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THE ACORNTHE ACORNTHE ACORNTHE ACORN March March March March 2013201320132013

Located at: 2965 Oakland Church Rd.

Gum Spring, VA 23065

On the web at: www.Oakland-Baptist.com

Office: 804-556-3550

From the Pastor’s Pen…

“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children- of all ages. Welcome to the Greatest Show on Earth.” Those words have been heard for decades when the circus comes to town and the big show begins.

Children are wide-eyed by death-defying acts, parading animals, and entertaining clowns. Nearly all the senses are involved with sights,

sounds, smells, and emotions as a good time is had by all. The experience is so good that you want to leave with a memento, tell everyone about it, and make plans to return again.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children- of all ages, there’s

a show on the horizon that dwarfs “the greatest show on earth.” It’s THE event that changes lives and has the potential to change the world: The Resurrection of Jesus. It is my prayer that you will

experience Jesus in a very real way this Easter season. It may mean giving up something as a spiritual sacrifice. It may mean opening your

life to God’s direction in a new and exciting way. It may mean opening your Bible and following the sacrificial steps of our Savior as gave up His life for you and me. Thankfully, His death is not the end of the

story, for the end is just the beginning. As Jesus rose from the grave he gave to all who would call upon His name the gift of everlasting life.

And what He gives, He does not take away.

In preparation for Easter we will be experiencing The Bible in a very special way. The husband and wife team of Roma Downey and Mark Burnett have produced the miniseries, The Bible, for the History

Channel. It will be shown on Sunday evenings in March. We will be looking at the same themes in worship on Sunday mornings, as well as

in a group study time on Monday nights beginning March 4. The study will begin at 7 pm with a light supper served beginning at 6:30. Join us in worship and fellowship as we look at God’s love letter to us.

By the time you read these words, preparations will be in full swing for

our annual fish fry and auction for missions on Saturday, March 2. Don’t miss it. Invite and bring a friend for a non-threatening entry point to the ministry and love experienced at Oakland Baptist Church...

Blessings to you... He is risen, He is risen, indeed!!

It’s a joy to serve Jesus as your pastor, Rev Kev

In this issue: Pastor’s Words 1 Articles 2 Newsletter / Bulletin Deadlines & Notes 2 Database changes Contact info 2 Anniversaries 3 Birthdays 3 What’s up with the Youth these days? 3 Notes & Announcements 4-5 Baptist Buzz 5-6 Assignments 7 Calendar of Events 7 Prayer Reminders 8

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Address Changes…Keep in Touch! Lillian Armstrong Dogwood Village of Orange County

120 Dogwood Lane, Orange, VA 22960

Margie Gonzalez, 334.692.4131 162 Jones Road, Newton, Alabama 36352

Frank Moran 1850 Hawk Town Road, Maidens, VA 23102 Tom & Claire Parrish, 804.447.4141 12401 Gayton Road, Room 325, Henrico, VA 23238 Alice Troy, 804.740.2149 Gayton Terrace 12401 Gayton Road, Apt. 442, Richmond, VA 23238

Remember our Nursing Home Members:

Evelyn Grimes, Envoy at The Meadows, 2715 Dogtown Road, Goochland, VA 23063

The family of Edith

Wheedleton would

like to offer our

heartfelt thanks for

the prayers, visits,

cards, and food given during their time of

bereavement. We would also like to thank those who

made donations to the OBC missions department in

Mrs. Wheedleton's memory. God bless you.

Dabney and John Barber and family

REFERENCE INFORMATION

Please sure to submit your announcements

or articles for the newsletter, bulletin,

website or Goshen News according to the

schedules listed below. We will only

publish items that are submitted through

the communication@oakland-baptist.com

email. For those of you without email

access, please call or submit your written

request to Sherry Alston.

Deadlines:

Bulletin – 12 noon of each

Thursday

Newsletter – 15th of each

month at noon

Website – 12 noon of

each Thursday

Goshen Newsletter – 15th of

each month

IMPORTANT: New Newsletter Deadline -

the 15th of each month. This change is

necessary because of last submissions.

