From the Pastor:

Written on Monday, April 6th

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What a great week, starting with Palm Sunday and ending with

Easter Sunday. Lots of activities throughout the church which made me

proud to be your pastor. The presentation of the Living Last Supper was

amazing. This was the first time I’ve ever seen this live. My hat goes off

to all that took part, from the actors and singers to all the people behind

the scene.

During the play, each apostle questioned whether they would be

the one that would betray Jesus. They all knew that they were susceptible

to this by being merely human. They all knew they could be the one to

fail. And as the story goes… this got me thinking….

A few years ago, I was talking to someone about Celebrate

Recovery. This is a Christian based ministry where addicts of any kind,

from eating to drugs, can go and be supported to stay off the addiction.

This person told me that the first step to recovery though is recognition.

Until you can recognize that you are an addict, you cannot recover.

This is the same with the apostles at the last supper. I feel that maybe

Jesus did it this way so each and every apostle will first recognize that

they are sinners too. Just like you and me. We need to recognize that we

are sinners daily. We need Jesus, but we could never be any better than the

next person because we fail just as much. Sure it may be different, but we

still sin.

My prayer is we recognize daily our sins. We ask for forgiveness

for those sins, so we too can begin recovery. And don’t forget…. JESUS

IS ALIVE!!!

Love You All In Christ, Bro. Nick _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Golden Living to Honor Volunteers

The Golden Living Center will honor all volunteers with a fish fry on Saturday, April 18 at 2:00 PM. If you plan to attend please call the church office by noon on Monday, April 13. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

GREAT AWAKENING REVIVAL April 26 - 29, 2014

Kings Mountain Community Center

Evangelist Chuck McAlister Sponsored by Lincoln County Baptist Association

and other participating churches of Lincoln County

MISSION TRIP FUNDRAISERS

The Puerto Rico and Haiti mission teams are grateful for your continued support. Last week's yard sale brought in $1,080! The Puerto Rico team will have a cookout at Wal-Mart Friday and Saturday, April 10 & 11. Stanford Baptist is responsible for hamburger & hotdog buns and desserts. If you can help with either of these please call or text Johanna @ 606-669-5505 or call Linda at the church office. On Monday, April 13 Stanford Pizza Hut will donate 20% of their sales to our teams. You will need to fill out a form at the register. Hope 53 will host a BBQ dinner and dessert and item auction on Saturday, April 18 at Moreland Christian Church. Dinner will be served at 5:00 PM and the auction begins at 6:30. Profits from this event will benefit the Haiti mission team and their work there.

Operation Christmas Child The Greatest Journey Pray that the millions of children participating in The Greatest Journey discipleship program would have a clear understanding of what a relationship with Christ means. Pray likewise that they discover how to share what they have learned and experienced with others. Continuing Shoebox Distributions Pray that the remaining shoeboxes arrive quickly and safely and for God to work in the hearts of the millions of children who are learning about Jesus in The Greatest Journey discipleship program.

April items are soap and washcloths.

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Ladies Spring Bible Study Begins Next Week “What Love Is” by Kelly Minter

Tuesday mornings, 10:00-11:45 in the CLC lobby beginning April 14 or Thursday evenings, 6:00-7:45 in the sanctuary beginning April 16.

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Thanks to all who came out to help with the Denims & Darlin's

Dance. It was a great success! We had 11 Denims (Dads) and 17

Darlin's. Looking forward to hosting it again next year. Be

praying!

The Children's Committee would like to thank all who helped with

the Easter Eggstravaganza. There were 48 children and 28 adults

in attendance. We couldn't have done it without your help!

The Upward Sports training session will be held on Sunday, April 12 immediately following the morning worship service. It will last about one hour. If you feel led to assist in this great ministry please plan to attend. For more info contact Shawn Ingram @ 606-669-0021 or Mike

Tracy @ 859-324-0298.

D-NOW Weekend April 17 -18

Calvary Hill Baptist Church

"Imitator" Choosing to Follow God

Basketball Tournament

May 2 Stanford Baptist Church Christian Life Center

Ages 16+ 3 person teams with 1 sub

Bracket Selection/Shoot Around 7:30am Games will start at 8:00am

Early Bird Registration by May 1st $50.00/team

Last Minute Registration 7:00-7:15am $65.00

Register/Info by phone: 606-365-2178 (Shawn or Linda) Registration forms available at Stanford Baptist or by request.

