The Steeple

Coming in August to a Small Group Near YOU!

In August, we are planning a church-wide small group study using

book one of the Disciple’s Path series, The Beginning. The Beginning is

an intentional Bible study for new disciples of Christ that can be used

in one-on-one discipleship or small groups. It introduces the basic

practices and elements of the faith, including the centrality of Christ,

the crucial practice of prayer and Scripture reading, community, and

what it means to be on mission for God. Exercises put weekly topics

into practice, and meeting times work as well in one-on-one disciple-

ship relationships as they do with typical small groups. Everyone will

benefit from reviewing these foundational discipleship habits. It is a

great resource to begin our small groups on another semester of

study.

Summer Sermon Series

Prayers & Sympathies to . . . Terry Hudson and family on the passing of his father,

James Hudson.

Kenton Powell and family on the passing of his father,

Alfred Powell.

Remember Our Shut-Ins

Lena Van Meter Tressie Vice

Dorothy Davidson Mabel Pharris

May Thompson

July Homebound Visitation Schedule

1st week - Don and Diane Harris

2nd week– Vi Cato and Laura Spencer

3rd week –Jennifer Jones

4th week– Margaret Ann Adams

5th week– Joy Bush

Hopkins Nursing Home Ministry July 2nd 10 am–Dennis Smith, Annell Becker

July 16th 10 am–Billy Wemyss, Doug Marklin, Peggy

Marklin

See you Sunday! Tim

Congratulations to…

Kyle and Maria Marklin on the birth

of their son, Lucas Weston Marklin

born on June 10. He weighed in at

8lbs, 7oz and was 21 inches long!

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Sisters and Brothers,

I’ve been blessed to preach more weddings this year than I’ve preached in a long time. So far my summer has been a long stretch of weddings. Best summer ever.

Love is an amazing thing. The book of Proverbs talks about this (30:18-19): There are three things that amaze me—no, four things that I don’t understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the heart of the sea, and the way of a man with a woman.

This is a good passage for young couples today, because it has to do with love, and it has to do with science. Of course, the ancient proverb doesn’t ask any scientific ques-tions outright. It looks at the world simply. With amaze-ment.

But if you know anything at all about science, you know that amazement is not one of the principles. The very things that amazed ancient people, science can now ex-plain. Like “the way of an eagle in the sky.” No doubt a bird in flight seemed magical at one time, but now we know there’s no miracle involved. The lift force is created by the action of air flow on the wing. Flying is science—just like snakes. The verse says that a snake slithering across a rock is amazing, but any seventh-grade science student can tell you that serpentine movement is an effect of scale friction and dynamic weight distribution. Science, people, explains it all. The proverb can’t understand “the way of a ship in the heart of the sea,” because Archimedes had yet to ex-plain the principle of upthrust or buoyancy. It gets less amazing when you know the science.

But wait. The proverb counts not three but four amazing, incomprehensible things; and the fourth is when a man loves a woman. Surely, when we get to women and men and love, we’ve left the purview of science. Now we’re talk-ing the magic that happens between a boy and his girl.

Scientists now tell us, however, that love isn’t magical at all. The human experience of love is not mysterious, and it’s not even limited to humans. Prairie voles and Eurasian beavers fall in love and are monogamous for life. Neurobi-ologists tell us that what we describe as love is actually a set of natural behaviors common in response to neuropep-tide expression. Turns out love is science, too.

Of course the biblical proverb doesn’t ask any scientific questions. It looks at the world simply. With amazement. Science, however, doesn’t deal with amazement; and be-cause it doesn’t, there are facts of our lives that science can’t talk about. Science describes, but it can’t explain. And when something can’t be explained, we stand amazed.

Love is one of those things. We can tell a love story, but love itself can’t be told. There’s mystery and magic with it, amazement. It’s amazing, because love is from God, who is

himself amazing. The eagle glides through the sky, the snake slips across the rock, the ship slices its way through the waves—these three things are incomprehensible. But when a man loves a woman, it’s a wonder not even of this world. The love of a boy and a shy little girl can set so much in motion, forever changing lives and futures. So don’t ever think love is not a powerful thing. For Jesus’ sake, don’t ever say love’s not a miracle.

