718 East 9th Street

Mountain Home, AR 72653

870-425-3689

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Dr. Paul Mathenia 2

Greeters/Deacons 2

Bro. Richard Crawford 3

Children’s Ministry 4

Student Ministry 5

Church Ministries 6

W.O.M/Library 6

Birthdays 7

New Members 7

Member News 8

Bring any old/new coats that will be given to people in

need. Donation boxes are located by the office and in

Hensley. For questions, contact

Adrienne Blackwell @ 405-2313.

Mother - Daughter Banquet May 3rd at 5:30pm

“Make your own fashion show” Please bring a salad

May 2016

Volume 33, Number 5

EAST SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH www.esbcmh.com MOUNTAIN HOME, AR

Happy Mother’s Day 2016

Proverbs 31:25-30

She is clothed with strength and dignity, she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue.

She watches over the affairs of her household

and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed;

her husband also, and he praises her: “Many women do noble things, but you surpass them all.”

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;

but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

Paul Mathenia - Executive Pastor

MAY GREETERS 8:00AM 10:30AM Darrel & Amy Lanning Kelly Hosman

Stephanie Mathenia Joyce Hudson

Ron & Helen Gammil

Welcome Center Greeters for May Darryl & Amy Lanning

Carl & Jean Albright

Parking Lot Greeters for May

Adrienne Blackwell

05/01 05/22 Wes Ramsey Josh King Ross Halsted Mitch Jines

05/08 05/29 Perry Sheeks Kyle McCarn Jack Hickman Joe Long

05/15 Mendel Hughes Junior Hood

Deacons for May

JESUS IS PRAYING FOR EAST SIDE BAPTIST CHURCH One of the greatest truths found in God’s Word is that Jesus is currently praying for His children who are still on this earth. This fact should not be taken lightly. Jesus does not pray for everybody! Listen to His words in John 17:9 ESV, “I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.” Jesus cares about every born again member of East Side Baptist Church, and he specifically prays for us in John 17, the prayer of our great High Priest.

He prays that we will be kept and guarded as long as we are in this world (vv. 11-12), and that is why He says with confidence, “not one of them has been lost” (v. 12). He prays that we will be filled with His joy (vv. 13-14) and protected from the evil one (v. 15). Jesus also prays for our sanctification by His word in the midst of a fallen world that does not know Him, so He sends us out with the truth of that word so others might believe and be saved (vv. 16-18). Jesus prays for us to be one with Him and the Father and one another so that we can demonstrate His glory here on earth and fully experience His glory in heaven (vv. 20-24).

Be encouraged! The Lord of heaven and earth has not forgotten His church. He knows where we are, what we are experiencing, and how He can work through His body to magnify His glory! Thank Him, praise Him, exalt Him, and trust Him! Let us pray for one another as Jesus prayed for us!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!

Bro. Terry Bostick from the Arkansas Baptist State Convention will be with us on Sunday, May 1, to preach in both services in the morning. On Sunday night at 6:00 PM, Terry will also make a presentation of the Intentional Interim process recommended by our state convention. This meeting is to inform the church about the process and to help us decide if this is the direction God would have us go. Therefore, following the presentation, there will be a discussion time of questions and answers.

Following the presentation, our church will be called to prayer for the next two weeks and then come together on Sunday morning, May 15, to vote on the proposal of the Intentional Interim for ESBC. The vote will be at the end of both services that morning.

WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY HOUR, 6:00 PM IN THE HENSLEY BUILDING This month we will be completing the Small Group Study based on the prayers of the apostle Paul called Praying with Paul. It has been a wonderful study and very helpful for increasing one’s consistency and effective in prayer. It is not too late to join us on Wednesday nights in the month of May.

At the completion of this study, we will have some more individual group studies from which you can choose. Watch the bulletin on Sunday mornings for additional announcements concerning the summer classes to be offered.

In Christ, Dr. Paul Mathenia Executive Pastor paul@esbcmh.com

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Birthdays

May 2016

Sunday

8:00 a.m.

Worship Service

9:15 a.m.

Bible Study

10:30 a.m.

Worship Service

6:00 p.m.

Evening Service

Tuesday

9:00 a.m.

CD Ministry

Wednesday

6:00 p.m.

Children’s Activities

6:00 p.m.

Student Ministry

6:00 p.m.

Adult Discipleship Hour

7:45 p.m.

Adult Choir Practice

Thursday

9-11:30 a.m.

