ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3c.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd"> <HTML xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><HEAD><TITLE>Providence Baptist Church Online - Hayes, Virginia</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; var SymRealWinOpen = window.open; function SymWinOpen(url, name, attributes) { return (new Object()); } window.open = SymWinOpen; //--> </script> <SCRIPT type=text/JavaScript> <!-- function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0 var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc; } function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0 var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array(); var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++) if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}} } function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01 var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) { d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);} if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n]; for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document); if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x; } function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0 var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3) if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];} } //--> </SCRIPT> <STYLE type=text/css> BODY { BACKGROUND-COLOR: #BDB76B } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY onload="MM_preloadImages('/image1/nav_01a.gif','image1/nav_02a.gif','image1/nav_04a.gif','image1/nav_05a.gif','image1/nav_06a.gif')"> <CENTER> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=810 border=0> <TBODY> <TR> <script type="text/javascript" src="flashobject.js"></script> <div id="flashcontent" style="width: 810px; height: 140px"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var fo = new FlashObject("pbanner.swf", "animationName", "810", "140", "8", "#FFFFFF"); fo.addParam("allowScriptAccess", "sameDomain"); fo.addParam("quality", "high"); fo.addParam("scale", "noscale"); fo.addParam("loop", "false"); fo.write("flashcontent"); </script> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#4a5f40 colSpan=2 height=24> <DIV align=center><A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('About Us','','image1/nav_01a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/investigate.htm"><IMG id="About Us" height=24 src="image1/nav_01.gif" width=90 border=0 name="About Us"></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('What We Do','','image1/nav_02a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/what.htm"><IMG id="What We Do" height=24 src="image1/nav_02.gif" width=114 border=0 name="What We Do"></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image4','','image1/nav_03a.gif',0)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/calendar.htm"><IMG id=Image4 height=24 src="image1/nav_03.gif" width=92 border=0 name=Image4></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Dirrectory','','image1/nav_04a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/directory.htm"><IMG id=Dirrectory height=24 src="image1/nav_04.gif" width=108 border=0 name=Dirrectory></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Contact Us','','image1/nav_05a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/contact1.htm"><IMG id="Contact Us" height=24 src="image1/nav_05.gif" width=81 border=0 name="Contact Us"></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('NewsLetter','','image1/nav_06a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/newsletter.htm"><IMG id=NewsLetter height=24 src="image1/nav_06.gif" width=108 border=0 name=NewsLetter></A></DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=492 bgColor=#F5F5DC height=572> <br><img src="images/deacons.gif"><br> <BLOCKQUOTE><br> <DIV align=justify><font size="4">The term "deacon" is derived from the Greek word <em>diakonos,</em> which is usually translated "servant." The noun form comes from a verb which means "to serve," probably originally in the sense of waiting on tables. It came to be used to signify a broad range of types of service.<br><br> <u><em><b><em>What is Deacon Ministry</em></u><em>?<br> <br> The Bible outlines the need for Deacons as:<br> </em> <LI><em>Serving the needs and concerns of those in the congregation<br> </em> <LI><em>Allowing more time for the Disciples (pastoral leadership) to continue with the ministry of the Word and prayer. -Acts 6:1-6<br> </em> <LI><em>At Providence, the Deacon servants participate in the weekly <strong>GROW</strong> (Go Reach Our World) visitation, held every Monday evening, starting at 6:30 p.m. All church members are invited to be a part of GROW visitation</em> </blockquote> <center><strong><font size="4"><strong>DEACON FAMILY MINISTRY</strong><br> 2011-2012<br> Don Conway, <em>Chairman</em></BLOCKQUOTE></font> </center> <DIV align="center"></DIV> <br><br> <TD vAlign=top width=308 bgColor=#4a5f40> <br><br> <div align=center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="300" height="190" id="votd" align="middle"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.biblegateway.com/usage/votd/votd.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <embed src="http://www.biblegateway.com/usage/votd/votd.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="300" height="190" name="votd" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> </object></DIV> </TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top bgColor=#4a5f40 colSpan=2 height=27> <DIV align=center><A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('About Us1','','image1/nav_01a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/investigate.htm"><IMG id="About Us1" height=24 alt="Info about PBC" src="image1/nav_01.gif" width=90 border=0 name="About Us1"></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('What We Do1','','image1/nav_02a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/what.htm"><IMG id="What We Do1" height=24 alt=Activities src="image1/nav_02.gif" width=114 border=0 name="What We Do1"></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Image41','','image1/nav_03a.gif',0)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/calendar.htm"><IMG id=Image41 height=24 alt="Church Calendar of events" src="image1/nav_03.gif" width=92 border=0 name=Image41></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Dirrectory1','','image1/nav_04a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/directory.htm"><IMG id=Dirrectory1 height=24 alt="Church Directory Request" src="image1/nav_04.gif" width=108 border=0 name=Dirrectory1></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('Contact Us1','','image1/nav_05a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/contact1.htm"><IMG id="Contact Us1" height=24 alt="Email form" src="image1/nav_05.gif" width=81 border=0 name="Contact Us1"></A> <A onmouseover="MM_swapImage('NewsLetter1','','image1/nav_06a.gif',1)" onmouseout=MM_swapImgRestore() href="http://www.providence-baptist.com/newsletter.htm"><IMG id=NewsLetter1 height=24 alt="Links to recent newsletters" src="image1/nav_06.gif" width=108 border=0 name=NewsLetter1></A> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD vAlign=top colSpan=2 height=20> <DIV align=center><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Copyright © 2009-2011 Providence Baptist Church. 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