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1887 - 2015 Celebrating 128 Years

Leading More & More People

to a Life Changing Connection with Jesus Christ

April 1, 2015 VOLUME XLIV NUMBER 6

April 3

6:30 p.m.

in the Gym

We will be hosting a unique Good

Friday Service. Experience with all

of your senses what happened that

dark night so long ago. This service

is designed for adults, youth and

elementary age children. A nursery

and preschool childcare will be

available. This is a great event to

invite friends, neighbors, and

family.

My wife Jana and I are excited that the Formula 1 and IndyCar racing seasons are back. We enjoy watching the weekend races and follow the stories about the drivers and teams throughout the racing season. Just as the drivers rely on a powerful engine to get them and

their cars to the finish line, we too rely on a driving force that gets us to our finish line. Romans 8 reads, “The law was without power, because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that others use for sin. By sending his Son to be an offering for sin, God used a human life to destroy sin. He did this so that we could be the kind of people the law correctly wants us to be. Now we do not live following our sinful selves, but we live following the Spirit. Those who live following their sinful selves think only about things that their sinful selves want. But those who live following the Spirit are thinking about the things the Spirit wants them to do.” Romans 8:3-5 The Spirit is the engine that drives us. Let’s let the Spirit be our driving force behind the things we do as a church and in our daily lives. We had a great night of vision recently and I hope you are as excited as I am about the future of Hickory Valley Christian Church. As we continue to seek out opportunities and move forward we must rely on the Spirit as the driving force, the engine behind everything we do. Praise God that He has given us His Spirit! “Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25

Ben

EASTER EGG HUNT

Saturday, April 4, 10:00 a.m.

Booker T. Washington State Park

Pre-K through 5th Grade

Easter Service

Sunday, April 5, 10:15 a.m. For children there will be Nursery, Wee

Church and bff Children’s Church.

Sunday School classes will not meet.

By Transfer

Chris & Kristin Burnsed

253 Banster Road

McDonald, TN 37353

Chris’ cell - (912) 596-1157

Kristin’s cell - (423) 368-6765

John & Krista Lee

1161 Ridgetop Drive

Chattanooga, TN 37421

(423) 702-1362

By Baptism

Abbi Dent

1161 Ridgetop Drive

Chattanooga, TN 37421

(423) 702-1362

The Monday night women’s Bible

study will begin the seven week

series “What Love is” by Kelly

Minter Monday, April 6, 6:30 at

Karen Armes’ home.

Quilters Fellowship

The Quilters Fellowship meets every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month in the Choir Room. The next meeting will be April 7. If you would like more information, please contact Susan Dawn.

May 31 -

June 4

Who Are You Sundays

Have you ever met someone at church

and could not remember their name, or in

greeting people you just can’t put a name

to a face? As HVCC grows we want to do

our best to make everyone feel welcome

and at home. In order to help, we are

having “Who Are You Sundays” April 5

and April 12. We will have tables set up

at each entrance with stick-on name

tags. Everyone is encourage to write

their name and wear these tags. It is a

simple gesture that we hope will be

helpful.

HVCS presents

An Evening of Childhood Memories

with illusionist Ken Hartley

April 10, 7:00 p.m.

Abba’s House Awaken Center

5208 Hixson Pike

General Admission Tickets - $20.00

Balcony Riser Tickets - $10.00

Tickets available at the school office.

The church office will be

closed on Good Friday,

April 3.

The youth will be offering

a BBQ lunch fundraiser

after worship service on

Sunday, April 19. The

proceeds will go toward

summer mission trips.

Please make plans to

support our youth.

All men of the church who are

interested in playing softball, please

contact Philip Cooper, Jim White,

or Bob Rose. Games will be at

Cornerstone Church on Highway 58

and will be once a week.

Attention all men who love to sing

The Men’s Ensemble will resume

Sunday, April 19, 5:00 p.m.

Practices will be Sunday evenings in

the choir room.

Check out our web site at

www.hvcconline.com

What can you do online:

On the Calendar tab you

can see all upcoming events. Click on an event to find out more details or who the contact is if you have questions.

Also, on the Calendar tab

on a particulate day, select “Wednesday Night Dinner” to see the menu and make reservations.

Give online by selecting

the Online Giving tab, then click the link.

Also, check us out on facebook.

Don’t forget to keep up on HVCS events at: www.hvcs.org

Prayer Requests

Sympathies to Grace Pratt and family on the passing of her husband, Fred.

Jim Garrett, Chuck & Debbie Higdon, Nancy Stutz Martin, Bobby Baliles,

Ruthie Hays, Brad Broom, Emily Simmons, Hap & Doris Blankenship

Cancer Patients* - John Sliger, Ed Lane, Jack Wynn, Janie Holliman, Rock

Bridges, Wayne Carter, Barbara Blair, Alex Ballew, Gary Simmons, Jim Dugan

Military & Families - Travis Armes (CA), Dana Knight, Richard Ricketts (HI),

Justin Abercrombie (KS), Nick Diaz (CA), Andy Dietz (KS), Logan Farley

(NC), Addison Shannon (JA), Victor Stephenson (CA), Mason Farley (MS),

Michelle Simmons (TN), Jason Knuth (CA), Mark Holler (TX), Michael

Amatangelo (WA), Brian Simpson (KYR), Wade Nordberg (FL), Ben Faczan

(TX), Jeremiah Simmons (TN), Casey Bridges (USS Abraham Lincoln),

Zachariah Simmons (TN)

Black River Church in Jamaica, HVCC Ministries & Leaders, HVCS, President

& Government

*This list contains church members and immediate family only. A complete list is in the Information Station.

VITALS

Attendance Sunday School Worship Offerings

Mar 8

109 213

$7,335

Mar 15

130 259

$9,513

Mar 22

136 255

$8,156

Mar 29

130 259

$9,890

Our Purpose at Hickory Valley

Christian Church is ~

Leading More and More People to a

Life Changing Connection with Jesus Christ.

Our Values:

To be relentless in evangelism, connecting,

discipleship and unleashing compassion.

Ministerial Staff

Gary Armes

Senior Minister gary.armes@hvcconline.com

Ben Kehrer

Worship Minister ben.kehrer@hvcconline.com

Jack Dyer

Minister to Youth jack.dyer@hvcconline.com

Alex Henderson

Minister to Children alex.henderson@hvcconline.com