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selective is not obedience.

Finally she says that there are two things we can count on about God and His plan.

1 – There is a God.

2 – We’re not HIM!

I like that because it’s good, practical advice!

By the way, how’s your Bible reading of the New Testament coming along? Are you ‘on track’?

This is February and on Sunday mornings, I’m real-ly excited about the series of sermons that will begin this month on Jesus’ para-bles!!!!

Thanks for your ministry in and out of the church. You are a missionary to people all around you and they are seeing Jesus through your word and actions!! Pray for the op-portunity to lead them to know the Jesus you serve!!!!

I love you and love being your pastor.

Bro. Ron

I like reading articles on CROSSWALK.COM. Here are some highlights from a May 2011 article: “5 Simple Steps to Discover God’s Plan for you” by Rebecca Barlow Jor-dan.

Finding God’s plan and pur-poses for life can be a chal-lenge because many of the questions we ask are not spe-cifically found in the Bible.

For example:

Who should I marry?

Should I go back to school?

Should I start my own business?

When should I retire?

What’s the next step in my life?

And, more like these…….

Here are the 5 steps she sug-gests to finding God’s will:

1 – ASK – James 1:6-7 says if you lack wisdom, ask God. We are not alone nor should we try to figure God’s will out by ourselves.

2 – BE FAITHFUL WHERE YOU

ARE – God will not give you more if you’re unfaithful with what you have. Conversely, if you are faithful with what has given you, He will probably give you more wisdom, etc…. (see Mt. 25:21)

3 – LISTEN – tune your spiritual ears to God, espe-cially His word. God will al-ways be consistent with His Word and will teach you through it. “Trying to make decisions without consulting God or His Word is like trying to find our way through a dark tunnel without a flashlight.”

4 – WAIT – God may give you multiple choices and will usu-ally give you His answer IF YOU WAIT ON HIM!!!! Don’t jump into decisions – trust and wait on God.

5 – OBEY – If you are faithful now, doing what you know is right, day in and day out, God will guide you to and through the future. Obedience that is

Southridge Focus

From Pasto r Ron

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.- John 15:13

Southridge Baptist Church February 2012

February 2012 Focus Ve rse

Ron Zamkus, Senior Pastor

February

Events Feb 2 Basketball Tournament

Ladies Night Out

McAlisters 6pm Worship & Proclamation

6:30 pm

Discipleship & Outreach

6:30 pm

Feb 4 Courageous Breakfast

Feb 5 VBS Interest 9:00 am Youth Super Bowl Party,

Isringhausen 5:00pm

Feb 6 Deacon’s Meeting

6:30 pm

Feb 7 Voting all day

Mission’s & Ministry,

6pm

Church Council, 7pm

Feb 11 SLT leaders meeting

1-3pm

Feb 12 Nursing Home 3:30pm

Finance 5:00 pm

Quarterly Business MTG

6:00 pm

Feb 14 Ladeis Luncheon @

Frenchie’s 12:00 pm

Feb 24-25 Adult Engage

Leadership @ Union Hill

Feb 26 Lord’s Supper

Puppets performance

Feb 27 Wildgame Supper @

Memorial

Feb 28 Lifeline Screening

*Deadline for next month’s

newsletter is the 15th of the

month.

SCHEDULE FOR SUNDAYS

8:00 am---Early Worship Service

9:15 am---Bible Study

10:30 am---Morning Worship Service

5:00 pm---Choir Practice

6:30 pm---Evening Worship Service

WEDNESDAY EVENING

5:45 pm---GA’s & Acteens (Sept-April)

6:30 pm---AWANA (Sept-April)

Bible Studies

6:30-8:15 pm---Youth Mid-Week (Year round)

7:00-8:00 pm---Praise Team/Band Practice

Quarterly Business Meeting - February 12

345 Read ing P lan - February

The quarterly business meeting will be Sunday February 12 , 6:00 pm. Your member vote is needed on the following.: New member requests, committee openings from Personnel. We each have a voice as part of the body of Southridge members. Let your voice be heard.

HOW IS YOUR READING THROUGH THE NT in 2012 with the 345 PLAN?!?!?!

THIS IS THE

RECOMMENDED WAY

FOR YOU TO DO THIS if

you have electronic

access!!!

