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The Steeple
Celebrate Woodburn Baptist
Church 150th Anniversary
Worship celebration
Breakfast in the courtyard
T-shirt give away
Max Benningfield Maggie Holman
Zach Brinkley Zach Haynes
Alexis Cherry Taylor Mann
Ronesia Downey Jordan McElroy
Zach Gibbs John Phelps
Gabe Guelde Fallon Russell
Haley Hancock Steven Sawyer
Tyler Hardcastle Emma Ward
Kayleigh Hickman Emily Weeks
Dalton Wilson
Graduate Commissioning Service Wednesday, May 17th-6:00pm
Reception to follow
On Wednesday, May 17th we will honor our high school gradu-ates for their accomplishment and commission them into the next stage of life as a Kingdom Advancer. This is an important stage for every one of our students and we want to make this a special night. Each student will receive a gift from the church and a challenge to go from this stage into the next with the determination of living for God and making a difference for His Kingdom in the world.
If your son or daughter is graduating this year please send their
name, school, and next step to: [email protected]
8. Which of the following is not a true statement about the church on the first Sunday of the year 1900?
a. The church treasury totaled 52¢. After they paid the sexton, the total was 2¢.
b. Dr. Edward Nicholas Dicken was pastor.
c. Men and women sat together in the pews during wor ship.
d. The church was at the beginning of a period of sus tained growth unmatched in its history to this day.
9. Which happened first?
a. As the revival stretched into its second full week, church members each read all of the Gospel of John, the book of Acts, and all of Paul’s letters.
b. The church draws up a resolution condemning base ball on Sunday.
c. The Lord’s Supper begins to be observed on the first Sunday of each quarter.
d. Pastor Dr. Eugene L. Hill leaves the church in order to assume the presidency of Graves Theological Seminary in Canton, China.
10. Put the following members in the order of which they joined the church.
a. Mark McElroy
b. Margaret Ann (Chapman) Adams
c. Dan Costello
d. Jerri Turner
e. Barbara (Carter) White
f. Chip Willingham
Sisters and Brothers,
In celebration of our church’s 150th anniversary this month, here’s a quiz to check your knowledge of Woodburn church history. Answers are found at the bottom.
1. Which happened first?
a. The church parsonage is completed.
b. The church adds indoor restrooms.
c. The front wall of the old sanctuary gets wood paneling.
d. The church key is no longer left out on the front porch.
2. Name the six most recent pastors, beginning with the pre-sent pastor.
3. At present, who is the oldest member of our church?
a. Nancy McElroy
b. Dewey Pharris
c. Wilma Guthrie
d. Nancy Church
4. Who was the first person baptized in the current sanctu-ary?
a. Matthew Spurlock
b. Kevin Lake
c. Dan McDermott
d. Alpha Marshall
5. Name all the church’s youth ministers from Brant Karrick to Matt Betts.
6. Which happened first?
a. The church votes to have a special service every Thanksgiving Day at 10:00 a.m.
b. The church begins giving out bulletins on Sunday.
c. The church gets electric lights.
d. The church suspends its Training Union program.
7. Which former pastor shares his name with a U.S. presi-dent?
ANSWERS: (1) a: The parsonage was completed in 1962; (2) Tim Harris, Harry Monroe, Scott Kilgore, Jim Gifford, Ken Cummins, Wallace Morris; (3) b: Dewey Pharris was born in 1926; (4) c; (5) Brant Karrick, Tim Harris, Bob McDaniel, Mi-chael Gossard, Darrin Wan, Danny Pace, Tim Colovos, Frank Wright, Jeff Bowman, Matt Betts; (6) c: The church got elec-tricity in 1922; (7) George Bush, pastor from 1913-18; (8) c: At the time, women and men still used separate entrances and sat on opposite sides; (9) b: The church condemned Sunday baseball in 1922; (10) Barbara White and Margaret Ann Ad-ams were baptized on the same day in 1953, Tracy Newton joined in 1982, Chip Willingham joined in 1996, Mark McElroy rejoined in 1999, Jerri Turner joined in 2002, and Dan Costello just joined on April 9.
