Issue # 1

The Messenger
3102 Guess Road
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THE MESSENGER
Durham, NC 27705 Road Baptist Church
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The Messenger
3102 Guess Road,
Durham, NC 27705

MEET OUR STAFF

Office Hours
If you do not receive your newsletter in a timely manner, please mention this to your mail carrier. M—F 9:00am—2:00pm

Rev. Daniel Tilley

Pastor
grbcpastor@gmail.com

Rev. Nick McLamb

Youth Minister
grbcstudents@gmail.com

Norman Stallings
Music Minister
NStallate@aol.com

Donna Hess
Financial Secretary
grbcfinsec@gmail.com

JP Price
Secretary
grbcsecretary@gmail.com

Worship Times:

Sunday:
9:45am:
Sunday School
Week of January 6: Week of January 20: 11:00am:
Deacon of the Week: Mike Cole Deacon of the Week: Bobby McFarling Morning Service
First Impressions: Howard Mullens, Hugh Pope First Impressions: Carol Brooks, Carlton Brooks
Sunday School Greeter: Joanna Russell & Sunday School Greeter: Bobby McFarling & 6:00pm
Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks Bible Study
Sunday School - Side door: Luther Jackson Sunday School—Side door: Harry Tilley & Trey Williams Youth Activities
Babies-2yr: Carol Woods, Jill Wallace Babies-2yr.: Joanna Russell, Dot Rogers
3-5 yr.: Joanna Russell, Johnnie Russell 3-5 yr.: Pat Conway Wednesday:
6:15pm
Sunday Evening.: Joyce Taylor Sunday Evening: Judi Goss
Prayer Meeting
Wednesday Evening: Pat Sumner, Joanna Russell Wednesday Evening: Joanna Russell, Pat Sumner Children’s Discipleship
7:10pm
Week of January 13: Week of : January 27: Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
Deacon of the Week: Russell Hoffman Deacon of the Week: Tyler Rigsbee
First Impressions: Sue Blanton, Charles Blanton First Impressions: Travis Williams, Trey Williams
Sunday School Greeter: Leo Young & Sunday School Greeter: Paul Sprouse &
Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks
Sunday School - Side door: Russell Hoffman Sunday School - Side door: Luther Jackson
3102 Guess Road
Babies-2yr: Judi Goss Babies-2yr.: Annette Faries, June Cole Durham, NC 27705
3-5 yr.: Jill Wallace, Paulette Baker 3-5 yr.: Donna Hess, Anne Andrews Phone: 919-477-4893
Sunday Evening: June Cole Sunday Evening: Jill Wallace Fax: 919-479-3034
Wednesday Evening: Donna Hess, Anne Andrews Wednesday Evening: Donna Hess, Anne Andrews www.guessroadbaptist.org
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Wanda Long Sarah Alford

Bill Coghill Hilda Tillman
Lellon Bryant Susie Evans
Rachel Denton Christine Davis
Greta Powell Eleanor Cash
Please pray for our shut-ins and Curtis Adcock Geneva Colvard
let them know we are thinking of Elma Hatch Ruth Clark
them! Letters of encouragement Wilton Foster Mabel Laws
can be sent to: Glennie Poe Betty Lambert
Nello Raynor, Jr. (Bunny) Peggy Daniels
Ms. Mabel Laws
2718 Cammie Street
Durham, NC 27705 The Lottie Moon offering to date is
$1,169.00 Our goal this year is
God is good all the time………... $7,000.00. I know we missed a Sunday
due to the weather, but let this not deter
……...all the time God is good! us from our giving to this worthy cause.

