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Sunday, The Lord’s Day

8:30 am Fellowship (doughnuts, juice, coffee)

9:00 a.m. Sunday School for all ages!

10:00 a.m. Worship and Praise Service

Nursery

Children’s church (4 yrs. old through 3rd grade)

6:30 p.m. Youth Group

Church Website

www.atlantachristianfamily.org

Weekly messages are now posted on our website!

Church Phone Number: (217) 648-2464

If you have questions or concerns, please call one of our Elders. They will be glad to help you.

Elders

Randy Brooks 217-648-2992 Mike Prather 217-691-6939

Doug Maris 217-737-3731 Warren Smith 217-202-9365

Tom Parks 217-648-2484 Nathan Soice 217-778-6171

Deacons

Rob Bell 217-737-0263 Scott Parks 217-737-1273

Jim Bicknell 309-360-0425 Kenny Robison 217-648-2274

Zach Craig 217-671-0727 Rodger Sears 217-648-2702

Gary Frantz 217-648-2515

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Monthly Activities… *Ministry Teams will meet on the First Wednesday of each

month. Supper will be served at 5:40 pm and the meetings

begin at 6 pm. Worship Team is in charge of the meal in Decem-

ber & Finance Team is in charge of the meal in January.

*Nursing Home workdays are Tuesday, December 12 at 9 am

and Tuesday January 8 at the Christian Nursing home in Lincoln.

*Check the church bulletin board for the Lincolnland Men’s Meet-

ing dates.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Military

Aaron Applegate Logan Buettner

Cory Combs Kyle Combs

Jacob Combs Dan Despain Jyles Evans John Follick

Justin Gorden Matthew Goyne

Brannon Harnacke Brian Hershberger

Ryan Holmes Carl Holz

Christopher Justice Rickie McKown Kristin Polley Sarah Reed Lon Simpson

Alex Villanueva Jerry Wate Keith Watts

Michael Wilkins

Robbie Bell Audrey Bertram John & Shirley Chambers Pennie Daily Joe Daugherty Norma Kindred Bob Polley Jon Rawlins Karen Rawlins Rich Belle Rogers Grace Wibben Family of Jacob Overbey Family of Amy Timm Family of Katie Walters

Prayer Chain Contact Person

Jennifer Prather— 217-732-9889

Welcoming Guests! It has been great seeing first-time guests join us

for worship. Thank you to those who make a spe-

cial effort to greet guests each Sunday morning

(you know who you are!). We all remember how

awkward and uncomfortable it is to try a new

church, and it takes an intentional commitment to

extend a warm welcome to people who are new. Here are three tips for

EVERYONE to consider each Sunday morning:

1. If you see someone you don’t know, PLEASE be bold and warmly

welcome them and introduce yourself. You may not know if they are

a first-time guest, or been attending for years….that’s okay….if you

don’t know someone, then introduce yourself and welcome them! If

they have been attending longer than you…..then shame on them

for not welcoming you first!

2. If you see a young family with children, please ask if they would like

to know where the nursery services are, and then explain that chil-

dren’s church is available mid-way through the service. Offer to help

get their kids to children’s church.

3. Offer to help find them a seat, or better yet, to sit with you!

Upcoming Messages

March 4 The Seduction of Money James 5: 1-6

March 11 Waiting For The Return Of Christ James 5: 7-12

March 18 God Moves When His People Pray James 5: 13-18

March 25 Christian Accountability James 5: 19-20

April 1 Resurrection Sunday This Changes Everything!

John 7:35, Mark 3:21, 31-35; John 19:26-27; Acts 1:14;

1 Corinthians 15:7; Galatians 1:19; Act 15:13-21

Doug Maris

Praise The Lord Bettie Turner celebrated her 93rd birthday on 2/5

Congratulations to Leigh Batterton and the Girls 1991-1992 Oly Varsity

Basketball Team on their induction into the Olympia High School Hall

of Fame.

Rob Bell had successful shoulder surgery.

