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STONE TABLET Saved by His grace, joined by His blood, bound by His love and sent by His Word to spread the Good News. EXECUTIVE BOARD SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 Stevens Street Building H 6:30 PM VOLUME XXXV Issue 9 DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS: DR. JOE WILES SEPTEMBER 2017 HARVEST REPORT AUGUST 2017 Baptisms 10 Professions of Faith 8 STONE ASSOCIATION “Churches/Missions Working Together” ne As Aletheia Fellowship 2008 Bangham Heights 1966 Baxter First 1957 Bear Creek 1944 Brotherton 1926 Cane Creek 1868 Caney Fork 1813 Cedar Hill 1934 Church on the Hill 1956 Colonial View 1992 Cookeville First 1873 Covenant 2011 Crossroads 2008 Cummins Mill 1987 Dodson Branch 1953 Double Springs 1984 Eastwood 1961 Gainesboro First 1905 Hampton’s Crossroads 1897 Hope In Christ Fellowship 2014 (mission of The River) Iglesia Misonera Salem 2008 Jesus El Buen Pastor 2000 Johnson 1835 Kainos 2015 (mission, Church on the Hill) Midway 1976 Mill Creek 1923 Monterey First 1904 Nash Grove 1912 New Heaven 2013 (mission, FBC, Cookeville) New Home 1898 Poplar Grove 1888 Poplar Springs 1890 Rocky Point 1906 Sand Springs 1875 Scott Avenue 1975 Silver Point 1975 Sonlight 2003 Stevens Street 1947 The River 2002 Trinity 1952 University Heights 1994 VineBranch 2010 Washington Avenue 1959 WestHaven 2002 West View 1940 Wilhite 1928 Woodcliff 1918 WASHINGTON AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH (Register now at wabconline.com) Deadline to register is September 20th! Hurry! 6:00 PM on September 26, 2017 Stone Association has purchased the Video Series, The Leader I Want To Be by Johnny Hunt and it is PROVIDED TO OUR CHURCHES FREE. If your church is interested in viewing this video please contact Stone Association at 931-526-4655 or email [email protected] for information on how to stream it online. 152nd Stone Association Annual Meeting Sunday, October 22 Where: Caney Fork Baptist Church 2404 Highway 70 East, Cookeville, TN 38506 Time: 3:00-7:00 PM Sermon: Rev. Steve Thornton There will be a break with light refreshments provided by Caney Fork between 5:00-5:30 PM. No meal.

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N E W S L E T T E R O F T H E S T O N E A S S A A S S O C I A T I O N O F S O U T H E R N B A P T I S T S

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Saved by His grace, joined by His blood, bound by His love and sent by His Word to spread the Good News.

EXECUTIVE BOARD

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017 Stevens Street Building H

6:30 PM

VOLUME XXXV Issue 9 DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS: DR. JOE WILES SEPTEMBER 2017

HARVEST REPORT

AUGUST 2017

Baptisms 10

Professions of Faith 8

STONE ASSOCIATION

“Churches/Missions Working Together”

ne As

Aletheia Fellowship 2008

Bangham Heights 1966

Baxter First 1957

Bear Creek 1944

Brotherton 1926

Cane Creek 1868

Caney Fork 1813

Cedar Hill 1934

Church on the Hill 1956

Colonial View 1992

Cookeville First 1873

Covenant 2011

Crossroads 2008

Cummins Mill 1987

Dodson Branch 1953

Double Springs 1984

Eastwood 1961

Gainesboro First 1905

Hampton’s Crossroads 1897

Hope In Christ Fellowship 2014 (mission of The River)

Iglesia Misonera Salem 2008

Jesus El Buen Pastor 2000

Johnson 1835

Kainos 2015 (mission, Church on the Hill) Midway 1976

Mill Creek 1923

Monterey First 1904

Nash Grove 1912

New Heaven 2013 (mission, FBC, Cookeville)

New Home 1898

Poplar Grove 1888

Poplar Springs 1890

Rocky Point 1906

Sand Springs 1875

Scott Avenue 1975

Silver Point 1975

Sonlight 2003

Stevens Street 1947

The River 2002

Trinity 1952

University Heights 1994

VineBranch 2010

Washington Avenue 1959

WestHaven 2002

West View 1940

Wilhite 1928

Woodcliff 1918

WASHINGTON AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH

(Register now at wabconline.com) Deadline to register is September 20th! Hurry!

