Weekly Newsletter 3/29-4/5

FBC Marysville Weekly Newsletter

Announcements:

- Good Friday Gathering 4/3 @6pm: Come and reflect on the Cross with our family!

- Easter Sunday Gathering 4/5 @11am: Celebrate Christ's resurrection and what His death, burial, and resurrection mean for us.

- Church Work Day 4/11 @10am: Help serve our family by cleaning, organizing, and making our building a place that honors God.

Start Here Class 4/12 After 11am Gathering: Our Start Here classes serve as an opportunity for new folks to get to know our elders, how our church functions, and what we believe. We use this time to discuss the importance of meaningful church membership and what that looks like biblically.

Prayer Requests:

- Russ and Betty Williams: Continue to lift up Russ and Betty, two faithful members of our family who are dealing with health issues. Betty has undergone a trial surgery for her back, and Russ continues to heal from his abdominal complications.

- Marry Ann Caldwell: Pray for Mary Ann, a beloved family member who has undergone surgery. Pray for fast healing and rehabilitation.

- Pray for opportunities to invite people to Good Friday and Easter gatherings.

- Pray that the message of the resurrection which will be proclaimed this weekend, Lord willing, would fall on fertile soil leading to the salvation of many souls.

Weekly Devotion From the Gospel of Matthew:

This week is Holy Week, which means we will spend the week as a church family reflecting on the final week of Jesus' earthly ministry. That being said, instead of one devotional study focused on one particular aspect of a brief text, this week we would like to encourage you to do a bit more reading. Below, I have outlined the what and the why of the task at hand...

The what of the task:

- Throughout this Holy Week, read from Matthew 21 through to the end of the book in order to follow our Lord through the end of His earthly ministry. 

The why of the task:

- In these 7 short chapters, God has given us the opportunity to watch His gospel plan for our redemption unfold. Chapter 21 begins with Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem. Then, what followed Jesus' arrival in the city would be a series of events where Jesus is referencing, working towards, and preparing for the cross where He would be crushed for our sin. You will read how Jesus was truly killed, truly buried, and truly resurrected, accomplishing for us the defeat of sin and death in order that by God's grace and by faith in Jesus and His work alone, we can be saved. 

Anthony Lampron, Pastor