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The Letter to the Ephesians Ephesus Baptist Church
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Volume 51 March 2017 No. 3
March
20
17
Ephesus Baptist Church
6767 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. NC 27606
Phone: 919-851-1928 www.ephesusbaptistchurch.com
Join us on March 19 at 10:30 am for Women’s Ministries and WMU Sunday.
Come prepared to be blessed by the women in our church.
SPRING RETREAT CAMP
WILLOW RUN
MARCH 31ST THRU APRIL
2ND
The youth will be traveling
to Camp Willow Run, Littleton NC on beauti-ful Lake Gaston for a weekend retreat March 31st thru April 2nd… Please keep the students and leaders in your prayers for an amazing weekend that will draw us closer together and closer to Christ!!
Don’t Forget Our Weekly Youth Programs
Youth Sunday School 9:45am Currently, we are doing a video based curricu-lum “FUEL 2 – Owning Your Faith”… it’s a study that challenges the students thinking and uses key doctrine to help them know what they believe. A.G.E. – Sundays 5:30pm in the Youth Room This program has proven itself to be a vital part of our Youth Ministry… The acronym AGE stands for Accountability Group Experi-ence and that’s what it is… We gather togeth-er for an open up lesson and then break into smaller age and gender specific groups to grow trust, open our hearts and bear all the junk to help hold each other accountable in a loving environment which allows us to deal with our struggles and GROW closer to God!! ALL of our programs are open to ANY youth grades 7 through 12 who want to come and see what’s going on… visit our website for more info. www.ephesusyouth.com or follow us on facebook. Love y’all, Fleegle
BAPTIST BUILD 2017
Marshall Johnson is our Church Coordinator for this year’s Baptist Build Project, which continues this month. 20 Baptist churches are working together to build a home for Billy and Mary McKeithan!
Ephesus Work Day #2— Saturday 3/4
Remember, individuals and groups may also help on Thurs-days and Fridays—sign up at http://vhub.at/baptistbuild2017). Baptist Build Offering—we will be receiving contributions toward our church’s commitment of financial sup-port for the Baptist Build project throughout this month. Make checks payable to Ephesus Baptist Church and memo Baptist Build.
Where would this church be without the many wom-en who lead and serve so very faithfully and in un-countable ways? The answer is so obvious it defies words! Ephesus Baptist Church believes in and affirms women in all levels of ministry and leadership. The truth is, leadership is service, or ministry, so anyone who is qualified and called may lead. And what are those qualifications? They’re the same for both men and women—spiritual gifts, spiritual and emotional maturity, and calling (Romans 12:1-8; 16:1-15; 1 Timothy 3:1-13; 1 Corinthians 12 & 13). I could ask the above question another way—where would Greg be without Godly women in my life? Who taught me the Bible throughout my childhood into my teen years, impacted my life deeply in Vaca-tion Bible School, enabled me to catch their conta-gious love for music and Jesus in children’s and youth choirs, and then mentored me in my young adult years? Women! And I would be nowhere for sure without the love, care, guidance, and encour-agement of both a loving wife and a mother who love the Lord more than they do me! So, on Sunday, March 19, we will have an oppor-tunity to celebrate the many wonderful ways God has blessed this church through the lives and minis-tries of women! Our Women’s Missionary Union cir-cles will share some of what they’ve been doing this past year and what they’re praying about doing in 2017. The choir will be made up entirely of women. Then, Rachel White, granddaughter of Sandra and Gerald Lampley will preach. In addition, we will offer one more day for anyone who wishes to contribute to the February Heck-Jones Offering to support WMU in North Carolina (Amy Boone, former EBC Minister of Music is WMU/NC Director). Thank God for the women of Ephesus!
Pastor Greg
Church Staff
Greg Templin, Pastor..………[email protected] Doug Meeker, Min. of Music………. ………[email protected] Kevin Fleegle, Min of Youth .. ...…[email protected] Lisa Baker, Admin. Assistant………[email protected] Dan Fulcher………………………….… ...…….…[email protected] Sue Patrick, Organist/Accompanist……..…[email protected] Kenneth Cook, Grounds…………………….…[email protected] Lisa Emory, Building Security……….……[email protected]
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MARCH SERMONS
Sunday, March 5 UNFAIR, UNBALANCED, UNSAFE
Series Part 2—Who Is My Family? Matthew 10:37; Luke 14:26
Sunday, March 12 UNFAIR, UNBALANCED, UNSAFE
Series Part 3—Was Jesus Afraid to Die? Matthew 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke
22:42
Sunday, March 19 WOMEN’S MINISTRIES/WMU DAY
Guest Speaker—Rachel White
Sunday, March 26 THREE CRIES IN THE DARK
series Part 1—The Cry That Solves a
Modern Dilemma Matthew 27:45-46
Our Homebound members Hurricane Matthew Recovery Virginia Harris Brenda Martin Earl & Louise Gardner Bill & June Mann
PRAYER REQUESTS…
Reaching Pastor Greg The best way to reach me is by phone, calling or texting 919-303-4949. If the matter is less urgent, email me at [email protected]
Email Problem Alert: Please let Lisa Baker know if you discover you are no longer receiving group emails from either Lisa or Pastor Greg. The Gmail system sometimes removes contacts from our address list without warning. Thank you!
