B Real Stuff

2nd Annual B Real FREE Car Wash The 2nd Annual B Real FREE Car Wash will be Saturday, July 26th, from 10 am to 2 pm. Please contact Mary or Mark Mays if you will be able to join us. SCBC B Real-led Sunday - August 3rd On Sunday, Aug 3rd, South County Baptist church will be led in worship by B Real Ministries. What an awesome way to highlight the gifts and talents God has blessed the college & young career singles in our church. We're looking for volunteers to assist in all facets of the Sunday worship (music, ushers, scrpture reading, etc). If interested in being part of this exciting Sunday at SCBC, please let us know right away. B Real Bible Study for July 20th Huge thanks to Rob Edwards for filling in for us while we were on vacation. This Sunday we'll be continuing our walk through 1 Samuel, as we'll be looking at David's encounter with Nadal. Hope you'll make it at 9 am for our B Real Bible Study. CrossPointe Church meets at SCBC CrossPointe Church, pastored by Darren Casper, meets every Saturday at South County Baptist Church. The doors open at 5 pm for Coffee & Community, and the worship kicks off at 5:30 pm. The service is more a contemporary-style worship (the CrossPointe Worship Band does an awesome job), and you will most definitely be challenged by the teachings of Darren and Kurt.
B Real T-Shirts The NEW B Real t-shirts have arrived!!! Because we were able to get such a good deal, the shirts are a low, low price of only $10 each. If interested give us a call or shoot us an e-mail.

Who We Are... B Real Ministries is the College & Young Career Singles ministry of South County Baptist Church. Our mission is to "Challenge College & Young Career Singles to Make a difference by Being Real in the world. We would love for you to join us on Sundays at 9 am for the B Real Bible Study. If you have any questions, feel free to drop us an e-mail by clicking on "Sound Off"!

Blessings,
Mark & Mary

Inbound Ministries Devo

July 7, 2008 - Teamwork Demonstrated

Teamwork! We hear the word used often in both the sports arena and in the everyday world. Corporate teachings talk about teamwork. It is mentioned in the classroom. And event he church talks about it.

Yet basketball is a sport where the idea of teamwork is often not fully understood, especially with kids (and their parents.) For some reason in basketball people get uptight if they (or their) kids are not getting to shoot the ball as much as another. They get upset if they (or their kids) are not put in the exact position they want.

Yet not every player is as skilled at each requirement. On a team some are better shooters than others; some handle the ball better; etc. Think about it. In football how often does a lineman get to carry the ball? Pass the ball? Catch the ball? The lineman has a specific job. In baseball how often does the right fielder get to pitch? In racing how often does the tire changer get to drive in the race? In these other sports we much more understand teamwork.

In basketball, like life (and the church), things seem to revolve around who gets the glory. People want to be noticed. Coach Dick Bennett has an offense called the “blocker-mover” offense. In it guys are designated as either a blocker or a mover. A blocker’s job is to set screens to free up the movers. A blocker can get a shot but it is usually as a secondary cutter – definitely not the first option. In other words some guys know their jobs are not to be the scorers. And remember these are young men good enough to be division 1 basketball players. They were probably big time scorers in high school; but find themselves put in a different role – a role that demands an understanding of teamwork.

Teamwork simply put is “players plugging in to the spot they are needed and doing the job without concern for who gets the glory.”

Are you plugging in to your spot? I’m not talking about the basketball court here. Are you filling your role in the body of Christ?

Throughout the Scriptures we see the reminders of the church being a body with many different gifts. I was reading Nehemiah chapter 3 this morning as it starts the role call of who was repairing the walls of Jerusalem. We find people of all different occupations stepping in to fill their roles. There are goldsmiths, perfumers, merchants, leaders, sons, and daughters. It is a beautiful picture of teamwork with each group having an assigned role.

Yet there is one group of people that stood out to me. I hope you are not like them. In Nehemiah chapter 3, verse 5 it says that the “Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work of their Lord.”

Maybe they were too good for menial labor? I hope you are not too good for the work of your Lord. Get busy! You are part of a team!

Give 'em the Rock!
dr todd "coach b" burden

Videos to Make You Think

Beginner's Guide to Interactive Worship
Those Donuts Aren't for You Late for Church?
Waiting on the World to Change

Quotes

"At times it's as though life is a freakshow, and I'm on center stage." - Me

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"A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world." - Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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"The world doesn't want what we (Christians) have because they're not convinced we want what we have! - Neil McClendon

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"The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic (i.e. B Real) disciples of Jesus. ... That's one reason why the statistics on Christians generally don't differ from the statistics on non-Christians. We're not living a different life." -Dallas Willard

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"Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is having the courage to dance to it today." - Unknown

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"The Christian is a holy rebel loose in the world with access to the throne of God. Satan never knows from what direction the danger will come." - A.W. Tozer

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"Surround yourself with friends who love you enough to bruise you today, instead of watching you bleed tomorrow." - Neil McClendon

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"Life is too short for a man to hold bitterness in his heart." - Marshall "Major" Taylor

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"You may say I'm radical, but I'd say I'm real. It's a relationship, not a religion."
- A. Marie Mays