Mail completed forms to: Stanford Baptist Church 204 Church Street, Stanford, KY 40484

All profits from this event will be given to mission work in Haiti and Puerto Rico

Musically Speaking

Stuart Underwood, Minister of Music

Thanks to the Adult Choir for two great anthems last Sunday. It was great to have George Munday with us for a beautiful offertory of a medley on the cross. This Sunday Becky and Laura Lee will be playing the offertory. The Adult Choir will be presenting the offertory. The Adult Choir will be presenting a fast paced anthem "There's Only One Well". Have a great week! Stuart

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Student Salute

Jon Morris Megan Yocum UTC CPO 1786 126A Boling Apts. 101 Chestnut Street P.O. Box 18011 Berea, KY 40404 Chattanooga, TN 37403 yocumm@berea.edu dnr229@mocs.utc.edu Christian Poynter Tyler Phillips 105 Sunset Drive P.O. Box 117 Hustonville, KY 40437 Stanford, KY 40484 christianpoynter5@gmail.com david_phillips55@mymail.eku.edu Trace Goodwin Chance Bender 1012 Blackwell Court 3482 Lansdowne Drive Apt. 2 Apt. #126 Richmond, KY 40475 Lexington, KY 40517 michael_goodwin9@mymail.eku.edu chance.bender@uky.edu

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Help Needed to Move the Manzie's In

We are in need of help to do some minor cleaning at the house for Bro. Nick and Jessica on Monday, April 13 beginning around 5pm. We will also need help on Saturday, April 18 to help unload the moving trucks for them. If you are willing to help, please contact Mike Tracy @ (859)324-0298.

SERVING THIS WEEK

Lady Greeter Deacon Greeters JoAnn Miracle Troy Maddox, Steve Howerton, & Donnie Sutherland

Children's Church Van Driver

Chris & Missy Whitis Paul Playforth

Nursery Workers Deacons of the Week

AM: Paula Smith & Patsy Playforth Troy Maddox (606-669-2442) PM: Patricia Smith Donnie Sutherland (606-282-3599)

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PRAYER LIST George Bertram Ruth Ryan

Mary Ann Blair Helen Russell

Brenda Bottoms Donna Sheron

Jimmy Brown Lee Speaks

Mildred Burchell Suzie Stafford

Gary Burton Kerrington Stamper

Eugenia Carpenter Joe & Norma States

Darlene Cave James Tate

Patty Coontz Jim Thompson

Michael Coulter Marge Toombs

Howard Disney Joshua Zinkievich

Brack Duncan & family (mission trip) Hope 53 Haiti mission trip

Roy Emerson Puerto Rico mission trip

Russell & Gwen Gastineau Bereavement

Paul Greer Lloyd Brummett family

Joe Hildabrand Bruce Chaney family

Linda & Bob Hollifield John Upchurch family

Bill Holloway Remember Our Shut-ins

Terry Holt Grace Blanton

Mark Hoskins Glen Davis

Debbie Howell Edith James

Jane Ann Howerton Marjorie Gooch

Ashley Johnson Pauline Shearer

Chuck Jones Leon Tyson

Kaitlin Kirkpatrick's friend/family Golden Living Center

Bro. Nick Manzie & family Billie Sue Cornelius

Doug May Mildred Goodwin

Melissa Napier Lancaster Christian Care

Haylee Olds Wilda Sweeney

Phyllis Padgett Military

Anne Nita Rankin Josh Bastin

Shelby Reed (lady from W-burg) Jared Johnson

Dorothy Robbins Samantha & Josh Zinkievich

The Pathfinder

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY STANFORD BAPTIST CHURCH

Phone (606) 365-2178

Vol. 19 No. 14 ____ April 10 , 2015

Sunday, April 12

11:00 AM Message by Shawn Ingram "Can I Get a Witness?"

6:00 PM Message by Mike Tracy "Five Things to Expect from a Praying Church" (Acts 2:22-33)

Upward Sports Training 12:30 PM Church Council 4:00 PM

Deacons Meeting 7:00 PM

Tuesday, April 14:

Baptist Women Meeting, 4:00, Christian Life Center BYW Meeting, 7:00 PM, Rita Maddox's home Wednesday, April 15: Church Business Meeting

Honoring Katelyn Brogle and Jake Johnson 2:00 - 3:30 PM, Christian Life Center

Our Goal: $8,000

Received: $10,140