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Eastern Baptist  Life & Recent Events

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Look Who made the Cover of the Biblical Recorder!

It's almost unbelievable everything that God is doing here-Check it out!

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teamed up to host a Friday Night Saturday morning ladies and young girls event and it was 

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a "Blast"!

13 year old Katie Hales  awestruck the crowd with her wonderful talent!

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Wendy Henderson welcomed the group

Lilly Wooten "WOWed the   Crowd" as  she spoke about keeping our lives  "On Target" 

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Amelia sure    knows how to hit the target!

Kirby Houston lead in a Karaoke  Style sing-a-long

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The girls competed in Tomahawk Throwing

22 Rifle and 22 Pistol Shooting

Skeet Shooting and Archery-
Go Girls!

Tammy Weeks   closed  the evening in her typical style- she challenged the group to remain true to our Lord and love others the way He has loved us!

Our churches are doing a "Great Job" keeping our food pantry stocked and Magnolia gathered school supplies to help out with those special needs.
Way to go Magnolia!

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*UPDATE*
The Foundation is laid and the Walls are up!

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Look close and you can see Mt. Ararat! What a view!

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It is so amazing to see that God is using    our Association to build a church in "The Land of Noah"! We are still working on our goal-let's get it finished EBA!

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$100,000.00
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Our Seniors got together for an Independence Day Celebration with a Grilled Hot Dog/Hamburger Lunch and Show! 

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Shellum Cline entertained us with his humor and country songs!

Turned out to be a Great Day Inside!

The Ladies got together and painted chairs & pumpkins to get ready for the Fall Festival-We also had a couple of the men helping us cut out door hangers!

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Our next workshop dates are July 10th and July 17th-
Come join the fun!

We have a "New Look" at the Association office!

The staff got together with some of our summer interns and constructed the space around the sign-

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A local group came in and planted the area and "Ta-Da!"
Looking Great Eastern Baptist!

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The 2023 WMU Annual  Meeting
The Evening started out with dinner and great company
And some of the kids from Dobson Chapel presented a song through physical expression
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Tammy Weeks encouraged the group to 
"Ignite their Passion
for Missions"
And she explained that her  passion began in retail years ago and now  God is using that passion to build wheelchair ramps through the sales at the new Second Hand Heaven
Thrift Store!
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Mr. Mike Mizingo
performed "I can Only Imagine" 
and then
introduced the models  wearing some of  the purchases they made at the Thrift Store -
Amelia Henderson , our very own "Little Miss Mission" did a great job showing off her purchases-you just can't get any better than this-no matter what the price!
Mitchell and Wendy Henderson are very smart shoppers-finding things for the whole family!
Looking great Zachary!
Nell Carter, (left) and Joyce Carr, (right) are showing off their fantastic bargains-
 
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Tammy Weeks, (left) and Sonia Guardado, (right) find lots of deals-whether
you're looking for everyday or evening attire!

 
Pat Troubaugh, (left), and Andy Beard, (right), are a couple of our pastors that love to shop thrifty-If you're looking for the golf course or the pulpit, The Thrift Store has you covered!
 
And you know our Grand babies love it when Granny goes to the Thrift Store Shopping! Cute "Little Emma" loves her new school dress!
 
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God calls some to give, He calls some to sort and clean, and He calls some sell and buy- The Second Hand Thrift Store definitely has a place for you to fit in!
Our Community benefits from our ministries that the Thrift Store supports and we get such great JOY just for being involved!

Great Way to be "On Mission for Christ!"


 

WMU Missions Retreat

We had a great group of women come out for the Friday night/Saturday morning Mission Retreat. After a delicious spaghetti dinner, we had lots of carbs to burn-  

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So  the fun & games began!

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Knock over a few cans?

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Sure "I Can"

Way to Go Ms. Faye!

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Tammy Weeks  motivated the group by bringing a message  on all that "I Can" do as a "Woman   on Mission"   for Jesus Christ

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The overnight stay was so much fun and 
Saturday morning was all about  a little "hands on" missions! The ladies worked  filling bags for the Special Olympics  and prayed for the recipients of the bags-

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And then finished the  morning sorting and  hanging for the Thrift Store Ministry!

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What a Great & Inspiring Time in the Lord!

Great  Job Ladies!

An Overview of the New Testament class finished its course this week-
Way to Go Group!

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Proverbs 1:5
Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance.

NC Baptist Worship Ministries Strategist
Kenny Lamm's Boot Camp for worship leaders held at Charity was very intense and so worthwhile!

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Several of our EBA church worship leaders took advantage of this great workshop so close to home!

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The Grand Opening of the Second Hand Heaven Thrift Store was a HUGE SUCCESS!
 

