The Season of Renewal

Lent is the period of forty days preceding Easter beginning on Ash Wednesday, the fortieth weekday before Easter, and concluding at noon on Saturday of Holy Week.

This season in the life of the believer is a time of preparation for the celebration of the Resurrection. It is also for

increased reflection, contemplation, and a time for Christian service and growth.

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802 South Caswell Street La Grange, North Carolina 28551 www.lagrangefwb.org

Ronnie V. Hobgood, Pastor Joshua T. Hobgood, Youth Pastor

Christ-First • Bible-First • Ministry-First

Welcome to Worship and Celebration!

Welcome to Worship & Celebration! During this Lenten season, we praise God for His righteous Son, who perfectly kept all of God’s commandments for us and paid the full price of our disobedience. Let us praise Him with hearts filled with Christ’s spirit of obedience._________________________________________________________________________________

Opportunities for Service and Growth

Sun. Apr. 6 Fifth Sunday in Lent 9:15am Partners in Prayer 9:45am Sunday School11:00am Worship & Celebration 4:00pm Practice for Living Lord’s Supper 4:50pm Choir Rehearsal 6:00pm Sunday Night Live (All Ages)

“The Cross – Live to Die” Mon. Apr. 7 7:15pm Sunday Night Live Band Practice

6:30pm Wilson/Creech CircleTue. Apr. 8 7:30pm Deacon’s MeetingWed. Apr. 9 12:00pm Lenten Lunch & Service / Christian Church

Host Church – La Grange Missionary Baptist 7:30pm Bible Study 7:30pm College Bible Study @ The CRIB

LifeGroupsSat. Apr. 12 4:00pm The CRIB Band Practice

6:30pm The CRIB (Grades 6 and up)“Reveal”

Sun. Apr. 13 Palm Sunday 9:15am Partners in Prayer 9:45am Sunday School11:00am Worship & Celebration 4:50pm Choir Rehearsal 6:00PM Youth Spaghetti Fundraiser Supper

Sunday Night Live (All Ages)“The Cross – Die to Live”

Mon. Apr. 14 7:15pm Sunday Night Live Band PracticeWed. Apr. 16 6:30am Teen Breakfast @ Kens

7:30pm NO Bible Study LifeGroups

Thu. Apr. 17 8:00pm Maundy Thursday ServiceSat. Apr. 19 10:00am KIDS Easter Celebration_______________________________________________________________

The Sanctuary Flowers have been given By Asa and Tiffany Creech

In honor of 20 years of marital Bliss

Announcements

New Series – Sunday Night LiveIn preparation to celebrate the love of Christ through His death on the cross, we will have a two week series beginning tonight and on April 13 th @ 6:00pm. The series is entitled: “The Cross – Live to Die.” This series is by Andy Stanley. We encourage everyone to attend.

Easter LiliesIf you would like to place an Easter Lily in the church for Easter Sunday, please sign the list on the Bulletin Board. The cost is $10.00each. The deadline for signing up is April 9th. There are envelopes on the Ushers Table for your lily. The final order will only include those that have been paid for by April 9th.

Grass CuttingThe season for cutting grass is upon us. The church needs your help in cutting grass this year. There is a list on the church bulletin board. Please sign the list for the week(s) you would be willing to cut the grass. If one or more persons would like to cut together, space has been provided for that purpose. The church has a riding mower. If you have questions concerning the mower, contact Clifton Harrison. Thank you for your help!

Youth Fundrasier – Spaghetti SupperThose attending the Big Stuf conference in June will have a Spaghetti Supper on April 13th to help with the cost of their trip. The supper will begin @ 6:00pm with the Sunday Night Live program following. Donations will be accepted.

The Living Lord’s SupperThe “Living Lord’s Supper’ will be on Thursday, April 17 th @ 8:00pm in the Fellowship Hall. We need volunteers to help with this worship service. We need

a total of 13 men and about 4 women. If you can help, please sign the list on the church bulletin board.

Vacation Bible SchoolVBS will be June 22-26. Sign-up sheets for helpers and workers will follow.

Handbell ChoirsThe Music Department is organizing a “Children’s Handbell Choir” and a “Adult Handbell Choir.” If you would like to be a ringer in one of these choirs, please sign the list on the church bulletin board.

From the Praise BandOur praise and worship team is in need of an electronic drum set. Even though you cannot replace the sound of real acoustic drums, sometimes they can be a challenge to control from a volume standpoint. An electronic set gives the person running sound absolute and total control of the drum volume level. This will enable us to lower the volume on stage significantly, which will help us to push the voices over the entire band more effectively. The cost of this drum set is $1,500.00 (Gifts received - $850.00). If you would like to help with this need, please use the envelope provided on the church bulletin board. If you have any further questions please contact Josh. Thanks!