6:00 PM on September 26, 2017

Stone Association has purchased the Video Series, The Leader I Want To Be by Johnny Hunt and

it is PROVIDED TO OUR CHURCHES FREE. If your church is interested in viewing this video

please contact Stone Association at 931-526-4655 or email [email protected] for information

on how to stream it online.

152nd

Stone Association

Annual Meeting

Sunday, October 22

Where: Caney Fork Baptist Church

2404 Highway 70 East, Cookeville, TN 38506

Time: 3:00-7:00 PM Sermon: Rev. Steve Thornton

There will be a break with light refreshments provided by

Caney Fork between 5:00-5:30 PM. No meal.

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FROM YOUR

DIRECTOR of MISSIONS

FINANCES DID YOU KNOW?

Baptist History #27

The First Great Awakening, Part 4

Baptists experienced their earliest surge of

growth in the six states of New England. In

areas where the Congregational Church was

established by law, Baptists faced legal re-

strictions and opposition which varied from

harassment to severe persecution. In spite of

this, however, Baptists increased from 60

churches in 1740 to 979 churches in 1790; and

from 3,142 to 67,490 members in the same

half century.

In Rhode Island Baptists never quite lived up

to early expectations. They formed the first

Baptist church in America in Providence in

1639 and in 1764 located their first college

there, thinking that the state would be predom-

inantly Baptist. Perhaps their extreme diversi-

ty hampered growth, for Rhode Island Baptists

included Regular, General, Six-Principle, Sev-

enth-Day, and Separates. For a time, the Sepa-

rate churches outnumbered the Regulars, but

their reluctance to participate in associations

and the tendency of Regular Churches to re-

claim some of the Separate members hampered

their witness.

The progress of churches in Massachusetts

entitle them to be placed “at the head of the

American Baptists.” Of 91 Baptist churches in

the colony by 1790, 73 were Regular and they

contained 82% of the Baptists. Of 46 Separate

Baptist churches formed in Massachusetts, 20

had switched to Regular Baptists by 1790.

A leader of high visibility was Hezekiah Smith

(1737-1805), a pastor who combined pastoral

duties, evangelistic tours, and denominational

service, particularly as a trustee of the Baptist

college in Rhode Island, within his overall

ministry in the colony. Converted and bap-

tized by John Gano, Smith entered the

Hopewell Baptist Academy in New Jersey in

1756 and graduated from Princeton in 1762.

At the time, he was one of only five college-

educated Baptist ministers in America, only

three of whom (Smith included) were consid-

ered orthodox in theology. Following his

graduation, Smith did a 15-month preaching

tour of “the Southern governments” and

formed a firm friendship with Oliver Hart, a

pastor in Charleston who ordained Smith to the

gospel ministry in 1763. During the Revolu-

tionary War, Smith served as a chaplain and

won additional Baptist converts. He preached

for several months at Haverhill in a New Light

Congregationalist church and by 1765 those

who preferred the Baptist way withdrew to

form a new church right in the center of town.

Hezekiah Smith served as pastor of that church

for the next 40 years. However, he preached

mission tours constantly and is credited with

forming 13 additional churches. In 1802

Smith helped to form the Massachusetts Bap-

tist Mission Society, the fir st of its kind in

America and the forerunner of the nationwide

Home Mission Society (now North American

Mission Board) formed in 1832.

As we look forward to our Annual Meeting

of our Association on Sunday, October

22nd at Caney Fork Baptist Church, be plan-

ning now to BE THERE! Not only is it

going to be a great time of fellowship, but

we will get to see the newly built Caney

Fork Baptist Church! It should encourage

us, wherever we are, to know that our oldest

church is still growing and reaching out

beyond their walls to the community around

them! It also means that if we continue to

do as we should and must in our communi-

ty, we too will see a great harvest. There is

a lot to be said about keeping our lights on

and shining for the Lord in our various

communities.

Associationally together, we can accom-

plish more than we can by ourselves as indi-

vidual churches. As we are beginning to

plan for next year, let us continue to be a

vital part of Stone Association. As you as

individuals and your particular churches do

well, so will the Association prosper. Mon-

ey is but a small part of this equation. Your

prayers and personal help for all of our

churches will provide valuable assistance to

each of us. Ultimately it will also help us in

reaching those without Jesus both locally

and abroad. May the Lord provide what

you need and bless you daily.

Joe Wiles, DoM

Jesus Loved Me

Jesus loved me-yes, He did.

