We will be focusing on the ministries of the Greene County Baptist Association and receiving donations for the annual Jim Joslin Missions Offering. The Association offering goal is $25,000 and the NHBC goal is $1,000. The Association staff will be utilizing 50% of the offering in support of the Jerusalem Project, a church planting vision to have 120 churches established in the county association by the year 2020. The remainder of the offering will be utilized for international missions, the Guadalajara partnership and evangelism projects. Please note "Joslin" on your offering envelope.

Thanks to the church family for your amazing support of the food and supplies drive for the association's Grand Oak Mission pantry during the month of April. The mission staff reports that assistance requests continue to increase and our gifts are much appreciated.

Women on Mission will meet on Tuesday, May 8 at 9:30 a.m. in the fellowship room with a coffee and light snack to start the morning. Hostesses are Barbara Fisher and Mary Jones. The speakers for this meeting will be some of our church mission team who went to Taipei, Taiwan earlier this year. While there they worked with university students. The meeting will include a visual presentation as well as sharing of experiences. Their presentation will begin shortly after 11:00. This program was postponed from the April schedule.

After the program, the group will be assembling Mother's Day baskets for the women of our near-by Villa Marie Apartment Complex. Women are reminded to bring your gift items for the baskets. Women on Mission will meet on Tuesday, May 22 at 10:00 in the fellowship hall with President Judy Divine presiding. The women will discuss mission emphases/projects for the summer months. The program will be presented by Sara, mother and mission worker, who is stateside for a short time of rest and mission meetings. She and her husband Jacob work with university students in Taiwan.

A carry-in covered dish lunch will be served at the noon hour. Men and women of the church are invited to attend the program and share the time of fellowship. 

Deacons invited to dinner May 19

All active and emeritus Deacons are invited to bring your wives to an appreciation dinner in the church fellowship hall on Saturday, May 19, at 7:00 p.m. We will enjoy a special meal catered by Chef James Clary of Bistro Market, followed by a musical program presented by Alex Huff and Friends.

You can make reservations in the church office or at our regular meeting May 6. Please make reservations no later than Sunday, May 13. Cost is $12 per person, payable with your reservation. Make plans now to join us for this very special evening.

 Women -- join us for a great new 7-week Bible Study by Jennifer Rothschild. Blind since the age of 15, she will show us how God has taught her to see that living a life based on faith focuses on those things that are eternal. The study began Wednesday, April 25, and it is not too late to join the group. They meet at 10 a.m. in room 301. Questions? Call the church office at 833-4111.

Special catered dinner with music provided by Joshua Roberts at the piano. This is our final meeting of the season and childcare will not be provided for this evening.