Announcements: August 28, 2011

Class News

• The title of next Sunday's lesson is Good News to Tell. The background and lesson passage for Sunday is Romans 1:1-17. Before class, please take a moment to prayerfully read through the passage to prepare for the lesson. We will start out of the new Fall Learner Guide this coming Sunday. If you did not pick up a copy this morning, there will be extras in the LJG on Sunday.
• Welcome to our guests, David Frazer and Krystal Weiss. We enjoyed having you with us today!
• Happy Belated Birthday to Ashlee Wallace, this past Saturday, August 27th.
• Men's Bible Study: Will meet this Thursday, September 1st, 6:30am, at the Chick-fil-A in the Brassfield Shopping Center.

LBC News
Lawndale's Website

• Sunday, September 4th: Promotion Sunday
• Wednesday, September 7th: Children's Programs and Wednesday night meals resume
• Sunday, September 11th: Patriot Day Service. No LJGs except Babies - Twos.

Activities Ministry
Fall Soccer Leagues: For 4 and 5 year olds, 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and 5th and 6th grade. Registration information: The cost per returning player is $25, new player $45. After August 27, the fee is $35 and $55.
Fabulous Fall 5K: Register Online at http://www.fabulousfall5k.com/. Proceeds benefit the Greensboro Pregnancy Care Center. 1 mile fun run @ 8:00 (cost is $10). 5K run/walk @ 8:45 (cost is $25).

Children's Ministry
Help Needed in the Children's Ministry: 3rd Grade teacher at 9:15, Young 3s teacher at 9:15, Mission Friends leaders on Wednesday nights at 6:15. Contact Arvil Pennington and he will be glad to discuss the possibilities!
Promotion Sunday: Is September 4th. Preschoolers will receive notification of their new class; Elementary children will promote to the next grade.

Additional Announcements
Operation Christmas Child- Year Round: September items: Sports equipment and games for all ages, boys and girls. Suggestions: Jump ropes, deflated soccer/basketballs, nerf balls, baseballs/gloves, Barrel O Monkeys, Mr. Potato Head, checkers, sidewalk chalk. Did You Know? Odds are the recipient of the box you pack does not speak English as a first language, so consider this before sending books, games, or other items with complex instructions printed in English.
Looking for Mothers of Preschoolers: This year's theme is "MomSense: Bold, Loving, Sensible." To register, visit http://www.lawndalebatist.org/ (go to ministries, women's then MOPS to find registration). Forms are also available at the church office and the Welcome Desk in the lobby. Our Orientation night is Tuesday, September 13th at 7pm in the CLC. Registration fee is $55. For more information, e-mail lawndalebaptistmops@gmail.com or call 282-3129.

Greensboro Life Chain: This year the Life Chain will be Sunday, October 2, from 2:30-3:30pm along Battleground Avenue. The national Life Chain is the largest peaceful, prayerful, pro-life, public witness in the world. More than 1500 cities across the US and Canada are expected to participate.
El Salvador Clothing Drive: The Boone Mission Team is once again asking you to participate in a clothing drive for approximately 175 pastors and their families. Clothes should be clean, no stains or rips. They can be for all ages, adults and children. NO heavy winter clothes, but can use sweaters and light jackets along with summer clothes. Underwear and shoes are also needed, but no high heels, please. There will be marked boxes at the first floor Collection Center. These clothes will be delivered to El Salvador along with the Samaritan's Purse Christmas shoe boxes. Deadline for donating is October 30th.

Romans 1:1-17

1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— 2 the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a] was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power[b] by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from[c] faith for his name’s sake. 6 And you also are among those Gentiles who are called to belong to Jesus Christ.

7 To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be his holy people:

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Paul’s Longing to Visit Rome
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. 9 God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 10 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you.

11 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong— 12 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith. 13 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters,[d] that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles.

