From the Youth Pastor

May 1, 2013 Volume 27 Issue 9

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 May 5 – Sixth Sunday of Easter 9:30 am Donuts, Coffee/Juice — Family Hall 9:45 am Christian Education — Christian Education Classrooms 10:55 am Morning Worship – Guest Preacher, John C. Holbert – Holy Communion offered — Sanctuary 12:15 pm Child Protection Training — Family Hall 12:15 pm Youth – Lunch & Bowling 12:15 pm Lunch Bunch — Panera Bread, 7839 Park Lane @ North Central Expressway 12:30 pm Royal Connections — Home of John & Theresa Helms 5:00 pm Intercessory Prayer — Library 6:00 pm Book Study – Living Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer — Library Wednesday May 8 5:30 pm Child Protection Training — Room 203 5:30 pm Youth Supper & Study — Youth Center 5:30 pm Family Supper – Pork Chops, au Gratin Potatoes, Corn, Salad, Brownies — Family Hall 6:15 pm Children’s Choir/Missions — Children’s Building 6:15 pm Midweek Service – “Being Church” with Blake Miller and the RLBC Youth — Family Hall Properties 7:15 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal — Sanctuary Saturday May 11 Work Day 9 am – 2 pmProperties Work Day — Church Grounds Youth Mission Project Saturday, May 11, Sunday May 12 – Seventh Sunday of Easter 2013 9:30 am Donuts, Coffee/Juice — Family Hall 9:45 am Christian Education — Christian Education 9 am – 2 pm Classrooms 10:55 am Morning Worship – Guest Preacher, Linda Cross — All Volunteers Sanctuary Welcome! 5:00 pm Intercessory Prayer — Library 6:00 pm McLean Care Group — Home of Fred & Linda Binder Come for an hour, Wednesday May 15 – Mosaic come for the day. 5:30 pm Youth Supper & Study — Youth Center 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 The deadline for the order of service, the Midweek, and the Mosaic is Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. prior to publication. Follow RLBC on Facebook & Twitter. Don’t do Facebook? Follow RLBC at www.facebook.com/royallane

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 the Baptist Laity Institute.

Be sure to view the new exhibit in the Box-Hawkins Gallery. Prayer Requests: Donna Ledgerwood Jackie Arnold, sister of Cathy Webb Maebelle Raiza’s friends, Joann & James Betty Beckman, mother of Paul Burnett Hamilton and Kathy Boyd Shirley Bohannan Emelda Schultz, mother of Laurence Martha Box’s brother, Thomas Jarvis and Schultz friend, Ann Fairchild Terry Simmons Lonnie Harris Ray Vickrey on the death of his brother-in- Dean Hill, father of Joe Hill law, Bill Graham Jill Hill and Jeremy Valentine on the death of Marla Wells and Ed, friends of Jordan their grandmother, Jennie Valentine Weilage Melton James, brother-in-law of Shirley Libby Wonder, friend of Susie Leinneweber James Joe Wright & Family, friends of Babs Dot Johnson and her daughter, Christina Arnswald Courtney Caleb Zimmerman, nephew of Laurence & Michael Knight Janet Schultz ------Please continue to pray for: Lydia Kandol; Zelda Kuhns, aunt of Hector & Josefa Mederos; Ruth Moore, Dorothy Tilden; Wanda Lee, mother of mother of Bettie Meachum; Bill Prickett; Cathy Webb; Annie Levy; Arlene Lowe; Richard Reeves, uncle of Harry Wooten; Tom & Rosemary Lynch; Dorothy Tilden; Jordan Weilage ------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 To change mail or email preferences for The

Mosaic,Scriptures contact Barbara of the Merry, Week 214-361- May 5 2809, ext. 10 or [email protected]. Jane Stubblefield [972] 741-4847 May 5 Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Jeff Hammett [214] 577-6518 Revelation 21:101-, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 May 12 May 12 Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Linda Binder [972] 234-8166 Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 John 17:20-26 Melissa Orwig [214] 457-6221

Midweek Service Midweek Menu Wednesday, May 8 6:15 p.m. Pork Chops, au Gratin Potatoes, Family Hall Corn, Salad, Brownies Wednesday Wednesday, May 15 Russian Chicken, Spinach Casserole, May 8 Salad, Rolls, Apple Pie

“Being Church” Don’t do Facebook? See RLBC Blake Miller & the RLBC Youth announcements at www.facebook.com/royallane May 15 Happy Birthday! “Being Church” David Matthews May Jaxson Hill...... 1 Ken Rempert...... 3 In the Box-Hawkins Gallery Alexandra Kupres...... 4 April 19 – May 31, 2013 Barbara Merry...... 5 Jonathan Greer...... 6 Andrew Lawson...... 6 Wallace Hughes & Candace Berrier...... 7 Lou Brown...... 7 Linda Binder Marissa Stewart...... 8 Gallery open by appointment Corey Williams...... 8 10-4, weekdays, 10-5 Wednesdays Lynda Collier...... 9 Sharon Vickrey...... 9 Andy Cavins...... 11 Jaclyn Ramirez...... 12 Deanna Green...... 13 David Northrup...... 14 The Mosaic is published bi-monthly. Royal Lane Baptist Church 6707 Royal Lane Office Hours: Dallas, TX 75230-4145 Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday Midweek: 6:15 pm Office: [214] 361-2809 Sunday School: 9:45 am Fax: [214] 361-2988 Sunday Worship: 10:55 am www.royallane.org

Mary Fisher, Housekeeping Danny Wesley Ray, Organist Michael Hurder, Facilities Manager Janet Schultz, Administrative Assistant C. David Matthews, Senior Pastor Ray Vickrey, Pastor Emeritus

Barbara Merry, Administrative Assistant Shelly Watts, Children’s Minister Blake Miller, Minister to Youth Garey Wisdom, Pianist

Royal Lane Baptist Church 6707 Royal Lane Dallas, Texas 75230-4145