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Resurrection Power
April is here and Easter is upon us.
As a matter of fact it is hard to talk
about anything other than Easter.
Easter is so powerful, especially if you
are a Christian. The death, burial, and
resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ
are what the gospel and the Christian
faith is all about.
I am a huge fan of Christian music
and use it often in the youth ministry
here at FBC. I was listening to a new
album by a band called Rend
Collective Experiment the other day.
They are a worship band from Ireland.
One of their new songs called “Burn
Like a Star” has a line it that is asking
God to send us out with resurrection
power. I immediately thought of Easter
and what that really means. The fact
that Jesus died and rose again and
ascended to the right hand of God
allows believers to be filled with the
Holy Spirit. Romans 8:11says, “If the
Spirit of him who raised Jesus from
the dead dwells in you, he who raised
Christ Jesus from the dead will also
give life to your mortal bodies through
his Spirit who dwells in you.” So the
same Holy Spirit that raised Jesus
back to life comes to live inside those
who believe. What can we learn from
this?
1. The Bible says that the Holy Spirit
makes believers a bold witness for
Jesus Christ. Acts 1:8
2. The Bible says that through the
Holy Spirit we can put to death the
deeds of the body which is sin.
Romans 8:13
3. The Bible says that through the
Holy Spirit, God has filled us with
love. Romans 5:5
4. The Bible says that the Holy Spirit
helps us to follow the ways of the
Lord, to be filled with the fruit of the
Spirit. Galatians 5:22
5. The Old Testament speaks of the
Holy Spirit causing us to walk in
God’s ways. It foretells of the new
covenant that was ushered in at the
death and resurrection of Jesus.
Jeremiah 31:31-34; Ezekiel 36:25-27
I could keep going about all of the
things that are provided to believers
because of the death and
resurrection of our Lord. This is
Resurrection Power that we be filled
with the Holy Spirit. I pray that this
Easter we would be reminded of the
things that Christ did and does for us
and that we be led out by the Holy
Spirit to share the good news with
others. This should affect our entire
lives and ministry and everything. If
Jesus rose from the dead it changes
everything and I believe He did.
-Randy McDaris
Youth Pastor
Easter’s meaning
In a Barna Group survey, two-thirds of Americans knew that Easter is a
religious holiday. But only 42 percent connected its meaning to Jesus’
resurrection. And only two percent of adults said they would describe Easter as
the most important holiday of their faith.
Not everyone who connects Easter to religion has the facts straight. Two
percent of Americans said Easter is about Jesus’ birth. Another two percent said
it’s about Jesus’ “rebirth.” And one percent said it’s a celebration of his second
coming. Another three percent described Easter as a celebration of spring or a
pagan holiday.
In the same survey, 31 percent of active churchgoers said they’d definitely
invite an unchurched friend to worship with them on Easter weekend.
This Easter, share the truth and joy of the holiday with someone who doesn’t
know Jesus. News of the Resurrection is too good to keep to ourselves!
Join us for our Easter celebration services April 20. We will have our “sunrise
service” at 8:10am and our late service is at 10:45am. Following the late service
we will have the children’s Easter Egg Hunt outside.
Young at Heart Lunch Fellowship
Friday, April 4
Lunch at Earl Abel’s Restaurant
If you would like to ride with someone, we will meet at
the church and leave at 10:30 am. Please let Shirley or
Mildred know. After our lunch, join us back in the
fellowship hall for dessert and dominoes. All are invited
to join us!
Game Day
Friday, April 25
10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Fellowship Hall
Bring sandwiches, chips and dips, salad, snacks, or
dessert and join us for an afternoon of fellowship and
dominoes. Invite a friend!
Weekly Bible Study
Tuesdays (except 3rd Tuesday)
9:00 a.m.
Grab a cup of coffee and join us in Room 5!
NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS OFFERING
OUR CHURCH GOAL: $3,000.00
GIFTS GIVEN TO DATE: $1,623.00
As Southern Baptists, we are all partners in sowing
the seeds and firmly planting the gospel throughout
North America. North American Mission Board
missionaries are involved in planting churches
dedicated to ensuring that those who hear the good
news of Jesus Christ are firmly planted in the gospel
and are bearing fruit.
You still have the opportunity through the month of
April to help support our missionaries and our church
plants with your sacrificial gifts. Offering envelopes are
available in the church pews or designate your check to
“AAEO MISSIONS.”
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Nursing Home Ministry
Country Care Nursing Home
(Third) Tuesday, April 15
10:00 a.m.
Brief sermon, singing and visitation.
All are welcome to join us!
Prayer Meeting
Every Wednesday
11:30 a.m.
Lunch in the Fellowship Hall
Prayer Requests and Prayer, and Dominoes
For more information about our senior ministry or events,
contact Shirley Summers (830.391.1986) or Mildred
Hoffmann (830.779.2353).
