Mid-Week Informer J A N U A R Y 2 5 , 2 0 1 7

From Your Pastor Complacency in Your Marriage?

When I get home in the evenings I like to take off my dress clothes and put on my comfortable pants and maybe some slippers. Most of us like to be comfortable. Some-times we get comfortable and complacent in our relationships (especially our marriages). In Pre-Marital Counseling we talk about things such as roles and responsibilities of the husband and wife, communicating, resolving conflict, finances and budgeting, parenting and spiritual growth. We want people to be prepared for marriage with the realization that a good marriage takes a lot of work. After looking at Marital Faithfulness in Malachi 2 this past Sunday, I have been trying to examine my own marriage. I think my greatest struggle is in the area of communica-tions. I am an introvert and I have to push myself to talk. If Jenny and I are sitting in the living room watching TV, reading a book, or doing something else, I feel like every-thing is good because we are together. But Jenny likes to communicate. She likes to know what is going on in my life, at church, and she likes to share what is going on in her life. Over the years I have gotten slightly better at listening but still have a lot of shortcomings in the area of communicating. I decided to go back and look at the section called “Communicating within Marriage” in my Pre-Marital Counsel-ing. I realized I needed a review. There are lots of Scrip-tures that deal with how we communicate with one another. Proverbs 18:21 tells us that we have the power of death and life in our tongues. We can use our tongues to tear down or build up. Ephesians 4:15 reminds us to “speak the truth in love.” James 1:19 tells us to be “quick to listen.” Colossians 4:6 says to “let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt.” Needless to say, I’ve got some work to do. Are there areas in your marriage or relationships that could use a little work? As we journey through Malachi, now might be a good time for some evaluation! Bro. Harold

A C O M M U N I T Y O F

G R A C E T H A T I S

G R O W I N G & G O I N G

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S :

JANUARY

Collecting cans for Gar-

rard Food Pantry & GAP

FEBRUARY

Celebration of Marriage

Feb. 12th at 5:30 pm

REACH—Thursday, Jan. 19th 6:00—8:30 FLC Upward

FAMILY LIFE CENTER WALKING

Monday – Friday (7:42 – 10:02 AM)

ANNOUNCEMENTS

CELEBRATION OF MARRIAGE BANQUET: On Sun., Feb. 12th at 5:30 PM we will have a celebration of marriage banquet. Sign up now. The cost is $25 per person.

FOOD COLLECTION: We are collecting food for our local food pantries and GAP in the month of January. We will have a Souper Bowl day of giving on February 5th.

MISSIONS TRAINING: We will offer a new 6-week study during Sunday School starting January 29th at 9:00 AM. This study is called “Helping Without Hurting in Short-term Missions” and would be beneficial for any-body wanting to go on a mission trip in the future. Chervens are leading.

NIGHT OF PRAISE: We will have a night of praise Sunday, Jan. 29th at 5:00 PM with singing, praises, and a devotional. All are invit-ed to participate.

MATERIALS REQUESTED: This year LBC turns 175 years old and we are making plans to have a celebration in July. Linda Rudolph would love to have any old pictures or memorabilia to use for the cel-ebration. If you have any of these materials, please put your name on them and give them to Linda (in a envelope). Thanks!

MARRIAGE RETREAT 2017: March 10-12 in Pigeon Forge, TN with Buck Run Baptist and Dr. Herschel York. The cost is $285 per cou-ple. Register by going to: http://www.buckrun.org/event/marriageretreat/ .

REACH CHANGE: During January and February we will target our Up-ward practices for outreach and will meet a different evening each week to reach out to different parents during practices. Join us in the FLC next Friday evening (Jan. 27

th) anytime from 6:00-8:30.

ALASKA MISSION TRIP: Michael Anderson is leading a mission trip to Alaska July 16-23.

GUATEMALA MISSION TRIP: Bob and Carmen Miniard will be leading a mission trip to Guatemala July 29-Aug. 4th. Shelia Taylor will be coor-dinating the trip (Miniards are in Florida) and having a meeting on Sun-day, January 29th after the AM service.

RIGHTNOW MEDIA: Resources from over 150 leading Christian pub-lishers will be available. See Bro. Stephen for details.