March 2018

March 2018 Serving Schedule

Communion Preparation Randy & Shelly Brooks

At the Table Tom Parks, Todd Parks, Zach Craig, Chris Alvarez, Chris DeVore, Wayne Turner

Snow Removal 3/4 & D/11 Ben Wimp

3/18 & 3/25 Still Need Someone to Sign Up

Helping Hands Helen Daugherty & Ada Parks

Children’s Church 3/4 Todd Parks, Chris Ashbaugh & Rachel Smith

3/11 Chris Ashbaugh, Jaci Bolton & Aurora Bauer

3/18 Warren Smith, Diane DeVore & Moriah Prather

3/25 Jennifer Prather, Chris Ashbaugh & Josh DeVore

Nursery—Church Hour 3/4 Kayla Craig & Michelle Soice

3/11 Heather Ramey & Kristal Alvarez

3/18 Amanda Koonce & Moriah Prather

3/25 Stephanie Wimp & Abbey Klaus

SS Nursery 3/4 Amanda Koonce

3/11 Danielle Emberton & Russ Ashbaugh

3/18 Allie Parks

3/25 Kayla Craig

Nathan’s Notes

The Purpose Of Music In Church

Music has been an integral part of the worship of God since “the morning stars sang together” at the creation (Job 38:7). David es-tablished entire villages of musicians set apart for temple worship (I Chronicles 25:6-8). Paul tells believers they are to “sing and make melody in their hearts to the Lord” (Eph. 5:19, Col. 3:16). In the book of Revelation, the apostle John tells us that music will surround the throne of God when we worship Him in heaven (Rev. 5:13). Music gives wings to praise. It gives expression to our human emotions as we worship the Creator. In the context of a worship service, music is the wheels of the gospel in motion. Music is what helps the Word of God travel through a worship service.

Martin Luther said, “next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world. It controls our thoughts, minds, hearts, and spirits.” Music in the church should have the glory of God as its objective. It is never “music for music’s sake” in the church. At the bottom of each of his musical compositions, the 18th century composer J.S. Bach wrote: “SDG” (Soli Deo Gloria). This is Latin for “glory to God alone.”

Music is a wonderful vehicle for the teaching of theology, as in time-less hymns such as “Holy, Holy, Holy.” It also enables our praise, as in new songs such as “The Lion and the Lamb.” Scripture com-mands us to “sing a new song unto the Lord,” and commands musi-cians to perform skillfully with voices and instruments (Ps. 33:3). All music is to be offered to God with excellence, yet an excellent per-formance is never the objective of church music. The glory of God is the only biblical objective.

“Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” (I Cor. 10:31).

In His Grip,

Nathan

Monthly Activities…

Nursing Home workday this month will be Tuesday, March 13 at 9:00 am. Contact Susan Swearingen at 648-5085 or 309-824-5085 if you wish to help.

Lincolnland Men’s Fellowship - The group will meet in March at Lin-coln Christian Church on Monday, March 19. at 6;30 pm.

Ladies’ Bible Study—Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm at the church,.

Youth Group on Sundays at 6:30 pm

Ladies Community Bible Study - Thursdays at 9:00 am at the Atlanta Museum, led by Shelly Brooks.

General Fund & Attendance

Attendance Giving

2/4 127 $4301.78

2/11 110 $2967.68

2/18 110 $2925.92

2/25 146 $3026.95

The Daisy Scouts will meet in the Fellowship Hall on March

14th and March 28th.

Operation Christmas Child shoebox program is

asking for accessories such as sunglasses, watch,

jewelry, hats, gloves, or underwear during March.

Choir Rehearsal will be held on March 7th & 14th, and the choir

will sing in church on Sunday, March 18th. Practice will be held

on the 21st and 28th at 5:45 in preparation for singing on Easter

Inner City Mission Says THANK YOU. .

Friends of the Mission:

Thank you for giving to our ministry in 2017. Your generosity helped pro-vide food, clothing, shelter, and guidance to children, their parents and single women in central Illinois.

In 2017, because of your help, Inner City Mission provided:

9191 nights of housing (number of beds filled each night)

23,006 meals for residents and guests

72 group classes for adult residents (6 evenings per month)

Topical self-studies for adult residents (personally-assigned and

monitored by a staff member for specific issues)

Daily prayers with residents

Daily life/relational lessons

Weekly worship services at ICM or transportation to our local

church

In 2017 we had:

3 baptisms, 3 re-dedications, 2 certifications and 5 new employ-ments 651 volunteers who supported our ministry through work projects, worship services, Bible studies, training classes, group events and meals.

Thank you for your generosity! God bless you for giving to our ministry and caring about the homeless. For your records, in 2017 ACC gave a total of $3545.81 to Inner City Mission.

Team Meetings Schedule Change

At our February team meeting the decision was made to end our First

Wednesday of each month team meetings and meals. Each team is en-

couraged to meet on their own as needed. Also, please remember to re-

port to the office staff anything you need to share with our church family.

