Volume XLII, No. 14 The Banner April 3, This Sunday April 8, 2018 Abingdon Baptist Church

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1 Volume XLII, No. 14 The Banner April 3, 2018 This Sunday April 8, 2018 Abingdon Baptist Church

2 APRIL 8 11:00am Worship God s Best Kept Secret Genesis 3:4-5; 1 Corinthians 1:2; Genesis 2:9; Galatians 2:20 Rev. Mark Maulding 6:00pm Sunday Night alive The Uprising of Fellowship Psalm 133; John 20:1-31; Acts 8:26-40 Food & Fellowship & Food For Thought Phrases from Parke... The Sunday after Easter is traditionally known as Low Sunday. By some snooty writers, it is referred to as Pascha clausum, signifying the close of the Easter Octave. BUT, it's also called Quasimodo Sunday. Are you KIDDING?? How did we not know that? We just figured that it was called Low Sunday because attendance was so low. Now that we know it's Quasimodo Sunday, the whole worship service will be so much more fun! More info: The first Sunday after Easter, is traditionally known, primarily in France and other parts of Europe, as "Quasimodo Sunday" because of the beginning words of the Introit for the day which come from 1 Peter 2:2,3: (here it is in Latin & English) Quasi modo geniti infantes, rationabile, sine dolo lac concupiscite ut in eo crescatis in salutem si gustastis quoniam dulcis Dominus: As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. And of course, Victor Hugo's character was so named because he was found, as an infant, in the vestibule of Notre Dame on the morning of Quasimodo, Mark Maulding, author of the book God s Best Kept Secret will be our guest preacher. Mark is founder of Grace Life International, one of the largest Christian counseling and teaching ministries in America. A speaker, counselor, and leadership coach, Maulding is a regular blogger who is passionate about sharing the transforming message of God's grace with a world in desperate need of it. He and his wife, Ellen, have four adult children, including a daughter with Down syndrome who, along with her three brothers, recently finished college. They live near Charlotte, North Carolina. Everyone in worship will receive a FREE gift. Let s go against tradition and NOT have a Low Sunday. Together we can make it a high attendance Sunday! See you Sunday, as we worship our gracious God, Parke

3 F.Y.I... Deacon of the Month - April Vicki Burkett SUNDAY SCHOOL Attendance for Sunday, April 1: 97 Greeters Upstairs entrance Charles Grogan Jim Hughes Downstairs entrance Peggy Hughes Patricia Hensley Extended Session Workers April 8 Tony & Renee Roberts Ushers &Greeters 11:00am Co Chairs: Kevin Abel, Larry Payne, Mike Overstreet April Greeters Mary Fraysier Nan Jones Joel Piazza Willie Morris Ushers: Melvin Shelton Cathy Shelton Daniel Schull Judy Daniels Gabe Hoyle Worship Technicians: Bill Klose Tony Roberts & Thomas Roberts Van Driver: April 8 Larry Payne Financial Update April 1, 2017 Budget Funds Weekly Requirement $7, Received $8, Year-to-Date Receipts 2017 $101, Year-to-Date Receipts 2018 $81, Annie Armstrong/Spring Missions Goal $8, To-date $5, Building Fund To-date $100, Gifts... The following people have given in memory of Fred M. Johnson to Christ Fund... Peggy Johnson CHURCH CALENDAR Click to view monthly calendar SUNDAY April 8 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Worship 6:00pm Sunday Night alive Fellowship Hall MONDAY April 9 10:00am Hearts of Gold Choir Room Stone Soup Food Pantry Team 1 TUESDAY April 10 10:00am SIS Circle Fellowship Hall 5:00pm 6:00pm 7:00pm Stone Soup Food Pantry Team 2 WMU Annual Meeting LBA Office Council of Deacons Meeting Conference Room WEDNESDAY April 11 5:00pm Wednesday Fellowship Supper Menu: Country Style Chicken Patty, Mashed Potatoes, Greens Beans, Roll Assorted Dessert Kids Menu: Grilled Cheese, Fruit Cocktail 5:30pm M&M (Missions & Music) 6:00pm Worship Chapel 7:00pm Sanctuary Choir Choir Room FRIDAY April 13 10:00am Stone Soup Food Pantry Team 3 Be the first to know about church weather closings