Stop Hunger NowOn Sunday, March 30th we had a Meal Packaging Event for Stop Hunger Now. Thanks is expressed to everyone who gave and helped with the event. We collected $ 2,727.94 for the event. We packaged 10,000 meals. We also support NLHS with a gift of $100.00 for their Stop Hunger Now event on Friday, April 4th. We now have a balance for our next event of $ 127.94. Thank You for your HELP to STOP HUNGER NOW!

Sunday, April 13 @ 11:00am Palm Sunday Worship

Thursday, April 17 @ 8:00pm The Living Lord’s Supper

Saturday, April 19 @ 10:00am KIDS Easter Celebration

Sunday, April 20 @ 6:30am Easter Sunrise Service

Sunday, April 20 @ 11:00am Easter Worship & Celebration

WE WISH YOU A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!4- 2 Colby Creech 4- 5 Virginia Holmes4- 7 Sara Maxwell 4- 9 Laura Eason4-12 Ashley Hipkiss 4-13 Samantha Warren4-18 Sybil Killette 4-19 Kevin Bannister4-22 Janet Hines 4-22 Jeff Holmes4-24 Janie Beth Harrison 4-27 Missy Hardy4-30 Annie Ruth Herring________________________________________________________________

CHURCH WORKERS FOR APRIL Deacon of the Month: Ted Harrison

Greeters for Worship North Vestibule South Vestibule Gathering Hall 6- Ushers Sue Shivar James & Jennifer Sutton13- Ushers Irene Wilson C. J. & Dee Foster20- Ushers Ted Harrison Jeff & Pam Thomas27- Ushers DeeAnn Maready Matt & Kim Wade

Candlelighters 6- Grayson Sullivan 13- Conner Craft20- Colby Creech 27- William Sutton

Children’s Church (ages 3-3 rd grade) 6- Kim Wade & Kendra Sullivan 13- Bonnie Dail & Avery Mills20- No Children’s Church 27- Jimmy & Bethany Jones

Infant Nursery (Birth – age 1 ) / Toddlers Nursery (Ages 1-2) 6- Christina Creech, Delores Foster, & Pam Thomas13- Ashley Holland, DeeAnne Maready, & Sarah Letchworth20- Joyce Harrison, Cassidy Hipkiss, & Irene Wilson27- Nelson, Harrison, Susie Harrison, & Jordan Harrison________________________________________________________________

Attendance for Mark 30 , 2014 Sunday School...........................................................................................................92Worship & Celebration...........................................................................................159Sunday Night Live..................................................................................................100Wednesday Night Bible Study..................................................................................27________________________________________________________________

In the WORDMemory Verse for 2014

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in

the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.”Ephesians 3:20-21 NKJV

Book of the MonthThe Gospel of Matthew

Prayer Ministry“My House Shall Be Called a House of Prayer”

PRAISE…Praise the Lord for the great and mighty things He has done.HOSPITAL…Kristi Carlyle [LMH (Wife of Wayne Carlyle)], Christian Turner (Edna Johnson), and Chuck Wackerman (CE).SICK…Tommy Allen (Brother-in-law of Irene Wilson), Frances Alphin (Christine Parrish), Gina Bannister (Sister of Bruce Bannister), Rex and Jeannie Bannister (Parents of Bruce Bannister), Brenda Britt, Doris Britt (Mother of Pastor), Flonnie Buck (Mother of Sara Maxwell), Valerie Burmahl (Sister of Gwen Wade), Joyce Cherry , Caleb Eason (Nephew of Laura Eason), Aiden Egan, Kari Elwart (Darlene Creech), Herma Ferris (Bethany Jones), Angie Greene (Susie Harrison), Margaret Haddock (Holmes Family), Rose Haddock, Clifton Harrison, Martha Harrison, Dalton Hinson, Pat Hinson-Deaver, N. C. Holmes, Virginia Holmes, Edna Johnson, Carol Jones (David Letchworth), Ronnie King (Sandra Rouse), Bliss Kite (Sister-in-law of Pastor), Barbara Lambert (Friend of Bethany Jones), Tiffany Langston (Zack & Alex Liles), Bob Lee (Brother-in-law of Vickie Singleton), Fay Letchworth, Linda Manning, Joyce Martin, Roger Mewborn, Rev. Jerry Mitchell, Muriel Murphy (Grandmother of Pam Thomas), Donald Parrish, Kelly Richardson (Sue Shivar), Hannah Beth Roddy, JoAnn Rouse, Glennie Rumschlag (Herring family), Don Seymour (Dixie Letchworth), Christy Smith, Margaret Vail (Harmony Hall), ), Cindy Wackerman (Step-mother of Chuck Wackerman), Crystal Wackerman, Veronica Wooten Jennifer Sutton), and Tiny Yeates (Sherwood Shivar).HOMEBOUND…Joyce Edwards, Myrtle Hanchey (Grandmother of Lucretia Creech), Rev. J. B. Narron (Hobgood Family), Enzie Singleton, Joel Sutton.CHURCH AND DENOMINATIONAL…First Church, Pastor, Youth Pastor, Deacons, Sunday School Leaders/Teachers, College Students, Convention of Original FWB, Denominational Ministries, the Lost, and all Christians.SPECIAL CONCERNS…Our military & their families, Josh & Holly Balance [Korea (Son-in-law of Hilda Sutton)], Alex Ferrell (nephew of Bethany Jones-service), Adam Harrison (Service), Mike Hammond, Josh Manning (Zack Liles), Josh Ormond [Service / Texas (Son of C. J. & Dee Foster)], Sons Family (Service – Ray Kennedy), Revival in the church.CIVIC LEADERS…US: President Obama, Vice-President Biden, Cabinet, Congress, and the Supreme Court’NC: Governor McCrory, NC Senators and NC Representatives.La Grange/Lenoir County: Mayor Gurley, Town Commissioners, County Commissioners, County & Private Schools, and Lenoir Community College.

