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Lisbon Baptist Church March 2017 Volume 28, Issue 3 Awakening Weekend March 17-19, 2017 Renewal Weekend Schedule 24-Hour Prayer Vigil 5:00p Thursday—5:00p Friday Friday 6:00 p.m. Fellowship dinner - fellowship hall 7:00 p.m. General Session: everyone in sanctuary 8:00 p.m. Adult Small groups 9:00 p.m. Closing reports in sanctuary for everyone Saturday 9:30 a.m. Children and youth activities at the church 9:45 a.m. Coffee in church members’ homes 12:00 p.m. Church-wide lunch - fellowship hall 1:00 p.m. Men & ladies group meetings 2:00 Free time 6:00 p.m. Fellowship dinner—fellowship hall 7:00 p.m. General Session: everyone in sanctuary 7:45 p.m. Adult small group meetings 8:30 p.m. Family prayer time in sanctuary To ensure that we have adequate childcare coverage; we are asking for an RSVP for preschool age children. Please call the church office at (770)461-1583
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Lisbon Baptis t Church
March 2017
Volume 28 , Issue 3
Awakening Weekend
March 17-19, 2017
Renewal Weekend Schedule
24-Hour Prayer Vigil 5:00p Thursday—5:00p Friday
Friday
6:00 p.m. Fellowship dinner - fellowship hall
7:00 p.m. General Session: everyone in sanctuary
8:00 p.m. Adult Small groups
9:00 p.m. Closing reports in sanctuary
for everyone
Saturday
9:30 a.m. Children and youth activities at the church
9:45 a.m. Coffee in church members’ homes
12:00 p.m. Church-wide lunch - fellowship hall
1:00 p.m. Men & ladies group meetings
2:00 Free time
6:00 p.m. Fellowship dinner—fellowship hall
7:00 p.m. General Session: everyone in sanctuary
7:45 p.m. Adult small group meetings
8:30 p.m. Family prayer time in sanctuary
To ensure that we have adequate childcare coverage;
we are asking for an RSVP for preschool age children.
Please call the church office at (770)461-1583
5 Sundays of Easter
Starting Sunday March 26, through April 23, we will begin a new musical ex-
perience and have 5 different weeks of Drama and Easter Music culminating the
Sunday after Easter
See the ministry of Jesus come alive through the lives of the Women at the
Well, Zacchaeus, The Child - Aaron, Mary the Mother of Jesus on Easter Sunday
morning and completing the drama are the lives of Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene
and the Centurion.
Come, be a part of this Biblical experience as we celebrate the life, death
and Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
Youth Disciple now
March 3-4
WOW News
FEBRUARY W.O.W. LUNCHEON
The February W.O.W. Valentine luncheon was held on February 14th and featured entertain-
ment by a local LINE DANCE group, several of which are members of Lisbon, The menu was
(furnished) fried chicken, covered dish veggies, salads, breads and desserts. Jeff Durham
brought a very uplifting devotion.
MARCH W.O.W. LUNCH MEETING
The March W.O.W. lunch meeting on Tuesday, March 14th will feature a guest speaker, John
Christopher, from McDonough Road Baptist Church, who will be talking about Security for Sen-
iors, dealing with scams, crooks and other groups that are ready and willing to take advantage
of the older folks in our community. Menu will be covered dish; please bring meats, veggies,
salads, breads & desserts.
APRIL W.O.W. LUNCH MEETING
The April W.O.W. Lunch meeting will be held at Bay Breeze Seafood restaurant in Lovejoy, GA.
The minibus .will leave at 11:30, those driving their own vehicles should meet us at the res-
taurant at noon.
Our group’s mission is to encourage and support members as they strive to
be healthier by providing information, education programs, and other helpful
resources. Most importantly, we have fun and build lifelong friendships
along the way.
Lean On Me meets at Lisbon every Monday night in Room 106 down-
stairs. Plan to visit us beginning January 9, 2017, 6:00 p.m.—7:00 p.m. as
we start a new year and a new US!
If you have questions, please contact Elaine Appling or Toria Almand.
