Pastor Charles’ Reflection:

Dr. Hugh Pratt, of Sebring, Ohio sent the following article to me with a nice gift to our building fund. Linda and I visited him on our way to perform the marriage for Trent and Kallie. We met him at the Billy Graham Cove 10-12 years ago. Football season is fast approaching, so I thought it would be appropriate.
Church Football:
Quarterback Sneak - Church members quietly leaving during the invitation.
Draw Play - What many children do with the bulletin during worship.
Halftime - The period between Sunday School and worship when many choose to leave.
Bench-warmer - Those who not sing, work, pray, or apparently do anything but sit.
Backfield-in-motion - Making a trip to the back for restroom, water during the service.
Staying in the pocket - What happens to a lot of money that should be given to the Lord’s work.
Two-minute Warning - The point at which you realize the sermon is almost over and began to gather up your children, and belongings.
Instant Replay - The preacher loses his notes and falls back on last week’s illustrations.
Sudden Death - What happens to the attention span of the congregation if the preacher goes “overtime.”
Trap - You’re called to pray and are asleep, or not paying attention.
End Run - Getting out of church quickly, without speaking to any guest or fellow member.
Flex Defense - The ability to allow absolutely nothing said during the sermon to affect your life.
Halfback Option - The decision of 50% of the congregation not to return for the evening service or prayer meeting on Wednesday.
Blitz - The rush for the restaurants following the benediction to beat the Methodist, Presbyterians and other Baptists to eat. Forget about beating those who don’t attend the services, they are there at 11:30.
Hope you enjoyed and maybe even given some thought to the church football terminology. Selah! See you Sunday, if we don’t see Jesus coming in the Eastern skies as King of King and Lord of Lords. In His Grip, Pastor Charles

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Work on our Family Life Center - We will continue working on our new building this coming Saturday, July 31st, August 6-7 with the volunteers from Barnwell, August 14, 21 and 28th. We will begin at 8:00 A.M. and continue until. The workers for all these work days would appreciate plenty of water and wet towels. Come and do your part and lets watch our building move to completion to the glory of God. We will also work on the FLC on Tuesday and Thursday 5:00 until.

Blackaby Spiritual Leadership Conference August 30-31, 2010 from 8:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. at the Riverland Hills Baptist Church in Irmo, S.C. 29063. The cost is $99.00. The unique conference led by Henry, Richard and Tom Blackaby will be of special interest to Pastors, and Staff, with a special feature for Business leaders. Register at scbaptist.org

Be much in prayer for our youth and chaperones as they go on their retreat this Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Due to busy schedules, vacations and the lack of folks attending the breakfast on the first Sunday of the month, we will not observe this fellowship time again until the second Sunday or 12th of September . Mark your calendars and lets kick off our fall schedule. Remember the breakfast begins at 9:00 A.M., so have your food here at nine and lets enjoy the food and fellowship. All mission organizations will resume their schedule on Wednesday, September 1 at 6:45 P.M.

Our next Senior Adult Fellowship will be on Monday, September 27 beginning at 6:30 P.M. Our program will given by Lisa Rumford from Agape Hospice Ministries. She will center her presentation around 9 conversations that senior adults need to hear, namely:
1) Drive: Taking Away the Keys;
2) Physicians & Primary Medical Care: Don’t know much about “ology.”
3) Medication: Just a spoonful of Sugar;
4) Diet & Nutrition: You are “How” you eat;
5) Cleanliness & Hygiene: Clean up your act;
6) Personal emergency device: One fall away from “Dependence”;
7) Living Options: When they can’t safely live at home;
8) Finances: Put your money where your life is;
9) Health insurance: Learning the A,B,C’s...& D of Medicare;
Conclusions: When crises strikes, will you be ready? What can hospice do for you? Anyone wishing to attend this session is welcome.

Midtown Apartment Ministry. Volunteers are needed to help redeem this property through minor repairs to several units and boarding up several other units. Volunteers are needed for outreach to residents. Contact Mike O’Dell at 327-6144.

Senior Adult Fall Rally on Thursday, September 16 beginning 11:30 A.M. at Eastview Baptist Church. Tickets: $12.00 each. Deadline to purchase tickets: Monday, September 13th.

