ said, "My food is to do
the will of Him who sent me and to finish His work" (John 4: 34).
It was what sustained His very life and gave Him joy and delight,
to bring the lost back to the Father! "Rejoice with me, I have
found my lost sheep!" (Luke 15:6) And while doing the will and
work of the Father, He based the certainty of greater joy which
was still ahead...the joy of victory through His resurrection and
return to glory! This same kind of joy we see in Jesus Christ is to
be a fruit that is born in us as we grow in our relationship with
Him. "Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: Rejoice!" (Philippians 4:4) God wants us as His people to have joyful
hearts that radiate the outshining of His glory!
Singing His Praises with Joy!
Darshan
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You are the
salt of
the earth.
Ma hew 5:13
JULY 2016
Salt Box
You’re not Junk
So, last month as many of you know we had a yard sale
fundraiser at the former Quaker Gap Store. We had so much stuff
inside the building that we actually never got all of it outside to
attempt to sell on that day. However, we did manage to raise a
little over $1,000.00 by selling some of the stuff.
Please be in prayer for our Youth
Nicaragua Mission Team who will
be serving in Nicaragua July 23rd—
30th. Team members are:
Avery Darida
Hannah Delcamp
Rachel Delcamp
Taylor Evans
Carrie Gaudet de Lestard
Jenny Glidewell
Madelyn McKinney
Mary Aus n Moore
Evelyn Murphy
Brianna Walton
David Delcamp (Chaperone)
Daniel Parker (Youth Minister)
Jennifer Walton (Chaperone)
Why do I bring this up again, well because people that go
to yard sales a lot, know what they are doing. They know where to
look, how to look and what to look for. We had so much stuff that
this year we actually didn't get to sort through it all…. and things
ended up on the 25 cent table that were worth far more than that.
For instance I watched this one person find a camera, iPod, cell
phone and Coach hand bag on the quarter table… I then watched
her pay her one dollar to purchase all four of these items…. I was
blown away. This person, had come and found some great stuff at
dirt cheap prices….
See, people that go to yard sales all the time are willing to
look through the “junk” in order to find little treasures. So many
times we as people are not willing to do that at a yard sale, let
alone when it comes to other people. All of us have junk in our
lives, we have all made mistakes and sinned…. but this is not what
defines us in God’s eyes. See, God is like those people that know
how to yard sale…. He knows what He is doing, He knows what
He is looking for, and He is willing to look past the junk and garbage in order to find the treasure…
That treasure is you!
“For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ
Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in
advance for us to do.”
Ephesians 2:10
Serving Him,
Daniel Parker
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Nursery
Contact
Infants & Ones
07/03 Mary Moser
Dennis Ruff
07/10 M/M David Weavil
07/17 M/M Andy Moore &
Mary Austin
07/24 M/M Ken Self
07/31 M/M Steve Lawson
08/07 M/M Doug Rose
Wee Worship
(Twos, Threes & Fours)
07/03 M/M David Lee
07/10 Dale Davis
Stephanie Henry
07/17 M/M Zane McKinney
07/24 M/M John Clark
07/31 M/M Chris Stover
08/07 Lorri Dodson
Evelyn Murphy
Stacey Allen will
be the nursery contact
person through August. If you
have nursery questions or
scheduling issues that you cannot
work out, please contact Stacey at
336-972-2786.
07/03
07/10
07/17
07/24
07/31
08/07
J. C. Holt
Debbie Matthews
M/M Daniel Parker
Jeanette Robertson
OPEN
Communion
Deacon of the Week
07/03 Larry Lancaster
Scott Hinson
07/10 Mark Holt
Dan Nance
07/17 J. C. Holt
Dennis Ruff
07/24 Tip Wood
Danny Bowman
07/31 John Henry Boles
Cory Snow
08/07 Terry Bowman
Max Snow
Ushers
Wednesday
Evening Nursery
07/06
07/13
07/20
07/27
08/03
Joyce Proctor
Kathy Ford
Jeri Darida
M/M Cory Snow
Dennis Ruff
07/03 Dennis Ruff
L. C. Allen
07/10 Larry Lancaster
Jeri Darida
07/17 Larry Mankins
Zane McKinney
07/24 John Clark
April Lancaster
07/31 David Lee
John Henry Boles
08/07 Mark Holt
Mike Sands
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Quaker Gap Baptist Church Activities
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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Operation Christmas Child
Collection for July: Soccer (or other)
Deflated Balls & Pumps
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7:00 PM Adult Bible Study
Worship Team Practice
GapKids
PreK Bible Lessons
7-8:30 PM Youth Group
8:00 PM Worship Band
Practice
9:15 AM Sunday School
10:30 AM WorshipService
6-8:30 PM YouthBibleStudy
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12:00 NOON Deadline
for Bulletin
Submissions
Church Office Closed
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6-8:00 PM
Youth Tour of Pools
@ Home of
Jackson Stover
8:00 AM Men&Boys’
Breakfast—FellowshipHall
9:15 AM Sunday School
10:30 AM WorshipService
6-8:30 PM YouthBibleStudy
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7:00 PM Adult Bible Study 12:00 NOON Deadline
Worship Team Practice
for Bulletin
GapKids
Submissions
PreK Bible Lessons Deadline for
7-8:30 PM Youth GroupAugust Messenger
8:00 PM Worship Band Submissions
Fellowship Hall
Reserved for
Private Event
CHILDREN’S CENTI-KID CAMP
Eagle Eyrie Conference Center in Lynchburg, VA
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9:15 AM Sunday School
10:30 AM WorshipService
6-8:30 PM YouthBibleStudy
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Deadline for August
Newsletter
Submissions
1:00 PM ACTS Ice
Cream Party, Danbury
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7:00 PM Adult Bible Study
Worship Team Practice
GapKids
PreK Bible Lessons
7-8:30 PM Youth Group
8:00 PM Worship Band
Practice
12:00 NOON Deadline
for Bulletin
Submissions
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YOUTH MISSION
TRIP—NICARAGUA
SEEDS OF HOPE CAMP AT WEST STOKES HIGH SCHOOL
7:30 AM—5:30 PM
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7:00 PM Adult Bible Study
Worship Team Practice
GapKids
PreK Bible Lessons
7-8:30 PM Youth Group
8:00 PM Worship Band
Practice
12:00 NOON Deadline
for Bulletin
Submissions
YOUTH MISSION TRIP
NICARAGUA
9:15 AM SundaySchool
10:30 AM WorshipService
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9:15 AM SundaySchool
10:30 AM WorshipService
6-8:30 PM YouthBibleStudy
10:30 AM Friendly
Club Lunch &
Outing
7:00 PM Deacons’
Meeting
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Thank You
June 13, 2016
Dear Friends,
A huge “Thank You!”
