Woodruff Church of God e-Edition Newsletter March 26, 2013

Pastors Notes: This Sunday, the Christian Church will celebrate the most important day of the year. It is the day we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Christmas is important as God became flesh, born of a virgin and came to live among us. But the resurrection is the fulfillment of the plan of God. His death paid the price, but His resurrection sealed the deal!!!!! Without the resurrection, He would have been no more of a savior than you or I. But because He had power over death, He proved that He could pay the price for sin and seal the deal with overcoming death and ascending back to heaven to become our advocate and interceder. OH WHAT A SAVIOR!!!!!!! This past Sunday, we committed to INVITE someone to church. That is all most people need in order to attend churchjust an invitation. Sunday, the church will be full. People from all walks of life and all spiritual conditions will be in the building. Be friendly, be caring, be sensitive to the Spirit. Offer your seat to a guest and be willing to pray for them should the need arise. I truly believe that we will have an AWESOME opportunity Sunday to win souls to the Kingdom of God if we will just allow God to use us. Will you let Him use you?

Our music ministry, Spirit of Praise Ministries and myself, will be working together during the service to present a special message entitled Declare His Glory. The whole service will be about trying to share differing parts of HIS GLORY. You will not want to miss this.we are believing God to bring souls to the kingdom. Please invite your family, friends..most importantly, invite the lost.

SUNRISE SERVICE.. 7:30 AM on the new property. Bring a lawn chair and come as we worship the Lord early in the morning. This is not a long service and the scene is beautiful. Well meet at the 3 crosses and the rock altar!

Easter Sunday night, we will be having communion and feet washing. What a wonderful time to participate in these most spiritual events. Everyone will meet in the sanctuary at 6:00 PM. GOOD FRIDAY.. There is a group of church members and leaders who are concerned with the spiritual plight of Woodruff. They believe that it is very possible for God to transform this community, but it will happen when we come together in unity and join together in PRAYER. Some of these people have been praying already but they want to invite others who will join in and believe for transformation for our community. We have personally prayed for this for years. We used to have a banner hanging in our sanctuary that said our city. We prayed for our city and wanted God to send revival. We STILL pray for our city! Now, others are beginning to take this seriously as well. FRIDAY, MARCH 29th, beginning at 8:00 PM, there will be an all night prayer meeting in the Woodruff Community Center located on Main St., Woodruff. You are given a personal invitation to join with others and intercede for our community. I hope to see you there!

I want to thank each of you that attended our REKINDLE Revival services. I know that Spring brings a lot of options for people to attend, but many of you came and never missed a service. I am grateful for people with a hunger and passion for God. We had some wonderful services. Rev. Chris Jarrard did a wonderful job of bringing the Word of God. I believe they were timely words for us and helped us focus on the mission at hand and encouraged us to continue moving where God is already moving. I believe the spirit of revival is with us. We must simply allow that to grow and become all that Gods wants and desires for us. The services may have ended, but our DESIRE & DETERMINATION to have the move of God has not. We will continue to press and push until we see something happen. IM HUNGRY FOR MORE OF HIM!!!!!

Honduras Missions Trip: April 1-6. Please be in prayer for the team as they leave Monday morning. If you have Facebook, please keep us with us. This week on my page, I am posting a daily prayer request for our trip. Next week, I will try to post pictures from what we did that day. We are going as representatives of Woodruff Church of God and will be doing Kingdom business. Dios le bendiga!

IS COMING!!!!!

Are You a Disciple? Are You Making Disciples? We have started a new study in our Topical Sunday School Class. This study will last 24 weeks. It is a study on discipleship. The study is called Multiply. If you want to be challenged, this is the study for you. The class meets every Sunday Morning at 9:45. Please see Jason Fowler or Larry Young for the location. Also you can follow the Multiply signs to find the classroom. This study will be taught by multiple teachers. Please come and be a part of this dynamic study!