May Birthstone: Emerald
May Flower: Lily of the Valley
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May Birthdays & Anniversaries: Day Name
1 Payton Basham, Franziska Mayhall 2 Alpha Marshall, Brian Mefford, Renee Morse 3 Rick Clark, Lori Johnson, 3 Adam Jones, Rhonda Smith 4 Starr Brock, Sarah Hutcheson 4 Kerry King, Casey Poppy, Ruthie White 5 Pam Jarboe 6 Taylor Wolff 7 Don Dyer, Christina Smith 8 Sam Tuggle 9 Bradley Bunch, Jana Hightower 10 Nancy Alfonso, Dalton Byrd, Cami Cornell 10 Chip Jenkins, Doug Johnson, Ann Maxwell 11 Eli Mefford 12 CW Brock, JT Haynes, Patricia McCoy 15 Neely Balance, Jana Benningfield, AJ Oliver 15 Cameron Esters, Bill Haight, Lindsey Haskins 16 BJ Cummings, Tracey Esters, Cherrilyn Gibson 17 Caroline Clark, Donna Martin 18 Ginny Cleveland, Wilma Guthrie 18 Magdalene Hughes, Amy Oliver, Orean Ray 19 Celene Melendez
20 Joshua Ayers, Nicole Carpenter, Jeff Lewis 22 Cindy Burnette 23 Lincoln Fuller, Lucas Hughes 23 Cassondra Lashley 24 Elizabeth Brown 25 Jacklyn Gosser, James Hunter, Jason Sparks 26 Kim Perdue 27 James Bush, Channen Graves 28 Cecil Jenkins, Christi Patterson 29 Jan Sweeney, Warren Weeks 30 Caleigh Esters, Mark Riggenbach, Kaitlyn Soler
Anniversaries: 1 Chuck and Sylvia Harris
3 Bill and Donitta Brinkley 5 Corbin and Sarah Renick 6 Joel and Dawn Duckett 12 Dennis and Rhonda Smith 13 Will and Melissa Baker 15 Joe Neal and Pat Ballance 15 Kevin and Courtney Luttrell 17 Paul and Leah Eardensohn 19 Ryan and Jessica Johnson 22 Garrett and Beth James 22 Kelly and Jaime Milam 26 James and Linda Hunter 26 Robert and Kylie Whitlock 27 Ron and Kathy Ford 28 Doug and Cindy Johnson 29 Cliff and Penny Davis 30 Bill and Vanessa Haight 30 Teddy and Stephanie Martin 31 John and Nicole Sauer 31 Bill and Jan Sweeney
Small Groups Worship
April 2 –346 8:30-225 11:00-233
Café-96
April 9– 364 8:30-242 11:00-249
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April 16-352 8:30–421 11:00-412
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April 23-368 8:30-218 11:00-272
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April 30-395 8:30-247 11:00-261
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WOODBURN BAPTIST CHURCH
PO BOX 38
WOODBURN KY 42170
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
NON-PROFIT ORG
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
BOWLING GREEN KY
PERMIT NO. 9
Sunday, May 7 A.M. Saving Faith (Romans 4:1-25)
P.M. Evening Worship and Small Groups
Wed. Dead Faith (James 2:14-26)
Sunday, May 14
A.M. Abracadabra (Acts 8:4-24)
P.M. Evening Worship and Small Groups
Wed. Graduate Recognition and Celebration
Sunday, May 21 A.M. When Faith Puts on a Show ( Matthew 6:1-18)
11:00: Children’s Worship Service
P.M. Evening Worship and Small Groups
Wed. Family Meeting
Sunday, May 28 {150th Anniversary Celebration}
A.M. One Tiny Seed ( Matthew 17:14-21)
P.M. Evening Worship and Small Groups
Wed. Believe and Receive (Mark 11:22-24)
CHURCH STAFF
Church Office: 270-529-5221
Office Hours: 8 am - 4 pm, Monday thru Friday
Pastor: Dr. Tim Harris . . . TimHarr [email protected] . . .cell 270-996-7735
Minister of Education & Administration: Warren Weeks . . . . . home 270-529-3028
E-mail: [email protected]
Youth & Young Adults Pastor: Matt Betts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 270-202-1244
Email: [email protected]
Worship Pastor: Rod Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 502-229-0114
Email: [email protected]
Director of Children’s Ministries: Nichole Buckman . . . . . . . . . cell 270-405-6165
Email: [email protected]
Custodian: Judy Chaffin
Administrative Assistant: Michelle Hunt……………………….…office 270-529-5221
Email: [email protected]
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Prayers & Sympathies to . . . WB Adams and family on the passing of his sister, Ben-
nie Wilson.
