Issue # 3

THE MESSENGER
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MEET OUR STAFF
Office Hours
If you do not receive your newsletter in a timely manner, please mention this to your mail carrier. Mon. —Thur. 9:00am—2:00pm

Rev. Daniel Tilley

Pastor
grbcpastor@gmail.com

Rev. Nick McLamb

Youth Minister
grbcstudents@gmail.com

Norman Stallings
Music Minister
NStallate@aol.com
We will be serving the Lord’s Supper on
Donna Hess
Sunda y, Ma rch 8 th a s our PM Service. Financial Secretary
grbcfinsec@gmail.com
Plea se come and parta ke of this rite as we
obse rve communion. JP Price
Secretary
grbcsecretary@gmail.com

We are still collecting food to he lp stock

Worship Times:
Week of March 1:
Deacon of the Week: Paul Sprouse
Sunday School—Side door: Stuart Herndon
Babies-2yr.: Judi Goss
the Ya tes Food Pa ntry. The re are buckets
Sunday:
First Impressions: Virginia Llewellyn, Travis Williams 3-5 yr.: Jill Wallace, Paulette Baker pla ce d around the church for the se 9:45am:
Sunday School Greeter: Pastor Dan & Sunday Evening: June Cole
Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks Wednesday Evening: Donna Hess, Anne Andrews dona tions. Sunday School
Sunday School - Side door: Russell Hoffman 11:00am:
Babies-2yr: Annette Faries, June Cole Week of March 22: Morning Service
3-5 yr.: Donna Hess, Anne Andrews Deacon of the Week: Sam Hess
Sunday Evening.: Jill Wallace First Impressions: Virginia Llewellyn, Vickie Alford 6:00pm
Wednesday Evening: Donna Hess, Anne Andrews Sunday School Greeter: Pastor Dan & Bible Study
Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks Youth Activities
Week of March 8: Sunday School - Side door: Russell Hoffman
Deacon of the Week: James Woods Babies-2yr.: Joanna Russell, Dot Rogers Wednesday:
First Impressions: Virginia Llewellyn, Trey Williams 3-5 yr.: Pat Conway 6:15pm
Sunday School Greeter: Leo Young & Sunday Evening: Judi Goss Prayer Meeting
Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks Wednesday Evening: Joanna Russell, Pat Sumner Children’s Discipleship
Sunday School - Side door: Jim Alford 7:10pm
Babies-2yr: Carol Brooks, Jill Wallace Week of March 29: Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
3-5 yr.: Joanna Russell Deacon of the Week: Tyler Rigsbee
Sunday Evening: No Nursery First Impressions: Virginia Llewellyn, Jim Alford
Wednesday Evening: Pat Sumner, Joanna Russell Sunday School Greeter: Leo Young &
Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks
Week of March 15: Sunday School - Side door: Jim Alford
3102 Guess Road
Deacon of the Week: Mike Cole Babies-2yr: Annette Faries, June Cole Durham, NC 27705
First Impressions: Virginia Llewellyn, Juanita Woodall 3-5 yr.: Donna Hess, Anne Andrews Phone: 919-477-4893
Sunday School Greeter: Paul Sprouse & Sunday Evening: No Service Fax: 919-479-3034
Margaret Smith, Carol Brooks Wednesday Evening: Donna Hess, Anne Andrews www.guessroadbaptist.org
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Sarah Alford Bobby McFarling

Bill Coghill Hilda Tillman
Lellon Bryant Kay Hill
Annie Lou Andrews Howard Hill
Greta Powell Ted Lassiter
Curtis Adcock Geneva Colvard
Tommy Hatch Ruth Clark
Please pray for our shut-ins and let Claudia Cannon Mabel Laws
them know we are thinking of them! Betty Lambert Sarah Hill
Letters of encouragement can be Howard Taylor Robyn Mitchell
sent to: Nello Raynor, Jr. (Bunny)

Doris Hawley
1311 Durlain Dr. 101
Raleigh, NC 27614

God is good all the time………...

……...all the time God is good!

