ATHENS DRIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Serving, Sharing, Sending
March 8, 2026
11:00 A.M.
Welcome Pastor
Prayer Concerns Pastor
Meditation Melanie Allen
Pastoral Prayer Pastor
Reading of Scripture Melanie Allen
Mark 6:1-6
Hymn #133 (Please stand) Zschech
“Shout to the Lord”
Prayer of Dedication Bobbie White
Musical Worship Melanie Allen
Sermon Pastor
“A Homecoming Let Down”
Mark 6:1-6
Hymn of Decision #378 (Please stand) Hartsough
“I Am Resolved”
Benediction Pastor
Postlude Melanie Allen
WE EXPRESS OUR LOVE AND SYMPATHY TO Beth Salmon and her family in the death of Beth’s father, Jack Hazlewood, to Helen Cox and her family in the death of Helen’s dad, Jesse Gardner, to the family of Holland Gibson, and to Steve Mabe and his family in the death of his wife, Beverly. Please keep these families in your prayers.
THANK YOU: I am so thankful for your overwhelming support and love throughout my surgery and recovery. Thank you for your meals, visits, cards, phone calls and prayers. Thank you again for being my support system and my family in Christ. Vena Hendricks
ADULT MISSIOM NIGHT: Please join us THIS Wednesday at 7:00 P.M. for mission night. Our focus for March is the Annie Armstrong Easter offering, which supports North American missionaries. There will be envelopes and prayer guides in the bulletin TODAY, and we will be collecting this offering through the month of March. Please join us as we learn how this offering helps missionaries in the United States, Canada, and their territories spread God’s love and message of salvation.
These are the offerings/donations we have collected since the beginning of this church year: September – $1700 for the North Carolina Missions offering and approximately 50 cans of food for State Fair workers; October – $1345 for Global Hunger Relief and $990 for Kennedy Children’s Home Christmas gifts; November – $745 for Baptist Children’s Homes and 50 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child; December – $1619.50 for the Lottie Moon Christmas offering. Thank you so much for your generous support of the missions and ministries of Athens Drive Baptist Church!
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME: Daylight Saving Time begins TODAY at 2:00 A.M. Please remember to spring forward one hour before you go to bed Saturday night, March 7.
AED DEFIBRILLATON: The AED Defibrillator has been installed on the wall as you enter the Nursery hallway from the front foyer. Please watch for announcements re: information on training. Thanks to Steve Borisuk for installing the device.
CHURCH CALENDAR
SUNDAY, MARCH 8
2:00 AM Daylight Saving Time Begins
9:45 AM Sunday School
11:00 AM Morning Worship
4:00 PM Church Council
5:00 PM Deacons’ Meeting
6:30 PM Evening Worship
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11
7:00 PM Adult Mission Night
SUNDAY, MARCH 15
9:45 AM Sunday School
11:00 AM Morning Worship
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18
7:00 PM Adult Bible Study
PRAYER CONCERNS
OUR CHURCH FAMILY: Dianne Patti, Helen Cox, Bob Williams, Bill Bielby, Beth Salmon & family, Calvin & Gail Clayton, Casey & Krystee Curry, Margaret Gaines, Vena Hendricks, Helen Cox & family, Dot Gregory, Holland Gibson’s family, Steve Mabe & family, Lois Jones, Debra Murray, Becky & Bill Hedspeth, Curtis Clark, Eddie Peele, Jeanne Howell, Ann King-Hendrix, Mary Jane Campbell, Nagra Aftab, Mollie Craver, Nathan Israel, Barbara Fraser
OUR CHURCH FAMILY LOVE AND SYMPATHY: Beth Salmon & family, Helen Cox and family, Holland Gibson’s family, Steve Mabe & family, Donna Chappell & family, Spike Burton’s family, Roslyn Keith’s family, Freeman Wilder’s family, Robert & Margaret Gaines & family, Dan Israel & family, John Cox & family, Ann King-Hendrix & family, Melanie Allen & family
OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES: Ruth Skillman (Bob Skillman), Phyllis Pate (Tim Howell), Shirley Davis (Donna Chappell), Nelda Lawrence’s family (Boyd Miller), Sandy Wilson (Doug Smith), Vicky Cross (Jerry Cross), Gail Stevens (Margaret Gaines), Rudy Cox & family (John & Helen Cox), Frankie Ray (Mary Jane Campbell), Andrea Adams Turner (Melanie Allen), The family of Debbie Howard (Bobbie White), Cherry Parker (Bobbie White), Stephen & Kiley Paine (Pam Skillman), Pat Cochran (Cam Cochran), Hannah Peele Petty (Donna Chappell), Ronald King (Ann King-Hendrix), Bodhi & Samantha Blake (Donna Chappell), Mary Williams (Rayvon Cooke), Robert Stanifer’s family (Tim Howell), Matthew Clayton (Gail & Calvin Clayton), Mandy Alexander (Robert & Margaret Gaines), Joe, Lindsey, Luke & Ethan Bielby (Bill & Dawn Bielby), Ricky Hedgepeth (Vena Hendricks), Keith Hobgood (Margaret Gaines), Bev Sanders (Pam Skillman), Lisa DeWitt (Chris DeWitt), Kay Hinshaw (Margaret Gaines), Tammy Roberson (Doug Smith)
ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENT:
Dot Gregory, Room 150, Rex Rehab and Nursing Care Center, 4210 Lake
Boone Trail, Raleigh, N.C. 27607
Joyce Langdon, Brighton Gardens, 3101 Duraleigh Road, Room 221,
Raleigh, NC 27612
STAFF
Tim Howell – Pastor
Melanie Allen – Minister of Music
Jeanne Howell – Minister to Children
Julie Bull – Administrative Assistant