He died to set me free.

He gave His life that I might live

And died on Calvary’s tree.

Jesus conquered death and then

Went to His heavenly home.

Now He gently calls to all

Will you no longer roam?

Now He is with me all the time;

He’s with me now each day

May you know His saving grace

And walk within His way.

Jesus loved me, yes, He did

He died to set me free.

So I will follow Him and try

Always like Him to be.

--Joe Wiles

Church August Total

Aletheia $ - $ -

Bangham Heights $ 325.00 $ 2,600.00

Baxter, First $ 60.00 $ 480.00

Bear Creek $ 50.00 $ 400.00

Brotherton $ - $ 300.00

Cane Creek $ 127.70 $ 664.20

Caney Fork $ 995.56 $ 7,987.79

Cedar Hill $ - $ 700.00

Church on the Hill $ 50.00 $ 400.00

Colonial View $ 287.00 $ 3,389.00

Cookeville, First $ 1,716.48 $ 12,202.46

Covenant $ 100.00 $ 200.00

Crossroads Community $ - $ 298.46

Cummins Mill $ - $ -

Dodson's Branch $ 100.00 $ 800.00

Double Springs $ 46.59 $ 573.15

Eastwood $ 300.00 $ 1,050.00

Gainesboro, First $ 87.50 $ 732.10

Hamptons Crossroads $ 150.00 $ 1,050.00

Hope in Christ Fellowsp. $ - $ 1,004.86

Iglesia Misonera Salem $ - $ -

Jesus El Buen Pastor $ 269.04 $ 2,055.64

Johnson $ - $ -

Midway $ - $ 100.00

Mill Creek $ - $ 793.00

Monterey, First $ 100.00 $ 700.00

Nash Grove $ 441.92 $ 2,926.56

New Heaven $ 50.00 $ 400.00

New Home $ 318.00 $ 2,284.00

Poplar Grove $ 250.00 $ 750.00

Poplar Springs $ 193.33 $ 1,226.82

Rocky Point $ - $ 3,324.57

Sand Springs $ 50.00 $ 400.00

Scott Avenue $ - $ 500.00

Silver Point $ 125.00 $ 1,000.00

Sonlight $ - $ -

Stevens Street $ 166.67 $ 1,333.36

The River $ - $ 1,600.00

Trinity $ 100.00 $ 800.00

University Heights $ 167.09 $ 1,183.85

VineBranch $ 600.00 $ 4,908.00

Washington Avenue $ 300.00 $ 2,100.00

West Haven $ 100.00 $ 450.00

West View $ - $ 350.00

Wilhite $ 66.00 $ 528.00

Woodcliff $ 200.00 $ 900.00

TN Baptist Convention $ 782.00 $ 6,256.00

Other Budget receipts $ 815.82 $ 3,587.03

Total $ 9,490.70 $ 75,288.85

Church Giving Only $ 7,892.88 $ 65,445.82

Checkbook Balance 7/31/17 $ 6,938.70

Expendable all Sources $ 9,843.85

Expenditures August $ 8,469.83

Checkbook Balance 8/31/17 $ 8,312.72

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KICKOFF: Thursday, September 28, 2017 at

6:00 PM at FBC, Cookeville

Speaker: Hermann Fitch, shoebox recipient,

Zimbabwe

Anyone interested in learning about Opera-

tion Christmas Child or already involved is

WELCOME!

If attending, please RSVP to email:

[email protected]. Brenda Spain is our

area coordinator.

National Collection dates are November 13-

20, 2017. Bring boxes to FBC, Cookeville.

Rick Burnett, Chairman

Missions Development

Seminary Extension Began on September 7 and

continues on Thursdays

Washington Avenue Baptist Church

Faith Building

6:00 PM Philippians, Colossians, Philemon

Taught by Jimmie Simpson

8:00 PM Evangelism

Taught by Rick Burnett Gum Springs Baptist Church

A rural, mission minded Southern Baptist

Church, is seeking a full time pastor; a called

man of God with a strong work ethic who

faithfully proclaims the gospel and who joy-

fully commits to pastoral care and building

relationships. We are seeking a man with a

servant’s heart and who depends entirely on

God’s divine power to energize his ministry.