SIGN UP ON YOU

VERSION.COM !!! And,

let’s read the NT

together this year.

How’s your reading

through the NT coming

along? We finished John

and are starting ACTS!

The 345 PLAN is available

at YOUVERSION.COM or

you can pick up your copy

of FEBRUARY readings at

church.

YOUVERSION.COM has

online/email reminders

and can be linked to your

cell phone or tablet for

reminders and daily

reading. This is really

COOL (Thanks Ryan Puls

for finding this). You can

also choose a version you

wish to read this in.

Wed – Feb. 1 Acts 2

Thur – Feb. 2 Acts 3

Fri – Feb. 3 Acts 4

Mon – Feb. 6 Acts 5

Tues – Feb. 7 Acts 6

Wed. – Feb. 8 Acts 7















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Exalted to the right hand

of God, he has received

from the Father the

promised Holy Spirit

and has poured out what

you now see and hear..

- Acts 2:33

VBS Interest Meeting - Sunday February 5 Attend an information about this summer’s vacation bible school opportunity. This meeting will be 9-9:15 (between early worship & Bible Study) in the worship center.

"Then the righteous will answer

him, 'Lord, when did we see you

hungry and feed you, or thirsty

and give you something to drink?

When did we see you a stranger

and invite you in, or needing

clothes and clothe you? When did

we see you sick or in prison and

go to visit you?' "The King will

reply, 'I tell you the truth,

whatever you did for one of the

least of these brothers of mine, you

did for me.'Matthew 25: 37 - 40

time of fellowship and support:

Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 - 7:30 – 9:00 AM for breakfast, and encour-agement. Dan Thomp-son will lead the study/encouragement time. Please RSVP so Terry Hale can cook enough breakfast. If you missed last month, it’s OK – come one and come all MEN!!!

From Committees & Councils

ing the Way note has been PAID IN FULL!

DEACONS

The 2012 Greeter schedule is available. If you don’t know when you are to greet, email the office for a copy of the schedule

PERSONNEL

Debra Thompson has been elected as the new chair of the personnel committee. There are vacancies on certain committees. See Debra for more information about openings.

PROPERTY & GROUNDS Dave Thomas will be the chair for this committee for 2012.

LONG RANGE PLANNING Thanks for your continued prayer for the Long Range Planning Committee: Members are: Mark Mantle (chair), Felix Edoho, Keith Hansen, Troy Hughes, Dan Jobe and Donna Knife.

MISSIONS & MINISTRY

Debbie Miller has been elected as chair for 2012. Each month we collect food items to help replenish the food pantry at the Samaritan Center. In February we are collecting Canned Soup. Please drop your items in the box at The Spot.

Judi Bamburg is teach-ing English as a Second language to 6

classes of grade schoolers and 2 clas-ses of music. The student are really enjoying the fluto-phones. Mail can be sent to: Judi Bamburg * c/o Pimera Iglesia Butista; “Sol De Justicia”; Direccion Canton Agua Calient, Dpt La Union; El Salvador

FINANCE COMMITTEE

Jim Davenport will continue as chair for 2012 Family doesn’t like leftovers? Dave Ramsey’s newsletter suggests rename them. “Second-chance buffet” may go over better. Praise the Lord! Through faithful giving and excellent stewardship the Pav-

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Now faith is the substance of

things hoped for, the

evidence of things not seen. -

Hebrews 11:1

From Small Group

Ruth Ladies

Chat Night at McAl-isters @ 6pm. Mon-day night Bible Study is in the fellowship hall. Thanks Debbie Miller for continuing this bible study while the snowbirds enjoy Florida. February Birthday luncheon will be at Frenchie’s café Tuesday Febru-ary14 at 12:00 pm.

From Committees & Councils

Wednesday Bible Study

Co-ed bible study will resume Wednesday evening February4 at 6:30 pm at 2302 Yorktown Dr.

20’s Small Group

The 20s small group meet on Sunday evenings 6:30 pm. Courageous Men

JOIN OTHER COURAGEOUS MEN for a

Inclement Weather-Related Announcements

In the event of inclement weather, church services may

be cancelled.

