GO&MAKE #84 by Bay Area Community Church

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ISSUE #84

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IN THIS ISSUE 16 14 12 20 10 All Things: Christmas At Bay Area When God Calls For Vulnerability Poised To Make An Impact

2021 World Tour Of Local Partners

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BAY AREA LEADERSHIP

EDITOR Abbie Hoekstra

Barry Willhite Bill Plenge Bill Smith Chris Heacock Don Wiley Greg St. Cyr Horacio Tablada John Taylor Ken Gilmore Kyle Sponaugle Merrill Hoekstra Peter Godfrey Rich Heath Roger Ishii Steve Youtsey Stu Cooper Tom Dalpini

Abbie Hoekstra, Communications Director – abbie.hoekstra@bayareacc.org Allen Smith, Missional Communities Pastor – allen.smith@bayareacc.org Aaron Hixson, Teaching Pastor – aaron.hixson@bayareacc.org Brent Squires, Student Ministry Pastor – brent.squires@bayareacc.org Brian Hopper, Annapolis Campus Pastor – brian.hopper@bayareacc.org Greg St. Cyr, Lead Pastor – greg.stcyr@bayareacc.org Jason Barthelemy, Odenton Campus Pastor – jason.barthelemy@bayareacc.org Jeff Supp, Executive Pastor of Operations – jeff.supp@bayareacc.org Jocelyn Sacks, Serving Director – jocelyn.sacks@bayareacc.org Jonathan Madrid, Worship Leader – jonathan.madrid@bayareacc.org Josh (Burgi) Burgin, Creative Director – josh.burgin@bayareacc.org Kammi McGinty, Care Network & Marriage Ministry Director – kammi.mcginty@bayareacc.org Keara Mahan, Connecting Director – keara.mahan@bayareacc.org Kristin Collins, Annapolis Children’s Ministry Director – kristin.collins@bayareacc.org Megan Heath, Women’s Ministry Director – megan.heath@bayareacc.org Michele Rollins, Short Term Missions Director – michele.rollins@bayareacc.org Shawn Hart, Global Missions Pastor – shawn.hart@bayareacc.org

CREATIVE DIRECTOR Josh (Burgi) Burgin PHOTO EDITOR Arianne Teeple LEAD DESIGNER Jake Williams CONTRIBUTORS Merrill Hoekstra Brian Hopper Morgan Steele Brendan Cothrane Kammi McGinty Greg St. Cyr Allison Butterfield Kevin Rimando

For a comprehensive list of all Bay Area staff, elders and deacons, please visit bayareacc.org/ourteam. We appreciate your comments and questions. Please email us at feedback@bayareacc.org and a staff member or elder will respond within 48 hours. COVER PHOTO Arianne Teeple

Building A Life Of Worship

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God has a plan for everything and is sovereign over all things. Not only did he create all things in the heavens and on earth but he also created us. Just as we are reflections of His beauty, so are the other things He created. One way we see that is in the aurora borealis. There is a mystery and majesty to the beauty that is mirrored in how all of these things need to come together at the right time and the right place to reveal the beauty. And like the particles that come down from space and interact with earth's atmosphere to create aurora borealis, God came down by sending His son Jesus to reveal His beautiful plan to redeem His people. One way that we can display all these pieces coming together beautifully is through the nostalgic toy Lite Brite, and on Christmas Eve you'll have the chance to interact with a giant Aurora Peg Board. You can also learn more about our Christmas theme on page 16.

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The financial generosity of our church family helps fuel our mission of making passionate, maturing followers of Jesus from here to the nations. Every gift is used to resource our ongoing ministries at our three campuses, and support dozens of local and global missions partners who are reaching people with the gospel around the world. Want to learn how to manage your finances God’s way? Read our Philosophy of Generosity at bayareacc.org/give.

If you would like to give, you can do so at bayareacc.org/give, or by mailing a check to our Annapolis Campus (884 Chesterfield Road, Annapolis, MD 21401). Please be sure to include your campus designation on all gifts.

YTD Giving through 10/31/21: $1,033,361 YTD Budget through 10/31/21: $994,568 Actual vs. Budget: $38,793 ODENTON YTD Giving through 10/31/21: $57,332 YTD Budget through 10/31/21: $71,796 Actual vs. Budget: –$14,464

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To all our guests during this Christmas season, welcome! We are thrilled that you are worshiping with us. At Bay Area, we hope you experience a joy-filled congregation whose arms are open wide to love and serve you and all who come. Christmas is a very special season for us. The birth of the Savior of the world, our Lord Jesus, makes it so. I know you will be encouraged by the heart-felt worship and special messages entitled “All Things” (Read more about it on page 16). Christmas Eve is always a highlight. We invite you and your family and friends to join us on December 23 at 7 p.m. or December 24 at 4, 6, 8 or 11 p.m. If you are joining us in Odenton, we will meet on December 24 at 7 p.m. To my dear Bay Area family, Merry Christmas to each of you! I pray that during this Advent season your hearts will be overwhelmed by the wonder and mystery of the Incarnation.

the last three days loving and serving dear families who are HIV Aids positive. Outcast by family and society, our “Precious Souls” ministry is embodying the compassion and love of Jesus. Here is Pastor Shawn at a health clinic that is partnering with Precious Souls. 95 children with Aids were encouraged by a food basket, a T-shirt, and most importantly, with prayer and teaching from God’s Word. (See picture of Shawn and kids) 82-year-old Patrick, a Precious Souls leader, shares the gospel with a family struggling with AIDS. Many are meeting Jesus who is redeeming their lives. (see picture)

I hope that your spirit is uplifted by what God is doing in our midst these days. As we continue to transition out of COVID, the One whose birth we celebrate is transforming lives. Our gracious Lord invites each of us to come help change the world! We are privileged to advance the gospel in You, your Neighbors, and the Nations. From specially prepared Advent boxes for families, to the huge growth of students being discipled, to a fresh wind of people getting connected in community and serving, to the deeper embodiment of our core values – the wave of God’s grace is flowing over us.