14 I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 15 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are in Rome.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. 17 For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,[e] just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.”[f]

Announcements: August 14, 2011

Class News

• The title of next Sunday's lesson is Recognize the Lord's Authority. The background passage for Sunday is Jeremiah 46:1-52:34. The lesson passages for Sunday are Jeremiah 50:2-3a, 24-25, 29-32, 44b. Before class, please take a moment to prayerfully read through the passages to prepare for the lesson.
• Men's Bible Study: Will meet this Thursday, August 18th, 6:30am, at the Chick-fil-A in the Brassfield Shopping Center.
• Joyner Elementary Partnership: Last year our Adult Life Journey Groups did a fantastic job of helping Joyner Elementary with school supplies. We are partnering with them again this year. Our class has been assigned to collect single subject spiral notebooks. Please bring the notebooks to the Collection Center on the first level near the Fellowship Hall. Thanks for your help in this Outreach Ministry Opportunity!
• Upcoming Dates:
• August: Small Group Social! It's still not too late to be placed in one of our small groups for the month of August. If you'd like to participate, please e-mail Misty or Laura P to be placed in a group.
• September: Cookout at the Gardner's! More details to come.
• October: Costume Party! More details to come.

LBC News
Lawndale's Website 

Joyner School Supply Collection: Thank you for continuing to bring in items for this Outreach Ministry opportunity.

MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers): Are you the mother of a preschool-age child or younger? Would you love to have one morning a month where you can get energized and connect with other moms who share your experiences? Then MOPS is the place for you. Mothers of Preschoolers is an international organization that strives to meet the needs of every mom with children, birth to Kindergarten. Lawndale's MOPS group meets on the 3rd Tuesdays, September-May from 9-11:30am. We'll be back in the CLC this year! The meetings are a great opportunity to chat with other Mothers of Preschoolers, eat great food, take part in fun creative activities, and hear from a variety of speakers intended to help you on your mothering journey. This year's theme is "MomSense: Bold, Loving, Sensible." To register, visit http://www.lawndalebatist.org/ (go to ministries, women's then MOPS to find registration). Forms are also available at the church office and the Welcome Desk in the lobby. Our Orientation night is Tuesday, September 13th at 7pm in the CLC. Registration fee is $55. For more information, e-mail lawndalebaptistmops@gmail.com or call 282-3129.

Children's Ministry
Help Needed in the Children's Ministry: 3rd grade teacher at 9:15, Young 3's teacher at 9:15, Mission Friends leaders on Wednesday nights at 6:15. Contact Arvil Pennington and he will be glad to discuss the possibilities!
Celebration Cookout: If you received an invitation by mail, please remember to make your reservation by calling the office or email Carol at cmckinney@lawndalebaptist.org.
Promotion Sunday: is September 4th. Preschoolers will receive notification of their new class; Elementary children will promote to the next grade.

Activities Ministry
Fall Soccer Leagues: For 4 and 5 year olds, 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and 5th and 6th grade. Registration information: The cost per returning player is $25, new player $45. After August 27, the fee is $35 and $55.
Fabulous Fall 5K: Register Online at http://www.fabulousfall5k.com/. Proceeds benefit the Greensboro Pregnancy Care Center. 1 mile fun run @ 8:00 (cost is $10). 5K run/walk @ 8:45 (cost is $25).

Women's Ministry
Kalos Coffee: This is a fresh and fun way for women to build uplifting relationships with other women. "Kalos" is the Greek word for the "good" that God called mature women of faith to teach other women in Titus 2. The next Kalos Coffee will meet on August 21, at 7:15pm in the Fellowship Hall. Childcare provided with registration. Contact Donna Navey at lawndalementoring@yahoo.com to register or for more information.

Married Adult Ministry
Home School Support Group: Tuesday, August 16th, 6-8pm in the Fellowship Hall.

