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 278 Piney Grove Road 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 June 2018 Volume XIII, Issue 6 POSTMASTER send change of address to THE GROVE, 278 Piney Grove Road, Mount Airy, NC. www.pgbcmountairy.org 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 Wednesday, June 6 Picnic Lunch following Worship Service Dr. Bill Leonard regarding the future of Baptists and where the church in 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. Anne Sechrist concepts, it’s important to keep our focus on people. If I asked you to think about how you 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 Youth Summer Camp the room concerning our witness in this modern age.