SERMON NOTES Pastor Richard Hamlin

Sunday, March 1, 2015

OUR WEEK AT A GLANCE SUNDAY

9:00 am ............................................................. Sign Language Choir Practice

9:15 am .......................................................................................Library Open

9:30 am ............................................. Teacher Prayer Time in Fellowship Hall

9:55 am .................................................................................... Sunday School

10:45 am .................... Morning Worship and Preschool Chapel (Infant-PreK)

4:30 pm .................................................................................. Choir Rehearsal

5:00 pm ..................................................................... Youth Handbell Practice

5:00 pm .......................................................................................Library Open

6:00 pm ................................................................................ Evening Worship

MONDAY

6:30 pm ........................................... Ladies Bible Study in the Fellowship Hall

TUESDAY

7:15 am .......................................... Men’s Prayer Meeting in Fellowship Hall

WEDNESDAY

5:00-6:00 pm ................................................................. Family Dinner Served

5:30 pm ................................................... Joyful Harmony Kids Choir Practice

5:30 pm .......................................................................................Library Open

5:30-6:15 pm ............................................................ Student Choir Rehearsal

6:15 pm .............................................................................................. AWANA

6:15 pm ............................................................... Senior Adult Choir in #202A

6:15 pm .............................................................. Nursery (Infant - 18months)

6:30 pm ................... 6.7 Middle School and Eight|Twelve Student Ministries

7:00 pm ...................................................................................... Adult Classes

Our Record Speaks ............................................................ February 22, 2015

Sunday School .......................................................................................... 274

Morning Worship/Infant-PreK Ministry ................................................... 381

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 .................... Dismissed (Inclement weather)

CITY REACH CONWAY: 9th grade and above, June 27-July 4. Signup NOW in the student room. A $100 deposit is due today.

SENIOR SAINT LUNCHEON 10:30 am, Thursday, March 5 in fellowship hall.

MEN’S CHILI COOK-OFF: 6:30 pm, Friday, March 6. Sign-up sheet to attend is at the information table in the lobby.

BABY SHOWER for Brittany Thompson Harris in the Hospitality Room of First Baptist Church in Benton on Sunday, March 8 at 2 pm. She is having a girl and registered at Babies R Us, Target and Sears. In lieu of a card, please bring a new or used book.

WEDDING SHOWER for Lauren McNeely and Corey Lamb. 2-4pm, Sunday, March 8 in fellowship hall. Registered at Target, Bed, Bath and Beyond.

WEDDING SHOWER for Tisha Underwood and Jaren Taylor. Sunday, March 15 from 2-4 pm in the fellowship hall.

AWANA GRAND PRIX with kindergarten through adult divisions is coming in April! A sign-up sheet is at the information desk.

DAY TRIP FOR AGES 12-112 to Elvis Presley’s birthplace in Tupelo,

MS will be Thursday, March 12. Generous anonymous donors have arranged a 50-passenger motor coach for the trip! The bus will leave from the church at 7:30 am and return about 10:00 pm. The $13 cost covers ad-mission to Elvis’ boyhood home, church and museum. Money will also be needed for lunch and snacks. Deadline to sign up is to-day. Please see Martha Jean or a staff member.

Hallelujah AFTER THIS I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THE ROAR OF A GREAT MULTITUDE IN HEAVEN SHOUTING

SALVATION AND GLORY AND POWER BELONG TO OUR GOD

REVELATION 19:1

A Word from the Pastor Prayer List

Philippians 4:6: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

Linda Aaron Francis Abbott Hank Anderson Sarah Anderson Dewell Ballard Tommy Banks Leon Bates Ray Baxter Adam Bell Remington Bell Julia Besancon Wayne Bishop Louie Bray Torren Brewer John Broadway Anna Burkett Shelly Bush Lee Cady Terry Cady Mary Cady Wes Cady Zach Cady Russell Caldwell Jerry Cantrell Penny Carr Bill Carter Karen Carter Larry Carter Liz Chastain Martha Childers Paul Cloud Ray Collatt Bobby Craig Jay Craig Jake Crank Irene Damron Family Amanda Davis Cole Davis Louis Depriest Bill Donner Vinnie Donner Nevaeh Dove Jan Dowell Lynn Dozier

Cole Drye Kathy Duncan Rachel Ellis Wayne Elliott Doris Eubanks Jessie Faller Joy Ferguson Lauren Foster Dan Gallagher Winfred Garrett Floyd Gatlin Bonnie Gilmore John Gladson Pat Glover Ray Graddy Carol Graham Tammy Green Steve Gwatney Gracie Haley Paul Haley Price Hancock Patty Hardcastle Rita Harris Clara Hathcoat Pat Haynes Carson Head Betty Hendricks Don Hendricks Pat Henningsen Leola Henthorne Juanita Hester Christie Hickman Peggy Hill Jacee Hobbs Virginia Hobby Sandi Hodges Jim Holland Liam Holland Jackie Homan Sue Hopkins Dawn Irby Martha James Don Johnson Francis Johnson

