May 1, 2013
Volume 27 Issue 9
From the Youth Pastor
Thankfully for most of the youth and some adults, one of the more difficult seasons of the year is coming to an end.
Of course the season I am referring to is the standardized test season. Hearing about the preparation for, and the taking of
the test this year has reminded me just how draining these tests can be on everyone involved. Recently the great Brent
Beasley, pastor at Broadway Baptist, wrote a short story titled “The Pigs and the Scale.” It’s a simple story of a farmer who
wanted his pigs to become big and fat. Of course not all pigs can grow to the same profitable size. In order to make sure he
could get every pig to become the same profitable size “the farmer decided that the best thing to do to solve the problem
would be to weigh them again and again throughout the year. So, the farmer invested a lot of his resources in weighing.”
Unfortunately the more and more resources he threw into the weighing and its preparation, the less and less resources he
had for the actual feeding of the pigs. In the end the wrongly placed emphasis on the weighing had left the farmer with
smaller pigs than when he had started.
Thankfully the Church does not follow the example of the farmer. The Church’s primary goal will never be the
weighing. The Church’s primary goal should always be the feeding. Sure there are lessons that can be learned from
gauging many of the weighing processes, but in the end the greatest impact will always come from the food itself. Let us
never forget to continually feed.
Blake
Bruce & Anna Marie Lowe Scholarship
Scholarship forms are available in the church office.
Application Process and Rules:
 This scholarship of a minimum of $500 is open to candidates who consider themselves
“children of Royal Lane Baptist Church” and is only to be used for undergraduate studies.
Current high school seniors or present undergraduate students are eligible to complete an
application.
 A person may only receive this scholarship one time.
 The application due date is May 19th. After you submit your application to the church office,
you will be contacted to schedule an interview with the scholarship committee.
Graduates!
Graduates will be recognized in June. Please notify the church office of students associated with Royal Lane who will be
graduating this spring. We would like a picture and brief bio for each student by May 19, 2013, for publication in the bulletin
on Graduate Sunday in June and in one of the June issues of the Mosaic.
The next issues of The Mosaic are scheduled for May 15 & June 5, 2013.
The deadline for submissions will be 5:00 p.m. Tuesday prior to the date of publication.
Coming Events
Sunday
9:30 am
9:45 am
10:55 am
12:15 pm
12:15 pm
12:15 pm
12:30 pm
5:00 pm
6:00 pm
Wednesday
5:30 pm
5:30 pm
5:30 pm
6:15 pm
6:15 pm
7:15 pm
Saturday
9 am – 2 pm
May 5 – Sixth Sunday of Easter
Donuts, Coffee/Juice — Family Hall
Christian Education — Christian Education Classrooms
Morning Worship – Guest Preacher, John C. Holbert – Holy Communion offered — Sanctuary
Child Protection Training — Family Hall
Youth – Lunch & Bowling
Lunch Bunch — Panera Bread, 7839 Park Lane @ North Central Expressway
Royal Connections — Home of John & Theresa Helms
Intercessory Prayer — Library
Book Study – Living Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Library
May 8
Child Protection Training — Room 203
Youth Supper & Study — Youth Center
Family Supper – Pork Chops, au Gratin Potatoes, Corn, Salad, Brownies — Family Hall
Children’s Choir/Missions — Children’s Building
Midweek Service – “Being Church” with Blake Miller and the RLBC Youth — Family Hall
Adult Choir Rehearsal — Sanctuary
May 11
Properties Work Day — Church Grounds
Youth Mission Project
Sunday
May 12 – Seventh Sunday of Easter
9:30 am
Donuts, Coffee/Juice — Family Hall
Saturday, May 11, 2013
9:45 am
Christian Education — Christian Education Classrooms
10:55 am
Morning Worship – Guest Preacher, Linda Cross — Sanctuary
9 am – 2 pm
5:00 pm
Intercessory Prayer — Library
6:00 pm
McLean Care Group — Home of Fred & Linda Binder
All Volunteers Welcome!
Wednesday May 15 – Mosaic
5:30 pm
Youth Supper & Study — Youth Center
Come for an hour, come for the day.