Notices must be submitted exactly as

you wish them to appear in the

newsletter. Thank you.

NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE #, BIRTHDAY

& ANNIVERSARY CHANGES:

Please notify YOUR DEACON with ANY

CHANGES to your personal information;

name, address, phone # changes, new

births, deaths, weddings and divorce

information for name changes or

anniversary deletions to keep the church

database updated for newsletter & other

mailings to members & non-members.

When we don’t have your correct mailing

address, your mail is returned to the post

office & the church is charged return

postage.

HOME ADDRESS and PHONE NUMBER:

Kevin & Danette Moen

P.O. Box 1342

Bowling Green, VA 22427

804-633-2873 – home

804.366.5672 – Kevin’s cell phone

Kevin’s email: pastor@oakland-baptist.com

If you would like to receive information by

e-mail from Kevin, our pastor, email him to

be added and you will be added to his

Oakland Church list.

YOUR OBC websiteYOUR OBC websiteYOUR OBC websiteYOUR OBC website Is constantly being updated. Please check it often for updated information: www.oakland-baptist.com and please click the “contact us” to give us any suggestions on what you’d like to see included. Thank you.

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David Bailey 3/1

William Hees 3/1

Robert Grooms 3/5

Uriah Marks 3/5

Eddie Bradshaw 3/7

Gerry Strobel 3/7

Brandon Klaty 3/8

Paula Archer 3/9

Ruby Gentry 3/9

Vicki Kellison 3/9

Dan Summitt 3/9

Kathy Wade 3/9

David Atwood 3/10

Michaela Kandrotas 3/12

Jessie Pleasants 3/12

Wayne Ware 3/13

Brenda Snead 3/14

Rhonda Lloyd 3/15

Charles Wagner 3/15

Joshua Kellison 3/16

Robert Cutchin 3/17

Kyle Dabney, III 3/17

Becky Edwards 3/17

Noel Brooking 3/18

Elizabeth LaSauvage 3/22

Tennis Bradshaw 3/24

Ember Franklin 3/24

Ali Marks 3/24

Angie Wright 3/24

Louise Parrish 3/25

Nancy Franklin 3/26

Thasha Renee Luck 3/26

Riley Saunders 3/26

Daryl Smith 3/26

Jerralyn Sherrill 3/27

Jeremy White 3/27

Amber Bowmaster 3/28

Melinda Gammon 3/28

Amanda Powers 3/29

Janet Jones 3/30

Breanne Berlin 3/31

Deborah Ware 3/31

NOTES, MISSION OPPORTUNTIES and ANNOUNCEMENTS

WWWHHHAAATTT’’’SSS UUUPPP WWWIIITTTHHH TTTHHHEEE YYYOOOUUUTTTHHH

TTTHHHEEESSSEEE DDDAAAYYYSSS???

BASKET BONANZA - March 2, 2013

The OBC Youth will host a basket give away to the

winning ticket holder. Money raised through ticket

sales will be put toward the Youth summer mission

to Ridgecrest NC.

RELAY FOR LIFE DECORATING - March 22, 2013

The Youth will decorate for a dinner supporting

their Relay team.

TILLER FAMILY DINNER - March 23, 2013 - OBCY

have been invited to help at a dinner supporting the

Tiller Family Ministry.

Much love and many blessings,

Ali Marks

David & Debbie Ware 3/16

Robert & Debbie Cutchin 3/17

Keith & Christy Mason 3/18

Harry & Martha Barlow 3/20

Bubba & Kim Rosson 3/25

Watch it at home. Experience it in your life; Celebrate its message in

worship and study at Oakland. Study begins

Monday, 03.04.13 at 7pm; dinner at 6:30.

