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Enjoy the welcome video that we showed to our GIBF guests on Monday night…
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The first time you log on can be a little tricky, but it is pretty simple and does not take very long. Simply visit cbctemecula.org/give, scroll all the way to the bottom and click “SIGN UP.” The following video shows you how it is done:
ADD YOUR INFORMATION
Once you’ve created your account you can log in to the Online Giving with your username and password you created. Once inside you will see an “Add Account” button that will allow you to pay by checking or savings account or by credit or debit card.
Last week was the National Church Planters Conference hosted by Heartland Baptist Bible College in Oklahoma City, OK. Our Christmas day offering raised over $3,000 and was used to help several men plant churches all over the country. In addition, the Teens of Faith raised $600 in weekly offerings, and they were able to help 12 different church planters.
While we were there we tried to shoot a little video from where we were sitting, and we spliced together a few snippets in order to show you a glimpse of what went on at the conference. While you certainly cannot understand how amazing the conference is without experiencing first-hand, we hope this video at least gives you an idea of the needs of the church planters and the way churches like ours were able to help. Enjoy!
One of the highlights of this year’s Christmas Party was the chance to laugh. Enjoy the skit that was done last Friday night…
My wife, our thirteen children, Grandpa Jon Hedman and I just returned from what was the most spiritually beneficial event that we have had a chance to experience with our teens so far. The Youth Winter Rendezvous was a time to get away from the world for a while, make some good memories without regrets, and be challenged from God’s Word in an intimate and relaxed setting. Our only regret is that is didn’t last longer!
Thank you very much, church family, for praying for your teens. God granted safety up and down the mountain, and our favorite answer to prayer was that God worked in their hearts! Time will only tell what kind of impact a weekend like this can have, and the spiritual decisions that were made were only a beginning to a part of their spiritual growth. Mrs. Jamie and I talked all the way down the mountain about how uplifting it is to be a part of something so special, and we were telling each other story after story of how God is working and changing lives! Nothing beats that, and I would never trade you jobs!
Thursday night and Friday morning I preached on BEing and Christian, and DOing what a Christian should do, respectively. To BE a Christian is to simply delight in God and allow him to place his desires on your life (Psalm 37:4). That type of delight basically boils down to some basic Bible principles, and the teens were challenged to simply surrender their attitudes, read their Bibles, pray, and love church! That foundation is then built upon as Christians act on what they believe, or… DO. Friday morning was when we went through the spiritual gifts that God grants to church members… yes, that means teens too!… and how that each Christian ought to use his or her gifts to edify others (1 Cor. 14:12).
Bro. Donny Wilson, the youth pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Moreno Valley, the church we went with, preached Friday night and this morning about respect, and challenged all the teens with convicting questions. Who/what are you looking at? Or listening to? Or thinking on? Who/what do you respond to? Who/what do you model your life after? What motivates you? Who/what are you defending? The answer to these hard questions reveals your true respect. His messages really resonated with our teens, and many of them made incredible decisions to clean off iPods, clean up thoughts, and analyze their motivations. Mrs. Jamie had a meeting last night with the ladies while I met with our guys, and we heard testimonies of teens who have purposed to read their Bibles for at least ten minutes every day, and pray for fifteen minutes a day. Others purposed to embrace their spiritual gift of encouragement (we gave them a little test for them to determine their spiritual gifts) and write more notes, or do five small encouraging things every week. The list could go on and on, and our hearts are overjoyed at God’s work.
Mrs. Jamie and I spent LOTS of time with the teens and had chances to pray with them individually, have great talks, enjoy playing games, and just be around them. The MAIN reason that we had all that time was because on our huge transportation/cooking/cleaning/medical/support staff all wrapped up in one man… Jon Hedman. We would never have had the same week if we were up as early as him (checking the breakfast burrito Crock-Pots in the middle of the night!), in the kitchen preparing the meals, cleaning up the meals, making popcorn, and making sack lunches for our day of tubing! I don’t know of the right way to express thanks for his spirit about serving, but it’s an indescribable blessing to have someone like that around. Bro. Jon said more than once that his philosophy is that he wants to take ALL peripheral issues that he can worry about, and free us up to spend time with the teens. We attend camps with that type of mindset, but 1) we pay big-time for it, and 2) there are entire staffs that do what he does. What a blessing for our teens to see a man like Bro. Jon come prepared for everything and doing everything. I don’t think much of a guy who knows the Bible but won’t do anything with the knowledge, but everyone thinks the world of someone who is a true servant.
Oh yeah, and the week was nothing but fun too! Enjoy this slideshow that we showed the teens on Friday night. Thank you, family!
2011 Youth Winter Rendezvous from Calvary Baptist Church on Vimeo.
Making memories without regrets is a wonderful part of church activities! Enjoy some pictures from the Teens of Faith Christmas party…
The following video will at least cast a glimpse of our vision for the preaching rally. Again, please consider your involvement, and plan now to attend the meeting on January 9!
Preaching Rally 2011 from Calvary Baptist Church on Vimeo.
The final Sunday of our Family Fun Month in July was dubbed the “Cardboard Sprint Cup.” Adult Bible classes competed against one another in a “Best-in-show” contest as well as a race. We’ve shown you the pictures already, but you’re sure to enjoy the memories as you watch this video of the race!
Cardboard Sprint Cup 2010! from Calvary Baptist Church on Vimeo.