PRAYER LIST

AMERICA, Lisa Culbertson, Kenneth Hand, Curtis Culpepper, Megan Laster, Clyde Roberson, Margaret Roberson, Linda Casey, Robin Erwin, Cheryl Duncan, George Nicohlson, Raymond Lowman, Rev. Buster Ball, Kay Simmons, Mertice Whitmore, Buster Lawson, Bud Warlick, Buster Coffin, Hunter Perez, Nathanial Crocker, McKailley ,Scott, Ethel Cooper, Shirley Cartee, Derrick Cooper, Tiffany Cartee, Tiffany Crocker, The McKissick Family, Loretta Burdette, Dianne Arnold, Ernie Goen, Katie Salam, Danny Cooper, Shanna Jones, Sherry & Brianna Smith, Carol Hopson, Richard Reneau, Frank Patterson, Bristol Theo, Wayne Garrett, Shirley Pearson, Matthew Franks, Brian & Julie Church, Those needing jobs, Caregivers, Shut-Ins, & Those in nursing homes

All choir members please be at choir practice this Wednesday! Dress rehearsal for Easter will be Saturday at 10 am. This is for all choir members, sound, media, and lights!

Make plans to join us on Thursday April, 25th at 7:00 PM for a concert with the Nelons. You will be blessed by their testimony and their harmony. It will be a great night!

JOY CLUB: If you have not signed up for our Joy Club this Thursday night at 6:30 PM it will be too late by the time you receive this bulletin, however, you may still call the church office and give your name to the secretary and she will forward it to me. We are looking for a great crowd and a great time together this week.

Belk Charity Day is April 27. We have $5.00 tickets now available. You can go to any Belk on this date and use your ticket to get in. The lady who sells the most over 10 tickets will receive a $25 Belk gift card. Thanks to all who bought crayons and baggies. We were able to make 1158 bags of crayons for Honduras.

April 11 Due to Spring Break being the first week of April, we are moving our monthly meeting to the 2nd Thursday of the month. Come out and join us for food, fellowship, and devotion. We have had some great meetings the past couple of months and would love to see you there in April. May 17 Greenville Drive Baseball Game vs. the Charleston Riverdogs. The game begins at 7:05. We will leave the church at 6:00. Tickets are $10. Look for the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the hall way.

Mainstream Ministries will be hosting a Bon-Fire & Cookout, THIS Friday March 29th at the new church property. We will begin at 5:30 and the cost is $5/person. We will have hotdogs, chili, wings, chips, smores, & marshmallows. Bring your kids, lawn chairs, and all your friends! A sign up sheet is on the bulletin board in the hallway.

Scavenger Hunt - Friday, March 29 @ 7pm. Youth Retreat - April 19-21, Please see Pastor Jason if you have questions

We would like to say thank you for all of your donation to the Hondruas Mission's trip, You will have touched so many lives and you are a blessing to all the children in Hondruas! THANK YOU! Ms Donna No praise and worship or drama practice this Sunday, March 31st. Extreme Kidz is in need of a bookshelves and bean bags. We have been blessed with books and videos for the children, and we are going to set up a Children's Library in one of the classrooms upstairs. We are trying to set up a place where the kids can read and maybe even check out the books to take home. If you would like to donate any of these items, please see Ms Donna or Tammy Durham. Thank you for all your support to the Extreme Kidz. Upcoming Events: April 28: Extreme Kidz Children's service April 28: Extreme Kidz Lunch Fundraiser after the AM service May 3-5: Extreme Kidz Retreat to Look up Lodge

Ministry Leaders for This Week Greeters- Kathy Arellano and Carolyn Everette Sunday School Greeter Robert D. Sloan CLC Greeter Paul Lundberg Crossing Guard- David Hoyt Head Ushers Charles OShields & Bobby Brown Finance Committee Ryan Ballard & Marion Simmons Usher Team #1 Brian Arnold, Michael Brown, Harold Chesney, Dennis Crocker, Rick Priester, and Kenny Waddell Wednesday Night Bus pick up: Phillip Pruitt and Rob Laster Bus Take home: Clint Letourneau and Daniel Johnson Van 1: Garren Burdette and Thomas Peebles Van 2: Tim and June Vassey Wednesday Night Late workers: Deanna Burgess and Donna Burdette Nursery AM Ann Knight & Allison Arnold PM- Stephanie Fowler Youth Workers for Kidz Church- Alison, Savannah, Joshua and Zack All Extreme Kidz will be in big church for Easter Music Wed- Zachary Pruitt Praise Team- White Computer Patrick Guitar Freddie, Duck, John