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WOODBURN BAPTIST CHURCH

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WOODBURN KY 42170

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PERMIT NO. 9

Worship Schedule Sunday, January 5 [Series Begins: Man on a Mission] Sunday, January 19

A.M. Game Changer (Luke 15.11-32) 10:30 A.M. Unity Sunday @ South Warren High School

P.M. The Humblebrag (Genesis 37.1-20) P.M. NO EVENING WORSHIP SERVICES

Sunday, January 12 [with Family Meeting] Sunday, January 26

A.M. Call of Duty (Judges 4.1-24) A.M. Dork Dynasty (Genesis 25.19-34)

P.M. Fire in His Lap (Proverbs 6.20-29) P.M. Closer than a Brother (1 Samuel 18.1-9; 2 Samuel 1.23-27)

Church Staff WC Phone: 529-5221 Office Hours 8 am - 4 pm, Mon. thru Fri.

FCC Phone: 586-1819 Office Hours 9 am - 2 pm, Mon. & Wed.

9 am - 3 pm, Thurs.

Pastor: Dr. Tim Harris . .. . [email protected] .. . . cell 270-996-7735

Minister of Education & Administration: Warren Weeks . . . . . . . . home 529-3028

E-mail: [email protected]

Youth & Young Adults Minister: Matt Betts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 270-202-1244

Email: [email protected]

Worship Pastor: Rod Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 502-229-0114


Director of Children’s Ministries: Nichole Buckman. . . . . . . . . cell 270-405-6165


WC Adm. Asst: Laurie Tingle . [email protected]. . home 586-4651

Custodian: Judy Chaffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . home 529-2031

Franklin Community Church Pastor: Eric Walker . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .cell 799-6234

E-mail: [email protected]

FCC Adm. Asst: Carolyn Wafford. . . . . . . . . . [email protected]

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WORSHIP … STUDY . . . SERVE . . .WORSHIP … STUDY . . . SERVE . . .

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First Baptist Church Woodburn and Woodburn Baptist Church, Woodburn Cam-

pus, will celebrate Unity Sunday, January 19. We will gather at 10:30 a.m. at

the South Warren High School auditorium. Join us as we come together with

Pastor Jimmy Williams and his congregation for a shared worship service and

potluck lunch.

Following the service, we will break bread together and have a time of fellow-

ship. Woodburn Baptist will provide the meat, bread, and drinks. We are asking

both churches to provide vegetables, salads, and desserts. The hospitality com-

mittee will be in the school cafeteria to receive your food. Remember, there will

not be Sunday School or evening worship on this day. Come and be prepared to

worship the Lord and be sure to invite your family and friends.

8:30 AM 9:45 AM 11:00 AM

Early Worship - Sanctuary NEW! Café Worship NEXT Center Morning Worship - Sanctuary

New Sunday School classes Sunday School Classes - all ages NEW! Sunday School classes

Baby & Toddler Nursery Baby & Toddler Nursery

Preschool Class (3-5 Yr. Olds) Preschool Class (3-5 Yr. Olds)

Children’s Class Children’s Class

Youth Class Youth Class

Young Couple’s Class Youth Adult & College Class

Adult Class Family Class

The NEW Café worship service and Sunday School classes,

beginning on January 26, offer us more opportunities to

serve. The new schedule allows us to worship in one hour,

attend Sunday School class in one hour, and serve in anoth-

er hour. Listed below are the worship times and the Sun-

day School times offered.

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See you Sunday! Tim

Sisters and Brothers,

It’s the shortest verse in the Bible, so everybody can quote the

words: “Jesus wept.” Jesus cried.

Men from the Bible cry all the time. In Genesis, people can

hear Joseph crying from across Egypt. Jeremiah’s habit of

blubbering while preaching earns him the nickname,

“Weeping Prophet.” David cries for his sons. Peter cries for

his failures. Paul cries when he has to say goodbye. All of

these men weep unapologetically, without embarrassment or

ridicule.

Maybe it’s safe to cry in the Bible, but in a real man’s world,

Joseph would get beat up on the school bus. The Weeping

Prophet would have to dry up. David would be referred to a

therapist and be placed on medication. Peter would have to

pull himself together. Paul would learn to take it like a man.

Fact is, the world has never been kind to men who cry. I

know. I am a man who cries. I cry at weddings and funer-

als—it doesn’t matter that I’m usually the one officiating. I

cry when I hear “Cats in the Cradle” and always at the end of

the movie Gladiator. (I should have never been allowed to

see Marley and Me.) I totally lost it when my son moved to

college. In the presence of God, I am moved to tears, or

whenever I talk about things deeply true or beautiful. That’s

why I often struggle to preach. To choke back the tears is to

swallow the words, and I just can’t. I know exactly how Jere-

miah felt.

