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FBC eBlast

February 27, 2020

www.fbcwoodbury.org

In the Atlanta restaurant listings, writer Charles Conn once noticed

an entry for “The Church of God Grill.” Curious, he called and asked

about the unusual name. The man who answered explained that

they had started a mission, and after a time started selling chicken

dinners after Sunday worship to raise funds. People liked the

chicken, and they did such a good business that eventually they cut

back on the church activities and services to focus more on the

dinners. Finally, they just closed the church altogether and kept serving chicken. They did keep

the original name, though, hence, “The Church of God Grill.” Now there was a group who lost

sight of their primary purpose and became devoted to lesser things. It’s easy to get distracted

and drawn away so that we live majoring on the minors, and minoring on the majors. I Peter 4:

1-2 says that “since Christ suffered for us, we should spend the rest of our time in the flesh not

for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.” Keep the main thing, the main thing: be sure you’re

living for what will matter when you stand before God. People may like your chicken, but don’t

miss or scale back your walk with God to serve it.

This coming Sunday morning, in Luke 22: 39 – 53 we’ll look at “The Man Who Prayed and the

Men Who Slept,” and see what a difference it makes in us and around us, when we pray rather

than sleep. When we come to those forks in the road, when we have to choose which path to

take, how do we know the right one? On Sunday night, we’ll continue our new study of Psalm

119 with verses 9 – 16, “The Right Path.” This weekend, do something you’ll be grateful for across

eternity to come: seek the Lord.

Bro. Dean

Beginning This Wednesday Night in Prayer MeetingBeginning This Wednesday Night in Prayer MeetingBeginning This Wednesday Night in Prayer MeetingBeginning This Wednesday Night in Prayer Meeting

Over the next few Wednesdays, during Bible study time in Prayer Meeting we will view and discuss selected

episodes of The Encounter, a powerful, thought-provoking new series in which people encounter Jesus in

contemporary life. Featuring Bruce Marchiano as Jesus! Be prepared to consider how Jesus looks at your choices.

Begins this coming Wednesday night!

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Summer Mission TripSummer Mission TripSummer Mission TripSummer Mission Trip NewsNewsNewsNews

We now have 23 people signed up and set to be on mission in Boston, July 11 – 18! We’ll arrive on Saturday and settle in; on Sunday we’ll worship with the church, Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church in Brockton, and set up for VBS. Monday through Friday we’ll conduct VBS from 8:30 – 11:00 AM, and in the afternoons do some light work on the building. On one or two afternoons, we’ll see some

of historic Boston. On Saturday the 18th, we leave for home. We’ll stay at the Holiday Inn Express in Brockton, very near the church.

Led to go but haven’t signed up? Both church buses will be driving up; the buses will leave on Thursday the 9th. If you’d like to ride a bus, you need to sign up before May 30. If you’d like to fly, we have now made group flight reservations, but you can be added if you let us know by Sunday, March 8. It may be possible to fly after that, but it will likely be more expensive and on different flights from the group. Cost for room: $355 for the week, two per room. Cost for flight with group: $250. Cost to ride bus will be minimal; there will be extra nights in hotels along the way. All breakfast and some lunches and suppers provided; you will need additional funds for some meals and free time.

Currently signed up: Pam Northcutt, Jeff & Jeanette Todd, Jeff & Beth Todd, Lowell & Lydia Womack, Anne Haley, Mike Parks, Randal & Ellie Byers, Stacie & Cullen Bryson, Brady Bryson, Marna Higgins, Jason McGee, Katie McGee, James McGee, Cynthia Brewer, Elisha Danielsen, Tonya Davenport, David Faulkner, Bro. Dean. We will have a meeting following morning worship on Sunday, March 8 to go over plans and answer questions. See Bro. Dean if you have questions or need information prior to that.

If you cannot go but would like to support those who are financially, please see Bro. Dean. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

A blessings basket…

…has been place on the AOK table for Adam and Katie Wies.

Taylor MacKenzie Wies arrived this past Wednesday, 6 lbs. 8

ozs., 19 inches long. Taylor will be in NICU for a few days since

she arrived early.

Adam and Katie are registered at Target.

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On On On On Thursday, February 13, the Saintly Seniors* will board the bus for Thursday, February 13, the Saintly Seniors* will board the bus for Thursday, February 13, the Saintly Seniors* will board the bus for Thursday, February 13, the Saintly Seniors* will board the bus for

lunch at Miller’s Grocery in Christiana. Sign up sheet is located on lunch at Miller’s Grocery in Christiana. Sign up sheet is located on lunch at Miller’s Grocery in Christiana. Sign up sheet is located on lunch at Miller’s Grocery in Christiana. Sign up sheet is located on the bulletin board near the Lydia Classroom. Join the fun!the bulletin board near the Lydia Classroom. Join the fun!the bulletin board near the Lydia Classroom. Join the fun!the bulletin board near the Lydia Classroom. Join the fun!