4 Prayer Concerns Hospital: Holston Valley Medical John Daniels Recuperating: Charles Grogan (at home) Treatments Continuing/Pending: Nick Abel, Linda Belisle, John Blake, Anna Bell Callahan, Anna Canonico, Don Cottage, John Daniels, Mary Jo Eaton, Judy Ferrell, Denise Gobble, Jimmy Gobble, Charles Grogan, Lucille Heath, Jimmy Hughes, Jim Jones, Hong-To Lam, Charles Meade, Shannon Roe Miniuk, Jean Mounts, Ann Mowell, Eleanor Rainey, Ferrell Reed, Daniel Roe, Opal Salyers, Anne Smith, Eula Smith, Tom Talley, Candy Tignor, Martha Tignor, Manuel Townsend. Long Term: Curtis Burkett, Roger Clifton, Bill Munsey. Independent Living/Retirement/Assisted Care & Rehab Facilities: John Blankenship, Lydia Collins, Doris Fleenor, Lucille Heath, Christine Kohr, Janet Lambert, Genevive McCall, Jean Moore, Virginia Moore, Marjorie Mullins, Joanna Owens, Mary Pace, Martha Patton, Rosa Lee Phelps, Sally Stevens, Betty Webster. Homebound: Sammy Campbell, Eddie Dunn, Dot Kelly, Patricia Hensley, Mary Hunicutt, Marie James, Jake Turner, Shirley Turner, Jimmy Repass, Anne Smith, Doris Southerlin, Virginia Williams. Sympathy: Expressions of Love & Christian Sympathy go out to the family of Bo Henderson in his passing on 3/29/18 Expressions of Love & Christian Sympathy go out to Margaret Klose in the passing of her brother James Branstetter on 4/30/18 Homebound of the Week Sally Stevens This week we want to lift up Tony Sullivan Chief Abingdon Police Department Darrell Dickenson Thomas Dula Washington County Sherriff's Dept. Thursday, April 12 Jason Fannin Friday, April 13 Sue Munsey Monday, April 9 Janice Johnson Tuesday, April 10 Rose Ann Jenny Wednesday, April 11 Charles Roberts Saturday, April 14 Finleigh Berry Sunday, April 15 Bea Jones Marjorie Smith Mary Millsap Jamie Hartsock Kevin Abel Roger Garrett Irene Meade Mike Overstreet Cathy Shelton OCC Mission Project: The item featured for April will be Washclothes

5 LOTS AND LOTS OF COOKIES ARE NEEDED!!!! Cookies are needed for the LBA Taste of the Outdoors dinner on April 12 and Raceway Ministries the same weekend. Please bring cookies to the church on Tuesday April 10 and leave in the kitchen anytime before 3:00pm. If you would like to help with or attend the dinner on April 12, contact Mary Garrett. Thanks!! Please package all cookies 2-3 in a small baggie The Annual Lebanon Baptist Association WMU will hold their Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 10 at the LBA office. Supper will begin at 6:00pm followed by the annual meeting. Rob and Lesa Moore will share their recent mission trip to Tanzania. Riverside Baptist Church will host the meeting. An offering will be taken to provide Bibles and/or training for church leaders in Tanzania. Thank you - Mary June 18-22, :00am-12noon Please contact Denise Gobble Thank you to those who contributed money for the man with emergency needs who was passing through town on Easter. Mike Overstreet

6 Ministers Entire Congregation Interim Pastor Minister of Music and Worship ext. 24 Rev. Parke Deans Church Organist Mrs. Carol Clifton Church Pianist Mrs. Rose Payne Church Secretary ext. 32 Mrs. Trina Vickers A church with a world mission and a world program in association with the Lebanon Baptist Association, Baptist General Association of Virginia, Southern Baptist Convention, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and Baptist World Alliance. Church office hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Phone: 276/ PRAYER LINE: extension 42, FAX: 276/ WEB Site: