1. family and parenting
2. children

April 2015 Volume 2, Issue 4
Locust Hill Baptist Church
Message from the Pastor
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“He is not here; for He is risen, as He said.” These words from the angel
in Matthew 28:6 forever changed history. News spread quickly that Jesus
Christ had defeated death. Sin would not have the last word. Disease
would not have the last word. Satan would not have the last word. God
would have the last word through the death, burial, and victorious
resurrection of His Son and our King! I hope that you will come and
worship Sunday April 5 at 10:45 as we celebrate a Living Savior.
It is an exciting time at Locust Hill. This month, we will welcome 3 new
members to our staff leadership team. We look forward to see how God is going to use this new team for His glory! We
have also launched our new church website. Please visit us online at www.locusthillchurch.org.
I encourage you to continue in our Journey Through the New Testament. In March, we completed the Four
Gospels. Now would be a great time to jump in if you have gotten behind and begin fresh in the book of Acts. Let’s
continue to live out our theme verse for 2015 from Acts 4:31 – “When they had prayed, the place where they were
assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with
boldness.” As a church family, let’s continue to dig into the life-changing Word of God, let’s stay on our knees before
the Lord, let’s continue having times of weekly family worship, and let’s look with anticipation at how God is going to
use us for the glory of His Name!
April New Testament Reading Plan
Date
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wed.
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Apr. 5-11
Easter
Acts 1-2
Acts 3
Acts 4
Acts 5
Acts 6
Acts 7
Apr. 12-18
Acts 8
Acts 9
Acts 10
Acts 11-12
Acts 13
Acts 14
Acts 15
Apr. 19-22
Acts 16
Acts 17-18
Acts 19
Acts 20
Acts 21
Acts 22
Acts 23
Apr. 26-May
2
Acts 24-25
Romans 12
Romans 34
Romans 56
Romans 78
Romans 9-10
Romans 1112
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I am very excited about working with the student ministry at LHBC and consider it both an honor and a privilege to do so.
I desire that this ministry be a PURPOSE DRIVEN youth ministry that focuses on 5 key areas: evangelism, worship, fellowship, discipleship, & ministry/missions. I strongly believe in the statement “what you draw them with is what you draw them to.”
I believe in drawing the students with God’s Word- the ONLY thing that has the power to change lives.
Julie Cannon 
Join us on Wednesday Nights @ 6:30 pm as we focus on Developing Habits that will have a lasting impact:
April 1st: Accountability
April 8th: Planting God's Word in Your Life
April 15th: Involving Yourself in the Church
April 22nd: Money, Tithing, God and Me
April 29th: Studying Scripture
COMING SOON will be a May through August calendar of events. I hope that students will join us for fellowships, mission
projects, and Bible Study all summer long as we seek to grow closer together and most importantly closer to Christ.
Easter and Spring are here!
Let’s show God how thankful we are for His great sacrifice and amazing love by making this the year that we put Christ
“First” in our families at Locust Hill. The world thinks we should put ourselves and our OWN pleasures first. Let’s show our
community “What Christian Parenting” is and how “Christ First Families” live.
Is it just bringing them to church for a few hours on Sunday and Wednesday nights?
Nothing could be more wrong! It has a different motive, a different goal, and the good Lord willing- a different outcome.
4 Distinctive Marks of Christian Parenting:
1.Christian parents seek to model the gospel. Deuteronomy 6:4-9
2.Christian parents value and protect the sanctity of Christian marriage
3.Christian parents see their children as blessings
4.Christian parents desire that Jesus captivate their children’s hearts
*One question we must wrestle with is, “How much of Christ do we want to see our children possess?”
*Enough to lead them to an obscure mission field?
*Enough to compel them to give all they possess to the needy and the forgotten?
*Enough of Christ to have a boldness that some might consider fanatical or that might lead to persecution?
Christ isn’t calling our children and us to an easy belief that affects a small part of our lives. He calls us to pick up our cross and follow him (Matthew
16:24), being completely consumed by Him.
Let’s make Easter 2015 a day that we start making Christ the most important part of our families lives here at Locust Hill not just today but every day from now
on!
Mark Your Calender
April 12 – 6:00 PM – Children’s Choir, first 20 minutes of Ga’s and Ra’s
April 19 – 4:00 PM - VBS Volunteer Training - Youth Room
May 1 – 11 AM–9 PM - Cool Mama’s Ice Cream, Main Street Travelers Rest – Fundraiser for Children’s Summer Camps
May 20 – AWANA Award Night
May 27 – 6:30 PM - Church Wide OMC (Organized Mass Chaos) Summer Kickoff
June 14-18 – Vacation Bible School – 6:30-9:00 PM
July 6-9 – Day Camp – Completed K5- 2nd grades – 9 AM – 2 PM - $60 per student for meals/fieldtrips
July 20-24 - CentriKid Camp @ Gardner Webb University – Registered students only
Katina Riley – Children’s Ministry Coordinator
Email: [email protected]
Cell: 864-979-5512 Home: 864-895-3364
“Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these,” Luke 18:16b
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Jordan Mission Group
Tuesday, April 14th, 7:00 pm. At the home of
Linda Shelnutt, 108 Wedge Way, T. Rest, SC
Birthdays
01 Jimmy Epting, Dale Leppard
Senior Adults
on their way to
the Anderson
Caldwell Mission Group
(note date and place change)
Monday, April 13th, 7:00 pm at the home of
Mendy Smith, 52 Fowler Rd., Taylors, SC
Follies.
