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Kelly Stephens, Managing EditorCommunications Directorkelly@fbcgso.org / x223

Gloria Koster, Design ManagerAdministrative Assistant: Learning

gloria@fbcgso.org / x288

Steve Sumerel, Supervising EditorAssociate Pastor: Adult Learning

steves@fbcgso.org / x233

Teresa Allen, Media Library Directorteresaa@fbcgso.org / x229

Ginny Carpenter, Weekday School Directorginny@fbcgso.org / x240

Steve Cothran, Associate Pastor: Students and Family Lifestevec@fbcgso.org / x235

Dolores Donahue, Administrative Assistant: Financedolores@fbcgso.org / x226

Jane Anne Hayber, Administrative Assistant: Music and Worship / janeanne@fbcgso.org / x239

Monica Hix, Pastoral Assistantmonica@fbcgso.org / x231

Marty Kellam, Food Services Directormarty@fbcgso.org / x245

Rosemary Kellam, Operations Directorrosemary@fbcgso.org / x225

Kate Kitchen, Homebound Ministry Directorkatek@fbcgso.org / 202-5757

Scott North, Church Administratorscott@fbcgso.org / x222

Steve Pressley, Associate Pastorstevep@fbcgso.org / x231

Kim Priddy, Assistant Pastor: Missionskim@fbcgso.org / x295

Virginia Reynolds, Assistant Pastor: Children and Families / virginia@fbcgso.org / x241

Alan Sherouse, Senior Pastoralan@fbcgso.org / x231

Marion Smith, Facilities Supervisor, x243

Doug Vancil, Associate Pastor: Music and Worshipdoug@fbcgso.org / x237

Terri Vancil, Assistant Pastor: Music and Worshipterri@fbcgso.org / x238

www.fbcgso.org // 336.274.32861000 West Friendly Avenue

Greensboro, NC 27401

March Connections Deadline: March 17Email news to kelly@fb cgso.org or bring it to the church offi ce.

March 2014 3 Insight | by Alan Sherouse –Are you moved with compassion?

4 CBFNC 20th Anniversary Celebration and General Assembly

5 Connect through Prayer –Ash Wednesday –“Come to the Table” –One Church - One Book

6 Connect with Missions –Be the Hands and Feet of Christ –FBC Weekday School Consignment Sale

7 Connect with Community Missions –Church Under Th e Bridge Partnership –StepUp Monthly Clothing Collection

8 Connect with Families –#Connect– Parents, Kids, and the Digital Divide –Valentine Banquet 2014 Photos Connect with Children –FBC Bible Drill

9 Connect with Adults –Children’s Library Art Dedication Connect with Business –A Generous Gift –February Church Conference Update –January 2014 Financial Update

10 Connect with One Another

11 March Calendar

12 FBC High School Youth Choir Yard Sale

I will praise thee, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth all thy marvelous works. (Psalm 9.1)

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BY ALAN SHEROUSE

Early in March we will enter the season of Lent. With foreheads marked with ash, we will walk for 40 days (plus Sundays) in that fi gurative wilderness,

remembering that we are dust and to dust we shall return. An introspective season, Lent calls us to refl ect on who we have been and who we are yet to become. It asks us the question of the poet Mary Daly, “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” (from Th e Summer Day). Jesus was asked similar questions in the wilderness. Up from the waters of baptism, before his hair was even dry, Jesus spent some 40 days being tested in the wilderness before his public ministry began. It was here, Frederick Buechner has written, that “Jesus decided what it meant to be Jesus” (from Whistling in the Dark). Aft er his period in the wilderness, Jesus set his face toward Jerusalem and that moment of the story known as his passion or suff ering. But ultimately it was not the passion that defi ned his life, but even more his com-passion. In Latin, the word means “co-suff ering.” Th e story of Jesus is the story of the one who suff ers with. Th roughout Lent, we will focus on this distinctive feature of Jesus’ life and consider our capacity to make such compassion our own. Our Lenten theme is “Moved with Compassion,” recalling those moments throughout the gospels where this phrase appears to describe him. More than looking on us with pity or sympathy, Jesus entered our world and was moved to suff er alongside of us to help us know healing, wholeness, and redemption. He

