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U P C O M I N G E V E N T S :

March

FLC O pen Ho use

March 16

Easter Egg Hunt

March 22

Easter Sund ay

March 23

WMU Ann ual Mtg

March 28-29

April

FAIT H Cli nic

April 5

SDBA semi -an nua l Meetin g

LBC, April 14

SDBA VB S Cli nic

Danville 1s t, Apr il 17

May

Ladi es of Faith Lunc heo n

May 10

L A N C A S T E R

B A P T I S T

Mid-Week Informer

A C O M M U N I T Y O F

G R A C E TH A T I S

G R O W I N G & G O I N G

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S :

MARCH

Upward Celebration

March 18th at GCMS at

6:00 PM

Upward Sunday March

23rd

Chuck McAlister com-

ing to talk with men

about Wild Game Din-

ner—March 25 @ 6:00

Run for God Saturday

at 9:30 AM

From Your Pastor As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an

evangelist, fulfill your ministry. 2 Timothy 4:5

We kicked off our Reach Spring semester this past Monday evening. I was

thinking about how we get so programmed in our methodologies. I’m glad we

have had a designated time (Monday evenings) for Outreach (prospects), In-

reach (shut-ins, members), and Upreach (prayer). I’m thankful for those who

come out so regularly. However, I want to encourage our whole church to be

evangelistic. I think Paul is telling Timothy (and us) to do things in an evangel-

istic way. We need to minister, serve, build relationships, and do other activi-

ties in an evangelistic way with the goal of being able to share the Gospel of

Jesus Christ.

I have been impressed with the various avenues of outreach that LBC has

been involved with in the past or is currently involved in (Reach, Upward, DNow,

community outreaches, VBS, bus ministry, radio ministry, back to school sup-

plies, Wild Game dinners, Christmas/Easter musicals, revivals, children’s minis-

tries, FLC events, Trunk or Treat, Golden Lion’s Day, etc.). These events/

activities certainly help us build relationships with our community with the

hopes of making inroads with the gospel.

Statistics indicate that most people who visit a church were invited by a

FRAN (friend, relative, associate or neighbor). We often have the greatest

impact amongst those with whom we have established relationships. What

friend, relative, associate or neighbor do you need to invite to church or have a

gospel conversation?

We talked on Monday night about thinking out of the box in regards to

evangelism. I was just brainstorming some ideas that would stimulate our evan-

gelism. We could have some services this summer in our community, we could

have a free movie night once a month in the summer, we could take advantage

of community activities (Tobacco Festival, parades, etc.), offer marriage and

parenting seminars for our community, offer pre-marital counseling, work more

with our schools, determine a way to welcome people when they move into the

community, send out baptismal invitations when somebody is being baptized,

advertise more with yard signs, t-shirts, bumper stickers, etc., do a better job

of greeting and following up with our guest. Let us not forget to pray fer-

vently for our community and especially the lost who are all around us.

Will you take two minutes and just consider what you can do in an evangel-

istic way that might allow you or someone else the privilege of sharing the Gos-

pel? Let us continue to pray for laborers for the harvest. Let’s also consider

what areas the Lord would have us laborer. I believe God will honor our evan-

gelistic efforts!

Bro Harold

Deacon team for the week: Michael Anderson & Phil Murphy

Next Church-Outreach—Monday, March 17th @ 6:00 PM

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ATTENTION

BENEFIT CHILI DINNER: Chili dinner to benefit Randy Huffman (Debbie’s brother) and his family (battling cancer) this Friday, March 14th from 5:30-7:30 at GCHS.

UPWARD CELEBRATION: Join us Tuesday, March 18th at 6:00 PM at the Middle School.

ATTENTION MEN: Chuck McAlister will be here on Tuesday, March 25th at 6:30 to talk about a Wild Game Dinner. We will have pizza at 6:00PM.

NURSERY HELP NEEDED: If you would like to volunteer to serve in the nursery, please contact Bobi Middleton, either in person, by phone, or via email. Bobi’s phone number is (859)339-4070 and email address is bobib2@hotmail.com. Also, our greatest area of need in the nursery is for Wednesday night volunteers. There are typically fewer babies on Wed nights, so it shouldn't be too difficult! Also, current workers can email me to get a copy of the sched-ule for April- June, or paper copies will be available to pick up in the nursery.

LIBRARY– If you would like to serve as the church librarian (or a few of you together) please let the Nominating Team know.

THE TOP 13 QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD: What happened when Jesus died on the Cross and was resurrected (19th).

THE REASON WE GIVE TO AAEO: To help our missionary force reach for Christ an esti-mated 260 million lost people in the United States and Canada; that is three of four people.

THE ANNIE ARMSTRONG EASTER OFFERING GOAL FOR 2014: $70 million (last year $56.5 million).

TRIP TO ISRAEL: Bro Jerry Browning will be leading an eleven day trip to Israel in March 2015. If you are interested in going please let Bro. Harold know and he can provide more information.

A BIBLICAL MARRIAGE IN A BROKEN WORLD: We will begin a 6-week marriage study on Sunday evening, April 6

th at 6:30 PM. We will try to have childcare available for this study.