This is Sylvia. She has AIDS. And she changed my life without knowing. Two of her three children are HIV positive. Two years ago, she struggled with anxiety and depression. Today, because of Jesus, her countenance is one of joy – defiant joy. The radiant Sylvia, though exceedingly poor, has taken eight other orphans into her house, most of them with AIDS, as well as a girl with sickle cell anemia and a disabled teenager. As the song that Jonathan recently taught us goes, “This joy is defiant. It will not bend or break. In the face of my giants, I hold my ground and say, ‘Through every trial, through every storm, You are my endless source.’” Sylvia’s life was changed when a Precious Souls volunteer cared for her pressing needs and shared the love of Jesus.

As I write, I’m in Uganda. Pastor Shawn, our Global Mission Pastor, and I are on a 21-day journey to visit global partners in Uganda, South Sudan, Kenya and Ghana. We’ve spent

The source of all true joy is found in Jesus. He is the One we celebrate during Christmas and throughout the year! Thank you for being part of what God is doing.

From here to the nations,

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Greg St. Cyr is the lead pastor at Bay Area Community Church and a regular contributor to GO&MAKE

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I think that’s why Paul didn’t choose to use Joseph for a case study as he wrapped up this section of his letter to the churches in Rome. Paul knew that some of his readers were just hurting and needed to be comforted. Maybe that’s why he reached back to the ultimate crowd-sourced communal lament from Psalm 44 to close out the chapter. The line he quotes says, “Our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.” It is the saddest lament in the Psalter, and Paul uses it to tell his readers that he knows how they feel. He tells them life can get so hard that you want to say, “On account of you (God) we are being killed all the day long; we are considered as sheep for slaughter,” right out of Psalm 44:22.

Paul wasn’t just talking about all things working together for us now, like the way things worked out at the end of that famous story of Joseph in the last chapter of Genesis. Once Joseph had finished rescuing Egypt and Israel from starvation, the story ends with him telling his brothers that human trafficking him for twenty shekels was no big deal, saying, “You meant it for evil, but

" The great thing about this chapter in Romans, and the whole of Christian faith, is that we are all waiting with eager anticipation and hope for what God is going to do, and that comforts us."

Paul was sharp on the Psalms, and I think he knew this one would show people that “all things” is not just a few people getting beat up, some surviving cancer spouses, and a parent who lost a child. It’s much worse than that; it is all of creation. I’ve met so many groaning people since Lisa died. I love talking to them, I think of what Paul wrote in the intro to 2 Corinthians, “God comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those

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ur church is studying about “all things” this Christmas season, which comes from chapter 8 of Romans where Paul reminds us in verse 28 that God works all things together for good. Isn’t it great when some setback in your life teaches you a lesson that ultimately enriches your whole existence? A cursory reading might seem like Paul is focusing on some present suffering that is going to afflict us for a time and go away, leaving us to come out of it with a stronger faith. Sometimes it does work that way, but this world is full of all sorts of tragedies that don’t seem to have any clear way of “working together for good.” It can seem that there is nothing but heartbreak, grief and pain from the suffering we see and experience. Sometimes, when it seems that Paul is skimming over the tension between my human experience and all those Divine promises of blessing and everything working out, I just read the whole chapter.

God meant it for good.” That’s a seriously happy ending, but when my daughters’ mom died, it didn’t exactly feel like God was meaning it for good.

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It seems that’s why he expands “all things” to the entire creation. He says that all of creation is groaning just like we are, waiting to be restored when Jesus returns to liberate the world from death and decay. I know how creation feels because in May of this year my wife Lisa died after an eighteen-month strategic retreat against an incurable cancer. It was never a fight; it was just an acceptance of living and dying in a world that is broken. There were a lot of times that it was hard to think about “all things working together for good” when she was deep into the suffering and our marriage was ending forever.

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who are in all affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.” The great thing about this chapter in Romans, and the whole of Christian faith, is that we are all waiting with eager anticipation and hope for what God is going to do, and that comforts us. By the time Paul gets to this sad Psalm he is going to sandwich it between two of the most beautiful sentences describing God’s love in the whole Bible. I’m sure you have heard of them. My wife loved these two verses, and they have helped our family to comprehend how it is that the whole Creation will someday be restored, and all things will be worked together for good. I’m just going to paste them in here: “Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?” (v.35) “For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (v.38-39) Nothing can separate us from God’s love, not even cancer. Although we may question his methodology of allowing cancer, we trust that He is on a mission to work all things together to restore this world through His son Jesus. Even our afflictions are sandwiched in his love.