humbled himself to walk alongside a suff ering world – to welcome their children, sit at table with their outcasts, off er a healing touch and speak a humanizing word. And he follows this path of compassion even as it leads into the city of Jerusalem and beyond it to Golgotha, proclaiming with his death his full identifi cation with a suff ering world. Th roughout Lent we will consider this compassion, refl ecting on what it means for us to take it on in our own lives and in the life of our church. We will celebrate our ministries of compassion, and also ask how we might expand our lives into greater compassion for one another, our community and our world. If Buechner is right, that the wilderness is the time and space in which Jesus decided what it meant to be Jesus, then Lent might just be the time and space for us to decide again

what it means to be us. What does it mean to be First Baptist Greensboro? And what does it mean to be you? What if the enduring quality of our lives was the compassion that marked Jesus’ life? Th e author Nora Gallagher once asked a friend who is a counselor how to love. Her friend said, “If you want to love,

you must enlarge your capacity to suff er.” Th is Lent, if we enlarge our capacity for compassion, we enlarge our capacity to love, and we will emerge from this wilderness bearing much more than foreheads marked with ash, but lives marked with the very compassion of Christ.

Are you moved with compassion?

As we focus on Christ’s compassion for others during Lent, ask yourself, “What ministries of compassion do I serve both locally and globally?” Th e Visual Arts Team is coordinating a communal

project for the season of Lent. You are invited to share the ways that you volunteer in the community. Th e volunteer eff orts can be with faith-based organizations or secular ones. Th e Visual Arts Team wants to know what members of FBC are doing in the community. Th e volunteer eff orts that you share will be transferred in calligraphy onto a visual for our Lenten observance. Team members will be available on Sunday, March 9 and 16 and Wednesday, March 12 to gather your volunteer service. You may also submit your volunteer service online by following the link on the homepage of the website. As part of our Lenten observance, the Visual Arts Team invites you to visit the exhibit, “Moved with Compassion” which will be on display in the gallery hall behind the Sanctuary beginning March 5. Come and carve out some moments for quiet refl ection and meditation.

But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with

compassion for them (Matthew 9.36a)

But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with

compassion for them (Matthew 9.36a)

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SCHEDULEFriday, March 28• 11:00 am - Registration Opens• 11:00 am - Boxed Lunch (pre-purchased by attendees-$8),

Fellowship Hall• 12:15 pm - Welcome and Orientation, Sanctuary• 1:00 pm - Workshop Session 1• 2:15 pm - Workshop Session 2• 3:15 pm - Fellowship Time, Exhibit Hall in Gym• 4:15 pm - Workshop Session 3• 4:45-6:15 pm - Fellowship Dinner, Fellowship Hall• 6:45 pm - Evening Worship featuring musical guest

Ken Medema & Larry Hovis, CBFNC Executive Coordinator, preaching, Sanctuary

• 8:15 pm - 20th Anniversary Celebration, GymSaturday, March 29• 8:30 am - Educational Partners and Friends Breakfast• 9:45 am - Ministry Celebration & Business Session -

Sanctuary• 11:15 am - Ken Medema Concert and Worship, Sanctuary• 12:30 pm - Sending Forth• 12:45 pm - Divinity Student Experience Lunch and

Closing, Cafe in Gym

Register NOW and Join us at the CBFNC 20th Anniversary Celebration and General Assembly!

