EFFECTIVE CHILDREN S MINISTRY CONFERENCE AT FBC FAIRBORN Saturday, March 23-9:00 a.m. to Noon

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1 EFFECTIVE CHILDREN S MINISTRY CONFERENCE AT FBC FAIRBORN Saturday, March 23-9:00 a.m. to Noon Sessions Include: How to Make the Bible Come Alive Visual Teaching Tools What Every Children s Teacher Needs to Know Control Tools Leading Kids to Christ Discipline Opportunities Training Kids for Ministry A Special Q&A Opportunity And much more Bring your questions. Our goal is to help answer the issues that you re facing in your children s ministry. We will also give each attendee free access to a variety of online resources including training, lessons, videos and more Led by: Kolby King who is a nationally known Southern Baptist evangelist and children s communicator. Kolby has ministered to children for more than 25 years. He is a former SBC pastor and writer for Lifeway Christian Resources. Learn more about their family ministry at RSVP at or by contacting the association office at (937) or at JanS@GDAB.org. Childcare (for up through 4th grade) is available by reservation only. Reservations need to be made by March 20. LADIES, SAVE THE DATE! SATURATE DAYTON Living Proof Live Read Tim s article on page 2 for details about Saturate Dayton! BETH MOORE Worship with Travis Cottrell August 23-24, 2019 BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University Sign up in the foyer begins April 14th. Deadline May 12th. Inside This Issue... Page 2: Tim s Thoughts Grace Notes (Daniel) Page 3-4: Ministry Events Page 5: Facts and Figures Prayer Meeting for Saturate Dayton (and Pastor Search) on Saturday, March 9th at the Hollidays home. Saturate Dayton Prep Day(s) Sunday, April 14 at 2:00 pm (And, if needed, Monday, April 15 at 6:00 pm.) Location: Fellowship Hall We need volunteers to help put together door hangers which will be delivered door to door the week of April 15th. Sign up in the church foyer beginning March 31st. WEATHER ADVISORY POLICY If Greene County issues a Level 2 or 3 road condition advisory for our area, Sunday or Wednesday night church services/activities will be canceled. If a Level 1 condition is issued, but it is determined by our Transitional Pastor, in consultation with the Chairman of Deacons, that sidewalks and parking lot conditions are unsafe, an announcement will be placed on television stations and Facebook. Our Transitional Pastor, Tim Binns, will determine the need for closures during normal weekday office hours.

2 Tim Binns - Tim s Thoughts Can you believe that Spring is almost here? I have begun to dread every snow cloud this winter. It seems like we have been hit hard this winter. However, with March coming, we are getting ready for new growth to occur in our flower gardens. We will see some of our bulbs start to sprout up from the ground. As we think of this new growth, our church has a couple of opportunities to impact the kingdom. The first activity we have coming will be the Saturate Dayton event. Our church has joined a number of other churches to try and place a copy of the Jesus video in every home in our area. This video is actually a DVD with 3 movies and in 8 different languages. It is a powerful tool that has already impacted many communities in the United States. It will cost our church nothing financially,; however, we will need volunteers to hang it on doors throughout Fairborn. Watch for more information in the church bulletins. The second activity is a new personal evangelism emphasis called Who s your One? It is being presented by Pastor Johnny Hunt and SBC President J.D. Greear. It is to challenge every church member to live on mission by selecting one person from their circle of influence and seeking opportunities to share the gospel with that one. Will you accept the challenge? I pray that you will. Coffee Stand Help Needed Do you love coffee? Do you like to see people smile as they walk into the door at church first thing on Sunday? If you answered yes to both of these questions, please consider helping with the coffee stand in the Foyer before Sunday School. Coffee helpers will need to arrive at 8:15 pm to start brewing coffee in the kitchen. The coffee stand closes down for cleanup at 9:10 pm. Without an extra set of hands, we will not be able to continue providing weekly coffee service by the Welcome Center. Please contact Brittany Fouts (brittany.keen@gmail.com) or Tracy Clifton for more details. Rev. Daniel Young - Grace Notes I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Get up, please, sit and eat of my game, that you may bless me (Gen. 27:19). This is the first statement Jacob makes when he engages in the premeditated crime of thievery. He has conspired with his mother Rebekah, and he is now lying to his father Isaac so that he can steal from his brother Esau. Isaac, who sent Esau out earlier is now surprised that Esau has returned with the food so quickly, so he inquires, How is it that you have it so quickly, my son? (v.20a). Thinking on his feet, Jacob continues and embellishes his elaborate lie and said, Because the Lord your God caused it to happen to me (v.20b). Jacob has victimized his entire family in one way or another, and now Jacob is also lying about God. Surely God has not helped him conspire with his mother, lie to his father, or steal from his brother. Here we see God showing tremendous restraint and mercy because He doesn t strike Jacob dead. Instead God allows the conversation to continue, not because He approves of the lying and the stealing, but because He has greater plans for Jacob in the future. I see God s grace on our church in a similar way. We are all sinners, and none of us deny it. But we lack the conviction to confess specific sins. We lack the desire to turn from our sinful ways. We conceal our sinfulness before one another, as Jacob concealed his true identity from his father. But God knows who each of us is. And He has great plans for us and for our church if we will be honest with ourselves and with Him. Sundays, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Cubbies - 3 yrs old (& potty trained) Sparks - K - 2nd grade Truth and Training - 3rd - 6th