Merrill Hoekstra is an elder at Bay Area Community Church and a regular contributor to GO&MAKE

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The Apostle Paul, writing to Timothy, instructs him twice to ‘guard and avoid.’ Interesting choice of words. Towards the end of his first letter to Timothy, Paul instructs Timothy to ‘guard what has been entrusted to you and avoid worldly and empty chatter.’ (1 Tim 6:20) Then, early in his second letter to Timothy, Paul repeats his exhortation - ‘guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in you, the treasure that has been entrusted to you…avoid worldly and empty chatter for it will lead to further ungodliness.’ (2 Tim 1:14, 2:16)

I believe these two words (and practices) are what we need to employ today. Guard what has been entrusted to you. And if we’re uncertain what we are to ‘guard,’ Paul in his second exhortation makes it clear that it is a treasure. “Timothy, guard the treasure that has been given to you! Don’t let anyone or anything take away from that deposit.” Scholars debate what exactly that treasure was - maybe some spiritual gift that Timothy had, or a literal gift - something of value to hold onto. But most would agree that the treasure Timothy was to guard was the gospel. Paul might say, “Timothy, you have been given the gift of the gospel, it is a treasure, don’t let anyone teach or say anything other than what was given to you. Protect it!” The obvious reason this was important was so that false teachings about Jesus would not infiltrate the church and mislead people. So to keep the message of Jesus and the cross clear, Timothy was to (‘by the power of the Holy Spirit’) guard the gospel. Today we need to guard the gospel. Though there will always be competing messages for salvation

And yet in spite of these things, the call to have our gaze fixed on Jesus has not diminished nor faded. The Christian life is one of focus and the temptations to look to the left or the right seem greater than ever. This is why I believe we need follow Paul’s pastoral advice to his young protege Timothy.

Guard what has been entrusted to you and avoid worldly and empty chatter. Clearly, whatever was happening in the culture around Timothy, it had the potential (perhaps likelihood) to rob Timothy of what had been entrusted to him and cause him to be enmeshed in u n n e c e s s a r y, u n p r o f i t a b l e distractions and conversations.

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Distracted Disciple

’ve had more conversations with people over the last year about peripheral topics connected to our faith than I care to think about. Many of those have had very little to do with Jesus, the gospel, or even His word - but more so the world and Christian culture. We are in an interesting time of our country’s history. Things have changed so rapidly over the last couple of years, and it feels like the pace is quickening (maybe it’s just me getting older!). Coupled with these changes are the never ending distractions that allure us away from our true Love.

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in Jesus, I think we are at greater risk of losing sight of the gospel and focusing our attention on the peripheral things related to our faith. Hence the second exhortation - ‘avoid’. Avoid worldly and empty chatter. Just take a moment and consider the ‘chatter’ that is on any social media about our politics, COVID, sports, success… it is rampant. Or listen to the news and the countless hours of podcasts, news cycles, blog posts, and more that can easily be characterized as worldly chatter. To the believer, these things can represent looking to the left and to the right. They become distractions and are often not the central things that we should be focusing on. Yet it is so easy to get caught up in them and become the distracted disciple. And the reason Paul says we are to avoid such things is that they lead to further ungodliness. Paul recognizes that the allure and pull of being enmeshed in unnecessary and unprofitable conversations leads to ‘not being like God’. That is - our actions, thoughts, words and feelings may not resemble Jesus. In short, they are not profitable for the Gospel. So, given where we are in the world today, I believe it is imperative that we guard the gospel in the sense that it remains central to our lives. And secondly, we would be wise to not get distracted with worldly and empty chatter because it leads to ungodliness. Guarding and avoiding offsets the likelihood that we would become the distracted disciple.

Brian Hopper is the Annapolis Campus pastor at Bay Area Community Church and is a regular contributor to GO&MAKE

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BUILDING A LIFE OF WORSHIP

ou know how required classes in high school and college were your least favorite? The teacher would try to hype everyone up but was often met with blank stares and a lack of participation no matter how many jokes or games they tried. When it comes to our students today, this “it’s required” attitude toward worship is common, and as a student, I can attest that teaching students the importance of worship isn’t easy. During COVID it was especially difficult. Looking around the room I saw a lot of blank stares and could clearly hear the one or two people that were singing. However, since Bay Area Student Ministry has returned to normal gatherings and our new worship leader Rick Conlee started recruiting students for a new worship team, there has been a dramatic change in the attitude towards worship.

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On a Sunday morning, you can see a number of the total 16 middle and high school students who serve on the worship and production team, with a number of students in the pipeline to join the team as well. In the moments before a song begins, students move to the front of the room, whispering and greeting each other excitedly. During worship some raise their hands and some close their eyes, participating with enthusiasm. Worship no longer feels like a required class. Rick shared that having peers on stage changes students' mindset from thinking worship is only for adults to “I can do that too!” He also said that students are “starting to see that worship is a celebration. It's not just a song that you stand up and sing because

everyone else is singing, but it's genuinely a time where the Holy Spirit wants to meet you one-on-one.” The student worship and production teams have also been a connecting point for many students, providing community, mentors and discipleship. Rick has seen a change in how students interact with each other after joining the team. “In worship, the connecting point is Jesus. We’re doing the same thing for the same reason - that is to praise Jesus and to glorify Him with the gifts and talents He's given us.” After attending BASM for three years and never really feeling connected, my sister recently joined the worship team. Since then she has found a group of students that she loves and embraced the challenge to set an example for other students by taking notes during sermons, welcoming newcomers, and helping at middle school events. This posture of worship that students are learning isn’t just played out on a Sunday morning; high schoolers and middle schoolers are learning how to live a life of worship throughout the rest of the week. When a student joins the worship team, Rick reminds them of their responsibility to set an example for other students in all areas of their life, and he’s seen many students embrace that challenge in their presence on social media, interactions with friends, and personal time with the Lord. Rick’s main goal for discipling the worship team is that they would be able to take this lifestyle of worship and the musical skills they’ve learned wherever they go, and students are already showing the results of that. One high school student

recently decided she wants to minor in worship, and a student in production has decided that’s what she wants to major in; another has opened for local artists and bands. During the high school fall retreat, we weren’t going to be able to

" This posture of worship that students are learning isn’t just played out on aA Sunday morning; high schoolers and middle schoolers are learning how to live a life of worship throughout the rest of the week." have worship on Sunday morning, and when two worship team students heard, they volunteered to lead worship. We recently finished a series called We Are where we defined our core values, and one Sunday Brent Squires our Student Ministry Pastor and Kristin Collins our Children's Ministry Director shared about how we as a church are investing in the next generation. At BASM, we’re seeing the fruits of when leaders not only encourage and mentor students, but challenge them to step out of their comfort zone. So if you feel called to work with students, come join us in what God is doing at BASM; we want to partner with you in discipling the next generation.