I probably get this trait honestly. My father cries. My grand-

father was a rough old man, but once during supper he started

thinking about the song “Roses for Momma.” Tears dripped

off his chin and into his saucer as he talked us through the

whole sad song, line by line with pain and pauses. We

watched him cry and wondered how many more verses he

was going to put us all through. Most awkward meal of my

life.

I sometimes tell myself I’m going to get a grip, for the sake of

my preaching. They say that’s why a lot of men are turned

off by church—it’s not manly. Your typical man’s man walks

into your typical church, and what does he see? Lots of wom-

en and children, a vase of flowers, boxes of Kleenex sitting

around. Throw in a wimpy preacher who whimpers at the

drop of a hat, and I wouldn’t blame a guy for thinking he’s

stepped into some Lifetime channel nightmare.

With real men—we’re told—there’s no crying. Big boys

simply don’t. And to a certain extent, I agree. Nobody

wants to see a man who falls apart, who won’t stand up, who

never finds courage or strength. Whiners and crybabies do

the world no good—but neither do men who seem not to feel

at all. The world needs men who are passionate, who are

fearless for the simple reason that they do not fear the emo-

tional strength within their own hearts.

I heard about a young man killed playing baseball. He was

the catcher at the plate, when the shortstop fired the ball to

get a runner out at home. The catcher missed the ball with

his glove, and the ball struck him hard in the center of his

chest. That kind of fatal blow is called a commotio cordis.

It’s deadly because the concussion strikes during a critical

instant between heart beats. Here’s my point. Every man

has taken at least one brutal shot to the heart—a divorce, a

personal failure, a friend’s betrayal, the loss of a loved one,

the death of a dream. We’ve learned that the world is not

kind to men who admit their hurt, so we try to walk it off.

That’s why the world is full of walking, wounded men. A

lot of us are unhappy most of the time—even though we may

often seem happy enough. Early in life we were taught to

pretend that things are fine. As a result, we live a pretend

life, and those around us don’t really know us. As men, this

makes us distant, lonely, and frustrated.

Lord knows, it’s a crying shame. Maybe that’s part of the

reason Jesus wept, to see how lost and broken we are.

There’s no record of his ever shedding tears for himself—not

even when he was betrayed, mocked, and tortured. He took

it like a man. But at the funeral of his friend, he wept.

When he looked over the city of Jerusalem, with its people

he would die to save, he cried out loud. With Christ the ex-

ample, a real man does cry; and you’ll always know what

kind of man you’re dealing with when you see over what and

for whom he weeps. That’s why I’m trying to get a hold of

myself—not that I’m ashamed to cry. Like someone said, I

just want to be sure that I cry over the things worthy of a real

man’s tears.

During the month of January, I’ll be preaching a series of

messages for men. The series is called, Man on a Mission. I

want to be honest about the strength and brokenness locked

in a man’s heart. We’ll talk openly about fathers and sons,

about men and their pride, and about men in a society am-

bivalent about manhood. We’ll look to the Bible for help

with our sexual struggles, and we’ll see how it emphasizes

our need for one another, as men, as friends. Come as you

are. You’ll fit right in—as long as you don’t mind that the

preacher gets a little bit emotional. He’s working on it.

I've heard people say, "If we can get the kids to come, even-

tually the parents will be here too," or some version of that.

Honestly, for a long time, I would get defensive over that

idea. I didn't want kids in the ministry to be underestimated,

and I didn't want them to be seen as the carrot dangling in

front of the rabbit's nose. The discussion would arise and I

would state my case in support of why the kids had value on

their own, but it always seemed like a repeat of the question,

"what came first . . . the chicken or the egg?"

The thing I kept missing was that you couldn't always have

one without the other. In the past year, we have seen at least

a dozen elementary age children make decisions to follow

Christ. Those children did not get there on their own. Prov-

erbs 22 tells us to "Train up a child in the way he should go,

and when he is old he will not depart from it." I love that the

first word is not teach, tell, share, etc., but that it is the word

train. Train means to form by instruction, discipline, or drill.

Recently, Matt and I found on Netflix a series about the

training techniques of the military's special forces groups.

Those that complete the training have to perform daily drills

multiple times while being given instructions at times. They

are given certain discipline measures to follow so that they

can go through a transformation of their abilities and their

thought process. This training and knowledge is passed on

by experienced servicemen who can take what they've

learned and use it to prepare those in the training.

