This is the week! Our Spring Barbeque is this Saturday at 5 p.m. Thanks to Joe Schultz, the meat will be provided, but we’re asking everyone to bring sides, drinks and desserts to go with it. If you have kids, bring them a little early that afternoon. There will be activities for all ages. Ashville Road’s Spring Barbeque is an annual tradition that is guaranteed to be a lot of fun. I hope to see you there!
We have a rather lengthy prayer list for this week.
- Rodney Denson is home from a brief hospital stay. He will have to undergo more tests to find out why his blood count has been low.
- Maliea Box is recovering from a partial knee replacement surgery at St Vincent’s downtown.
- Joann Johnston had eye surgery today.
- Keep Virginia Guthrie, Carolyn Braden, Shirley Key (Reba Oglesby’s mother), and Logan Parker (Roy and Melba Peppers’s nephew) in your prayers.
- Also, don’t forget our honeymooners! Neil and Hannah Hillis are in Rome, and Andrew and Ashley Noles are also traveling following their wedding.
Welcome Cole Lyons into the world! He is the brand new baby boy of Adam and Mauri Lyons. Proud grandparents are Dennis and Ann Lyons. Cole was born a little after 5 p.m. yesterday and weighed 6 lbs., 13 oz.
This was a sad week in that we bid farewell to two of our young families, the Dockerys and the McKenzies. We will really miss them and hope they can visit us in the future from time to time.
As we have announced, this Sunday’s contribution will go towards paying down the debt on our Fellowship Wing. The elders have decided that each Fifth Sunday contribution will serve this purpose. Our Sunday morning worship numbers have been running high over the last few weeks, and if we do not do something soon, we will outgrow our already cramped facilities. If God continues to bless us with growth, we will need to expand our auditorium. However, we cannot do that until we reduce our current debt. It may be hard to get excited about paying down debt on a building, but managing our finances is part of doing God’s work in a physical world. We’re asking our families to give generously and cheerfully this Sunday so that we can move forward with these future plans.
Vacation Bible School is a little more than a week away. You know what that means…hard work! Some of our ladies have already been working hard in preparation for VBS. If you haven’t pitched in yet, there are still several opportunities. The next workday is next Tuesday at 10 a.m. Also, the Saturday prior to VBS (June 5), we will spend the entire day getting things ready. Don’t forget to send out those invitations. VBS will take place Sunday, June 6, through Thursday, June 10, starting at 7 p.m.
Our Spring Series continues tomorrow night with Brandon Renfroe who preaches for the Ashville congregation just north of here. Brandon has spoken on this series once before and many of you told me to invite him again. His topic is “The Unity of the Spirit” from Ephesians 4:1-3. Our theme is “Passages that Make Churches Grow.”