Please send inquiries and resumes to:

[email protected]

Gum Springs Baptist Church

5454 Franks Ferry Road

Walling, TN 38587

September 20, 2017

The River

6:00-7:30 PM

YOUTH EVENT

Westhaven Baptist Ch

80 Pippin Road

Cookeville, TN 38501

RSVP to Suzanne

931-510-5050

October 13 6:00—8:30 PM

October 14 8:30 AM—1:00 PM

(Breakfast at 8:00 AM, Lunch Served)

Live Music, Good Food, Photo Booth,

Door Prizes, Great Fellowship, Encour-

agement, BE REMINDED….

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2017 ACP forms are in the Association Office. We would really like to have 100% participation.

CANEY FORK Caney Fork has been blessed with the join-

ing of two new members by transfer of letter.

The ‘Start A Fire’ WMU Association Work-

shop held at Caney Fork was a great success

with over 75 participants and many education-

al exhibits and inspirational speakers. Our

Lay-led Revival begins on Sunday morning,

September 17th through Wednesday night,

September 20th. Please join us as our laymen

share God’s message from their heart. Two of

our largest annual building fund-raisers will

be taking place soon – Our Fish Fry on Satur-

day, September 16th, from 5-7 pm and our

free Marketplace shopping extravaganza

on Saturday, October 7th from 9 am-3 pm.

This year, the Marketplace will return to our

new building with space for over 50 vendors

in our new Fellowship Hall and many non-

profit community and state-wide mission or-

ganizations joining us. Come join in the food,

fun, and fellowship!

Our Pastor is Rev. Steve Thornton.

COLONIAL VIEW

As summer ends and schools return to class,

a new session of “Trail Life” and “American

Heritage Girls” has kicked off with a busy

bang. The Trail Life Program began Septem-

ber 1st with an Open House and they have

grown from twenty young men last year to

already thirty-four enrolled in the program

this year. The American Heritage Girls

kicked off the year with a pool party and they

had their first meeting August 31st. They

have also grown! Last year they had twenty

girls and this year they are starting with twen-

ty-five. Nothing like starting off with new

faces, what a blessing! Please feel free to

contact: [email protected] or

[email protected] for more infor-

mation. We would love to have your young

men and ladies be a part of these awesome

programs.

Colonial View attended the “Religious Or-

ganization and Church Fair” at Tennessee

Tech and handed out 300 bags of candy and

church invites to new incoming freshmen. It

was a wonderful outreach and fun was had by

all who attended. Hopefully we planted some

seeds, even if it was in the form of a sugary

confection.

Our pastor, Marc Burnett, will kick off the

“City-Wide United” Conference on Septem-

ber 10th at Avery Trace Middle School. It is

great to see area churches in Cookeville, Ten-

nessee, working together for God...What an

awesome event to do our part! We are so

proud of our pastor and the role he plays not

only in our church but in our community.

Our church will have a Deacon ordination

service on September 17th. Robert Reid and

Barry Bohannon will be ordained as Deacons.

We know they will both be of great service to

God and our church. We are so thankful for

their commitment. The success of God’s

Kingdom on earth depends on us...Keep

Working!

Our pastor is Rev. Marc Burnett

BANGHAM HEIGHTS

We are excited that Justin & Sara Martin have

answered the call to go and serve on the mission

field in Reynosa, Mexico. They will be going

there in October. Please continue to pray for

them as they serve the Lord in Mexico. Lunch

will be served on Sunday, September 24, follow-

ing the morning worship service and all dona-

tions from the lunch will go to Justin and Sara

for their moving expenses.

The Food & Faith Pantry served 33 families,

prepared 48 boxes of food with 8 of the boxes

going to the Northside Community Center and 9

committee members and 5 volunteers served in

August. The pantry is open the first and third

Thursday of each month from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

The Prayer Card Ministry sent out 174 cards of

encouragement in August.

The Keenagers had 22 to go to Falcon Rest in

McMinnville, TN and 31plan to go to Chatta-

nooga for a River Boat Cruise on Tuesday, Sep-

tember 12. They also plan to go to Dunlap, TN

to the Cookie Jar Restaurant on Tuesday, Octo-

ber 10.

A group of the ladies went to Knoxville to see

Anita Renfroe. She is a Christian Comedian

from Atlanta, Georgia, the wife of a Baptist

pastor, the mother of three children and a regular

commentator on Good Morning America. Also,

a Beth Moore Simulcast is planned at the home

of Olivia Haynes with brunch on Saturday, Sep-

tember 30.

Sunday, August 13, was declared NO EX-

CUSE Sunday at Bangham Heights. We had 156

in attendance.