Baptism Services will be held on Palm Sunday,
April 13 and Easter Sunday, April 20. If you wish
to be baptized at this time, contact the church
office to talk to Pastor David.
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“This do in remembrance of me.”
By Statement of Faith
Join us in the celebration of
Dave Raushenberger
Cody and Kim Ringer
The Lord’s Supper
Palm Sunday, April 13
8:10 and 10:45 Worship
By Church Letter
Brad and Heather Tomlinson
Charles and Dana Kerby
Dear Lord, thank You for sacrificing Your life for our sins so that we might live.
We’re thankful that because You died and rose again, we can have assurance that
one day we’ll be with You in a place of no more death.
S.O.U.L. Food — On Tuesday, April 8, Joan Courtney
with Prayer International will speak to us about how to
start a prayer group in our area. Breakfast will be at 8:30.
All ladies are invited to attend.
Women of all ages are invited to join our new DVD-led
six-week Bible study, "Feasts of the Bible" by author,
Sam Nadler, which begins April 15 through May 20.
Student books are $9.00.
God commanded Moses and the Children of Israel to
observe these feasts and holy days as memorials to the
great things that he had done in their lives. These are
holidays that Jesus observed all through his life. See
how these special days point to Jesus as the promised
Messiah. Includes Hebrew lettering, pronunciation, the
Jewish calendar, symbolism, and Bible references for the
feasts and their New Testament fulfillment: Passover,
Unleavened Bread, Firstfruits, Shavuot (Pentecost),
Rosh HaShanah (Feast of Trumpets), Yom Kippur (Day
of Atonement), Sukkot (Feast of Booths), Simchat Torah,
Hanakkah (Chanukah), and Purim.
S.O.U.L. on Missions — Beginning Tuesday, April 1,
Joan Robertson will lead a card making class Tuesdays
at 11:30am in the fellowship hall. All the supplies are
provided. All you need to do is bring your lunch. We will
do this for several consecutive
Tuesdays.
S.O.U.L. Women's Ministry will
host a tea Thursday, April 10 at
6:30pm in the Fellowship Hall.
We will be hearing from the
members of our India Team. A
love offering will be taken up for the Abundant Life
Ministerial Association (ALMA) in India. All women
(including youth) of our church and their guests are
invited to this event. Spring hats are encouraged! We do
need help with finger foods (tea sandwiches, scones,
small desserts, cookies and flavored tea bags). Please
contact Gina Trowbridge at 210-392-4852.
S.O.U.L. Train — We are going Greek for our April
social! Join us for lunch on Tues, April 29 as we head to
Artemisia's on the St. Philip's College campus. A four
course Greek meal prepared by the culinary students
awaits us. The cost is $12 including tip. We will leave
from the church at 11:30 to make our noon reservation.
You must prepay by April 22 to Alison Butts. Please
RSVP her at 210-414-9470.
Calling all servant-hearted people who
want to honor God with excellence!
Are you looking for a meaningful way to spend your
Saturday morning? Saturday, April 12 beginning at
8:00am, we are looking for volunteers to spend the
morning doing some light maintenance and clean up
around the church facility. There is plenty of work for
people of all fitness levels – no matter what your ability;
we’ll have something you can do. So put on your
grubbies, bring your tools and/or cleaning supplies, come
on over and we’ll serve coffee and a light breakfast in the
fellowship hall before we get started.
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Upcoming events and dates ...
Annual Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser—Sunday, April
6 during the Sunday school time. The youth will help
make and serve the breakfast to raise money for youth
camp.
Pre-Easter Retreat—April 17-19 at Alto Frio Baptist En
campment in Leakey, TX. The cost is $75 but the money
is not due until the Wednesday before we leave which is
April 16.
Impact Missions Project—June 9-13. Project details
are still being worked on but the dates have been set.
Plan on coming to this event.
Collide Summer Youth Camp—June 22-26 at Latham
Springs Conference and Retreat Center in Aquilla, TX.
Deposits of $50 and name and shirt size are due ASAP.
The total cost of the camp is $200, which the next $150
is not due until we leave for camp. We will be doing
fundraisers to help with money. If you want to come do
not let money be an issue. Contact Pastor Randy at 210557-2151 if you have any questions. If you miss a
deadline and want to go please check with us to see
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Dear Church Family,
Love is the joy of Easter! I am
so thankful I belong to Jesus!
My hope and prayer is to reflect
His love all the days of my life,
because the message of His
everlasting love is the best blessing in life! Get all excited
and go tell everybody that Jesus Christ lives! HE LIVES!
ALLELUIA!
