Jetersville Baptist Church

Remaining Softball Games

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 16:16:40 +0000

19th – 6 Sandy Creek

26th – Memorial day weekend NO GAME

1st – 7 and 8 Mount Hope (times might change on these games)

8th and 9th PLAYOFFS

Update from Larry Depue Missionary to Bolivia

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:23:42 +0000

Dear Friends,

March 6 – 9 was the pastors’ retreat in Taperillas. The group of pastors with whom I fellowship and counsel were invited, along with two Simba couples. So our group consisted of 5 couples and 4 men who came without their wives. Thank you so much for praying. We had a profitable and encouraging three days together studying the Word and praying. The teaching was done by a visiting pastor from the States. He emphasized the importance of the local church and disciple making. The material was well received and there was good time for discussion and interaction. The pastors expressed encouragement. The wives sat in on most of the meetings and also had some special time with Linda.

There were 7 pastors at the retreat. There were 5 other pastors that weren’t able to come. I meet with these men almost on a monthly basis. Please pray for them. They have unique challenges in their churches but are discipling others and reaching out with a clear gospel message.

During this retreat the Lord answered our prayers in a very special way. We have been very burdened for Arturo, one of our Simba Bible teachers, concerning his desire to actively serve the Lord. Arturo needs to provide for his family since he still has children in school. He is an excellent mason/builder so earns well but is under great pressure to meet deadlines. There is a constant struggle between work and time to teach. During the pastors’ retreat it came to the attention of the pastors that Arturo receives no financial support for his ministry. They were quite surprised and burdened at the same time. So they (the pastors) have given Arturo a monetary gift and will discuss supporting him in their next monthly meeting. Pray with them for God’s leading in regards to Arturo and his financial needs.

Thank you for your support and prayers so that we could host this special pastors’ retreat.

In His service,

Larry and Linda Depue

Match Outside to Inside (Reprinted from Daily Disciples Ministries)

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:20:13 +0000

Mark 7:5-8

Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? [6] He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. [7] Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. [8] For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.

I was speaking with someone the other day who used to take part in Bible studies. Although she did not tell me exactly why she is not presently involved in a Bible study, she did share with me an observation that I knew was at the root of her issue. She commented that people act a certain way in church but a different way outside of it. Obviously, she was bothered by the Christian’s hypocritical behavior. Many of us look really good on the outside but are falling apart on the inside. In other words, we put on a good show. The problem is when we try to put on an act before the Lord. We honor Him with our lips but our hearts are far from Him. Jesus wants the truth of what is in our hearts, not how we portray ourselves on the outside. Clearly He sees the thoughts and intents of our hearts.

The Pharisees kept the law and man’s traditions to the strictest of standards. Their hands were ceremonially cleansed before they touched any bread to eat. Even their utensils were cleansed with the same ceremony. The outside looked spotless to the point that they believed themselves to be more spiritual and pure than those who did not perform these rituals. The same is true for people in the church today. Many Christians work hard at being righteous and look the part to those around them, but God knows what is in their hearts. If our activities are whitewashed by man’s traditions, then the fruit of that will be seen in our behaviors. There will be a lack of sincerity and realness with people. Not only does the Lord see through it, but so do others.

Where is your heart today? Are you worshiping with your lips or with sincerity in your heart? Do not just keep going through the motions, whether in your ministry services, church activities or daily checklist of religious do’s and don’ts. Get real with the Lord today. Be careful in following the traditions of man to the extent that the Lord is far from your heart. Pray that your outside will match your inside and ask the Lord to remove your fears about how real that might look. If we all would commit to this process, we might just see a lot more people in Bible studies and church.

Welcome

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:16:18 +0000

Jetersville Baptist is a fellowship of believers coming together to declare the glory Jesus Christ – our Lord, Savior and coming King. We study the Word, practice what we learn and in the process grow together.

It is our desire to be a shining light in a world of darkness. There is much work to be done and together we can make a difference in this community for Christ’s sake.

