CRESTVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH
Our Mission is to Glorify God by Reaching and Developing People
for Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Issue 108
July 2008
FROM THE PASTOR…
The summer of 2008 is exciting at Crestview!
God is at work in our midst! People are being
saved and baptized. We have several awaiting
baptism at this time. The Lord is leading others to
join our fellowship, attendance is holding up, and
we are having lots of guests. Keep praying, keep
inviting, and keep coming! I am glad Brother Dan
is here and now ministering full blast. June 22nd
was the first service that really had his touch on it.
Many people commented that they loved the music
and really worshipped. (Please pray that we will
get the bugs worked out of the new sound system.)
Perhaps you would like to participate in the Praise
Team or the instruments part of the music on the
platform. If so, don’t wait to be asked; talk to Dan
and volunteer!
Rick Murray’s love, insights, and enthusiasm are
a great asset in our Youth Department and in the
total ministries of the church this summer. We
licensed Rick to the Gospel ministry in the last
business meeting. Be sure to pray for and
encourage Rick. He will be leaving for school at the
end of this month. Thank the Lord for bringing Rick
to us this summer.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL TIME IS HERE! Mark
Saturday morning, July 12 on your calendar to help
us canvas a neighborhood for VBS. It will only take
a couple of hours of your time. You can also take
registration forms and register nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, neighborhood children, children of
friends and work associates or any children! Make
your vehicle a church bus and bring children to
VBS. (By the way, parents are welcome to come
with their children and observe or join us for ADULT
VBS!) VBS is for ages 4 through 6th grades. Leroy
Lynn will be teaching our Adult VBS this year! VBS
is from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. July 14 to July 18. Pray,
Invite, Register, and Bring the Gang to
Outrigger Island VBS!
2008 is a great summer to be a member of
Crestview Baptist Church.
I love you,
Bro. Gene
July’s Worship
Notes
What a wonderful
welcome we received here at Crestview!
Dyan and I are so thankful to be here and for
everything you all have done to make our
transition so smooth. We were shocked by
the amount of food, toilet paper, and other
necessities that you all gave at our pounding.
It took us more than an hour to unload our
car and stock our shelves! Thank you for
that blessing and for being a blessing to us
as we begin our new ministry here. We
really look forward to the future and what
God holds in store at Crestview.
Speaking of the future…It’s time to get
our drama ministry up and running. Thank
you to all who have expressed an interest, it
is certainly not too late to get involved. We
will hold our first meeting/rehearsal on
Thursday, July 3rd at 7:00 PM. If you want
to be a part of the drama team, but cannot
attend on that day, PLEASE let me know.
This will be an opportunity to start building
our team and discussing upcoming dramas.
Secondly, I would like to put together a
team of people to assist in planning the
worship services. There are so many
resources out there that we could use to
really heighten the worship experience at
Crestview. If you are creative, love movies,
love music, are artistic, love dramas, love
interpretative music, love to organize…then
I would love to have you on our team! Please
see me if you need more information! More
details will be coming soon.
Thank you again for your kindness, your
prayers, your gifts, and for making us feel at
home already. Our God is an awesome God!
IWT (Impact World Tour)
VBS Outrigger Island
July 14-18, 2008
VBS REFRESHMENTS – We always have a
wonderful arrangement of food for our children and
workers at Bible School. We need help with food
donations for them or you can make a cash
donation. Please contact Linda Burke or
Cathy Griffith.
Please commit to being a Local Link (counselor) at
the IWT events. All the events will be local to the Miami
Valley, and will be held in October. Scott Chadwick
led our 1st training session here at Crestview with
six people attending. We need believers who will
counsel the thousands of new Christians who will be on
our hands as a result of the IMPACT WORLD TOUR. Do
you have a heart for new believers? What is needed is
for Local Links to call the new believer or the person
who rededicated their life to Christ on the next day and
once a week for eight weeks. If you are interested,
contact Scott Chadwick and attend one of the following
training sessions:
 July 3rd 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
St. Luke United Methodist Church
100 N Broad St., Fairborn

July 10th 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Clearcreek Christian Assembly of God
1150 S. Main St. Springboro

July 12th 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm
First Church of the Open Bible
4990 Old Troy Pike, Huber Heights

July 19th 10 AM to Noon
First Baptist New Carlisle
8870 E State Route 571, New Carlisle

