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Welcome to Worship:  Ethan Ramsey

Worship in Music:  Charla Buchanan

Worship in the Word:  Rance Shuler - "He Chose the Cross" - John 19-20; Psalm 22

¹Now the first day of the week Mary Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. ² Then she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him.”

³ Peter therefore went out, and the other disciple, and were going to the tomb. ⁴ So they both ran together, and the other disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. ⁵ And he, stooping down and looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. ⁶ Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths lying there, ⁷ and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. ⁸ Then the other disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed. ⁹ For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. ¹⁰ Then the disciples went away again to their own homes.

¹¹ But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. ¹² And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. ¹³ Then they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”

She said to them, “Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him.”

¹⁴ Now when she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. ¹⁵ Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?”

She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him, “Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I will take Him away.”

¹⁶ Jesus said to her, “Mary!”

She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher).

¹⁷ Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to Me, for I have not yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.’ ”

¹⁸ Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her.

¹⁹ Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” ²⁰ When He had said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord.

²¹ So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” ²² And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. ²³ If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”

²⁴ Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. ²⁵ The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”

So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”

²⁶ And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, “Peace to you!” ²⁷ Then He said to Thomas, “Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing.”

²⁸ And Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”

²⁹ Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”

³⁰ And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; ³¹ but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name.

Mark your calendars for Vacation Bible School held at RFBC on Monday, June 15th through Wednesday, June 17th!  If you are interested in serving at VBS, please let Rance or Jennifer Shuler know!

RENEW:  Real Talk (a women's minisry fellowship) will meet at RFBC fellowship hall from 6-7:30 on the following dates in 2026:

April 19th, May 3rd (year end)!

The theme for the year is Craving Connection:  Creating a Culture of Community.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES THIS QUARTER ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Adult Classes

Ethan Ramsey & Coy Buchanan:  Revelation

Barry & Susan Millsaps:  What did you Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriages (for couples only)

Tim Creasman:  The Parables of Jesus

Nursery (0-2 year olds)

Jeremy & Ashley Brown

Preschool (3-5 year olds)

Emily Loafman & Mariah Boxberger

Kids 4 Christ (6 years - 6th grade)

Jenni Shuler & Lindsay Jenkins

Nursery Ambasssadors:

April 5th:  Cassie Patterson & Felicia Moody

April 12th:  Tammy Kaplan & Sunny Jenkins

April 19th:  Caroline & Tim Palmer, & Milexa

April 26th:  Tammy Creasman & Kendall Williams

Counting Team

April:  Leann Ramsey & Janelle Jarrett

Jonathan Cline

Lisa Immel

It takes a large team to fulfill the vision that God has given to us as a church family! If you would like to know more about serving, check the form below to see ares of need. If you are interested, or have questions, fill out the form and we will be in touch. 

April 5th:  NO CRAGS Teens - Happy Resurrection Sunday!

April 8th:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:30pm

April 12th:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:00pm

April 15th:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:30pm

April 19th:  CRAGS Teens & RENEW meet at 6:00pm

April 22nd:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:30pm

April 26th:  Breakfast Fellowship at 9am and new Sunday school classes introduced at 10am!  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:00pm

April 29th:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:30pm