WORKSHOPS INCLUDE (and many more!)• Youth Ministry from the Outside In• Hands On: Children Construct the Ark of the Covenant• Th e Gospel and the “Nones”• Th e Improvisational Leader• Leading Positive Change• Handling Confl ict in the Church• Connecting with the People Jesus Misses Most• Using New Media to Enhance Bible Study• Hunger: the Greatest Epidemic Facing the World Today

REGISTER NOW TO ATTENDRegistration is FREE and easy using the online registration at www.cbfnc.org - go to the Upcoming Events tab! Th e Registration Link is at the bottom of the page. You may also pay online and pre-purchase Friday’s boxed lunch meal ($8/person) and Friday evening dinner ($10/person - early bird deadline is March 10; regular dinner price is $12/person).

CHILDREN CAN LEARN AND PLAY at the ASSEMBLY!• Children will participate in Bible study and sensory

learning activities through music, games, art and nature walks based on the theme of Prayer.

• Children’s programming is available for children birth-5th grade.

• For our 1st-5th grade children, there will also be a special 20th Anniversary Celebration Party.

• Online registration is required by March 10. Cost is $5 per family.

March 28-29, 2014 – FBC GreensboroAs hosts of the 2014 CBF North Carolina General Assembly, FBC would like to have strong presence of our membership to represent our church at this annual gathering. Th is is the fourth time FBC has served as hosts over CBF-NC’s twenty year history and we are excited to celebrate this anniversary milestone at our church. We encourage you to carve time out of your day to stop by for a workshop that might interest you, to experience worship with our CBF friends from all over North Carolina, and to volunteer your time as a representative of FBC.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDEDWe are in need of smiling faces for the CBF General Assembly! We have a wonderful opportunity for hospitality to the many guests who will visit our campus on March 28th and 29th. If you would be willing to volunteer for registration, greeting, information or parking lot duty please contact Rosemary Kellam at rosemary@fb cgso.org or 274-3286 ext. 225.

Connect through Prayer

A musical in 3 acts featuring composer Ken Medema Sunday, March 30 @ 10:30 am

Ken Medema will join with the Middle School choirs from FBC Greensboro and FBC Asheville, as they perform his musical, Come to the Table. Th is three-act production is based on the parable of the rich householder who throws a lavish party and provides a contemporary look at Jesus and his invitation to the table.

ASH WEDNESDAYMarch 5On Ash Wednesday we will begin our Lenten Season together with some churchwide events for all ages.

Th e Ash Wednesday Fellowship Meal will feature a Pancake Dinner with some of our best pancake “chefs” cooking their favorite recipes for you to eat. Chef K will provide the rest of our meal - scrambled eggs, cheese grits, sausage, and hash browns! Make your reservations with Rosemary Kellam: 274.3286, x225 or www.fb cgso.org/fellowshipmeal Aft erwards join us for the Ash Wednesday service as we begin the 40-day season of Lent together.

March 5 Schedule: 5:15 pm Prayer Book Discussion5:30 pm Pancake Dinner6:30 pm Ash Wednesday Service

Join our prayer emphasis: One Church - One Book!

The following opportunities are open to anyone wishing to be involved in a discussion group on the Foster book. Facilitated discussion groups will be provided throughout March during

9:15 am Sunday School time, Sunday evenings at 6 pm in room 102, and Wednesday evening Adult Access at 6:15 pm in room 108-C. Families with children are encouraged to bring this prayer emphasis into your home. Children will be learning about prayer in small groups on Wednesday nights. FBC’s website will provide a link to a blog for participants to be able to post comments on the book. We also encourage families to focus on prayer through March. Th e following schedule for reading the book is recommended.

Th e week of…March 2: Chapters 1 - 5 March 23: Chapters 14 - 17March 9: Chapters 6 - 9 March 30: Chapters 18 - 21March 16: Chapters 10 - 13

