Adult Classes

Sunday Auditorium Class: Unlocking the Mysteries of Genesis Sunday Downstairs Annex Class: Effective Parenting in a Defective World, a Chip Ingram study. Led by Evan McGee Wednesday Downstairs Annex Class: 2 Corinthians, taught by Ethan Brown; Pick up pages for Weeks 5-7 in the lobby.

Connection Groups TODAY. Choose a group and come enjoy the fellowship and Bible Study. Groups are: Audias (Mills River), Browns (Mills River), Carpenter (Auditorium), Godley (Annex, lunch followed by Bible study at 1:00), McGee (South Henderson/Saluda), McKelvey (West Henderson), Williams (West Henderson). If you are not already participating, consider giving it a try! Visitors and newcomers are welcome at any of the groups.

Honduras Mission Trip Fundraisers

Let’s keep bringing in the shoes! Any size including children’s shoes. We need to collect a minimum of 2500 pairs of shoes. We will need all shoes turned in by May 31st.

Also, spread the word about the scrap metal drive. Any metal is acceptable. Contact the office if you need to schedule a pickup of large items.

Church-Wide Workday,

Saturday April 27th

All members are invited to help with tasks around the building.

There will be jobs inside and outside. A list will be posted.

Movie Night Mary Poppins Returns

(PG) Friday,

April 19th 7PM-Annex

Dinner at 5:30PM

At El Paso

Lock-In 4/26 at 7PM—4/27 at 9AM.

All ages are welcome, but youth ages 5th grade and

under are required to have a parent stay. Snacks, breakfast, and fun activities provided! Sign up

and get permission forms in the lobby!

There will be a yard sale on Saturday, May 4th in the front parking lot. See Angel Worrell, if you have questions.

A group will be carpooling to the Carolina Classic Horse Reigning at the Tryon Equestrian Center on Saturday, May 11th. Contact Brian Tribby for more information.

Ladies’ Retreat May 17th—18th

BonClarken, Flat Rock Ladies, check out the flyer on the women’s bulletin board in the hallway and plan to attend the retreat!

Honduras Team Meeting

TODAY after the

morning service Lunch provided

Ladies’ Thursday Morning Class

The class will resume meeting on Thursday, April 18th at 10:00AM in the upstairs Annex classroom. Contact Naomi Bullard for details.

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It is the day after Sabbath in Jerusalem, and the crowds have gathered in excitement and shouting. The day after Sabbath, and the people are waving palm branches (political symbols of Zionist zealotry), and shouting political things about kings and the Son of David. The day after Sabbath, and the joyous, riotous throngs and throwing their coats in front of someone who is riding into town on a donkey - which was itself a political statement, a claim to be the prophesied savior king. Yesterday was so quiet, but today is noisy, and it is a unsettling noise. The people shouting are full of joy, but the people who are not shouting are worried. The Romans in town can all hear this and if they can figure out what it means, they will be threatened. Yesterday was so peaceful, but there isn’t much peace today. No wonder they would tell the man on the donkey, “Rabbi, rebuke your students!” They can’t shout like this. It will upset things. When salvation comes, though, who can keep quiet? If they had, even the pavement stones would have been shouting, because salvation had at last come to Jerusalem. It was the day after Sabbath and the king had finally come! But it turned out all the understandings were wrong. Every last exception would be thwarted, resisted, broken and undone. He hadn’t come to kill Romans, but to be killed by them. He didn’t come to set up a political system to rule the nations as most powerful among them, but a supernatural kingdom to take over the world as something com-pletely different from a nation. He didn’t come to satisfy their wants, but to give them new desires! He came to give them entirely new hearts. When you don’t meet people’s expectations, they usually don’t enjoy it or respect you. So it’s no wonder that the day before the next Sabbath, the shouts were of another kind. Instead of “Hosannah!”, the same people were screaming for his blood! “Crucify! Crucify him!” As I read the story, I see in the triumphant entry into Jerusalem as a mixture of wonder and fear. The wonder that salvation is come to us. He has come! The King has come to us full of humility and gentle love, to welcome us and fill us with praise. But I feel fear when I see that human hearts are so very fickle. Should God let me down, should he fail to live up to my demands, will I also be ready to turn my back on him. But the crowds are not the star of the show. The most important person in the scene is Jesus. As he sat on the donkey, he knew that the crowd would be inconstant. When he didn’t dance to their tune, they would give up on him. Still, he resolutely rode toward his death and our salvation. Because he did, on this day after Sabbath, we gather together to sing Hosannahs and praises to the King. -Ethan Brown