Additional Announcements
Operation Christmas Child- Year Round: August recommended items: Educational/musical/school items for all ages, boys and girls (suggestions: paint boxes, harmonicas, kazoos, recorders, metric rulers, solar calculators, note pads). Did You Know? Odds are the recipient of the box you pack does not speak English as a first language, so consider this before sending books, games, or other items with complex instructions printed in English.
LifePlus Classes: Begin September 18 and will last for 12 or 13 weeks, depending on each class.
Honor or Remember a Public Servant on Patriot Day, September 11th: You can give a special mum plant to honor or remember a public servant- doctor, nurse, firefighter, police officer or EMT for September 11th. These will be used in the Patriot Day service. You are welcome to take them home after the service. Cost is $14. Use one of the special Seasonal Flower Envelopes available at the welcome desk. Deadline is September 1st.

Jeremiah 50:2-3a, 24-25, 29-32, 44b

Jeremiah 50:2-3
2 “Announce and proclaim among the nations,
lift up a banner and proclaim it;
keep nothing back, but say,
‘Babylon will be captured;
Bel will be put to shame,
Marduk filled with terror.
Her images will be put to shame
and her idols filled with terror.’
3 A nation from the north will attack her
and lay waste her land.
No one will live in it;
both people and animals will flee away.

Jeremiah 50:24-25
24 I set a trap for you, Babylon,
and you were caught before you knew it;
you were found and captured
because you opposed the LORD.
25 The LORD has opened his arsenal
and brought out the weapons of his wrath,
for the Sovereign LORD Almighty has work to do
in the land of the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 50:29-32
29 “Summon archers against Babylon,
all those who draw the bow.
Encamp all around her;
let no one escape.
Repay her for her deeds;
do to her as she has done.
For she has defied the LORD,
the Holy One of Israel.
30 Therefore, her young men will fall in the streets;
all her soldiers will be silenced in that day,”
declares the LORD.
31 “See, I am against you, you arrogant one,”
declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty,
“for your day has come,
the time for you to be punished.
32 The arrogant one will stumble and fall
and no one will help her up;
I will kindle a fire in her towns
that will consume all who are around her.”

Jeremiah 50:44
44 Like a lion coming up from Jordan’s thickets
to a rich pastureland,
I will chase Babylon from its land in an instant.
Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this?
Who is like me and who can challenge me?
And what shepherd can stand against me?”

Announcements: August 7, 2011

Class News

• The title of next Sunday's lesson is Follow Orders. The background passage for Sunday is Jeremiah 40:1-45:5. The lesson passages for Sunday are Jeremiah 42:1-3, 5-6, 9-10, 19-22; 43:2. Before class, please take a moment to prayerfully read through the passages to prepare for the lesson.
• Happy Anniversary to Chris & Amanda on Monday, August 8th!
• Men's Bible Study: Will continue meeting at Chick-fil-A at Brassfield, 6:30am. This week will be an "in between week" before starting a new study, led by Rodney, in Titus.
• Joyner Elementary Partnership: Last year our Adult Life Journey Groups did a fantastic job of helping Joyner Elementary with school supplies. We are partnering with them again this year. Our class has been assigned to collect single subject spiral notebooks. Please bring the notebooks to the Collection Center on the first level near the Fellowship Hall. Thanks for your help in this Outreach Ministry Opportunity!
• 
  Upcoming Dates:
• August: Small Group Social! It's still not too late to be placed in one of our small groups for the month of August. If you'd like to participate, please e-mail Misty or Laura P to be placed in a group.
• September: Cookout at the Gardner's! More details to come.
• October: Costume Party! More details to come.

LBC News
Lawndale's Website

Joyner School Supply Collection
Adult Life Journey Groups have been given assignments, but anyone can help! Place the items in the bins at the Collection Center on the First Floor. All basic school supplies are needed. Thank you for helping in this Outreach Ministry Opportunity.