We are beginning a study on the book of Galatians on Sunday night

admin — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:15:58 +0000

The native Galatians were themselves an emotional, impulsive, and changeable people. They were an impetuous, fickle, arguing, loud, boastful, and immoral people. They had a love for the strange, the curious, the unknown. They were attached to a religion that was mainly the worship of nature.

Galatians has been called “The Magna Charta of the Church.” God has used its message to stir world revivals in former generations. The great spiritual awakening of Martin Luther and of the Reformation was stirred as Luther studied its message. John Wesley received peace of heart—peace for which he had so long searched—when he heard a sermon preached from Galatians.

Mission Update from The Depues

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:47:13 +0000

Greetings from Taperillas, Simba land in the beautiful foot hills of the Andes mountains. We just finished our bilingual Romans course. It was a joy to teach the Word, to be taught the Word and to see people respond to the Word. Let me tell you about it.

The teachers were Pastor Ismael, Pastor Angel, hermano Gil, hermano Javier, and I. We taught in Spanish. Felix and Arturo taught in Simba Guarani. There weren’t as many students as we had prayed for but one brother reminded me that those that God wanted to be there were there. The material taught to both groups was Romans chapters 1 to 8: justification only by faith in the substitutional death, burial, and resurrection of Christ; sanctification by grace thru faith in the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit; and glorification, our future assurance because of faith in Jesus Christ alone. It was such a blessing to hear these men teaching these truths with conviction and passion.

When we wrapped up the course with testimonies students shared how they were understanding the gospel clearly for the first time. Others testified to understanding their walk with the Lord in a better way. Praise the Lord for the encouraging testimonies. Pray that this message received will be passed on to others.

THANK YOU for your partnership in giving and prayer. We prepared nearly a thousand dollars worth of written material for use in this course and for future courses. Students and teachers alike had good resource material to take home with them. By God’s grace, Larry and Linda Depue

Bitterness Is A Killer

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:12:36 +0000

Bitterness is very much like the South American vine known as the “matador.” Beginning at the foot of a tree, the matador vine slowly works its way to the top. But as it grows, it kills the tree, and when at last the top is reached, it sends forth a flower to crown itself. Matador literally means “killer.”

Bitterness may appear harmless when it is small, but if it is allowed to grow, its tendrils of resentment, malice and hatred soon clasp themselves around the heart and eventually kill the soul.

Sunday Morning Countdown

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:11:19 +0000

Elton Trueblood said, “It used to be that Christianity was a revolutionary faith that turned the world upside down. But today Christians sit in Sunday morning church services looking at their watches, wondering what time dinner will be served, or thinking about the kickoff. And we hope that church won’t interfere with the things we would really rather be doing.”

Many Pastors are admonished to keep their sermons short, or to finish them by a certain time on Sunday mornings, and get raked over the coals if they don’t. Hearing what God has to say is not the priority, the time on the clock and afternoon plans are the priority.

Sunday dinner, Sunday sports, and other Sunday activities have pushed God into the background of people’s lives. And if worship services interfere too much with their plans, people just stop going altogether.

Has a ”hurry up and get this over with” attitude replaced an attitude of worship?

Has an attitude of obligation toward going to the house of the Lord replaced an attitude of gladness and thanksgiving?

Has Sunday morning worship become Sunday morning countdown, to how long before it’s over?

Is a few hours a week too much to give to the One who created you and cares for you, Who gave His Son for you, and Who died for you?

Is He really Lord of your life when your mind is on anything but Him when you’re in His house to worship Him?

I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go into the house of the LORD.” Psalm 122:1

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. Psalm 100:4

Christianity is still a revolutionary faith, but sadly many Christians consider it more of an interference in their lives than a revolution.

–Sharon Henriques,

Mission Update from The Depues

admin — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:49:37 +0000

Dear friends and partners,

Thank you for your financial support and your prayers. I want to share with you some of the results of YOUR ministry and some of the near future plans for more ministry so that you can continue to partner with us!

Romans 3:24 states, “Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” That has been the basis of our recent ministry.