The kids in our ministry are in training. Our volunteers strive

to make the classroom a safe place for kids to ask questions

and to be themselves because we know when that small

group time is over and a child exits our area that they have

immediately stepped foot into real life battle. Some may

have a great support system at home that we have partnered

with and can offer tactical support. For others, they are in

combat alone, at school and at home, which is why our train-

ing is so important. God never intended for the church to be

the primary influence, but since we still ask, "What came

first . . the chicken or the egg?" Rather than, "Are the

chicken and egg coming together?" we still have to connect

knowledge with practical application with them.

Our verse of the month for January is 2 Timothy 3:16, "All

Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking,

correcting and training in righteousness." I love that we are

starting off 2014 focusing on knowledge because it leads us to

more opportunities for life application talks and deeper disci-

pleship. As our kids become more devoted to their Christian

faith, the training will become more accepted and a ripple

effect will take place in their lives as a result of the decisions

they make in battle.

~Nichole Buckman

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We will be utilizing a check-in system

for all children ages Birth - 6th Grade on

Sundays and Wednesdays beginning in

January.

Join Us for the next

Wednesday, January 29 at 6 PM

Remember Our Shut-Ins

Regus Hopkins Lena Van Meter

Tressie Vice Dorothy Davidson

Dewey & Mabel Pharris Langdon Dyer

Ruth Evans

January- Homebound Visitation Schedule

1st week - Jennifer Jones

2nd week - Norma Palacios / Louise Stephens

3rd week - Wilma Guthrie

4th week - Margaret Ann Adams

Hopkins Nursing Home Ministry

Jan. 5 10 am - Blue Team Josh Graves

Jan. 19 UNITY SUNDAY NO SERVICE

To my Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

As the Christmas holiday approaches, I would like to encour-

age you to remember that Christmas is a holiday that cele-

brates the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. I know

that much of the world gets caught up in commercialism and

focuses entirely too much on spending ore money than they

have at Christmas time. As a follower of Jesus, I admonish

you to be prayerful and exercise wisdom this Christmas.

Christmas is so much more than just a holiday. It is a day that

we can remember and celebrate the awesome gift of Jesus

Christ and His salvation that He freely gives to all that call

upon Him.

John 3:26 says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His

only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him will not per-

ish, but have eternal life.” God freely gave Jesus as the per-

fect sacrifice to remove our sins so that we can have a rela-

tionship with God. How awesome is that!

As we go about our celebrations and festivities this Christmas

season, I ask that you remember those who are hurting this

holiday season and be a blessing to them. There are plenty of

people who have fallen into hard times, are depressed, with-

out a job, and lonely. Ask God to show you who these people

are in your sphere of influence and love on them, bless them,

and let them know that you care. I know that, in my past, I’ve

faced some difficult times and without the help and encour-

agement of some of you, I’m not sure I would have made it

through those times with such hope.

Take some time this Christmas season to thank God for His

awesome gift to us. His salvation He freely gives to those

who call upon Him and want to follow Him. You know how

much we love our children and God loves us even more than

that! What a blessing!

Enjoy the holiday season with family, friends, and those who

need a helping hand. Take some time to ask God to open

your eyes to those who need a blessing around you. Repre-

sent God with a bright light here on this earth. God loves you

so much and so do I. God bless all of you!

Love y’all

Eric Walker

Franklin Community Church

Sun. School Worship

Dec. 1 63 8:30 - 40 11:00 - 177

Dec. 8 47 8:30 - 26 11:00 - 105

Dec. 15 60 8:30 - 46 11:00 - 164

Dec. 22 8:30 - 46 11:00 - 164

Dec. 29 61 8:30 - 45 11:00 - 156

News from . . .

Franklin Community Church

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Prayers & Sympathies to . . . . Wilma Guthrie on the death of her sister, Geneva Jane

Brooks Smith.

Josh Graves on the death of his grandfather, Raymond

Droke.

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Serving Together,

Warren Weeks

Goal: A Challenge To Grow

I like setting goals. I like to check things off when they are

completed. To me a goal could be defined as “a challenge

to grow.” Bro. Tim asked us as staff to write down some

goals for the new year and how we planned to reach them.

As I was thinking about that, I realized that in the Christian

life, we are always challenged to grow. We never arrive at

one level of discipleship when we are not challenged to go

to the next one.

One of the ways that you can meet the challenge to grow

spiritually in this new year is through Sunday School. The

purpose of Sunday School is to “reach people, teach peo-

ple, and minister to people.” As we transition to three wor-

ship services at the end of the month, we are also beginning

new Sunday School times because discipleship is im-

portant. Sunday School gives us opportunities to reach peo-

ple who are not currently being reached through worship or

in other ways. It also connects people easily to a smaller

group where they can get to know others more quickly.

