The Steeple

March 11-13

7th-12th grade

Theme: Relentless

Speaker: Tommy Swindol

Worship: Isaac Pittman

Cost: $20.00

Easter Activities

March 19th– 10:00 am Easter Egg Hunt

March 24th- 6:00 pm Maundy Thursday Service and Dinner

The evening will begin with a soup and sandwich meal followed by

worship, drama, and a communion service. Please bring soup and

sandwiches. The church will provide the drinks.

March 27th -6:30 am Sunrise Service and Breakfast

The service this year is at Richpond Baptist church. Pastor Tim will

bring the message.

Easter Sunday Schedule

March 27th

6:30 am-Sunrise Service and breakfast at Richpond

Baptist Church

8:30 am-Early Worship

9:45 am-Café Worship and Small Groups

11:00 am-Morning Worship

No Sunday Evening Worship

Night of Worship

March 20th

at 6:00

At The Cross

Live skit and teaching moment

FREE Prizes

FREE Easter Resources

FREE cupcakes and lemonade

FREE Fun for your family!

Prayers & Sympathies to . . . Rick Clark and family on the passing of his mother, Daphne

Clark.

I said we’re all at death’s door, or else death is coming to our door, but that’s not the gospel truth. Because of Christ, Death is dead. It is not death to die, because it is not death’s door. It is the door of resurrection. And when your time comes and mine, we will walk through it—and live. Because of Jesus. Because of Easter.

See you Sunday.

Tim

Remember Our Shut-Ins

Juanita Tabor Lena Van Meter

Tressie Vice Dorothy Davidson

Dewey & Mabel Pharris Ruth Evans

March Homebound Visitation Schedule

1st week - Joy Bush

2nd week– Ronnie and Martha Murray

3rd week –Don and Diane Harris

4th week - Vi Cato and Laura Spencer

Hopkins Nursing Home Ministry

March 6th 10 am – Willie Ray, Chuck Harris, Sylvia

Harris

March 20th 10 am — Ritchie Hamm, Billy Lawrence,

Faye Lawrence

Sisters and Brothers,

I went back to the doctor today for my six-month checkup, the first time I’ve been back to his office since cancer sur-gery. As confident and healthy as I feel, it’s surprising how quickly I can go back to an emotional place of uncertainty and worry. I used to feel invincible, taking health and the assumption of tomorrow for granted. Not anymore. Driv-ing home, I made a call to check on one of our beloved shut-ins, who lies in the hospital at what looks like death’s door. Days like this make me long for Easter.

We’re all at death’s door in one way or another, or death is at our door. I know it seems morbid to say it out loud, but it’s true. And since it’s true, there are some things you’ve got to know. First, death is your enemy, and he’s coming after you. It takes a while to realize this. For the first 20 years of your life or so, you hardly think about it. Every year you get stronger, smarter, better looking, more com-petent in your job. Life stretches out in front of you. But at some point, you get the first hint that death is real, that it could happen to you. It might hit you one night after you eat a sack of White Castles, or one Saturday when you real-ize that you’re not as fast as you used to be playing short-stop. It might sink in the first time you look in the mirror and see lines, gray hairs, or weird pudges of skin under your neck. Maybe it’s when you hear that they’ve buried somebody your age, and you begin to realize that your time will come, too.

What will happen when you die? It’s hard to say, but one thing’s obvious: every function of your physical body will irreversibly shut down. It’s the irreversible part that’s most difficult to grasp at first. Taking prayer requests at church, how many times have kids asked us all to pray for a dog who died? Back when Princess Diana died in the car accident, one little girl had us all praying for Lady Di every Sunday. Walking out after church, one woman said, “Brother Tim, how long before you finally explain to that girl that Princess Di died?” I just let the child figure it out for herself, like we all do, sooner or later. Death is final. Nobody gets over it. Once the dog or the princess is dead, you stop your praying. Death doesn’t reverse itself. But death is not just physical—it’s spiritual, too. Paul says that death first came through the door because one man let him in, Adam. Adam sinned and therefore Adam died: we sin like Adam and therefore we die like Adam. But since we die in sin, death is not just the decomposition of our physical bodies. It’s a decomposition of our souls, too. It has to do with guilt and condemnation, deserved punish-ment from God.

Remember these things, because understanding death makes you better able to understand Easter, the resurrec-tion. In his resurrection, Jesus destroys death. Death is dead. It’s turned inside out, it’s not death anymore. In other words, death is reversed. Bodies are raised, resuscitated with new life; but it’s not just a biological miracle. Resur-rection includes a spiritual transformation of the body, making it fit for God’s eternal presence, his shining holi-ness.