SUNDAY PM STUDY OF MALACHI: We are going through Malachi in small groups on Sunday evenings at 5:00 PM. We have a class in the Youth Room and Choir Room.

VALENTINE BANQUET FOR WIDOWS/WIDOWERS: Feb. 14th at 9:00 AM.

LADIES OF FAITH: Ladies SS class are taking donations to help buy place tickets for Claudia and girls to visit her family.

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Visit:

www.tellyourstory.today

DVDs & CDs: We have DVDs & CDs available for our Sun-day services. Please see Chris Woolums (sound ar-ea) if you would like one (free). Donations welcomed.

In All Things By Prayer...

Memory Verses: Submit yourselves therefore to God. Re-sist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sin-ners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Paul Abney

Blanche Ballard

Sue Ballard

Ronnie Barnes

Lynn Bateman

Melvin Bottom

Pat Brown

Kaleigh Burkhart

J.O. Burkhead

Bud Byrd

Jerry Carrier

Brianna Cherven

Leah Cherven

Joyce Clark

Sally Jo Clark

Levi Clontz

Susan Conley

Rosa Cranfill

Kristine Caudill

Gladys Dailey

Lloyd Dailey

Laikin Day

Ruth Dean

Charles Denton

Jo Denton

Jeanne Dobbins

Mike Durham

Stephanie Elam

Mark Fields

Jimmy Flynn

Jim France

Rosetta France

Arthur Gaffney, Jr.

Zachary Gay

Jean Goins

Barbara Hackney

Barb Hall

Jeanne Hall

Leland Hall

Marsha Hodge

Misty Horton

Ryan Hunt

Carolyn Hunt

Cheryl Johnson

Linda Jones

Julia Kay

Donna Kendall

KY Choice Treatment

Mandy Lynch

Carl Kidwell

Bill Lamb

Jean Land

Molly Lanham

Theo Long

Doris Lucas

Landan Maynard

Lindsay Meadors

Joyce Meadows

Verity Morrow

Cline Mullins

Betty Jean Pass

George Peek

Amber Rankin

Sheridan Ratliff

Adriana Rodriguez

Lisa Logan Rogers

Dave Ruda

Jane Sammons

Amos Sharp

Kathy Shelton

David Simpson

Virginia Simpson

Danny Smith

Derek Smith

Pam Smith

Tyler Stratton

Andy Sutton

Mike Sutton

Pauletta Teater Priscilla Tudor Sky Tudor Bill Vanderpool Tonia Warren Lucy Wayne Flonnie Whitaker Billy Williams

Charlotte Winter

HOMEBOUND Jewell Callis Lois Carrier (CCC) Nellie Cole JoAnn Grow Allene (Peg) Dollins Juanita Gullett Della Meadows (CCC) Anna Meadows Tina Montgomery (CCC) Marie Naylor Dorothy Shockley (CCC)

Katherine Sowder

Our Church

Bro. Harold & family

Bro. Stephen & family

Bro. Nehemiah & family

Bro. Ken & family

Chervens

Amanda Hubler

Our Deacons

SS Teachers

Church leaders

New believers

Chervens

CJ & Adam—Clear Creek

Community

County Judge (Wilson)

City Mayor (Davis)

Representative (Shell)

Police/Sheriff

Fire/EMS

Schools

Lost

Nation

President (Trump)

Governor (Bevins)

Legislatures

Armed Forces

Missionaries

Persecuted Christians

Spiritual Awakening

M I D - W E E K I N F O R M E R

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Please contact Della Hall at 859.548.9250 to add or update prayer list or serve as

Prayer Warrior.

Prayer Warrior

Stacy May

Sun., January 29, 2017

201 Richmond Street Lancaster, KY 40444 Phone: 859-792-2781

E-mail: lbc@lanbaptist.org

LanBaptist.org

Services are broadcast live on our Facebook page and on 105.1 FM.

Ministerial Staff:

Senior Pastor: Harold Best Worship Pastor: Nehemiah Wilkinson Youth Pastor: Stephen Brogli

www.lanbaptist.org

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2017 Missions: We will likely be having mission trips to Alaska (July 16-23), Guatemala (July 29-Aug 4), and Haiti (July –15). If you are inter-ested in any of these mission trips please let the Mission Team know.