Sis. Dianne Norris served as Shady Grove Baptist Church’s representative when she spoke during the quarterly meeting of the Thickety Mountain Missionary Quarterly Meeting held recently at the Thickety Mountain Baptist Associational Building.

The program theme was, “John’s Portraits of Christ” and Norris spoke on the topic, “The Bread of Life,” taken from John 6:33-58.

Church representatives who participated on this third-quarter program included those from Mt. Calvary, Youngs Grove, and Island Creek Baptist Church. All churches of the association are selected to participate during services held each fifth Sunday during each quarter of the year.

The Association Quarterly program coordinator is Sis. Rubye Sanders. Sis. Dorothy Manning is Shady Grove’s Missionary president, and the Rev. Lee Byers is pastor.

Sis. Mary K. Jones is the church’s publicity contact.

A new mobile version of shadygrovebaptist.net is available for smartphone users. Just go to the same web address and a new plugin will recognize the phone and switch to a version that is faster, easier to read and uses less data. We hope you enjoy!

Women of Hope is an organization dedicated to helping women deal with breast cancer. The following video was shown during the Women of Hope luncheon in Montgomery, Ala., on Sept 29, 2011. It was shot and edited by Terry Manning, son of Deacon Eugene Manning and Dorothy Manning.

Here are some photos provided by Deaconess Mary Jones from a recent health program

Shady Grove Baptist Church honored its 2011 graduates during a special baccalaureate service held recently.  Students graduating from 5-Kindergarten, high school, and college were recognized and received Bibles and inspirational publications from the pastor and church family.

Pictured left to right:

Row 1: 5 Yr. Kindergarten – Camiyah Hill, Jeremiah Greene
Row 2: High School – Daytona Bates, Uwayla Dawkins, Tykia Camp, Tishana Chambers, Monae Gaffney, Rev. Lee Byers Jr., Pastor;  (Seated) Rev. L. C. Knuckles, Associate Pastor.  Not pictured – Scott Morgan, Jr.
Row 3: Daron Montgomery, Cheontre Alexander, Erika Davis, Keosha Talley, Zakirriah Smith
College Graduate: Not pictured: Quinn Long, Converse College/ Art

Students Receiving End-of-Year School Awards for Outstanding Achievement.

Pictured, left to right: Skyla Grace Phillips, West End Daycare Ministry; Jayla Smith, West View Elementary – Spartanburg; Da’mycha Smith, Dorman High School – Spartanburg; Jaylan Crowderm Sherrills Ford, NC; Jordan Lipscomb, Limestone-Central Elementary;  Shay Lattimore, Northwest Elementary.

To be a good Dad, you must be a good man. Proverbs 6:20

A. Trustee Darrett Lattimore : Who is man? Genesis 1:26. “God said let us make man in our image. . . .”

B. Dea. Clarence Dover: Duties of Fathers and Men of Christ – Proverbs 22:1. Fathers should have a good name. For a man to have a good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold.

C. Dea. James Byers: Be a Wise Man- Proverbs 22:3. Fathers should be wise men. A prudent man forseeth the evil, and hideth himself, but the simple perish and are punished.

D. Rev. L. C. Knuckles: To Teach – Proverbs 22:6. A Christian father should teach hischildren, train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.

E. Romain Fernanders Jr.: Isaiah 38:15. Men are to praise and Honor God – A Christian father is obligated to praise and honor God. – He shall praise thee, as I do this day: The Father shall make known the truth to his children!!

F. William Cleveland: To Provide – II Corinthians 12:14. . . I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for parents but the parents for the children.

G. Al Phillips: To Nurture – Ephesians 6:4. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Colossians 3:21 – Father, provoke not your children to anger lest they be discouraged.

H. Jay Thompson – To Love – Titus 2:4. That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, and their children.

I. Dea. Lucious Jones: To Control – I Timothy 3:4, 5. A Christian father rules well his own house, having his children in subjection; for if a man cannot rule his house, how can he govern the church.

Obligations of Fathers and Men / Men’s Responsibilities

J. Frederick Dover: To Instruct – Proverbs 4:1/ Hear children, the instruction of the Father, and get good understanding – for I give you good doctrine. For I give you good food. Men, forsake not instruction.

K. Quinton Littlejohn: Men Have Parental Influence. – II Chronicles 22:3. Fathers, we have influence over our children and influence their behavior. For the people of Jerusalem chose Ahaziah as their King, and walked in the evil ways of his father Ahab, whose mother was his counselor and encouraged him in wrongdoing.

L. Navy Man Clarence Dover, Jr.: Correction
Proverbs 13:24 . Christian fathers are to correct their children. He that spares the rod – hates his son. He that loves his son corrects him. (23:13) Withhold not correction from children., for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

M. LaBrannon Gregory : Psalm 103:13. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; Proverbs 3:11-12 /My son, do not despise the LORD’s discipline. . and do not resent his rebuke, because the LORD disciplines those he loves, as a father the son he delights in. (NIV)

N. Mr. Anderson: Selected Quotes About a good Father.

O. Larry Smith: Malachi 4:6. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse. (NIV). Psalm 103:13. As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him.

P. Larry Byers: I Dare you to be a man!!! I challenge you to be a man like David. I challenge You to arm yourself with a similar faith in God that David had—when armed with a slingshot, he killed Goliath the Giant. I challenge you to arm yourself with the Holy Spirit and believe in God as David did. I Challenge you to be a man of God!

Shady Grove Baptist Church will recognize their 2011 graduates with a special Baccalaureate service on Sunday June 26, 2011 during the 11:00 morning worship service.

Addressing the graduates will be Mr. Todd Hardy, Sr., principal of Gettys D. Broome High School in Spartanburg. Mr. Hardy has served the community as a member of several committees including the District Five Minority Recruitment Taskforce, Middle Tyger Community Center’s Board of Directors, and the Teacher Education Advisory Council at Wofford College. 

The Pacolet native is a graduate of Spartanburg Technical College, University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, and holds a master’s degree in education administration from Converse College. He was named the USC-Upstate School of Education’s 2010 Distinguished Alumni of the Year..

Shady Grove students graduating from kindergarten, high school, and college will be recognized along with their parents and family. They should wear their caps and gowns.

The public is cordially invited to attend. The program is coordinated by the Shady Grove Education Ministry.

The Shady Grove Baptist Church Family will observe Father’s Day Sunday June 19, 2011 during the 11:00 a.m. service.

The speaker will be the Rev. Ricky Young, associate minister of the Lewis Chapel Baptist Church of Glendale, S.C.

All Shady Grove Church men will be in charge of a the service. All fathers will be recognized, along with the oldest father. Following the service, the ladies of the church will prepare a Father’s Day luncheon for the men.