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March Birthstone: Aquamarine

March Flower: Jonquil

Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.

1

6:30 pm

Discipleship Academy

2

6:00 pm Children, Youth & Adults meet-

ing

7:30 pm Worship Choir practice/prep

3

4

5

DEACON RETREAT

6 Communion

7 9:30 am Ladies

Prayer Group

8

6:30 pm

Discipleship Academy

9

6:00 pm Children, Youth, &Adults meet-

ing

7:30 pm Worship Choir practice/prep.

10

11 DNOW

12 DNOW

Room in the Inn

13 DNOW

4:00 pm

14 9:30 am Ladies

Prayer Group

15

6:30 pm

Discipleship Academy

16

6:00 pm Children, Youth, & Adults

meeting

7:30 pm Worship Choir practice/prep

17

18

19

10:00 am

20

6:00 pm Night Of Worship

21 9:30 am Ladies

Prayer Group

22

6:30 pm

Discipleship Academy

23

No Evening services

24

6:00 pm

Maundy Thursday Service

25

26

Room in the Inn

27 EASTER 6:30 am Sunrise Service

@ Richpond Baptist

No Evening Services

28 9:30 am Ladies

Prayer Group

29

6:30 pm

Discipleship

Academy

30

6:00 pm Children, Youth & Adults meet-

ing

7:30 pm Worship Choir practice/prep

31

2016

March Birthdays & Anniversaries:

Day Name

1 Elliot Wright

2 Kaley Burnette, Laura Morris 2 Tina Norris, Win Simmons

3 Luke Rice, Sarah Martin

4 Emma Tuggle 5 Dolly Ayodele, Rose Cobb, Paisley Harris

5 Porter James, Dustin Norris

6 Kenneth Sparks 7 Tim Harris, Melvin Norris

7 Nate Oliver, David Ward

8 Braden Armstrong, Mark Perdue 8 Logan Williams

9 Sam Ball, Rhodes Hester

9 Thomas Kinman, Billy Lawrence 10 Kayla Bowles, Lauren Milam

10 Ethan Hunt, Candace Willingham

11 Anthony Jones, Kelley York 13 Lindsey Brinkley, Jane Jones, Emily Mann

13 Katie Milam, Phillip Wilkins

14 Braxton Brown, Brody Johnson, Kim Wren

14 Angela Richmond, Karon Tucker, 15 Sherri Brown, Drake Graves

15 Whitney Mann, Brodie Simmons

15 Jim Thompson 17 Jeff Carlock, Martha Weeks, Logan Willis

18 Sandy Mefford, Cindy Sheehan

19 Teddy Martin, Rhea Dean Wren 20 Chris Brown, Toryn Cornell, Susie Jasper

20 Cecilia Miller, Oliver Sawyer,

20 Sherry Wren, Nancy Stadler 21 Samuel Pearson, Matthew Powell

22 Shelley Hickman, Sally Smalling

22 Garrard Sparks 23 Scott Chaffin

24 Jann Jones, Laurie Tingle, Clayton Warden

26 Linda Cornell, Amanda Duvall 27 Melissa Baker, Larry Payne, Carrie Sweeney

28 Odell Brown, Tim Cornell, Butch Spencer

29 Robert Hall, Sara Beth Ritter 30 River Manley

Anniversaries: 2 Erick and Melissa Devries

2 Steve and Allyson Gibbs

9 Bobby and Krysti Floyd 11 Scott and Ann Maxwell

12 Kevin and Misty Mason

19 Byron and Susie Lucas 21 Tommy and Marla Hardcastle

23 Phil and Linda Wilkins

31 Anthony and Lindsay 31 Dion and Joyce Jones

31 Kenton and Rhonda Powell

31 Matt and Courtney Powell 31 Steve and Donna Rigdon

Small Groups Worship

February 7– 374 8:30 – 275 11:00 –262

Café –88

February 14–327 8:30 –268 11:00 –184

Café –94

February 21– 390 8:30– 273 11:00-201

Café– 108

February 28– 8:30- 11:00-

Café-

WOODBURN BAPTIST CHURCH

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PERMIT NO. 9

Sunday, March 6 (Communion)

A.M. Satan At The Lord’s Table ( Luke 22:1-30)

P.M. Preacher Caleb Hodges

Sunday, March 13

A.M. The Worries of This Life (Luke 21: 34-38)

