The Triumph. U n i o n Baptist Church P.O. Box 1 94 / Mt. Zi o n Roa d, U ni o n, K Y A Place of Hope! April, 2014

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1 U n i o n Baptist Church P.O. Box 1 94 / Mt. Zi o n Roa d, U ni o n, K Y The Triumph A Place of Hope! April, 2014 Special points of interest: Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (Month of April) God s Bible School UBC 4/6 Palm Sunday 4/13 Good Friday Service 4/18 Southside Easter Party 4/19 EASTER 4/20 Inside this issue: From Our Pastor 2 Children s News 2 Youth News 3 Special News 3 New Members 3 Stewardship Report 3 Harvest of Hope NEWS 3 Women s Ministry News 4 Easter Schedule 4 Weekly Schedule 5 Calendar 5 Schedule/Birthdays/Anniv 5 Union Baptist Offering Goal: $1,500 Donations will be received during the month of APRIL 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. Each year, we honor the life and work of Annie Walker Armstrong ( ) when we give to the annual offering for North American missions named after her. As a tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate and supporter of mission efforts throughout the world, Annie Armstrong led women to unite in mission endeavors that ultimately led to the formation of Woman's Missionary Union, for which she served as the first corresponding secretary. Annie rallied churches to give more, pray more, and do more for reaching people for Christ. As we continue to unite to make her vision a reality in North America today, we can be confident that her legacy will also be ours.

2 Dear Friends, We're just a few weeks away from the celebration of the pinnacle of our faith - the resurrection of Christ. I want to take this opportunity once again to encourage you to invite friends, family, neighbors, and work associates to join you for Easter Sunday worship on April 20th. Easter Sunday is a day when the lost and un-churched are most likely to accept an invitation to attend church services. Please take this opportunity to build a bridge from those you care about to Christ through your personal invitation to our Easter service. I'm certain that God will be present in resurrection power and those who reach out in faith can truly experience a change in both their life and eternity. from our pastor See You Sunday, Pastor Kevin PAGE 2 VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Oh no! Weird Animals are about to take over the hallways of Union Baptist Church!! Why, you might ask? Because that s the theme of our Bible School this year! The week is set for June 23 June 26th from 9:00 am until Noon for those 4 years old through 5th grade. SOOOOO, make sure you mark your calendar and plan to attend! We ll be learning about how Jesus love is one-of-a-kind and even though we may be a little different, He still loves us all the same! What a wonderful lesson to teach our children!! In order for this to be a huge success, we need you! As your Zoo Keeper, I ll need Trainers to take the kids from site to site, I need a Games Coordinator, and various other leaders. Remember the sooner you commit, the more you are assured the group you would like to work with. Youth, this means you too! If you have missed the last couple of years, you ve missed a great time! Sign up to be a VBS Jungle Guide now! You won t want to miss a single day! Our first meeting will be Thursday, April 3rd at 7:00 pm in the Legacy Center! If you have questions about VBS or already know where you want to work, give Miss Pat a call! If you plan to work VBS this year, please make every effort to attend this meeting as there are many changes in how we are doing things this year! It would be great to get us all on board early on. Also, if you are working in VBS, t-shirts will be available for purchase. Cost and availability are still being worked out. Keep an eye on your bulletin for updates! **Key: Kids, start saving that change, especially pennies! We ll have our annual penny war and all funds will go to purchase toys for our Appalachian Toy Drive. CENTRI-KID 2014 Reservations have long been made for June 12th through 14th. Male and female chaperones are in place. The excitement is certainly building for kids and adults alike. ALL BALANCES ARE DUE IN FULL BY SUNDAY, May 18th. There will be a CAMP MEETING ON SUNDAY, MAY 4th, following the 11:00 am worship service. Information packets, permission slips and NEW INFOR- MATION will be given out at this time. If you have a child going to camp, please make every effort to attend. BABY DEDICATION DAY Every desirable and beneficial gift comes out of heaven. The gifts are rivers of light cascading down from the Father of Light. James 1:17 Now, you are being given the opportunity to give that gift back to the Lord. This special day will take place Sunday, May 11th, during our 11:00 am morning worship service. If you wish to participate, please see Miss Pat by Sunday, April 27th with the following information: your child s full name, date of birth, and 2 to 3 pictures ed to her. UPCOMING AWANA DATES April 02 Polka-Dot-Night - How many dots can you earn in one night? April 09 NO AWANA Boone County Spring Break April 23 Pop-Cycle Night - We ll end the evening together with a cool treat!