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Lots & Lots of people came in and 
spun the wheel
and WON!

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Thanks to our great donors, volunteers, and fantastic customers, this ministry can help support many of our EBA Ministries!

The New Store looks great! Lots of things to sell!

Lots of Great Deals!

Many    of our churches make monthly donations to the Food Pantry-

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Thank You Poston, Teachey, Peace, and many more of our churches for feeding our neighbors in need!

Poston Baptist and Wallace Christian Academy announce New Enrollment Period!

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Keep up the good work Sharon Baptist!

Sharon Baptist came to help out with the Thrift Store just before the
Grand Opening-

Our Thrift Store ministry helps people out all over our Duplin & Sampson County Communities-think about giving it some time!

Faison Baptist & Jimmy Brown with Poston Baptist Church  are impacting the lives of so many people that are in need through the Paul Langston Wheelchair Ramp Ministry!

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Great Job Men!

Thanks to Poston Baptist Church for feeding the WRH Boys/Girls Basketball/Cheerleaders recently! Your support and fellowship was greatly appreciated!  Keep your Focus on God and everything will come together!
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GO DOGS!

Christmas Gathering Around the International Christmas Tree

In November we met to pray for our international missionaries and foreign missions

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Our special guest shared from past mission trips to Costa Rica and South Africa

And Tammy encouraged everyone to pray and give to our Armenian Building Project!

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A special offering was taken for the Armenian project and we saw the gauge move UP! Hopefully our goal will be accomplished soon and the construction teams will start! 

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Moving On UP

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A few people hung new ornaments on the International Christmas Tree and shared why they were significant to them-

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And of course we shared Christmas delights together from all corners of the world!

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No matter what language-
Que rico! Miam! 
美味的 Lecker!  おいしい!
It was Yum!

Please continue to pray for our foreign missionaries and our Armenian Building Project!

Poston Baptist Men and Jimmy Brown giving Hope and Encouragement while

doing what they love-"Helping Others"

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Great Job!

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Mackenna Sinclair has Lived Missions from a young age- 

Backpacks for Appalachian Christmas Outreach.

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Great Way to Live and a Great Way to raise a child!

Faison Baptist Brotherhood

"On Mission Together" 

Building Ramps is a

way of life for them-

Keep up the good work men!

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Teachey Baptist had so much fun raising funds for Missions at EBA and Charity!

Great Creative Way to help our neighbors & fund missions!

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Thank You Teachey Baptist!

Our Senior Adult Ministry sponsored a Lunch, Laugh & Love recently-

We served the typical Armenian lunch which is a good amount of homemade sourdough bread & butter, cheeses, rice with chicken. They don't usually have a lot of meat.

We had 
"Award Winning Cooks" in the kitchen-Sara & Kent Southerland cooking rice & chicken and Steve Boone cooking chili-Delicious Guys!

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Pat Matthis from Warsaw Baptist brought the laughter and finished with his famous "Butter Bean Song"

Paul Langston, our former Director of Missions who is now with the State Convention and Asatur Nahapetyan, the General Secretary of Armenian Baptist spoke about the new foreign mission project to build a church and school in Armenia for the Yazidi refugees. The Armenian Baptist have already secured the land for the construction and our Association is committed to raising the funds for the construction. 
It's awesome to think that God can still use us on a project half way around the world!
God has entrusted this project to us and we are off to a great start!
Continue to pray for the project as we hope to have the funds raised and teams going to help build by next year!

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The New Project

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We had a Great Offering Seniors!

You helped move  us a little closer to the goal!

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Pumpkins & Praise Fall Festival was delayed a couple of weeks due to a hurricane threat but    the Lord always knows best-The day was perfect!

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God gave an abundance of Pumpkins this year and a "New" stage for our Praise Groups to perform! We also were given a "New" sound system that is phenomenal!

Many of churches and other vendors  had craft and food booths!

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And many of our church kids and teens offered free games and prizes for children!

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The Raffle Fun was won by Alice Bland! A special "Thank-You" to Carolyn Cottle of Peace Baptist for selling 1,250 tickets and "Thank-You" Poultry Queens for selling the day of the event!
 

"The Chili Cook-Off"
was a huge hit! Our judges were looking at texture, aroma, flavor, uniqueness, and heat and they came up with a winner-

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Mr. Steve Boone of Concord took the prize! Congrats!

And What a Great Finale to the Day-

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In Kornfield Kounty

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Team

It was sooo... Funny! 

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And let's just say-Serenity Bunch-your laughter is contagious!

It was a Great Fall Day and our Paul Langston Wheelchair Ramp Ministry made lots of money to "Keep on Building" those ramps in our communities!

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