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POISED TO MAKE AN IMPACT

wo and a half months ago, my wife Leah and I packed up our small northern Virginia apartment and moved to Maryland so I could join the staff of Bay Area Odenton. In our combined 12 years of experience in fulltime church ministry, neither of us had served on staff at a campus like Odenton. We felt confident that the Lord had led us here, but we felt somewhat in the dark about what this experience would be like. Though we’re still figuring it out, the journey has been an absolute blessing so far. Working alongside the incredible Bay Area staff, getting to know the Odenton church family, and sharing a common mission of “making passionate, maturing followers of Jesus from here to the nations” has been nothing short of a gift to us both. Despite my short time here so far, I’ve come to recognize a beneficial and inherent trait of a “small and local” church like Bay Area Odenton: we are poised to make an impact in the surrounding community through casual organic connections. The Odenton campus resumed meeting on Sunday mornings in Arundel High School cafeteria in September, and a family with an Arundel student recently attended a Sunday gathering. The student wasn’t sure how to feel about having church in the same place that he ate lunch every day. However, he soon turned around and saw his school friends sitting behind him, waiting for the gathering to begin. It was an instant connection. At Odenton, these natural connections take place regularly - not because we’ve planned them but because connection is inherent to what and who we are as a church family. Connections are an important first step, but I believe it’s

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worth leaning into this strength and catalyzing these organic connections into something more. My wife and I realized that we were going to need to be very intentional about building relationships in the Odenton community since we have a few obstacles working against us. For one, we live in Glen Burnie and have only been in the area for a couple of months. Also, because we don’t have kids yet, we don’t have some of the more natural connection points like school and sports. But we do go to the gym. So we decided to get a membership near Odenton rather than one closer to our home to increase our opportunities of connection in the Odenton community. We’ve only been going for a few weeks, and if I’m being transparent, I’m

and a bit of our stories. I was grateful to meet a new friend. This morning he introduced me to another friend who offered to give me a pair of cycling shoes that he recently ordered that didn’t fit him. I think God is reminding me of my goal and giving me a loving nudge through an act of kindness. It’s a blessing to be a part of these connections in the Odenton community and at the Odenton campus. However, if every interaction remains just an interaction without an invitation to something greater, we’ve missed an opportunity. As all of us in this Bay Area family walk out the Great Commission together, we must pray that God will help us take the next step and turn a connection into

" At Odenton, these natural connections take place regularly - not because we’ve planned them but because connection is inherent to what and who we are as a church family." not always in the mood to talk to people at the gym. Most mornings, I want to put on my headphones and get some quality time to myself, so I’m not exactly excelling at our goal. I am continuing to pray that God will help us get to know the Odenton community better and open the doors for relationships, but it will also take some more flexibility and obedience on my part to step out in faith and engage. While at the gym last week, someone other than me broke the ice. We shared our names

a relationship. Though I still have a lot to learn, I’m excited to be a part of what God is doing in Odenton and what He will continue to do as we individually and collectively lean into our call to make disciples (Matthew 28:19). Would you pray with me that God would open doors for the body of Christ at Bay Area Odenton to be salt and light to the Odenton community through connections that lead to relationships and relationships that lead to transformation and salvation?

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difficult betrayal and was hurt. After a few years of counseling that helped me to understand more of my story, I now know that the hurt was deep because it reopened wounds from my past that needed dressing.

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f you attend Bay Area for any amount of time, you will pick up phrases and themes that stay with you. One phrase that is sealed in my mind is “no one walks alone.” This was the theme of a sermon series a number of years ago and it was memorable to me because at the time I was not able to receive it. I had just experienced a

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At the time, I engaged my survival strategy and determined to keep people at arm’s length to guard my heart from further hurt. But this strategy was no match for God and His plan to begin a healing process. He had called me to lead a Bible Study and put in my path a mentor who encouraged me to teach out of a posture of humility and

" But like the Lord responded to Moses, “I am sending you,” so He responded to me. What do you do when God is this clear?" vulnerability. I began to share snippets of my story to reveal the glory of God’s power in redeeming me. It was not easy, but it began to change me and the class. Then the Lord prompted me to share some of the more shameful and embarrassing aspects of my life. I struggled in prayer, and like Moses asked the Lord to send him help in Aaron, so I sought from the Lord. But like the Lord responded to Moses, “I am sending you,” so He responded to me. What do you do when God is this clear? I tried to negotiate with

God, reasoning that sharing the messy parts of my life would cause people to doubt my credibility and leave the class. God met my excuses with firm grace, calling me to trust Him to use my mess as His message of grace and love. So in fear and trembling I shared my story, just to wake up the next morning with what Brene Brown calls a ‘vulnerability hangover.’ I had sensed the judgment from some as I left class the night before, yet God was there assuring me that He would use it for good. Over the next weeks and months, I began to see vulnerability increase in the class as members began to honestly share their fears and mistakes. This promoted a deeper intimacy among the class members in their groups, but also between the members and the Lord. I saw sanctification in action as people shared from their hearts how they were living out God’s Word and then were being affirmed by others in the group. As I witnessed this blessing in vulnerability it began to prompt me to bend my elbow and allow people to get closer. I no longer felt like I was walking alone. My circle of friends grew and I boldly shared my mess. God was redeeming my story, not by taking away the consequences of my decisions, or by granting me amnesia from the pain, but by using it to invite others to seek Him in deeper intimacy. I remember thinking I now understood more fully what John meant when he wrote in 1 John 1:4, “We write this to make our joy complete.” The disciples had great joy in knowing Jesus had redeemed them, but that joy was incomplete until