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Our sale will off er Kids’ Spring & Summer Clothing & Shoes, Toys, Bikes, Games, Outdoor Equipment, Books, Maternity Clothing, Nursery Furniture, Bedding, Strollers and more. Returning this Spring, Moms’ Spot! Bring your like new ladies’ clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories. Cash & checks accepted. If you consign only, you will earn 60% of your sales. If you consign and volunteer a minimum of 6 hours, you earn 70% of your sales! Th e remaining profi ts will go to the FBC Weekday School Via Scholarship Fund. As a thank you, you are invited to the preview sale on March 20. Th ere are many opportunities to shop, consign, and volunteer so fi nd out how you can be involved in the Weekday School ministry to our community. Th ere are registration links on the website or email the Consignment Team: www.fb cgso.org/consignment_sale / fb csecondtimearound@gmail.com

Find us on

March 21 & 22, 2013Friday - 9 am - 7 pm

Saturday - 8 am - 1 pm (Half Price Day)

fb csecondtimearound@gmail.comwww.fb cgso.org/consignment_sale

First I want to thank everyone for the warm hospitality extended to me and my family. Th e email messages, phone calls, Facebook messages,

and invitations of welcome have been tremendous. I have a sense that it will not take long before this is home. During my fi rst week at FBC I had the opportunity to watch three women through their ministry, StreetWatch, provide resources, shelter, food and hospitality for our friends that live outside. Th e city opened up the Windsor Recreation Center on Lee Street which proved to be a safe haven from the winter weather and a place for fellowship around movies, basketball games and meals. StreetWatch is a street outreach team that serves those who live outside. Th is is the same organization that FBC extended an invitation to watch the Carolina Panthers

Connect with Missions

playoff football game. Aft er hearing about some of their needs, we sent out an email and many of you responded by making donations of food and water. I ask that you continue to pray for StreetWatch and those in need of permanent housing.

I am excited about the present and future ministry of FBC to be the hands and feet of Christ in our community and the world. I met with the Missions Committee on February 16 and was excited about their zeal to lead FBC in missions. It would be wonderful to have the opportunity to get to know you and hear more of your

thoughts, so I would like to invite you to an informal lunch at Panera on Lawndale Drive on Friday, March 14 at 11:30 am. If you cannot come, I will do it again.

Be the Hands and Feet of ChristBY KIM PRIDDY

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Connect with Community Missions

Church Under Th e Bridge PartnershipBY JOE GARCIA

T wo Sunday School Classes, Connections and A Gathering Community, have combined and are excited to work together in our community with Church Under the Bridge on Saturday, March 22. Church Under Th e Bridge is a non-denominational church held each Saturday evening at 6 pm under the

Eugene Street Bridge on Spring Garden Street (corner of Spring Garden Street and Federal Place). Various churches in the area volunteer each week to provide the meal, music, message and other needs for this congregation comprised mostly of folks who live outside. We had a chance to meet many of these folks at the recently held “Panthers play-off watch party” held in our Café. We would like to off er clothing (adult and children’s), blankets, sleeping bags or mats, and shoes, to those that might be in need during the service on March 22. If you have any of these items for donation, please bring them to room 112 (just inside the door to rear parking lot) or contact Joe Garcia for more information: garc200@triad.rr.com / 587-6220.

StepUp Monthly Clothing Collection Sunday, March 9 in the Atrium “Interview ready” items of clothing and accessories for men and women will be collected. Items needed for men: suits, jackets, slacks, shoes, belts and dress socks. Items needed for women: dresses, suits, jackets, slacks, shoes and accessories (scarves, pins, short necklaces and small earrings). Items should be clean and need no repair. Donation receipts will be available.Information: Shirley Th ompson, 274-9622, dcshirle@bellsouth.net

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Connect with Familes

Connect with Children

How Do You Get the Bible off the Shelf and into Your Child’s Hands?

Even more, how do you get the text off the pages of the Bible and into their hearts and minds? Th rough Bible Drill! Christy Jones and Carolyn Clontz have taken a traditional

program and brought new life and excitement as children learn Bible verses, key passages and the Books of the Bible. Each week they have played games, learned wonderful principles and mastered skills and now they are ready to share from this year’s treasury of truth. Th e Bible Drill team will be sharing with us during the morning worship service on March 9. Th en at 5:30 pm, they will engage in the traditional calls and drills of the Church Bible Drill. In lieu of the Associational or State Drills, the children will be advancing through the three levels here at FBC in the coming weeks. Join us in celebrating and congratulating these young people in their tenacity for learning what the Bible says to them – and to us.