1st - Bess Crumpler

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! January, 2019! How time flies! That's
4th - Doris Hawley &
Judy Lloyd what we always say when we loose track of the hours we let through
5th - Janie Merritt & our hands without accomplishing things to which God opens the
Andrew Bell door. I can think of so many things I could have done if I had not been
6th - Harry Tilley January 3rd MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED in front of the TV. However: sometimes we need to give our bodies and
7th - Paul Sprouse Ann & Russell Hoffman ONES RECENTLTY: brains a rest from the stressful things in life and those little boxes we
11th - Michelle Edwards & carry around called "cell phones". What do I need to change in my life and schedule in this
Joe Hogaboom THE FAMILY OF IDA COX
year? Reading and studying God's Word!! I have neglected that far too much. Would you as
12th - Sarah Hill THE FAMILY OF RICKY WATKINS
13th - Joyce Bridges a Church member help me be faithful to study God's word by asking me, occasionally, if I
BROTHER OF JOYCE TAYLOR
14th - Rose Woods & read my Bible today? It helps us to be accountable when a friend helps us do what we know
Margaret Smith THE FAMILY OF PAUL LADD, IV to do.
17th - Marie Bradley I want to take this opportunity to thank the choir for your support over the past six and a
THE FAMILY OF BILL MERRITT
19th - Sarah Alford half years. I am hopeful that we can serve our Lord together for a little longer. There are
things to do and songs to sing that help us serve our Savior and Lord. THANK YOU, choir
members!
I am still waiting to hear from someone willing to learn the sound system to help when we
have special programs and also on Sundays. Just let me know.
Christmas is an exciting time for me. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. For God to send
Thank you GRBC Family for your His Son to this place is amazing to me. God's plan was and is perfect and His Son coming as
donation of ten Bibles in memory a human baby accomplished the perfect purpose for us to spend eternity with Him.
of Bill. His God, church, family How do we use His name? We hear it used so often in an irreverent expression "oh my
and presenting Bibles to be- God". That is taking His name in vain. Commandment III.
reaved families was his love and I hope you know that I love every one of you. Let's do what we can this year to bring oth-
life. He will be missed. ers into our fellowship. We can do much by being friendly to all who come to our services and
letting them know that they are in a friendly church.
Love in Christ, Love in Christ,
The Merritt Family Norman

THE MESSENGER
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CHURCH CALENDAR
Be loved,
Rev. Nick McLamb
Youth Pastor
Guess Road Baptist Church
www.GuessRoadBaptist.org
Psalm 62:2

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Church Office 2 6:15pm 3 4 5 Take

Closed Prayer Mtg. Decorations
7:10 pm—Choir Down

6 AM reg. svc 7 8 9:00am Men’s 9 6:15pm 10 11 12

7:00pm Men’s Prayer Time Prayer Mtg.
Bible Study 7:10pm Choir &
PM reg. svc

Another year has come and gone. Do you feel any wiser? Did you grow in
Christ? If you missed the mark on that one, then make an effort this New Year to
13 AM Commun- 14 15 9:00am 16 6:15pm 17 18 19
commit to focus on God instead of personal issues. Spending time with Him ion SVC. Men’s Prayer
each day in His Word, and praying will help you grow in Him and His will for you. 10:00am—Women's
Col. 3:16 tells us to "Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teach- 4:00pm—Deacon Missionary Mtg.– sign
ing and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs". As Mtg.
we study and grow in God's word we too can teach and help others to know PM reg. svc. 7:10pm Choir
Christ.
20 AM reg. svc. `21 22 9:00am Men’s 23 6:15pm 24 25 26
We have missed our last three meetings, but I hope you have spent time looking for opportunities Prayer Time Prayer Mtg.
to serve . Russell and I enjoyed our two days helping at the Yates Association Toy Store. Nick was 7:10pm Choir
able to join us on the second day . Thanks for your service Nick. If you feel God leading you to a PM reg. svc.
certain ministry project please let me know. I'm always looking for new ideas for our women's
group. Thanks ladies SS Classes for your continued support for the backpack ministry (pop tarts) .
Thanks to Saundra for helping me with the Latte Café. I'm looking forward to serving God in this 27 AM reg. 28 29 9:00am Men’s 30 6:15pm 31
Prayer Time Prayer Mtg.
new year, hope you are. svc
7:10pm Choir
Next meeting January 15th at 10:00am. PM reg. svc