they shared it to expand the fellowship of believers. Because I have experienced this myself, I long for others to know the power of sharing their personal gospel story their struggles that prove God’s redemptive power and grace. I bring this experience with me to the Care Network and Marriage Ministry. I understand the burdens people carry and how that isolates them. I know that people come into church each week putting on their best self to cover their messes, afraid of being rejected “if people really knew.” I know this because I still wrestle with that fear. Yet I have also learned from experience that there is great value in engaging in a community where people connect around God’s Word and learn from each other how they can live it out. Sometimes it just starts by connecting with one person. I would love to see God build the Care Network and Marriage ministry on that foundation, people connecting and sharing how God has stepped into their mess to light up dark emotions with the truth of His Word to set people free. What if sharing your mess with one other person was the key to walking more freely today? What would it look like for you to share your mess so God can transform it into a message of hope for someone else who is wrestling with a similar struggle? If you would like to talk more about connecting with someone give me a call! I would be honored to hear your story and come alongside you to see how God may want to work through it for His glory.

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I spent time pondering what the Lord would want to say to us this Christmas season. My mind was on the reality that our world seems to be spinning out of control: hurricane Ida, wildfires in California, COVID variants, Afghanistan, terrorism, $28T in national debt, racial justice issues, an ever-widening political divide, environmental issues, inflation -the list goes on. Then add health issues like the rise of mental health, substance abuse, cancer and heart disease. The inevitable conclusion is that everything seems to be out of control.

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“And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good.” Romans 8:28

We, by nature, do not like feeling out of control. A lack of control leads us down the pathway of anxiety and disappointment. Peace is vanquished and worry overwhelms our emotions. What we forget is that God is sovereign over all things. Therefore, we can dwell securely in His hands.

“All things.” Reflect on those two simple words: “All things.” During our Advent season we’ll be reminded that God is absolutely and totally sovereign over all things.

700 years before the birth of Christ, God’s people lived in a time in which social injustice abounded. Prophets preached for riches. Priests ministered for greed.

Landlords swindled the poor. Judges took bribes. Business people used deceitful scales. There was the constant threat of war and plagues. Where was God in all this? The prophet Micah declared a message that God has a plan even when life doesn’t seem fair – a plan that brings hope out of despair. A plan that revolves around a Person who will come as the Divine Deliverer and be our source of security. Sometimes things happen for us that are disappointing or

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But that last statement is simply NOT true. Though everything around us might shout everything is out of control, God has something else to say about the matter:

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One of the most important lessons you and I must learn is to trust God to guide our feet in the midst of disappointment. When our hopes and dreams go unrealized, God has a way of making all things work together for good. It’s who He is. His plans always bring Him greater glory because He is the God of all things.

God is also never early and never late. He is always right on time. He is in control of all things, including time. The birth of Jesus was perfect timing.

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would involve the forerunner who would herald the coming of the Messiah!

But hold on. Surely the timing is off for Joseph and Mary. She’s in her ninth month. No way can she travel seven days to Bethlehem. To make matters worse, after the long journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem, they arrive to find no place to stay! The timing makes no sense. And yet, it is absolutely perfect. The Son of God is born in a stable and placed in a manger. Angels sing. Shepherds bow down. Magi travel to worship. Infinity takes on finitude. Deity enveloped in humanity. Though the timing seemed horribly off, the God of time was right on time. Why? Because He reigns over all things.

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God’s plan is the road less traveled. It’s never the easy plan. What plagues Joseph and Mary is shame, accusations of immorality, rejection, and the threat of stoning. The Pharisees will later accuse Jesus of being “born of fornication.” But God had a better plan. A plan for Joseph and Mary to birth and parent our Lord Jesus Christ. The impossible is made possible because God rules over all things.

During the wait, God is readying the circumstances. Caesar is on the throne. Quirinius is governor. A common language is spoken. Roads have been built to advance the gospel. The Jewish people are anticipating the coming Messiah. A census is set to be taken. The fullness of time has come.

" And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good."

ahead or lag behind God, the result is always disastrous because we lack the faith that God’s timing is always the best.

Meet a godly elderly couple who was heartbroken. Their prayer had long gone unanswered. For decades Elizabeth and Zacharias had pleaded with their Lord for a child. Yet the God who is sovereign over all things had a different plan – a plan that

Now let me introduce you to two righteous and godly people: Joseph and Mary. Raised in the line of David to follow the Lord, they sought to honor God with their lives. While betrothed to each other, suddenly and unexpectedly, everything changed. The angel Gabriel burst onto the scene to inform Mary that she will conceive and bear the Savior of the world. As Joseph struggles and grapples with Mary’s pregnancy, his plans are turned upside down. Into this confusion, Gabriel explains that the impossible has been made possible. Mary has conceived by the Holy Spirit and the Child is Immanuel, God with us.

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didn’t turn out the way we hoped. Disappointment in life easily leads us to doubt God. “Why God? Are you there? Don’t you care?”

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hen my good friend Alex Williams reached out to me this fall and asked if I would be interested in joining her for what she called the 2021 World Tour of Local Partners, I barely gave her a chance to explain what exactly it was before giving her a resounding “YES, I’m in!” Alex, our Community Outreach Coordinator, went on to explain her vision and goal of

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meeting with each of our local partners in Anne Arundel County to check in on those we regularly serve as well as establish new relationships with partners we haven’t officially met. I realized that I had hardly any knowledge of the organizations we support and the dedicated men and women who lead them, so I was extremely excited to see firsthand how God is at work in Anne Arundel County.