2nd - Hilda Tillman There are several things going on that requires members being involved. Deliv-
11th - Mike Cole ery of batteries is March 7th, and we need participants to get that done. So many
MEMBERS WHO HAVE LOST LOVED
13th - Howard Mullens times we forget about the batteries in our smoke detectors and they will usually start
ONES RECENTLTY:
15th - Judi Goss beeping. That's a sure sign that it needs a new battery now. Showing up at the front
20th - Peggy Adcock THE FAMILY OF ELEANOR CASH door is another reminder that they need to check on it. The main purpose for this
21st - Sam Watkins March 5th activity is to let the community know that this body of believers cares about them
25th - Barbara Hart Bess & Norman Crumpler and want to spend eternity with them. All of us can help in some way. You may just
28th - Jill Wallace need to buy some batteries and come at 10:00 AM on the 7th to deliver the batteries.

Easter is April 12th with a Sunrise service planned. On Palm Sunday, April 5th, the Choir will present "No
Cross, No Crown". I hope you will plan to come and support your choir for this. They are putting a lot of
effort into this presentation hoping you will see afresh and anew just what a loving Savior we have, and
how He gave Himself for us, that we could spend eternity with Him. No greater love has ever been or ever
could be demonstrated than how He showed that love to us.

I regret that we didn't reach our goal of $7,000 for our Lottie Moon offering. We gave a little over $6,000
which was good for our congregation. It's just that when we set a goal we love to meet it. Then we have
another event that requires money. Sometimes it becomes more than some of us can do. We want the
batteries to reach people and to let them know we are here and we care. The Annie Armstrong offering
is coming real soon and we will be setting a goal for that offering as well.

Have a good month and know that you are loved. Remember to support your church every week and
Daylight Savings Time invite someone.

On March 8th don’t for- Love in Christ,

get to turn your clocks
ahead! Norman

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It's March already. Is that not crazy? We just celebrated Christmas! We

CHURCH CALENDAR
are now in one of the best months of year - MARCH! Why is it one of the
best? It's March Madness for college basketball! Soon the ball will be
tipped for the ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament. Obviously, I'm
cheering for Duke, if you know me at all.

While March Madness is taking place on the court, off the court here at GRBC, we are do-
ing March Mission Madness! Our student's lessons each Sunday night will be taking place
with a mission in mind, as later this month we'll be doing Sole Hope, a mission event
where we collect denim to form into the outline of a shoe for kids in another country. We're Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
also doing mission minded lessons, with our battery distribution event this month as well.
March Mission Madness is beginning March 1st, and we are SO EXCITED to see what it
brings here to our group.
1 AM reg. svc. 2 7:00pm 3 9:00am 4 6:15pm 5 6 7
Our summer dinner theater is coming soon as well! Tickets will be available soon! 5:00pm— Men’s Prayer Prayer Mtg.
Evangelism Trng. Time 7:10pm Choir
Rev. Nick McLamb - Sign up
PM reg. svc &
Youth Pastor
youth
Guess Road Baptist Church
www.GuessRoadBaptist.org
Psalm 62:2 8 AM reg. svc. 9 10 9:00am 11 6:15pm 12 13 14
5:00pm— Men’s Prayer Time Prayer Mtg.
Deacon’s Mtg 10:00am— 7:10pm Choir &
Women’s Mission-
“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. ary Mtg.—Sign up
To Him be glory both now and forever!" 2 Peter 3:18 6:00pm—
Communion

Soon it will be time to plant seeds in our gardens. I was telling Russell the other day that I need to get my
15 AM reg. svc 16 17 9:00am 18 6:15pm 19 20 21
planting beds ready. . Men’s Prayer Time 19
God is getting them prepared with all the rain, and I need to mulch and fertilize them. One of my favorite things to do is garden-
PM reg. svc &
ing. Whether its vegetables or flowers. It’s fun to see how something can start out as a little seed then grow into a beautiful flower
youth 7:10pm Choir
or something wonderful to eat. 7:10pm—Choir

Growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord is a beautiful and wonderful thing too. When we do so we are equipped to plant
seeds in those who don't know Him. We have been studying about God's favor in our meetings; ways to enjoy His favor such as 23 24 9:00am— 25 6:15pm 26 27 28
22 AM reg.
praying, studying His word, living a righteous life. That's how we grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior. Just as Men’s Prayer Prayer Mtg.
svc.
we tend to our gardens by watering and fertilizing them we must also tend to our hearts. Our last lesson on God's favor will fea- 710pm—Choir
ture six blessings we receive from God.
PM reg. svc. &
I am exploring some new ministry ideas for our mission projects that will give us the opportunity to share and plant the seeds of youth
the gospel. Please pray for God's guidance in helping me choose the right ministries for us. I'm open to suggestions if you feel
the Lord leading you to a specific need. I have been singing "Marching to Zion”, an old hymn, for the last few days. The first verse 29 AM reg. 30 31 9:00am
says, "Come we that love the Lord and let our joys be known; join in a song with sweet accord...”. If we love the Lord, we should svc. Men’s Prayer Time
take every opportunity to share Him with others. Next meeting March 10th at 10:00.am.
NO PM
Operation Christian Child Shoebox Ministry
Please continue to pray for this ministry. Over 10 million boxes were sent globally this past year. Ten million opportunities to
share 5th—11:00am—Cantata—No PM Svc
Jesus. 6th—7:00pm—Men’s Bible Study
8th—7:10pm—Finance Mtg.
Growing together 10th—Office Closed
12th—7:30am—Sunrise Svc.—- 8:00am—Breakfast—No 11:00AM Svc., No PM Svc.
13th—Office Closed
Ann 14th—10:00am—Women’s Missionary Mtg.
15th—6:15pm—Business Mtg.
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ear Church Family,

If you will remember back in 2019 we began two outreach programs in

order to help us fulfill the Great Commission of God. First, we began
“Whose Your One?” where we choose a person to pray for and strive to develop a relation-
Saturday, March 7th @ ship with. The point of choosing this person, praying for this person, and developing a re-
10:00am we will be dis- lationship with this person was to lead them to Christ. Secondly, we began “Invitation
tributing the 9-volt bat- Sunday” where on the fourth Sunday of each month we would make the concerted effort to
teries that have been invite a family member, a friend, and/or a complete stranger to church. There again the
collected. We will be
taking these batteries to
whole idea of “Invitation Sunday” like “Whose Your One?” is to help bring people to Jesus.
our local neighbors. Let us not forget these opportunities to reach out for Christ rather let us seize these
Please make an effort to
come and take part. opportunities to help the lost meet Jesus personally. In Matthew 9: 37 Jesus says, “The
This is an outreach ef- harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.” We are the “laborers” thus “let us not
fort to introduce our be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” (Galatians 6: 9)
Lord to the lost souls in
our surrounding communi- Hopefully we all know that we have dubbed 2020 “The Year of Revival,” a time in
ty. which we are seeking God to revive us personally and collectively. To this end please
mark your calendar for May 1st – 3rd, 2020 for our first mini-revival. Peter McDonald will
be our guest speaker in May and each night we will have special focuses. Leading up to
our revival meetings we will have two special times of prayer. On Thursday, April 2, 2020

January Facts & Figures at 7pm Mr. James and Mrs. Rose Woods will host a time of prayer. Thursday, April 23,
2020 at 2pm Mr. Howard and Mrs. Bonnie Mullens will host a time of prayer. I encourage
you to begin praying now for our revival services that God will turn them into true revival.
Also, please make every effort to attend each of these prayer meetings leading up to reviv-
al, as God truly hears and responds to His people’s prayers!
Attendance 5-Jan 12-Jan 19-Jan 26-Jan

Sunday School 65 63 49 53
Lastly, let me remind you about our community outreach event on Saturday, March
7th at 10 am. This is when we will be passing out 9 volt batteries in our neighborhood.
AM Worship 81 81 62 79 The object of this outreach is to show our community that we care about them and to open
up opportunities to share Jesus with them. Please help us collect batteries throughout
Stewardship February and please plan to help us distribute them on Saturday, March 7th at
10:00am.am.
Weekly Budget Needs 7,079.96 7,080.04 7,080.04 7,080.04

Budget Receipts 6,229.17 7,356.75 3,233.00 4,530.19 It is my prayer that God will bless you personally and bless us collectively throughout
Lottie Moon 620.00 1,200.00 130.00 237.00
2020 with a great revival!
Mem/Desg. 45.00 0.00 125.00 115.00 For Christ Glory Alone,
Other Receipts 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pastor Dan
YTD Budget Needs 7,079.96 14,160.00 21,240.04 28,320.08

YTD Budget Receipts 6,229.17 13,585.92 16,818.92 21,349.11

Rev. Daniel G. Tilley
YTD over/under Budget (850.79) (574.08) (4,421.12) (6,970.97)

YTD Lottie Moon Offering 620.00 1,820.00 1,950.00 2,187.00

YTD Designated/Mem $45.00 45.00 170.00 285.00

YTD Other Receipts 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

YTD Total Receipts 6,894.17 15,450.92 18,938.92 23,821.11