Lean On Me—A Community Health Group
Special Ministries
SCHOOL STAFF APPRECIATION—On February 9th, nine energetic volunteers showed up at 8:30
in the morning, packed 277 sack lunches and had the last ones delivered by 10:15! The lunches
consisted of “made to order” sandwiches, chips, brownies and apples, along with a note from
our church, thanking the staff for their contribution to the students in our community. The hard
working Lisbon volunteers consisted of Doris Caudelle, Jeff Durham, Doug & Lucy Fields, Abby
Hambrick, Cindy Hambrick, Debbie Pass, David Rathbun and Cile Stone. Additionally, Anya
Fields, Clayton McClain and Neal Royal worked until late Wednesday evening cutting and packing
the brownies which were baked and donated by 13 other Lisbon volunteers. We had enough
brownies left to share with a local fire station and the Fayetteville Police Department. Potato
chips were donated by Crystal Chambers.Nickey Gregory Produce at the Farmers Market donated
the apples. Many expressions of appreciation were heard for Lisbon’s caring expression of
kindness. Hope everyone saw the beautiful floral arrangement in the church welcome center
sent as a THANK YOU from the Whitewater High School staff.
FAYETTE SAMARITANS
Fayette Samaritans has a continuing need for the plastic grocery bags to
use when providing assistance to the folks having needs here in our
county. DON’T THROW THEM AWAY! Bag them up and put them in the
specially marked box in the Welcome Center.
You have not lived until you have done something for
someone who can never repay you.
….. John Bunyon
From Your Sunday School Director
There is really a lot going on at Lisbon these days. Lay Renewal Weekend, Power of Ten, Read the Bible
through and a little sprucing up just to name a few. I really want to encourage each of you to plan to be a
part of the Lay Renewal Weekend coming in March. There is info in the Welcome Center and will be more
info coming in the days ahead.
I have seen a few names on some of the Power of 10 posters. Please pray for those on your class list and if
you don’t have any names, pray that God will give you names of people who do not know Jesus as their
Lord and Savior.
Visitors are important to us all. A visit to a Bible Study Class is the beginning of a relationship with our
church. We are having a lot of difficulty in getting Visitor slips filled out. Please make every effort in your
class to get the information we need to make contact with them. There are 3 copies of the slip. The class
keeps the pink copy for your records and the yellow and white copy come to the office. Then I give the
white to the office for their records. I have taken the Visitor slips for the past couple of years and divided
them by classes. Below you will find how many (of the slips turned in) have joined your class. If people
visited and joined your class but you did not get a Visitor slip filled out, they are not included.
CLASS VISITORS JOINED
Sonseekers 3 2
Sunshine 7 3
Young Married 5 2
3rd Grade 2 0
God’s Keenagers 5 4
4th – 6th Grade 1 0
Inspiration 3 2
Men’s Class 2 2
Encouragers 4 2
Youth 7 0
Abundant Life 5 4
I am sure that there are more, but without that Visitors slip, I cannot count them.
REMINDER: Please save all of your old literature. I collect it and it goes to the mission field. Also we
recycle all paper, please save it and I will collect it. I also collect empty medicine bottles. These go to Mis-
sionary doctors so they can dispense medicine to patients on the mission field. Please remove the labels.
Just give to me or put in the Sunday School office.
Folks, we are in need of teachers. We are going to have to split the preschool class. They average 9 to 10
each Sunday. What a GREAT problem that is to have, however, two people just cannot handle that many
children ages 2 -5 years old. Please be in prayer that someone will feel God leading them to work with our
children. We also need two people to work with the 1st and 2nd grade class. If no one will help in this area I
have no choice but to combine them with the 3rd grade class. There is such a difference in ages that it makes
it difficult to teach without it being over the head of some or boring for others. These children and pre-
schoolers are our future. Please pray for help in these two areas.
As always, if you need anything, please don’t hesitate to let me know.
In Joy and Jesus
Jean
A FINANCIAL “SNAPSHOT”
2017 General Budget: $455,000.00
Weekly General Offerings Rec’d:
January 29th—$4,483.58
February 5th—$14,230.68
February 12th—$6,179.06
February 19th—$6,473.66
2017 Given to Date: $69,058.90
Usher Schedule - March 2017
Darren Baker
Terry Bradley
T.J. Romine
Mark Okada
Michael Fields
Brian Higgins
See Glenn Royal if you need to
reschedule your turn
Many Special Thanks
To Pastor Rathbun and the Congregation of Lisbon Baptist Church,
Thank you so much for our delicious lunches. It is very thoughtful and kind of you to think of us. Community support is one of
the strengths of Whitewater and your contribution adds to that support.
Thank you again, Roy A. Rabold, Principal, Whitewater High School
Dear Lisbon,
Thank you for the wonderful treat with providing lunch to everyone here at Whitewater Middle School. We look forward to
this every hear!! Your church is such a blessing to us, and if we can ever do anything for you, please let us know.
