Piney Grove Baptist Church PERIODICAL September 4 – Tonya Oakley, Catrena Whitaker Church Staff 278 Piney Grove Road Mount Airy, NC 27030 Rev. Mark A. Reece, Jr., Pastor Rev. Kermit Gray, Pastor Emeritus Rev. Santiago Reales, Associate

Pastor of Hispanic/Latino Ministry Paul Danley, Minister of Worship Scottie Isaacs, Ministry Assistant The Grove Dawn Marion, Pianist Ivy Head, Organist Growing in Christ Together Neil Gordon and Bobby Post,

Sound Technicians Piney Grove Baptist Church Tommy Haymore, Videographer Eric Mauldin, Audio- 278 Piney Grove Road Visual Technician Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030

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Mount Airy, North Carolina 27030 THE GROVE is published monthly by the Piney Grove Baptist Church, 278 Piney Grove Road, Mount Airy, NC. (336)356-4196 Monthly Newsletter Volume XIII, Issue 6 POSTMASTER send change of address to THE GROVE, 278 Piney Grove Road, Mount Airy, NC. www.pgbcmountairy.org June 2018 Volume XIII, Issue 6, June 2018 .***********************************

From the Pastor (Continued from page 5) June Vacation Bible School Dates to forward to more conversation and appreciate your prayers as I do my best to be a Remember better pastor in a world where traditional models of evangelism, preaching, and connecting have lost their effectiveness. If we can be lifelong learners, then with Birthdays June 3 God’s help our witness can be lifelong as well. Thanks for being such a great Church on the church! May God bless you all in the month of June. June 2 Mountain at Stone

Leona Huffman Mountain State Park

Condolences Billy Wright June 5 Our love, prayers, and Christian sympathy are extended June 5 Ladies Gathering to the family of Hazel Virginia White Johnson. Lois Hodges ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Sharon Bledsoe June 6 Our love, prayers, and Christian sympathy are extended to Craig Sprinkle Larry Robertson Hispanic Leadership

and family on the death of his sister, Linda Frances Sprinkle Simpson. Meeting June 6 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Kendal Bledsoe Our love, prayers, and Christian sympathy are extended to Wayne Draughn June 8 Cloie Atkins Last Day for Students and family on the death of his brother, Hal Edgar Draughn. Jimmy Branch in Surry County June 7 Schools Congratulations Tommy Haymore June 10 Congratulations to Neil and Kristyn Atkins on the birth of their precious son, Bowie June 9 Special Called Church Martin Atkins. Baby Atkins was born Monday, April 23, 2018. He weighed 8 pounds 3 Ellie Kidd ounces and was 21.5 inches long. The proud grandparents are Wayne and Glenda Conference June 10 Atkins and Elmer and Gail Taylor. June 17 Mae Danley John Edwards Father’s Day

Contributions June 13 June 19 To the General Fund Kathy Brintle A Place at the Table at In memory of Blanche Lee Ella Atkins Brintle by Mike and Kathy Hildebran June 14 Chase N Charli In memory of Blanche Lee Ella Atkins Brintle by Ken and Barbara Nowlin Katie Draughn Restaurant By the In memory of Blanche Lee Ella Atkins Brintle by Kenny and Amy Nowlin June 15 In memory of Blanche Lee Ella Atkins Brintle by Henry and Peggy Brintle River (1384 South Nathan Lattimore Main Street, Mount In memory of Blanche Lee Ella Atkins Brintle, Gladys Mary Badgett Hooker, and Hazel Virginia White Johnson by Terry and Nellie Thomas June 17 Airy) Jerry Sawyers In memory of Blanche Lee Ella Atkins Brintle, Hazel Virginia White Johnson, June 27 and David Lee Johnson by Jesse and Audrey Wright June 21 Senior Adult Ministry: In memory of Hazel Virginia White Johnson by Fred and Norma Miller Kathy Robertson Piney Grove Baptist Church Lunch at Town and In memory of Hal Edgar Draughn by Linda V. Chilton Rickey Sawyers Saturday, June 2, 2018 Country Restaurant June 22 June Calendar of Events Savannah Atkins 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM July 1 – 6 Youth Copies of the June calendar of events are now available on the stand in the narthex. Seth Beacham As budding athletes build skills in soccer, basketball, or cheerleading (plus more!), Tom Butcher PASSPORTchoices at they will learn about Bible-based character traits that will help them become better June 28 Greensboro College Special Notice players on the field and in life. Our Vacation Bible School will help kids prepare, focus, Jack Goettel Page 1 All information for the June newsletter must be submitted by Friday, June 15, encourage, change, and influence others for Christ as members of God’s A-team. 2018. Page 6

