Zoar Baptist Church Dr. Danny West, Interim Pastor (dwest@gardner-webb.edu)

Vickie Whitfield, Interim Worship Leader (vhwhitfield@gmail.com) Brittnye Lee, Minister of Children/Youth (Brittnye@zoarchurch.com)

Lyn Carroll, Accompanist (lhcarroll62@gmail.com)

Janice Rudisail, Administrative Assistant (Janice@zoarchurch.com)

Please make yourself at home and we hope that you will join us again! We welcome you to worship this morning, we are glad that you’re here! Our vision at Zoar is “To see our church and community transformed as we become more like Jesus Christ and lead others to Him.” We hope that you find the worship service to be meaningful, spirit-led, and reflective of this vision. If you are visiting with us this morning, please take a moment and complete a C.A.R.E. card and drop it in the offering plate

Zoar Baptist Church March 1, 2020

Morning Worship 10:00 a.m.

Prelude Call to Worship “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” #8

Invocation Danny West Announcements and Fellowship Danny West Choir Anthem “The Voice of Truth” Adult Choir

Soloist: Alliston Jenkins Offertory Hymn “Have Faith in God” #405 Offertory Prayer Danny West Offertory John Carroll Message “Kingdom Focus: Disciplined for God” Danny West

Luke 4: 1-13

Hymn of Invitation “Only Trust Him” #317 Benediction Danny West Postlude ________________________________________________________________________

Today’s Greeters: FLC — Dianne Whisnant Church — Melody Gamble Next Sunday: FLC — Derrell Hollifield Church — Nina Willis

TODAY: Billy & Sherry Blanton Next Sunday: Lynn & Eddie Winecoff CHILDRENS’ VOLUNTEERS:

Today: Donna & Melody (Tucker) Wednesday: Martha & Rhonda Next Sunday: Kristin & Brinson (Josh) Next Wednesday: Matt & Brittnye

LAST WEEKS RECORD (February 23)

Sunday School Attendance: 93 Tithes & Offerings: $3,423.00

Weekly Needs: $4,686.33 UNDER BUDGET for the Week: $1,263.33

Children’s Church—downstairs For children preschool—5th grade

Volunteers are needed to help with Children’s Activities on Wednesday nights and with Children’s Church on Sunday mornings. See Brittnye if you are willing to help.

Janice NEEDS bulletin information NO LATER THAN 9:00

am on Thursday mornings!

Children's Easter Skit Rehearsal Schedule

Sunday, March 8th @ 3:00

Sunday, March 22nd @ 3:00

HOMEBOUND MEMBERS Peggy Allen, Yancey Ellis, Peggy McSwain, Steve Carroll—Call or email the church office if you would like their addresses

MEMBERS

Debbie Dover Rachel Oakes, fell Tommy Willis, home Jeanette Bonner Roger Ware, hand surgery Tommy Dover, lung cancer Clyde Humphries, surgery on Friday Victoria Espinoza, Brenda Cooper’s daughter Andrew Ledford Bea Meacham Nancy Brewer, home Mike Webber, home awaiting tests Dan Jolly, Jr., recovering at home Brinda Lewis, prayers for family Ramon Espinoza Joe Dean & Jeanette Estep, continued health concerns Dick Poston John Tesseneer Marlene Willis Pastor Search Committee *Worship Leader Search Committee

FRIENDS AND RELATIVES John Smith, Wesley’s dad, hospitalized in Charlotte Matt Lee’s mother, Kay Urfer Lee-Clary family Carrie Upshaw, daughter of Steve and Joanne Smith Laurie Klum. Eddie Winecoff’s niece families of our military personnel Martin Burklow, Danny’s father-in-law Debbie Gill, Rhonda Newton’s sister-in-law, cancer David Oaks, surgery Kayla Condrey, Debbie Dover’s great-niece, ongoing stomach issues, tests being run Peggy Hulick, cancer Caitlyn Condrey, tumor April McKenzie, Sonya Conner, CT scan for stomach issues Edith Early, medical issues Carol Condrey, fell and tore ACL and meniscus and will require surgery Kami Weaver, moved to top of transplant list Vicky Moon, Kentucky Jan & David Tucker Harry Cantrell Alex Carroll Sawyer Raines, grandson of Amelia & Dick Poston and son of Juleigh & Matthew Raines; Stage 1 NEC (intestinal disease) Madeline Parker, Kim Tesseneer’s sister’s mother–in-law Lynn Hamrick, home from Hospice Elizabeth Coffey Mandy Hollifield, daughter-in-law of Eckels & Sybil, cancer is in remission Francis Bradley, nursing home Judy Davidson, niece of John & Ray McSwain Vicki White Matthew Parks

*DENOTES RECENT UPDATES

(Please keep Danny or Janice updated about the names on this list.)

On March 12, at 6:00 pm we plan to go see the

Carolina Quartet at the Neal Center. This is the

rescheduled date.