HELP NEEDED FOR EASTER CELEBRATION Parents, grandparents, young adults, older responsible
youth...if you would like to help with decorating,
providing Easter Sunday snacks, filling Easter eggs,
and/or helping on Easter Sunday during Children's
Church 10:45am-Noon), please call, text, or email me at
210-382-9679 or [email protected].
CHILDREN'S
SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER'S MEETING
6:30pm
TUESDAY, APRIL 15th
UPCOMING EVENTS
ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST, SUNDAY, APRIL
6th- (Camp fundraiser): Preteen kids planning to go to
camp should be signed in to work/serve by 8:30am.
Contact: Judy Chesser at 210-382-9679.
PRETEEN CAMP, JUNE 16th-19th - SIGN-UP NOW!
Now signing up 3rd-6th grade for summer camp. Total
camp fee is $190. Your $50 non-refundable deposit will
hold your space. The $140 will be due by May1st. We will
be going to Highland Lakes Camp by Lake Travis, near
Austin. Camp Contact: Mrs. Judy at 210-382-9679.
EASTER COMMUNITY PROJECT, NOW THROUGH
APRIL 13th - Our kids are currently collecting canned
goods for the La Vernia Food Pantry. Our goal is to
collect 25 filled bags by Sunday, April 13th. Parents,
please help us meet our goal! Our kids are learning to be
the hands and feet like Jesus. "Love your neighbor as
yourself." Mark 12:31.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH, SUNDAY, APRIL 13th Kids attending Children's Church will be given ten plastic
eggs to fill with candy to gift to friends and families with
an personal written invitation to attend our Easter
services.
INDIA MISSION PROJECT, NOW THROUGH APRIL
23rd - The kids are collecting a love offering to gift
bicycles to evangelists that work with Abundant Life
Ministerial Association. The kids have been learning what
sacrificial giving means. I am so proud of the attitude I've
seen in them! How humbling! We are $35 from being
able to get two bikes! PRAISE THE LORD!!!
Pizza and salad provided!
CHILDREN'S CHURCH EASTER CELEBRATION AND
EGG HUNT, EASTER SUNDAY, APRIL 20th - During
Children's Church time from 10:45-noon there will be a
fun and exciting Easter Celebration for kids ages five
through second grade! Come join us! ALSO, AFTER
SECOND SERVICE (about noontime) there will be an
Easter Egg Hunt with over 1000 eggs! This is for
toddlers through third grade. There will be special gifts
handed out for kids up to 5th grade.
Thank-you Mark Syma (3rd & 4th grade Sunday
School teacher)! He took his class on a fabulous fun
fishing trip! Also, special thanks to Dean & Patty Gary
for letting our kids fish in your pond.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL 2014: “AGENCY D3:
DISCOVER, DECIDE, DEFEND” (1 Peter 3:15) from
Lifeway, is this year’s Vacation Bible School theme.
Mark your calendar for out VBS dates, Sunday, July 20
through Thursday, July 24. As always, our VBS meets in
the evening from 6:00-9:00pm, and includes all ages,
nursery through adults. No need to worry about feeding
your family at home—our free family meal each evening
is at 5:00-5:45pm. A kitchen coordinator is needed as
well as workers in all areas. Please contact me if you are
interested in serving in VBS this summer.
- Mrs. Judy
Sermon CDs / DVDs
La Vernia Food Pantry
Our church is responsible for regular
donations of flour, sugar, and peanut
butter. There is also a need of paper
products. Please bring your donations
to the fellowship hall and place in the
blue container marked “Food Pantry”.
Our church workday at the food pantry is Saturday,
April 26. To volunteer to help or for more information,
contact Victoria Johnson (210.213.0899).
Please remember to check the sermon CD/
DVD box in the foyer as you enter the
fellowship hall for any cds or dvds you have
requested during the past several weeks.
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Diﬃculties Build Me Up! Part 2 (continued from last month) Philippians 1:12–14 (NIV84) 12
Now I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel. 13
As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14Because of my chains, most of the brothers in the Lord have been encouraged to speak the word of God more courageously and fearlessly. As Paul said, maybe God’s plan included growing
and strengthening other messengers of the Gospel
because of Paul’s suffering. Note that the Lord had told
Ananias that he was to go and lay hands on Saul in
Damascus after Saul’s conversion. He said, Go! This
man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before
the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of
Israel. I will show him how much he must suffer for my
name.” (Acts 9:15). Jesus indicated very clearly that
Paul would do a good bit of suffering!
Either way, you have to admire Paul’s attitude! He
knew he was to be about sharing the Gospel. So, when
God closed the doors to all the opportunities we would
say were required for Paul to be able to share the
Gospel, Paul just did what he could where he was!
