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FBC eBlast

March 12, 2020

www.fbcwoodbury.org

It’s often said that the Christian faith is about having a

relationship, not about following rules. That’s true in large part,

but it doesn’t mean there are no rules or they’re not important,

and it’s no excuse for the lack of obedience. The rules, or

commands, help to set boundaries and enable the relationship to

flourish. Everyone would agree that marriage is about

relationship, not rules, too, but when a bride and groom marry,

they take vows to abide by certain rules: “I will love, honor, and cherish,” “I will not be

unfaithful,” etc. Imagine a spouse who says, “Yes, I committed adultery, but marriage is about

relationship, not rules!” Jesus says, “If you love Me, keep my commandments” (John 14: 15). If

you don’t have a saving relationship with Jesus, following “do’s and don’t’s” is no substitute, but

when you do have the relationship, obeying His “do’s and don’t’s” becomes an essential part of

it. Once you know Jesus, learn what His commandments actually are—His “do’s and don’t’s”—

and then show Him your love by keeping them. He loves you and He knows best, and His

commands will make your relationship with Him everything He intends for it to be.

This Sunday morning in Luke 23: 1 – 12, we will consider a courtroom drama—a trial, a

defendant, and the surprise ending that will help each of us make the most important decision

we will ever make! On Sunday night, in Psalm 119: 25 – 32 we’ll find guidance for those times

when we get serious about following Jesus, and then the enemy then gets serious about us—

attacking, afflicting, and attempting to discourage. Don’t miss what the Lord will be doing here

this Sunday!

Bro. Dean

This Summer: Journey Camp for Grades 1 - 6

This year we will attend Journey Camp Mini-Week for Grades 1 – 6,

Friday – Sunday, June 12-14 at Linden Valley. If you are interested in

going, please see Kim Kilpatrick or contact the church office. We need

a list of those attending by March 22 so that we can reserve spots.

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Saturday, March 21: Ladies Craft Day & Secret Sister Mugging

Join us at 9am on Saturday, March 21, in Madden Hall for a fun morning of fellowship and crafts. We’ll be making paper bead jewelry together and also start a Secret Sister Prayer Ministry. Supplies will be provided for the paper beads. We’ll make the beads and craft them into a charm bracelet, earrings, and/or necklace. Coffee and snacks provided.

If you’d like to participate in the Secret Sister Mugging, please bring a mug of your choice and fill out the ‘About Me’ questionnaire (extra cards will be in

Madden Hall on March 21). We’ll place these in paper bags (provided) and draw numbers to select your secret prayer pal. Then, let the mug be a reminder for the next several months - every time you enjoy a cup of hot coffee or tea, or a cup of soup – anytime you see or use the mug, say a sweet prayer for your secret sister. Every once in a while, send a card or small gift to let your sister know you are thinking of her. This is primarily a prayer ministry and not so much a gift exchange, so please keep any gifts to no more than around $5.00. We’ll meet back together in November to return the mug and find out who has been your prayer warrior for the past several months. If you plan to come, please email or text Theresa Stevenson so we’ll be sure to have enough supplies (tvstevenson@gmail.com; 615-587-3315). ___________________________________________________________________________________

High School Students:

--Sign up for Centrifuge Camp by April 15! Dates are June 29 through

July 4; the deposit is 50.00 and the total $150.00. Scholarships are

available if needed, and always kept confidential. Text or contact \

Bro. Tony for more information.

--Wednesday, March 18 we will go to Phazer Craze after class to play laser tag. We will

provide one game; students should be prepared to cover a second game at $6.00. We should

return to the church at approximately 9:30 - 9:45. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Woodbury Nursing Home is currently cancelling all activities for health

reasons. Our Nursing Home Service originally scheduled for Sunday, March 29

will not take place. We will be notified when activities resume. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Two Weeks Away: An Evening of Worship with Two Weeks Away: An Evening of Worship with Two Weeks Away: An Evening of Worship with Two Weeks Away: An Evening of Worship with

Guest Organist Kenneth VarnerGuest Organist Kenneth VarnerGuest Organist Kenneth VarnerGuest Organist Kenneth Varner

On Sunday Evening, March 29 at 6:00, special guest Kenneth Varner will lead us in a concert of worship on the organ. Ken is the Worship and Music

Associate/Church Organist at First Baptist Nashville. He has extensive

experience as a recitalist, and has served at Anderson University, Bellevue

Baptist in Memphis and First Baptist in Orlando, as well as Organist for

Disney’s Wedding Pavilion and Epcot’s Candlelight Procession. Ken has six

solo organ books in publication, and a collection of duets for piano and organ

published. He is a graduate of Furman University and the University of South

Carolina. He and his wife Sharon, have three children and four grandchildren.