Would you be shocked to learn that Bay Area partners with 13 organizations throughout the county? I certainly was. They range from recovery homes to pregnancy clinics to prison ministries, with the common purpose of serving their communities and loving their neighbors. You can check out the full list of our current local partners below:

Serving People Across Good News Neighborhoods Jail Ministry (SPAN)

Bethany Christian Services

Annapolis Pregnancy Clinic

When I look at that list, the verse that come to mind is Romans 12:4: “For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.” Each of these organization is staffed and supported by people serving in a variety of roles, using their varied gifts to serve their neighbors.

Eastport Community Center

We Care And Friends

Walk The Walk Foundation

AACPS International Welcome Center

It’s beautiful to see how God gives us individual gifts and purpose to serve like Jesus, and then lovingly provides opportunities to get out of our comfort zones and live that purpose out to the fullest. We still have 10 more stops on our World Tour, so we’re just getting started - and I’m excited to continue to learn how God is at work around our county! If you’d like to

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learn more about any of these local partners, you can head over to bayareacc.org/ outreach and see the map of all the organizations we work alongside. If you’d like to take a step even further, fill out the interest card at the bottom of that page so that Alex and her team can help you find a place to plug in and use your individual gifts to serve God’s greater purpose in Anne Arundel County.

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Aaron Hixson

ron Hixson comes from a family of teachers. His father is a pastor, his mother and sister are former schoolteachers, and his older brother is also a pastor. As the youngest child, you might expect Aaron to forge his own path and find a career doing the opposite of teaching. Ironically, I didn’t think to ask Aaron the obvious question, “If you could do anything else for living, what would it be?” But the Aaron we have today chose to follow in the footsteps of his entire family and continue the legacy of Hixson teachers. Aaron had a fairly “normal” childhood. He grew up in Ohio, where his father was the pastor, his mother played piano, and he and his siblings sang and played various instruments on the worship team. He placed his faith in Jesus at the age of five. His mother homeschooled the kids until eighth grade, at which point they attended a local public school. Aaron learned to play the trumpet and played on his high school’s soccer team. He aspired to one day become either a medical doctor or a pastor. During his junior year of high school, Aaron and his family went on a hiking trip in a park with a canyon. As he was climbing a rock wall, he pushed off a branch to climb over the edge and onto the top of the wall. The branch broke beneath him and he fell forty feet to the ground. His family called park rangers and

" Life is fragile, and I am not in control. I only have one life, how am I going to use it?" they carried him out of the park and flew him to a nearby hospital, and twentyfour hours later Aaron was released with “no injuries.” As he would later discover, while trying to participate in soccer practice, Aaron had actually broken his foot, back and collarbone. The injuries prevented him from being able to be a part of the team. Aaron’s fall to a literal “rock bottom” forced him to face reality: Life is fragile, and I am not in control. I only have one life, how am I going to use it? The forty-foot fall helped Aaron make the clear decision to pursue becoming a pastor. He attended Baptist Bible College and Seminary (now called Clark Summit University) where he studied Worship Ministry. While he was there, Aaron met his now wife, Lauren during his freshman year while the two played in a touring worship band. Through the connections made while touring, Aaron found the job in Rochester (his church prior to coming to Bay Area). He worked there for eight years as the student pastor and then as a campus pastor. In similar fashion to working at any church, Aaron filled multiple roles. But the more Aaron taught, the more he realized that teaching was not just something he was

good at, but also the one thing he really wanted to do. Aaron had (and still has) a desire to serve the local church. When recalling a conversation with Lauren, he shared, “We even said that to each other as a joke, like, ‘The only way we’d ever leave is if there was a teaching pastor position.’” Simultaneously, Bay Area had been in the process of searching for a new teaching pastor. Aaron had been looking for advice from his older brother, who then passed Aaron’s resume (without Aaron’s knowledge) to Brent, who then shared it with the search committee. And here we are! Aaron is our new Teaching Pastor. (To both Aaron and the search committee, I apologize for oversimplifying the search process. I know it was many long months of work, and I am deeply grateful!) A few weeks ago, Aaron shared some “house rules” for the life of a follower of Jesus. The first rule he shared was “The goal of my life is to please God.” For Aaron, this rule is not just the result of doing a bunch of research and reading commentaries. Rule #1 is a direct answer to literally hitting rock bottom, to a real experience. If life is fragile and I am not in control, how am I going to use my life? Aaron is using his one life to please God.

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Shawn Hart

the jungle of South Sudan, Shawn Hart was cutting down bushes behind the mud hut he called home. For Shawn, his wife Carly, and their team of 14, it was a normal day serving the Didinga people, an animistic tribe living two days’ walk from the nearest road. Then Carly urgently called Shawn inside. In a few words, Shawn’s day was flipped on its head: “We need to get our evac bags and get up to the team. Two women have been kidnapped.” A witch doctor had convinced the tribe that the missionaries living there were the reason for the recent drought, so a large group of men with AK-47s stormed the clinic where several of the missionaries were staying and took two of the women to put them on trial. Shawn and his group were forced to wait for the verdict. Hearing this story, it would be easy for many of us to deem the Didinga people unreachable or a lost cause - but not for Shawn. “When people have no hope in someone, I’m like, no, there's always a chance that God can do something, and I know that because of my own experience of how lost I was.” Shawn grew up in a loving, non-Christian home in Portland, Oregon. As a

“ When people have no hope in someone, I’m like, no, there's always a chance that God can do something, and I know that because of my own experience of how lost I was.”

