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July 13, 2013
Zion Baptist Church
3485 Baumgartner Rd. • St. Louis, MO

A spaghetti Dinner will be served from 3-5 p.m. In the fellowship hall, RSVP for the dinner would be appreciated:
Contact Janet Widger 314-566-7794 Or Connie Reifsteck 314-283-4973
The Harper Family Concert will take place at 6:00 p.m.

Love Offerings for the dinner will benefit Dalton Harper’s expenses for medical treatments.

Love offerings for the concert will benefit the Harper
Family as they minister to others through their music.

Make plans to attend and give a generous offering to the
dinner and the concert.

It will be a great time of fun, fellowship
and great music!!

I would like to thank everyone who came to the paintball retreat. It was a little cool for those not playing. But the guys, and gals running through the woods seemed to enjoy it. There were 40-50 present with around 30? playing. I didn’t get a good count.
We’ve begun work on a few things preparing for camp. There will be plenty to do as we get closer to camp. Take time now to schedule a weekend to come help. It’s not about the work as much as enjoying time at your camping facilities. Thanks to all of you who do help every year.
The theme “Heroes of the Faith” from Hebrews 11:36 spans the centuries from Creation to present. Who has been an encouragement to you and why? Tell us their story, and how they have pointed you to Jesus.
Remember to pray for camp. It’s not too soon, the ones preparing camp need safety, wisdom and patience. The speaker and teachers need wisdom and insight. The facilities themselves need protection from vandals and nature. And most importantly the lost campers need seeds to be planted now to be reaped the week of camp.

We would like to wish you a Happy New Year! We pray that you are richly blessed by being in the center of God’s perfect will for your life.

What a wonderful time of the year is the Christmas Season! For those who understand the true meaning of Christmas and the blessings that are ours because God gave His Only Begotten Son that we might receive the greatest gift of all, everlasting life, this is a GREAT TIME!

May each of us look for opportunities during this season to tell others about Jesus and what His birth really means for all men.

This is also a wonderful time to show kindness to those about us and pray that God will use our kindness to touch these people with His love and open the door for His Spirit to work in their lives. What a wonderful thing it would be to lead someone to Jesus as we celebrate His Birthday. As Mary gave birth to the Savior the word went out to all the world that the Savior was born. Our wish today is that you will truly enjoy this Christmas by spreading the word that The Savior Is Born!

Bro. & Sis Hoffmann

A Dollar Every Week for Camp Garwood by Claude Evans

Let me give you a quick update on the Dollar Every Week to Camp Garwood.  The response has been over whelming. When I suggested this at camp, I was not thinking about the logistics of the endeavor, nor just how many of you would accept the challenge. A great big thank you to all who have committed to D.E.W. Your commitment is between you and God. It is based on the honor system. Bro. Ronald Garviett has designed a T-shirt logo and is offering to print one free for each person making a D.E.W. Commitment.  As you turn in your money at your local church, the Treasurer should make a memo on the check for D.E.W.

When you have given $50 write down the size T-shirt you want and give it to your pastor or your Disciple-In-Training, and they can send it on to me.  We are planning to give out the T-shirts at camp and designate one day at camp as “D.E.W. Day” and we will all wear our D.E.W T-shirts.

If you have any questions, call me at 573-562-7036 or contact Bea via message on facebook at Beatrice Fulmer Evans. Let’s Dew it for God’s honor and glory and for the souls of our children.

Saved at 2012 Camp

We had 352 registered campers and 46 professions of faith. Twenty-six were saved on Thursday evening, and the evangelist, Bro. Dustin Wisely, did not even preach!

The Harper’s led in the music for camp and did an outstanding job of leading us in praise and worship. Thursday night Bro. Dillon Harper gave a report of his mission trip to Ukraine and God used his testimony in an amazing way. He closed his testimony with an invitation and with the first notes of the music the altar began to fill up. People were counseling those who came forward at the front of the tabernacle and outside on both sides of the tabernacle.

When that was winding down Bro. Dustin spoke for literally just a minute or two and church groups were gathered around the tabernacle discussing the spiritual and emotional impact of that service. Just one word…WOW!

Wednesday, the campers were challenged to invest in Camp Garwood. We are looking for 350 people to commit to giving one dollar a week for the next 50 weeks. Hands went up all over the tabernacle. As of Monday, August 6, 2012, 66 people had already made the commitment.

by Claude Evans

Our church building sits on a busy road with an elementary school just a block away on the same street. Daily, during the school year, I can watch hundreds of kids walking on the sidewalk to the school in the morning and back home again in the afternoon. Over a decade ago, I got the bright ideal to send some of our church staff over to the school to pass out Vacation Bible School fliers to the students on the sidewalks. Noticing our activities, the school administrators told us to vacate the sidewalk and not to bother the students with our invitations on their way home. The school felt the need to protect the students from any unwanted solicitation. We were disappointed and confused. We had not approached the school again to serve them until this school year. Read more…