5:30 pm
Family Supper – Russian Chicken, Spinach Casserole, Salad,
Rolls, Apple Pie — Family Hall
6:15 pm
Children’s Choir/Missions — Children’s Building
6:15 pm
Midweek Service – “Being Church” with David Matthews — Family Hall
7:15 pm
Adult Choir Rehearsal — Sanctuary
Properties Work Day
The deadline for the order of service, the Midweek, and the Mosaic is Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. prior to publication.
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Royal Lane Baptist Church
Children’s Camp
July 22nd —26th
Put this date on your calendar and plan to come to
children’s camp this summer in Brownwood, Texas.
AGES: Completed 3rd Grade thru Completed 6th Grade
Cost : $200 per camper
Ropes Course : $20 (6th grade)
Let Ms. Shelly (214-766-6223) or
Blake Miller (864-630-6918)
know ASAP that you are planning to come to camp
John Holbert and Linda Cross
Guest Preachers, May 5 and 12, 2013
John Holbert will be Guest Preacher at RLBC on May 5, 2013.
John C. Holbert was born in Indiana, raised in Arizona, and educated in Iowa and
Texas, receiving a Ph.D. in the Hebrew Bible in 1975. He has been a local church
pastor in Louisiana, professor of religion at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort
Worth, and was Lois Craddock Perkins Professor of Homiletics at Perkins School of
Theology, where he joined the faculty in 1979. He retired from this faculty position in
May, 2012.
John is married to Diana, a retired minister of the United Methodist Church. They
have two children: a son, Darius, and a daughter, Sarah. John has extensive vocal solo
experience, having sung in musicals, opera, and oratorio. Darius has sung with the
Texas Boys' Choir, and is now a studio musician in New York, writing for film and
TV. He and John have written an opera, based on the book of Job, entitled “Job’s
Truth.” Sarah lives in Los Angeles where she works for the ABC Family Channel.
John has authored nine books and many articles in scholarly and church journals. He was the editor for the
Psalms and Canticles material of the 1989 United Methodist Hymnal. He has also served as Interim Senior
Minister of two large United Methodist churches, 1st UMC in Fort Worth in the Fall of 1994 and 1st UMC,
Dallas, in the spring of 1997. He has preached and taught in over 1000 churches in 40 states and 20 countries. In
2007, he was named an Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor at Southern Methodist University.
Guest Preacher for May 12, 2013, will be Linda Cross.
Linda Cross is the Latin American-Caribbean Team Advocate for
Leadership Development for CBF Global Missions. She is stationed in
San Antonio, where she lives and offices at Baptist University of the
Américas. She works to facilitate shared resources among the Baptist
seminaries and churches of Latin America with CBF churches and
institutions. Her home church is Royal Lane Baptist Church of Dallas,
where she was ordained as a minister and deacon. She is a member of
Fellowship of San Antonio.
After graduating from Baylor with a BA in Religion and
Radio/Television/Film and an MA in Theological Ethics, Linda
worked as a Public Relations consultant before going to work for the
Baptist General Convention of Texas where she served as Director of
Be sure to view the new exhibit in the Box-Hawkins Gallery. Purchase any
painting and 25% to 100% of that purchase will be donated to the organ fund.
the Baptist Laity Institute.
Prayer Requests:
Jackie Arnold, sister of Cathy Webb
Betty Beckman, mother of Paul Burnett
Shirley Bohannan
Martha Box’s brother, Thomas Jarvis and friend, Ann
Fairchild
Lonnie Harris
Dean Hill, father of Joe Hill
Jill Hill and Jeremy Valentine on the death of their
grandmother, Jennie Valentine
Melton James, brother-in-law of Shirley James
Dot Johnson and her daughter, Christina Courtney
Michael Knight
Donna Ledgerwood
Maebelle Raiza’s friends, Joann & James Hamilton and
Kathy Boyd
Emelda Schultz, mother of Laurence Schultz
Terry Simmons
Ray Vickrey on the death of his brother-in-law, Bill
Graham
Marla Wells and Ed, friends of Jordan Weilage
Libby Wonder, friend of Susie Leinneweber
Joe Wright & Family, friends of Babs Arnswald
Caleb Zimmerman, nephew of Laurence & Janet Schultz
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Please continue to pray for:
Lydia Kandol; Zelda Kuhns, aunt of Dorothy Tilden;
Wanda Lee, mother of Cathy Webb; Annie Levy; Arlene
Lowe; Tom & Rosemary Lynch;
Hector & Josefa Mederos; Ruth Moore, mother of Bettie
Meachum; Bill Prickett; Richard Reeves, uncle of Harry
Wooten; Dorothy Tilden; Jordan Weilage
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Remember the homebound: Kathleen Akin, Dorothy Cantrell; Nadine Francis; LuDean King; Faye Laney;
Bruce Lowe; Dorothy Miller; Norman Morris; Ruth Smith; Libba Studdard; Allyene Wilcox
“The Gathering”
Sunday, May 5, 2013
This Sunday is designated as the day of the month to bring food items for the North Dallas Shared Ministry.