teenager, he almost joined a gang with his friend Jamal. Partway through high school he switched to a new school where he was soon invited to Young Life. At age 16, Shawn put his faith in Jesus, but the change in his life wasn’t complete. He tried to straddle a life of studying the Bible and selling marijuana and eventually, one way of living won out. Shawn left his faith behind when he graduated high school, spiraling into drug abuse which culminated in getting arrested for a DUI. In a group cell in jail, Shawn heard a voice from across the room: “Shawn Hart, I thought you were a goody two-shoes Christian boy. What are you doing up in jail?” It was Jamal, Shawn’s friend from high school. Seeing his old friend in the same cell was a wake-up call for Shawn. God wasn’t done pursuing Shawn. When he was released, he had a voicemail waiting from his former Young Life leader checking in on him. Shawn immediately called him. Through the discipleship of this leader, God began working in Shawn’s heart and giving him a passion for evangelism. Shawn married Carly, and after several short-term trips they followed God’s lead to work with the Didinga people, where the raid of their clinic forced them to quickly decide their next steps. The women were released with instructions to bring a bull for the tribe to sacrifice the next morning, or face execution. So after prayer and worship together, the team set out under the cover of night for a sevenhour hike through the jungle to an airstrip they could use to escape safely. “People asked if we were scared… we

were all actually filled with sadness because these people don’t know the gospel, and this was their opportunity.” Even though their time with the Didingas ended abruptly, Shawn’s heart for lost souls only grew. Following their time overseas, Shawn studied theology at Oxford then joined Ravi Zacharias International Ministries (RZIM), working with them for six years in various roles as an itinerant speaker, podcast co-host of Cover to Cover, Campus Minister and Director of Ministries for the Zacharias Institute. While working with RZIM, he met a missions team from Bay Area, and three years later joined us as our new Global Missions Pastor. Shawn has such broad experience from crosscultural work to evangelism to teaching English through hip-hop (please ask him about this!), but most importantly, in every step of his life God has equipped him to become a passionate leader for missions. We are so privileged to have him on our team! Although he’s still getting oriented, Shawn has three tentative goals for missions at Bay Area: to see someone from Bay Area go long-term, to set up care teams for global partners, and to have partners in all 17 regions. He is also getting to know each of Bay Area’s missions partners personally in order to best serve them. “I do all that I do because I love people,” Shawn said, and in this he reflects God’s heart, and Bay Area’s heart for people “from here to the nations.” I hope you’ll take time to meet Shawn and hear more than I could ever fit in these 800 words - I guarantee you’ll walk away changed.

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Interested in joining us? Ministry Partner Orientation is for you. Join us on Sunday, January 23. Register online at bayareacc.org/nextsteps Ministry Partnership is Bay Area’s version of membership, and Ministry Partners are committed to making passionate, maturing followers of Jesus from here to the nations with others at Bay Area. They are actively involved in our worship gatherings, serving opportunities, global and local missions, and being in community with one another. The names below are people who have chosen to partner with Bay Area as we live out our call to be disciples and make disciples together. Morgan S. Aaron & Shara S. Eric & Lori R. Rachel & Doug D. Trish & J. N. Karen & David A. Elizabeth D. Joel C. Missi S.

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Jim & Wende P. Helen B. Sarah A. Cynthia & Dave B. Betty Anne B. Heather B. Michael B. Kirk & Maureen C. Rick C.

Jon & Monica C. Kim C. Deng C. Erin F. Gwendolyn F. Alan & Carla G. Donna & Henry G. Shawn & Carly H. Christian & Lisa L.

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Missions Prayer Want to pray with others for our global partners? Join us every second and fourth Sunday of the month. Email Joan for more information.

joanstefun@gmail.com Pray for the families that will be touched by the Appalachia team which leaves on December 10. They will be delivering gifts for 400 children so generously donated by the Bay Area family. Pray for Morgan Steele, a 17 year old BASM student who leaves on New Year’s Eve to serve in Lebanon for six weeks in Syrian refugee camps teaching English. Pray for the Women’s Ministry team that is going to Lebanon January 29 to serve women in the trauma ministry in Syrian refugee camps.

Give Share and show the love of God by being part of what He is doing around the world! Participate by helping SEND a Short Term Missionary. Check out the places Bay Area is serving this year at the link below and see where God is prompting you to be involved.

bayareacc.org/stmgive

Go 2022 missions team registration is now open! Check out our teams headed to Appalachia, Lebanon, Belize and more. To learn more or register, visit our website.

bayareacc.org/stm

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New Bible studies will start at the end of January on Tuesday evenings and Wednesday mornings. Keep an eye on our Bible Study Page for information and registration.

bayareacc.org/women-biblestudies

Ornament Exchange December 5, 5:30-8:30 p.m. ALL CAMPUSES Join us for a beautiful evening of fellowship where we will enjoy potluck appetizers and cookies, testimonies regarding "When Christmas Looks Different", and a fun "white elephant" ornament exchange. More info and registration on our website.

bayareacc.org/women-events.

December 19 ANNAPOLIS CAMPUS Join us thirty minutes before each gathering to purchase breakfast from The Warehouse Cafe and eat breakfast with your friends and leaders. No registration is required, just bring some money for food and come on out!

Friday Night Hangs January 7, 7-8:30 p.m. (MS) & 9-10:30 p.m. (HS) ANNAPOLIS CAMPUS Middle school and high school students are invited to join us for a night of themed fun at The Warehouse! This is a free event and requires no registration! More details will follow closer to the event.

