April’s Collection - Charity Fund - There has been some confusion between the charity fund and the HarvestCall collection. Money collected for HarvestCall does not fund local needs such as:  Helping Hands, a roofing project, flood or fire damage to a home, etc. All local needs are funded through our charity fund.  HarvestCall exists to enable the brotherhood to proclaim Christ and serve others beyond the capacity of the local church.

Sunday 4/24

• ACYF Day in Morton - High Schoolers will be leaving the R-B High parking lot at 8:30 AM
• 2nd Service - “Speaking into Topics we Tend to Avoid: Activities and Attire” - Bro. Frank

Sunday 5/1

• Prayer Gathering at 9:00 - in the intermediate SS Room
• A small team has been working to develop an online tool that can help our national church body facilitate a 24/7 prayer chain in the spirit of 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ("pray without ceasing"). The Onward Media Counseling Elders are supportive of the tool and appreciate the spirit of the effort. The tool and the overall initiative can be found at https://www.ac247prayer.org/.
• Nursing Home Communion at 1:30 - Masks are required

Wednesday 5/4 - National Day of Prayer Eve Service at 7:15

Sunday 5/22 - Baccalaureate Service - This is a date change to match R-B’s Graduation

Friday 4/29 - Ladies' Night from 6:45-8:30pm at the Fellowship Hall -  "Planting Seeds of Wisdom" 

Join women of Roanoke church for an evening sharing life wisdom and ideas for practical home & life management as we strive for godly living. Please bring a home or life tip to share that has been helpful to you (i.e. hospitality, time management, organizing, shopping wisely, gardening, cooking, baking, meal planning, laundry, etc) .

VBS - We are looking forward to our Summer Vacation Bible School which will be held June 6-10. This is an activity that brings many opportunities to serve. Please use the link below to access a sign-up sheet for help during Vacation Bible School. The nightly themes are listed in an attachment to the announcements. If you have any questions regarding the sign-up or Vacation Bible School for grades 3 years old - 8th grade, please contact Sis. Jamie Hodel.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E4EA8AE29ABFD0-vbs2022

Small Group Gatherings Starting Soon! - Are you interested in spending time with others in our congregation? Small group gatherings are a new opportunity to interact and build relationships for all ages that attend the Apostolic Christian Church of Roanoke. We encourage participation for people in single digits to triple digits. Sign up as an individual, couple, family, or as 2-3 friends. These gatherings will allow for “participation only” or the opportunity to participate as a host occasionally if you choose. Those who host can indicate preferences at sign-up on the size and type of group they would prefer and can choose to be as creative or as simple with hosting as they feel comfortable. A few examples would be bonfire and singing, coffee and dessert evening, have dinner together, plan a fish fry, appetizer potluck, picnic in the park, or pizza party. Gatherings will occur two times this year as a way to help our church body connect and spend time together with a variety of people.  If you have an interest in gathering, please sign up at https://www.roanokeacchurch.org/small-group-gatherings or contact Sister Kathy Knapp or Sister Penny Maher.

Remodeling Update

• Balcony is closed
• Lost and Found - Please check the lost and found table for any items that belong to you. Also, please remove all the children's bags, etc. from the racks in the back hallway in preparation for the remodel project beginning May 12. Any items left after Sunday, May 8, will be donated. 
• Volunteers Needed - Lord willing, the remodeling project will start on May 9 but we will still be having church services in the sanctuary on the 11th. Volunteers should arrive at 7 AM on the 9th to remove some benches to prepare for the painter. On May 12th, 13th, and 14th starting at 8 a.m. we need lots of volunteers, both men and women, to remove benches and carpeting. (Tools and other items to bring with you:    cordless drills - 7/16 and 5/16, #3 Phillips and #2 Phillips, small flat pry bars, square bits - #1, floor scrapers, shop vacs, vice grips, and knives.). Any questions check with Bro. Jim Braker. Thanks in advance for being willing to help.

Update from the Leman family in PNG

To our Roanoke church family, 

  We would like to start by saying thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the love, prayers and encouragement we have felt even from the other side of the world. 

  From the beginning of our time of walking through the open doors to the mission field we have always prayed that the Lord would give us clear direction in everything. Over the course of this last year in PNG we have experienced an incredible amount of growth and many moments of testing. Due to several circumstances that have arisen for our family, we believe that the Lord is closing the door to our time in PNG. 

  We have always felt like serving in PNG was a stepping stone for our life. A place where God wanted us to grow and learn from Him and about Him and we have felt just that. 

While we didn't expect these doors to close so soon for our time here, we feel peaceful that the Lord is moving us in this direction.

  This July we plan to come back to the States and land at the JAARS Campus in North Carolina for a time while we can seek the Lord's guidance for the next step for our family. It is very likely that we will be able to plug into the aviation department there and continue to support the global Bible Translation movement while being stateside. 

  We are tentatively planning on making a trip back to the Roanoke area in early August. We look forward to a time when we can talk with you all face to face and share more about how the Lord has been working and moving. 

  We would also like to share a passage that has been really powerful for us in the midst of the decision making. " Listen to advice and accept instruction, so that you may gain wisdom in the future. Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand."  Proverbs 19:20-21

Other Ways to Learn and Serve

• Resources for Family Devotions:  Family Devotional Resources – ACCFS (accounseling.org)
• Annual ACLP Gospel Sing - Saturday, April 30th 5:45-8:00 (Doors open at 5:15) - Here is the link for the Eventbrite Gospel Sing tickets. Baby/kidsitting is available
• Ukraine Updates:  Updates on helping Ukrainian brethren (harvestcall.org)The body content of your post goes here. To edit this text, click on it and delete this default text and start typing your own or paste your own from a different source.