Baptists On Mission Rebuild
Day Trips each Tuesday The shift has been made from tearing out flood damaged material from homes to the long term project of helping people rebuild their homes and lives. We are now going each week to help in Lumberton. The van leaves the church campus at 6:30 am, stops along the way at Bojangles, and returns that evening, time depending on a supper stop. For more information contact John Bentley at 919-280-6159 or Ken Cook at 919-796-8716. This is a wonderful opportunity to join in Kingdom work as we seek to be witnesses for Christ in our Judea (Acts 1:8).
Now available for checkout in your church library!
The anchor of The O’Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly 2,000 years after this be-loved and controversial young rev-olutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 bil-lion human beings attempt to fol-low his teachings and believe he is God.
Wednesday Night Supper 6:00 PM
March 1, 2017 Chicken Pastry, Tossed Sal-ad, Bread, Dessert, and Tea
Missions Night - 6:30 PM
March Mission Night will feature a report and celebra-tion of a ministry our church has been involved with for over seven years—the Duke Dinners! Leslie Jordan and Jeff Weaver will be sharing about how our church is serving those in need by de-livering meals each second Saturday of the month to families in the Duke Pediat-ric Bone Marrow Transplant Family Support Program.
Small Group Study Jesus > Religion Bible Study con-tinues this month beginning with
snacks and fellowship at 6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall.
Bring a friend!
MARCH 12, 2017 Time change!
The Agape Shalom Sunday School Class is giving Cristen Saunders a baby shower on March 26th from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm in the church Fellowship Hall. Everyone is invited. She is having a little girl. She is registered at Target and Amazon.
W C P SS T r a d i t i o n a l C a l e nd a r Sp r i n g B r e a k
12:00 pm
Living Last Supper Lunch &
Dress Rehearsal
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 10:00 am—Noon Church Library Open 6:00-6:30 pm
Fellowship Meal 6:30-7:25 pm Mission Night
(Fellowship Hall)
2 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
3 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
4 Baptist Build
Workday
5 Kevin Fleegle’s
Birthday
6 7 9:00 am Ephesus’ Quilters
(Room 206)
8 10:00 am Martha Franks WMU Meeting
(Truth Seekers Class) 10:00 am—Noon
Church Library Open
9 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
10 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
11 9:00 am—12:00 pm
Classes 101 & 301
4:30 pm Duke Dinner
12 Daylight Savings
Time Begins
13
14 9:00 am
Ephesus’ Quilters (Room 206)
15 10:00 am—Noon
Church Library Open
16 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
6:00 pm
Deacon Meeting
17 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
18
19 Women’s Ministries/ WMU Sunday
20 8:00 am
Senior Adult Pancake Breakfast
at EBC
21 9:00 am
Ephesus’ Quilters (Room 206)
22 10:00 am—Noon
Church Library Open
23 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
24 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
25
26
Baby Shower 2:00 pm—4:00 pm
27 Spring Senior
Adult Rally Salem Baptist
Church
28 9:00 am Ephesus’ Quilters
(Room 206) 7:00 pm
Wings WMU Meeting
(Fellowship Hall)
29 10:00 am—Noon
Church Library Open
30 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
31 10:00 am—Noon
CLMC Children’s Story Time
Ephesus Baptist Church 6767 Hillsborough Street
Raleigh, NC 27606
Phone: 919-851-1928
www.ephesusbaptistchurch.com www.facebook.com/ephesusraleighnc
3/01 Douglas Evans, Betty Haley
3/02 Joe Clayton, Vickie Williams
3/04 Conner Batchelor
3/05 Kevin Fleegle
3/09 Barbara Baker, Johnny Boles
3/10 Danielle Hutchins
3/11 Linda Mann, Kathy Stephenson
3/13 Ben Williams
3/15 Lee Dillard III, Karen Klinger
3/16 Gwenn Hobbs, Ann Pearson
3/17 Ashley Baker, Frank Hall
Steven Stell
3/18 Mike Windley, Dan Southern
3/19 Janis Koch, Dusti Trantham,
3/20 Ruth Dillard, Ethel Perry
3/21 Sam Sanchez
3/22 Chris Parks
3/25 Ron Lowman
3/26 Amanda Parks, Beth Robinson
3/28 Karl Hedrick III, Phil Williams,
“I knew you before I formed you in
your mother’s womb. Before you
were born I set you apart.”
(Jeremiah 1:5)
Week of Prayer for North American Missions/Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (March 5-12)
2017
Youth-Camp Willow Run 3/31-4/2