Baptist Temple News and Announcements

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MISSIONS SUNDAY is being planned for May 23rd.  Susan Hay, who is serving in
Uganda, Africa, will be our missionary guest.
A Missions Banquet after the morning service will be part of the day.
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Membership Classes:  We have several families who wish to join the membership of
the church - Praise God!  Membership gives a person the opportunity to lead a program, be a church officer, teach and vote!  Sunday morning classes will be held on May 16th, 23rd, and 30th.  You must attend two of the three classes, which are during the Sunday School hour(9:30 - 10:30 AM)
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Leaders in Training Sessions: Each Spring and Fall we try to have several sessions of training
new men for leadership positions.  Our next sessions will be on several Thursday evenings,
May 27th, June 3rd, and June 10th, 8:15 - 9:30 PM.  See Pastor for more information if
interested.
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Beginning Wednesday, March 10th,  Spring Ladies' Bible Study - with two options:
10 - 11:15 AM or 7 - 8:15 PM.
We will be continuing with the workbook series "Seeking Him" by Nancy Leigh DeMoss.
See Shirley Johnson for information.
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From January 17th to February 28th, Shirley has been teaching a seven-week series of ladies' Bible Studies!
Our theme was "Hope", and we were all extremely blessed, both by Shirley's inspirational teaching, and our sweet fellowship
with the Lord and with each other.
Romans 15:13 "Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."
We also challenged each other with Scripture memorization, as we recited each week, Psalm 130.

We ended our series with a memorable trip to Magnolia, MA, to the home of noted missionary, author and speaker, Elisabeth Elliot!
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 Christmas Cards - Please bring your disposable Christmas cards to Teri Leandro for a Youth Group project for nest Christmas!