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Coming Soon!Coming Soon!Coming Soon!Coming Soon!

Wednesday, March 25:Wednesday, March 25:Wednesday, March 25:Wednesday, March 25: Monthly Fellowship Meal, 5:00 PM Sunday, March 29:Sunday, March 29:Sunday, March 29:Sunday, March 29: Week of Prayer for North American Missions,

Annie Armstraong Offering Launch Wednesday, April 8:Wednesday, April 8:Wednesday, April 8:Wednesday, April 8: No activities

Thursday, April 9:Thursday, April 9:Thursday, April 9:Thursday, April 9: Lord’s Supper Service, 7:00 PM Sunday, April 12Sunday, April 12Sunday, April 12Sunday, April 12: Easter Sunrise Service, followed by Breakfast, 6:30 Wednesday, April 15:Wednesday, April 15:Wednesday, April 15:Wednesday, April 15: Senior Adult Breakfast, 8:30 AM; Business

Mtg., 6:00 PM Sunday, April 26 Sunday, April 26 Sunday, April 26 Sunday, April 26 –––– Wednesday, April 29:Wednesday, April 29:Wednesday, April 29:Wednesday, April 29: Revival Services,

Evangelist Keith Fordham Wednesday, April 29:Wednesday, April 29:Wednesday, April 29:Wednesday, April 29: Monthly Fellowship Meal, 6:00 PM

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Over the next few Wednesdays, during Bible study time in Prayer Meeting we will view and discuss selected episodes of The Encounter, a powerful, thought-provoking new series in which people encounter Jesus in contemporary life. Featuring Bruce Marchiano as Jesus! Be prepared to consider how Jesus looks at your choices. Continues on

Wednesday nights!

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The AOK Committee is putting together a list of shut-in's for the Easter

Baskets delivery. If you know of someone, not just church members, but anyone

who has a need or is shut-in, please give this name to Bro. Dean by March 15th.

Each name will go on an Easter tree to be placed near the AOK table. Sunday

School Classes, please consider taking one or more names and putting together

a basket for each name you select. More info to come, once the tree is in place. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Revival

Services on the Calendar!

Start praying and planning for April 26 – 29, when Evangelist Keith Fordham

of Fayetteville, Georgia will be here to lead revival services. (Sunday morning

and evening, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights).

Visit Keith’s website at keithfordham.com.

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Discipleship Training: Sunday Nights, 5:30 – 6:30

The Ongoing Sanctuary Class

Now underway, and continuing through March—

Bible Overview: Paul’s Epistles

Coming Soon: The Nehemiah Code

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`xÅÉÜç ixÜáx`xÅÉÜç ixÜáx`xÅÉÜç ixÜáx`xÅÉÜç ixÜáx “Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Mark 14: 38

Celebrate Recovery Tuesdays, Madden Hall 6:30 PM (Supper at 6:00)

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CHURCH LIBRARY RESOURCE OF THE WEEK

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If this Resource of the Week looks familiar, it’s because it was also featured

just a few weeks back. It’s back this week because I just read it, and I really

want to encourage you to read it too! David Platt takes us along with him on

a hike through the Himalayan mountains, where we enter villages and are

confronted with staggering physical and spiritual needs. Like Platt, you’ll be

asking fundamental questions about what it means to follow Jesus in a world

with such overwhelming need and hurt, and learn to begin taking steps to make

your life count. This is a book I won’t soon forget, and neither will you! It’s

in your Church Library! --Bro. Dean

Reading & Praying through God’s Word in 2020

March 12: OT—Deut. 17, 18, 19; NT—Mark 13: 1 - 20

March 13: OT—Deut. 20, 21, 22; NT—Mark 13: 21 - 37

March 14: OT—Deut. 23, 24, 25; NT—Mark 14: 1 - 26

March 15: OT—Deut. 26, 27; NT—Mark 14: 27 - 53

March 16: OT—Deut. 28, 29; NT—Mark 14: 54 - 72

March 17: OT—Deut. 30, 31; NT—Mark 15: 1 - 25

March 18: OT—Deut. 32, 33, 34; NT—Mark 15: 26-47

NORMAL SERVICE TIMES

Sunday Services Wednesday Night

Sunday School – 9:30 AM

Morning Worship – 10:30 AM

(Service broadcast on WBRY AM 1540 & FM 107.1)

Discipleship Training – 5:30 PM

Awana – 5:30

Evening Worship – 6:30 PM

College Student Group—7:00 PM

GA’s, RA’s, Mission Friends – 6:00 PM

Prayer Meeting – 6:00 PM

High School Student Group—6:00 PM

Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal – 7:00 PM

Nursery Provided During Each Service

NORMAL CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Thursday 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM,

Closed: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

College Students visit the Ark Encounter, near Cincinnati.