Kerry, Matt, Zach King and family on the passing of
Tina King.
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On May 26, the senior adults will travel by bus to
Stearns Ky and take a three hour train trip. The train,
trip, and lunch will cost $31. This group is open to
anyone age 55 and older. Please contact Jane Clark
(270-781-6420) or Bonnie Carter (270-842-0852) if
you'd like to go.
It was exciting to have 1005 here at church for Easter.
Thank you to everyone who helped by inviting someone
to come with you and to those who helped serve in our
outreach efforts to the community. Bro. Tim asked us in
staff meeting which activity was the most effective in
helping us make the goal. There is no real way to know
that since we do not have a way to get that information
from those who attend. The real answer is probably eve-
rything. Each activity leaves an impression on someone.
This year, some of our Easter outreach activities were: we
participated in the Easter Egg Hunt at South Warren with
four other organizations where thousands of folks heard
about our church, we mailed 1000 postcards to the com-
munity around the church, distributed 600 invite cards for
folks to use in inviting others and sent a OneCall to the
community and all church members reminding them of
our Easter services. All of those things worked together to
encourage folks to come. The next question is “How do
we get them to come back?” If you invited someone to
come, ask them what they enjoyed about Easter? And
encourage them to come back. Another good thing to ask
is, “Do you have any questions about the service or the
church?” These are open ended questions which lead to
more discussion. Helping identify next steps for them is
also helpful. The next step for some might be to come so
that they and their children can come to a small group on
Sunday. Vacation Bible School is another big opportunity
to invite others. The bottom line is that it takes all of us
working together to reach others. Thanks for being a part
of the Lord’s work in reaching others.
Serving Together,
Warren Weeks
Partner with Journey Church the month of May Journey Church is moving right along. May is an important month for us as a church plant. Even though we launch in the fall we have a lot of groundwork to lay before that important day. Here are some ways that you can be involved in the month of May: Preparation Day for the Building and Property Saturday, May 13
th beginning at 9am till whenev-
er. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Some things on our list: trash pick up, painting, cleaning, cutting down/clearing out trees in a fence line, landscaping, building a sound booth, minor repairs, pressure washing, etc. If you are willing to help please email me at [email protected] with what you are in-terested in and some contact info. Neighborhood Block Party If you can help with passing out flyers on a street or two the week prior please let me know. Week of May 22-26 If you want to help with the event itself (Saturday, May 27
th), here are some things we are thinking
about doing: kid games and activities, DJ, food preparation and serving, giveaways, registration, face-painting, inflatables, jump rope, soccer. Actual Block Party will be Saturday, May 27
th from
11am till 1:30pm or so.
Email me at [email protected] if you are interested. Please leave contact info and what
you’d like to be involved in.
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3. ONLY FRIENDS CAN FOLLOW YOU.
Sometimes parents think that if they follow rule 1 and have the account private they’re all set. But that only covers one side of the street, social media goes both ways. I love that L.E. has friends from school, church and her neighborhood who follow her, but she doesn’t need a bunch of strangers monitoring her visual life. Every time someone random requests to follow her, we talk about it. Only friends can follow you.
4. PRIVATE INFORMATION STAYS PRIVATE.
You’d be surprised at how many teens post their phone numbers, addresses and even screenshots of their driver’s license online. Unless we’re on vacation, we also don’t tag our location in the photo. It might seem like a minor thing but the risks of sharing private information online far outweigh any possible benefits. Private information stays private.
5. BATHING SUIT PHOTOS DON’T GET POSTED.
This one might be unique to having a teenage daugh-ter, but as we work toward understanding modesty, we make decisions like this. It’s not about being ashamed of your body or trying to live up to a certain standard of beauty. It’s about realizing that a photo you post can never be deleted. Even if you remove it, it’s now on servers you’ll never have access to. Mod-esty matters. Bathing suit photos don’t get posted.
Are these all the issues you should think about with Instagram? Of course not, but hopefully they will start the conversation.
Don’t turn your kid loose online and just hope for the best.
Be deliberate. Be involved. Be curious.