July Birthstone: Ruby

July Flower: Larkspur

Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.

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3 9:30 am Ladies Prayer Group

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Office Closed

5 6:00 pm Prayer

Meeting Youth Worship

( No preschool or children’s classes)

7:30 pm Worship

Choir /prep.

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10 9:30 am Ladies Prayer Group

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12 6:00 pm Children, Youth, &Adults meet-ing 7:30 pm Worship Choir /prep.

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14 Habitat for

Humanity project

15 Habitat for

Humanity project

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17 9:30 am Ladies Prayer Group

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19 6:00 pm Children, Youth, &Adults meet-ing 7:30 pm Worship Choir /prep.

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26 6:00 pm

Family Meeting Youth Worship

(No preschool or children’s classes)

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28 4:30 pm

Senior Adult

Fish Fry

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2017

July Birthdays & Anniversaries: Day Name 1 John Mark McElroy, Emmett Secrest 1 James Smalling, Jeff Williams 2 Nicole Goad, Geniece Jones, Megan Wheeler 3 Nelson Cundiff, Peggy Marklin 4 Julie Henderson 5 David Becker, Amy Cummings, Chaz Gregory 6 Derrick Alfonso, Roger Doyle 6 Quade Holman 7 Henry Ayers Zach Gibbs, Alex Luttrell 7 Brian Preston, Claudene Rippy, Peggy Warwick 8 Terry Hudson, Josiah Hughes, Khylia Johnson 8 Faye Lawrence, Jenna Schockley 8 Skylar Thomas 9 Holly Cardwell, Kolby Hickman, Todd Oller 10 Robert Fuller 11 Wade Harris, Lillian Minnicks, Corbin Renick 12 Patricia Chancey, Kathy Ford, Jason Phillips 13 William Baker Jr., Greg Steward 14 Nancy Church, Alora Lyvers, Kyle Whitlock 15 Ethan Goss, Konner Mason 16 Alesia Graham, Louise Morse 17 Ryan Brown, Jim Dobbins, Alex Ortiz 17 Sarah Renick 18 Tyler Ayers, Jessie Brock

18 Samuel Chaffin, Finley West 19 Larissa Adams, Jill Willingham 20 Aryelle Brown, Dennis Murray 21 Addison Betts, Wallace Breedlove 21 Matthew Brown, Dawn Clark, Hagan Hall 21 Tracey Jenkins, Drew Lawrence 21 Nick Oliver, Fisher West 22 Kathleen Diamond, Jimmy White 23 Sandra Ahlers, Denice Cornell 23 Sande Henderson, Lauren Perdue, Ben Warwick 24 A’lyce Chambers 25 Kacy Harris, Macey McCoy, Casey Rice 26 Kally Farmer, Rose Gregory, Brad Morse 26 Tracy Newton, Doris Thompson 26 Chip Willingham, Pearl Willis 27 Courtney Lutrell, Dustin Still 27 Ashley White, Alex Wright 28 Darleen Atkerson, Cheri Carlock 29 Nathan Marksberry 30 Alyssa Cherry, Johnathon Martin 30 Taylor Perdue, John Sweeney 31 Nicky Duvall, Clint Jones 31 Tom Jones, Lillana Pearson

Anniversaries: 1 Derrick and Karrie Alfonso 2 Thomas and Judy Melton 3 Josh and Katie Graves 4 Jonathan and Stacy Carter 4 Kevin and Crissy Willis 5 John and Teresa Sutherland 6 Rick and Nancy Alfonso 8 Nick and Amy Oliver 9 Ken and Michelle Blick 10 John and Lindsey Roberts 11 Lucas and Amanda Hughes 14 Matt and Sarah Hutcheson 17 Doug and Marti Guelde 20 Caleb and Sherelen Hughes 20 Jim and Doris Thompson 21 Jeff and Kathe Clark 22 Daniel and Lori Ann Martin 23 Marc and Elizabeth Price 25 Joe and Jackie Riley

