CRESTVIEW BAPTIST
CHURCH
Our Mission is to Glorify God by Reaching
and Developing People for
Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Issue 106
MAY 2008
FROM THE PASTOR…
What a joy it is to see God at work in our midst. Since March 30 the Lord has added souls to Crestview
every week. Some have been added in the Sunday morning celebration service, some in Children’s Church
and some in the Wednesday night adult Bible Study. We will be baptizing three people the first Sunday of
this month. Several other people have prayed to receive Christ and we anticipate them making their
decision public. To God be the Glory!
I am thankful for Jon Hall handling the music for a few weeks until we can call a new staff member
and get him on the field. Jon has done a wonderful job and the music has been great. Thank you choir,
Praise Band, Praise Team, Martha Lu, and Patti for your support and ministry.
Another exciting event is God sending Dan and Dyan Garner to us. Dan believes God is calling him to
Crestview. I believe God is calling Him to be our Associate Pastor of Worship and Administration. The
church leadership believes God is calling him here. Be sure to take advantage of the opportunities to
meet and talk with Dan and Dyan from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, May 3 rd, at the church.
Be in prayer for God to be glorified and His perfect will done as we vote to issue God’s Call to Dan at
the end of the morning celebration service, May 4th.
We are so excited that Rick Murray will be joining us from Liberty University to do his Summer
Internship here at Crestview. He will be working primarily with the Youth Group. Rick will be with us
beginning May 9 through the end of July.
There are many other exciting things happening at Crestview in May. Grad Day and Mother’s Day are
among them. These are good opportunities to bring people with you.
The Road to Financial Freedom has really been a beneficial series. I have heard many good comments
about it. A number of guests have attended because of it. We will be having some additional resources
and events for this series in the near future. Be sure to act on the financial principles you have learned.
I love you,
Bro. Gene
Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 11th. We are having a special service
honoring all of the women that have had an impact in our lives.
Please join us at 10:45 a.m., May 11th.
MORE THANK YOU’S….
Dear Crestview:
Thank you for the lovely planter and expression of
sympathy on the recent death of my brother, Ray
“Cotton” Preston. It was so thoughtful and
appreciated.
God Bless You all, Helen McDowell
VBS—Outrigger Island July 14-20, 2008
Hi all, we are gearing up toward a great VBS
season. We will be taking orders for t-shirts
through Wed, May 14th. If you have signed
up to volunteer this year remember our
training date is SAT May 17th at 3:00pm. I
will have samples of all the rotations, crafts,
food and recreation. If you haven’t signed up
and would like to come and see what VBS is
all about, please join us. We can always use
assistants, even if you cannot help all week.
Our motto this year is “Know the Truth,
Speak the Truth, and Live the Truth.” Each
night the children will learn and experience
Jesus like they have never done before.
Please pray about how you would like to help
in this awesome outreach for Crestview
Baptist Church. We are also accepting
donations for POOL NOODLES.
If you have some we can use or would like to
donate please let me know. As always if you
have any questions please call Regina
Rockey-474.4485 or the church office.
God Bless.
Dear Church family:
Thank you to all that have donated clothing and
furniture to Little Austin. A little love goes such a long
way. We are so blessed to have such wonderful and
generous friends.
He is flourishing in our care and we all just pray
that God will continue to work out the details.
The Rockey Family
Dear Crestview:
Vern and Avonelle Worsham and all the extended
family of Danny Meadows – the husband of Vern’s
sister, Sue Meadows – would like to thank the
Crestview family for the prayers and support during
the recent, unexpected passing of Danny. Thank you
for the cards, words of encouragement, and the
beautiful floral arrangement. The blessings of having
a close, caring church family have helped Vern’s
sister and the entire family to be better able to cope
with this sudden loss. We sincerely thank you.
Vern and Avonelle Worsham
MEN’S PRAYER BREAKFAST
Our next Men’s Prayer
Breakfast (it’s FREE!) and Bible
Study will be Saturday, MAY 10 AT
8:30 A.M. We will continue our
Bible Study on “The Measure of A
Man”. It’s not too late to join us for
this study. You can sign up on the table in the foyer. Any
questions, please contact Tom Warner at 416-3972.
The SonShine Company is working on
Jeff Smith’s Pirates of the I Don’t “Care”ibbean, a kid’s musical about storing up
treasures in heaven. The musical is a
parable and involves a lot of fun piratey
characters as well as a great message.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!
SUNDAY, JUNE 1 - 6:30 PM
YOUTH NEWS…
Thank you to all our Crestview family for the
many prayers, cards, phone calls, and concerns
during our surgeries and hospital stays. We
appreciate Pastor Burke and those of you that came
to the hospital and to our home. We have surely
missed worshipping and fellowshipping with
everyone in our Sunday School class and the
Worship Services. We pray for God to help us
recover quickly so that we can be back in church
with all of you very soon!
In Christian love,
Glenn and Shelva Ward
Dear Crestview: Thank you all so much for the
beautiful gift baskets I’ve received. I apologize for
the delay in this thank you, but I can no longer write
due to arthritis in my hands. I appreciate so much
you all thinking of me. I hope to be back in church
some time soon.
Love, Eula Garber
Dear Crestview Family: Thank you all for the many
prayers, calls, and cards since my recent surgery.
Thank you for the visit by Bro. Gene. Thank you to
the Achievers Sunday School class for the beautiful
flowers! They were so lovely. I appreciate all of you.
God Bless You All,
Wilda Byers
Thank you to everyone at Crestview for all of the
wonderful things you did for our family. Pastor Burke
did a wonderful ceremony during the funeral and the
Ladies were so nice and loving when we were having
lunch after the funeral. Thank you also for all the
thoughts, prayers, and beautiful flowers!
Thanks again,
Dorothy Poore
Sandy Tomlinson and Debbie Routson
CBC STATISTICS FOR APRIL 2008
Week
of...
Bible
Study
Morning
Worship
Sunday
P.M.
Budget
Receipts
4/6
224
276
79
$12,798
4/13
240
304
81
$6651
4/20
242
294
87
$8390
4/27
234
297
93
$6971
We have Top Flight coming up on
Saturday May 3rd. Most of the
youth group is involved. Good job
Youth!
The 30 Hour Famine is going to
start Friday May 9th & end Saturday
morning. We are having a Lock-in at
the church where the youth will
be fasting all night. Then Saturday
morning we will feed them. The
College Class is helping out with this
event, if you would like to help
please see Brad Sidaras. Parents,
we need the signed permission form
from you as soon as possible! If you
don’t have one, see Brad ASAP.
We are proud to announce that a
former youth group member will be
interning with us this summer. If
you haven’t heard, Ricky Murray will
be a Youth Director here. I’m sure
he has a lot of great ideas that the
youth group will learn from. Please
welcome him back & let him know
how proud we are of him.
NEW MEMBERS FOR APRIL:
Baptism:
Dillon Hall
Trevor Anderson
Statement:
Beth Draper
Average Budget Receipts for April: $8703
WEEKLY BUDGET GOAL: $ 9197.06