July 23rd 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
First Baptist Bellbrook
4100 W. Franklin Street, Bellbrook
THANK YOU
Dear Church Family:
Thank you for the lovely dinner and the Bible
for Graduation. The church family has done so
much for me. I am so excited to see what God
has planned for my future.
Thanks again!
Amanda Deisher
Dear Crestview Baptist Church:
Thank you all so very much for your
expression of care and sympathy at the passing of
our father, James O Ferguson. It touched us
deeply.
Sincerely,
Diane McClement, James Ferguson, Jr.,
and Kathi Parker
CBC STATISTICS FOR JUNE 2008
Week
of...
Bible
Study
Morning
Worship
Sunday
P.M.
Budget
Receipts
6/1
228
275
159
$12,954
6/8
201
214
82
$6576
6/15
216
268
No service
$7204
6/22
226
281
102
$7167
6/29
Not available at time of print.
Average Budget Receipts through June 22: $8475
WEEKLY BUDGET GOAL: $ 9197.06
This will be the first part of the training. There
will be follow up training held in August.
IWT Dayton prayer committee
PRAISE/PRAY
1. Praise God: A door has been opened wide for the
Impact World Tour to have events and share the gospel
in Ohio 's prisons. As Team Xtreme shared in local jails
over the weekend, the response was phenomenal. As
one person told me, "the prisoners are more excited
about IWT than getting out." Please pray that
hundreds, even thousands of inmates across Ohio would
accept Christ and exhibit transformed lives.
2. Praise God for the response to Team Xtreme in
churches (see introduction). Please pray for these baby
believers to be firmly rooted & established in their faith.
May they grow into mature, fruit-bearing Kingdom
citizens. Also pray that the rest of the events would be
very well-attended & people would have tender hearts.
3. Praise God that, judging from the response in the
spring and this week, the harvest field in the Miami
Valley is clearly full and ripe. However, we must continue
to press on and pray to the Lord of the Harvest,
because there are not nearly enough workers in the
field. PRAY!
LOVE IN ACTION
JULY 8 - MEET AT CHURCH
TO HAND OUT BOTTLES OF WATER TO THE
COMMUNITY!
YOUTH STUFF
which they live.
Thanks to Ricky we brought S.N.A.C. back & had a
wonderful time. There were more than 30 youth & adults
who showed up. We played volleyball then took a break
for some pop, pizza & cookies. After eating we went back
to playing volleyball & ended the night with a game of
Under Ground Church. Everyone was having so much fun
no one wanted to leave!
The youth also have a little contest going on. In the Sunday
School Newsletter each week there will be a riddle & memory
verse, the first youth with the answer to the riddle & can quote
the verse will receive cookies from Robin as their prize.
Also the college class had a cookout at Scott & Robin’s. We
had 8 students show up & had a wonderful time of eating &
fellowship!
The youth also
participated in the first
“Almost Anything Goes…Youth
Event.” This competition
pitted our college students
against our current youth
group in a variety of games.
These games ranged from eating
chocolate covered donuts to a
trivia game with an
interesting penalty for
missing a question; pies in
the face.
The Youth Group is going
to King’s Island on Friday,
July 11th for the Spirit Song
Concert Series which will
feature bands such as, Jeremy
Camp and Casting Crowns.
We’ll also enjoy both the
rides within the amusement
park, as well as, the
Boomerang Bay Water-Park
before the concerts begin. If
anyone wants to go, let me
know!
Most importantly, the
Crestview Youth Group is doing
many things this summer to
grow our relationships with
Christ, as well as, with each
other and the church. If you
have any questions or
suggestions about the youth
ministry here at Crestview,
please contact myself or Brad
Sidaras.
Sunday, July 27 following the
evening Youth service
MEN’S PRAYER BREAKFAST
Our next Men’s Prayer Breakfast (it’s FREE!) and Bible
Study will be Saturday, July 12 AT
8:30 A.M. We will continue our
Bible Study on “The Measure of A
Man”. You can sign up on the table
in the foyer. Any questions, please
contact Tom Warner at 416-3972.
NEWS FROM OUR
SUMMER YOUTH INTERN…
The Youth participated in
our first youth service and
S.N.A.C. of the summer on June
8th. Our youth sang during
the praise and worship time in
the service and then Brad
preached about what youth
today need in the culture in
DUE TO VBS THERE WILL BE NO
SR. LUNCHEON IN JULY!
NEW MEMBERS FOR JUNE:
Baptism:
By Letter:
Samantha Draper
Curtis Holbrook
Verna Holbrook
Beth Burchett
Crestview Baptist Church
Church Staff
6600 Salem Avenue, Clayton 45315
937-854-6300
Senior Pastor
Gene Burke (937) 832-3817
4211 Parkview Avenue
Englewood, OH 45322
E-mail: gburke@crestview.org
Sunday Services
Bible Study ................................................... 9:30 a.m.
Preschool Worship.........................................10:45 a.m.
Children’s Worship ........................................10:45 a.m.
Morning Worship Celebration .......................10:45 a.m.
Visitation ....................................................... 4:45 p.m.
Master Design ................................................ 5:00 p.m.
Sonshine Co. Children’s Choir .......................... 4:45 p.m.
Cherub Choir ................................................. 6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship Celebration .......................... 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday Services
G-FORCE Summer Kid’s Program.............................. 7:00 p.m.
Pastor’s Bible Study (Room B121) ............................ 7:00 p.m.
Adult Choir (Worship Center) .................................. 7:00 p.m.
Youth Bible Study (Youth Wing) ............................... 6:45 p.m.
Nursery (Birth – Room A105; 2 year olds - Room A111)
Business Meeting - 2nd Wednesday of each month
Caring for People….Changing Lives….
Building Relationships
Crestview Baptist Church
P.O. Box 26276
Dayton, Ohio 45426
(937) 854-6300
Associate Pastor of Worship & Administration
Dan Garner (937) 771-1441
1991 Swallowtail Ct.
Clayton, OH 45315
dgarner@crestview.org
Summer Youth Intern
Rick Murray (937)546-0505
rlmurray@liberty.edu
6:30 p.m.
Church Office: cbc@crestview.org
For Prayer Concerns please call our Prayer
Chain Coordinator, Jean Hissong at 937836-7998, 937-231-1830 or by email by
gjean@woh.rr.com. Or you may contact the
church office at 937-854-6300
or cbc@crestview.org.
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