Congratulations!!

We would like to send our congratulations to Frances and Bessie P. on the birth of a new great-grandson. Mitchell and Janell C. were blessed with a baby boy - Trenton Elliot early Saturday morning. Everyone is doing fine and we rejoice with the family over the blessing from the Lord.

5th Sunday Night Sing

March has 5 Sundays, which means we will have a 5th Sunday Night Sing and Testimony Time on March 29. You are encouraged to share a talent, Scripture or testimony during the evening service on that day. Please begin to pray about what the Lord would have you to share.

Funny For the Day

Youth Alive!

Last weekend some of our youth went to a revival especially geared toward youth. They came away from the revival - REVIVED! Some of the young people spoke last Sunday night and shared about what the Lord put in their heart through the revival. They began speaking of things like - Revival, Service, Unity, Love, Witnessing. What a blessing it was to hear these things coming from the teenagers. One of the youth leaders spoke about the revival also. He shared about the Holy Spirit doing a work through the teenagers and what a blessing this is for our church.

Please consider this an encouragment to the church family to keep our teens in your prayers. Please pray for God's work to continue in their hearts and expand into the lives of other teens and through our church. Please pray for opportunities for the youth to share their faith, to stand firm in their convictions and to be led through these critical years in the paths of the Lord.

Here are a few links to help pray for our youth:

8 Ways To Pray

31 Ways to Pray

Scripture Prayers

Family Meal on Wedneday

Wednesday will be the Family Meal and prayer. Since this month is St. Patrick's Day, our meal with feature an Irish theme! If you are up for a fun challenge, you can prepare an Irish themed food dish to share. If not, feel free to bring a good old fashioned southern dish! The meal is a covered dish, bring a dish to share and be here at 6:00 PM. Following the meal there are activities for the entire family:

Youth Bible Study

Children's Missions

Adult Prayer Meeting

Bring the covered dish and the family for a great time of Christian fellowship.

Here are a few links for some Irish recipes:

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/stpatricks/dinner.htm

http://fp.enter.net/~rburk/stpatricksday/dinners/irish_dinner_recipes.htm

Baptism

Baptism is a beautiful picture of the death, burial and ressurection of Christ parallelled in the Christian life.

Romans 6:4 :"Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life."

When a person accepts Christ as their Savior, they put to death the old sinful nature, they rise in Christ's forgiveness and begin a new life moving forward in the newness of life in Christ. In our church family, we rejoice over baptism and the new life it portrays.

Please keep these and always one another in your prayers for continued growth in the grace and knowledge of God.

Annie Armstrong Offering

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® is much more than an offering envelope and an annual missions-giving emphasis. When people give to the offering, 100 percent of their gift will be transformed into missionary salaries and ministry supplies. Those missionaries and supplies will help others hear the message of Christ and respond in faith to His offer of salvation. Time and again our missionaries relate how the offering is their lifeblood. They know that behind each penny given, there is a Southern Baptist who believes in what they do and are affirming the need to equip them to share the gospel with those who need a Savior.

Fast Facts about the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering:
The reason we give to AAEO: To help our missionary force reach for Christ an estimated 251 million lost people in the United States and Canada; that's three of four people.

Amount of AAEO used to support missionaries and their work:

100%

Number of NAMB missionaries:

More than 5,500. Generally, a third of the number represents career missionaries, a third are short-term funded missionaries, and a third are Mission Service Corps missionaries.

What do AAEO-supported missionaries do?
Start new churches
Engage in student evangelism on college campuses
Serve the physical and spiritual needs of people through inner-city Baptist centers
Serve in local Baptist associations as associational missionary or other mission staff
Provide training and ministry in apologetics (interfaith witness) evangelism
Minister in resort settings such as campgrounds and ski areas

This week is set aside as the Week of Prayer For North America Missons.

Vist the NAMB daily for a missionary to pray for.