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SUNDAY 10:00 AM Sunday School

11:00 AM Morning Worship

6:00 PM Evening Worship

6:00 PM B.L.A.S.T. (Children)

6:00 PM Youth Sunday Night Live

7:00 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal WEDNESDAY 7:00 PM Bible Study & Prayer Service 7:00 PM Mission Friends, GA’s, RA’s, Youth

(Missions Night is the 2nd Wednesday each month at 7PM)

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 2 Roger & Anna Bristow

3 Tina Bibey

6:00 PM Church Council Meeting

4 Louie Comer

5 Bradley Comer Greg Pilson Lynn & Glenda Ritter

6 Church Work Day

7 Danny & Becky Meetze Zeb Moss

8AM Deacon’s Meeting 11 AM Lord’s Supper

8 Jennifer Grubbs Sandi Brady

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10 6:00 PM Family Night Supper 7:00PM Missions Night

11 Wesley Blake

12 Wayne & Carol Blake Danny & Julia Brown Irma Robledo Ernesto & Irma Robledo

13 10AM–12Noon

CHILDREN ’S

12-4PM YOUTH BOWLING & PIZZA

14 Aaron Allred Jenny Key PALM SUNDAY

6:00 PM Community Palm Sunday Service at High Falls UMC

15 Linda Boone

16 Vivian Evans Katie Kearns

17 No Service or Meetings

18 James & Ilene Cagle

19 Placido Benitez

20 Deb Garner

21 Alison Dancy

EASTER

SUNDAY

22 Lynn Ritter

Church Office Closed

23 Jonathan & Crystal Allred

24 Matt Bibey Robin Wright

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26 Keith & Vernette Robbins

27 Phillip & Elizabeth Boles

28

Potato Bar Lunch Youth Fundraiser

6PM Quarterly Business Meeting

29 Sheri Sawyer

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First Baptist Church of Robbins NC Inc

APRIL 2019 Volume 29 Number 4

Every gift to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering®—100 percent—supports more

than 5,000 missionaries across the United States, Canada and U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa . . . • 363 million people • 350 languages • 14+ religions • 273 million estimated lost These missionary men and women are planting new churches in unreached communities and reaching out to meet needs through compassion ministries. Every day, lives are being impacted and transformed. The needs are great, but the living hope of Christ is greater. Thank you for reaching out with hope to your own community and for your passionate support for North American Missions. (www.anniearmstrong.com)

W E L C O M E B E C K Y ! We are delighted to welcome Becky

Meetze to the church staff as the Interim Student Director. (Pictured with her family:

Pastor Danny, Abbie, Kylee & Sydney)

April 14 Palm Sunday 6:00 PM Community Service at High Falls UMC

April 19 Good Friday 7:00 PM Good Friday Service here

April 21 Easter Sunday 8:00 AM Sunrise Service followed by breakfast

9:30 AM Morning Worship Service (No Evening Service)

NEW SERMON SERIES BEGINS APRIL 7

Please support our

North American Missionaries

with your prayers and

financial support thru the

Annie Armstrong

Easter Offering . . .

651 Hemp Street PO Box 400 Robbins NC 27325

Phone: (910) 948-2768 Email: info@robbinsfbc.org Website: www.robbinsfbc.org

Loving God —

Reaching People

7:00 PM

8:00AM Sunrise Service

followed by Breakfast

9:30AM Worship

No Evening Service

“FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS

ONE AND ONLY SON, THAT WHOEVER BELIEVES IN

HIM SHALL NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE ETERNAL LIFE.” JOHN 3 :16

JESUS 1. Who Am I? John 1:1-2

2. What Did I Do? John 1:3

3. What Do I Bring? John 1:4-5

4. Do You Know Me? John 1:6-11

5. What More Do I Have To Do? John 1:12-18

“Because He lives I can face tomorrow; Because He lives all fear is gone;

Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living just because he lives.”

-By Gloria Gaither

Spring has sprung! Some days it feels really nice outside: 65º-70º and sunny. But some days it is just cold and very windy. Do I need to even mention the amount of rain we have gotten this year? It’s just crazy! You see, the weather is unpredictable. Even with the technology we have today, weather is still unpredictable. Think about it, in the last 2 years, we have feared hurricanes that were tracked to come through Robbins. We watched countless hours of weather newscasts that had us right in its path. So, we prepared for the worst. But in both cases, by God’s grace, the hurricane turned away from us. Don’t get me wrong, we still had some rough weather and some major flooding but we did not get hit like originally predicted. Life is kind of like this. I think about all the things I have witnessed, heard testimony of, and even been through. Accidents, sickness, loss of family members, loss of jobs, broken marriages, addictions, and the list goes on and on. Our whole life is changed in the blink of an eye! Life is very UNPREDICTABLE.

But you know who is not surprised by any of it? Who is never caught off guard? God! That’s right, our heavenly Father! He is still in control. He is still sovereign. He is aware of everything that comes our way before it even gets there. And He is at work in those situations before we are aware if it! Let’s look at some for instances.

► Moses and Children of Israel at the Red Sea- What a scene. Millions of people stuck between an uncrossable sea and Pharaoh’s mighty army! They were mad at Moses for taking them from Egypt. But God knew he would part the sea and allow them to walk across on dry land. And He did just that! ► David and Goliath- The Philistine champion challenging the army of Saul daily to come out to fight. All of Israel’s mighty warriors huddled in their tents, shaking with fear. Not one man willing to challenge the over 9 ft. tall giant. But God was at work and sent a shepherd boy named David to take a sling and a stone and slay the giant before all the Israelites and Philistines. ► Feeding of the 5000- Jesus knew the people were hungry and needed food. He called on Philip to go buy food. What was Philip’s response? “Where are we going to get that much food and what are we going to pay for it with?” But Jesus took 5 loaves and 2 fish and fed over 5000 people (got to include the women and

children). Not only that, but Jesus sent the disciples around to collect the left- overs. There were 12 baskets full.