April 14, 2019

Calendar of Events

4/14 Connection Groups 4/18 Ladies’ Class, 10AM 4/19 Movie Night, 7PM 4/26-27 Youth Lock-In, 7PM-9AM 4/27 Church-Wide Work Day 5/2 Ladies’ Class, 10AM 5/4 Yard Sale in Parking Lot 5/5 Connection Groups

Our sick and hurting Bullard Family Debbie Davis Derrick Dendy Ron Farley Susan Freebold Gerri Gordon Gore Family Vel & Pete Hunter Evans Learned Nick Menyhard Michael Rhodes Dave Sayre Brenda Senn Mamie Snipes Helen Swayngim Family & friends to remember Ashley Baillairge, Susan F.’s granddaughter Tierra Betts, pregnancy, complications Calvin Corbett, cancer; relative of Stephanie Shirley Grogan, Ron F.’s cousin, melanoma Barry Hartsfield, cousin of Sherri L. Gary Henry, Darlene’s brother, health declining Bill Hickerson, Sherri LaFever’s dad Darren Jones, Ken’s brother, liver failure Gary Keevert, Jim’s brother, continued pain Josh Levy, Nick Menyhard’s grandson, deployed Kent Planck’s father, congestive heart failure Leland Price, deployed to Poland Will Sink, continued recovery Jennifer & Will Thompson, pregnancy, baby has cleft lip and palate (Clem’s daughter). Greg Wilburn, Stephanie Cunto’s brother-in-law Delaney Thompson, Mark L.s cousin, cancer Family of Dale Mitchell, who worked for many years with EEM. Dale passed away on 4/2. Don, Debbie Ware’s uncle

**Please write request and updates on the back of your attendance card. Requests not updated will

be removed for the May list.

Pray for and Visit our shut-ins

Linda Dill

Reba Haynes

Mary Francis Lykins

Brenda Senn Helen Swayngim Lena Whitted

Pray for our Mission Efforts

Domestic Palmetto Bible Camp (SC) Southeastern Children’s Home (SC)

Foreign Eastern European Missions Mission Lazarus (Honduras) Nekemte (Ethiopia) Samrit Kammanee (Thailand) Steve & Dianna Teel (Baxter Institute)

Missions Fundraising Put aluminum cans in the

box outside of the Annex kitchen. To donate

large scrap metal items, contact Bill McKelvey. We also accept car donations.

Donate new and gently worn shoes. You may

put them in the box outside of the office.

Coupons for Troops There is a box in the lobby to put in

coupons to be sent to our troops.

April Prayer

Requests

MINISTER Dr. Ethan Brown —1-806-789-3606

ELDERS

Duncan Blake—828-242-8326

Lloyd Cain—891-4459

Fred Gore—828-606-8752

Bill McKelvey—891-4787

Hugh Price—698-3841

Sam Williams—1-828-748-3263

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES:

-SUNDAY-

9:30 am—Bible Class 10:30 am—Morning Worship 5:30 pm— Evening Worship -WEDNESDAY-

6:00 pm—HVL Café (everyone welcome) 6:50 pm— Classes for all ages OFFICE HOURS: Monday—Friday 9AM—3PM

SECRETARIES Karen McGee and Kylie Cochran

Recent Weeks' Statistics

Attendance March 24 March 31 April 7

Sunday AM 150 121 107

Sunday PM 45 No PM 58

Contribution $3,459 $4,055 $4,635

Budget $5,132

YTD Budget $71,848

YTD Contribution $68,692

YTD Weekly Average $4,907

Morning Worship Welcome Members and Visitors! Everyone, please fill out Attendance Cards and place them in the collection tray.

Song Leader ▪ Matt Carpenter

Welcome

To God Be the Glory—4

A New Creature—619

Holy, Holy, Holy, - 47

Opening Prayer ▪ Bill Frye

Redeemed—514

Love Lifted Me—453

Communion

Serve: *Bob Huff, Morgan Chapman, Jim Keevert,

Rod Price, Ron Farley, Sam Williams

Had It Not Been the Lord—Slides

Children’s Worship (ages 2–2nd grade)

Ambassadors for Christ ▪ Ethan Brown

Softly and Tenderly—934

Announcements & Prayer ▪ Lloyd Cain

Worship Coordinator: Bill Fitzpatrick

Ushers: Eric Adkinson, Garrett Adkinson

Nursery: Nikki Grasso

Sound Room: Monty Carter

An attended nursery is available for ages

0-2yrs. Busy Bags are in the lobby for all ages.

TONIGHT

Connection Groups: Building—1:00 & 5:30

Homes—Various Times

WEDNESDAY HVL Café 6:00-6:30PM

Menu: Breakfast Make reservations by filling in the space on the attendance

card or contact the office before noon on Monday.

Donation of $5 per adult is accepted, kids eat free.

Classes @ 6:50PM

for all ages