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Coming Next Month: An Evening of Worship through Music with

Guest Organist Kenneth Varner

On Sunday Evening, March 29 at 6:00, special guest Kenneth Varner will lead us in a concert of worship on the organ. Ken is the Worship and Music

Associate/Church Organist at First Baptist Nashville. He has extensive

experience as a recitalist, and has served at Anderson University, Bellevue

Baptist in Memphis and First Baptist in Orlando, as well as Organist for Disney’s

Wedding Pavilion and Epcot’s Candlelight Procession. Ken has six solo organ

books in publication, and a collection of duets for piano and organ published.

He is a graduate of Furman University and the University of South Carolina.

He and his wife Sharon, have three children and four grandchildren.

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Also Coming in March…

Sunday, March 8: Spring Forward—Daylight Savings Time Begins Sunday, March 29: Woodbury Nursing Home Ministry, 4:30 PM

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We are currently revising and updating the list of those who receive Easter

Baskets from the church—homebound, elderly, nursing home residents, and

others. If you know of someone who should be added to the list, please give

their name to Glenda Hunter, Bro. Dean, or the Church Office. Also, please

have your class or ministry consider providing a basket for one of those on

the list. A list of suggested items will be provided.

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Revival Services on the Calendar!

Start praying and planning for April 26 – 29, when Evangelist Keith

Fordham of Fayetteville, Georgia will be here to lead revival services.

(Sunday morning and evening, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights).

Visit Keith’s website at keithfordham.com.

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Discipleship Training: Sunday Nights, 5:30 – 6:30

The Ongoing Sanctuary Class

Now underway, and continuing through March—

Bible Overview: Paul’s Epistles

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`xÅÉÜç ixÜáx`xÅÉÜç ixÜáx`xÅÉÜç ixÜáx`xÅÉÜç ixÜáx “Yet it shall not be so among you; but whoever desires to become great among you shall be your

servant.” Mark 1: 17

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Celebrate Recovery Tuesdays, Madden Hall 6:30 PM (Supper at 6:00)

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Pledge Totals

Pledges toward for additional monthly gifts in 2020 to go toward the debt incurred to purchase the East

Lot total $23, 575. An additional $10,800 was given in February, which will be paid this coming week.

Thank you for praying, giving, and making commitments as the Lord led! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

CHURCH LIBRARY RESOURCE OF THE WEEK

John Bunyan was an uneducated, profane metal worker who was gloriously saved

and called to preach. Ultimately he spent 13 years of his life in prison because he

refused to compromise his faith or deny his call to preach the Gospel. While in prison

he wrote books that have inspired countless millions and changed lives across the

centuries ever since. This volume, from the Legacy of Faith Library set, includes

Bunyan’s autobiography, Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners, his classic

Pilgrim’s Progress, and recollections of his call to ministry and his imprisonment.

Classic works by Charles Spurgeon, John Wesley, and others are available as well.

Find them at 200 Bun in your Church Library! __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Reading & Praying through God’s Word in 2020

Feb. 27: OT—Num. 17, 18, 19; NT--Mark 6: 1-29

Feb. 28: OT—Num. 20, 21; NT--Mark 6: 30-56

Feb. 29: OT—Num. 22, 23; NT--Mark 7: 1 - 23

March 1: OT—Num. 24 - 25; NT—Mark 7: 24 - 37

March 2: OT—Num. 26, 27; NT—Mark 8: 1 - 21

March 3: OT—Num. 28, 29, 30; NT—Mark 8: 22 - 38

March 4: OT—Num. 31, 32, 33; NT—Mark 9: 1 - 29

March 5: OT—Num. 34, 35, 36; NT—Mark 9: 30 - 50

NORMAL SERVICE TIMES

Sunday Services Wednesday Night

Sunday School – 9:30 AM

Morning Worship – 10:30 AM

(Service broadcast on WBRY AM 1540 & FM 107.1)

Discipleship Training – 5:30 PM

Awana – 5:30

Evening Worship – 6:30 PM

College Student Group—7:00 PM

GA’s, RA’s, Mission Friends – 6:00 PM

Prayer Meeting – 6:00 PM

High School Student Group—6:00 PM

Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal – 7:00 PM

Nursery Provided During Each Service

NORMAL CHURCH OFFICE HOURS: Monday – Thursday 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM,