The Missions groups served breakfast on Sun-

day, August 20, with all donations going to Op-

eration Christmas Child. They raised $271.00 for

shipping to send the shoeboxes for OCC. We

have set our goal for the Golden Offering for

Tennessee Missions at $1,000.00. Our Women

on Missions group will be serving the Soul Food

Meal at the BCM on Thursday, September 21.

Our GAs and RAs plan to go to JAM at Victory

Baptist Church in Mt. Juliet on Saturday, Octo-

ber 7. On Sunday, October 8, we will receive

donation for the Children’s Backpack Food Min-

istry for World Hunger Day. All ladies are invit-

ed to our Women on Missions meeting in the

fellowship hall on Sunday, October 15, Debra

Goodwin from Genesis House will be the guest

speaker.

Everyone is invited to come to Bangham

Heights on Sunday, September 17, at 6:15 p.m.

we will be hosting the singing group “Midnight

Cry”.

Congratulations, to Justin & Brandy Davis on

the birth of their daughter Anna Kate born on

Tuesday, August 29.

We are saddened by the loss of one of our

members Lucille Bartlett, but rejoice that she is

with the Lord. She passed away on Tuesday,

July 4. Please pray for her family during their

time of loss.

Please continue to pray for guidance for our

church and pastoral search Committee.

DODSON BRANCH

John 7:26 “But, lo, He speaks boldly. and

they say nothing unto Him. Do the rulers

know indeed that this is the very Christ? ’’

We praise God for Our Revival Days Reviv-

al. The sermons: Bro. Seth Presley, A Day's

Journey Without Jesus and Sin- America's

Biggest Threat .. so PRAY and OBEY God's

Word and know the Holy Spirit's power is

brought through Fervent Prayer; Bro. Carl

Scarlett, Remember The Day of Your Salva-

tion! ... So keep Jesus Christ in first place;

Bro. Gary Farris, The Bloody Coat- Joseph's

Coat ... know the truth and trust always in

God's Word; Dr. Douglas Hawkins, Joy (Jesus

Others You) Is Down In our Hearts Because

The Lord Jesus Christ is Our Burden-Bearer;

Bro. John Davis, Learn About Jesus- the three

nails from the cross - was our sin really this

bad? Did Jesus really love us this much? Jesus

Christ knew the joy from the Heavenly Father

that was set before Him. The special singers

were: Bryant Presley, Alie Parsons, Faye

Davis, Janise Schopieray, Bro. Douglas and

Cynthia Hawkins, ALL For Jesus Trio ... Alan

Atkins & Leeman Marsee & Larry McNabb.

What a blessing to have all this help from the

Ministers Messages and concerns for Chris-

tian Fellowship!

We also thank Bro. Jeff Ammonett and Bro.

Burt Handschin for Biblical messages August

27, 2017.

Was the 'eclipse day ' special? Darkness did

happen in the middle of the day for about 2

minutes and 40 seconds. Psalm 19:1.

NEVER FORGET September 11,

2001... Monday, 9-11-17 is Pray Patriot

Day. Cry Out America Joel 1:14 is organized

by the National Day of Prayer Group. We do

need to pray for our Country and all the trou-

bles we see and know are occurring, and be

thankful for God's blessings!

Rosh Hashanah begins September 20th.

The 'Jewish New Year' begins and is the Feast

of the Trumpets. Leviticus 23:23–25.

Autumn's first day is September 22nd. Hap-

py Fall YA'LL! PRAY OFTEN!

DOUBLE SPRINGS

We gave out 45 packs of school supplies

and are once more participating in the Back-

pack Program to help feed children on the

weekends.

Our church is currently looking for a new

piano player to help out in our Sunday morn-

ing worship service. If God impresses upon

your heart to be a blessing to others by using

your talent, we would be blessed to have you

worship with us.

Call 931-529-5422 for more information

Our pastor is Rev. Jerry Blair

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Attention: Items for inclusion in the “Stone Tablet” are due to the Association Office by the 5th day of each month. You may send them via

email to either: [email protected], annaleewiles@gmail or stoneassociation@gmail. You may also bring items by the office.

From time to time churches need someone

to supply or an Interim Pastor and do not

know who to call. The following men have

indicated their willingness to supply (some as

Interim Pastor) and would appreciate an

opportunity to serve.*

“I charge thee therefore before God, and the

Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick

and the dead at his appearing and his

kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in

season, out of season; reprove, rebuke,

exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”

2 Timothy 4:1-2

*The local church will be responsible for

verification of individual credentials and/or

qualifications.