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Check out the beautiful new bookcase in the Pastor’s Study, provided by an anonymous donor and built by

Frank Matthews.

Prayer Guide --Help us keep the guide up-to-date: let us know when someone needs to be added or can be removed--

Church Family

Hazel Alexander

Don, Dean Barker

Eleanor Bell

Wallace, Martha Burke

Patrick, Karie Cecil

Mark Davis

Family of Hazel Davis

Noah Herron

Drunell Higgins

Barbara Melton

Mary Alice Nixon

Edith Northcutt

Benton Parker

Roy & Shirley Parker

Allen Portwood

Misty Stankoff

Martha Taylor

Jeff & Jeanette Todd & family

Mamie Vance

Betty Wilder

Friends & Family-submitted by the person listed

Ramona Atkins (Richie Hunter)

Jack Beard (Julie Powers)

Kim Blanton (Judy Holt)

Carl Brewer (Cynthia Brewer)

Kelly Collins (Dean Anderson)

Buddy Davenport (Richie Hunter)

Augusta Donnell (Shirley Parker)

Ronnie Duke (Dean Anderson)

Jaden Elliott & family (Amy Matthews)

Katie Ferrell (Stacie Bryson)

Debra Fladmark (Dean Anderson)

Emily Crabtree Gannon (Pam Northcutt)

Skip Gaerte (Karie Cecil)

Garner family (Jamie Anderson)

Randy Greenwood (Richie Hunter)

Jonathan Hart (Jeanette Todd)

Melvin Haynes (Shirley Reed)

Bonnie Hill (Tony Burnett)

Stan Hollingsworth (Lou Goines)

Irene Jennings (Douglas Jennings)

Family of Kim Jetton (Cindy Anderson)

Tom Klier (Pat Klier)

Bill Lamb, Chelsea (Marna Higgins)

Kelli Lamb (Will Farris)

Kerry Lowe (Richie Hunter)

Tina McGill (Anna Farris)

Don, Nancy Northcutt (Betty Smithson)

Mimi Pollock (Richie Hunter)

Mamie Powers (Matt Powers)

Bruce Rector (Bro. Dean)

Family of Gracey Reed (Lou Goines)

Audrey Jo Reeder (Lydia Womack)

Kristy Ruehlen (Tony Burnett)

Paula Russell (Jamie Anderson)

Tamaria Russell (Euphemia McCurry)

Gerald Scroggins (Jason McGee)

Carl Smith (Doris Markum)

Jeff Staples (Keith Fabri)

Don, Eunice Stevenson (Jeff Stevenson)

Carolyn Story (Wanda Walls)

Jimmy Todd (Jeff Todd)

Katie Walling (Dot Elrod)

Chris Weaver (Amelia Weaver)

Jacque Zimmerman (Ann Haley)

Expectant Families: Weavers, Cowan’s, Coppingers,

Froomes

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Nursing Homes/Assisted Living : Hazel Alexander,

Edith Northcutt, Mildred Paschal, Loretta Wilkinson

Missionaries: Buck/Annie Barton, Lee/Sophia Ford,

Marcus/Sara McBee, Al/Margaret Patterson,

Gavin/Laura Pinkston

Church Staff: Dean Anderson, Rhett Brewer, Tony

Burnett, Julie Matheny, Glenda Hunter

Military: Caleb Daniel, Brad Davis, Josh England, Chris

Gillis, Jessie Gussman, Michael Hallman, Stephon

Harris, Zachary Hyde, Steven Pirtle, Justin Wax, Parker

Woodworth

College Students: Melissa Burnett, Lytton Haley,

Jackson Mason, Laura Beth Nichols, Ashlyn Nokes,

Julianna Schau, Chandler Todd, Jacob Todd

Active Deacons: Jason McGee, Douglas Jennings, Matt

Powers, Darren Jessup, Jeff A. Todd, Jeff D. Todd,

Mark Matheny, Jeff Stevenson, Bob Walls

Church Matters: Celebrate Recovery; Bro. Tony &

Student Ministry; Bruce Marchiano & the Gospel of

John film; IMB Missionaries; Bethesda Baptist,

Brockton, MA & 2020 Mission Trip; April Revival;

Generations