3 PAGE 3 Spring is a time of growth; the trees bloom and begin to show their fruit. This month I want to encourage each of you to ask what kind of fruit you are producing as one of God s people. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Upcoming events: April 13 - Camp Payment #3 ($70) April 19 - Southside Easter Party April 30 - Final Wednesday Night Party (Bonfire) Southside Baptist Church Easter Party We will once again help out with Southside Baptist Church s annual Easter Party. We will leave UBC at 8:45am on Saturday, April 19, and plan to return around 1:30pm. If you would like to take part in this day please sign-up on the youth table. Wednesday Night Parties April 30 will mark our final Wednesday night party of the spring semester. We will have a bonfire at the fire pit/pavilion. We will have food and different games to play like Ultimate Frisbee and other outdoor games. Bring your friends and we will have a great time fellowshipping together! The Great Exchange The Great Exchange Is our final Wednesday night Message theme of the Spring Semester. It will run from April 2 to May 7. During these weeks we will discuss some of the things we are supposed exchange throughout our lives in order to live a more Christ-centered life. Some examples of the exchanges we should make are hate for love and comfort for calling. Camp Update Now that we are on the other side of DiscipleNow, our next HUGE calendar Event is camp!! Summer will be here before we know it and I am so looking forward to what God has planned for our student Ministry at UBC. Please be in prayer as we approach the summer and especially camp that God would keep us safe as we travel and that He would change the lives of our students. Also, don t forget that the next camp payment day is April 13 ($70). UBC Rescue Facebook Page Please like our Facebook page, UBC Rescue, to receive updates and reminders on your news feed! Thank you for you continued support of our Student Ministry! Stewardship Report: In Christ, Allen SPECIAL NEED Weekly Giving & Expenses No New Additions this month to our UBC Family. Introduce yourself to someone you don t know & make them feel like they are a part of your family! We all like to feel accepted as an important member in God s family! In order to continue offering Children s Church for our 4 year olds through 2nd graders in the 11:00 am service, I am in need of workers. This is a great time to get to know some of the children in our church and to have the opportunity to teach them about the love and grace of Jesus Christ. Won t you prayerfully consider how you might be a part? If you are a parent of a child in this age group, your assistance would be greatly appreciated. If you have questions about Children s Church and what we do, please see me. I would love to talk with you about it. As of 03/26/2014 YTD Average Weekly Giving $ 12,344 ($ 10,703 Gen. Ofgs) YTD Average Weekly Expenses 11,517 Weekly Surplus/(Deficit) $ 827 Miss Pat HARVEST OF HOPE FREE YARD SALE Praise God that Spring will soon be here! With it comes time for our annual Free Yard Sale on May 3rd. Each year we choose a trailer park to invite to our event and give away anything we have that they can use. That's where you can help. We need items donated to give away to the families that attend. We will take whatever you would like to donate except adult clothing, other than jeans and sneakers. Also, keep in mind that these families live in trailers and don't have room for large items, like game tables. You can put items in the HOH barrel in the narthex or wait until our drop off night at the HOH house on May 2. More details to come. Any questions, contact Anita Holloman. Thanks in advance for sharing your possessions with others that are less fortunate. Harvest of Hope Team