From the Pastor – Rev. Mark A. Reece, Jr. May’s Guide to Church on the Mountain I was in a meeting with Dr. Jack Causey some time ago and he PRAYER LIST Worship and Study Stone Mountain State Park said, “There seems to be a lot of energy around this subject.” Due to the Sunday, June 3, 2018 energy produced by that subject, we budgeted significant time to spend Sunday, June 3 Nursing home and Hemlock Shelter on that particular subject. It’s a gift when we discover where the energy long-term care Luke 5:27-39 is. It’s a mistake if we don’t follow that energy to see where it’s leading. Church Conference 11:00 AM Worship Service Nancy Edwards A couple Wednesday nights ago, I showed a webinar in Bible study with Leona Huffman Picnic Lunch following Worship Service Dr. Bill Leonard regarding the future of Baptists and where the church in Wednesday, June 6 Eva Briggs Worship Seeds Bring your lawn chairs and a well-filled picnic basket. America seems to be “trending.” It wasn’t all good news, but the subject Elsie Hayes

TBA definitely produced a significant amount of energy. I spent a few days Grover Haymore Join us for worship, good food, and great fellowship!!! last week at Navy Station Norfolk for a professional development course entitled “Millennials, Nones, and Dones.” While millennials get a lot of attention these days, they’re Sunday, June 10 really just one unique and trending generation in a culture of “nones” and “dones.” Home or hospital Acts 9:1-20 Dean Branch If you’re new to this vocabulary, “nones” are those who check the “none” box on the census when asked to identify themselves religiously. One grand misunderstanding Avis & Hilda Huff Phyllis Hewitt Wednesday, June 13 regarding the “nones” is the assertion that they don’t believe anything. The majority would Worship Seeds consider themselves “spiritual but not religious” or “believing but not belonging” and a Lonzo McHone Charles Brintle TBA minority would consider themselves atheist or agnostic. Many millennials, those born Banner Combs roughly between 1980 and 2000, fit into this category. “Dones” are those who have, for Josie Woodruff Sunday, June 17 whatever reason, left the faith group that they previously identified with. Some were hurt Faye Beasley Acts 11:1-18 by the church or became disenchanted with the mission of their church or the direction it seemed to be moving in. Some just simply got bored and their church failed to challenge Todd Brown them spiritually or add value to their lives. Then, of course, there are others who simply Seth Beacham Wednesday, June 20 have the resources to do other things and they value those things more than a community Michael Stephens Worship Seeds Children’s Ministries/Mission of faith. I’d like each of you to make two mental columns and identify those who would be Patti Miller

Acts 16:16–40 classified as “dones” and those who would be classified as “nones.” Ricky Draughn Junior Sawyers These categories are growing for a variety of reasons, and this evidence should Sunday, June 24 prompt us to find new ways to connect when our old ways of connecting have clearly J.W. & Joan Branch G.R.O.V.E. Kidz will not meet during Acts 16:16-40 broken down. When talking about topics that are so broad in scope and learning new Susan Johnson the months of June and July. concepts, it’s important to keep our focus on people. If I asked you to think about how you Anne Sechrist

Wednesday, June 27 can authentically connect with a “none” or a “done,” you might struggle to answer. If you Faye Danley Janice Draughn Worship Seeds fill in the blank with the names of the individuals in your mental columns, we are moving in Eileen Kidd Acts 17:1-31 the direction of relationships and not just intellectual dialogue. I’m challenging myself to tell the story of Jesus in simpler ways. Bill Leonard recommends that we “start on the Doug & Kathy Simpson Judy Dollyhigh seashore with Jesus,” or at the very beginning, as opposed to starting with old formulas like SEEDSyouth will not meet during the “Roman Road.” The truth is many people don’t know the story of Jesus beyond his birth Jakob Goettel Stewardship Report the months of June and July. that we celebrate at Christmas. If you don’t know the story of Jesus, you sure as heck can’t Bill Gingrich 2017 – 2018 accept it, believe it, and confess that you’re a sinner. Perhaps we should move from telling Foye Moser Through May 20, 2018 G.R.O.V.E. Kidz and people what they need to do and rather tell them who Jesus is and why that’s important to Daniel and Paige Combs

04/29/18 OfferingSEEDSyouth: $3,672.00 us. Janice Barker Brintle 05/06/18 Offering $3,336.48 GAs, RAs, and Mission Friends will not meet in the month of June. I invite you to join me on Wednesday nights this summer. We’ll certainly discuss Charlotte Lawson 05/13/18 Offering $2,951.00 our weekly sermon texts, but I’ll also be doing some ongoing work to engage the energy in Gary Kniskern 05/20/18 Offering $2,616.80 the room concerning our witness in this modern age. We often refer to the birthday of the Jack Dollyhigh Total $12,576.28 Youth Summer Camp

church as the “Day of Pentecost.” Unfortunately, Pentecost can be reduced to one day. But, Maria Scales Budget: $177,250.00 PASSPORTchoices if you pay attention to the liturgical calendar, there is a “Season of Pentecost.” Pentecost is Rev. Kermit Gray YTD Goal: $131,165.00 Greensboro College in Greensboro, North Carolina a marathon, not a sprint. The Holy Spirit sends the growing number of disciples out into

