For the month of November Pine Grove Baptist Church is sponsoring The SC Heart Gallery.  This is open to the public Monday through Friday during regular business hours.  Weekend hours available by appointment only, call Ruth Turner at 980-329-7493.
This is a gallery of pictures of Children in the South Carolina area that are now available for adoption and need homes.  Information is available at the church and online at www.scheartgallery.org
For more information about the South Carolina Heart Gallery or featured children, please contact: 
Millie Qualls, Program Coordinator
South Carolina Heart Gallery
1205 Pendleton Street, Room 436
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone:  803-734-2595
Fax:  803-734-1223

Each year we plan a few domestic mission trips. 
Check out our Photo Gallery for pictures of this year's trips and
check out our Church Calendar to plan for our next one!

Sammy and Tex Tippit head to countries that are considered some of the most difficult areas of the world, as well as poverty and war torn areas.  In 2009, they will travel to Liberia and The Congo. They will also minister in The Middle East. The Tippits will continue to host leadership training with pastors in the Middle East as well as Iranian training conferences. Tippit will also continue to host his Iranian broadcast, which has touched and changed lives all across the globe.  Another area in which STM will carry the torch of the gospel is through their semi-annual Heart-Cry for Revival leadership conference. Sammy Tippit Ministries co-hosts this conference with several other Christian organizations that teach on spiritual renewal in the United States. It is truly a life-altering conference that has impacted thousands of lives.
 
You can learn more about Sammy Tippit Ministries at www.sammytippit.org. 

Sammy tippit also has launched a new web site called "Inspiring Stories".  This web site provides real life inspirational video  stories rooted in Biblical truths.
www.inspiringstories.org 
 

Pete and Carra are missionaries with Campus Crusade for Christ.  They minister to college students and seek to dispel myths about Christianity and provide an environment for students to grow in their faith.  The goal of their campus ministry is to see every lost student go from a place of unbelief to a place of belief in God.  Every student.  Every campus.  They work with two other staff couples to reach students on almost 20 colleges in the Triad of North Carolina.  This region contains over 65,000 students.

http://www.peteandcarra.com/

The Palmetto Pregnancy Center in Rock Hill and Clover, SC is a non-profit agency offering compassionate peer counseling, pregnancy options, assistance to women, teens and parents - prepared or unprepared for pregnancy.

http://www.palmettopregnancycenter.com/

God's Kitchen at New Beginnings Baptist Church in Clover, SC

Women on Mission^® is a missions organization for adult women through which women pray for and give to missions, do missions, learn about missions, grow spiritually toward a missions lifestyle, and participate in the work of the church and the denomination.


 

Pine Grove Baptist has been a sponsor of the S.C., (RTBE), Release-Time Biblical Education for some years.  Teaching the Bible devotionally to public school students during school time but off school premises is Release-Time Bible Education.

The Bible has been and can be legally taught on a devotional basis at a time set aside during the school day when public school students, with parental permission, leave the school premises to attend religious education classes led by religious or community groups. These classes, known as Release-Time programs, are held off school premises, usually in a nearby religious facility or a special bus.

12,000 students across South Carolina attend Release-Time Biblical Education classes each week.  The Clover School District has had a Release-Time Bible Education program since 2001 and now has a 90% attendance rate for students in grades 3 through 6 which amount to about 800 students

What is important is the there is a real correlation between the RTBE program and an increase in academic skills.  There is also a decrease in drug use and negative behavior.  This program has really touched many young people’s hearts.

The first Biblical Studies Release-Time Bible Education was started by a School Superintendent in Indiana in 1914 – In 1952 the Supreme Court upheld the legality of such a program. Since its inception in 1914, millions of students from kindergarten through high school have participated. Currently over 250,000 students participate. The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld Released Time as protected by the Constitution of the United States.

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Every year, Samaritan's Purse organizes Operation Christmas Child which brings joy and hope to children in desperate situations around the world through gift-filled shoe boxes and the Good News of God's love. Since 1993, more than 61 million shoe boxes have been packed, shipped, and delivered across the globe. People of all ages can be involved in this simple, hands-on missions project while focusing on the true meaning of Christmas—Jesus Christ.

If you wish to find out how you can further help this organization, please visit their website at www.samaritanspurse.org

Pine Grove is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.  You can learn more about this organization at http://www.scbaptist.org/

The York Baptist Association is a voluntary partnership of approximately sixty five Southern Baptist Churches located in the York County area, representing approximately 28,000 church members.