313 N. Main Grand Saline, TX 75140

903-962-4536

CHURCH STAFF

Dr. Bruce Smilie ……………..……………….… Pastor

Mike Claibourn ………………. Interim Music Minister

Johnny Knowlton ……………………... Youth Director

Rowland Jones ………………………………. Financial

Heather Good ………...….…….…. Children’s Director

Nancee Reddick …………..……….... Church Secretary

Benjamin Aguilar ……...……......………. Maintenance

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Dear MSBC,

There are two major events at MSBC this month that you need…I say you need…to clue in on!

First, on Sunday evening, March 6th, beginning at 5:30 pm, Main Street will be hosting Harvest America, a live nationwide FREE event,

broadcast from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, and streamed to thousands of host locations across the country, including Main Street

Baptist Church. This event will feature music from Chris Tomlin (you know who this is, right?), Lecrae, Switchfoot, and MercyMe, and a

clear gospel message by Greg Laurie. The goal of Harvest America is to impact a nation desperately in need of the hope found only in

Jesus Christ.

Greg Laurie is the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California and Harvest Orange County in Irvine, California.

He began his pastoral ministry at the age of 19 by leading a Bible study of 30 people. Since then, God has transformed that small group

into a church of some 15,000 people. Today, Harvest is one of the largest churches in America. Along with his work at Harvest Ministries,

Greg Laurie served as the 2013 Honorary Chairman of the National Day of Prayer, and also serves on the board of directors of the Billy

Graham Evangelistic Association.

From approximately 5:30-7:15 pm. we will stream the Christian music concert portion of Harvest America by the featured artists listed

above. At approximately 6:45pm., Chris Tomlin will lead worship in song, leading up to Pastor Laurie’s message. The event will end

around 8:00 pm.

As you have been reminded on several Sunday mornings through the video messages of Greg Laurie, please be in prayer for this

evangelistic event, invite friends to attend (particularly people who are not Christians), and bring them with you on the evening of March

6th. The broadcast will be held in our worship center. The atmosphere will be very casual. So remember: pray, invite, and bring!

Second, this month we will celebrate Easter! To celebrate our Lord’s resurrection, we will explore the last sayings of Jesus from the cross

in the two week message series 7 Words “Improving Christian Performance through Cross Training” on Sunday, March 20th, and

Easter Sunday, March 27th.

When we hear the term “cross-training” today, it usually refers to an athlete who trains in some sports activity other than the one in which

that athlete competes. The goal is to improve overall physical performance. Furthermore, cross-training can also refer to the combining of

exercises in one’s personal work-out routine to work varying muscle groups and different parts of the body. While these two types of

cross-training certainly have their place of importance, there is another type of cross-training that is of far greater importance and lasting

value.

The cross-training in mind for our two week, Easter season message series is the one that Jesus provided with his last seven words or

sayings from the cross. The last words of famous people just prior to their deaths has had an ongoing fascination for many through the

years, because last words can give some insight into the final mindset of the people in question and what they wanted to leave as guiding

direction for those left behind. With this in mind, Jesus’ last words do not disappoint.

While Jesus’ last sayings were technically not his last words, since he arose from the dead to speak again, he nevertheless did express and

leave behind poignant truth that when applied can exercise various spiritual muscle groups and improve overall Christian performance for

the glory of God.

Plan now to be here for both Harvest America and & the 7 Words Easter season, message series. By the way, following the Easter

Sunday morning service, there will be an Easter egg hunt in the gym for children (toddler age through fourth grade). There will be prize

eggs to be found and prizes rewarded to those children who find them. It will be a fun time for all.

So, have a great March, be sweet, and live love!

Your friend and pastor,

Bruce

YOUTH NEWS

Wednesday nights 4:30—Hangtime

6:15-8:00—Worship

Spring

Break

Schedule

Friday, march 11

Girls’ Lock-in

weds, march 16

Glow-in-the-dark Nerf war

(during the Following)

Friday, march 18

Guys Event tBD

All are welcome to join us!

Just come to the gym any

Wednesday at

5:45pm and be

ready for a great time!

For questions or concerns

please contact

~Heather Good

@ 903-368-1432

What if we stood together on one day for a proclamation of the gospel?

Reach your friends, family,

neighbors, community, and

our nation with the gospel

through Harvest America.

Invite a friend for this

awesome event!

Free!!! Free!!! Free!!!

MSBC is hosting this event on

March 6th @ 5:30pm

Great music and a great message!

We will have invite cards and door hangers

available so you can invite a friend to this

event. This is a powerful opportunity to share

the love of Christ with someone.

~Children’s Information~

Tuesday March 8th Kauf/Van Senior Adult Rally

at First Baptist Canton

Meal will be served at 11:30am Cost is $8.00 per person

During the afternoon we will be entertained by the

Erwin Family Quartet from Edgewood

Monthly Meeting – March 22 @6pm

Bring your favorite Tex-Mex dish sides or desserts.

Entertainment will be by

Ben Aguilar

We will play Mexican Bingo lead by Shirley Bailey

We will be discussing our mission project for FAFF/Senior Adult.

The committee met and decided on the VZC ABC Room

( @ Better Childhood )

for children in crisis as our mission project for this year.

Date to remember– June 1-2 Hilltop Experience in Marshall Texas on the

beautiful campus of

East Texas Baptist University.