Small Groups Worship

June 4–345 8:30-262 11:00-192

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June 11–346 8:30-238 11:00-198

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June 18-270 8:30–246 11:00-130

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June 25-299 8:30-259 11:00-186

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WOODBURN BAPTIST CHURCH

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PERMIT NO. 9

Sunday, July 2 A.M. Remember While Y ou Still Can ( Ecclesiastes 12:1-7)

P.M. Evening Worship and Small Groups

Sunday, July 9

A.M. Remember Y our Leaders ( Hebrews 13:7)

P.M. Evening Worship and Small Groups

Sunday, July 16 A.M. Remember The Gospel (2 Timothy 2:8-14)

P.M. Evening Worship and Small Groups

Sunday, July 23

A.M. Caleb Hodges

P.M. Evening Worship and Small Groups

Sunday, July 30 AM Rod Ellis

PM Evening Worship and Small Groups

CHURCH STAFF

Church Office: 270-529-5221

Office Hours: 8 am - 4 pm, Monday thru Friday

Pastor: Dr. Tim Harris . . . TimHarr is@woodburnbaptist.org . . .cell 270-996-7735

Minister of Education & Administration: Warren Weeks . . . . . home 270-529-3028

E-mail: WarrenWeeks@woodburnbaptist.org

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

Email: MattBetts@woodburnbaptist.org

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

Email: RodEllis@woodburnbaptist.org

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

Email: NicholeBuckman@woodburnbaptist.org

Custodian: Judy Chaffin

Administrative Assistant: Michelle Hunt……………………….…office 270-529-5221

Email: MichelleHunt@woodburnbaptist.org

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

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The Senior Adults will have a fish fry pot luck dinner at the

church on July 28 at 4:30 pm.

Fish, hush puppies, and slaw will be provided. Please bring

other sides and desserts.

Please contact Jane Clark (270-781-6420) or Bonnie Carter

(270-842-0852) if you'd like to go.

Shelby NEXT

We have been talking about our new church management software and encouraging folks to download the app and set up an account. Our previous software was adequate for our needs, but the company was purchased by someone else and we were required to change. After looking at sev-eral programs, the church has decided to use the Shelby NEXT system. This cloud-based system will allow everyone to maintain their own information on their phone or tablet and it will link automatically to the church. We are excited about all the features that are included in this new soft-ware. Features include: on-line giving, group attendance, child check-in, communication options (Phone, text and email) and the ability for everyone to update their own data. Shelby NEXT will allow us to maintain just one data-base instead of having to keep up several for all of these features. We encourage everyone to download the Shelby NEXT app to their phone or tablet and get registered. Right now the personal membership information and online giv-ing are activated. We plan to have child check-in and groups activated by the start of the new church year in August/September. The instructions for installing the app are below. 1.) Download the “Shelby NEXT Membership” app from the app store or Google Play store. 2.) Type in the word "Woodburn" on the first line in place of the word "domain." 3.) To get an account, press the word "Forget Password?" and fill in your email address. Note: The email address you enter should match the one we have on file here at the church. 4.) If the email address you enter matches the one on file, you will receive an email with your username and pass-word. Enter that information into the app and you are up and running. You can check your information and also use the app for on-line giving. 5.) If the email you entered does not match the one we have on file at church, please send an email with your cor-rect email address to warrenweeks@woodburnbaptist.org, and we will update the software and your username and password will be sent to that email address. If you have any problems or need help, stop the church office or ask a staff member for assistance.

Serving together,

Warren Weeks

Update on Journey Church:

*May and June were busy but they were a great start for Journey Church. We had a Community Par-ty that brought 200+ people from the community. We also had a Movie Night that brought in 54 peo-ple from the community. In both of these events we met a lot of folks from the neighborhood and had great conversations about life and church. So many people have been receptive to us in the community and we look forward to walking alongside people in their faith journey.

Here are some ways that you can partner with us in July:

Pray. We will have many opportunities in July to do outreach and meet people. Pray that God opens hearts and gives us favor in the commu-nity.