MISSIONARY HOUSING NEEDED NEXT YEAR

Mike McAfee family of 5 will be on furlough. Call Jim McAfee at 858-4790 .

Silver Point Baptist

Fall Revival

October 1-4

7:00 PM nightly

Featured Speakers:

October 1 Herb Leftwich, Wolf Creek

October 2 Charlie Wills, New Home

October 3 Jason Groe, Poplar Grove

October 4 Tim Miles, Wilhite

MILL CREEK

What a fast and amazing month of August the

Lord has blessed the congregation of Mill Creek

with. We had another person to join our church by

baptism which brought the number to five that

Pastor Lonny baptized at Sand Springs Church on

Aug 27th. A big thanks to our sister church for the

use their baptistry!! Congratulations to Donna

Jones and Rick Taylor! They had a beautiful wed-

ding at Mill Creek. AND our September be-

gins...On Sept. 3rd, Mill Creek welcomed another

new member by baptism! We are praying for

more!! We are looking forward to our homecom-

ing that will be Sept. 17th. We will have regu-

lar Sunday School at 10am, Worship Services at

11 am...Dinner following at noon and special sing-

ing at 2 pm featuring The Bilbreys from University

Heights, along with our church singers, The Wes-

sels Family, The Davis Family and Billy and Pa-

tricia Ford.

We are looking forward to a great afternoon of

worship and praise! Everyone is Welcome to at-

tend. Please keep Mill Creek Baptist in your pray-

ers. Where Everybody is Somebody and Jesus

Christ is Lord!

Our pastor is Rev. Lonny Davis

TRINITY

Our church calendar has two upcoming events:

Following morning worship on Sunday, September

24th, Trinity will travel to Turner Chapel AME

Church in Car thage, serving as their special

guest for the 3 p.m. Homecoming celebration.

Pastor Dirkson will bring the message and our

Mass Choir will render the music.

On Sunday, October 8th, 2:30 p.m., Tr inity’s

Women’s Missionary Society will host our annual

Women’s Day program.

A warm and cordial welcome awaits you at Trin-

ity.

Our senior pastor is Rev. Earl Dirkson

UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS

We are in the full fall swing of things with

between 20-27 children for activities on

Wednesday evenings. We are excited to

welcome guests nearly every Sunday. Our

Pastor Emeritus, Russell Flatt and his wife,

Dorothy, celebrated their 50th wedding anni-

versary on August 28th. Congratulations to

them both! Coming up, we are preparing to

participate in Habitat’s “Cooking on the

Square” in October. Pray for us as we seek

a pastor.

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West View

6:30 PM Executive

Board Meeting

26

6:00 PM Night of

Encouragement with

Johnny Hunt at

Washington Avenue

27

Happy Birthday!

Keith Tosh

28 29 30

October 1 Church

Anniversary for Tim

Miles @ Wilhite

(2010), James Haynes

@ Hampton’s C’roads

2 8:00 AM Call to

prayer, West View

3 4 5 6 7

9:00 AM -3:00 PM

MARKETPLACE

Caney Fork Baptist

8

Homecoming:

Scott Avenue

9 8:00 AM Call to

Prayer at West View

BCM Anniversary

for Ben Maddox

10 11 12 13 Happy Birthday!

Steve Thornton

14

15 16 8:00 AM

Call to Prayer at

West View

National Bosses Day

17

Happy Birthday!

Roger Payne

Josh Sherman

18 19

Happy Birthday!

Steve Looper

20 21

Church Anniversary for

Tim Adams at Aletheia

(2007)

SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER 2017

NEWSLETTER OF THE

STONE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS

Mailing Address: PO BOX 455, COOKEVILLE, TN 38503

Physical Address: 25 W. Broad Street, Suite 3, Cookeville, TN 38501

TELEPHONE: (931) 526-4655, FAX: 525-6074

E-MAIL: [email protected]

www.stoneassociation.org

Return Service Requested

STONE TABLET

FALL BREAK for Putnam County Schools October 2-13, 2017

FALL BREAK for Putnam County Schools October 2-13, 2017

RA Camp-O-Ree, Linden, TN October 13-15

Lay-led Revival at Caney Fork

Fall Revival at Silver Point—7:00 PM nightly

Weekend of Inspiration for Girls, At Westhaven (see ad pg 3)