goes out to everyone who
helped to make our Vacation
Bible School a success. We
had a around 75 kids and
workers each night, and collected over $500 to provide supplies for the children that Matt & Stacy Walton work with through Child Evangelism Fellowship
of Hawaii.
We are so very appreciative for the
thoughts, prayers, and cards with words of
encouragement sent to us. We are especially
thankful for the many tasty meals that made
our live so much easier during our recuperation! Also, a big shout out to those of you who
came to clean our house! What a blessing for
us. You all will never know how much you
blessed us! We treasure you in our hearts!
Bill & Jeanette Robertson
5/21/2016
& John & Tiffany Hanes
Our Church Family,
Thank you so much for all the thoughts,
Zoom Out
prayers, and kindness you have shown us during
Gareath’s surgery and recuperation.
On a computer screen, images
Our Love,
can be magnified to show tiny details
and make text easier to read. In the proGareath & Ann Meadows
Love's Freedom
Love is the power to grant freedom without desiring to limit or inhibit its exercise. It is the power to give
freedom without any will to take it back. And it is only
Omnipotence that can refrain absolutely from trespassing
upon freedom. Only God can give and not take back ...
[God] suffers within Himself the entire consequence of
allowing man absolute freedom. That is His love ....
Thus, the existence of evil and suffering in the
world is a proof, not that God is either good but powerless, or all powerful but not good. On the contrary, it is a
proof that God is both loving and omnipotent. Only absolute love could grant unhindered freedom, and only omnipotence can endure the operation of that freedom.
cess, however, the “big picture” is lost.
After checking various aspects of a project closely, it’s a good idea to “zoom
out” again to be sure everything still
looks as it should.
Likewise, it’s easy to fixate on the tiny details of
our lives (especially flaws in ourselves and others). We
tend to enlarge our problems far beyond their actual size
and totally miss problems taking a toll elsewhere. We
may also forget the beautiful “big picture” of God’s care
encompassing us. After tending to life’s details, it’s important to take a broader view to see whether our up-close
perceptions hold true when we gaze on the work as a
whole.
“Help us ‘zoom out,’ oh God,” prays Joshua DuBois in The President’s Devotional (HarperOne). “Widen
our perspective and extend our horizon, so that we can
more fully know your purpose this day, and every day.”
Sunday
9:15 AM
10:30 AM
6-8:00 PM
Sunday School for all ages
Morning Worship Service
Children’s Church
Youth Bible Study
Wednesday
7-8:00 PM
7-8:30 PM
8:00 PM
Adult Bible Study
Worship Team Practice
KidZone (Children K-6th grade)
Preschoolers Bible Lessons (ages 3-5)
SaltTeens Youth Group
Worship Band Practice
Thank you for your donations for King Outreach
Ministry. In June, we collected 20 jars of peanut butter, 12 cans of beans, 2 boxes of Pop-Tarts, and 4 bags
of coffee.
Please remember this is an ongoing mission
project. Our items to collect are all kinds of beans,
peanut butter, and jelly. Donations are taken to
KOM after the 3rd Sunday of each month.
THE MESSENGER is a monthly publication of QUAKER GAP BAPTIST CHURCH, 2265 FLAT SHOALS ROAD—KING, NC
PHONE ~ (336) 994-2117, FAX ~ (336) 994-2116; E-MAIL ~ QuakerGapBaptist@embarqmail.com
Jack Darida, Senior Pastor
Daniel Parker, Minister to Youth
Darshan Hartgrove, Minster of Music
April Ragan, Administrative Assistant
THE MESSENGER
Volume 18, Issue 7
Quaker Gap Baptist Church
2265 Flat Shoals Road
King, NC 27021
(336) 994-2117
Email: QuakerGapBaptist@embarqmail.com
Visit Us on the Web: www.quakergap.info
JULY 2016