This is a pretty good lesson for us, as well! We have
ideas in our minds about how we are expecting God to
use us and what resources and situations are
necessary for doing the task that we believe He has set
before us. But when things don’t work out as we
expect, we want to give up. We end up standing around
waiting to get started, someday, on the task that we are
sure He has for us. Tomorrow things will be different,
tomorrow I will have the complete set of resources,
tomorrow I’ll feel better, tomorrow I’ll feel more
empowered of God. We should take Paul’s example to
heart. We should just do what we can where we are!
Paul was eventually set free to continue his work in
planting churches and sharing the gospel. I suspect
that God will also, one day, move each of us to
seemingly more ideal places of service. But until then,
we should be like Paul, and carry on with the task at
hand and let God worry about the handicaps that, from
our point of view, slow our progress.
In fact, if you truly think about it, it is the difficulties of
life that make you stronger. Your navigation through
these difficulties has made you wiser. Your endurance of
these difficulties has made you more compassionate
toward others who are experiencing like troubles. Your
consciousness of the Father’s guiding hand upon you
during the trouble increases your faith and determination.
And finally, your realization of the depth of God’s love
increases your own love for the Lord.
Paul describes this very thing in Romans 5:1-5 (NIV84)
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Therefore, since we have been jus fied through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. 3Not only so, but we also rejoice in our suﬀerings, because we know that suﬀering produces perseverance; 4perseverance, character; and character, hope. 5And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us. I have seen it before: Christians with great potential
who simply sit on their blessed assurance and totally miss
the chance of service for the Lord. They go through life
wondering why those around them are so motivated and
filled with the joy of the Lord. They completely miss the
reward of serving the one who gave His life for them.
They hear a small voice in side them asking, “isn’t there
more?” Many think they are too good to do the simple
task that is right before them. They forgot that Christ said
He came to serve, and we should too! He said “the first
shall be last and the last shall be first!” (Mark 9:35).
So, whether the task God has put before you is
emptying a trash can, washing a window, or simply
sharing what Christ has done in your life, don’t shirk your
responsibility. Get up, and get after it! But don’t worry, if
you don’t, God will send someone else to do it. And
unfortunately for you, they will receive the blessings given
by the Creator of the Universe to those that serve Him out
of love. What blessings will you miss out on this week?
- Pastor Devin
The Impact Mission Project to India is set for April 24
-May 6 this year. Our team this year is Randy
McDaris, Wendy Batey, Judy Chesser, Karen
Comeaux, Joan Robertson, and Devin Butts. We
will be hosting a family conference focused on
marriage and parenting for the 200 pastors and their
families. We will also be ministering in many village
churches on the trip as well. Please be in prayer for
the project and if you would like to support it
financially it is very appreciated.
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Please come and be our guest at any of our worship services. Sunday 8:10 am Early Worship (Blended) 9:35 am LifePoint Bible Study 10:45 am Worship (Contemporary) and Kid’s Worship 4:00 pm Worship Choir 5:30 pm Youth Wednesday 11:30 am Noon Prayer Group 5:30 pm Fellowship Supper 6:00 pm Children’s Choir (1‐5) 6:30 pm Prayer Mee ng 6:30 pm Women’s Bible Study 6:30 pm Men of Courage Bible Study 6:30 pm Basic Biblical Paren ng 6:30 pm FrontLine/Youth (G 7‐12) 6:30 pm Friends/Children (K‐6) 6:45 pm Preschool Choir (3‐K) Church Staff
Enjoy a Short Stack for a Tall Cause!
A n n u a l Pa n c a ke
B re a k f a s t
Children and Youth Camp Fundraiser
Sunday, April 6
9:30 AM (no Sunday School)
Fellowship Hall
Come and help send our children
and youth to camp with your gifts.
David Gale, Senior Pastor David@FBC‐LV.org Randy McDaris, Youth Pastor RandyM@FBC‐LV.org Shawn Steubing, Associate Youth Pastor Shawn@FBC‐LV.org Jeﬀ Parker, Worship Pastor/Minister to Families Jeﬀ@FBC‐LV.org Judy Chesser, Children’s Ministry Director Judy@FBC‐LV.org Bob Lockwood, Assoc. Pastor / Senior Adults Bob@FBC‐LV.org Debbie McReynolds, Ministry Assistant Debbie@FBC‐LV.org Sue Flippen, Church Treasurer Sue@FBC‐LV.org Randy Lockwood, Outreach Director Shirley Summers, Asst. Senior Adult Coordinator Gary Flippen, Deacon Chairman Deacons@FBC‐LV.org Emma McDaris, Nursery Director Emma@FBC‐LV.org Kelly Mollenkopf, Director of Media Kelly@FBC‐LV.org Laurie Costanzo, Wednesday Dinner Coordinator Kitchen@FBC‐LV.org Devin Bu s, Assoc. Pastor/Business Admin. Devin@FBC‐LV.org F
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