Life of Webster Groves Baptist Church

Palm Sunday, April 1     Holy Week begins with the celebratory entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.  The people tore branches from the trees and strew the pathway with their garments.  We begin our palm Sunday service with the procession of the palms.  We welcome Jesus.

Maundy Thursday Communion, 7:00 p.m., April 5     During Holy Week, we pause with the Christ, to consider the mandate of love and service to others.  Just as the Lord God loves us, we are called to do likewise.  Greater love has no one than this – to give one’s life for others.

Egg Roll, Saturday, April 7     Children have a great time on the Saturday afternoon before Easter with the Egg Hunt on the grass at WGBC.  It you can’t find an egg, then wow!  Hundreds of eggs are placed in a small lawn area.  You are guaranteed a lot of eggs filled with treats.  The fun begins at 1:00 p.m.: games and refreshments inside and lots of eggs to find outside.

Easter, April 8     Our God reigns!  The Christ is alive!  God is victorious over death and sin.  Join the church family on Easter morning as we celebrate the victory that is ours in Christ Jesus.

Weldon Gaddy, leader of the Interfaith Alliance and also pastor of the Northminster Baptist Church in Monroe , LA will be in St. Louis in early April.  Dr. Gaddy has agreed to participate in a lunch with CBF-flavored persons on Tuesday, April 10 at noon, at Kirkwood Baptist Church.  The meal is pay for your own.  RSVP soon.

Churchnet—A Baptist Network Serving Churches—is a ministry of the Baptist General Convention of Missouri.  They meet in Annual Gathering on Friday evening and Saturday morning, April 13 – 14, 2012, at Fee Fee Baptist Church.  Friday Annual Missions Banquet ($10) begins at 5:30 p.m.

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of Missouri, CBF-MO, meets in Annual General Assembly, Friday evening and Saturday morning, April 27-28, 2012, at the First Baptist Church, Cape Girardeau, MO.  Friday begins with a Business Meeting at 4:30 p.m. followed by a 6:00 p.m. Banquet, 7:30 p.m. Worship, and 9:00 p.m. Reception.

WGBC is raising money for building maintenance with a Rummage Sale on Saturday, April 21, 2012.  Begin collecting items now for the Rummage Sale – but do NOT bring the items to the church building until after Easter.  Items that sell easily: Household items, garden, kitchen, small furniture, toys, CD’s, tools, holiday decorations, clothing, books, miscellaneous.

Do you have a used adult bike just sitting in your garage? Bring it to the 2012 CBF of Missouri General Assembly in Cape Girardeau on April 27 and 28! Your unused bike can become a part of the thriving Internationals ministry at the Baptist Student Center at Southeast Missouri State University.

OR speak to Russell Cawthon and we’ll see how to get your bike to Cape Girardeau.

Wednesday, April 11, 5:50 p.m.  Missions Meal     Baked Potato Bar – potatoes provided…..Sign up to bring: sour cream, black olives, cheese–white & yellow, chives, green salad, fruit salad, cookies.     Ruth Ellsworth: the discussion leader: Changing the Lives of Children, (see Feb/March CBF Magazine.

We provided 2 cases of T/P to Webster-Rock Hill Ministries; Canned food for the Bosnian and International Food Pantry.  We joined the Giving Circle, a project of CBF Missouri, to provide for people in need, (thanks to Harold Phillips).

Coming: May 6, 2012, CBF Representative to China Brenda Lisenby will be with WGBC, accompanied by Kate Wang, the director of Angel House: this is a project we support through our Mission Offering. There will be a lunch and fellowship following morning worship.     The J. D. Goings, May Mission Offering will begin May 6, 2012, with the theme May flowers and May Missions. The giving goal is $1,100.00 for CBF Miami with Love and the Christian Appalachian Project.  Give to share Christ in Miami and to help hurting Appalachian people.