Monthly Report

April Report

Baptisms 22
Average Worship Attendance 1064
Average Bible Community Attendance 718

Ministry Offerings Received $129,446.16
Ministry Offerings Goal $152,770.08
Difference ($23,323.92)

Build on the Rock $26,775.35
Debt Retirement $1,020.00

Daily Scripture

31 He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.

Proverbs 14:31

Daily Scripture

"If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."

Romans 12:20

Daily Scripture

3 They received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to carry out the work of constructing the sanctuary. And the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning. 4 So all the skilled craftsmen who were doing all the work on the sanctuary left their work 5 and said to Moses, "The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD commanded to be done."
6 Then Moses gave an order and they sent this word throughout the camp: "No man or woman is to make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary." And so the people were restrained from bringing more, 7 because what they already had was more than enough to do all the work.

Exodus 36:3-7

Potential

"Focus on your potential instead of your limitations." ~ Alan Loy McGinnis

Daily Scripture

Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
Galatians 6:10

Daily Scripture

For six years you are to sow your fields and harvest the crops, but during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what they leave. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.
Exodus 23:10,11

Free Stuff!

Did "Free" get your attention? Most of us like to receive free stuff. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of freebies in life. Groups such as freecycle are located around the country. They serve as an exchange board for all the stuff people no longer want or need.

The concept is pretty simple. Once you join a group, you can see the items others have and no longer want and you can post items you have and want to get rid of. Members of the group then contact each other and make the exchange.

Besides being able to get these items for free, you are also preventing many items from being thrown into the trash when they are still useful. This is good stewardship.

Sumter does have a local group which is quite active. Freecycle is just one of the organizations out there. If you do not have a freecycle group in your area, start one or search for a similar group and sign up. You will save some money, keep trash out of the landfill and be a good steward in the process.

This link will take you to an article on Yahoo! for more details:
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/149/the-thrill-of-shopping-without-the-bill.html

Daily Scripture

"Will a man rob God? Yet you rob me." But you ask, 'How do we rob you?' "In tithes and offerings. You are under a curse—the whole nation of you—because you are robbing me."

Malachi 3:8,9

Daily Scripture

Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this," says the LORD Almighty, "and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that you will not have room enough for it.
Malachi 3:10

Daily Scripture

and Azariah the chief priest, from the family of Zadok, answered, "Since the people began to bring their contributions to the temple of the LORD, we have had enough to eat and plenty to spare, because the LORD has blessed his people, and this great amount is left over.
2 Chronicles 31:10

Daily Scripture

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
Matthew 6:21

Daily Scripture

In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
Acts 20:35

Daily Scripture

Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.

Psalm 73:25

Construction Updates

The electrical inspection on the Student Building is complete and the sheet rock is being hung today. If things continue to move along smoothly, Nathan and the students are hoping to paint next weekend.

Daily Scripture

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

1 Timothy 6:6

Student Building Update

Construction is moving along well in the Student Building. This morning the electrical inspection is being done. Once that passes, the sheet rockers will be able to move in and begin hanging the walls. The expected move in date is two weeks away.

Your Giving Does Make A Difference

Alice Drive Baptist Church exists to help as many people as possible take their next step towards Jesus Christ.

We do this by helping them:

Know Jesus - This past Sunday 6 people took their next step toward Jesus by being baptized.

Know Community - On April 20 a new adult Bible Community class is being started at 9:45.

Grow Character - Several groups meet throughout the week to lift up the church and others in prayer.

Go Share - In February a group of seven ladies went on mission to Africa and another group is going this summer.

These are but a few examples of the ways people are taking their next steps towards Jesus Christ. When you give to the ministry of Alice Drive, you make these steps possible. Thank you for making a difference.

Daily Scripture

But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.

1 Timothy 6:8

Daily Scripture

3. But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God's holy people. 5. For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person - such a man is an idolater - has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Ephesians 5:3,5

Big Day

Some things to celebrate at Alice Drive today:

• We baptized six people this morning.
• Attendance was great.
• Decisions for Christ were made today.
• Many responded by praying at the end of each service.

This all adds up to a really Big Day!

Daily Scripture

What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him? Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to him, "Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

James 2:14-17

Daily Scripture

Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.
Proverbs 13:10



Listen to advice and accept instruction, and in the end you will be wise.
Proverbs 19:20

Daily Scripture

For lack of guidance a nation falls, but many advisers make victory sure.
Proverbs 11:14

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
Proverbs 15:22

Daily Scripture

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16

God is love.... I John 4:16

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17

Daily Scripture

"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6:25-34

Daily Scripture

I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do everything through him who gives me strength.

Philippians 4:11-13

Daily Scripture

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"

Hebrews 13:5,6

Daily Scripture

22Then Jesus said to his disciples: "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. 23Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. 24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! 25Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life[a]? 26Since you cannot do this very little thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27"Consider how the lilies grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. 28If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! 29And do not set your heart on what you will eat or drink; do not worry about it. 30For the pagan world runs after all such things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31But seek his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well.

Daily Scripture

These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

Deuteronomy 6:6,7

Daily Scripture

Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not run from it.

Proverbs 22:6

Student Building Update

The renovation to the Student Building continues to go well. Walls are going up for the classrooms and the balcony for the tech equipment has been added. The building takes on a different look each day when I walk out to see what the crews are working on. Estimated completion time is just two weeks away. I know the students are looking forward to getting back into their "new" home.

Thank you for giving to Build on the Rock. Through your generosity we are able to make room for more students to take their Next Step toward Jesus Christ.

March Report

March Report

Baptisms 13
Average Worship Attendance 1126
Average Bible Community Attendance 678

Ministry Offerings Received $169,842.28
Ministry Offerings Goal $190,962.60
Difference ($20,850.32)

Build on the Rock $36,917.77
Debt Retirement $3,280.00

Daily Scripture

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.

I Corinthians 6:9,10

Daily Scripture

The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the Lord your God.

Deuteronomy 7:25

Quote

"Discontent is the first necessity of progress."

Thomas A. Edison