the world to be the hands and feet of Jesus. I was thinking recently that had I not joined the Budget This Period YTD Sunday, July 1 – Friday, July 6, 2018 Military Navy Reserves and spent ten years teaching part-time at the community college, I would $ 131,165.00 $12,576 .28 $111,313.39 MM2 Lammon, Andrew Over/(Under ($1,603.72)($19,851.61) struggle to spend any time with people who aren’t like me. In essence, as a pastor, I spend USS Theodore Roosevelt

all of my time with church folks who represent a growing minority in the world. To some (CVN 71) Sunday School Attendance degree that may be true for some of you as well. RX/RM FPO AE 09599-2871 Four-week Average –77.75 While we do need to surround ourselves with people who are not “of the world” e-mail: and can build us up spiritually, if we’re not “in the world” then we’re of no value to the Andrew.lammon@cvn mission of God in the world. If you had trouble filling in those mental columns of “dones” 71.navy.mil and “nones” with names, it may be time to make some new friends. That's the story of Website Pentecost. The Holy Spirit made new friends through the disciples who were sent out for Please contact Scottie

Sermon videos can be the work of ministry and those new friends would become friends of God. My goal for the Isaacs to add or remove viewed via PGBC website month of June is to interact with some folks who may not know the story of Jesus. It names from our prayer list. sounds a little old-fashioned, doesn't it? That’s because it is old-fashioned. It dates all of Phone (336)356-4196 or www.vimeo.com and search PGBC. the way back to the first century. It was “the way” of Jesus. Summertime is a great season for making new friends, interacting with neighbors, and seeking out strangers. I look Page 2 (Continued on page 6) Page 5

Missions Backpack Ministry

The backpack ministry will be discontinued in the summer while school is on summer break. It will resume again in September. Thank you to all who donated to help the children.

Latino Ministry

There will be a Hispanic Leadership meeting on Wednesday night, June 6, 2018, at 6:30 PM.

The Grove’s Helping Hand”

“The Grove’s Helping Hand” is a ministry that gives a helping hand to struggling families who run out of groceries before their paycheck arrives. It’s also a ministry to those who have been in the hospital and just don’t have the strength to tackle the grocery store yet. Perhaps we could give a helping hand to some elderly person who can’t get out at all. The food closet is located in the rear of the chapel. A wagon for donations is located in the narthex and it includes a list of needed items.

June Needs Pasta sauce, canned potatoes, peas, corn, paper products (toilet paper, paper towels), and toiletries (hand soap, body wash, shampoo, deodorant, toothpaste, etc.)

Discipleship

Worship Seeds with the Pastor

Wednesday nights from 6:30 – 7:30 PM

Ladies Gathering

Please make plans to join us on Tuesday, June 5, 2018, at 6:30 PM for Ladies Gathering. Michella Huff will be making a presentation on gardening. At this meeting, you will be able to get your hands dirty! Please bring a planter or two that you would like to plant for the summer season. Michella will provide potting soil and new and exciting annuals. There will be a fee for the plants and soil. Email Michella at [email protected] or call/text her at (336)673-1250 to let her know if you will attend and an idea of your planter size and light requirements. This will be a great event to kick off the growing season!

Father’s Day

Sunday, June 17, 2018

A father is neither an anchor to hold us back,

. nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.

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“A Place at the Table” is a monthly lunch gathering for spiritual reflection and discussing issues at the intersection of faith and culture. Are you able to break for lunch? Retired? Needing an alternative Bible study? Everyone has “A Place at the Table.” Join us at noon on the third Tuesday of each month. Come early. Come late. Just come. Please reserve your weekly spot by emailing Pastor Mark at

[email protected]. Forgot to reserve your spot? Come on. We’ll pull up a chair. Our next

gathering is at noon on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at Chase N Charli Restaurant By the River (1384 South Main Street, Mount Airy). Senior Adult Ministry

The Senior Adult Ministry has planned a trip to Town and Country Restaurant in King for lunch on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. They will meet at the church at 11:00 AM and take the bus.

Notes of Thanks

From The Hazel Johnson Family

The family of

Hazel Virginia White Johnson

acknowledges with grateful appreciation the kind expression of your sympathy

Thank you all so much. The flowers were beautiful. White mums are so special. All your thoughts and prayers are appreciated more than you know.

From The Linda Frances Sprinkle Simpson Family

The family of Linda Frances Sprinkle Simpson would like to thank you for the calls, visits, cards, and prayers sent during thisdifficult time. They are greatly appreciated. Craig and Norma Sprinkle

Congratulations to Tyler Blake Hudson Tyler received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering on December 15, 2017, from North Carolina State University. Tyler is the son of Randy and Melanie Hudson and the grandson of Oliver and Faye Hudson and Don and Glennice Lynch. He is the great-grandson of Maggie Danley. Tyler is employed by NASA in Hampton, Virginia. He and his wife, Michelle, reside in Suffolk, Virginia.

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