Sunday School is also a teaching time. It is hard to ask

questions in worship because the sermon time is not set up

for that. But we can ask questions and discuss the truths of

the Bible in a small group. Applying God’s Word to our

lives is where real life change occurs. Sunday School’s

final task is to minister to people. How can we minister to

everyone in the church in an organized way? Sunday

School is our best opportunity to do that. It also gives eve-

ryone in the class the opportunity to know the needs of

other class members and minister in any way that they can.

As we begin this new year, I encourage you to be involved

in a Sunday School class. If you are currently involved,

explore new ways that you can help your class “reach peo-

ple, teach people, and minister to people.” If you are not

currently attending Sunday School, it is a great time to

start.

Church family,

I really wish someone would create a way to say “thank

you” with words that pack more of a punch. It doesn’t work

very well to just italicize them: “thank you”. It doesn’t help

enough to make them bold: “thank you”. It’s not even

enough to go a little crazy and do both: “thank you”.

Sometimes I think if we just make the font bigger it would

help:

“Thank you.”

...or if we do the all caps thing and shout it out:

“THANK YOU”

But there are simply no words big enough to say how thank-

ful I am for the folks who have made this Advent season so

magnificent. Some examples...

--the men who built the stage extension, without which we

could not have had room to do the choir musical;

--the instrumentalists who accompanied the choir for the

musical, spending hours and hours of time preparing;

--the families who lit the candles in the wreath, helping us

remember why we do that;

--my family, who simply knows they won’t see much of me

between Thanksgiving and Christmas;

--our multimedia team who made us sound better than we

are, who made sure we could connect with the words being

sung--whether by the choir, the children, or the congrega-

tion;

--our pastoral team, who make working every day a blast;

--our pastor, who leads like David did, “with integrity of

heart” (Ps. 78:72);

--all of you, who encourage those of us who lead in worship,

not only with your words but with your hearts and faces;

--and most of all, of course, Jesus Himself, who...

became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.

[so that we could see....the glory with our own eyes, the one-

of-a-kind glory, like Father, like Son, Generous inside and

out, true from start to finish. -John 1:14 (MSG)

Grace and Peace. . . . Rod

Matt Betts

Youth & Young Adults Minister

What’s NEWS with

our Youth & Young Adults?

I can’t believe it is 2014 already! I have heard that time

flies when you are having fun, but the longer I live I think

time just flies. With this concept in mind, I believe we

need to embrace the little time that we have with students,

teachers, families, and the community around us. We just

don’t have a lot of time.

I believe 2014 is going to be a banner year in the life of

Woodburn Baptist Church. I believe 2014 will be a year

that we build on what happened in 2013. I also believe we

will see incredible things in and through our teens and

college students. We sent teens on mission trips, we saw

teens step up and lead community outreaches, we had

teens answer God’s call for their lives, and we saw a good

number saved and baptized. 2014 will be greater than this!

My main goal this year is to build the framework around

the youth and young adults for great future stability and

progress. What I mean by this is:

We want as many adults surrounding our teens as

possible.

We want trained adult workers pouring their lives

into our youth.

We want to see an increased network with the parents

of teens.

We want to challenge our teens to be more for God.

We want to create an atmosphere of teens leading the

way.

We want to have an atmosphere among the college

students that is vibrant, exciting, relational, and chal-

lenging.

Upcoming Activities

& Information

For Teens

Student Leadership Meeting

Sunday, January 5 @ 6:00 pm Youth Room in NEXT Center

Haiti Mission Trip Deposit Due

Sunday, January 12

Youth Worker Council Meeting

Sunday, January 12 @ 5:00 pm

Haiti Team Meeting


Youth Room in NEXT Center

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Upcoming Activities

& Information

For College and Young Adults

Haiti Mission Trip Deposit Due

Sunday, January 12

Passion Conference

January 17-19, 2014 Atlanta, GA Cost: $220.00 Leave church at 10:00 am

Haiti Team Meeting


Youth Room in NEXT Center

JANUARY 31

12:00 NOON

DON’T FORGET

Your Adopted

Senior Adults in January!

There will be a potluck luncheon for the Senior Adults on Friday, January 31 at 12:00 Noon in the fellowship

hall at the Woodburn Campus. Our speaker for this event will be Ronnie Ward who is the Public Information

Officer with the Bowling Green Police Department. Ronnie will be speaking on Identity Theft and Scams at

1:00 pm following our lunch. Anyone from the church who might be interested is welcome to attend. You

may contact Margie Weeks or Darleen Atkerson with questions.

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Deacons & Yokefellows ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ANNUAL RETREAT

January 31 - February 1, 2014

Oasis Christian Center & Retreat

2015 Stony Point Road

Franklin, KY 42134

Deacon/Yokefellow wives to join group on Saturday. For more information, contact Steve

Gibbs at 270-202-8476.

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