4 A P LA C E O F HO P E! PAGE 4 T HE T R I U MP H Bread Breakers AKA: Getting to Know One Another Ever wish you knew other UBC folks better? Maybe you re new and haven t met many people yet Maybe you re a long-time member who d like to meet some new faces What is Bread Breakers? Groups who meet to share simple meals & conversation. Groups are intergenerational & a mix of long-time & new members. How does it work? Participates are assigned to groups of 6-8 people. You will receive group info. Each group meets once a month for 3 months to share a meal and get to know one another. At the end of the session, new groups are formed and the process starts over. When and where will my group meet? One person/couple in your group is designated first host. The host contacts each group member to arrange a date/time for the first meeting. Some possibilities are: host s home, a restaurant, church fellowship hall, city park, or wherever your imagination leads you. Future plans are made at each meal. Who provides the meal? Arrangements are up to each group and can vary from meeting to meeting. Suggestions: potluck; host provides the meal; takeout; or dine in a restaurant. The meal can be for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner whatever works for your group. How do I join? (The next session will be Sept. - Nov.) Contact Barbara Miller at millerbandb@zoomtown.com or call Women s Ministry Craft & Game Day Saturday, May 3 10:00 am - 5:00 pm Come hang out and get to know one another. Those who craft, bring your projects to work on. Those that don't, be prepared to play games, visit and/or learn from what others are doing. Good News: God is Not Dead!!! Palm branches wave in adoration Hosanna s fill the air Jerusalem welcomes their King. Join us for our Palm Sunday Celebration April 13th 9am & 11am But everyone doesn t recognize Jesus as their Messiah and King. An intimate meal with His disciples a time of prayer in the garden an arrest and an illegal trial and Jesus is crucified. Join us for our Good Friday Service April 7pm. Fortunately for all mankind, the story doesn t end there and just as He (Jesus) said death has lost its sting because the good news is.god is not dead!!! Jesus is Alive!!!! Join us for our Easter Celebration Service April 20th 9am & 11am GOD S BIBLE SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

5 PAGE 5 April 2014 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat AWANA Polka Dot Night 6 God s Bible School Orchestra AM 7 8 Baptist Women 2 pm Outreach Mtg 6 pm 9 No AWANA Bo. Co. Spring 12 Deaf Ministry Fellowship 5-9pm 13 Palm Sunday Good Friday Service 7 pm Office Closed 19 Youth to Southside 8:45am 20 Easter AWANA Popsicle Night Final day for Clothing drive May 1 May 2 May 3....GAP...Mi ssion.trip....monday... through.. Friday. Ladies Craft & Game Day 10am 5pm Weekly Schedule Sunday Schedule 9:00 am Deaf Ministry Fellowship* 9:00 am & 6:00 pm Truck Stop Services 9:00 am Early Morning Worship 10:00 am Small Group Bible Studies* 11:00 am Morning Worship* 6:00 pm Evening Worship 6:00 pm Children s Choir & Music Makers 7:00 pm Adult Choir Practice Tuesdays 8:30 am Morning Prayer Time 6:30 pm P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens) Wednesday Schedule 6:00 pm Youth Praise Band Rehearsal 6:00 pm Deaf Min. Bible Study (Rm. 212)* 7:00 pm Adult Bible Study 8:15 pm Grounded, Youth Choir Practice 8:15 pm Praise Band Practice Thursdays 8:30 am Morning Prayer Time Saturdays 9:00 am Morning Prayer Time 10:00 am Hope for my Sister Meeting (2nd Saturday of the Month) (*) Deaf Interpreter present Birthdays 1 Bobbie Craddock Brian Hedges 2 Barbara Beatty 4 Hayley Van Dusen 5 Pam Gordon Ed Brzezinski 6 Judy Long 7 Susie Foltz 9 Melanie Pikar Haley Allen Brooklyn Cahill 10 Abbigail Goodman 11 Paul Stephenson, Jr. 12 Sheli Morris James Pikar Steve Detillian 13 Sara Spicer 14 Zoey Hoffman 15 Geneva Gruelle Jim Van Dusen Benjamin Donaldson 16 Hannah Hall Betty King Jacob Miracle 19 Adam Clary Lynn Orcutt 21 Lucas Massie 22 Leonora Edwards Tony Lee 23 James Thomas 24 Daniel Sluder Don Tanner Paul Massie 26 Janet Powers Catherine Willis 27 Barb Golatzki Violet Main 30 Bodhi McMillin Anniversaries 7 Dan & Jean Landfried 8 Russell & Brenda McDaniel 10 Danny & Traci Vanbenschoten 12 Bob & Jeanette Smith 16 Dan & Jeanette Skimerton 28 Doug & Beth Ann Bruening If you have a birthday or anniversary that is not or has not been listed please contact the office so we can update our files. Thank you!