Bro. Sam Davison will be preaching all services for us on September 26, 2010. His preaching ministry has spanned several decades and has impacted literally thousands of lives. It is our privilege to host him as he comes to be a blessing to us as he preaches God’s Word.
Get to know Bro. Davison by watching the following video presentation that honored him at the Spiritual Leadership Conference in Lancaster, CA, this year. When Bro. Davison comes to preach, welcome him and thank him for his ministry. What a blessing it would be to show up at a church that is expecting God to bring revival. We can really be an encouragement to Bro. Davison if we simply let him know that we have been expecting and praying for him.
Sam Davison: Soldier of Grace Award from Lancaster Baptist Church on Vimeo.
The following article is found on Southwest Baptist Church’s website, and it explains a little of the history of Bro. Sam Davison.
Samuel Stinnett Davison, born August 5, 1945 in Fairview, Oklahoma, was named after his great-great and great-grandfathers, who were Baptist preachers in England. His father, Clyde, was a hard-working man who instilled work ethic in his six children while sharecropping in Perry, Oklahoma. Bro. Sam’s days as a boy on the farm were filled with working in the garden, raising animals, and planting and harvesting crops. His mother, Anna, was a godly woman who kept right influences of music and Bible in her home. She prayed for a son who would be a preacher of the gospel, and God answered her prayer.
Clyde Davison saw to it his family was in church every time the doors were open. They attended the First Baptist Church of Perry. When Bro. Sam was six years old, an old-fashioned preacher preached about hell. Bro. Sam remembers, “That day, I not only realized hell was a real place, but I also understood that I would go there if I died the way I was. The next Sunday, the pastor preached about what Jesus did so people like me would not go to hell; how Jesus never sinned, but that He loved sinners and was punished for sin when He died on Calvary. I believed the message and called upon Jesus to forgive me of my sins and be my Savior.”When he was twelve, an independent Baptist church took root in Perry. Discerning his family needed that type of Bible preaching, the Clyde Davison family became a part of the Calvary Baptist Church. The pastor, Dan Tidwell, was a “fireball preacher” who made a profound impact on Bro. Sam. At sixteen, while attending Silver State Baptist Camp, Bro. Sam heard a sermon from Harvey Springer on Jonah running from God, and two weeks later he surrendered to preach the Gospel.
Later, he met Sandra Lewellen, who became his high school sweetheart. At that time, he didn’t want to be a preacher and had a “Jonah experience” of his own before settling with the Lord. They both went to Springfield, Missouri to attend Baptist Bible College. They served at Seminole Baptist Temple under Raymon Tracy, of whom Bro. Sam said “his humility, his tender heart, his preaching with tears, and his wisdom all made a lasting impression on me.” Bro. Sam and Sandy were married in 1966 and graduated from Bible College in 1967.Bro. Sam first entered ministry at First Baptist Church of Del City, Oklahoma as associate pastor. In 1974, he moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma, to pastor Bible Baptist Church. As Bro. Sam and Mrs. Sandy rolled up their sleeves and began to work and seek the Lord, He blessed and the church grew. They were blessed with three children, all of whom are serving the Lord.
In 1989, Bert Harrison, pastor of Southwest Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, asked Bro. Sam to preach at a banquet. He was convinced of God that Sam Davison follow him as the next pastor, and upon a vote of the church, he became pastor of Southwest on May 1, 1990.
Bro. Sam and Mrs. Sandy were ready to give their best years to the work at Southwest. He started his pastorate by preaching a week-long revival which bonded the hearts of the members to their new pastor. Under his leadership, the church flourished in attendance and giving. The church services have been blessed with Christ-honoring music and spiritual growth as Pastor Davison challenged the church through solid, Bible preaching. The ministries of Southwest are far-reaching, including missions, bus routes, Sunday school, door-knocking and visitation, children’s and youth programs, and retirement home, deaf, and jail ministries.
It hasn’t just been Southwest Baptist Church that has benefited from the ministry of Sam Davison. He served as Trustee of Baptist Bible College in Springfield from 1989-1992, and as President of Baptist Bible Fellowship International from 1994-1998. In the summer of 1998, Heartland Baptist Bible College came to Oklahoma City, and since May of 1999 Bro. Sam has served as President. He is respected for his mentorship to many fellow pastors, and has been a tremendous influence in training young men and women for the ministry, something very dear to his heart. Since 1976, he has also preached scores of revivals, missions conferences, youth camps, and fellowship meetings all across America and in several foreign countries. Through our CD distribution ministry, his preaching has inspired countless people as his sermons are heard literally all around the globe.
Sam Davison’s life and ministry can be summed up with a phrase he coined that has been oft-repeated here: “Keep the main thing the main thing.” The main thing to Bro. Sam has always been the preaching of the Word of God. In a recent interview, he said, “The absolute sufficiency of the Scriptures is what will keep us on track – that’s what keeps me going. It’s that simple …. just let the Bible influence what you do and let it shape your philosophy … I don’t believe we have reached a time when churches can’t be built by faithful preaching, soul winning, visitation, and calling people to holiness. To say it can’t be done is an indictment against the Word of God. The very fact that we now live in a society which is basically biblically illiterate says our opportunities are greater than they have ever been.”As Bro. Sam leaves the pastorate of Southwest after twenty faithful years, he is excited about the future of the church and his own future of traveling with his wife, preaching the Gospel, and influencing young preachers. It is our prayer that the Lord will continue to bless them as they leave a legacy of leadership, love, and devotion to God.
