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U P C O M I N G E V E N T S :

• March

• FLC O pen Ho use

March 16

• Easter Egg Hunt

March 22

• Easter Sund ay

March 23

• WMU Ann ual Mtg

March 28-29

• April

• FAIT H Cli nic

April 5

• SDBA semi -an nua l Meetin g

LBC, April 14

• SDBA VB S Cli nic

Danville 1s t, Apr il 17

• May

• Ladi es of Faith Lunc heo n

May 10

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Mid-Week

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G R A C E T H A T I S

G R O W I N G & G O I N G

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S :

APRIL

• Community Holy Wednesday Service at Hyattsville Baptist on April 12th at 6:30 PM

• Good Friday Service on April 14th at Methodist Church at 12:10 PM

• Easter April 16th Worship Services at 8:30 & 10:00 AM

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From Your Pastor Easter Preparedness

I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can

do nothing. John 15:5

I’m excited about Easter. I love holy week and taking some extra time to reflect back on the final days of our Lord’s life before He went to the cross. I don’t want to just go through the Easter season without being intentional about sharing the good news of what Christ accom-plished for us on the cross and His resurrection from the grave. Easter is not about bragging about how many we have in our services, it is about the Gospel going out to as many as possible and God bringing some from darkness into His glorious light. Last week, Thom Rainer (President of Lifeway) wrote an article called “Nine Considerations for Church Members this Easter.” Since Easter is usually the highest attended day of the year and there will be more guests that usual, I think it is important for us to consider these “nine servant actions” we can take on Easter (April 16th):

1. Pray as you enter the property. Pray for the guests. Pray for the services. Pray for the pastor and the sermon.

2. Park at the most distant spot available. Save the closer parking places for guests.

3. Greet people. They may be guests. They may be members. It’s okay to introduce yourself to either.

4. Look for people to help. You know the place well. Many others will not. Be a guide. Help someone who looks like he or she needs help.

5. Sit as close as possible to the front of the worship center. Save the back rows for guests and late entrants, so they don’t have to walk past so many people.

6. Sit in the middle. Don’t claim that aisle seat where people have to walk over you or past you.

7. Sit closely. Your worship center may be packed. If so, be willing to sit cheek to cheek.

8. Volunteer to serve. As the number of attendees increase, so does the need for volunteers. The parking team, kids ministry, and church greeter ministry are a few of the areas that will need more volun-teers to help serve and minister to members and guests.

9. Pray as you leave. The Holy Spirit is likely working in many persons who attended. Pray for His continual work of conviction and comfort.

These are simple acts. They are acts of service. And if you survive doing these acts of kindness and service on Easter, you just might be able to do them on other days of worship as well. We will have two services on Easter: 8:30 AM and 10:00 AM. We will have a grab and go breakfast from 9:30-9:50AM. We will have a special kid’s Easter service in the Youth room at 10:00 AM. Let’s invite our community and come prayed up for God to be exalted and draw men, women, boys and girls to Himself! Pray now! Bro Harold

Deacon team for the week:

Next Church-Outreach—Monday, April 17th @ 6:00 PM

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

SENIOR LIVING CELEBRATIONS: The Seniors will be going to Sand Spring Baptist (Lawrenceburg) on May 4

th. Dr. Richard Harris will be speaking along with Rick Rob-

erts (comedian and story teller). It will be a fun trip and lunch will be served. The price is $20 if sent in by April 19th or $25 at the door. If interested let Ruth Tracy know or call 792-3745.

VBS: Sign-up sheets for VBS (June 18-22) are on the front table.

GRADUATE SUNDAY: May 7th. Graduates need to turn in 7-10 pictures by May 1st to Bro. Stephen or Anna Ward. Please include post-graduation plans with pic-tures.

BABY DEDICATION: We will have a baby dedication on Mother’s Day (May 14th) for any baby born since last Mother’s Day. Please call the church office with your baby’s name and birthdate by May 8th.

MATERIALS REQUESTED: This year LBC turns 175 years old and we are making plans to have a celebration in July. Linda Rudolph would love to have any old pic-tures or memorabilia to use for the celebration. Thanks!

GUATEMALA MISSION TRIP: Bob and Carmen Miniard will be leading a mission trip to Guatemala July 29-Aug. 4th. Shelia Taylor is coordinating the trip (Miniards are in Florida). See Shelia if interested.

RIGHTNOW MEDIA: Resources from over 150 leading Christian publishers will be available. See Bro. Stephen for details.

HOLY LAND TOUR: If you might be interested in going to the Holy Land in March of 2018 please see Bro. Harold for more details.

ANNIE ARMSTRONG OFFERING: Please join us in praying for missions and church planting efforts throughout North America. We will be collecting the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering throughout March. Our goal is $5,000.

HAVEN CARE CENTER: Haven Care Center in Danville is a pregnancy resource center seeking a part-time (20 hours per week) Client Services Director who has a passion to minister, empower and educate individuals in Boyle, Mercer, Garrard and Lincoln counties.

