Newsletter
BLUE RIDGE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
Volume 48, Edition 1, 2 January, February 2021

Blue Ridge Baptist Association
828-559-0224

BIRTHDAYS
12 Mrs. Mary Gouge (Vein Mountain)
17 Mrs. Hanna Hagaman (First Baptist Church of Marion)
18 Mrs. Michelle Gentry (Macedonia)
ANNIVERSARIES
1 Rev. and Mrs. Coy Jeans (Friendship)
CALENDAR
01 Happy New Year!
17 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

BIRTHDAYS
08 Rev. Danny White (Hankins)
22 Dr. Scott Hagaman (First Baptist Church of Marion)
26 Mrs. Kelly Bennett (Cross Memorial)
ANNIVERSARIES
15 Rev. and Mrs. Don White (Garden Creek)
CALENDAR
8-13 Focus on WMU
17 Ash Wednesday
22 Region 8 Missions Rally (in Statesville)
NC Baptist Foundation 2021 Scholarships
The NC Baptist Foundation administers four scholarships for higher education for students from NC Baptist Churches.
· The Bullard Family Scholarship (for students preparing for fulltime Christian ministry)
· The Luther H. Butler Scholarship for NC Baptist Students (for students attending NC Baptist colleges/universities)
· The Martha Watson Scholarship (for students attending any institute of higher education)
· The Mildred Frances Thomas Music Scholarship (for students who are music majors with an interest in piano and/or organ as their medium)
Applications are made online only beginning January 1, 2021 and closing February 15, 2021 at 5 pm.

We offer our heartfelt condolences to:
Rev. Andrew Dalton and his family in the passing of his mother Janice Anne Wilson Dalton.
Dr. Dennis Love and his family in the passing of his stepdad Darryl Moore.
Rev. Ken Burleson and his family in the passing of his mother Lucille Burleson.
Thank you
We want to thank Cross Memorial Baptist Church for hosting our abbreviated Annual Session on October 26th. Thank you, Pastor Ryan for bringing the devotional. We appreciate you!
Please be in prayer for Jim Brewer
Jim has been diagnosed with Stage 1 Mantle Lymphoma. This is a rare cancer that only 15,000 people in the US have. He will begin radiation treatments the first week of January for 12 consecutive days. Following that he will have monoclonal antibody therapy once a week for four weeks. Please be much in prayer for Jim and Barbara.