Youth Spring Break Blitz

VOLUME 14, ISSUE 1
MARCH, 2012
CHURCH STAFF
PASTOR
JEFF ADDISON
STUDENT MINISTER
ERIC WYATT
Week of Prayer March 4 -11
Church Schedule
Our Goal $ 500
Sunday
9:00 am - Coffee Fellowship
9:30 am - Bible Study Classes
10:45 am - Morning Worship
10:45 am - Children’s Church
6:30 pm - Evening Worship
Wednesday
6:30 pm - Prayer/Bible Study
6:30 pm - AWANA
6:45 pm - The Edge
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Check Church Calendar for
more weekly details and events
that have been scheduled for
the month.
Inside this issue:
Pastor’s Corner
2
Upcoming Events
2
Youth News
2
Monthly Calendar
3
Important Info
4
Missions
4
Kids News
4
Youth Spring Break Blitz
Tuesday
13th
Drive in
Movie
Thurs 15th
Wed 14th
Crazy Night of
Worship
5pm
Pizza/Bowling
March 18th
Potatoes will be provided
5 pm
Bring toppings such as Chili, Cheese,
Sour Cream, Broccoli Cheese Soup, etc.
Baked
Potato
Dinner
Silent Auction for Desserts to raise
money for ice machine. Desserts or a
note describing refrigerated desserts will
be on the counter Sunday morning
for you to bid on.
Friday 6 pm—Registration, Friday 7—9:45 pm
Saturday 8:30 am—12:45 pm
$30 per person—$60 per couple
Words from your Pastor
Love your
spiritual family.
1 Peter 2:17b
(MSG)
Upcoming
Events
Love your spiritual family
You have heard it said, “The church is a body, not a building; an organism, not an organization.”
Each organ in your body has a purpose to fulfill, but first they must be connected to your body. The
same is true for you as a part of Christ's Body. You were created for a particular responsibility, but
you will fail to notice this if you're not attached to a living, local church.
You discover your role in life through your relationships with others. Just in the last few months
we have seen Ridgemont grow in body by adding just over 12 new members. We are excited to see
God working in people’s lives. Each person has a place to connect and grow in their personal relationship with Christ. We must help people discover where they will connect within the body.
The Bible tells us, "Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way
around. The body we're talking about is Christ's body of chosen people. Each of us finds our meaning and function as a part of his body. But as a chopped-off finger or cut-off toe we wouldn't amount
to much, would we?" (Romans 12:4-5 MSG)
We need to remind ourselves, if an organ is somehow severed from its body, it will shrivel and
die. It cannot exist on its own, and neither can you. Disconnected and cut off from the lifeblood of a
local body, your spiritual life will wither and eventually cease to exist. (Ephesians 4:16)
This is why the first symptom of spiritual decline is usually inconsistent attendance at worship services and other gatherings of believers. Whenever we become careless about fellowship, everything
else begins to slide, too. So guard yourself from becoming disconnected and distant from the Body
(your spiritual family).
The Bible says, "Love your spiritual family." (1 Peter 2:17b MSG)
Membership in the family of God is neither unimportant nor something to be casually ignored.
The church is God's agenda for the world. Jesus said, "I will build my church, and all the powers of
hell will not conquer it." (Matthew 16:18 NLT)
Loving and Serving Him, Bro. Jeff
Shannin Schisler
Baby Boy Shower
Sat, March 3rd
2 – 4pm
Registered @
Target & Kids
Village
Youth News
Men’s Prayer
Youth Lunch
Breakfast
@ Taco Bueno
Sat.
8:00 am
Mar 11th @
March
Noon
10th
Come eat with
2nd Saturday
the youth!
Come and be fed!
LADIES LUNCH
RBC @ Noon Mar 17th
Bring a Salad dish such as
pasta salad, fruit salad, chef
salad, chicken or tuna salad,
etc. We will be putting the
new directory together.
RBC Group to
Serve Lunch at
The Mission
March 25th
Please sign up
if you would
like to help
You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God’s temple. He was rejected
by people, but He was chosen by God for great honor. And you are living stones that God
is building into His spiritual temple. 1 Peter 2:4–5 NLT
Camp: July 23-27
Location: University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
Cost:
Till March 15th $150.00 – $60.00 Deposit due by the 15th
March 16th till 30th $180.00 – $90.00 Deposit due by the 30th (Space Not Guarantied)
More information about camp can be found at: www.studentlife.com or by contacting Eric at [email protected].
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4pm Deacons Mtg
19
12
SPRING BREAK
6:30 pm Ray
Flanary Concert
25 (Mark Hewitt) 26
Serve Lunch @
The Mission
5:30 pm Bus. Conf
Auction for Desserts
5 pm Baked Potato
Dinner w/ Silent
18
Youth Lunch
11
Steering Team Mtg
5pm Children
5
4
27
20
6:30 pm Bible Study
& Awana
6:45 The Edge
28
6:30 pm Bible Study
& Awana
6:45 The Edge
21
Crazy Night of Worship
29
22
5pm Pizza/Bowling
30
23
16
Marriage Tune up Conference
@ First Baptist Church
31
24
17
Men’s Prayer
Breakfast
8:00 am
RBC @ Noon
Youth Camp
Deposit Due
Shannin Schisler
Baby Boy Shower
2 –4 pm
10
3
Sat
LADIES LUNCH
15
9
2
1
8
Fri
Thu
NO AWANA
14
6:30 pm Bible Study
& Awana
6:45 The Edge
7
Wed
Youth Spring Break Blitz
6:30 pm Bible Study
Youth Drive In
Movie
13
6
Tue
Prayer for North American Missions—Annie Armstrong
Mon
Sun
March 2012
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor
powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other
created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ
Romans 8:38,39 NKJV
Jesus our Lord.
Ladies of Ridgemont
Collecting items for
“Comfort Baskets” for
Our
Giving
Women’s Health Awareness Program
Baskets w/handle Book mark Powder
Body Wash & Sponge Candles
Chapstick or lip balm
Cuticle cream
Coffee, tea or cocoa (instant) Lotion
Devotional book
Peppermints
Pillow (18”x12” covered in chenille, terry
cloth or other nonslip material)
Footprints Card or similar inspirational
piece
Undershirts—men’s sleeveless tank
Tissue Paper (for decoration)
“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in
My house, and test Me now in this” says the Lord of hosts, “if I will not
open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing
until it overflows. Malachi 6:3-4
RIDGEMONT BAPTIST
CHURCH
4857 BUFFALO GAP ROAD
ABILENE, TEXAS 79606
Phone: 325-698-4331
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ridgemontbaptist.org
Kid’s News
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven
belongs to such as these.
Matthew 19:14
A couple of weeks ago a young lady came up to me at church and told me how excited her young daughter was to get
to come to church. She said that some mornings her daughter will wake up asking if they get to go to church, and she has to
tell her, “No it is just Tuesday”, then she will get bummed out. So, I asked the mother why she thought that her daughter
liked to come to church so much? She said that she likes to play with the other kids and has fun in her class.
This got me to thinking about the importance of attending church on a regular basis. Kids learn best when they are with
people they love and trust. Attending the same church each weekend encourages and enables relationships to be built within
Sunday school classes, between leaders and peers.
We as adults can learn from this, so often we think that we do not need to get plugged into a Sunday school class or we
do not need to get to know people at church. But the reality is we do, we all need relationships. We all need people in our
lives that will encourage us in the good times and the bad times. This month make it a point to get plugged in, parents especially, your children need it.
Enjoy God,
Eric
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