New Pew Bibles

Praise the Lord, we now have NEW pew bibles (NIV). During the sermon, Doug will refer to page numbers from these bibles, plus the page number will be on the screen. If you do not own a Bible, we would like you to take one of these home as a gift from us.

Congratulations to Mike Prather who was presented and affirmed as

an elder. Please pray for Mike and his family as he helps lead and

shepherd our congregation!

.Community Good Friday Service

You are invited to join the community of believers in Atlanta as we come together to worship and observe Good Friday on March 30 at 7 p.m. at the Atlanta United Methodist Church (200 SW 2nd St, corner of Race & 2nd Sts.). Nathan Soice and the worship team from ACC will be leading the worship and Deepak Holkar, interim pastor at the Methodist Church, will bring the message. This event is sponsored by churches in the At-lanta Ministerial Alliance (Atlanta Christian Church, Eminence Christian Church, Atlanta Assembly of God, and the Atlanta United Methodist Church).

30 Pieces of Silver Offering

Due to the elders’ desire to be sensitive to our guests and keep the ser-vice outreach-focused, we will NOT be collecting a “30 pieces of silver offering” on Easter Sunday. Should you desire to give toward a special offering, we would encourage you to hold onto your gift until later this spring when we begin to collect funds to finish up “The Gate” pro-ject. Thank you!

Thank you to everyone, who contributed money, goodies, and time in

preparing and mailing our 23 college, 18 stateside military and 5 over-

seas military Valentine Care Packages. The packages were overflow-

ing with homemade snacks, cookies & treats. A special thanks to

Gresham-Crutchley American Legion Post 341 for paying the postage

for the overseas military boxes and to Shelly Brooks’ & Liz Foster’s

Sunday School class for the “sweet Valentine mobiles.” Your gener-

osity made these 46 packages possible, providing love-filled blessings

to the recipients. Your outreach touched many lives this week in Du-

bai, Germany, Japan, Arizona, California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indi-

ana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Texas,

and Washington. Susan M. Swearingen

A standing ovation for Shelly Brooks, Carol Estes, Julie Frantz, Leigh

Ann Gwin, Alice Robison, and Dr. Val N. Tine for hosting the February

Birthday Party for Residents of Lincoln Christian Nursing Home. The

residents enjoyed cake & punch, played Bingo, complete with prizes,

and gifts were presented to the 11 residents celebrating birthdays.

Thank you to Shelly Brooks’ and Liz Foster’s Sunday School class for

the “sweet Valentine mobiles” given to residents. Susan M.

Swearingen

Thank you to all who provided food and helped with the Walters funeral

dinner. The family was very appreciative.

To the Atlanta Christian Church family,

I would like to thank all of you who kept me in your thoughts and pray-ers. If you sent a card, said a prayer, or brought food, everything was appreciated during my recovery from my surgeries. Thanks again. Grace Wibben.

Becoming A Christian Course Offered In March

We will be offering our “Becoming a Christian Course” on the four Sundays in March, at 9 am. This four week course focuses on a biblical overview of becoming a Christian. This is a non-threatening, safe at-mosphere open to anyone with questions about making a decision for Christ. The course is geared primarily for people who have yet to make a decision, or are unsure if they have made a decision, for Christ. How-ever, it is also appropriate for believers who would like an overview to better prepare themselves to present the plan of salvation to a family or friend. We will be spending a lot of time looking at the scriptural pas-sages regarding the process of becoming a Christian. There are NO DUMB QUESTIONS! Please text Doug if you would like to attend: 217-737-3731

This postcard (front and back) will be mailed out to 1000 households in the Atlanta, IL area between March 19 and 23. Please take some time to pray for the families that God leads to ACC on Easter Sunday!

March 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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9:00 am Ladies Bible Study at Museum

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9:00 am Becoming A Christian Course

6:30 pm Youth Group

6:30 pm Ladies Bible Study

5:45 pm Choir Practice

7:00 pm Worship Team Rehearsal


Daylight Savings Time Begins Tomorrow!

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6:30 pm Youth Group

9:00 am Nursing Home Work Day




Daisy Scouts will meet


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Choir Will Sing Today


6:30 pm Youth Group

6:30 pm Lincolnland Men’s Fellowship at

Lincoln Christian Church





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6:30 pm Youth Group




Daisy Scouts will meet


7:00 pm Community Good Friday Service at

Atlanta United Method-ist Church

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