Give. If you ’d like to give toward the ministry of Journey Church you can do so in a few differ-ent ways: You can give through Woodburn Baptist Church and write Journey Church in the memo line. Or, you can give online at www.journeybg.church and click the give but-ton. You can also give through the Tithe.ly app.

Follow. We would love for you to follow us on social media. On Facebook follow us @JourneyChurchBG and on Instagram follow us @JourneyChurch17. These are great ways to keep up with what’s going on.

Come with us. Whether you just want to volun-teer for an event or initiative or join our launch team, we’d love to have you. This is a close and inexpensive way to join God on mission as an individual or family. We are always looking for more help and more team members. Email me at matt@journeybg.church for more infor-mation.

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If you would like to receive the weekly email related to your child’s ministry area please send an email to nicholebuck-man@woodburnbaptist.org to be included.

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If you would like to receive ministry related text notifica-tions about events, special activities, or reminders please do the following:

For preschool, text @wbcjamjr to 81010

For 1st – 6th grade, text @wbcjamkids to 81010

It was Monday, June 12th at 7:00 in the morning. The sun was shining brightly and it was a warm 86 degrees. There were 119 students pre-registered and some already hanging in the balance as I had been notified the night before they would be there soon. At 7:30 the first of the volunteers would trickle in, then 7:45, and then 8:00. At 8:20 the youth worship space fills with sounds of chatter, the smell of cof-fee is floating through the air, and wide eyed little ones of the leaders are chomping down donuts with the rest of the leaders gathered. It’s then that reality sets in, preparations have been made, and a team of 76 incredible volunteers humble themselves in prayer on behalf of the heart of every child who would show up in the next 40 minutes ready to have fun and learn about the God who made each one of them unique and with a purpose.

Over the course of the week we had 190 kids registered for our VBS and roughly 80 volunteers each day helping all of those kids be reminded and begin to truly understand that each one of them were made in the image of God to do good works that He laid out for them long before they were in existence. That's what our whole week was about.

We were able to have many conversations over the week with kids who wanted to know more about why God loves them so much, why is Christianity the best religion, why does God want to use me to love others if He has enough love for everyone, and many other questions. A couple of those conversations resulted in new salvations, praise God. One child told me, "Mrs. Nichole, I'm ready to become a Christian. I know that God loves me and that Jesus had to die because of my sin. I'm ready to become a Christian. Can I pray with my mom at home?" I loved this conversation the most probably because it displays what I'm passionate about, parental involvement in the spiritual journey. Had I asked questions in a certain way that child probably would've prayed right on the spot to receive Christ, but my desire is that parents get to experience the joy of God that comes with leading a child to Christ.

Equipping parents to have those conversations as part of their routine is a non-negotiable for me. Regardless of the VBS material we use or the curriculum for Small Groups our role as the church should be supporting, partnering and equipping parents to have those talks with their children so that when the kids are with us we are using our influence to further each child's spiritual journey.

Ways we want to partner/equip parents:

-Ministry gatherings

-30 Sec Talks @ dismissal

-Utilizing the Parent Cue Card & God Time Devos

-Group Leader Texts/Emails

-Social Media

-Planned service projects

After VBS, I breathe a sigh of relief when it's officially over. This year I didn't though. God was reminding me to see the opportunities for beginnings. Some of our families took the resources and time from VBS to con-tinue leveraging conversations they were already hav-ing. I applaud you and encourage you to keep it up. If you haven't tried the resources provided, or maybe you don't even know your child's leader's name, it's never too late to start, and pat yourself on the back when a new faith habit becomes part of your regular family routine. The church loves your children but God has given them to you - so who better to continue our VBS conversations that they were made in His image for a purpose, made for a relationship with Him, and made to serve others than the adults in their lives each day?

Nichole Buckman

Director of Children’s Ministries

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-Who is in elementary, middle or high school that needs to be developed? -Who is in our church that needs music les-sons from our Leadership Academy of the Arts? -Who is sitting in the congregation but needs to be learning to sing or play or run sound and screens? -Who is in our family that needs to be trained to lead a song, a service or a ministry through our Worship Leader Academy?