3 FAITH LIFE TOGETHER (5th & 6th graders) A JUMPIN GOOD TIME at SKY ZONE TRAMPOLINE PARK March 17th - Noon 5th and 6th Graders are invited to join us for lunch and a trip to Sky Zone where we will bounce the day away! Cost: $25.00 FLYTE Students are asked to sign up in the Children s Wing. Parents, please pick up your child(ren) promptly at 3:30 pm. Wednesday Activities For Our Children: VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL INSTITUTE The annual state sponsored Vacation Bible School Institute (VBSI) will be held on Saturday, March 16th at Dublin Baptist Church. The theme this year is In the Wild. The VBSI will be from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and include breakout sessions for each age group, decoration hints, craft suggestions, and a performance by children of the Family Night musical. Cost of the VBSI also pays for your lunch and you may register at the State Convention of Baptists website. If you would be interested in traveling in the Church van contact Bob Andes. Vacation Bible School Training The Greater Dayton Association of Baptists is offering 2019 Vacation Bible School training on Saturday, March 30th at Vandalia Baptist Church from 9:00 a.m to Noon. There will only be one breakout session at this training. The theme this year is In the Wild, Amazing Encounters with Jesus. There is no cost for this training. If you are interested in riding in the church van contact Bob Andes. 6:00 p.m. Preschool Wing, Rm D106 Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m. PRESCHOOLERS, 3 yrs through Kindergarten GIRLS IN ACTION Girls, Grades 1-6 6:00 p.m., Rm. B204 Leader: Ginny Howell March 6,13,20,27 Call Roxie at to make reservations for your child(ren). Royal Ambassadors Boys, Grades 1-6 6:00 p.m., Rm. B205 Leader: Bob Andes CRUISING FOR CHRIST SKATING PARTY Friday, March 15th 4:30-6:30 p.m. Orbit Family Fun Center For: Kid s Wednesday PM Mission Groups

4 His Hands Lap Quilting Ministry March 5th 9:00 a.m. Meet in the Annex. Saturday, March 16 th 9:00 a.m. Foy s Rock and Roll Grill 22 E. Main St., Fairborn RSVP to Trey Clifton WOMEN S PRAYER BREAKFAST Ladies Tea - April 13th 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Young s Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs Fellowship Hall Uncluttered Hearts Guest Speaker: Peggy Volters th Saturday, March 9 9 am to Noon Bring a friend to breakfast to enjoy fellowship as we become women on mission and reach out to those who are unable to worship with us each week. Sign up in the foyer. Cost: $2 and bring a finger food to share. Tickets go on sale Sunday, March 24th. Southwest Regional Women s Spring Retreat April 6, 2019, 8am-4pm FBC Waynesville 1009 Lytle Rd, Waynesville Canned meat (chicken, tuna, beef stew), pasta and pasta sauces, vegetables (no corn) cereal, shampoo, deodorant, bar soap, body wash, toilet paper, paper towels. COLLECTION DATE: March 10th Place items in the containers at the Welcome Center. Step Up! Cost: $20/$25 (after March 25th) Register directly online at or by calling (937) Please send completed forms and registration fees (once you register online) to: Greater Dayton Association of Baptists 2050 Brandt Pike, Dayton OH Deadline: Must be postmarked by March 25, 2019 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. James 1:22 (NIV) 50+ Lunch MCL Cafeteria March 21st 12:30 p.m. Sign up at the Sr. Adult Bulletin Board by March 19th. Transportation is available. We will leave the church at Noon. The way to Heaven takes a step of... Faith F is for forgiveness God s forgiveness is in Jesus only. Romans 3:23 & Ephesians 1:7 A is for Available While God s forgiveness is available, it is not automatic. John 3:16 & Matt. 7:21 I is for Impossible According to the Bible, it is impossible to get to heaven on our own. Eph. 2:8-9 So how can a sinful person have eternal life and enter heaven? T is for Turn Turn, or repent, from sin and self. Luke 13:3 Turn to Jesus alone as your Savior and Lord. John 14:6 H is for Heaven Heaven is a place where we will live with God forever. John 14:3 Eternal life begins now with Jesus. John 10:10

5 1167 Highview Drive, Fairborn OH Web Site: 24 hr. Prayer Line: You ve Got Mail from 1) Jan & Tim Binns 2) Ellen Pyle 3) Theresa McClain Posted on the bulletin board outside the office. WEE SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Monday, March 11th: 6-7:00PM Tuesday, March 12: 10-11:30AM Preschool thru Kindergarten Classes (ages 2.5 through Kindergarten) Please invite friends or neighbors that might be interested in our program. For more information visit or call Jeanita Vinson, WEE School Dir. at (937) THE PEOPLE CAME Sunday School 1/ / / / /24 n/a Morning Worship Service 1/ / / / /24 n/a Evening Activities 1/ / /10 iw 2/ /24 n/a THE PEOPLE GAVE Weekly Budget $13, Tithes/Offering 1/27 $$19, /03 $19, /10 $11, /17 $8, /24 n/a Weekly Budget To Date: $91, as of 2/17/2019 Tithes/Offerings To Date: $82, as of 2/17/2019 Over/(Under): ($8,285.83) as of 2/17/2019 n/a = not available n/s= no service (iw)=inclement weather