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In a few weeks, winter will begin

releasing her hold on nature, and

spring will slowly emerge. The

smells of spring time make a per-

son go, “Ahhhh!” As someone who

enjoys an occasional round of golf,

this means, of course, it’s time to

pull the clubs out of hibernation

and start practicing. There’s always

great hope that the winter layoff

will somehow, miraculously, help

me to improve. Like most golfers, I

can be slightly delusional. Golf is a

very simple game. There’s a golfer,

his clubs and a little white ball. It’s

amazing how something so sim-

ple, can become so difficult. All the

golfers know the pain of which I

speak.

Besides golf, there is an-

other impulse which seems to in-

fluence many people this time of

year…spring cleaning! Maybe it’s

the warming weather, which

makes it possible to pull every-

thing out of the garage and onto

the driveway and sort through all

the things which can go into the

season’s first yard sale. Or maybe

it’s the desire to de-clutter your

living space, after a winter of cre-

ating piles of stuff, and more stuff.

Now, there are some peo-

ple so infected with the desire to

spring clean, they look for the first

decent opportunity to get after it.

Then there are other people who

put it off as long as they possibly

can. They’re always the first ones

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to play golf, get their boats out

on the lake or take a hike (even

while there’s still snow on the

trail). Then there are those who

will delay their spring cleaning

until it becomes fall cleaning.

There’s always an excuse which

keeps them from getting to the

spring cleaning. A rule in life is

when your clutter gets cluttered

it’s time to clean.

This leads me to a differ-

ent kind of spring cleaning, or de-

cluttering. Maybe you’ve noticed

that the same thing which seems

to happen to our garages and

closets also happens in our spiri-

tual heart. We go through a sea-

son where we don’t pay as much

attention to our walk with Jesus,

as we know we need. Before long

Jesus is being squeezed out of

our life. I think most of us don’t

intend for it happen, it just does.

It’s kind of like the Nordic Track

in our family room becomes a

great place for clean clothes to

finish drying. No one spends big

money on a piece of exercise

equipment, just so it can become

an expensive indoor clothesline.

The clutter which some-

times builds up in our spiritual

heart may include actions or atti-

tudes which we know aren’t

pleasing to God. The clutter often

involves things which have crept

into our lives because they pro-

vide a measure of pleasure, an

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THE TRANSFORMING TRUTH on Sunday Mornings

In March Pastor Mark Robinson will continue the series he

started on Super Bowl Sunday, FRIENDS FOR LIFE. We’ve

been looking at how devoted disciples can help one another

experience greater community and growth in Christ. The goal

of FRIENDS FOR LIFE is found in Ephesians 4:16 (NLT): “…so

that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love.” King Mountain Church desires to be a

place “full of love” for God and one another.

On April 10 Mark will begin a new series titled,

WAY OUT. First Corinthians 10:13 says, “…when you are

tempted, (God) will provide a way out so that you can

stand up under it.” (NIV) The WAY OUT series will include

four episodes exploring how to escape from trials, tribu-

lations and temptation. This series will be a perfect time

to invite your friends, co-workers and classmates who

aren’t connected to a church and especially those you know are trapped in something they can’t get

out of. The Sundays in the series include: April 10, 17, 24 & May 1. There is a WAY OUT!

Check out Mark’s blog: the transformingtruth.blogspot.com

EASTER 2011EASTER 2011EASTER 2011EASTER 2011 The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the greatest event in human history. When Jesus arose on the third

day it changed everything and the power displayed in the resurrection continues to transform lives

today. This year we celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 24 and it promises to be a special, special time

as we come together to worship the risen King. Our schedule for the morning includes:

9am~Connection Point and at 10am~The Worship Gathering with worship, special music and an

episode of WAY OUT by Pastor Mark. GENERATION KIDS will celebrate Easter kid-style and at

11:30am there will be a super-fun egg hunt.

escape from pain, an outlet for passive disobedience to God, or an expression of fleshly desire. The

Psalmist David allowed his heart to become cluttered to the point he cried out to God: “Create in me

a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.” (Psalm 51:10 New Living Translation). Once

David de-cluttered his heart it prepared the way for a new season of the blessing and favor of God in

his life. No one enjoys humbling themselves before the Lord and confessing how they’ve sinned

against him, but waiting on the other side is a clean heart and there’s nothing better. There’s no bet-

ter time than right now to start your spring cleaning!