Bible Drill Team:Ginny Barnes, Millicent Childs, Parker Hall, Anna Hartis, Jacob Knight, Liza Lewis, Julia Lyle, Kyleigh Pegram, Maggie Rigsbee, Grayson Smith, Kate Stephens, and Lauren Worsley

#ConnectParents, Kids, and the Digital DivideYou’re invited to join us on Sunday, March 2 in 108Adults: 5 - 6 pmAdults and Kids: 6 - 7:30 pm (snack supper included)

Communication is the key to strong relationships. If your children aren’t yet online and beginning to express themselves on social media, they will be before you know it and you need to be there with them. Sunday night, Dr. Brian Foreman will help us understand the importance of communicating with our kids online and off and will give us some fun and practical ways to know what’s out there so we can connect better across the digital divide. Brian Foreman has spent 20+ years working with congregations and youth ministries. He is a husband, father, professor at Campbell University and Divinity School, backpacker, runner, and Duke hoops junkie, and he looks at the world and can’t ignore that it needs some tweaking before he wants to hand it down to your children or his. Brian is the author of #Connect: Reaching Teens Across the Digital Divide and How to Be #SocialMediaParents.

Valentine Banquet 2014 – Under the Big Top

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February Church Conference UpdateThe monthly Church Conference took place on Sunday aft ernoon, February 9, 2014 in the Fellowship Hall. Church Moderator, Jack Swanson, presided. Th e following actions were taken. (Hard copies available upon request in the church offi ce.)

Alan Tutterow, Chairman, Personnel Committee, made the following motion:

• Motion 1: Upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee and the Deacons, I move that the proposed changes to the First Baptist Church Staff Supervision Chart be approved. Action: Th e motion was approved.

• Motion 2: Upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee and the Deacons, I move that the recommended revisions to the First Baptist Church Basic Job Description Summary be approved. Action: Th e motion was approved.

Connect with Business

January 2014 Financial UpdateReceipts & Distributions Actual Budget Last Year

January Budget Receipts $202,691 $210,552 $199,728January Budget Disbursements $163,364 $147,414 $147,964YTD Diff erential $39,327 $63,138 $51,764

A Generous Gift

The Endowment Trust Committee of First Baptist Church gratefully

acknowledges the receipt of a gift in the amount $109,360.12 to the Capital Asset Endowment Fund from the estate of Carl Rufus Willard. Th is generous donation increases the Capital Asset Endowment Fund to over $300,000, and will assist the church with long-term capital asset needs. Mr. Willard’s gift is an example of “Finishing Well,” and should encourage everyone to follow his example by including the church in our estate plans. Th ere are several fund options within the Endowment Trust. Contact Scott North in the church offi ce or any of the members of your Endowment Trust Committee with questions about wills or estate planning.

Connect with Adults

Adult Access classes continue through March:Wednesday nights, 6:15 - 7:10 pm • Acting on Our Faith

(Meets in 108)•

• Bible Study: Th e Th ree Kings of the Old Testament (Meets in the Chapel)

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• Women’s Book Study (Meets in the Café)

• Prayer Discussion(Meets in 108-C)

Children’s Library Art Dedicated in Honor of Lois Pritchard

Th e dedication of a mural painted by Tyrone Smith in memory of Lois Pritchard took place on February 19 in the Children’s Library.