P.M. CARE NIGHT

Sunday, March 20

A.M. Two Swords (Luke 22:31-38)

P.M. At The Cross Night Of Worship

Sunday, March 27

A.M. The Prize Egg (Luke 24:35-53)

P.M. No Evening Services

CHURCH STAFF

Church Office: 270-529-5221

Office Hours: 8 am - 4 pm, Monday thru Friday

Pastor: Dr. Tim Harris . . . TimHarr is@woodburnbaptist.org . . .cell 270-996-7735

Minister of Education & Administration: Warren Weeks . . . . . home 270-529-3028

E-mail: WarrenWeeks@woodburnbaptist.org

Youth & Young Adults Pastor: Matt Betts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 270-202-1244

Email: MattBetts@woodburnbaptist.org

Worship Pastor: Rod Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 502-229-0114

Email: RodEllis@woodburnbaptist.org

Director of Children’s Ministries: Nichole Buckman . . . . . . . . . cell 270-405-6165

Email: NicholeBuckman@woodburnbaptist.org

Custodian: Judy Chaffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . home 270-529-2031

Administrative Assistant: Michelle Hunt……………………….…cell 270-776-1616

Email: MichelleHunt@woodburnbaptist.org

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

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On March 25th the senior adults are going to get out and

look for spring! The van will leave the church at 10:30 am

and we will travel to Portland, Tn. to eat at 5 Chef’s. Join

us for a great time of food and fellowship!

In the event that you would like to go on any of our outings

but do not have the extra money, please see Margie Weeks

or Darleen Atkerson.

Getting Ready For Easter

Easter is coming early this year. If it brings some warmer weather, I think we will all be ready for that. What do you do to get ready for Easter? I remember when I was grow-ing up that we would get either new clothes or prepare something we already had to make dressing up for Easter special. Everyone in my family wore a flower and we went out to eat after church. My mom and dad would always get us a chocolate rabbit each year. (My mother still sends me a chocolate rabbit each year even though I am now 54. I appreciate it because I still like chocolate.) I re-member those details about Easter more than I remem-ber thinking about celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. Now that I am a minister, it is all about celebrating the resurrection and the opportunity it gives us as the people of God to reach those outside the church. With that in mind, let me ask again what should we do to get ready for Easter? I guess, first, we should plan to be a part of the church’s celebrations of Easter (Easter Egg Hunt, Maundy Thursday, Sunrise Service at Richpond Baptist this year and of course Easter Sunday services.) Second, what can you do to make those celebrations of Easter special? Can you serve in one of these activities? Third, who can you invite to be a part of the celebration with you? Easter is the one of the best times to invite folks to worship. Peo-ple outside the church are open to coming. Your invitation might be the catalyst that leads to either faith in Christ or back to a closer walk with the Lord. Finally, the most im-portant preparation we could make is to focus our hearts and minds on the Lord during this important time. I would suggest reading through one of The Gospels or using an Easter reading plan from the YouVersion Bible app. Pray-er is also especially meaningful as we focus on all that God has done for us with His death on the cross, confess those times when we have failed and then pray for God to help us think of others we can pray for and invite to Easter cel-ebrations. I appreciate growing up with the memories that made Easter special but most of all I am thankful for a Savior who arose on that day and guides my life now.

Serving Together,

Warren Weeks

This month’s CARE night will be on Sunday, March 13 beginning at 4:00 in the fellowship hall. We will be doing a variety of activities getting ready for Easter. We have a special postcard to prepare for mailing, stuffing Easter eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt, contacting recent guests and preparing a mail out to college students. Come and participate in helping tell others about the good news of Easter.

The Deacon’s Retreat will be Saturday, March

5th beginning at 5:00 pm in the NEXT Center

with dinner and training sessions. All active,

semi-active, former deacons, and yokefellows

are invited.

Contact Richard Hartsock at

hartsockr@ymail.com for any questions.

Has your child ever asked you a question while you’re driving and as soon as you hear the words you begin to panic about how to answer the question? Does your mind race with doubt and worry that there maybe a follow up question equally as challenging? Do you get concerned that they may simply ask you “why” looking for an explanation to your first answer? If not, then send me a message with all of your tips and strategies on how to have the perfect answer ready with confidence.

We have entered a phase where our oldest child, James, is hearing and processing a lot of things. Lately, his favorite ques-tion to ask and discuss is, “Why did Jesus have to die on the cross? He’s not dead anymore, but why did he have to die first?” I can vividly remember the first time he asked me this question. We were on our way home from his school, I was driving the car, and I’m pretty sure I wanted to be sick. Up until this point I had discussed this question with other children a number of times. I knew the words to say, but yet I panicked. It was suddenly different since it was my child, and I was instantly filled with doubt and fear of messing up.