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Throughout the year, the Oakland Baptist WOM Groups will be collecting items for the Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes. Specific items have been designated for each month. For March, we will be collecting Hair accessories: combs, brushes, hair clips, hair bows, hair bands, etc. The collection boxes will be on the tall table across from the old kitchen. Please place your items in

these boxes. If you need assistance getting your items downstairs, please see a member of the WOM Evening Group – Teresa Groome, Pat Groome, Lesley Alford, Sherry Alston, Shirley Bath, Angie Wright or Sharon Kincaid. In November, we will sponsor a Church-wide packing party. Information regarding this event will be posted as we get closer to the date. Thank you for supporting our on-going mission project.

MORE THAN NETS

Virginia Baptists have entered into a 2 year agreement with the Ghana Baptist Convention

to complete the “More Than Nets” project. Our goals are simple yet significant. We want

to significantly reduce the cases of malaria in a northern region of Ghana known as Yendi.

We will do so by distributing 100,000 chemically treated mosquito nets within the Yendi

municipality. We will also provide vital education for the proper use of the mosquito net

as well as additional education on health, awareness and prevention of malaria.

At the same time we will assist the Ghana Baptist Convention in meeting one of their visions by planting a church in

each village in the Yendi municipality. There are approximately 454 communities in Yendi with 145 already have a

church so we would need to plant 309 new churches.

For the low cost of $10, you can provide an entire family safety from deadly malaria and help plant churches. For

more information, please see the Goshen November newsletter or speak with any WOM member. May God bless

this ministry.

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® supports missionaries in North America---right here in the United States and Canada. People like Kay Bennett at the Baptist Friendship House in New Orleans, where she ministers to homeless women and children. The Super Bowl was held in New Orleans this year. Kay states that during events like the

Super Bowl and Mardi Gras, sex trafficking increases. Homeless mothers and young children are especially vulnerable to predators. In the Baptist Friendship House’s transitional housing programs, women gain skills and find jobs. Please pray for Kay and her ministry. The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® is much more than an offering envelope and an annual missions-giving emphasis. When people give to the offering, 100 percent of their gift will be transformed into missionary salaries and ministry supplies. Those missionaries and supplies will help others hear the message of Christ and respond in faith to His offer of salvation. Time and again our missionaries relate how the offering is their lifeblood. They know that behind each penny given, there is a Southern Baptist who believes in what they do and are affirming the need to equip them to share the gospel with those who need a Savior. Week of Prayer Guides and Offering Envelopes are in the vestibule. Oakland’s goal is $1,000.

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NOTES, MISSION OPPORTUNTIES and ANNOUNCEMENTS – continued

Fish Fry, Bake Sale, March 2nd, 2013 at 3:30pm, auction at 6pm.

We need everyone’s help selling tickets and in various positions during the event. Please see the

following people: Gerald Pleasants for meal tickets. Shirley Bath for $1.00 donation – Quilt / Gas Card. Hilda Harper -Bake Sale Items. David Hawk – Auction

Items. Volunteers are needed in all

areas.

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NOTES, MISSION OPPORTUNTIES and ANNOUNCEMENTS – continued

SAVE THE DATE---APRIL 7th at 3pm at South Anna Baptist.

Did you realize that 500 children and teens are disappearing every

month in Atlanta? Human trafficking is no longer confined to Overseas and has become a real threat here in the United States.

Come learn about Human Exploitation and what our

churches can do about it. See Teresa Groome for details.

When: March 10, 2013 3:00pm

Where: Oakland Fellowship Area

Theme: “A History of H.O.P.E”

Speakers: WOM Evening Group

Bring a finger food, canned good for the Perkins Food

Pantry, your favorite teacup and wear your favorite hat!

All women & young ladies (6th

grade & up) are invited.

Games….refreshments….fun!

If you want to participate in the “Secret Pal” and will not

be attending the tea, please contact Shirley Bath before

the tea party.

You do not have to participate in the “Secret Pal” in order

to attend the tea party.

