AABC’s annual Vacation Bible School will take place next week (July 20-24) for ages 3-5th grade from 6:00-8:30 p.m.  There will be lots of fun, including games, crafts, and rally times for kids of all ages.  Make sure to join us for this exciting week as we learn more about what the Bible says about Jesus.  For more information call the church office 266-4341.

The Peasall Sisters—Sarah, 19; Hannah, 16; and Leah, 13; have earned GRAMMY and CMA Awards for their part in the blockbuster O Brother, Where Art Thou? movie and soundtrack.  They have performed at such esteemed venues as Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall with the acclaimed Down From the Mountain tour, in addition to the Grand Ole Opry. 

Our Stars and Stripes concert series will begin at 7:00 pm on July 5th with interchangeable sets by both the Peasall Sisters and singer/songwriter Andy Gullahorn. The Peasall sisters will also be accompanying Pastor Nate Bevier as he leads our congregation in worship at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday. 

AABC’s annual Vacation Bible School will take place on July 20-24 for ages 3-5th grade from 6:00-8:30 p.m.  You can pre-register for VBS - Studio Go here

Join us for this free event on July 5th.  Stars and Stripes is our gift to the Lexington-Metro area.  There will be tons of activities for the whole family including a KIDZ ZONE for children.  We will also have in concert Grammy Award winning bluegrass artist, The Peasall Sisters, as well as, Singer Songwriter, Andy Gullahorn.  The evening will end with a huge firework display!

When our churches are countercultural kingdom outposts, we’ll start to see the joy of a life that’s more meaningful than a two-car garage and a vacation at this year’s faddish theme park.  Once people learn to see their brothers and sisters and fathers and mothers in ways more significant than simply the flesh, adoption just doesn’t seem so strange anymore.

- Dr. Russell Moore

Adopted For Life (p.180)

The childlike Kingdom we’ve come into is filled with transracial adoptees like you and me.  It’s made up of “special needs” orphans like us.  Sometimes adoptions turn out with families that look remarkably similar - almost - “natural,” you might say. But let’s not fall for the carnality that values boys over girls, that pits ethnicities against one another, or that is repulsed by physical or emotional weakness.  Let’s be people of Christ, and, like him, let’s teach ourselves to welcome children into our homes, even in those out culture tells us we’re not supposed to want.

- Dr. Russell Moore

Adopted For Life (pp.165-166) 

As you pray about what you will give to the AABC ABBA Fund this Sunday June 21st consider the following quote: 

Our adoption is about more than just belonging.  Our adoption is about the day when the graves of this planet will be emptied, when the great assembly of Christ’s church will be gathered before the Judgement Seat.  On that day, the accusing principalities and powers will probably look once more at us - formerly murderers and fornicators and idolaters, formerly uncircumcised in the flesh or in heart - and they may ask one more time, “So are they brothers?”  The hope of adopted children like my sons - and like me - is that the voice that once thundered over the Jordan will respond, on last time, “They are now.”

- Dr. Russell Moore

Adopted For Life (p.57)

As you pray about what you will give to the AABC ABBA Fund this Sunday June 21st consider the following quote: 

Not everyone is call to adopt.  No one wants parents who adopt children out of the same sense of duty with which they give to the building fund for the new church gymnasium.  But all of us have a stake in the adoption issue, because Jesus does.  He is the one who tells us His Father is also “Father of the fatherless” (Ps. 68:5).  He is the one who insists on calling “the least of these” his “brothers” (Matt. 25:40) and who tells us that the first time we hear His voice, He will be asking us if we did the same.

-Dr. Russell Moore

Adopted For Life (p.20)

As you pray about what you will give to the AABC ABBA Fund this Sunday June 21st consider the following quote: 

The gospel of Jesus Christ means our families and churches ought to be at the forefront of the adoption of orphans close to home and around the world.  As we become more attuned to the gospel, we’ll have more of a burden for orphans.  As we become more adoption-friendly, we’ll be better able to understand the gospel.

-Dr. Russell Moore

Adopted For Life (p.18)

 

 

The AABA Fund exists to pool resources to aid families in rescuing orphaned children from all around the world through the God appointed means of adoption. We believe that because of His grace God chose to adopt us as His sons when we were spiritual orphans (Ephesians 1:5) and we have the responsibility to reflect His grace in the world by rescuing needy children (Psalm 72:12-14; James 1:27). On June 21st in our morning worship service, we will take up a special offering for the ABBA fund.  If you would like to support the Abba Fund at AABC, simply write a check to Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, designated Abba Fund, and send it the church. 

Now that school is almost over it’s time to get away and have some fun!  So we want to welcome all kids (ages 2-5th grade) to the Coconut Hut, an oceanview paradise with inflatable games, food, and a water safari.  Throughout the summer at the Coconut Hut, you can have a blast with all your friends and learn more about Jesus.  Help us kick off our summer adventure and stop by the Coconut Hut for a luau on May 31 @ 6:00 pm, with special guest, “The Coconut Kid.” Don’t forget to make a splash by wearing your water gear! Ages 2 years-5th grade.

DATES FOR THE COCONUT HUT (at 6:00 p.m.) 

• May 31st 
• June 7th  
• June 28th 
• July 12th 
• July 26th 
• August 2nd

How does a Christian date to the glory of God? What does the Bible say about relationships? Should we just accept the way our culture does it? In this four-part series, Casey McCall seeks to outline biblical answers to the relationship questions you may or may not be asking. The goal of this series is to help college students and singles navigate the pathway toward marriage in a way that honors the Lord Jesus Christ.