The Seniors will not have a regular meeting
in April. We will be traveling to Myrtle
Beach for the Senior Follies.
Men’s Bible Study
Tues. April 21st, 6:30 pm at the home of
Bob Trentham,
Missionary Kids
We are hosting a NGU Missionary
Kid (MK)
Breakfast on Sunday, April 26th at 9:15 am.
As part of this event, we want to give each
student an exam care package as they
prepare for finals.
Items needed: small packs of coffee,
bottled water, chocolate candy,
granola/cereal bars, chap stick, pens, index
cards, etc…. Please see Julie Cannon or
Allen McWhite with questions and/or to
donate items.
03 Chris Styles
04 Ashley Styles
05 Gene Best, Les Hodge,
Betty Pannell
06 B. J. Foster, Joe Hayes, Jr.,
Apryl Rochester, Scott Tucker
07 Nooni Ana Hawkins, James Fox,
Pat Ray
08 Linda Shelnutt
09 Brandon Howell
11 Madison Harris
12 Joy Frady
15 Joe Bishop, Jim Hudson,
Linda Marques, Bryce Roddey
16 Kate Rinehart, Leanne Wall
17 Anita (AJ) Pruitt, Campbell
Williams
Birth Announcements
Baby Dedication, Sunday, May 10th.
Lindsey Sue Hovland,
Born 2/25/15.
Parents are Trenton and Bekah Hovland.
Grandparents Bruce and Vivian Hovland and
Rick and Sue Petrone.
Nathan William McWhite
Birth date: February 3, 2015
Parents: Jonathan and Aimee McWhite
Grandparents: James and Connie Lane
Alan and Ruth McWhite
Please notify the church office if you would
like to participate in this special event for
your child.
864-895-1771
William Calhoun Chastain
Born 2/21/ 2015
Parents: Shaun and Katie Fox Chastain
Grandparents: James and Melissa Fox
Kevin & Dorothy Foster
Gabriella Lilliana Foster
Born 1/15/15
Grandparents –Bobby and Donna Foster, Stan and Lila
Puzio
BJ & Valerie Foster
Alyssa Brooke Foster
Born 3/10/15
Grandparents – Bobby and Donna Foster, Jim and
Maureen Forth
BAPTISM— Sunday, April 5th
We will observe the ordinance of Baptism
on Easter Sunday. If you have made a
Profession of Faith and would like to be
baptized, please notify the church office .
Kennedy Cecelia Stephens
Birth Date: 1/27/2015
Parents: Robert and Danielle Stephens
Grandparents: Dale and Tina Leppard
18 Geneva Huff
20 Tyler Cannon, Alex Hudson,
Don Lancaster
21 Audri Grace Bechtel
23 Kathy Shirley, William
Westmoreland
24 Chris Budove, Lauren Wilbanks
25 Estelle Barnett, Kim Huff,
Bob Trentham
28 Scott Trentham
29 Tami Massey, John Pruitt
30 Ruthie Cannon, Gary Frazier
Anniversaries
03 Mr. and Mrs. John Bedford
06 Mr. and Mrs. Jack Norton
08 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Cannon
18 Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Dunlap
30 Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Shealy
WMU Missions for April
Heart of Hannah donations:
Travel size toiletry items, toothpaste,
toothbrush, soap and other personal
items.
On your own: Remember our Financial Secretary, Cheryl Alexander and
the Interim Adm. Assistant, Carolyn
Lancaster. April 22nd. is
Administrative Professionals Day.
Return Service Requested
NONPROFIT ORG.
U.S. Postage
PAID
P.O. Box 759
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
PERMIT # 1371
GREENVILLE SC
Welcome New Members
John, Anita (AJ) and Danielle Pruitt
101 Chestnut Mtn. Rd.
Travelers Rest, SC 29690
864-641-8364
Lin and Le Anna Bradley
Micah, Levi and Judson
(Mission Field)
Attention all Locust Hill Leaders
(this was previously scheduled in March)
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
6:00 pm
TRBA Mission Center
4305 Locust Hill Road, Taylors, SC
Guest Speaker: Shane Alexander "How to Be an Ambassador for Christ"
Chili Cook Off: To enter your Chili call (864)834-9635.
Frank Murphy would like to see a large number of men
and boys attending this fun event. Let him know if you
plan to attend. Call 864-246-4412
This is an incredible opportunity
to go to a new level as a church
leader and be refreshed and revitalized spiritually. This Spiritual
Leadership Conference is open
to all church leaders including
deacons, staff, Sunday School
teachers, and other leaders. The Conference is made possible
through the TRBA, and will be held at Berea FBC May 29-30.
The cost is only $15 per person. Register online at
www.threeriversba.org.
Dr. Don Wilton - Pastor at First Baptist
Church, Spartanburg will be preaching at
Locust Hill on Sunday May 31 at 6:00 p.m.
to close out our Journey through the New
Testament Series. Make plans now to
attend!