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May freedom be seen, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to please to do what is right. May it ever be understood that our liberty is under God and can be found nowhere else. May our faith be something that is not merely stamped upon our coins, but expressed in our lives…. To the extent that America honors thee, wilt thou bless America, and keep her true as thou hast kept her free, and make her good as thou hast made her rich. Amen. From The Prayers of Peter Marshall in the U.S. Senate
234th Annual Session The 234th Annual Session of the Strawberry Baptist Association will be held on Monday, October 25, at Bedford Baptist Church. We would like to have an Associational Choir to sing in the evening session. Susan C. Batten-Bell (Minister of Music at Bedford Baptist) will be conducting the choir and Carol B. Spencer (accompanist at Hunting Creek) will be the accompanist. We will be singing three selections: I Must Tell Jesus with Blessed Assurance arranged by Mary McDonald, I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (a worship medley which includes I Could Sing of Your Love Forever and Can It Be?, No Greater Love, The Power of Your Love, and Think About His Love) arranged by John E. Coates, and Amazing Grace, arranged by Lee Turner. Two rehearsals are scheduled—Sunday, September 19, and Sunday, October 17, both beginning at 3 p.m. and held in the sanctuary of Bedford Baptist Church. Contact Susan C. Batten-Bell at 540-586-9564 if you would like to participate. She has copies of the music that you can borrow OR if you would like to order this music for your church, she has that information also. We would like for the choir to OVERFLOW the choir loft at Bedford Baptist, so please pray about how you can help us do that. Music packets will be available from Bedford Baptist Church on July 1. FALL 2010 Please click here for a full schedule
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Bedford Baptist will have Vacation Bible School the evenings of Friday, July 16 through Monday, July 19.
Beaverdam is seeking a part-time Youth Director (approx. 10 hours per week). Contact personnel committee chairman, James Mitchell, 540.297.5579.
Jul 8 Ed Greer (Retired)
Jul 1 Ken & Evelyn Butterworth (Diamond Hill) Jul 18 Eldridge & Jennie Cullum (Thaxton) Jul 19 Bryon & Annie LePere (Big Island) Jul 31 Marc & Cari Jantomaso (River Rock) Jul 31 Jackie & Glynda Carver (Palestine) Aug 7 Vernon & Wanda Delong (Trinity) Aug 7 David & Suzann Timma (Quaker) Aug 12 Rick & Laura Mallory (Morgans) Aug 17 David & Donna Henderson (Bedford) Aug 19 Dennis & Mary Moore (Retired) Aug 20 Gary & Becky Fowler (50 yrs.) (Flint Hill) Aug 20 Ed & Nancy Greer (55 yrs.) (Retired) Aug 26 Mike & Edith Grooms (Rainbow Forest)
Jul 17 Mark Flores (Pastor/Mount Hermon/5 yrs.) |
Our SBA churches are invited to minister to the thousands who will attend Bedford City’s CenterFest Street Festival on Saturday, September 25, 2010. In our Lord’s name we pass out water or lemonade to all who visit our booth. We also provide a Baby Care Station which offers moms and dads a convenient and clean place to care for the needs of their small children. Some volunteers prefer prayer walking. If you have other ideas for sharing God’s love in this venue, contact Rita Calhoun at 540.2297.5271 or email acvaowlsnest@aol.com. Three to five people are needed for each hour. Our time slots are being filled now—call to reserve your time. 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Mt. Zion We also need several men who are willing to help set up our two tents around 8 a.m.
Mrs. Rebekah Overstreet, WMU Director 1813 Oakwood St., Bedford 24523 Phone: 540.586.2956 Email: rjoverstreet@jetbroadband.com Women on Mission: Radford will lead weekly devotionals at Oakwood Manor in July; Rainbow Forest will lead them in August. Radford will host the July birthday party for residents of Bedford County Nursing Home; Morgans will host it in August. 2010 CrossRoads Wish List Strawberry Association’s Self-Study Team continues to work out the details of the proposed structure for the Association. For input or questions, contact any member of the team by email or telephone: Rev. David Timma, timmaone@hotmail.com or 540.297.3715 Rebekah Overstreet, rjoverstreet@jetbroadband.com or 540.586.2956 Rev. Rick Mallory, revmal@msn.com or 540.297.4959 Rev. Dennis Moore, Kadessong@hotmail.com or 540.947.2091 Rita Calhoun, acvaowlsnest@aol.com or 540.297.5271 Billy Burnette, 540.586.8087 Rev Vernon DeLong, trinitybc@verizon.net or 540.586.8010 |
SBA’s Vision Statement: Due to our common faith in Jesus Christ and His body, the Church, we Commit ourselves to Connecting with one another for Coordinating the missions and ministries of our member churches and Communicating opportunities to partner together to fulfil the Great Commission and Great Commandment.
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