Benevolence Ministry

new members No New Members from April

Chris Brown

Carl Albright Ronald Brooks Rebekah Cruse Joshua Hyde Paula Thitoff

Anna Marcum Stacie Mooney

Bob Rife Jeanna Tarlton

Shannon Bassham Patti Bell

Joshua Odegard Kodie Paul

Dennis Rogers

Nathan Koehn Gayla Tate

Latoya Thompson

Deborah Bowers Megan Garrison

Ron Hladun Madison Miller

Sydney Goettler Miste Manchester

Sara Tolleson

Karen Adams Lara Case

Jimmy Deviney Addi Persenaire

Jeremy Stephens Don White

Addison Blackwell Terry Sanders Alesha Smith

Jacob Bruggeman Melody Hyde

Teresa Bruggeman Scot Graham Kyle Stephens

Sierra Dawley Sheila Reynolds

Janet Levendusky Gabriel Rogers Shayla Wells

Wendy Begley Stephanie Mathenia

Kenny Sanders Tony Trotter Terry Watson

LaDell LaRue Dale Moreland

Carol Vann Christine Willett

Annaleece Enloe Payton Enloe April Webb

Shane Williams

Gracyn Goodwin Betty Morris Aspen Sharp

Staci Thrasher Ryan Vann

Ima Jean Amick

Keith Henley Austin Lovell

Margaret Van Schaik Don Banter

Jeannine Capps Janice Carruthers

Carl Gray Michele Linehan

Stone Ramsey Allison Carpenter

Katie Crull Staci Smith

Alice Grissom Harvey Jones

Curt Bowers Sara Kerr

Anita Treat

Alla Looney Ethan Odegard Rebekah Rowe Meredith Tyree

Jordan Conrad Janice Crawford Nancy Harwell Lois Rempert

Debra Potter

A special note of thanks to those who visited, sent food & cards, called,

and supported us as we said goodbye to a great man.

Heartfelt thanks,

The Don Hodges family

Library Happenings

Women on Missions

Church Ministries

Monday

7:30PM at Long Chiro. ● Leader: Joe Long

Tuesday

7:30PM at NCB ● Leader: Wes Ramsey

Wednesday

11:45AM ● Hensley

Leader: Jason Chamberlin

Thursday

7:30PM at NCB ● Leader: Darrell Lanning

7:30PM at NCB ● Leader: Josh King

G.R.O.W. is an outreach ministry of our church.

Since the beginning of 2016, we sent 687 cards, made 30 house visits, 19 phone calls, and had 30 prayer warriors praying for all the ministries of the church. This was accomplished with a volunteer base of 190 people stretched over a 4-month period.

We have 4 different teams that provide the manpower to make this happen. Each team meets one week a month.

Interested in joining a G.R.O.W. team? Call the church office @ 425-3689

April was a busy month for the Women on Missions.

We heard a presentation on the Christian Women’s Job

Corps (CWJC). This program provides bible study, job

skills and life skills to women who need a fresh start.

When the old Rollins Hospital, in Gassville, is fully

renovated the CWJC will be housed there along with the

White River Baptist Association offices. A one hundred

dollar donation was made to the program. Also in April the

Women on Missions provided dinner for the workers at the

Christian Clinic prior to their seeing patients.

The May meeting will be held at the home of Joyce

Staiger on May 19th. This will be the final meeting this

Spring and is our annual salad supper. Come join us, bring

your favorite salad and help plan the activities and

programs for next year.

Since the first of the year, the Library ministry team

processed and shelved 149 new books, CD’s, and

DVD’s. We offer many thanks to those who donated

books and blessed the church members through the

Library. No matter your interests, you should find a

fiction book that will appeal to you. Non-fiction books

include Bible dictionaries, concordances, and

commentaries, devotionals, and help for living a

Christian life. New books on witnessing are on the

shelves as well as biographies of missionaries. Come in

and investigate the Library in Hensley 09.

Saturday, May 14th

4:00pm

Nellie Cooper Building

$30 per team (pay the day of tournament)

Double Elimination Tournament

Sign up sheets at the Resource Table and the gymnasium

For questions contact Ryan Butler.

Richard Crawford - Missions

Game Night - May 5th, Hensley Fellowship Hall 6pm

Mother’s Day - May 8th

Moses, Sight and Sound Theatre - May 20th

Lunch ‘N Learn - May 28th

Dear All:

Janice and I would like to once again thank you for allowing us to make the move to the church parsonage. We feel so blessed to be a part of East Side and each one of you has enriched our lives so much.

Can you believe that Summer is almost upon us? And with Summer, many of our families will be traveling across the country to visit family and friends. But before you go don’t forget to take advantage of some upcoming activities. On May 20, we are going to Branson to see the Sight and Sound production of “Moses”. In recent years there have been several movies depicting Hollywood’s version of Moses and the Exodus story. I hope you will join us and experience the real story.

On May 2nd-8th, East Side is sending a 7 person team to Hope Rising Children’s Home in Leogone, Haiti. Please remember them in prayer. Haiti is a very dark and hopeless place that is so in need of the light of Jesus’ love. Pray that God will use them and keep them safe.

As you travel, fish, hike, kayak and cookout please don’t forget to ask the Lord to show you ways you can share Christ with others.

With much Love, Brother Richard

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May Flowers

Bro. Richard

Kathy Meadows - Children’s Minister

Join us for our

Annual Dessert Auction

May 22nd Immediately following the Church-wide Fish Fry

June 6-10

Vacation Bible School

Monday—Friday

6pm — 8:50pm

Kid’s Spring

Choir Program

May 1, 2016

Both 8am &10:30 am

services

We are collecting ALUMINUM CANS to help raise money for Kid’s Camp! Please drop off your ALUMINUM SODA CANS in a sturdy bag in our “can bin” located beside our storage shed in

our field on the east side of the sanctuary.

*Only soda cans are to be collected*

Pancake Sunday

May 29th

During Sunday School

Preschool — 6th grade

Student Ministry

ALL GROW

May 15th 6:00pm Hensley