Operation Christmas Child

5th, 12th, 19th & 26th @ 9:00am—All Men’s Prayer Time
Thanks again for your support, gifts, prayers for this ministry. We packed 203 boxes .
4th—7:00pm—Men’s Bible Study
Blessings! 10th—4:00pm—Deacon’s Mtg.—6:00pm—Valentine’s Party
13th—7:10pm—Finance Mtg.
Ann 16th—Women’s Missionary Event
17th—Youth Event
19th—10:00am—Women’s Missionary Mtg.
20th—6:15pm—Business Mtg.
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ear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

2019 has arrived! It does not matter whether we stayed up and

watched the New Year roll in or whether we went to bed and slept the New
Year in, 2019 showed up at the precise time that it was supposed to. As
2019 arrived it brought with it all of the challenges, sorrows, excitement, concerns, and stress
which every New Year brings with its arrival. Yet, as we face 2019 we do not face it alone. You
see, a New Year and all that it may bring with it is not new nor a surprise to Jesus, and is not out-
side of the complete control of our Lord and Savior Jesus the Christ! Jesus in His sovereignty,
by His omniscience already knows what 2019 holds and by His omnipotence He is in total control
of 2019. Therefore, we Jesus’ disciples have no need to fear or worry about what 2019 holds for
us or brings to us, personally or collectively!
All too often we are prone to act like the world, worrying when there is no need to worry.
2019 will certainly bring cause to worry by its unknowns, its enviable changes, and the continua-
tion of mankind’s seemingly endless movement away from God by his ever deepening levels of
sin. Yet, if we will heed God’s Holy Word we know that we are not to worry or become stressed
out; rather we are to be about the worship and service of God first and foremost! Matthew 6:33
says, “But seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be
added unto you.” The phrase “these things” here in verse thirty three is explained in the previous

November Facts & Figures verses (Matthew 6: 25 – 32) and represent the normal things that our humanity causes to need, to
desire, and to worry over. Yet, Jesus is extremely clear “seek” Him and His things “first” and He
will provide us with all the “things” we need in this life and are all too often stressed and worried
about.
Attendance 4-Nov 11-Nov 18-Nov 25-Nov
Sunday School 65 69 68 65
As we face 2019, let us face it in Christ and with Christ by seeking “first His Kingdom and
AM Worship 82 96 88 92
His righteousness”! If we will face 2019 seeking “first” Jesus’ “kingdom and righteousness,” then
we can rest as we watch Jesus “add unto” us all the things we need, personally and collectively.
Stewardship
That which Jesus adds unto us may not be what we think we need nor may it be what we want to
Weekly Budget Needs 6,981.33 6,981.33 6,981.33 6,981.33
be added unto us, but it will be that which is perfect for us!
Budget Receipts 14,106.00 3,761.87 4,748.79 2,482.24
As always I count it an honor to be the pastor of GRBC and hope you know I love you in
Lottie Moon Offering 0.00 200.00 0.00 0.00
Christ. Please feel free to call upon me if I may be of any service unto you, for it will be my
Mem/Desg. 315.00 417.40 265.45 240.95
pleasure to do all I can for you.
Other Receipts 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
YTD Budget Needs 307,178.36 314,159.69 321,141.02 328,122.35 For Jesus’ Glory,
YTD Budget Receipts 265,721.22 269,483.09 274,231.88 276,714.12
YTD over/under Budget (41,457.14) (44,676.60) (46,909.14) 51,408.23 Pastor Dan
YTDLottie Moon Offering 200.00 200.00 200.00
YTD Designated/Mem 28,440.36 28,857.76 29,123.21 29,364.16 Rev. Daniel G. Tilley
YTD Other Receipts 3,840.99 3,840.99 3,840.99 3,840.99
YTD Total Receipts 298,002.57 302,381.84 307,396.08 310,119.27