I could go on with story after story from the Bible of how God showed up with things seemed so difficult. The one common theme in all of this is FAITH! Believing in God.

Trusting in God. That is what each and every one of us are supposed to do when we just don’t know what to do! Solomon said in Proverbs:

“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways

acknowledge Him, And He shall [a]direct your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6

Did you hear that? Do you understand the depth of that? TRUST IN THE LORD! In our lives today, this truth is still relevant: TRUST IN THE LORD. Though life is unpredictable, you can count on this, God will always show up when you trust in Him. In the darkest night, the most violent storm, God will show up! He may not show up in the way you think He will or even should. BUT HE WILL SHOW UP! TRUST IN THE LORD! I am so happy to welcome Becky Meetze to our church staff as Interim Director of Students and Families. I know she is going to do a great job. Pray for her and our youth. May the Lord bless you. I look forward to seeing each of you very soon.

When we think about spring, the one thing that comes to our minds is the flowers blooming and the grass growing. In our relationship with the Lord, it means growing in our daily walk with Him. I’m happy to share what the Lord has been doing in our congregation. Recently, during a visit to a family that has been coming to church, my wife led a lady to the Lord. Also, we have been able to begin some structure within our congregation.

The members agreed on naming

Paula Shaw Ortiz as our treasurer and brothers Gregorio Debray and Efren Diaz as their assistants. In addition, my wife was able to better organize our children’s ministry. Selena Valdovinos shared the desire to be trained as a new children’s teacher. Our children’s leadership consists of my wife, Paula and Selena. We praise the Lord for His servants being willing to serve in different ministries. Pastor: Ernesto Robledo, D. Min.

Cuando pensamos en la primavera, lo que viene a nuestra mente es las flores floreciendo y el pasto creciendo. En nuestra relación con el Señor significa creciendo en nuestra diario caminar con El. Estoy feliz al compartir lo que el Senor ha estado haciendo en nuestra congregación. Recientemente,

durante una visita a una de las familias que han estado viniendo a la Iglesia, mi esposa guió a la dama al Señor. Tambien hemos logrado iniciar algo de estructura en nuestra congregación.

Los miembros estuvieron de acuerdo nombrar a Paula Shaw Ortiz como nuestra tesorera y los hermanos Gregorio Debray y Efren Diaz como asistentes. Aparte de eso, mi esposa ha podido organizar nuestro ministerio de niños. Selena Valdovinos compartió el deseo de ser capacitada como una de las maestras nuevas de los niños. Nuestro liderazgo de niños consiste de mi esposa, Paula y Selena. Alabamos al Señor por sus siervos dispuestos a servir en diferentes ministerios. Pastor: Ernesto Robledo, D. Min.

Greg Pilson

Associate Pastor of Music

Becky Meetze

Interim Director of Students & Families

Jenny Key

Director of Children & Families

We always welcome those who want to sing with us in the Choir! We meet on Sunday evenings at 7:00 pm after Bible Study. Come join us as we sing His praises. May 5th will be our last Sunday evening rehearsal before the summer break. We will have some Wednesday evening rehearsals during the break. In the featured Song of the Month, Songwriter George Clinton wrote the simple lyrics to Dolly Parton’s song, “He’s Alive” that celebrates our resurrected Savior:

He's alive yes He's alive Yes He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide He's alive yes He's alive Oh He's alive and I'm forgiven Heaven's gates are open wide He's alive He's alive He's alive I believe it He's alive Sweet Jesus

to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The LORD has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth, burst into jubilant song with music; make music to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing, with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn, shout for joy before the LORD, the King. Let the sea resound, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it. - Psalm 98:1-7

I would like to say a huge thank

you to my RFBC family for trusting in me to lead our youth during this

interim time. I'm so excited about

what the Lord is going to do over our next few months together! I see

it as a time for growing and building, definitely not a time to stand still.

Along with the newly introduced

"Youth-Led Devotions" and "Adult/Youth Mentorship Nights,"

there's also a "Youth Bible Reading Challenge" that will be conducted

from April - June (ending with one of our youth winning a $50 prize).

There are also many upcoming

events on the calendar. Please take note of each one and if you have a

young person in our program, make every effort to get them here. God's

going to do great things...don't let

them miss it!

BOWLING & PIZZA

April 13th Following Easter Egg Hunt

(youth will help hide eggs) 12pm - 4pm Cost:$15

ADULT/YOUTH MENTORSHIP NIGHT

April 24th

Special Guest: Wayne Blake

POTATO BAR FUNDRAISER Sunday, April 28th

(following morning worship)

YOUTH-LED DEVOTION April 28th

Sydney Meetze

BACKYARD BLAST

@ the Hussey's Fri, May 17th @ 5:30pm

YARD SALE

June 1st

CASWELL SUMMER CAMP

July 29th - August 3rd

PLEASE HELP US SPREAD THE WORD …..

Saturday, April 13 10:00am-12noon (Rain Date: April 20)

For ages birth to 5th Grade

We need individually wrapped candy and volunteers to help!

Danny Meetze Senior Pastor

Irma & Ernesto Robledo Hispanic Ministry

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