MAKING DISCIPLES… (Questions kids ask)

Question: When God created the earth, were the trees fully grown, or were they baby trees? If they were full grown, did they have growth rings?

Answer: And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (Genesis 1:12).

Well, let’s see. We know by our Bible verse that the trees in the Garden provided fruit for food. And we know that Adam and Eve could eat the fruit from the trees ex-cept one. They didn’t need to wait for years for the trees to grow big enough to pro-duce fruit, did they? It seems that God created the trees to sprout, grow and bear fruit all in one day. I do believe that the trees had growth rings, for a couple of reasons. First, they were fully grown trees to start with, and most grown trees have growth rings. Second, the growth rings of many trees are actually part of the structure of the tree and support the tree. Some trees would need those growth rings to stand tall and produce fruit for Adam and Eve. So the growth rings were part of what made these trees perfect and very good, like the rest of God’s creation.

Information taken from: The Answers Book for Kids: Vol. 1. Author Ken Ham, 2009.

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In All Things By Prayer...

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Paul Abney

Trena Adams

Blanche Ballard

Sue Ballard

Ronnie Barnes

Dorothy Bennett

Enith Benthley

Glenn Best

Sheri Beth

Melvin Bottom

Kaleigh Burkhart

J.O. Burkhead

Bud Byrd

Cameron Caldwell

Kristine Caudill

Jerry Carrier

Nancy Childers

Joyce Clark

Nancy Clark

Sally Jo Clark

Levi Clontz

Earlene Cool Family

Nikki Coulter

Rosa Cranfill

Gladys Dailey

Laikin Day

Charles Denton

Jo Denton

Mike Durham

Jean Edgington

Stephanie Elam

Heather Farris

Jimmy Flynn

Jr Fox

Rosetta France

Arthur Gaffney, Jr.

Mac Gay

Zachary Gay

Jean Goins

Dorwin Greer Family

Rae Ann Grubbs

Barbara Hackney

Barb Hall

Jeanne Hall

Leland Hall

Marge Hasty

Diana Henderson

Marsha Hodge

Phyllis Honey

Misty Horton

Carolyn Hunt

David Husing

Cheryl Johnson

Julia Kay

Donna Kendall

KY Choice Treatment

Don King

Mandy Lynch

Jean Land

Molly Lanham

Chris Lawson

Theo Long

Darin Mackey

Sherry Martin

Glenda Maupin

Landyn Maynard

Lindsay Meadors

Joyce Meadows

Verity Morrow

Cline Mullins

George Peek

Amber Rankin

Denna Rice

Lisa Logan Rogers

Dave Ruda

Evan Seagraves

Amos Sharp

Kathy Shelton

David Simpson

Virginia Simpson

Ben & Kim Smith

Danny Smith

Derek Smith

Tyler Stratton

Andy Sutton

Priscilla Tudor Sky Tudor Bill Vanderpool Tonia Warren Lucy Wayne Flonnie Whitaker Billy Williams

Joe Wilson family

Charlotte Winter

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Home Bound

• Jewell Callis

• Lois Carrier (CCC)

• Nellie Cole

• JoAnn Grow

• Allene (Peg) Dollins

• Juanita Gullett

• Della Meadows (CCC)

• Anna Meadows

• Tina Montgomery (CCC)

• Marie Naylor

• Dorothy Shockley (CCC)

Our Church

• Bro. Harold & Family • Bro. Stephen & Family • Bro. Nehemiah & Family

• Bro. Ken & Family • Chervens • Amanda Hubler • Our Deacons • SS Teachers • Church Leaders • New Believers • CJ & Adam—Clear Creek

Community

• County Judge (Wilson) • City Mayor (Davis) • Representative (Shell) • Police/Sheriff • Fire/EMS • Schools

Nation

• President (Trump) • Governor (Bevins) • Legislatures • Armed Forces • Missionaries • Persecuted Christians • Spiritual Awakening

2017 Goal: $5,000

201 Richmond Street Lancaster, KY 40444 Phone: 859-792-2781

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Ministerial Staff:

Senior Pastor: Dr. Harold Best Worship Pastor: Nehemiah Wilkinson Youth Pastor: Stephen Brogli

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To keep the prayer list up to date: Please contact Della Hall at 548-9250

Family Life Center Hours of Operation Monday through Friday

7:40 AM—10:00 AM (Walking only)

Prayer Warrior Sunday, April 16, 2017 8:30 AM - Arnold Cool 10:00 AM - Rodney &

Della Hall To sign up for the

Upper Room Contact: Della Hall

Church Outreach

Monday, April 17th 6:00 PM

Alaska Mission Trip

(July 16-23),

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Guatemala Mission Trip (July 29-Aug 4)

VBS June 18-22

$1 BUCKETS: Our Indi-gent Funds are low (funds

from $1 buckets to help with community needs).

Bottles of Blessings (fill bottles with

change)

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SUNDAY EVENING BIBLE STUDY: We are going through a short study called “The Genius of Generosity.” Please join us for this important study. (6:30 PM)