Closed: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve & Christmas Day

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2020 Chili Cook-Off

The Entries The Judges Table

The Pinata

The Winners: Glenda Hunter, Hannah Herron, Jeanette Todd, Melissa Froome

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Prayer Guide --Help us keep the guide up-to-date: let us know when someone needs to be added or can be removed--

Church Family

Hazel Alexander

Don, Dean Barker

Eleanor Bell

Wallace, Martha Burke

Patrick, Karie Cecil

Mark Davis

Mance & Hazel Davis

Noah Herron

Drunell Higgins

Barbara Melton

Mary Alice Nixon

Benton Parker

Roy & Shirley Parker

Allen Portwood

Misty Stankoff

Martha Taylor

Jeff & Jeanette Todd & family

Mamie Vance

Taylor Wies

Betty Wilder

Friends & Family-submitted by the person listed

Paulette Akers, Clara Creekmore (Lydia Womack)

Ramona Atkins (Richie Hunter)

Lyndrell Barrett (Douglas Jennings)

Jack Beard (Julie Powers)

Kim Blanton (Judy Holt)

Carl Brewer (Cynthia Brewer)

Knox Champion (Lydia Womack)

Kelly Collins (Dean Anderson)

Buddy Davenport (Richie Hunter)

Augusta Donnell (Shirley Parker)

Ronnie Duke (Dean Anderson)

Jaden Elliott & family (Amy Matthews)

Katie Ferrell (Stacie Bryson)

Debra Fladmark (Dean Anderson)

Emily Crabtree Gannon (Pam Northcutt)

Skip Gaerte (Karie Cecil)

Garner family (Jamie Anderson)

Randy Greenwood (Richie Hunter)

Julie Hackney (Stacie Bryson)

Jonathan Hart (Jeanette Todd)

Melvin Haynes (Shirley Reed)

Bonnie Hill (Tony Burnett)

Stan Hollingsworth (Lou Goines)

Irene Jennings (Douglas Jennings)

Kim Jetton (Cindy Anderson)

Tom Klier (Pat Klier)

Bill Lamb, Chelsea (Marna Higgins)

Kelli Lamb (Will Farris)

Kerry Lowe (Richie Hunter)

Tina McGill (Anna Farris)

Don, Nancy Northcutt (Betty Smithson)

Mimi Pollock (Richie Hunter)

Mamie Powers (Matt Powers)

Bruce Rector (Bro. Dean)

Audrey Jo Reeder (Lydia Womack)

Martha Rogers (Lydia Womack)

Kristy Ruehlen (Tony Burnett)

Paula Russell (Jamie Anderson)

Tamaria Russell (Euphemia McCurry)

Gerald Scroggins (Jason McGee)

Carl Smith (Doris Markum)

Jeff Staples (Keith Fabri)

Don, Eunice Stevenson (Jeff Stevenson)

Carolyn Story (Wanda Walls)

Jimmy Todd (Jeff Todd)

Katie Walling (Dot Elrod)

Chris Weaver (Amelia Weaver)

Jacque Zimmerman (Ann Haley)

Expectant Families: Weavers, Cowan’s, Coppingers

Nursing Homes/Assisted Living : Hazel Alexander,

Edith Northcutt, Mildred Paschal, Loretta Wilkinson

Missionaries: Buck/Annie Barton, Lee/Sophia Ford,

Marcus/Sara McBee, Al/Margaret Patterson,

Gavin/Laura Pinkston

Church Staff: Dean Anderson, Rhett Brewer, Tony

Burnett, Julie Matheny, Glenda Hunter

Military: Caleb Daniel, Brad Davis, Josh England, Chris

Gillis, Jessie Gussman, Michael Hallman, Stephon

Harris, Zachary Hyde, Steven Pirtle, Justin Wax, Parker

Woodworth

College Students: Melissa Burnett, Lytton Haley,

Jackson Mason, Laura Beth Nichols, Ashlyn Nokes,

Julianna Schau, Chandler Todd, Jacob Todd

Active Deacons: Jason McGee, Douglas Jennings, Matt

Powers, Darren Jessup, Jeff A. Todd, Jeff D. Todd,

Mark Matheny, Jeff Stevenson, Bob Walls

Church Matters: Celebrate Recovery; Bro. Tony &

Student Ministry; Bruce Marchiano & the Gospel of

John film; IMB Missionaries; Bethesda Baptist,

Brockton, MA & 2020 Mission Trip; April Revival