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 Manly Memorial Baptist Church is a loving, Christian community that has been in existence in Lexington, Virginia since 1841.  

We hope each person who visits us will experience a genuine welcome. We seek to make disciples of Jesus Christ through heartfelt worship, caring fellowship, spiritual nurture, faithful service, and compassionate outreach in the Lexington area and throughout the world.

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 Bible readings for the week of Feb 17th - Feb 24th

Fri: James 3: 1-12
Mon– James 3:13-18
Tue– James 4:1-10
Wed– James 4:11-17
Thu– James 5:1-12
Fri– James 5:13-20

Click here to read from the Bible of your choice,
to hear an audio of the passage,
or to access a commentary related to the passage.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Woman's Day Service

Jan Johnson will be our guest speaker. 
Jan and her husband coordinate the Southwest Virginia missions. 

 Click here to watch & listen to previous sermons.

Please Note:
The 2012 offering envelopes are in the hall.
Please pick yours up before you leave to help us save on postage.

 

 Upcoming Opportunities

     

Sundays, 9:45 AM
There is a class for everyone!!

Click here for Sunday School opportunities.  

 

Baptist Collegiate Ministry Bible Study 

Tuesday nights at 6:15 pm (1815 hours) in the Fellowship Hall
for 3rd - 1st year VMI and W&L students.

Thursday night at 2000 hours in the Mountain Room for 4th year VMI ("Rats").

see calendar for January schedule.

Youth Group Meets every Sunday!

 
        12:00 pm      Youth Activities
12:40 pm           Lunch
              1:00 pm         Handbells 

Handbell Practice: we have two songs we will be working on to be performed on Youth Sunday. 

Invite your friends and we will see you at Youth!
Jimmy and Cheryl, Youth Leaders

 

Youth Puppet Ministry

The Youth Sunday School class has a new "reach out" ministry to share God’ love through puppets. So far we have visited The Mayflower, The Kirby’s and Slater’s, and Children’s SS classes.

Youth who would like to help make a difference in someone's life by becoming a part of our Puppet Ministry should contact Jessica Quisenberry to become involved.

See our schedule below and join us in Sunday School and get involved!!

If anyone has an individual, a family or a group who they think would benefit from our Puppet Ministry, please contact Jessica or any member of the ministry team. 

 Youth Sunday School Schedule for February

Feb 5 - Niko’s for breakfast
Feb 12 - Bible Study and Puppet Practice & 7pm Worship Service performance
Feb 19 - Bible Study and Puppet Practice 
 Feb 26 - Bible Study and Puppet Practice

  We look forward to seeing you.

Happy Valentine's Day!  

WMU Meetings for February:

Mission Action—Monday, February 13th,  at 7:30 p.m. with Brenda Grose 

Prayer Support—Tuesday, February 14th, at 10:30 a.m. at the church

EVP Group—Wednesday, February 15th, at 5:15 p.m. at the church.

Come join us for fun, fellowship and service.

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Prayer Support and Mission Action will host a Valentine’s party
for the residents at Natural Bridge Manor on Friday, February 10th.
If you would like to participate, please contact Sylvia McCullough or Carole Berger.

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Mission Action will feed BCM on February 21st.

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EVP Group will be making goody bags for the youth and children of the church for their February project.
If anyone would like to participate with any of these projects, please contact one of the group leaders. 

Children's Missions, Feb 19th

GAs, RAs and Acteens

Please bring a household item to give to Lisa’s House for Valentine’s Day.

Join us on the third Sunday in February.

We look forward to seeing you there!

    The Children’s Missions invite our church family to save your pennies for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering!

"Mystery Meal" - Feb 21st

The JOY group has a "Mystery Meal" trip  planned for Tuesday, Feb. 21st. 

We will leave from church at 11:15 and have lunch locally.

Please sign up on the list posted on the bulletin board.

Deadline is this Thursday, Feb 16th.

 

Mark Your Calendar for our First Day Trip of the Year - Saturday, March 17. 
We've reserved seats at the Barter Theatre to see the musical "9 to 5".
The cost is $75 for bus and ticket.  Lunch will be at the Cracker Barrel at Abingdon.
Sign up sheet is posted and payment must be made before Feb.22
Invite friends to join us!

 

Wednesday Night Fellowship Meal, Feb 22nd

This week the Wednesday Night Fellowship Supper will be cooked by the Keens.

The menu will be baked spaghetti, tossed salad, french bread, and dessert (ice-cream and homemade cookies).

Proceeds go toward the SW Va. Mission Trip in August.

Please make your reservation by Monday at noon so we will know how many meals to prepare.

Invite some friends and come on out for some good fellowship and a great meal.

Ash Wednesday Service, Wed Feb 22nd 

On February 22nd, 6:45 p.m., we will have a brief Ash Wednesday service in the sanctuary.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a time of reflection the church has observed for over 1,700 years to encourage believers to examine their walk with the Lord and refocus their lives as they look to passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Our Ash Wednesday service will include responsive readings, prayers, a time of silence and, for those who wish, the application of ashes on the forehead, reminding us of our mortality and our dependence on the promise of eternal life in Christ.

Community Lenten Services, Thursday, Feb 23rd

Manly Memorial will once again host the Community Lenten Services at Noon on Thursdays, February 23rd – March 29th.

The services will last about a half an hour.

On February 23rd the preacher will be Rev. Tom Crittenden from R. E. Lee Episcopal.

