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Worship March 2018

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Church Family,
         Aaron Keyes, a influential worship leader said it best, “Worship is like breathing, it’s something we were constantly created to do.” I pray we all feel this way. Everyday, every moment, we are worshipping. We are either worshipping ourselves, as we fall into the   every day mundane tasks and we start to believe that our wants or desires are greater than God, or we are worshipping the God who created us and everything around us. We are constantly worshipping. The question we have to ask ourselves, is what are we worshipping? I want to keep this question in mind as we enter into the Easter season. I pray we don’t forget the cross. I pray we consider Jesus, and what he’s done for us on the cross. He’s died for our sins, and has set us free to live in this grace if we place our faith in Him. He is worthy to be worshipped every moment of our lives.

With this in mind, I want to turn your attention to three opportunities that we will have to worship together this month.

1) Kids Praise Saturday - our next Kid’s Praise Saturday will be on Saturday, March 24th. Our kids will come together during the Growth Initiative, and they will learn worship songs to help lead our church in worship on Palm Sunday, March 25th. We would love to have as many kids as we can get. Please consider letting your child be a part of this worship opportunity!

2) Good Friday Night of Worship - We will be having a church-wide Night of Worship, on the evening of Good Friday, which is March 30th, at 6:30pm. Please make ever effort to attend, and bring your friends and family. We will gather together, and we will consider the Cross, and we will worship in response of it. We expect God to move in big ways on this night, and we want you to be there! Childcare (birth - Pre-K) will be provided.

3) Easter Sunday - On Sunday, April 1st, we will gather together to celebrate our Risen Savior. Please make plans to come, but more importantly, think about someone you can invite to come with you. This is one of the only Sundays of the year in which people outside of the Church will consider coming to worship! We will be providing wallet-sized invite cards for you to take with you to give to people that you would like to invite. Please start praying and thinking about who you will be inviting to worship with us on Easter Sunday!

I love you all, and I will see you Sunday!

 

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Women on Mission March 2018

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                                       A Focus on North American Missions
                                                       By Laura Harper

Who was Annie Armstrong?
Our offering for North American Missions is named for Annie Armstrong, a lay leader in Southern Baptist life in the 1800s.  By the age of 31, this single young woman was helping to start a missions organization in her home city of Baltimore.  She was soon using her gifts at the state and national levels.  At the age of 37, she helped to start WMU and led it strategically to become the global influence it is today.  At the age of 55, “Miss Annie” left the organization in capable hands and focused the rest of her life on grassroots works in her city.

How did she find God’s plan for her life?  She studied her bible to learn how to share God’s love with others; prayed for missionaries and those they were helping to discover Christ; rallied churches to give more to missions; and did missions, distributing food, clothing, and bibles to those in need.  Flowing from her deep prayer life and involvement in her church, she gave of herself - all that God had put into her.  She combined her passion for God, her love for people, her gifts for strategy and communication, and, perhaps most of all her determination to serve with every ounce of energy she had.  She let God show her one step at a time as she continued to trust in Him.

Week of Prayer for North American Missions - March 4th - 11th
On Wednesday, March 7th a North American Mission study will be presented at noon in the Fellowship Hall following our noon meal.  The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering offers our church an opportunity to support the work of over  5, 600 missionaries as they plant churches, reach out to college students and so much more.  The theme for the Week of Prayer is “Here and Now” with I John 3:18 as the banner verse: “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech, but with actions and in truth.”  Our total 2017 receipts for AAEO were $6,696.42 (this includes spec. offering plus Mission Club receipts).

 Women on Mission will meet Monday, March 12th at 6:00 pm at the home of Barb Burns.  All our ladies are invited to join.

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