Nichole Buckman
As I’m online and using various types of social media I’m notic-ing more and more of our elementary grade kids also using social media. It can be a great tool to connect us, but like any-thing that seems good it can be misused as well. Here is an article from Jon Acuff on his take on kids and social media. My hope is that it will give you the encouragement and reassur-ance to navigate social media usage with your kids. -Nichole
5 RULES WE GAVE OUR 13-YEAR-OLD WHEN SHE JOINED IN-STAGRAM
Posted by Jon Acuff
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I had a whole lot of ideas about raising a teenager in a social media world right up to the moment that I actually had a teenager in a social media world.
When my 13-year-old daughter wanted to join Instagram, we didn’t treat it like a casual experience. It was to be her first foray into the world of social media. I knew the potential for fun and the peril for mistakes that using a social media app represented.
But I also don’t believe the Internet is an evil devil machine designed to ruin our kids. All too often the media only hypes that bad moments, completely ignoring the great things that happen when you teach your kid a healthy approach to tech-nology.
In order to help L.E. with Instagram, we gave her five simple rules:
1. THE ACCOUNT STAYS PRIVATE.
There are a lot of points that can be argued about social me-dia, but this one feels very clear to me. There is absolutely zero reason for a 13-year-old to have a public Instagram account. Unless the 13-year-old is a cutting edge tech startup CEO run-ning a million dollar business, they aren’t using social media to build a platform. They are using it to connect with friends. The account stays private.
2. THE PASSWORDS ARE SHARED.
Whenever I hear a friend say, “My son won’t give me his Insta-gram password” or “My daughter won’t let us follow her” I giggle. Unless your kid is paying for their own phone, own data plan and while we’re at it, own room and board, that’s your phone. Imagine if you came home one day and your kid had installed a new lock on their bedroom door. You’d laugh and then immediately remove the lock. The passwords are shared
Remember Our Shut-Ins
Lena Van Meter Tressie Vice
Dorothy Davidson Dewey & Mabel Pharris
May Thompson
May Homebound Visitation Schedule
1st week - Cristen Powers
2nd week– Don and Diane Harris
3rd week –Vi Cato and Laura Spencer
4th week– Jennifer Jones
Hopkins Nursing Home Ministry May 7 10 am– Dennis Smith, Annell Becker
May 21 10 am– Ritchie Hamm., Billy Lawrence, Faye
Lawrence
Playing Favorites As parents, we’re not supposed to do it. Nor as friends. And especially as pastors. But I confess: I’m playing favorites. Right now my 2nd favorite ministry member is Zach Watts. If you don’t know Zach but worship in the Sanctuary service on Sunday mornings, you’ve probably heard him play trum-pet or seen him portray an angel in the “Living Christmas Cards” in December. Zach has been coming to WBC for about 8 months. But Zach’s trumpeting and angel mimicking are not the rea-sons he’s my 2nd favorite.
In short, here are the six reasons why: Drew, Tanissa, Kayla, Caleb, Ashley, and Christina. In less than 8 months, Zach has brought 6 people to Wood-burn. That I know of. And all of them have played an instrument in worship. And some of them want to come regularly, whether they are asked to play or not. 6 people have gladly come because one guy invited them in the last 8 months. And so you might be wondering why Zach is my 2nd favor-ite. Simple. Somebody invited Zach. A couple of years ago, Joshua Miller started inviting Zach. It took six invitations before Joshua and I were sitting at Applebee’s one night and he suggested I ask Zach to come when I was looking for a trumpet player. It isn’t just Joshua and Zach. There are people in our town waiting to be invited. You don’t have to bribe or promise anything… other than a place filled with real people who love people. Who is waiting on your invitation to find what you’ve found? Rod
On May 6th, the Men of Woodburn will be hosting a
ladies banquet at the church. It will be a great evening
of fine dining and entertainment. Our youth depart-
ment will be your servers for the evening and will ac-
cept tips to help fund there camp fees.
The evening will begin at 6pm with dinner served at
6:30pm. The entertainment will flow throughout the
evening. We have a special guest performing as well as
an open mic time for you to express how special ladies
have blessed your life. This dinner is to honor all ladies.
Please bring your wife, mother, girl friend, aunt and
especially focus on ensuring all of our unmarried and
widowed ladies are escorted to the dinner as well.
The cost for gentlemen will be $12 each and all ladies
are invited to attend at no cost. Please RSVP with the
number attending and your choice of poultry or pork
for each to Scott Chandler at 270-847-0305
or [email protected] by May 5th. There will
also be a signup area in the lobby between services for
you to RSVP as well.