Children's Ministry

Make a Difference in Your World! Reach the Next Generation for Jesus! As the new church year begins September 4, we are looking for some Christian adults who desire to invest time with preschoolers and children. There are some great opportunities on Sunday mornings in the Life Journey Classes, as well as Wednesday evenings in Mission Friends, RAs and GAs. Let Arvil Pennington know of your interest at apennington@lawndalebaptist.org, or you may contact one of our wonderful program directors: Mission Friends/Amy Arthur, Girls in Action/Kyra Houser & Joanna Scott, Royal Ambassadors/Neal Matthews.
Thanks from our Little Ones in ETC - Extended Teaching Care: During the 10:45 service requires 60 adults per Sunday to staff 12 classes of Babies - Kindergarten and 240 leaders per month. So many of you and especially Dad have signed up to serve. ETC is a Bible teaching time and not just a "keeping, watching" time. For many of the preschoolers who do not attend Life Journey, this is their only Bible teaching time.
Promotion Sunday: is September 4th. Preschoolers will receive notification of their new class; Elementary children will promote to the next grade.

Activities Ministry
Fall Soccer Leagues: For 4 and 5 year olds, 1st and 2nd, 3rd and 4th, and 5th and 6th grade. Registration information: The cost per returning player is $25, new player $45. After August 27, the fee is $35 and $55.

Women's Ministry
Kalos Coffee: This is a fresh and fun way for women to build uplifting relationships with other women. "Kalos" is the Greek word for the "good" that God called mature women of faith to teach other women in Titus 2. The next Kalos Coffee will meet on August 21, at 7:15pm in the Fellowship Hall. Childcare provided with registration. Contact Donna Navey at lawndalementoring@yahoo.com to register or for more information.

Men's Ministry
Journeymen's Ministry Event: "Fall Football Kickoff" Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 6:45pm in the Christian Life Center. Journeymen, call the church office at 288-3824 to RSVP for this event and for more information. We will be having hamburgers, hot dogs and all the trimmings.

Married Adult Ministry
Weekend to Remember: Mark your calendar for the next "Weekend to Remember" in Greensboro, October 28-30. More details can be found at http://www.familylife.com/
Hosts Needed: We are looking for couples who may be willing to host a Bible study in their home for the fall. Training will be provided. The study will be DVD driven to lessen preparation time. If you are interested, please e-mail Rodney at rnavey@lawndalebaptist.org.

Additional Announcements
Operation Christmas Child- Year Round: August recommended items: Educational/musical/school items for all ages, boys and girls (suggestions: paint boxes, harmonicas, kazoos, recorders, metric rulers, solar calculators, note pads). Did You Know? Odds are the recipient of the box you pack does not speak English as a first language, so consider this before sending books, games, or other items with complex instructions printed in English.
LifePlus Classes: Begin September 18 and will last for 12 or 13 weeks, depending on each class.
Honor or Remember a Public Servant on Patriot Day, September 11th: You can give a special mum plant to honor or remember a public servant- doctor, nurse, firefighter, police officer or EMT for September 11th. These will be used in the Patriot Day service. You are welcome to take them home after the service. Cost is $14. Use one of the special Seasonal Flower Envelopes available at the welcome desk. Deadline is September 1st.

Jeremiah 42:1-3, 5-6, 9-10, 19-22; 43:2

Jeremiah 42:1-3
1 Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah[a] son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest approached 2 Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray to the LORD your God for this entire remnant. For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few are left. 3 Pray that the LORD your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”

Jeremiah 42:5-6
5 Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the LORD your God sends you to tell us. 6 Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the LORD our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well with us, for we will obey the LORD our God.”

Jeremiah 42:9-10
9 He said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition, says: 10 ‘If you stay in this land, I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I have relented concerning the disaster I have inflicted on you.

Jeremiah 42:19-22
19 “Remnant of Judah, the LORD has told you, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Be sure of this: I warn you today 20 that you made a fatal mistake when you sent me to the LORD your God and said, ‘Pray to the LORD our God for us; tell us everything he says and we will do it.’ 21 I have told you today, but you still have not obeyed the LORD your God in all he sent me to tell you. 22 So now, be sure of this: You will die by the sword, famine and plague in the place where you want to go to settle.”

Jeremiah 43:2
2 Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to settle there.’