Mission Trip Meeting, Feb 23rd

There will be a meeting on Thursday, February 23rd, at 7:00 p.m.

for all who might be interested in going on the mission trip

to SW Virginia August 4th thru 11th.

 Let's Go Bowling!

The children are invited to go bowling Sunday, February 26 at Staunton Lanes.

We will leave right after church for lunch and then go bowling.

Please let Ms. Beverly (463-6548) know if you plan to go so that transportation can be arranged.

Sign-up Now for the March 10th Mission Banquet

Our annual Mission Banquet for Adults will be Saturday, March 10 at 6:00 P.M.  

The cost will be $8.00 per person with the proceeds going to one or more of our mission projects. 

The menu: Hazel’s chicken, roast beef, mashed potatoes, Halfway House green beans, Harvard beets, salad, rolls, some green desserts, tea, and coffee. 

Please give you check to Deborah Caylor or Patsy Paxton to sign-up.  You may also send you check to the church office with Mission Banquet written on the memo line. 

We will be taking sign-ups until Wednesday, March 7.

 We will be reviving our White Elephant Gift Swap game (also known as Yankee Swap) this year.  So wrap up that unneeded gift, grab a friend or two to bring along, and get ready to have a great time of fellowship and good food!

Senior High Weekend at Eagle Eyrie, March 9th-11th

All Youth grades 9th - 12th are invited to attend.

Contact Cheryl Crowder at 460-6146 ASAP if you are able to attend.

Open Flower Dates for 2012

There are open flower dates on February 26th, July 8th, and November 18th.

If you are interested in dedicating sanctuary flowers on one of these Sundays, please call the church office.

Local Mission Opportunities 

Click here & scroll to the bottom of the page for a list of local community and Manly Memorial sponsored opportunities for service to our church members and neighbors.

The list is not meant to be complete, it’s just a list of activities some of our church members are involved in. Additions and corrections are welcomed. 

If you see a place you might like to get involved, call the contact person on the list and they’ll be glad to answer your questions.

Hospice in Need of Volunteers 

Volunteers are crucial to the Hospice Care Mission and are invaluable helping hands to Rockbridge Area Hospice.
Without volunteers, Rockbridge Area Hospice could not provide the excellence of care our community has come to count on.

Click here to learn more about the many ways you can help or call 540-463-1848.

 Stained Glass Window Project

You may recall the church installed protective glass in front of the sanctuary stained glass windows earlier this year at a cost of $16,000. The protective glass is intended to prevent damage from outside debris and reduce inside condensation that will help maintain the stained glass windows in excellent condition for the indefinite future.

The church has an outstanding debt of $13,000 remaining on this project.

Any assistance you may be able to provide in reducing this debt would be greatly appreciated.

 

April JOY Group Trip to Lancaster  


The JOY Group has made reservations for April 12-13 to go to Lancaster, PA to see the new production of "Jonah" at Sight and Sound Theatre.

Payment for the April trip to see "Jonah" is now due.The final day to pay is Feb.8.

We reserved 48 tickets and we have 55 who signed to go. Therefore, we will take the first 48 who pay.

Early payment is necessary to confirm the rooming list.

Cost for this trip is $190 per person, based on double room and includes lodging, bus, ticket, dinner, breakfast, and luggage handling.  

Click here to see a really interesting behind the scenes "sneak peek" or here for a summary of the show.

DISASTER RELIEF OFFERING

 In response to tremendous needs in the wake of all the various natural disasters that have been occurring, we are establishing a disaster relief fund.

You may make your check out to the church and mark it to "Disaster Relief" and we will send it to organizations and families as needed.           

Love offering for Benke family

The church is collecting funds to help the Benke family with expenses at this time.
Please mark your love gift for the Benke family or Clarice Benke.
If you have questions please see Fred Vaughan.

There is a personal journal, pictures and a guestbook on Caringbridge.org for Clarice.
If you do not know the password, you may request it by clicking here.

 

Seeking Additional items for Backpack Program

The backpack ministry is moving along wonderfully. We have added 12 more students so we are now up to a total of 107. 

We have had lots of volunteers to pack and deliver the backpacks to Central.

Several people have expressed and interest in providing additional items to place in the backpacks as one person did with instant oatmeal and poptarts. These were purchased at a reasonable cost.

If you are interested, items must be individually wrapped for 107 backpacks.

If you have questions please see Phyllis Shreve or Patsy Paxton.

We are also providing a birthday cake each month for the teachers at Central, just to let them know we appreciate them for taking care of our children.

February FOOD PANTRY Donations 

Please help continue the support of the Rockbridge Area Food Pantry.

Food-of-the-month:   jelly and canned tuna

Please place your donations in the box outside the choir room.

Remember, all non-perishable items are accepted.

Thank you for your generous support.

SW Virginia MISSION TRIP,  AUGUST 4th - 11th

We are planning on returning to Nickelsville in Southwest Virginia once again for our mission trip this summer. We will be working with Virginia Baptist coordinators Jan and Tony Johnson (who will be speaking in the worship service on February 19th).

In addition to the light construction, repair and painting projects we hope to provide a Vacation Bible School for one of the local churches.

The date for the trip is August 4th – 11th.

If you would like to be a part of this trip, see the Pastor or Patsy Paxton.

Broadcast System For The Hearing Impaired

Our sanctuary is equipped with a broadcast system for the hearing impaired. Please contact one of the ushers to borrow a personal receiver.

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