Children's Pool Party August 15th 4-6 at the Jackson's. All Newkirk children are invite to an end of summer pool party. Parent are welcome to stay or they can drop their children off. See Melissa or Travis Jackson for direction.

THE KNOTS PRAYER.
Dear God: Please untie the knots that are in my mind ,my heart my life. Remove the have nots, the can nots and the do nots that I have in my mind. Erase all the will nots, might nots that may find a home in my heart. Release me from the could nots, would nots that obstruct my life. And most of all Dear God; I ask that you remove from my mind, my heart and my life, all the “am nots” that I have allowed to hold me back, especially the thought, that I am not good enough
Author Known to God .

You and I must not complain if our plans break down if we have done our part. That probably means that the plans of One who knows more than we do have succeeded. —Edward E. Hale

Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. —Thomas Jefferson

He who prays for his neighbors, will be heard for himself. —The Talmud

A pastor noticed a small boy trying to ring a door bell, but he could not reach it. Wanting to be of help, the cleric walked up to the child and asked him if he wanted help in ringing the doorbell. “Yes,” said the lad. The pastor put his finger on the bell, looked down and said, “And now what, my little man?” “Now,” said the boy while scampering off the porch, “we run!”

We probably never give it a thought but when you consider seriously the nursery rhymes taught to children, one might discover a bit of wisdom.
Recall this old rhyme written by an Englishman?
There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house.
What is the moral of the rhyme? Is it not that if one starts out crooked, everything becomes crooked? Life never seems to get straightened out. The rhyme does not have the crooked man living happily ever afterward.
That is why the Bible offers great wisdom regarding helping children to get started right. It says, “Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray” (Proverbs 22:6). One might add that if they ever do, they’ll have to deal with an uneasy conscience.

Church-wide Mission Project
God poured out a tremendous blessing to us last week and He continues to bless us as we build for His glory. I firmly believe that as we continue to praise and honor Him, His blessings will continue to rain down from above. NewKirk is not a church in a vacuum and we should not just focus on our needs/wants. God commands us to serve others and to love our neighbors as ourselves; therefore, we are asking all members and regular guests to join us as we collect school supplies for the less fortunate in our community. Our teachers see kids arrive at school without necessary items. We can help. If we each purchase $5 of school supplies, we can make a big impact at Old Pointe Elementary (school where NewKirk is zoned). A collection box will be located in the back hallway. Our children and youth will be shopping for school supplies on Wednesday, August 11th
K-5th Grade Supply List
Box of Crayola crayons (24 ct.)
Box of Crayola markers (8-10 ct)
Colored pencils
Glue sticks (1 pack - 6 ct.)
Pencils #2 (enough for year)
Marble composition notebooks
Pencil pouch with zipper
Plastic pocket folder w/brads
Wide-rule loose leaf paper (enough for year)
Pencil top erasers 3-ring binder (1 inch)
3-ring binder (1 ½ inch)

You will find in your envelope this week, a copy of our Church Directory. Many, many thanks to Judy Redman for cleaning up our directory and updating it for us. Things change daily on the list and the following is a change that came in even after this copy was made.
Steve Price
910 Andrew Hwy., Apt. 613
Odessa, TX 79763
If you see an error or discrepancy, please call the office so that we can fix and/or update our files.

OTHER MINISTERS FOR SUNDAY, August 1, 2010
Children's Church: Sherry & Erica Tucker
Infants’ Nursery— Gaylyn & Kristen Massey
Usher/Greeter Teams– Keith Trotter, Arlyn Dail, Mark Tucker, Jack Tucker
TELLER: Monday, August 2, Catherine McCallum

CHURCH CALENDAR
August 1—9:45-S.S., 10:45-Worship, 5:00-Youth, 7:00-New Facility Comm.
August 2—7:00-Deacons Meeting
August 3—5:00—Work on FLC; 7:00-GROW “G”
August 4—6:45-Adult Bible Study, Children & Youth, 7:30-Choir Practice
August 6 & 7—8:00-Work Day On New Building