On Sunday, May 27, the church family is encouraged to join the Erwin family in their outreach to the residents of Cardinal Care in Hendersonville. Those interested in going will leave immediately after our morning service.
On Saturday, May 26 at 11:00 A.M., we will enjoy a special service recognizing the accomplishments of the home school children and young people in our church family. The service will begin at 11:00 A.M., and there will be good music and preaching in addition to the recognition given to the young people. Two of our young ladies will be receiving their high school diplomas as well. After the service, we’ll enjoy a good time of food and fellowship as we congratulate the young folks on their accomplishments.
On Sunday night, May 20, we’ll enjoy a great time of food and fellowship after the evening service. This month, we’re going with Breakfast Foods! So, if it qualifies for “Breakfast Food” at your house, bring it, and we’ll it!
April 22 – After the evening service the church family will enjoy our regular monthly fellowship. Bring some refreshments, and invite a friend to come to church with you that evening! Folks need to see a loving church family having great fellowship together!
April 29 – Spring Friends and Family Day – Use this opportunity to invite friends and family to come to church with you. Last fall, we had a great response, and it would be a blessing to see a higher-than-normal number of visitors in the morning service. Let’s do our part to pray and trust God to deal with hearts.
April 29 – Cardinal Care Nursing Home Service – After the morning service, the church family is encouraged to join the Erwins as the conduct a service for the residents of Cardinal Care in Hendersonville.
On Sunday morning, April 1, the church family will have an opportunity to give a special offering toward the expense of our Spring Jubilee which will be held April 1-3. Giving is a privilege, and it truly is, “More blessed to give than to receive.” Let’s pray about our offering ahead of time, and let’s trust the Lord to provide the amount HE lays on our hearts. Praying and planning for a special offering can be a great time to stretch our faith and deepen our dependence on our faithful Heavenly Father!
In I Chronicles 29:14 David said regarding an offering, “Of thine own have we given thee.” What a blessing it is to give back to God that which came from Him to start with! This special offering will be used to take care of those men who will preach to us during Jubilee, and it would be impossible to put a monetary value on the Spirit-anointed preaching of God’s Word. So let’s pray, plan, prepare, and trust God to meet the needs of this year’s meeting. He’ll do it through His people!
Be sure to mark your calendars for our March Fellowship and the monthly nursing home service. After the evening service on Sunday, March 18, we’ll have a good time of fellowship and food. Everyone seems to enjoy the monthly theme, and this month we’re bringing “Family Favorite” snacks! A lot of families have traditional items they enjoy, especially on Sunday night after church! So, this month, we’ll combine all of those favorites and see what we come up with!
Then, on Sunday, March 25, the church family is invited to join the Erwin family at Cardinal Care for the Sunday afternoon nursing home service. Come if you can! You’ll be a blessing to the residents, workers, and the Erwins.
Last year, God gave us three special days in early April; days that set the tone for the remainder of the year! Several in the church family have wondered if God was leading us to have this meeting on a regular basis, but it was only a couple of months ago that God gave clear direction to once again have three days of special services at the beginning of April. So, beginning Sunday, April 1 through Tuesday evening, April 3, we will enjoy a “Spring Jubilee”!
Services will be at normal times on Sunday, and then on Monday evening, April 2, we will begin at 6:30 P.M., allowing us enough time for three preachers! On Tuesday morning, service will begin at 9:30 A.M. followed by a nice lunch for all of our guests and the church family. Tuesday evening, we will begin at 6:30 P.M., and once again three great men of God have been scheduled to preach God’s Word!
God has graciously put many details in order already, and we are eagerly anticipating what He has in store for us! We hope many of our friends will make plans to be with us during these days.
Here is a partial list of the men you will hear during these days of Jubilee!
Pastor Joe Cox, Pastor Tony Finney, Pastor James Jones, Pastor Johnny Jones, Pastor Joshua Jones, Pastor Bruce Robinson, Pastor Larry Wells, Pastor Lee Davis, and Pastor Alfred Willis.
On Friday and Saturday, February 24 and 25, several of our teen-agers along with our pastor and his wife, will be traveling to Victory Baptist Church in Milton, FL, for a youth conference. Please pray for our young people that God will use the preaching of His Word to meet each of their individual needs.
On Saturday, March 3, twelve of our teen-agers and elementary-age children will be participating in the Blue Ridge Invitational Bible Quiz Tournament hosted by Temple Baptist Church and School in Asheville, NC. This will a first-time opportunity to participate in Bible quiz for many of our young folks, and we are looking forward to having them introduced to the opportunity to learn God’s Word in this manner! Quizzing will begin at 9:00 A.M., and will last until late afternoon or early evening.
The first weekend in March will be a special time for the Progress Baptist family. In keeping with our theme of “A Sure Foundation” we are focusing our attention on what God says specifically on the topic of marriage. Surely marriages and the Christian family are under attack in our culture, and a firm grasp of what God says on these issues is the only hope we have of building homes that will thrive and be everything God intends for them to be.
Saturday evening, March 3, we will enjoy a nice banquet together. Evangelist Randy Sutherland will be our guest speaker for the evening, as well as for the Lord’s Day services. We are looking forward to what God has in store for us!