You can listen to: Radio stations: KLIK 1240 AM or Spirit FM 106.5 FM

TV Stations: KRCG TV (CBS) or KOMU TV (NBC)

or call Church Office 635-6398

(press 2 for secretary)

USHER SCHEDULE

(Group Leader underlined)

2/5…...Don Smith, Gary Allen, Chris Sankpill,

Roland Hudson, Troy Hughes, Wood Miller,

Lee Offenburger, Stowe Johnson

2/12….Larry Ayres, Robbie Bamburg, Don

Davidson, Mike Hobbs, Michael Hobbs,

Randy Surls, Frank Vernon

2/19... Ryan Puls, Dave Thomas, Youth

2/26…. John Tuell, Jason Branstetter, Dan

Jobe, Willis Persicke, Dave Thomas

Dan Jobe

496-3125

Larry Ayres

635-0890

Sou th r idge Deacons o f the Mon th

Our Deacons rotate their responsibilities monthly.

In February February February February please contact Larry Ayres Larry Ayres Larry Ayres Larry Ayres OR Dan Jobe Dan Jobe Dan Jobe Dan Jobe

if you have any special concerns.

O U R M I S S I O N : T o h e l p t h o s e w h o d o n o t k n o w C h r i s t c o m e t o k n o w H i m , a n d t h o s e w h o d o t o

b e c o m e m o r e l i k e H i m .

Ron Zamkus….Senior Pastor

Reuben Phelps....Associate Pastor -

Minister of Music

Ryan Puls....Minister of Students

Liza Loughridge....Secretary

Southridge Baptist Church

1815 Vieth Dr. , PO Box 104234

Jefferson City, MO 65109

573-635-6398

www.southridgechurch.org

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2 Chronicles 5:13 New Century Version (NCV) 13 Those who blew the trumpets and those who sang together sounded like one person as they praised and thanked the LORD. They sang as others played their trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments. They praised the LORD with this song: "He is good; his love continues forever." Then the Temple of the LORD was filled with a cloud.

FEB 2012

Have you ever thought about how much music has been a part of your life? If your mother listened to music while she

was pregnant with you research has shown it can make a difference in a child’s life. So because of that research we

know that you can listen to and react to music even before you breathe your first breath. In the nursery at the hospital

the staff probably played music to keep you calm. Growing up your diet of music existed of what your parent’s favorite

style of music was (in the early years). As you got older your own individual liking may have shifted from something they

liked to something else. And today – hearing a certain song that you haven’t heard in a long time reminds you of a

specific place and time. Emotionally music can connect us to people from our past – or sometimes bring us out of a

depressed state. OKAY STOP

What I have shared so far could be for a person who has a relationship with Jesus Christ or someone who has not. Have

you ever thought about how music can be a common thread to open a door with someone who doesn’t know Jesus and

the similarities you share is something God can use to open a door that was closed before. Think about that next time

you are trying to start a conversation with someone. A question like – Do you remember the kind of music your parents

played on the radio when you were growing up? God has given you life experiences that no one else has that will

benefit His kingdom if you are courageous enough to allow Him to use you. Give God some room to show you how He

can use you.

Prayer Time Offering (ushers) Soloist

February 5 Ralph Lemongelli Don Smith’s Team Gary Allen

February 12 Kelly Myers Larry Ayre’s Team Jan Dawson

February 19 Dan Thompson Youth Team Jane Hale

February 26 Larry Ayres John Tuell’s Team Joelle L/ Sarah P

All Month Responsibility

Piano Denise Gillam

Vocal Team Kelly/ Jessica Edoho Megan/ Hannah Tracy

MediaShout Mark Mantle (8:00) Rod and Barb Burdick (10:30)

Sound Tanner Hartman (8:00) ? (10:30)

Deacons Larry Ayres and Dan Jobe

Mark Your Calendars (upcoming big events)

2/5: Super Bowl Party 5:00 @

Isringhausen’s

2/11: SLT Meeting

1:00-3:00 @ Southridge

2/26: Puppet Performance 6:30

3/30-4/1: Young Christians Weekend

@ Silver Dollar City in Branson

4/27-4/29: Disciple Now @ Southridge

Looking Ahead • In February, on Wednesday nights at Lifeline we will be

studying and learning about “Purity Matters”. We will be

talking about how to live a pure life, how to stay sexually pure,

how to speak purely, and how to deal with sexual images in

our culture. This will be another great month as our students

understand what the Bible says about purity. Please pray!!!

• Our annual Super Bowl party will be on Sunday, February 5th

at the Isringhausen’s. It will start around 5:00 and end when

the game is over. Come cheer on your team, eat some food,

and have a great time. We ask you to bring either a snack or

a 2 liter of soda when you come.

• The Student Leadership Team will meet again on Saturday,

February 11th from 1:00-3:00. Come and take some

ownership of our student ministry. Must be in 9th grade or

above.

• The puppet ministry will perform during the evening service on

Sunday, February 26th at 6:30.

Prayer Calendar

Every student in our youth group

will be a part of the prayer

calendar. A youth will be

spotlighted and focused on for

one week. Please pray for this

student during that week and ask

that God will place a special

blessing on them as they go about

their daily lives. Maybe send

them a note of encouragement or

a phone call or text to let them

know you’re praying for them.

Here’s the schedule for this

month:

1st week: Jillian Potts 2nd week: Clay Loughridge 3rd week: Auriana Adrian 4th week: David Wang 5th week: Kyla Iler

Looking Back • January was a great month for the Southridge Student

Ministry. On Wednesday nights we studied and talked about

“Deconstructing Media”. This topic was very relevant to our

students because each day they face challenges with all

sorts of media. Ask our students what they learned from this

and see if they are making better choices with media.

• Our Student Leadership Planning meeting was a great

success. We were able to talk about and discuss several

things including events, Wednesday nights, goals, and

responsibilities.

• On Friday, January 20th, we had a pop up Game Night here

at church. Around 20 students came out to play some board

games, eat snacks, and play underground church (the

favorite).

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 Ladies’ @ McAlistsers 6:pm

6:30 pm Worship &

Proc. & Discipleship &

Outreach

Men’s BB Tournamnet

3 4 7:30 am Courageous

5 9 am VBS Interest

mtg

Youth Super Bowl

Party Isringhausen

6 Deacons’ 6:30 pm

7 Voting Missions &

Ministry, 6pm

Church Council, 7 pm

8

9 10 11 SLT Planning Mtg

1-3pm

12

Nursing Home 3:30 pm

Finance 5:00pm

Quarterly Bus. Mtg

6pm

13 14 Ladies’ lunch @Frenchies 12p

15 16 17 18

19

20 21Ladies’ Craft Night 6:30 pm

22

23 24 25

26 Lord’s Supper

Puppets

27

Wildgame Supper @

Memorial

28 Lifeline Screening

29

♦ Feb 1

Jane Hobbs

Troy Hughes

♦ Feb 2

Marie Gillam

♦ Feb 4

Angie

Offenburger

♦ Feb 5

Karen Hobbs

♦ Feb 6

Violet Smith

Seth Harris

♦ Feb 7

Connie Tracy

♦ Feb 9

Arla Surls

♦ Feb 10

Lee Offenburger

♦ Feb 11

Hannah Ellis

♦ Feb 12

Dorthy Gardner

Tedi Hughes

Kory King

♦ Feb 13

Faith Tracy

♦ Feb 14

John & Karen

McNay

♦ Feb 16

Mark & Kim

Stuefer

♦ Feb 17

Linda Boorman

Sandy

Kliethermes

Misty Stark

♦ Feb 18

Bill & Diana

Mustain

♦ Feb 19

Toby Hughes

Shelby Stephan

Chris & Debbie

Sankpill

♦ Feb 20

Olivia Hansen

♦ Feb 21

Claire Ledbetter

♦ Feb 22

Dwell

Isringhausen

Mildred Krager

♦ Feb 24

Harlan Hoefener

Norbert

Kliethermes

Debbie Sankpill

Frank Vernon

Maitlyn

Harwood

♦ Feb 28

Vicki Brown

February Birthdays &

Anniversary

Every Sunday:Every Sunday:Every Sunday:Every Sunday: Worship, 8:00 am; Bible Study, 9:15 am; Worship, 10:30 am; Choir practice, 5:00 pm; Worship, 6:30 pm; 20’s Small Group

Every Wednesday :Every Wednesday :Every Wednesday :Every Wednesday : GAs, Mission Friends, Acteens, 5:45 pm; Youth & AWANA, 6:30 pm; Praise Team/Band practice, 7:00 pm

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