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FROM THE PASTOR - This coming Sunday we will celebrate the 115th year. According to the church records , First Baptist Church of Stonewall was established in 1894. For this special day, Dr. Chuck Kelly, president of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, will be our guest speaker and he will be joined by former music director Mark Jones who will be leading the singing. Here is a bio of Dr. Kelly:
Dr. Charles S. (Chuck) Kelley, Jr., was elected unanimously February 23, 1996, as the eighth president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. A professor of evangelism at New Orleans Seminary since August 1983, Dr. Kelley assumed the office of president March 1, 1996. He succeeds Dr. Landrum P. Leavell II, who served as president 1975-95. Originally from Beaumont, Texas, where he was born July 27, 1952, Dr. Kelley is the son of Doris and Charles S. Kelley, Sr., who now reside in New Orleans, LA. He has four sisters: Dorothy, the wife of Dr. Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX; Kathy, a school librarian in Las Vegas; Charlene, a homemaker in Dallas; and Eileen, a pastor's wife in Las Vegas. He grew up working in his father's business, the Kelley-Hixon Funeral Home in Beaumont, originally thinking that he as the only son would one day assume responsibilities from his father. But God had other plans for him.
During his senior year at Beaumont's Forest Park High School in 1970, he was elected president of the student body, named captain of the football team, chosen as an Athlete of the Year for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and selected as Outstanding Teenager of America. He also responded to God's call to preach.
During his freshman year at , he finalized a decision to focus on evangelism. He was ordained to the ministry February 2, 1972, at the First Baptist Church of Beaumont, where he was an active member. The same year he served as pastor of Ireland Baptist Church in Ireland, Texas, until he was asked to become the assistant director of the Baptist Student Union at Baylor. During his three years of service, the BSU experienced significant growth and revitalization. In 1974, he completed the Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and on June 21 married his college sweetheart, Rhonda Harrington, a speech pathology and audiology major at Baylor.
After Rhonda completed Baylor's master of science degree program in speech pathology and audiology, the Kelleys moved to New Orleans where Chuck began the Master of Divinity degree program at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Rhonda enrolled in the Doctor of Philosophy degree program at the University of New Orleans, majoring in and speech pathology. After Chuck completed the M.Div. degree in 1978, specializing in biblical studies, he began the Doctor of Theology degree program, with a major in preaching. Both Kelleys completed their doctoral degrees in 1983.
In August 1983, Chuck was elected to the faculty of New Orleans Seminary. Later he served as the Roland Q. Leavell professor of evangelism. In March 1993 he was named chairman of the seminary's largest division, Pastoral Ministries. In June 1993 he was named director of Southern Baptists' first Center for Evangelism and Church Growth, located on the front block of the NOBTS campus. He also served from 1983 to 1993 as the seminary's director of field education.
A much-requested public speaker throughout the Southern Baptist Convention, Dr. Chuck Kelley is recognized widely both for his evangelistic preaching and for his research in the area of church growth. He is the author of numerous denominational articles, training materials and books, including How Did They Do It? The Story of Southern Baptist Evangelism; and "The Roman Road" tract, teacher's guide, learner's guide and training video produced by the Southern Baptist Convention's Home Mission Board and used throughout the SBC during the 1995 "Here's Hope" nationwide evangelism campaign.
Sunday will be a great day, Hope to see you all in church.
Bro. Tony |
Nursery Schedule:
Sun. Oct. 11th – Sunday School – Tammy Martin
Morning Worship – Katie Moore, Leigh Chandler
No Evening Worship
Wed. Oct. 14th – Patty Combest
Sun.. Oct. 18th - Sunday School – Tammy Martin
Morning Worship – Bobby & Angela McNeill
Evening Worship –Nell Gavin, Robin Morland
Wed. Oct. 21st – Melissa Farrar
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Music Ministry
Adult Choir: Choir, you continue to be such a blessing to this church. Your hard work and faithfulness is a wonderful encouragement to me. Keep pressing toward the mark God has set for us, that we may always be a blessing to Him. We have begun rehearsing for the Christmas musical. Christmas will be here before we know it. Make every effort to be at rehearsals.
Senior Choir: Choir, you did a great job in the evening service last week. Thanks for give your best to the Lord. We are in full swing working on the Christmas musical, it is very important that you are at all rehearsals. We will not have choir this week because we are in the mountains on our Sr. trip, but will be back at it nest week.
Youth News: Youth we are getting ready for our Riblett plate fund raiser on Oct 10th at Stonewall Day. Work hard to sell the tickets. This money will go towards your ski trip. I will need you at the Stonewall Park at 9 that morning.
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Children's Worship:
Hello from Noah's Park:
Children's Church is going great! We are having 10 to 12 kids each week. Ten of these have already memorized Romans 8:28 and are now learning another scripture. They are rewarded if they can say their verse
each time with a surprise from the “Grab Box”.
Church, if you would like to donate a $1.00 toy for this box it would be greatly appreciated.
The Youth are doing a great job with the puppets and the Park Patrolers are working hard with us to help the children. Thanks to our breakfast help, adults, bus and music helpers for making the first month of Children's
Church a success.
If you are not on the schedule to help in any of these areas, and would like to help, we have a place for you. Just contact Kathy Thaggard or me, Pat Robinson, and join in the blessing God has for you and for giving to
the lives of these children.
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All Children:
Come join us at the PUMPKIN PATCH
@ Lazy Acres on October 18th.
All children under the age of 5 must be accompanied by an adult. We will leave church after morning worship. Bring you a play outfit to wear. You will need $10.00 for admission and for lunch. We will arrive back at the church around 5:30 PM.
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