On March 20, Seniors will have a soup and hotdog

dinner in the FLC.

MONDAY—FRIDAY

8:00 AM — 12:00 NOON

ASSOCIATIONAL FOOD NEEDS Spaghetti Sauce, Spaghetti Noodles,

Peanut Butter, Cereal, Macaroni & Cheese, Canned Meat, Toilet Paper, soap, shampoo, Toothpaste, Clothes Detergent **diapers**

Bibles Needed Harvest Seeds Ministry is collecting Bibles to send around

the world. A testimony from Ghana states that members in

their churches do not have the financial means to purchase

Bibles. Harvest Seeds Ministry will repair and rebind used

Bibles. If you have new or used Bibles that you can donate,

please place them in the collection box in the hall of the

main church

Send a card to: Stephen Alexis Carroll, 1540328 Caldwell Correctional Center 480 Pleasant Hill Road Lenoir, NC 28645

SAVE THE DATE! APRIL 25, 2020 —If you have any ideas for projects, see a member of the Missions Committee: Eddie Winecoff, Mickey & Paulette Bradley, Billy & Sher-ry Blanton, Tommy Dover, Brian Mellon, Martha Led-ford, Brittnye Lee

Daylight Savings Time begins on Sunday March 8. Don’t

forget to move your clocks ahead one hour before you go

to bed Saturday night.

The Neal Senior Center offers free tax preparation. You

have to go there to pickup intake forms and make an ap-

pointment.

Missions Update - “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on

earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and

steal…. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew

6:19-21

Mission Project Highlight this week!

Hearts for Hospice – We will be supporting Hospice again this year with their Hearts for

Hospice project. If want to remember or honor someone, you can purchase a heart for a

$1. You will find the hearts in your Sunday School class. We will have a display of all the

hearts somewhere in the church! If questions, please see Martha or a member of the Mis-

sion Action Committee.

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Ongoing Mission Projects:

OIAM – Operation In As Much day is coming quickly! If you have an idea for a project in the

community, please let one of the mission action team members know. More info will be

coming!!

Feeding GWU Baseball team – We will be sharing breakfast and lunch with the GWU base-

ball team on March 9th. If you would like to be part of this project, please let Eddie know.

Hannah & David Mora Missionaries to Honduras – David and Hannah and the country of

Honduras continue to need our prayers and support! If you or your class would like to stay

in contact with them or be a part of their ministry, please email missions@zoarchurch.com

or contact the church office.

Back-Pack ministry - The children of our community need you. Please help Brittnye with

this important ministry! If you can help her, please let her know ASAP! Please contact her

or email brittnye@zoarchurch.com

Shelby Middle School Support – We will continue our monthly snacks for the teachers and

staff at SMS. If you would like to help with this project please see, Sherry Blanton or Donna

White or email missions@zoarchurch.com!

Food Pantry – Thank you again to everyone who has donated to our food closet!! We still

need to continue restocking. Please see the needs list in the bulletin. Please contact the

church office or a member of the Missions Team for more information or email mis-

sions@zoarchurch.com

SOCKS! Project - Please consider donating NEW socks and underwear in one of the tubs in

the FLC or at the trophy case in the main building. These will be used in the clothing closet

and shelters…

Clothes Closet –- Please put all donations in trash bags and leave them in the clothes clos-

et. We can now meet needs anytime by appointment. Please contact the a member of

the Upper Room if you know of a need for clothes.

Womens Shelter Feeding – 1st Sunday each month – Upper Room Project – Need: Prayer

Handreach – If you know of a person or family that might need some help with repairs,

cleaning or yard work, please let Martha know or email missions@zoarchurch.com

Give to GCCBA thru Amazon – You now have the opportunity to make a contribution to

the GCCBA every time you make a purchase through Amazon at NO cost to you! We may

offer other suggestions as we go along but for now if you shop on amazon do it like this

www.smile.amazon/GCCBA . If you would like more info, please see Eddie or email mis-

sions@zoarchurch.com. Thanks!

Other Mission Projects:

LunchTime Uptown Feeding – Need - Prayer – See the Lydia Class

Mission Action Team – Eddie Winecoff, Mickey & Paulette Bradley, Billy & Sherry

Blanton, Brittnye Lee, Brian Mellon, and Tommy Dover. If you know of or are a part of

any mission activity at the church, please let us know. You can also email us at mis-

sions@zoarchurch.com

Worship Opportunities for this Week

Sunday: 8:30am—The Gathering (Breakfast) - FLC 9:00am—Sunday School—FLC and Main Building 10:00am—Worship—Sanctuary

Wednesday: 7:00pm — Bible Study with Dr. West; Children, Youth 7:45pm — Choir Rehearsal

Zoar Baptist Church 1740 S. Lafayette Street

Shelby, NC 28152

704-482-4151 www.zoarchurch.com

Our Vision is … To see our Church & Community TRANSFORMED as we become more like JESUS CHRIST and lead

others to Him.

Sunday, March 1, 2020