Regular Weekly Schedule Sunday:

Coffee Fellowship – 9:45 a.m. Sunday School – 10:00 a.m. Classes for all age groups.

Morning Worship – 11:00 a.m. Nursery Provided Choir Practice – 5:30 p.m.

Evening Worship – 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Mid-week Prayer Meeting – 7:00 p.m.

PLACE STAMP HERE

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Pavo Baptist Church

P.O. Box 187

Pavo, Georgia 31778-0187

Rev. Tim VanLandingham home: 229-377-4786 cell phone: 229-327-6733 email: brotim@pavobaptistchurch.org

Dear Pavo Baptist Church Family and Friends: Have you wondered why Easter is on different dates each year? Sometime it is as early as March 22nd (which hasn’t happened since 1818 and not again until 2285), and as late as April 25 (which last happened in 1943 and won’t happen again until 2038). The date for Easter changes each year because the date is dependent on the Jewish Festival of Passover. According to Scripture, Passover is to be held on the first full moon following the vernal equinox. The Council of Nicaea in 325 AD set the precedent that Easter would be on the first full moon following the vernal equinox. When that occurred on a Sunday, Easter would be delayed another week. The word “Easter” comes from the Germanic word “Eostre” who was a goddess in Germanic paganism. The month of April was dedicated to feasts in remembrance of Eostre, but those had long died out by the 700’s AD. It was replaced by the “Paschal Month” which of course is the Christian celebration of the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Without the death, burial and resurrection of Christ, there is no reason to celebrate anything! Without the Resurrection, there is no hope for anyone. The History Channel will be presenting, beginning Sunday, March 3rd, their production “The Bible”, one 2-hour episode which will center on Christ. In an interview with Diogo Morgado who plays Jesus, Morgado spoke of how emotional the crucifixion was and that it was the high point of the life of Christ and the Bible. Wow! How wrong he is. The Resurrection is the height point of Christ and of the Bible. On it hinges eternal life. I look forward to the Passion Week opportunities at PBC! Please sign up for the Passover Supper on that Thursday (drop-ins cannot happen), the Good Friday Service, Easter Sunrise at the ball field, Sunday School and Morning Worship, and the Quiet Lord’s Supper that Sunday night! We need to ponder Christ’s great gift. Remember what Jesus said: “ Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” (John 15:13). Thank you Jesus for dying for me, and for rising again. One final thought! We are thankful for those brave men and women who died on the battlefields of the world that this great land the Lord has given us might remain free. We celebrate those brave ones on the last Monday of May. They in part help us to under-stand what it means to give a life that others might live, while Jesus fully shows the depth of that great love. In the Matchless Name of Jesus, Brother Tim

A Quarterly Newsletter of Pavo Baptist Church

MARCH

“Thinkest thou that I cannot

now pray to my Father, and

he shall presently give me

more than twelve legions of

angels? But how then shall

the scriptures be fulfilled,

that thus it must be?”

Matthew 26:53-54

APRIL

“Have not I commanded

thee? Be strong and of

a good courage; be not

afraid, neither be thou dis-

mayed: for the Lord thy God

is with thee whithersoever

thou goest. ”

Joshua 1:9

MAY

“Greater love hath no man

than this, that a man lay

down his life for his friends. ”

John 15:13

P.O. Box 187 2097 West Harris Street Pavo, Georgia 31778 ● (229) 859-2481 ● www.pavobaptistchurch.org

MONTHLY MEMORY VERSES

March, April, May 2013

PEACOCK DAY 2013

North American Missions

and the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering

$1,000 DOLLORS - 2013 GOAL

Pavo Civic Center - May 11, 2013

Our part in Peacock Day this year is a Prayer Tent. Please volunteer!

Training is provided.

“In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words with out a heart.” -John Bunyan

March 3-10, 2013

May 2013May 2013May 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 COMING

SOON!

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6 Peacock Day

Training - 7:00 pm

7 8 Children’s Activities - 6:30 pm Church Conference - 7:00 pm

9 10 11 PEACOCK DAY

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Deacons Meeting - 9:15 am

20 21 22 Children’s Activities

6:30 pm

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Last Day of School Thomas County Schools & Thomasville City Schools

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Pavo Civic Club Building • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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Church Council - 9:15 am

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April 2013April 2013April 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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For Thomas County School & Thomasville City Schools

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7 8 9 10 Children’s Activities - 6:30 pm Church Conference - 7:00 pm

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At Area Schools Dawson Street Baptist Church - 9:00 am

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Cooperative Program Sunday

Deacons Meeting - 9:15 am

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Church Council - 9:15 am

22 23 24 Children’s Activities

6:30 pm

25 26 27

Pavo Civic Club Building • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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March 2013March 2013March 2013 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

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3

GIDEON SUNDAY 4 5

TCBA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Pineland Baptist Church at 7:00 pm

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7 8 9

10 11 12 VBS INFO MEETING

CHURCH OFFICE - 7:00 PM

13 Children’s Activities - 6:30 pm Church Conference - 7:00 pm

14 15 16

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Deacons Meeting - 9:15 am

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19

TCBA SPRING ASSOCIATIONAL MEETING

Fredonia Baptist Church Service starts at 7:00 pm

20 21 22 23 Pavo Civic Club Building • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm

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25 26 27 Children’s Activities

6:30 pm

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:: Reservation Only ::

Memorial Building - 7:00 pm

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GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE 7:00 PM

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May 06 - Morgan Dance May 18 - Joan Walker

May 21 - Paul Swift May 23 - Hayne Henderson

May 24 - Thelma Clark May 29 - Taylor Payne

April 24 - Liz Beaty April 24 - Ladie James

March 03 - Timothy VanLandingham March 06 - Sandra Hart March 31 - Joe Parrish

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR NORTH AMERICAN MISSIONS AND THE ANNIE ARMSTRONG EASTER OFFERING MARCH 3-10, 2013

2013

Baptist Association Emphasis Week May 19 - 25, 2013

Passover Meal Church Council

- 9:15 am

Sunrise Service - Pavo School - 7:00 am ------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------

Easter Morning Worship - 11:00 am ------------------------- ---------------------- ----------------------

Twenty Minute Quiet Lords Supper - 6:30 pm Look for this special choral music during our Easter week services.