PLASTIC BAG PARTY: March 29th at 11:00 in the Youth room. If you have any questions,

contact Anna Ward.

JOY CLUB: Thursday, March 20th at 11:00 AM. It will be potluck and the guest speaker is Sarah Vickey, a pharmacist from Ephraim McDowell. Ms. Vickey asks that you to bring your medications so she can discuss each of them. Everyone is welcome.

MAKING DISCIPLES… (Questions kids ask)

Question: How does God get His power? Where does He get it from?

Answer: Ah, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. There is nothing too hard for You… (Jer. 32:17).

We hear a lot about God’s power. Take a look at our verse. God’s almighty power made the heavens and the earth and there is nothing too hard fro God. Well, I want you to learn a big word … omnipotent. The Bible teaches that God is omnipotent, meaning He is all powerful. He is Almighty God, He is Lord, the Creator of all things, and He never gets tired! There is none like God. Although we can’t completely understand His power, we know He is infinite in power (meaning there is no way to measure it), and all power ultimately comes from Him and the source of His power never becomes exhausted. God can do anything He wants whenever He wants, and nothing is impossible for Him. I am so glad that I serve a God who is all powerful!

Information taken from: The Answers Book for Kids: Vol. 3. Author Ken Ham, 2009.

New Bible Study

now being offered on Wednesday eve-

nings at 6:30 PM in the FLC.

(Bill Morrow is

leading this study.)

In All Things By Prayer...

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Kenna Arnold

Tommy Arnold

Blue Bailey

Alyssa Baker

Connie Baker

Andrea Best

Elmer Bishop

Patsy Brown

Bruce

Robert Bryant

Donnie Buchanan

Mackey Calvert

Marion Canter

O’Neal Carrier

Morris Caudill

Chasity Clark

Lucian Clark

Fayth Cookz

Jr. Cox

Rosa Cranfill

Ethan Dailey

Jim Denton

Jo Denton

Janet Dishman

Donald East

Ernie Ellis

Ralph Feldman

Fernando (Claudia Lucas’

father)

Wyatt Fielder

Russell Gastineau

John Gillespie

Aiden Gilliam

Amy Gilliam

Brenda Godsey

Jesse Goins

Barb Hall

Leland Hall

Rodney Hall

Sybil Hall

Candi Hamilton

Sarah Helton

Dewayne Holland

Grayson Blake Houp

Randy Huffman

Brandon Hunt

Carolyn Hunt

Cheryl Johnson

Gwen Johnson

Carl Kidwell

Janet King

Jean Land

Gary Lawson

Bruce Leach

Shirley Long

Kathy Martin

Mary Marksbury

Jim McCulley

Ronnie McGuffey

Billy McQuerry

Arber Della Meadows

Sam Miller

Ernest Montgomeory

Kenneth Montgomery

Eugene Motley

Anna Murphy

Al Neal

Leslie Newcomb

Joey Noel family

Patricia Norton

Tammy Parker

Walter Parson

Pam Powell

Jackie Powers

Charles Poynter

Rose Preston

Hilda Raleigh

Austin Ramsey

Lisa & Joey Ray

Hollie Rice

Adriana Rodriguez

Treston Rudder

Servicemen

John Short

Aaron Simpson

Robyn Slone

Bro. Leon Thomas

Harolyn Tucker

Priscilla Tudor

Alex Walters

Glenn Watkins

Bill Willham

Tyler Witt

Flonnie Whitaker

Buddy Williams

Melanie York

Our Church Bro. Harold & family Bro. Stephen & family Bro. Nehemiah & Tiffany

Our Deacons SS Teachers Church leaders New believers Lost Ministry Direction: Cherven’s, Anderson’s, Amanda, Katie, Collin

Community County Judge City Mayor Police/Sheriff Schools Lost

Nation President Legislatures Armed Forces Missionaries

Home Bound

Lucian Clark Nellie Cole JoAnn Grow Juanita Gullett Virgie Long Arber Della Meadows Anna Jean Newton Marie Naylor Myrtle Stump Ruth Watkins Barbara Cool

ANNIE ARM-STRONG EASTER

OFFERING:

Our goal is $4,000 this year. All dona-tions given for the meal this Sunday

after church will go towards this goal.

201 Richmond Street

Lancaster, KY 40444

Phone: 859-792-2781

E-mail: lbc@lanbaptist.org

Ministerial Staff:

Senior Pastor: Dr. Harold Best Worship Pastor: Nehemiah Wilkinson

Youth Pastor: Stephen Brogli

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To keep the prayer list up to date: Please contact Della Hall at 548-9250

Family Life Center Hours of Operation Monday through Friday

8:00 AM—10:00 AM (Walking only)

Prayer Warrior Sunday, March 16th

Walt Browning

To sign up for the Upper Room Contact:

Della Hall

Church Outreach

Monday, March 17th

6:00 PM

Invite people to join us at LBC (Easter Sunday

April 20th)

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

Help us contact our inac-tive church members.

REACH 101 March—May

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