The month of January has been full for. We left our field conference early to go to Monte Blanco for a 3 day youth camp with about 200 young people. I had several opportunities to share the Word and to encourage campers in their walk with the Lord.

Immediately following the youth camp we started our yearly month long DEAM school (discipulado en accion misionera) in Los Negros. Fourteen young people (including one Simba young man) participated in 10 days of intense discipleship and Bible teaching. The second part of the discipleship course involved putting missions into practice. This year for two days we traveled by boat down the Chapare River, deep into the Amazon tropics. (The mosquitoes were horrendous!) There is a small church there. We, as a discipleship team, organized a youth camp for the church, putting into practice the evangelistic tools that we learned. There were well over 100 participants at camp, plus many adults. Five times a day Bolivian pastors and I taught the adult group Romans 1-5. One of the sessions I taught was Romans 3: 21-30, “the bad news”. Paul spends the first 3 and 1/2 chapters of Romans making sure that we understand that there is NO way we can find favor with God (be justified)) through our own merits. “We just ain’t good enough!” Then Paul finally gets into the good news, that there is just one way to find favor with God (to be justified). And it’s free, it’s by grace, and it’s by the price that only Christ could pay. I camped on verse 24. ”Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.” After the teaching many exclaimed they were understanding the Gospel in a clear way for the first time.

How exciting to be an ambassador for Christ in partnership with you! Please don’t minimize your partnership in giving and in prayer! We need it. We thank you.

Up coming events for which we would ask your prayers:

February 13-17 we are hosting a bilingual Romans 1-8 work shop in Taperillas. One group of men will be taught in Simba and another group will be taught in Spanish. I will have the help of Felix Avendano and Arturo Llorenty teaching in the Simba language and Pastors Ismael Perez, Angel Pena, and brother Javier Baldivieso and his father teaching in Spanish. Pray that there will be good attendance and that the Word will be taught and understood clearly.

March 5-9 we are hosting a pastors’ retreat in Taperillas. We expect about 15 pastors and their families. Pray that we will be an encouragement to these faithful servants of the Lord.

One of our biggest expenses recently has been for written materials that we give out to the participants of the Bible courses. Thank you for giving so that we can pass on valuable study tools. Please pray that God would continue to provide for these Bible courses.

Thankful that Christ paid the debt I could not pay,

-Larry Depue, Bolivia

Mission Update from The Dodd family

admin — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:23:19 +0000

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ at Jetersville Baptist Church,

The month of January has started off with a bang. Thanks so much for your faithful prayers and financial support for our family and ministry! Thanks once again for being on our team!! We look forward to serving the Lord with you in 2012.

Please rejoice with us as another tribe in P.N.G. has had the opportunity to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ in their mother tongue. The name of the tribe is the North Waghi tribe. The Creation to Christ Bible lessons have been taught and there have been some that have professed a clear testimony of their salvation. There are many who are still being convicted, but have not made the choice yet. Please pray that many more will accept Christ as their Savior. I fly supplies to the three missionary families in this tribe and also transport them to and from Goroka when the need arises. I look forward to meeting some of my new brothers and sister in Christ the next time I fly for this team.

A few updates back we asked you to pray for new missionaries to server on the mission field. God has and is answering your prayers. I had the privilege of flying two new missionary families out to remote jungle locations for them to complete their “bush orientation”. When a new missionary family comes to the field they learn the trade language Pidgin English and then they move out to a tribal work and live there for six weeks. It is there they practice using the trade language and observe and learn what it takes to live in a remote tribal location. The tribal location is an existing N.T.M. work so there are veteran missionaries there who can mentor and encourage the missionaries as they go through their “bush orientation”. Please pray for theWalker family and Hostetter family as they go through this orientation and look to the Lord for wisdom and direction on which tribal work to locate. Please pray for their children also as they adjust to living in a remote area. We praise the Lord for each one of these families as they sacrifice to bring the gospel message to the tribal people of P.N.G.

Serving Him with you,

Brent for Hollie, Amber and Victoria Brielle Dodd

Brent_Dodd@ntm.org