\(As of April 4, 2014)

If you have an item of praise or a prayer request, please take a card from the pew rack entitled “The Ministry of Intercessory Prayer,” fill it out, and place it in the offering plate or hand it to the Pastor. Individuals will stay on the prayer list for six weeks. If they need to be on the list longer, please fill out a new request card.

Worship & Celebration_________________________________________________________________________________

April 6, 2014 The Lord’s Day Eleven O’clock

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Fifth Sunday in LentPREPARATION FOR WORSHIP

PreludeWelcome and Announcements PastorQuiet Reflection with God PeopleLighting of the Candles Grayson Sullivan

CALL TO WORSHIP “This Is the Day”...............................................................Number 590

INVOCATION Youth PastorHYMNS AND SONGS OF PRAISE

“My Savior’s Love” (Verses 1 & 4)................................Number 512I stand amazed in the presence Of Jesus the Nazarene, And wonder how He could love me. A sinner, condemned, unclean.Refrain:

How marvelous! How wonderful! And my song shall ever be:How marvelous! How wonderful! Is my Savior’s love for me!

He took my sins and my sorrows, He made them His very own; He bore the burden to Calv’ry, And suffered and died alone.

Refrain::“Since Jesus Came into My Heart”...................................Number 515

What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought Since Jesus came into my heart! I have light in my soul for which long I have sought, Since Jesus came into my heart! Since Jesus came into my heart, Since Jesus came into my heart, Floods of joy o’er my soul like the sea billows roll, Since Jesus came into my heart.

“Something Beautiful”......................................................Number 519Something beautiful, something good; All my confusion He understood. All I had to offer Him was brokenness and strife, But He made something beautiful of my life. (First Church # 2057646 CCLI # 18060)

(A time of Fellowship for the family of God.)

TIME WITH THE CHILDRENSCRIPTURE READING Psalm 130

Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

OFFERTORYOffertory Prayer LaityGiving His Tithes and Our Offerings People“Doxology” People

SCRIPTURE READING Romans 8:6-11Leader: This is the Word of the Lord.People: Thanks be to God.

TIME OF PRAYERSharing our prayer concerns PeopleMorning Prayer

ANTHEM“I Will Rise”.................................................................................Choir

(Children age 3 – 5th grade are dismissed to Children’s Church)

MESSAGE FROM GOD’S WORD Pastor“Do You Believe” John 11:17-27

TIME OF INVITATION AND COMMITMENT“My Tribute”.......................................................................Number 11

How can I say things for the things You have done for me – Things so undeserved, yet You give to prove Your love for me? The voices of a million angels could not express my gratitude – All that I am and ever hope to be, I owe it all to Thee.

To God be the glory, To God be the glory, To God be the glory for the things He has done. With His blood He has saved me; With His pow’r He has raised me. To God be the glory for the things He has done. (First Church # 2057646 CCLI # 17566

ALTAR PRAYER PastorCHORAL BENEDICTION

“What a Mighty God We Serve” (sing three times)

What a mighty God we serve, What a might God we serve; Angels bow before Him, Heaven and earth adore Him, What a mighty God we serve. (First Church # 2057646, CCLI # 4397553)

POSTLUDE Musicians

Amen Amen Amen