With Tim’s recent sermon series “We Are Family” I’m trying to focus more on being a spiritual leader for my children. James knows I work at church and has seen me teach classes, but it’s not often he sees me doing my personal study time or spending time in prayer. I’m learning that my feelings of doubt and fear in answering his questions can be replaced with reassurance and comfort as I continue to dig into God’s word. Psalm 34:8 says, “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.”

God made us and knows are inner workings. He knows that I want to have answers to give, but He also knows that I will seek Him more when I doubt or am afraid. I have learned that it’s not always about the questions I’m asked, mostly because not all of James’s questions are Biblically related, but that at times God will use James to push me in a direction to search for Him more than the best or right answers to give. Maybe you have invited a friend to church and they ask you about something they’ve heard, possibly you have a child with similar curiosity, or at times you are so overwhelmed you are the one asking ques-tions immediately followed up with feeling uncertain, scared, and helpless. You are not alone. I urge you not to lose hope, and rest in the words of David when he says, “blessed is the one who takes refuge in Him.”

Director of Children’s Ministry

Nicole Buckman

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OCC Collection for March

Wash clothes and soap

March 2nd: Preschool Super Hero Night

March 13th: VBS Interest Meeting 4:00 – 4:30 in Room 22 (Old Choir Room)

March 16th: Preschool Silly Sock Night

Elementary XBG 50’s Theme Night

March 19th: Easter Egg Hunt for Birth – 6th Grade

March 20th: B.A.R.F. Day (Details to come!)

March 20th: Palm Leaf Processional

March 23rd: No Preschool Activities or Xtreme Bible Games

March 30th: Elementary XBG Buttons & Bows Night

(Additional theme night to make up for snow. Students can earn ½ point for each button and bow they have on them some-where that night.)

The XBG Finale has been rescheduled for April 20th.

April 13th: No Preschool Activities or Xtreme Bible Games

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Focus on the 20/20 Vision by Holly Logsdon

It’s an exciting time be a member of Woodburn Baptist

Church, where God is on the move through the 20/20

Vision. From Sam Mhlanga’s upcoming church plant

in Kent, Washington to WBC’s vision for a 150th Anni-

versary Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky, believers

are going forth and making disciples.

In his book, Church Planting Networks, David Garri-

son uses the metaphor of frogs and lizards to distin-

guish between churches that multiply and churches

that miss out on the Great Commission. A thirty-year

veteran of the International Mission Board, Garrison

writes:

“Frog churches perceive themselves as ends in

themselves, sitting fat and complacent on a hill

or lily pad (or main street), expecting the lost

to come to them in search of salvation. Frog

churches hold meetings in places where they

feel comfortable and require the lost to adapt

to their froggy world.

Lizard churches are always pursuing the lost.

Adaptable and ready for action, they move

quickly into the world through cracks and

crevices seeking the lost. Lizard churches pen-

etrate the homes of the lost with evangelistic

Bible studies rather than requiring the lost to

come to their churches. They are willing to

change their colors, expend enormous energy,

even lose their tails if necessary in order to

bring the lost into the family of

God.” (Garrison 42)

As our church family prays over the 20/20 Vision and

seeks the Lord’s guidance in planting churches, may

we be willing to leave the pew, or the lily pad, for the

sake of the lost. May we go into all the world and

make disciples.

LIGHT There is an ancient tradition in one part of the world of Christendom. The church building gets darker and dark-er through Holy Week, the light—a candle—leaves the building on Good Friday. Then Sunday comes. The member who lives farthest from the church building leaves his house before sunrise carrying a torch. He goes to the family that’s next closest to the church and those folks grab a torch and join him. One by one, those from the faith community parade into town with more and more light. When they arrive at the Sanctuary the lights are all on. In fact, in that particular tradition there are lights that are only turned on for Easter. The room is utterly brilliant in its brightness. Darkness becomes light. This is the story of Easter.

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On March 24—Maundy Thursday—our choir and a small orchestra will present a musical called “Song of the Shadows.” Before the musical, a cast of 9 will present a play called “Pilate on the Beach.” Both of these will help us enter the darkness of Friday. But then… then on Easter… the light will be brighter. We will sing of the victory in resurrection. We will use old songs and new songs. We will celebrate the Hope of the world.

