URGENT Helping Hands Project for Friday, April 12!

Hey, friends!  We have a good, fun, easy ministry opportunity for this coming Friday at 5 p.m. at Hickory Grove!  We are blessed to have the opportunity to send some clothing down to southeastern KY at Oneida Baptist Institute to help students who board there as well as locals who are in need.  And what's even easier is that the semi-truck that will take the clothes is coming to us and is parked right in our parking lot.  All we need is some man (or woman)-power and some trucks to move the clothing from our Helping Hands building across the parking lot to the truck.  You don't have to RSVP!  Just show up this Friday at 5 p.m.!  Come take a little time to help in a big way!

Fruit Recruit!

Once a month, we are going to post a "Fruit Recruit" post that simply lists opportunities to serve that our ministerial staff currently knows about and are emphasizing.  You can contact our church office any time about opportunities to serve either by phone, (859) 356-3162, or via e-mail at info@hickorygrove.net.

Here's some opportunities that we would like for you to prayerfully consider:

• Serving as group or station leaders at our annual Easter Eggstravaganza for kids on Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. till Noon.  You can contact Missy Harris at ext. 19 or at missy@hickorygrove.net.
• Serving as a greeter during our Sunday AM worship services.  See Pennie Grubbs, or contact our church office.
• Singing in our adult Celebration Choir. See Kaci Stilley or contact our church office.
• Serving each Wednesday night in our clothing and food pantry (Helping Hands).  See Dianna Noyes, or contact our church office.  You can actually just show up there at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesdays too!
• Serving in our newly forming nursery ministry on Wednesday nights.  Contact Missy Harris at ext. 19 or at missy@hickorygrove.net.
• Hosting a Life Group.  Contact our pastor Bill Clark at ext. 21 or at billc@hickorygrove.net.
• Helping us keep our church social media updated and active (our Facebook page, our Facebook group, our Twitter account).  Contact our pastor Bill Clark at ext. 21 or at billc@hickorygrove.net.
• Serve on our church's "My Hope Outreach Planning Team." Contact Bill Clark.

God has saved us to serve!  Let's roll up our sleeves and get to work for Him.  If you want to serve in any way but are just not sure how, contact us, and we will help you become fruitful in Christ!

How Can You Serve?

We just finished up learning about the importance of serving in Christ in our "Experience Life" growth campaign here at Hickory Grove! So do you wanna serve? Let me give you some ideas. First, you can contact any of our staff about particular opportunities. I've listed their names, their contact info, the area they oversee, and particular needs they have voiced to me. Also, I encourage you to go back over to our main website, www.hickorygrove.net, and click on "spiritual gift survey." It will take you about 15 minutes to do the survey, and at the end, it will give you an idea of what your main area of giftedness is according to the gifts listed in the Bible. You will have an opportunity to send US the results, so we invite you to do so by emailing us at info@hickorygrove.net. Here is the list of some opportunities for you!  Step out in faith today and let us equip you to serve...

Missy Harris, children's ministry director
(859) 356-3162, ext. 19
missy@hickorygrove.net
Needs:  people to serve in our nursery and preschool departments during the 11 a.m. worship hour on Sundays.

Jon Burdette, youth pastor
(859) 356-3162, ext. 23
jon@hickorygrove.net
Needs:  people to serve at our youth lock-in October 19-20.

Chris Daniels, minister of worship
(859) 356-3162, ext. 27
chris@hickorygrove.net
Needs:   more adults to serve on our sound system rotation; more orchestra members

Sherry Clark, adult choir director
musicalsher@insightbb.com
Needs:  singers for the Madrigal Christmas production - will start meeting on Thursday nights if you can't meet on Wed. nights; youth table servers for the Madrigal Christmas production; singers for the Celebration Choir that sings on Sunday mornings

Bill Clark, senior pastor
(859) 429-0330
billc@hickorygrove.net
Needs:  more Life Group hosts; videographers to record our Sunday morning services; video editors to render videos of our weekly services; people willing to visit homebound elderly or disabled church members and spend a couple of hours watching them while their caregivers run errands

Share the Gospel, teach someone to read by becoming an ESL tutor

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Dear Bill,  Do you sense a call to teach other to learn English, and learn more about the Bible?   A workshop for people interested in tutoring others in English as a Second Language will be held Oct. 19-20 at Porter Memorial Baptist Church in Lexington.   Many Kentucky Baptists volunteer as tutors through literacy missions, which assists children and adults in developing reading skills using a Bible-based curriculum.   The workshop will also provide volunteers insight on how to start a literacy missions group in their church or association.   Friday's session begins at 6 p.m., EDT. Saturday's session is from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The workshop is $15 per person for materials and lunch on Saturday. Porter Memorial Baptist is located at 4300 Nicholasville Rd., Lexington.   Advanced registration by Oct. 15 is required. Call Rene Bibb at (859) 223-5496.   Click here to learn more about literacy missions ministry.

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Serve God Very "Mulch!"

Hey friends! We are looking for folks who are willing to help spread some generously donated mulch on our church property! If you can help, contact Mary or Bones McKinley at (859) 356-9040!

in awe of HIM,
Bill Clark

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LIFE GROUP MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY!

Hey, Life Groups!

Looking for a way to serve?  Check out this opportunity to help a ministry that our very own Grovers Ben & Cara Wilson and Josh & Holly Thornton are leading.  Check out all the info below, and just GO FOR IT!  Let's be the church and reach out to the "orphans" in a fun way, just by being a part of a Golf Event.  Check it out...

Small Groups,

     If you are looking for a service project for May, For Jamie's Sake of NKY has several great opportunities for you to serve.  For Jamie's Sake of NKY is a nonprofit resource center that serves the children, teens and families of foster care.  We assisited over 400 last year through donations of blankets/pillows, clothing, toys, school supplies/backpacks, Christmas gifts, bibles, and suitcases all free of charge.  On May 12th at 11:30pm, FJSNKY is having a golf fundraiser to help us continue with this ministry.  We are looking for golfers (if you do not have a full team of four, partial teams are ok), volunteers to help with set-up, donations of paper goods or desserts for the meal, donations for the silent auction, donations for the golfer goodie bags, hole sponsors, or volunteers to help with the dinner.   We are asking that you prayfully consider helping this great ministry. Click here to view/print/download the FJSNKY Golf Tournament Registration Form.  Please note we have extended the registration deadline.

     Feel free to check out the FJSNKY web site at FJSNKY.org or email us at FJSNKY@gmail.com with any questions.

Thank you!

Ben and Cara Wilson

Josh and Holly Thornton

Mary Beth Wallingford

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Support Missions tonight at our Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction

Wanna get your grub on, shop, have fun, and support missions all at the same time?! Then come on out to the Grove tonight for our Spaghetti Dinner and Silent Auction. It starts at 6 p.m. and the cost is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. All proceeds will be used to send a team of missionaries to Monterrey, Mexico later this summer! What an awesome cause this is! So build up your appetite, and come on out this evening! Check out all the awesome auction items listed below...