I wonder, who in our church family are you encourag-ing to take their next step? Perhaps more poignantly, who are you going to invite into our church family to walk through those steps? New faces singing and playing. Small group ministry. Developing an orchestra. Using technology well. All of these things flow out of a desire for our worship min-istry to deepen disciples and develop leaders. Thank you for your help making that happen!

Grace. Peace.

Rod

WORSHIP LEADER PIPELINE Leadership development is all the rage in both business and church communities these days. There is a lot of talk about creating a pipeline to generate the next generation of leaders. Long before I came to Woodburn, God was shap-ing a new generation of worship leaders. Singers, instrumentalists, sound and screens folks. Pastor Tim’s vision of Cafe Worship boosted that prepara-tion. LAA (Leadership Academy of the Arts) and WLA (Worship Leader Academy) have come along-side those efforts. WKU students have been com-ing in greater numbers, many of whom are musi-cians. I share all of this to help us remember another of the many facets of our 2020 Vision. We need men like Matt Betts or Eric Walker before him. Or Brian Ahern, Chris Matthews, Sam Mhlanga, Anuel, etc. Those guys need a worship leader. And the wor-ship leaders need a band and a tech team.

Youth Ministry:

“After Party” events in July.

Dates: July 12th

and 19th

Begins immediately after youth service till 9pm

Food will be served

College and Young Adults:

Summer Bible Study continues at the home of Caleb and Sherelen Hodges

Onward by Russell Moore

Dates: July 6th

and 27th

at 6pm

Here’s the amazing thing: Journey Church will launch this fall with a pastor, a worship team, and a tech team. There will be more than one person who can sing, play, run sound, and screens. This is a key driver in our worship ministry at Woodburn. We use music to disciple followers of Jesus and to develop leaders who will launch new venues, new campuses, new churches. Wherever God leads. The biggest question for me is this: where do we find the leaders? Journey Church is in great shape when it comes to their worship ministry at launch. But what about the next church plant? Who will be on that team?

“Your Teen is a Liar”

by Kristen Ivy

I like teenagers. I’ve spent over fifteen years choosing to spend time with them. I’ve slept on basement floors, ridden on charter busses, and eaten my fair share of camp food just so I can hang out with them. Honestly, given the choice, I would rather hang out with a group of teenagers than a group of adults—most days. They are fun. They are uninhibited. They are creative. And they are liars. All of them.

It’s kind of impressive actually. Adolescence is the play-ground of ingenuity. Most teenagers possess an innate ability to come up with some fairly creative, inventive, and almost probable scenarios on the spot.

“I need to move to the guest room because there’s a ceiling fan in there.” Your daughter wants a bedroom on the ground floor so she can sneak out.

“Jon’s older brother Ben smokes and I rode in his car.” Your son is smoking.

“My friend Rachel gave me flowers today because it’s friend-day.” Your daughter is celebrating an anniver-sary of some kind with someone who isn’t Rachel.

“We had to make a pretend driver’s license for a health project on driver safety.” It’s not a pretend license. It’s a fake ID. And it wasn’t for a school project.

So what do you do? How do you parent a liar?

I mean, I haven’t actually parented teenagers yet, so I have no idea. I imagine that my first inclination would be to freak out, never believe a word they say, and put a tracking device on their car. Maybe I would hide a wire in their bag to record every conversation or hire a P.I. to verify every story.

That’s probably not a good idea.

Actually, most teens are good people deep down. But the more parents track them down, the harder they will have to fight for control of their life. It’s almost as if lying is part of the developmental process. Teenagers want to prove they can make it on their own. So they push parents out the only way they know how—they lie. Tell-ing a lie makes them the author of their own story. It gives the teller an element of control.

That doesn’t mean lying is okay. It doesn’t mean adults should turn a blind eye and choose to believe “I was driving that fast because I was almost out of gas, and I wanted to get to the pump before I ran out.”

