Old Greenbrier Baptist ChurchPO Box 456Alderson, WV 24910STAFFPastor: Rev. Dr. Bill Bryan(304) 646-8631Ministers of Music:Dell & Nancy WoodDiana HalsteadCarolyn Holliday Treasurer:Charlotte MeltonCongregational Visitor:Peggy BollenbachOfficial Board, ChairShelia HarrisStreet Address:301 North Monroe St.Church Phone: (304) 445-7854

Old GreenbriER

Baptist News2011

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Volume XIII No. IV

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FROM YOUR PASTOR’S HEART

Easter is coming

Looking forward to Easter

Better Weather!

Fun things to do!

Family gatherings and meals!

My dissertation will be done!

Remembering the cost of my salvation and wonderful future.

Church-wide Clean-up Day – Saturday, April 2nd

The May Men’s Community Prayer Breakfast is cancelled since we will have a Resurrection Breakfast at River of Life on April 23. The next Men’s Community Prayer Breakfast will be Saturday, June 4 at 8am at Old Greenbrier Baptist.

The House and Grounds Team is sponsoring a church-wide clean-up day on Saturday, April 2nd beginning at 9am. We will work outside (weather permitting) and inside too. We need your help. Men, don’t forget the Men’s Prayer Breakfast that day at 8am at Johnson Memorial UMC. Afterwards, come by the church and help for awhile. We need ladies too. See you on April 2.

3 – Dean Butler 5 – David Harris 8 – Bill Bryant 9 – Carl “Joe” Bradley 15 – Elizabeth Bengy-Goins 16 – Betty Highlander 17 – Raymond Link 19 – Cindy Parker 21 – Jewell Smith 26 – Elisa Bryan Tamara Merritt 28 – Hugh Harris Ruth Huffman 29 – Caleb Harris

1 2Men’s BkfstJMUMC ~ 8 am

Church Work Day ~ 9am

Communion Sunday 3S School ~ 9:45aWorship ~ 11a

4 5 6AMA Lent Devotion/Lunch Hospitality House ~ noon

Bible Study~ 6:30pChoir ~ 7:30p

7Ruth Thurmond Circle ~ 1pm

8 9

10S School ~ 9:45aWorship ~ 11aOfficial Bd. ~ noon

11House & Grounds ~ 7pm

12 13AMA Lent Devotion/LunchRiver of Life ~ noon

Bible Study~ 6:30pChoir ~ 7:30p

14Pack Food Pantry ~9amFinance Team~7pm

15Food Pantry~9am

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17S School ~ 9:45aWorship ~ 11a

Easter Cantata ~ 3pm

18 19 20Bible Study~ 6:30pChoir ~ 7:30p

21 22 23

ROL ~ 8am

Children’s Egg Hunt @ OGBC ~ 11am24

S School ~ 9:45aWorship ~ 11a

25 26 27Bible Study~ 6:30pChoir ~ 7:30p

28 29 30

Spring Cleaning

Sweep over me, LordAnd brush out my sin!Replace it with faith,And live here within.Amen. –Peggy Ferrell

Prayers and PoemsEaster Happenings

Alderson Ministerial Association Lent Devotional LuncheonsWe have two more Lenten devotional services in March. They are held each Wednesday at noon and are followed by a soup/sandwich luncheon. They are scheduled as follows:

March 6th – Alderson Hospitality HouseMarch 13th – River of Life Church of God

Alderson Hospitality House Open HouseAlderson Hospitality House will have an Open House on Wednesday, April 6th from 1:00-8:00pm. Whether you have been an AHH friend for years, are interested in volunteering, or have just always wondered abuot the big old house on High Street—Stop on by! There will be a chili cook-off at 6pm. Check out their website at: www.aldersonhospitalityhouse.org.

Easter CantataOur Adult Choir along with participants from our community are preparing an Easter Cantata to be presented on Sunday, April 18th at 3pm. The Cantata will be followed by a reception in Fellowship Hall. Please make plans to come out and support our choir and to prepare your hearts for

Holy Week and the celebration of Easter! And invite a friend, neighbor, or loved one to join you.

Resurrection BreakfastRiver of Life Church of God will again sponsor a Resurrection Breakfast for all men of the community on Saturday, April 23rd at 8am.

Old Greenbrier Baptist Easter Egg Hunt Our annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday April 23rd from 11am – 1pm at the church and is open to all children in our community through 6th grade.

AMA Summer Work TeamsOur Alderson Ministerial Association (AMA) is sponsoring three work teams in our community this summer. The three teams are:

United Church of Christ Southbury, CT – This group will be with us from June 25 – July 1. This will be our largest group ever at one time. They come with a team of 60 youth and adults. They are led by John Bucciarelli, a retired Army Major and professional General Contractor. This church takes their youth group on a missions construction trip each year. They are seasoned veterans who come with fifteen vans, their own tools, supplies, and a lot of know-how and experience.

Fred Daugherty with the Oaklyn, NJ work team. I met you last year and am serving the Osbornville Church in Brick, NJ.

We need project applications now

Without Jesus . . .

Without the risen Savior in our hearts, life is like:

A chocolate Easter Bunny – empty on the inside; An Easter bonnet – easily blown off kilter; Last year’s Easter outfit – it doesn’t quite fit right; An Easter Lily – it soon withers and dries up A bag of jellybeans – sugary and sweet but lacking substance; An unfound Easter basket – full of gifts that spoil and go to waste; A colored Easter egg – looks great but cracks under pressure; The Easter bunny – always hopping here and there; Marshmallow Peeps – becomes hard when opened up; Easter Parade – a long journey with no destination; An unopened Easter card – a message of love unclaimed.