Easter Schedule:

7:00am Sunrise Service 7:30am Breakfast

8:45am Sunday School 10:00am Morning Worship

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WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS – MARCH 2013

Date Deacon of the Week Greeter Extended Session Kid’s Korner

03 Bill Groome Shirley Shelton Kathy Wade

10 Sandy Harper Peggy Bartley Kim Rosson Bill Groome

17 Bobby Fields Carolyn Grant Sherry Alston Sharon Kincaid

24 Hazel Morgan Hazel Morgan Shirley Bath

31 Lesley Alford Marie Nester Teresa Groome

MMAARRCCHH

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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Fish Fry Preparation

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Fish Fry 3pm – 6pm

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9:45am-Sunday School

11am Worship

12:30 Deacons Meeting

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Youth Committee 6:30pm

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6pm WNS 7pm & Bible study 8pm Choir Practice

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7pm Buildings & Grounds Meeting

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9:45am-Sunday School

11am Worship

3-5pm Ladies Tea

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10:00am WOM Morning Group

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6pm WNS 7pm & Bible study 8pm Choir Practice

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7:15pm WOM

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9:45am-Sunday School

11:15 Children’s Worship

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6pm WNS 7pm & Bible study 8pm Choir Practice

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10am Seniors at Oakland

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Relay for Life Spaghetti Dinner

4pm – 6pm

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9:45am-Sunday School

11am Worship

Palm Sunday

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6pm WNS 7pm & Bible study 8pm Choir Practice

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Easter Schedule: 7:00am Sunrise

Service 7:30am Breakfast

8:45am Sunday School 10:00am Morning

Worship

W eek o f Prayer f o r Nor th Am er ican M iss ions March 3 - 10

No Church Functions in the Fellowship Hall; floors being cleaned & waxed 3/14 thru 3/16

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The Acorn

P.O. Box 99 Gum Spring, VA 23065

Church Office: 804-556-3550 (please leave a message)

web address: Return Service Requested

www.Oakland-Baptist.com

Remembered in our hearts and prayers:

Barry Adkins Lesley Alford Lillian Armstrong Audrey Brown Ruth Coleman Mark Custalow Alex Docum Ricky Dodson Virginia Dorey Betty Dunnivan Gabe Edwards Tom Gastin’s wife Velma Goodwin Tony Gordon Warren Green Sandy Harper’s Dad Bernard Hawk Sylvia Kirk Rhonda Lloyd’s cousins: Chastity, Cary, & Tommy Scott Hundley Rhonda Lloyd’s friend’s daughter Warren Lloyd Arielle Moen & Jaron Williford

Danette Moen’s sister, Jackie Kevin & Danette Moen’s nephew Frank Moran Lola Morse (Alisha’s grandma) Gladys Nester (Praise) Roxie Newman Barbour Parrish Tim Price’s mom Jonathan Rines Bubba Rosson’s Aunt Boots Patty Shanks Betty Smith Braeden Smith & Family Frank Smith’s son Mary Lou Stanley Chelsea Stout’s friend Tiller Family Ministries Kathy Wade’s Daughter Stacey White Tiny Willis

Remember our Nursing Home

Members. Their names and addresses are listed under

“Keep in Touch” section.

Our Christian Love & Sympathy: The Family of Rosalee Keitch The Family of Tammy Price

The Family of Freeman Walton

Remember our Servicemen &

Their Families: Joey Berlin-Stateside

Chris Durham, Stateside Gabe Edwards, Deployment

Sully Edwards, Out on Deployment Sgt. Allen Gordon (Deployed)

Daniel Gregory, Army - Stateside Chris Humphrey–Stateside

Ethan Payne, USMC Stateside Going forward, the prayer concern list will be completely revised monthly through mentioned prayer concerns, website submissions, email (communication@oakland-baptist.com) or by contacting Sherry Alston BY the 15th of each month.

PRESORTED STANDARD Non-Profit Organization

U.S. Postage Paid Gum Spring, VA

Permit No. 1

Changes to your name, address, birthday, or anniversary? Please contact your deacon or call the church office at 804.556.3550