The Children in Action of Talatha Baptist Church, Aiken, helped decorate dolls sewn by the church’s Woman’s Missionary Union for use by missionaries as ministry tools for teaching the love of Jesus. The dolls have eyes closed and open, symbolizing life before and after meeting Jesus. The girl dolls also wear necklaces showing “salvation colors” as a teaching tool for the missionaries. Pictured with the dolls are Kendall Carter, Owen Carter and Jenna Heath.
The “Golden Hearts” senior adult group of Apalache Baptist Church, Greer, has chosen Ted Wooten as Senior Adult of the Year 2010. Pictured from left are Frank Lewis, senior adult director; Wooten; and Eddie Cooper, senior pastor.
Bethesda Baptist Church, Union County Association, recently ordained Jim Cromer, left, and Charles Drew as deacons. Pictured with Cromer and Drew is pastor Steve Young, right.
Several members of the WMU at First Baptist Church, Rock Hill, recently presented copies of the Gospel of John in Spanish to Enrique Ramirez. He is the Hispanic church planter for York Baptist Association.
Eight members from Faith Fellowship Baptist Church in Pendleton recently served with a team of 28 people in Tanzania, Africa. The team witnessed the planting of 20 churches and more than 3,100 salvations. Pictured, from left: Joy Cooper, Holly Swaney, John Michael Gibson, pastor Brett Aiken, Cameron Aiken, Josh Cooper, and Matt Reynolds. Not pictured is Jessica Cooper, who served in a different part of Tanzania.
The South Carolina Baptist Ministry Assistants Association gathered on May 13-15 for their state meeting at Sweetwater Baptist Church, North Augusta. More than 70 church and association ministry assistants participated in training and fellowship activities during the event. New officers for 2010-2012 are (seated, from left) Brenda Barnes, president; and Kathy Hall, president-elect; (standing) Alice Reaves, region 3 representative; Cindy Oswald, region 2; Lou Sargent, region 1; Lynn Burdette, 2008-2010 president; Dianne Cockrell, South Carolina Baptist Convention adviser; Rebecca Elvington, historian; and Connie George, region 4. Not pictured: Tammy Prater, secretary-treasurer.
WMU members and others from Steep Bottom Baptist Church, Estill, took a trip to Connie Maxwell Children’s Home’s Brookland campus in Orangeburg on May 1. They delivered school supplies and non-perishable food items and met with some of the children. Nancy Farris is WMU director at Steep Bottom; Charles Moore is pastor.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Conway, held Youth Sunday, May 30. Pictured are some of the youth who participated in the Sunday morning service.
The ladies of Friendship Baptist Church, Pauline, recently enjoyed a time of Bible study and renewal at a tea held in Woodruff. A total of 26 attended the event.
First Baptist Church, Abbeville, recently held an awards service for the RAs and GAs. Kile Antone is senior pastor at First Baptist.
Bethel Baptist Church, Prosperity, welcomed two former military servicemen as guest speakers at a recent Sunday evening service. Jackie Bayne (right), of Fort Mill, spoke of his multiple brushes with death while in Vietnam. He was twice left for dead but later resuscitated. Today, from his wheelchair, Bayne attributes his “three salvation experiences” to his lord and savior, Jesus Christ. Eric Edmundson, of New Bern, N.C., a quadriplegic who lost his voice when he was injured in Afghanistan, communicated his love for God and the outdoors through a special voice device.
Robert Rivers, right, in his 10th year of service at Salem Baptist Church, Summerville, was ordained by the church on June 6. Participating in the service, from left, were Bernie Waitt, Lewis McCormack and John Myzell, as well as the deacons of the church.
A group of teenagers from Kilbourne Park Baptist Church, Columbia, spent the day of June 2 ministering to the residents at Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Community in Laurens. They ate lunch with the residents and got them to answer question sheets about their lives as Christians through the years. The teens led the chapel service, singing and sharing their testimonies. They finished the day by doing some clean-up work around the campus. “The young people from Kilbourne Park are a great picture of what tomorrow’s church leaders can be,” said Lisa Yarber, director of marketing at Martha Franks. “They had their heads, hearts and hands all serving the Lord and others.”
Chandler Black, right, was recently ordained to the ministry by Welcome Baptist Church, Greenville. Black is a student at Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute and serves as leader of Welcome’s Celebrate Recovery program. Also pictured is Welcome’s pastor, Doug Ferguson.
Wayne Revisky, pastor of Salem Baptist Church, Aynor, a longtime friend and college mate of Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt, was invited to pray during the Tuesday night session of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando, Fla.