* * * * * In a recent podcast from Thom Rainer, the CEO of Life-way Resources, he pointed out that those who have drifted from the church are more likely to return on East-er Sunday than any time of the year. Christmas Eve? No. That’s when the un-churched come. Easter is when the “de-churched” come. I share that here because I’d like to encourage you to invite someone in your circle of family and friends who “used to go” to church to join you on Easter Sunday, March 27. Offer to pick them up, like the ancient church member with a torch. Offer to sit with them.

They may not recognize the darkness that surrounds them until you bring them to experience the Light of the world, our resurrected Savior.

Love you all so much!

Grace. Peace. Rod

Five Ways Busy Parents Can Reprioritize Their Lives

Of the 24 hours - the 1,440 minutes - available to us each day, parents actually spend very little time with their chil-dren. Remember, all we have is right now. So, how about you? What does how you spend your time say about your priorities? Do you need a little help getting your priorities straight? Here are five ways you can reprioritize your life:

1. Ruthlessly Eliminate Stress. No one can get their priorities straight if they're constantly living "under the gun." If there's so much stress in your life that you're finding it difficult to keep your priorities in order, lighten your load first - and now!

2. Make Daily Solitude a Priority. Don't let guilt make you feel like you're "avoiding your family" for taking time for yourself each day. It's a must, even if it's just 15 minutes in the morning for "quiet time" with the Lord. No one will miss you if you "take 5" for yourself every now and then.

3. Develop a "Blank Slate" Approach. Begin and end each day with no agenda. Come before the Lord with open arms, hands, and an open mind and heart each morning. Let Him set your day in motion and then give everything back to Him at the end of each day - all your worries, cares, successes, failures. Exchange them for a good night's sleep. (See Psalm 91:1.)

4. Give Your Family Your Best, Not Just Your "Emotional Leftovers." It may be noble to "give your all" at work. But what does that leave for your spouse and kids? Not much? Not good! Your family deserves the best you have to offer. They need you healthy, rested, happy, or perhaps more importantly, content. Don't just leave "table scraps" from your heart for them. Give them the main course. Then, watch how your priorities change by themselves!

5. Don't Wait. This is your life and these should be your priorities. If you're waiting for someone else to come alongside you and tell you how to live your life, you're in for a long wait. The time to make the changes is now—so get to it! Reprioritizing your life doesn't have to be diffi-cult. But, if you're like most of us, it does need to be done every now and then. And, with God's help, you can do it!

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Article by Jim Burns-author and speaker *If you would like to be put on the weekly parent email list let me know at mattbetts@woodburnbaptist.org or 270-202-1244.

Youth/Parents:

DNOW Dates – March 11-13

Registration – Cost $20

Theme: Relentless – Pursuing Christ at all Costs All Youth (7th-12th graders) Speaker: Tommy Swindol from Donelson Fellowship Worship Leader: Isaac Pittman Go to woodburnbaptist.org/student-ministry for more details.

Camp Dates – June 20-24 Total Cost is $300.00 ($150.00 for 2nd child) Speaker: Rob Turner Worship Leader: Isaac Pittman

$60.00 payment at the first of the month (Space is Limited)

College/Young Adult Ministry News:

Passion 2017 (January 2-4, 2017) Information

Early deposit on or before May 1st - $60 (Total Cost $210) Deposit on or before August 1st - $90 (Total Cost $240)

268generation.com Space is limited 50,000 18-25 year olds gathered together to lift

the name of Jesus in the Georgia Dome.

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More about . . .

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Preschool Small Groups in February

Elementary Small Groups in February

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March Dates:

March 12th

March 26th

Contact Warren Weeks for more information or

to volunteer to help with this program.

Mission Adventure for Kids Kentucky WMU is offering a Mission Adventure for Kentucky Kids in Bowling Green in June 2016! Children who have completed grades 4-6 and their leaders will be involved in hands-on ministry projects appropriate for children. Ministry projects will include activities such as working at a thrift store, leading Bible stories in the park, and singing at nursing homes.

Kids and adults will also enjoy worship, Bible study, track time, and recreation specific to the location in Ken-tucky. As always, we will host an international mission-ary. Don’t miss this exciting new adventure for kids in Ken-tucky! For more information contact Patti Sawyer or email wbckids@woodburnbaptist.org.

Early registration of $40 must be turned in by March 15th to reserve a spot. Please make checks out to the church and designate it as Mission Adventure for Kids along with your child’s name.

Communion

March 6th

All Services