I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
John 8:12
The Lamplighter
April 09
He is risen!
Alleluia!
After
the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and
the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
There was
a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven
and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. His
appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. The
guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid,
for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not
here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He
lay.”
Matthew 28:1-6 NIV
2009
Prophecy Campaign continues
50 Days to Live!
What would YOU do?
Dear church family,
Greetings
in the precious name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We are right in the middle of our prophecy campaign and things
are going well. What if you
only have 50 days to live?!
What would you do? What
would you do differently?
Should you make some life changes?
Would you make some decisions that could make an eternal
difference? These are the
sorts of questions we are asking ourselves.
As we are digging into the details of what God has
told us will happen in the future we should let it change our lives.
Peter said, “seeing then that all these things shall be
dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy living and
godliness” (2 Peter 3:11).
We should always let God’s Word have its effect on us.
We shouldn’t just study it to add to our list of things we know.
Holy living and godliness are the things Jesus desires.
In the next few Sundays we will be concluding this
prophecy series. If you have
missed any of the services they are now available on CD’s that you can
check out of our library.
Hope to see you Sunday,
Dr. Stephen D. Hokuf
THANK YOU!
To everyone who has been generously supplying our food closet with
non-perishable food donations and hygiene products.
Lately our church family has been providing food to many people.
Annie
Armstrong Easter Offering
Live with Urgency: Sowing
Together for Harvest
John 4:35-37 NIV—“Do you not say, 'Four months more
and then the harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the
fields! They are ripe for harvest. Even now the reaper draws his wages,
even now he harvests the crop for eternal life, so that the sower and
the reaper may be glad together. Thus the saying 'One sows and another
reaps' is true.”
With nearly three out of every four people in the United States, Canada and
their territories living without a personal relationship with Christ, it
is easy to see how urgently people need to hear the Good News of Jesus
Christ. North America is filled with fields ready for harvest and fields
ready to be sown—or resown—with the eternal message of the gospel. Who
is sowing the gospel seeds to reach them?
Our North American missionaries, in partnership with state conventions,
associations, and local churches are living out the call God has placed
on their lives by moving out of their comfort zones into the unsown
fields of
Together, we can pray for our North American missionaries, give
sacrificially to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering, and work alongside
our Southern Baptist missionaries and do our part to sow the gospel in
our own communities.
During the Easter season, consider how you can “Live with Urgency” and
impact the
Our national Annie Armstrong Easter Offering goal is $65 million.
Our church goal is $1,750.
PTL! For
$1,456 given as of March 22.
Bench donated
in memory
of Ed WATSON
Betty Jackson’s Sunday School class had donated an outdoor bench to the
church in memory of Ed Watson, Esther Watson’s late husband.
The bench will be located under the portico entrance at the real
of the church. The ladies thought that people who are waiting for a ride
may sit on the bench while waiting
Modern day
disciples—ordinary men used by God
We may have expected Jesus to take a different
approach when choosing the 12 men that would have “full power of
attorney” to speak and act on Jesus’ behalf after His death and
resurrection. You would
think He would look for the most influential, political, gifted and
talented men. Instead He
chose a small group of fishermen, farmers, a tax collector, etc.—a
diverse group of “ordinary” men who knew each other.
Jesus looked at them and said, “These will do. I will do the
“empowering.”
Jesus is still seeking “ordinary” men and women to
carry on His work here on earth.
He looks for willing hearts and then “empowers” those hearts to
do the work He has called them to do.
Once again I have had the privilege of choosing 12
men to represent the first chosen 12.
These men have committed to practicing each Sunday after church
so that the Gospel may be presented in a new creative way.
The Lord’s
Last Last Supper Re-enactment has been set for Palm Sunday, April 5,
2009, 8:30am and 11am. All
who come will be truly blessed.
Drama team, it is vital to our production that you
attend the final practices/dress rehearsals.
Satan is alive and well and will do anything to keep us from
doing this drama. Please
make every effort to be at both dress rehearsals, March 28 and April 4
(time to be announced—whatever works best for the drama team).
Tim Glace would like to video the dress rehearsal so we can have
a DVD to share with the church family.
Please mark your calendars and let me know what time best suits
you on the rehearsal dates, March 28 & April 4) and then we’ll better
know what will suit everyone.
In Christ’s service,
Patricia Culver,
Drama Director
Drama team, it is vital to our production that you
attend the final practices/dress rehearsals.
Satan is alive and well and will do anything to keep us from
doing this drama. Please
make every effort to be at both dress rehearsals, March 28
Children are having a galactic star-studded exploration
Children’s
Worship and the leaders are truly will be having a galactic star-studded
time as we explore space and God’s creation the next few months.
Each cadet starts each service by singing Psalm
147:4-5. “He telleth the
number of the stars. He
calleth them all by their names.
Great is our Lord, and of ‘Great Power’ His understanding is
infinite” Psalm 147:4-5. A
big thanks goes to Jane Brandenburg who has played the guitar and worked
with the group each week.
Flight Attendant “Mel” Glace has out of this world
questions to get the boys and girls prepared for our adventure.
Each week, through Bible quizzes, games, and stories, each of us
will become a little closer to the Creator of the universe.
Thanks be to God for His indescribable “gifts” and
“take time to look up.”
In Christ’s service,
Patricia Culver
Children’s Worship Coordinator
We need some great pictures of mothers
We'd like to put together a slide show to honor mothers for Mothers’
Day. We would love to include any pictures you have of your mother or a
mother you know. We can scan
the pictures in the church office and your picture/s will not be harmed
in any way.
Take a few moments and look through pictures you may have.
We would especially like to have pictures of moms doing regular,
ordinary activities, like playing with the kids or doing things around
the house. You know,
the kind of things that get taken for granted, but the things that
really mean the most after all!
Hey guys! This is the
perfect opportunity to recognize your wife and/or mother.
Start looking through those pictures and get them to us A.S.A.P.
Here are instructions for submitting a picture:
Please write a brief description of who’s in the picture/s
&/or a brief explanation of photo.
CLEARLY IDENTIFY EACH PICTURE.
Please write information on a separate paper (or, use a post-it
placed on the back of the photo).
Please put the picture/s you submit in an envelope with
your name on the envelope and place it the offering plate.
You may also email pictures to the church office:
fbcne@verizon.net.
Deadline for submitting pictures is May 1.
April 26—Cooperative Program (CP) Day
Southern
Baptists are a fellowship of over 16 million members in approximately
44,696 churches in all 50 states and
The Southern Baptist worldwide missions enterprise is funded in large
part through the unique, efficient, and equitable Cooperative Program. A
portion of the undesignated tithes and offerings of individuals received
by SBC churches becomes Cooperative Program dollars.
Easter
April 12, 6:15am
Benjamin Pavilion
Easter Worship
April 12,
8:30 & 11am
Walk for Life
Sat.,
April 25, 9am
We have
reservation forms.