Sincerely, Connie Baldwin, Principal
Dear Lisbon Church,
We can’t express enough how much we appreciated the meal you made for us on the day of our mother’s funeral. Everyone enjoyed all of the home-cooked meat and vegetables. Mother enjoyed Lisbon and missed all of you while she was living in Carrollton.
Thank you again for the meal and also for the love and friendship you shared with her.
In God’s Love, Cheryl Miller & Richard Bailey (The Family of Omie Lee Bailey)
Dear Lisbon,
Thank you so much for a wonderful meal and showing such love for my sister and niece, Kay & M. Kay {Lawson}. Your kind-
ness was appreciated more than you know.
Thanks Again, Wanda Wolfe
Dear Lisbon Baptist Church,
Thank you for your generous support of students who attend Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC.
Your gifts make it possible for students from your church to further their education to the glory of God. May he continue to bless you.
In His Name, Danny Akin, President
Weekly Opportunities for Kids
Sunday School – every Sunday 9:45 – 10:45 a.m. (rooms 107, 108)
Family Worship – every Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon in the Worship Center
Melody Makers Children’s Choir—every Sunday @ 5:00 p.m.
Bible Skills, Drills & Thrills—every Sunday @ 6:00 p.m.
GAs (Girls in Action) – Wednesday 6:30–7:30 p.m. – Girls learning about missions (room 107)
RAs (Royal Ambassadors) – Wednesday 6:30–7:30 p.m. Boys in missions (room 116)
Upcoming Children’s Department Events
March 26—Service Project for Annie Armstrong. We will meet in the Fel-lowship Hall from 5:45—7:00 p.m. to work on a service project for Annie Armstrong. Come prepare to have fun as we serve HIM!
April 14—Friday Night Flashlight Easter Egg-Stravaganza—Get your flashlights ready for this Easter Egg hunt like none we have ever had!!!!
3/18—Anna Pritchett
3/20—Kendall Rathbun
3/21—Becca Durham
Schedule of Activities for March 2016
Friday—Saturday March 3-4 Youth Disciple Now Weekend
Saturday March 4 9:00a Men’s Breakfast & Bible Study @ Piccadilly
Sunday March 5 9:00a Church-wide Prayer Time in Youth Room
9:00a Sunday School Teacher Meeting (FH)
4:00p Deacon’s Meeting
Tuesday March 14 12:00n W.O.W. Senior Citizens Luncheon (FH)
Wednesday March 15 Newsletter Deadline
Friday—Sunday March 17-19 Lay Renewal (Awakening) Weekend
Saturday March 18 9:00a Men’s Breakfast & Bible Study @ Piccadilly
Sunday March 19 5:00p Special Evening Service
Sunday March 26 9:30a Blood Pressure Screening, Room 206
5:45p Children’s Dept. Service Project (FH)
Wednesday March 29 6:30p Church Bible Drill
Thursday March 30 6:30p Advisory Council Meeting (FH)
Weekly Recurring Church-Wide Events:
Monday’s 6:00-7:00 PM—Lean on Me Health & Fitness
Wednesday’s @ 6:30 PM—Prayer Meeting (4th Wednesday; Mission Studies)
Wednesday’s @ 6:30 PM—Children’s Mission Groups & Youth Bible Study
Wednesday’s @ 7:30 PM—Celebration Choir Practice
Thursday’s @ 10:00 AM—Ladies Prayer Group meets in Room 103
Sunday’s @ 5:00 PM—Melody Makers Children’s Choir
Sunday’s @ 5:00-7:00 PM—Read the Bible for Life
Sunday’s @ 6:00 PM— Bible Skills, Drills & Thrills
Lisbon Baptist Church
1662 Highway 85 South, Fayetteville, GA 30215
(770)461-1583 / [email protected]
www.lisbonbaptistchurch.com
Office Hours: Monday-Friday—9:00a-4:00p
David Rathbun, Pastor
Jeff Durham, Minister of Worship
Clayton McClain, Youth Minister
Carol Holt & Anya Fields, Children’s Ministry Co-Directors
Debbie Pass, Ministry Assistant
Weekly Worship Schedule:
Sunday:
9:45 AM Bible Study (all ages)
11:00 AM Celebration of Family Worship
5:00-7:00 PM Read the Bible for Life
5:00 PM—Melody Makers Children’s Choir
6:00 PM—Bible Skills, Drills & Thrills
Wednesday:
6:30 PM Prayer Meeting (except 4th Wednesday Missions
Night)
6:30 PM Preschool Mission Friends
6:30 PM Children’s R.A.’s and G.A.’s
6:30 PM Youth Bible Study
7:30 PM Celebration Choir Practice