A spiritual renewing conference for Senior Adults. There is a brochure on the bulletin board with more details

CHOIR NOTES

I’m going to write this month about a music composer, music teacher, good

bass singer, and music publisher named Franklin L. Eiland. He is the

grandfather of our own church member, Shaw Eiland, who is also a very good

bass singer.

Franklin L. Eiland was born March, 1860, in Mississippi. Early in his

life he learned to love music and to compose lyrics and music. He wrote some

120 songs and assisted in writing many more. He published books and taught

many students about music theory, harmony, composition and voice. He had a

great and inspired talent to teach and write sacred music.

Other composers wrote of Eiland that he really knew how to help others

“feel what they sang and sing what they felt.” It has been said that he was a

very loveable person and also that he was a musical

genius who sang with a rich bass voice and left a multitude of the most

beautiful songs ever written.

Composer George W. Winningham spoke of Eiland as “a poet and musician who

breathed into his songs such beauty, eloquence and pathos that they persuaded

more sinners to repentance than the songs of any other writer of his

generation.

Franklin L. Eiland only had one son who was named Knowles Shaw Eiland who

was Shaw’s father. He also was a very good bass singer who sang with many

well-known gospel quartets. During the 1940’s and 1950’s he was the bass

singer for the Lone Star Quartet and the Blue Ridge Quartet in Raleigh, North

Carolina. He also sang in Texas with the Stamps Baxter Mixed Quartet, Imperial

Sugar Quartet, and the Stamps Quartet. He was a sought after bass singer.

So it is easy to see that our Shaw Eiland got his good bass voice from

his grandfather and his father. One of his grandfather’s most familiar songs

is “Hold to God’s Unchanging Hand”. I won’t write all the verses here but my

favorite verse says: “Trust in Him who will not leave you, Whatsoever years

may bring; If by earthly friends forsaken, Still more closely to Him cling.

Hold to God’s unchanging hand! Hold to God’s unchanging hand! Build your hope

on things eternal! Hold to God’s unchanging hand!” If you want to hear the

other verse maybe we could persuade Shaw to sing it for us sometime, (but

don’t tell him I suggested it).

I really admire people who can write songs. Most of us will never write

one but we can certainly enjoy singing songs that inspired composers have

written. If you like to sing please consider joining one of our choirs. The

Sanctuary choir is under the direction of our great leader, Mike Claibourn. We

are presently working on some good songs for Easter. The Sanctuary choir meets

each Wed. night at 7:15 in the choir room. The Sr. Adult choir is also di-

rected by Mike Claibourn and we meet each 1st and 3rd Wednesday morning at

10:00 in the choir room. Please feel free to join us.

Shirley Bailey

February S.S. Mission Giving

WEEKLY OFFERINGS WEEKLY WORSHIP ATTENDANCE

Weekly Offerings for February 7th: $9801.00 223

Weekly Offerings for February 14th: $8420.00 184

Weekly Offerings for February 21st: $11227.00 227

Weekly Offerings for February 28th: $8130.00 196

AVERAGE February SS ATTENDANCE

On Campus Sunday School : 199

Tithes/Offerings Analysis January-December 2016

Month Month To Year To

Date Date

January 41,194.00 41,194.00

February 37,578.00 78,673.00

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Unidentified

cash

100.00 10.00 105.00 111.00 326.00

Pre K-K

1st-2nd 100.00 100.00

3rd-4th

5th-6th

Charity 105.00 105.00

Friendship 120.00 120.00 35.00 275.00

Gleaners 260.00 100.00 20.00 380.00

Hispanic 4.00 2.00 6.00

Jubilee 25.00 145.00 150.00 50.00 370.00

Koinonea

Maranatha 9.00 100.00 109.00

Pals 10.00 2.00 5.00 17.00

Rejoicers 50.00 90.00 140.00

Redeemed 200.00 200.00

Youth

Totals 574.00 277.00 889.00 288.00 2028.00

1 Camryn Reynolds 12 Riley Kelton 20 LaVerne Muncy 2 Joyce Stevenson 13 Heather Good 20 Joslin Miller 4 Cody Mercer 14 Sam Pugh 22 Sonja Stanberry 5 Lori Tirado 14 Johnny Knowlton 23 Carmina Hernandez 6 Jenny Joslin 15 Jane Lockhart 25 Billy Savallo 8 Brett Kindle 15 Anyssa Martin 26 Mason Stewart 10 Hazel Corley 16 Kerry Kindle JR. 27 Mike Rogers 10 Aaron Miller 18 Jewell Herring 31 Logan Costiloe

Sunday Wednesday 9:40 a.m. - Sunday School 5:45 p.m. - Kingdom Kidz

10:50 a.m. - Worship Service 6:00 p.m. - Youth “The Following”

5:00 p.m. - Heather’s Song - (Grief Support) 6:00 p.m. - Adult Bible Study/Prayer Time

5:30 p.m. - All Church Prayer Time 7:15 p.m. - Sanctuary Choir

6:00 p.m. - Evening Worship Service

~Library Hours~

Sundays

9:15-9:45am

Wednesdays

5:30-8:00pm

Upcoming

Women’s Bible Study

~Stronger~

By: Angela Thomas

~Tuesdays 10am-12pm~

Starting

March 22nd

and will end May 3rd