His/Yours, Pastor Mark Robinson

In February we had Ladies Night and now coming in March is

Manly Night! On March 23, 2011 at 6:30pm. Our good friend

Shawn Seeley will be coming and sharing his testimony of serv-

ing in Iraq and how Jesus completely changed his life. You won’t

want to miss this exciting night of food, give-a-way’s and a great

speaker!

Our next MarriedLife No-Host Dinner is on Friday, April

15, 6pm. The location is yet to be determined. What is

MarriedLife? As the newest ministry at KMC, MarriedLife

is designed to encourage and equip married couples

(and engaged couples who are less than three months from their wedding date) with the

tools needed to build a stronger relationship. At our first dinner in January we had 22 cou-

ples, so sign-up early.

GUEST SPEAKER: Pastor Dave Cole~ Sunday, March 6, 10amGUEST SPEAKER: Pastor Dave Cole~ Sunday, March 6, 10amGUEST SPEAKER: Pastor Dave Cole~ Sunday, March 6, 10amGUEST SPEAKER: Pastor Dave Cole~ Sunday, March 6, 10am

Dave Cole is the Assistant Superintendent for the Northwest Ministry

Network, and serves on the executive team overseeing the 300+ As-

semblies of God churches in Washington and Northern Idaho. Dave

serves as the director of the Division of World Missions, and oversees

Northwest Missions, Intercultural Ministries, Teen Challenge and

Chi Alpha Ministries.

Dave and his wife, Debbie, planted a church in East Wenatchee

and served there for 20 years before being elected to serve as Assistant

Superintendent. You will enjoyed Dave’s casual and engaging style. Be forewarned, he’ll

probably share a story about he and his Harley riding buddies.

Easter is coming! April 24, 2011 is Easter Sunday and we have a fun packed gathering

planned for your kids in all classes! There will be games, food and after service a GIANT

Easter Egg Hunt Invite all your friends and be sure to

be there at 10am Easter Sunday!

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KING MOUNTAIN CHURCH ON FACEBOOK

KING MOUNTAIN CHURCH is now on Facebook. On the KMC page you will be able to connect with

friends, find current information about what is happening in the King Mountain family, and check out

pictures of recent events. Also, you will find links to the au-

dio file of the Sunday teaching (which can be downloaded

to your MP3 device) and the two spiritual growth tools, the

EVERYDAY Devotional and the EVERYDAY Discussion.

S.O.S. (Serve On Saturday) Saturday, March 19 and April 16, Start Time: 9am

S.O.S. is connected to Whatcom 360, KMC’s local missions fo-

cus. S.O.S. is for all ages, so parents should feel free to bring their

children. We will leave the church at 9am and embark on serving

in our community. We may assist another community group as a

team of volunteers. We may set-up a giveaway at a local retail

store or location (i.e. the giveaway could be something like hot

chocolate, cotton candy, bottled water, soup etc.). You get the

idea, come to S.O.S. ready for anything. We will ask the Holy Spirit

to guide our serving and to open up opportunities to share God’s love in the Whatcom 360. If you

plan to attend, please sign-up five days in advance of S.O.S. via email: markr@kingmountain.org OR

calling the Church Office: 733-8980.

Join us for this 11 session video driven, newly updated, Bible study!

“ If you’ve ever experienced doubts, temptations, losses, fam-

ily problems or personal inconsistencies, you will relate to this

exciting and intimate journey to know King David, and dis-

cover how you too can have a heart like our own God”

- Beth Moore

Join us in the Library :

Tuesday Mornings: 9:30-11:30am ~ March 8th-May 17th

*Wednesday Evenings: 6:30-8pm ~ March 9th– May 18th

* Childcare available Wednesdays only.

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