The Men of Woodburn look forward to serving you and
providing a special night in your honor.
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Youth Ministry:
College and Young Adults: College Small Group
College aged community group that meets at 9:45am each Sunday in room 53. This group is led be Caleb Hodges.
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Crossings Camp (All 7th-12th graders) June 18-22 Total Cost: $290 ($145 for 2nd+ teen) $75 deposit for all students. *SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE Register and make payments at woodburnbap-tist.org/student-ministry
Every year we honor our high school graduates at our an-nual Graduate Recognition Service. Last year we made a slight change in the name of the service and the focus of the night. Many wouldn’t even notice but this slight differ-ence makes all the difference. We began calling the ser-vice Graduate Commissioning. We felt that the step from high school into college, the military, a gap year, or the job force is so important and so much bigger than just recognizing the achievement of graduating. This is a step into what God has for our graduates. It’s a step that we should not take lightly but should focus on the advance-ment of the Kingdom of God through the lives of every one of our students. Every student is not going to be a pastor or a vocational missionary, even though we’d love to see more of our students serving in these capacities, but every student that is a follower of Christ is a Kingdom advancer. If they become a nurse they should see that profession as a platform for the Gospel. If they are going into the military they should see the military as a place to advance the Kingdom of God. If they work in hospitality, insurance, business, retail, or Waffle House it should be the place where the love and work of Christ becomes prominent through their lives. We live in a world that is all about “me,” increasing portfolios, having a big house, getting ahead of the field, and securing ourselves for re-tirement. This isn’t what God has called us to as followers. He has called us to a Kingdom work and He wants to use our students who choose nursing or funeral directing or food service to do His work. We want to send our stu-dents off into the next stage of life emboldened with the understanding that what they are doing is BIG. What they are doing has a PURPOSE. What they are doing is IMPACT-FUL. What they are doing has the PRAYERS and SUPPORT of their church behind them. Join us on Wednesday, May 17th at 6pm for this night of commissioning. Parents, please see details of the night on this page to get your student signed up and ready for their Graduate Commis-sioning Service.
Matt Betts
Student Pastor
*If you would like to be put on the weekly parent email list let me know at [email protected] or 270-202-1244.
Graduate Commissioning Service
On Wednesday, May 17
th we will honor our
high school graduates for their accomplish-ment and commission them into the next stage of life as a Kingdom Advancer. This is an important stage for every one of our stu-dents and we want to make this a special night. Each student will receive a gift from the church and a challenge to go from this stage into the next with the determination of living for God and making a difference for His Kingdom in the world.
Service starts at 6pm on Wednesday, May
17th Reception to follow
Please be here by 5pm to set up your table/
box for gifts and notes from our church folks.
If your son or daughter is graduating this year please send their name, school, and
next step to [email protected] Each parent/guardian needs to submit up to
10 pictures in order for their student to be recognized in a video the night of the ser-vice. They need to be submitted no later than Wednesday, May 10
th. I will accept a
hardcopy but digital is preferred. Please send all pictures to [email protected]
More about . . .
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lessons in May
lessons in May
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If you would like to receive the weekly email related to your child’s ministry area please send an email to [email protected] to be included.
If you would like to receive ministry related text notifica-tions about events, special activities, or reminders please do the following:
For preschool, text @wbcjamjr to 81010
For 1st – 6th grade, text @wbcjamkids to 81010
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Congratulations to…
Steven and Cortney Stewart on the birth of their daughter, Vivian Jane Stewart on March 31st. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 21 inches long!
Justin and Jaimie Dyer on the birth of their son, Finley Dyer on April 2, 2017. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 21 inches long!
*Preparation and practice for the Children’s Led Wor-ship Service will be every Wednesday and there will also
be practice on Saturday, May 20th from 6 – 8 pm.
Our Vacation Bible School this year will fall in line with our approach to small groups. If you have ever considered leading in VBS and are really passionate about reflecting the love of Christ through building relationships you would be a perfect Small Group Leader. We are looking for Small Group Leaders who are growing in their faith and want to help kids learn how to apply the lesson they receive in large group in a real way to their everyday lives through activities and discussion.
Our VBS is scheduled for June 12 - 16 from 9a.m. -
Noon. I'd love to talk with you more about how
you can be a positive spiritual influence in the lives
of our kids. Just send me a PM or call the church
office.