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March Birthdays1. Nell Beavers, Stephanie Stutts 2. Peter Evenson, Susannah Townes 3. Gavin Cole, Jimmie Foxworth, Jean Fuqua 4. Jack Foxworth, Sara Massey5. Phyllis Abee, Will Barnes, Garland Gordon,

Charles Jones, Tammy Miller 6. Monica Hix, David Ryan7. Madeline Fenn, Ron Hooper, Julianna King, Carl Myatt8. Marie Binder, Deborah Gilliland, Sylvia Hough9. Wade Adkins10. Norma Kibler, Betty Lusk, Dot Sperber 11. Wilma Cox, Cathy Isom 12. No FBC Birthdays 13. Larry Davis, Becky Stanley, Allison Twigg 14. Jeff Austin, Ashley Carter, Sandy Frost, Elaine McCall,

Lindsey Pegram, Nicholas Powell, Jeannie Singley, Ruthie Tutterow

15. Louise Baity, Seth Ryan Macon, Laurie Nipper, Baxter Riddleberger, Vernon Wimberley

16. Alec Carter, Tyler Messick, Tom Townes

If one part suff ers, every part suff ers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it. (1st Corinthians 12:26)

Connect with One Another

Responding to the Invitation

Andrea and Cooper Harrell(on February 9)

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17. No FBC Birthdays 18. Emily Crow, Dwight Fickling 19. Dolly Chesson, Dixon Crews, Lawrence Glisson,

Joseph May, Dorothy Patterson 20. Valerie Wooten 21. Ellen Curlee, Carolyn Grassi, Kristie Phillips,

Stephen Rich, Beau Stephens, Robert Stutts, Ginny Sykes 22. Ruth Howerton, Seth Macon, Leta Robinson, Lib Smith,

Frank Wilson 23. Joyce Beech, Bettie Williams, Melinda Wood 24. Alice Angell, April Pegram, Dee Tanner 25. Andrew Angell 26. Sally Skidmore27. Merle Frazier, David Teague 28. Jerry Th ompson 29. Grayson Absher, Barbara Blowe, Jackie Creed,

Deanna Pegram 30. Bobbie Carter, Lester Nunn, William Petitt,

Kathy Shropshhire 31. Edith Edmonds, Marty Sheets, Megan Webb,

Judyth White, Seth Wilson

Welcome New Baby!Matthew Lucas SiBorn: January 16Proud Parents: Elizabeth Ann and Lloyd SiProud FBC Grandmother: Shannon Frazier

College BirthdaysStephanie Stutts 3/12506 Gracewood DriveGreensboro, NC 27408

Baxter Riddleberger 3/154400 North Danby Castle RoadGreensboro, NC 27407-6432lbriddle@uncg.edu

Emily Crow 3/182230 Granville Towers SouthChapel Hill, NC 27514ecrow@live.unc.edu

Dixon Crews 3/1916319 Sullivan Hall, Raleigh, NC 27607dixon.crews@gmail.com

Grayson Absher 3/29PO Box 6511, 1834 Wake Forest RoadWinston-Salem, NC 27109gbabsher@gmail.com

Seth Wilson 3/31Aspyre at Assembly1000 Whaley Street, Apt. 2118Columbia, SC 29201wilsonps@email.sc.edu

Bereaved • Delmas Bearden in the loss of

his brother, George Bearden, on January 27

• Barbara Brock, Virginia Reynolds, and Kathy Simmons in the loss of their daughter and sister, Karen Brock Ramalho, on February 1

• Rachel Shackelford on the loss of her brother, Edgar Hartgrove, on February 4

• Jean Canter in the loss of her brother-in-law, Jim Ogden, on February 7

• Th e family of Dot Hellen, on February 8

• Th e family of Evelyn Anderson, on February 13

Alison Barnes(on February 22)

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Key: •Adults •All Ages •Children •Seniors •Weekday School •Worship •Youth

Regular Weekly Schedule

Sunday AM @FBC• Bible Study - 9:15 am• Worship - 10:30 am•Guest Reception - 11:45 am (209)

Sunday PM @FBC•Youth Bells I & II, 4 pm• Children’s Bells, 5 pm• Children’s Bible Drill, 6 pm• Youth: MS Discipleship & HS Choir, 5 pm• Youth Snack Supper• Youth: MS Choir & HS Discipleship, 6 pm• Prayer Discussion, 6 pm• Adult Bells I, 6 pm• Sanctuary Choir, 7 pm• Instrumental Ensemble

