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Emory Baptist Church eNewsletter
Pastor's Pen
Bro. Richard Piles, Pastor
I want to share with you some great news here at Emory Baptist Church. Both of these items deserve a loud “Praise the Lord!”
First, Praise the Lord for your efforts in inviting family and friends our Easter Sunday Worship! We had 433 in our Morning Worship Service and who heard the gospel!
Second, we will be breaking ground on our Family Life Center soon after Easter Sunday! Construction fencing will soon go up at the north end of our block. Therefore, that will mean a new parking spot for many of you. Please feel free to use our south parking lot or any of the many spaces around the county courthouse.
As we look to the final month of the school year, May will be a busy month with multiple recognitions on the following Sundays.
· May 4 is Sonbeam Sunday
· May 11 is Mother’s Day
· May 18 is High School Graduate Recognition Sunday
· May 25 is Memorial Day Weekend Sunday
Obviously, we will recognize a lot of great folks, and we will welcome a lot of guests. Please join me at EBC!
Have a great May, and believe it or not, summer is almost here, and as always, I am grateful to be your pastor!
Choir Corner with Chris
Bro. Chris Henderson, Minister of Music and Senior Adults
April was a great month at Emory Baptist Church. I am very proud of how the Celebration Choir’s Easter music presentation Then He Rose went. Good Friday was a somber reminder of Christ’s great work on the cross. Easter Sunday was amazing. I love so much getting to celebrate the Resurrection with you through song. I hope you had a wonderful time with your loved ones.
Early this month, we will have a group sing that has not sung at EBC since 2019: the EBC Senior Adult Choir. On May 4th, the Senior Adult Choir will be singing Then Came the Morning, once again reiterating the message of Easter and the hope we have because of Jesus’s resurrection from the dead. The choir is still small, and I hope that their singing will encourage more EBC members to join us on Thursdays at 10:30 to sing our old favorite hymns together.
KidzPraize has been hard at work learning a few “old songs” as they call them: There is a Fountain and Praise to the Lord, the Almighty. We look forward to sharing these songs with you in the coming weeks.
Choir, thank you again for your hard work on Then He Rose, I appreciate the hours and extra rehearsals you put in this Easter.
Student Ministry Spot
Ronnie Witt, Minister of Youth & Education
If anyone sees my 4Runner traveling wildly down the road, please let me know. It has not been stolen, but it has been commandeered by my youngest son who turned 16 years old. With the other two boys, we could afford to make a new vehicle available to them. But adding three vehicles in a span of 5 years is just not feasible. So, Cohen and I are doing what I have always told my boys to do: sharing. So let me know if he, or the other two, are driving crazy and need correction.
Colby is counting down the days until his graduation in May. He is still ironing out the details and timing of the next stage of life, but he is eager to move forward.
Needless to say, this advancement into the end of the school year has brought some significant changes around our house and EBC. But, I pray that you and your family will plug in and plan to be a part of all that God is doing in the days to come.
VBS will be here before you know it: June 9-13. That means VBS starts in less than seven weeks. We still need some teachers for our children’s classes. If you haven’t signed up, we really need your help. VBS is one of the biggest ways we reach out to share the Gospel with children in Rains County. Please talk to me ASAP so we can get you plugged in and ready to participate.
Coming up at the end of this month, we plan to do High School Graduate recognition on Sunday, May 18th. This is a week earlier than we usually do it because of the Memorial Day weekend. But, then on Sunday, May 25th, Rains High School Baccalaureate will be held at Emory Baptist Church at 2pm. Afterward, we would like to host a cookie fellowship for the graduates and families. Lou Madden is heading this up, so please consider how you can help.
Cecily Kirby, Director of Preschool Ministries
Sonbeam Day School
Bible Story of the Month
Moses
Memory Verse of the Month
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:6
Nursey Rhyme of the Month
Hickory Dickory Dock
Important Dates
May 1st - Pastries with Parents
May 4th - Sonbeam Sunday
May 5-9th - Teacher Appreciation Week
May 21st - Spring Program & Graduation
May 22nd - Last Day of School
OPEN ENROLLMENT
HAPPENING NOW!
Please continue to pray for our ministry, staff, students, and their families.
Nursery Rhymes
Nursey Songs and Rhymes for Toddlers
Follow Jesus
(To the tune of “The Hokey Pokey”)
We put our left foot in,
We put our left foot out,
We put our left foot in and shake it all about.
We can follow Jesus, let’s turn ourselves around.
That’s what it’s all about!
(continue with right foot, right arm, left arm, head)
Counting Rhyme
One, two, three,
Jesus said, “Follow Me.”
Four, five, six.
Then more me He picks.
Seven, eight, nine,
To help Him all the time.
Ten, eleven, twelve, that’s all.
The 12 men followed Jesus’ call.
Nursery Workers Needed!
We are looking to add at least four more volunteers to our list of nursery workers. Please get in touch with Cecily Kirby if you are interested in helping out in this ministry.