But after having taught high school and then spending years volunteering with high schoolers, I’ve noticed that many parents of teenagers be-lieve their lies. I suspect that it’s because every parent wants to believe their child. Trust is an im-portant part of relationships, and every parent wants to have a good relationship with their child. So we default to trust.

The problem with this logic is that as much as every teenager needs freedom, they also need to be known. A while back, I wrote about why hones-ty matters. It was based on my experience as a mother of young children and not teenagers, but some of the same principles apply.

The myth teenagers buy into is lying gives us con-trol. The truth is that lying makes us alone.

The myth we can fall for as parents is blind trust builds a relationship. But the truth is authenticity and grace will go much further in helping our teens feel known and accepted.

I’ve never parented a teen, so naturally I’m setting myself up by writing this blog. I will inevitably be-lieve a lot of the crap they come up with. But as someone on the outside looking in here are a few ways to potentially identify when your teen is lying.

Other adults see your blind spots. If Susan’s mom says your son brought alcohol to the par-ty, don’t react to Susan’s mom. Consider the possibility.

Siblings give clues.

If you have multiple children, they probably know more about the situation than you do. And they may not have been tipped off to the cover story.

Friends rarely plan their stories ahead of time. If two teenagers give an account and the stories don’t line up, there’s a reason.

Recognizing a lie isn’t the whole of the task. Par-enting a liar, I mean a teenager, means you are not only a detective searching for the truth. You are a parent. And your teenager needs you. Keep looking for the truth, not because you hope to catch them in a lie but because you love them too much to let them live with deception.

Oh, and one more thing. Try to respond with enough grace that your lying teenager knows you love them—even though they weren’t studying with Jennifer until 2 am.

Matt Betts

Student Pastor

*If you would like to be put on the weekly par-ent email list let me know at mattbetts@woodburnbaptist.org or 270-202-1244.

More about . . .

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lessons in July

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The Parent Cue App is free and newly redesigned to apply specifically for your child and coordinate with what he/she is exploring weekly when they come to church. There are ideas, quotes and discussion start-ers included, not to add something else to your to do list, but made to help you create opportunities for faith talks within the parameters of your family's cur-rent schedule. If you have any questions about the app see Nichole Buckman .

Steven Sawyer (5th

& 6th

Grade Boys Small Group Leader):

“God made me to do more than serve myself and I looked and saw a need. I did not grow up in church and if I had known then the relationship I could have had with Jesus the difference it could have made in my life would have been extraordinary. Finally, I do not have to be a Bible scholar, I only need to be a week ahead!

Working with 5th and 6th grade boys we try to reinforce to them that they are at the age where they need to de-cide what they will believe. It is not their parents’ faith and belief, or their church's or grandma's, it is theirs and it needs to be based on what they know and believe. If they do not know the

Bible themselves and do not have a prayer life and es-tablish that relationship personally, they will never have their own faith and they will be swayed by whatever people tell them.”

Sydney Willingham (1st & 2nd Grade Small Group Leader):

“I love working with kids and watching them grow spirit-ually. I also want each child that I was responsible for to realize they have an adult that is there for them for any situation they need whether it is to listen to them or to just be a friend. Although I am a leader, the children tend to open my eyes and teach me new things as well.”

Marti Guelde (2 & 3 Year Olds Small Group Leader):

“I first began being a Small Group Leader on Wednes-day evenings to ensure my 3 kids attended the youth services. It was a way that I could hold myself account-able for their midweek worship experience. I fell in love with the littles quickly and it has become my own mid-week worship experience. It’s the pick up I need to get through the rest of the week. They love Jesus with their whole hearts because they are taught to…it’s refresh-ing! They are innocent to what the world says to wor-ship.”

To see more quotes from Small Group Leaders check out JAM City Kids and JAM City Jr. on Facebook, as well as your weekly bulletin. Did one of these stories resonate something inside you? There are many differ-ent opportunities to serve in our preschool and chil-dren’s ministries – visit the Volunteer Section on the Preschool & Children’s Page on www.woodburnbaptist.org to learn more.