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Breakfast With Us, Not On Us

Food For Kids EASTPORT MINISTRY Our friends in Eastport are in need of snacks for the children at the community center, where they receive most of their meals. We desire to provide snacks dropoff on Mondays at 10 a.m. as well as a food bags one Friday a month.

bayareacc.org/outreach

Tutors Needed EASTPORT MINISTRY Monday - Thursday 3:30 p.m. -5 p.m. Come be a part of the good work God is doing in Eastport by tutoring children after school.

eastport.bacc@gmail.com

International Welcome Center

Quiet Retreat

Senior Tubing Trip

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IWC is in need of new winter coats, hats and gloves for immigrant children who are in crisis. If you’d like to make a donation please connect with Alex Williams.

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ALL CAMPUSES This year we may find ourselves at a crossroads, where God beckons us to reflect on the past, dwell in His presence and look towards the future. Join us as we are guided through Jeremiah 6:16 by Janet Graves, founder of Simply Retreats.

Class of 2022! This trip is just for you. Join us for a day of snow tubing at Roundtop Mountain Resort. Registration will open in the new year!

bayareacc.org/women-events

Winter Meltdown

Moms in Prayer

February 4-6, 2022

Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Join us in praying for our teens. Email mhherring71@gmail.com for more information.

Journey Together: Women's Mentoring Program Interested in having a Christian woman to walk through life with? Email journeytogether.bacc@mail.com for more information.

ALL CAMPUSES High school students are invited to join us and hundreds of other high schoolers for engaging teaching and worship, and amazing activity options at our annual retreat at River Valley Ranch! Registration will open in the new year and space is limited.

More events and information can be found on our websites: bayareacc.org/odenton-students bayareacc.org/annapolis-students

CHILDREN'S MINISTRY

bayareacc.org/soulsconference

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STUDENT MINISTRY

Save the date, Saturday, February 28 for Upside Down Kingdom: The Triumph of the Least of These. Follow SOULS on Instagram @soulsconference and register for your spot at

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Parent Dedication March 20, at 12:30 p.m. ALL CAMPUSES This is an opportunity for you to take some time as a parent to really think about what will matter the most in the life of your child; to really talk together and decide what you value and what you can do today that will have the greatest impact on your child’s future.

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December 12, January 9, February 13 ODENTON CAMPUS

Ministry Partner Orientation Interested in becoming a Ministry Partner and joining Bay Area in our mission to make passionate, maturing followers of Jesus from here to the nations? Register on our website.

bayareacc.org/nextsteps January 23, 2022 ANNAPOLIS CAMPUS January 30, 2022 ODENTON CAMPUS

Waffle Bar February 6, after the 9:30 gathering ODENTON CAMPUS Invite others to join you at the 9:30 gathering at the Odenton campus and stick around afterwards for the free waffle bar with all the fixings at the school.

ANNAPOLIS CAMPUS In this Marriage Time Out, we will discuss areas of separation in marriage and explore how we can do a better job of coming together.

Marriage Time Out: Relentless in the Marriage Mission

DivorceCare Mondays, 7 - 8:30 p.m. via Zoom ALL CAMPUSES This is a place of support for those experiencing the pain of separation or divorce. Trained facilitators who have experienced divorce themselves provide sound advice and helpful insights on managing emotions and divorce-related stresses. For more information contact Melody Hinkle.

mdahinkle@yahoo.com

GriefShare Support Group Thursdays, 6:45-9 p.m. via Zoom

February 13, 10:45-11:45 a.m. in Room 237

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This group provides those experiencing the loss of a loved one with resources and a community to come alongside you in support. Learn more and register on the website.

In this Marriage Time Out, we will explore the implication this truth has on our marriages and map out ways we can more fully commit to the mission of marriage.

ENGAGED OR SERIOUSLY DATING

Full-time (salaried, exempt) ANNAPOLIS CAMPUS Key roles include: 1) the implementation and administration of our database system, and 2) the administration of payroll, benefits and our talent acquisition process.

Annapolis Campus Pastor Administrative Assistant Part-time (up to 20 hours/week) ANNAPOLIS CAMPUS This position will assist and support the Annapolis Campus Pastor administratively, improving their overall functionality and efficiency of their role. See the job description for more details.

Connecting Coordinator

Care Coaching

Part-time (up to 20 hours/week)

kammi.mcinty@bayreacc.org

premarital.ministry@bayareacc.org To learn more and register for any of these events, visit our website: bayareacc.org/ carenetwork

Operations and HR Administrator

bayareacc.org/annapolis-events

If you are walking through a challenging season of life and would like someone to come alongside you, consider reaching out to a Care Coach to walk with you for a season. To learn more, email Kammi McGinty.

We want to partner with you as you establish a strong Jesus-centered life together. Through premarital mentoring, you will be paired with trained marriage mentors who will equip you with the tools and resources you will need to succeed in marriage.

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January 9, 10:45-11:45 a.m. in Room 237

CARE NETWORK

December 12, January 9, February 6

Marriage Time Out: Marriage is Better Together

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If you are new or looking to get connected at Bay Area, join us for First Step. You’ll get a chance to learn about our mission, vision and how to get plugged in during this season. Find more details and sign up on our website.

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Odenton Campus Prayer Join us for a time of prayer from 7-8 p.m. in the Prayer Room at the Annapolis Campus on December 13, January 10 and February 14. We will also meet to pray on Zoom on January 24 and February 28. Email mrandmrssmithdc@gmail.com for more details.

ODENTON CAMPUS The Odenton Connecting Coordinator will build, train and lead the weekend experience teams in providing a warm and welcoming environment for our Sunday guests. This continues during the week by maintaining a high quality, multi-touch guest follow-up program to foster strong community from their first visit through assimilation into a Missional Community.

Full job descriptions and how to apply for these jobs and others can be found on our website at bayareacc.org/jobs.

For more information on other prayer opportunities at both campuses visit bayareacc.org/prayer

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