Cindy Kappmeyer Clyde Kelly Ashley King Madine Landers Dub Larsen Tammie Lent Robert Lequieu Freda Loris Jim & Freida Lowery Tommy Maddox Ben Mayfield Lorene McCormack Jack McCray Dexter McDade Maxine McGee Eleazer Mendez Catherine Minor Debra Miles Cynthia Miller Riley Moore Ron Moore Coke Nalley Ted Nalley Patsy Ruth Nalley Morris Nutt & wife Debbie Odle Chris Otts Archie Owens Charles Patton Bob & Lisa Peacock Buck & Barbara Phifer Ruth Phifer Hannah Phillips Keegan Price Glen Rainey Teresa Raper Claudine Ramsey George Ramsey Jeff Ramsey Emee James Ray Steve & Aleta Ray Gene Reeves Jessica Remsing Lora Rice

Mary Roberts Ramona Roberts Jewell Rose Robert Russell Zuli Russell Walter Sanders Chad Saunders Glenda Seales Bob Seals Donna Schrader David Smith Cecil & Pat Smith Inez Smith Sherry Smith Diane Stillman Jim Stillwell Simon Sutton Tami Tackett Joe and Jean Taylor Carol Thomas Logan Thomas Jack and Pat Todd Bonnie Tucker Florence Tyler Pam Vincent Patsy Wagner Gerald Webb Wendy Webb Steve Williams Jack Wilson Justin & Amber Witham Susan Wood Alene Wright Arnold Wright Calleigh Wright Carl Wright Marisa Wright Myerline Wright Pat Wright Charles & Joyce Yaney Richard Younts

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Morning Worship

Opener .................................................................. Revelation 19:1

Welcome........................................................ Brother Sean Collins

Fellowship Time ............................................. To God Be the Glory

Hymn ................................................................................ He Lives

Hymn .................................................................. Because He Lives

Hymn ..............................................................................He is Lord

Choir ....................................................................... In Christ Alone

Hymn ...................................................................... The Solid Rock

Hymn ............................................. Are You Washed in the Blood?

Jodi Darter .............................................................. Precious Blood

Message ..................................................... Pastor Richard Hamlin

Time of Decision ........................................................ Without Him

Ushers ...................................................... Worship through Giving

Announcements ............................................ Brother Sean Collins

Evening Worship

Golden Links ................................................ I’ve Never Been Sorry

Golden Links .......................................... That’s Why I Love Him So

Hymn ...................................................................... Love Lifted Me

Hymn ........................................... I Stand Amazed in the Presence

Hymn ................................................. Grace Greater Than Our Sin

Hymn ..................................................................... Amazing Grace

Jodi Darter, Kattie Smith .... Amazing Grace, My Chains are Gone

Message ................................................... Brother Josh Robertson

Time of Decision ............................................. Softly and Tenderly

Ushers ...................................................... Worship through Giving

Paul concluded his letter to the church at Ephesus with a challenge: Ephesians 6:10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

There is nothing remarkable in the words themselves – strength, power, and might. Even their arrangement does nothing to call for special at-tention. It is noteworthy that their source and substance are particularly identified: “in the Lord.”

The Ephesians needed strength beyond their own, and so do we. The Old Testament prophet Habakkuk once wrote a simple song:

Habakkuk 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.

Habbakkuk’s song focuses on a difficult season. Figs, grapes, and olives were all what we would think of as cash crops. While they consumed them personally, they were sold to provide income for the people. If these crops did not produce, it was a promise of financial calamity.

Then he described their “meat” crops – those that indeed served as their primary staple foods. The fields would yield no grain and their flocks and herds would be lost. No money and no food is a crisis few of us are familiar with these days. Yet even in the midst of such an awful crisis, Habakkuk still had a song to sing. It is a song of rejoicing, express-ing the abundant joy of the God of his salvation.

No crisis can remotely threaten the glorious salvation God has provided for us. We look at both money and food as a source of strength – but this joy of the Lord can provide strength that nothing else can bring.

The strength of the Lord gives us feet like “hind’s feet.” That is a kind of deer, but “hind’s feet on high places” certainly has a ring to it. It is the strength of the Lord that enables us to climb out of the valleys of life, so “Be strong in the Lord.”

VOLUNTEERS FOR THE COMING WEEK Wed, March 4-Parking Lot: Glenn Bowen, Tracy Wright, Alan Hilborn

Nursery: Donna Arnold, Marilyn Rowland, Linda Dyer

Sun, March 8-Greeters: Faylene Moore, Carolyn Reid

Nursery: AM: Karen and Brittney Westerman, Jessica James, Clint and Cristi Brown; Nursery PM: Kaylynn Graber, Lauren McNeely

Parking Lot: Steve Lee, Buck Phifer, Manuel Montalvo