Can’t bring contributions on Sunday? Bring them any time and place in the basket in Family Hall or in the
Mission Collection Room.
Items needed: canned tuna, salmon, carrots, black-eyed peas, spinach, sweet potatoes, potatoes, pears,
pineapple, mixed fruit, peanut butter, ramen noodles, salt, coffee, tea, gelatin mix, breakfast cereal, and saltine
crackers.
Save these dates!
Music Camp
“It’s Cool in the Furnace” by Buryl Red
Sunday, June 23 – Thursday, June 27
2:00 – 5:00 pm – Family Hall
Friday Performance, June 28
6:30 pm – Family Hall
Ages: Completed 1st through completed 6th grade
VBS 2013
“Everywhere Fun Fair: Where God’s World Comes Together”
Sunday, June 23-Thursday, June 27
6:00 – 8:30 pm
Ages: 3 (potty trained) thru 6th grade
Deacons of the Week
May 5
Jane Stubblefield
[972] 741-4847
Jeff Hammett
[214] 577-6518
Scriptures of the Week
May 5
Acts 16:9-15
Revelation 21:101-, 22-22:5
Psalm 67
John 14:23-29
May 12
May 12
Linda Binder
[972] 234-8166
Melissa Orwig
[214] 457-6221
Midweek Service
6:15 p.m.
Family Hall
Wednesday
May 8
“Being Church”
Blake Miller & the RLBC Youth
May 15
“Being Church”
David Matthews
In the Box-Hawkins Gallery
April 19 – May 31, 2013
Wallace Hughes &
Linda Binder
Gallery open by appointment
10-4, weekdays, 10-5 Wednesdays
To change mail or email preferences for The Mosaic,
contact Barbara Merry, 214-361-2809, ext. 10 or
bmerry@royallane.org.
Acts 16:16-34
Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21
Psalm 97
John 17:20-26
Midweek Menu
Wednesday, May 8
Pork Chops, au Gratin Potatoes,
Corn, Salad, Brownies
Wednesday, May 15
Russian Chicken, Spinach Casserole,
Salad, Rolls, Apple Pie
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Happy Birthday!
May
Jaxson Hill ................................................. 1
Ken Rempert ............................................. 3
Alexandra Kupres...................................... 4
Barbara Merry ........................................... 5
Jonathan Greer .......................................... 6
Andrew Lawson ........................................ 6
Candace Berrier ......................................... 7
Lou Brown ................................................ 7
Marissa Stewart ......................................... 8
Corey Williams ......................................... 8
Lynda Collier ............................................ 9
Sharon Vickrey.......................................... 9
Andy Cavins ............................................ 11
Jaclyn Ramirez ........................................ 12
Deanna Green .......................................... 13
David Northrup ....................................... 14
The Mosaic is published bi-monthly.
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday Midweek: 6:15 pm
Sunday School: 9:45 am
Sunday Worship: 10:55 am
Mary Fisher, Housekeeping
Michael Hurder, Facilities Manager
C. David Matthews, Senior Pastor
Barbara Merry, Administrative Assistant
Blake Miller, Minister to Youth
Royal Lane Baptist Church
6707 Royal Lane
Dallas, Texas
75230-4145
Royal Lane Baptist Church
6707 Royal Lane
Dallas, TX 75230-4145
Office: [214] 361-2809
Fax: [214] 361-2988
www.royallane.org
Danny Wesley Ray, Organist
Janet Schultz, Administrative Assistant
Ray Vickrey, Pastor Emeritus
Shelly Watts, Children’s Minister
Garey Wisdom, Pianist
Harry Wooten, Minister of Music and Worship