New LED panel lights installed in Children's Counter area!!! Thanks to volunteer help!

getting close to finishing new tile in north hallway!

WSBC Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, March 24 9:00 am, WSBC Front Hill Invite your friends to hunt for eggs and hear the true story of Easter!

For North American missionaries “here and now” is the field that God has called them to and where He has gone in advance to prepare the way. Each missionary you have prayed for this week has a unique call to a unique place. They daily experience the joy and the challenges of trying to plant truth into hearts that need to be transformed. For you, “here and now” is the neighborhood, job, school, small town or large city where He has called you. Your call is also unique. Are you seeing the needs with a willingness to love in truth and action? Pray—for your own personal missions field and for the missionaries working within your state, the United States and Canada. (ACTS 1:8) Give—ask the Lord for guidance in what you should give to support church planting missionaries and Send Relief missionaries through the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering this year. (2 CORINTHIANS 9:7) Go—seek God’s call for your life to your mission field and go with boldness. (GALATIANS 6:9)

HOMETOWN HOPE Missouri native Kempton Turner and his wife, Caryn, have dedicated their lives to helping restore hope in East St. Louis, an area known for gangs, drugs, and staggeringly high murder rates. Their church plant, City of Joy Fellowship, focuses its ministry on the tough inner city where Kempton endured his own struggles growing up, including never knowing his biological mother. City of Joy reaches out with Christ’s love. They help neighbors renovate homes, train youth, and participate in monthly outreach activities. Kempton says, “The first baptism at the church was my birth mother. Praise the Lord!” With such amazing rejoicing already taking place, the church is indeed appropriately named. Through prayers, planning, and consistent efforts, the Turners are dedicated to expanding that same joy into every heart and life they touch. ANNIEARMSTRONG.COM/TURNER PRAY - That God would pour out a Samaria-like gospel awakening to the people and families of East St. Louis. - You would draw closer to the Lord with a deep and growing faith in Him. (HEBREWS 11:6)

WSBC Jonesboro Spring Break Schedule Sunday 3/18: Regular AM Services, No PM Services No EE or AWANA Wednesday 3/21: No MidWeekLIFE Activities Saturday 3/24: WSBC Easter Egg Hunt, 9:00 am Neighborhood Outreach, 10:00 am-Noon Sunday 3/25: Regular AM & PM Services

LOST AND FOUND Las Vegas native Heiden Ratner fulfilled a dream when he played Division 1 college basketball, but his time on the court wasn’t his most defining university experience. At a college Bible study, he says, “I realized I was missing something. I thought, ‘These people have something I don’t.’ ” Heiden became a believer and developed a passion for teaching, preaching and sharing the gospel. It led him back to his hometown where, “God called my wife to come alongside me in church planting, and we have been humbled and honored to serve the Lord in this capacity together.” About 92 percent of the people living in Las Vegas do not know Jesus. The Ratners planted WALK Church to reach the lost in this spiritually dark place and to then help plant more churches in and around the city. ANNIEARMSTRONG.COM/RATNER PRAY - For the development of mature leaders who can help expand the reach of WALK Church. - God will show you how to be a missionary right where He has planted you. (2 CORINTHIANS 5:14–15)

WSBC Ladies: LIGHT Ladies Ministry is meeting this Saturday, March 17 at 9:00 am in the WSBC Gym. Carolyn Falanga will lead us in a short devotional time and then we will get to put into practice what we learned several months ago from Devra Graham. Nancy Corter is going to lead us in organizing a space for a family close to the church. We will head out at 9:20 and show Christ's love to this family that is in great need. Dress ready to get down and dirty! Join us for a great time of fellowship and service! Open to all ladies, so bring a friend!

CROSSING CULTURES Trent and Elizabeth DeLoach share a passion to reach the nations. As Send Relief missionaries and leaders at Clarkston International Bible Church (CIBC), they invest their lives in people from around the world in Clarkston, Georgia, a city sometimes called the most diverse square mile in the United States. Launched as a traditional church in 1881, everything changed a century later when the city became a refugee resettlement site. Now, CIBC is where people from diverse backgrounds find common ground. It hosts seven churches and 12 missions groups on its campus and acts as a hub for Send Relief compassion efforts. “Nearly 2,000 refugees a year resettle here,” says Trent. “Our neighbors speak many languages, and most have substantial needs the church can meet.” ANNIEARMSTRONG.COM/DELOACH PRAY - For more believers to move into Clarkston to live among the nations with gospel intentionality. - For God to give you boldness in sharing His love and Jesus’ sacrifice to lead people into everlasting life. (JOHN 3:16)

Try our new Facebook frame for Easter 2018: "Love Arose"

Guess what!?!? New Spring MidWeekLIFE Classes started last week! It's not too late to start a new study. Join us tonight at 6:00pm.

SPEAKING OUT Travis gave his life to Christ at an early age. After college, he struck out on his own as a Christian musician letting the lyrics testify to his faith—until God called him to do more. “I never wanted to plant churches,” he says. “Because of my stuttering problem, I wanted to sing for Jesus, not teach. But I heard the call of God challenge me to lead in a new way.” Travis and his wife, Jennifer, planted Mile City Church in 2015. They reach out to people who have given up on church or who never had that relationship, and lives are being transformed by the gospel. Mile City’s name is a nod to Detroit’s milefocused grid system. At the end of every service, the pastor who never wanted to speak publicly challenges the congregation to pray for the city every time they see a mile marker. ANNIEARMSTRONG.COM/WHITTAKER PRAY - Mile City Church would have resources and wisdom to be effective in its witness and to help other church planters as well. - God would provide an opportunity to connect you with someone in need. (LUKE 19:10)