–David Patterson

??? Bible Quiz ???Two places in the Bible, one in the Old Testament and one in the New, feature the following words: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

The New Testament account is found in Matthew 27:46, when Jesus is hanging on the crosss. Where are the words found in the Old Testament?

A. 1 Kings 19:4B. Jeremiah 38:9C. Psalm 22:1D. Lamentations 1:20

Answer: C

Prayer Needs as of March 24th

Church Family or Immediate FamilyWho Are Ill or In Need of PrayerBetty AldersonPeggy BollenbachCleveland Bradley (Joe Bradley’s brother)Dreama CarterReggie ClarkBrian Craft (cousin of Carol Brown)Emma Crouch (g-daughter of D. Halstead)Carolyn Dixon (Sister of Jim Johnson)William Ellis (relative of Jo Johnson)Betty FleshmanLee ForbesJimmy Gill Frank GodbyStraley HatcherJohn HedrickBetty HighlanderBetty HollidayMargaret JackJanet Kennedy (Anne Parker’s sister-in-law)Dolin KirbyJoyce LehmannDottie LinkRaymond LinkTeresa Link (Raymond Link’s sister-in-law)Shirley LuskDebbie McInelly (Donna Simm’s sister)Margaret Massey (Bud Massey’s mother)James McMillan (Alice McCutheon’s brother)Roger Melton (Ron Melton’s brother)Sharon Mullens (Carolyn Holliday’s sister)Barbara Parker (Jo Johnson’s sister)Darla Patriacca (M-i-L to Laurie Patriacca)Renee Pauley (daughter of Curtis and Bev)Doug PowellKatherine Sams (Joe Bradley’s sister)Greg Shade (Theresa Massey’s cousin) Brittany ShaferDick & Neta SimmsEvelyn Sonnamaker (mother of Elisa Bryan)Virginia SurgeonTracy Trahant (family of Donna Simms)Joann Whitescarver (C. McCallister’s grandma)Stephanie Williams (niece of Donna Simms)ALL TROOPS In Our Armed ForcesBrian Belcher (Iraq)Mark Dunbar (Gayle LaRue’s son, Kuwait)Randy Fleshman (Basic Training)Brent Taylor (Greg & Barb Taylor’s son, Grandson of Dorothy Taylor)Government Officials Heads of State

Friends of Our ChurchFamily Who Are IllPeople of Japan and LibyaDale Berry (Friend of Rick Parker)Rosita & Norman BlevinsLamon Brown (former Missionary Thailand)Alice ColeBoone & Boots CochranRev. Phil CombsMary Davis (Sister of Dickie Honaker)Dan & Becky Drumhiller (niece of A. Parker)Ella FlackCourtney GloverDana Godby (Bro-in-law M. Godby)Valerie Helms (Friend of Knapp’s)Anita HillJean Himes (Friend of Diana Taylor)Ora HonakerFrank & Ann JonesGlenn & Shirley JonesJerry Markham – friend of Becky Godby John & Pearl McCurdyJohn & Betty Miles (Bill & Bob Holliday’s uncle and aunt)Roylence Link (Raymond Link’s brother)Milford ManleyTom McClungConstance McClure - baby GracieJohn McDaniel (friend of Bob Holliday)Rhonda, Jimmy, Camary McCrowsky(friends of Dora Hylton) Abby Miles (Friend of Thomas Willis)Brenda MorganBob NeffFred O’Brian (Friend of Joe & Shirley Lusk)Gary O’DellLaura Redmond – friend of Becky GodbyCatherine Sams (Sister of Joe Bradley)Juli Simmons ShaferTaylor Shriver (Friend of Massey family)Delvia SimmsTom SizemoreEric Smith – Friend of Rodney KnappMarguerite St ClairEmily (Sue) & Allen ThomasJaime Turner (Friend of Cynthia Huffman)Linda WalkupRev. Billy Wickline

Church Family Shut-inRuth Altare Faye KirbyMary Lou Bowden Ernestine LightFrances Canterbury Juanita ReedMamie Copeland Louise UtterbackJulia A. Fletcher

Note: Please notify church office 304 445-7854 to delete or add to prayer list.

$20,000 in One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) funds is starting to be distributed among the churches and schools damaged by the tsunami and earthquakes.  According to the Japan Baptist Union (JBU), an American Baptist International Ministries (IM) partner in Japan, eight churches will receive $2,500 each of the OGHS relief funds sent on March 14.

 There is also damage to Shokkei School buildings in Sendai and, as funds are available, help will be given to them. The gifts will be delivered personally to the churches by a JBU team within the next few days, reported Stan Murray, IM’s area director for Southeast Asia and Japan.

 The JBU has established an English language website to keep the world up to date on news and information regarding earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. US churches are invited to the site at any time by going to: https://sites.google.com/site/crisistohoku2011. The site is frequently updated in Japanese, and IM missionaries Gordon and Lee Ann Hwang, Roberta Stephens, and John and Tomoko Armagost in Japan and others are working long hours to translate the content into English as quickly as possible.

 In a letter posted on the JBU website, Makoto Tanno, general secretary of the JBU, expressed gratitude for worldwide Christian response, “We have heard from so many people about your prayers for the people of Japan. We are overwhelmed with the feeling that we are not alone. We are still reeling from the shock of the events of the last few days but continue day and night to respond as best we can.” 

You may designate on your check or offering envelope OGHS-Japan to direct your giving to the needs there. All undesignated monies will be given to the general fund of OGHS to support other current and future needs. We will receive our OGHS offering through Easter Sunday, April 24th.

One Great Hour of Sharing 2011Old Greenbrier Baptist Goal = $3,500