(3rd Sundays), 7 pm

Wednesdays@FBC•Fellowship Meal - Dinner is served between 5-6:30 pm•Kids’ Access - 6 pm•Youth Forum - 6:15 pm•Adult Access Classes - 6:15 pm• Sanctuary Choir - 7:15 pm

•Sunday, March 2 – #Connect– Parents, Kids, and the Digital Divide. 5 - 7:30 pm, 108. (See page 8)

•Monday, March 3 – PrimeTime. 9 am-Lunch.•Wednesday, March 5 – Ash Wednesday. Prayer Book Discussion, 5:15 pm, 102; Pancake Dinner, 5:30 pm, 108; Ash Wednesday Service, 6:30 pm, Sanctuary (See page 5)

•Sunday, March 9 – Community Lunch followed by Church Conference. 12 noon, Fellowship Hall

•Sunday, March 9 – Bible Drill. 5:30 pm, (See page 8)•Friday, March 14 – Informal Lunch with Kim Priddy. 11:30 am, Panera, Lawndale Drive. (See page 6) •March 21 - 22 – FBC Weekday School Second Time Around Consignment Sale. Friday: 9 am-7 pm, Saturday: 8 am-1 pm, Gym (See page 6)•Saturday, March 22 – Church Under Th e Bridge. 6 pm. (See page 7)

•March 28 - 29 – CBFNC 20th Anniversary Celebration and General Assembly. FBC Greensboro (See page 4)• Sunday, March 30 – Come to the Table. 10:30 am, Sanctuary (See page 5)

March Fellowship Meals Wednesdays, 5-6:30 pm

• 5: Ash Wednesday - Pancake Dinner includes Scrambled Eggs, Cheese Grits, Sausage, and Hash Browns

• 12: Chicken Portofi no, Orzo Pasta, Broccoli Spears, and Salad Bar // Kids: Chicken Fingers

• 19: Pork Loin, Stewed Apples, Mac & Cheese, and Salad Bar //Kids: Hot Dog

• 26: Fried Fish, Baked Potato, Cole Slaw, and Salad Bar//Kids: Fish Stix

Daylight savings time begins March 9Turn your clocks ahead one hour when you go to bed Saturday night, March 8.

See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. (Matt. 6.28)

Looking Ahead to April• Saturday, April 5: High School

Youth Yard Sale, 7 am, FBC Gym • Sunday, April 6: Spring Celebration

and Egg Hunt, 3-5 pm• Monday, April 7: PrimeTime,

9 am - 1 pm• Saturday, April 12: High School

Youth Leave for Romania• Sunday, April 13: Palm Sunday• April 13-20: Holy Week• Sunday, April 20: Easter Sunday• Monday, April 21: Church Offi ces

Closed - Easter Monday• Monday, April 21: High School

Youth Return from Romania

First Baptist Church Greensboro1000 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27401www.fb cgso.org

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• Decorative household items (lamps, paintings, throw pillows, etc.)

• Pictures/Picture Frames• Whimsy...anything!

• Jewelry• Accessories (belts, scarves,

headbands, purses, and gloves)• Designer Clothing

• Electronics• Books, DVDs, CDs

• Games, Toys (with all parts included)• Luggage/Backpacks

• Coats (all sizes)• Tools (small electric & hand)• Sports/Exercise Equipment

• Kitchen Items (dishes, pots & pans)• Bedding (sheet sets, comforters,

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Here is your chance to empty your attic and make room in your closets and garages! Invite your friends and neighbors! Bring all items you wish to donate to the FBC Gym from March 2 thru April 2. Please make sure the items are in working condition and gently used (not torn, dirty, and disgusting!) Donations can be dropped off to one of our team members Sunday and Wednesday evenings from 5 - 8 pm at the FBC Gym.