January 22, 2012

Welcome to Ellicott Baptist Church!

The friendly church with a BIBLE MESSAGE

Where EVERYBODY is SOMEBODY and

JESUS CHRIST IS LORD!!

(719) 683-2453

www.ellicottbaptist.org

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² John McKenzie, Pastor

²Justin Diss, Associate Pastor ² John Swift, Music Director

Weekly Service Schedule

Sunday Wednesday

Prayer Meeting 9:00 a.m. Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School 9:30 a.m.

Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Visitation – Please see

Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Announcements

Prayer Services

Sunday Morning at 9 a.m.

Claim the promises of Jeremiah 33:3

“Call unto Me, and I will answer thee…”

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE YOUR CELL PHONE DURING THE SERVICES. ( THANK YOU!

Scripture of the Year

Colossians 1:18

“And He is the head of the body, the church:

who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead;

that in all things He might have the preeminence.”

Special

Prayer Requests

Our Country, President, Service Men and Women, The Hawtree, Bannister, and Johnston families; College students

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Proverbs 3:5,6

Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.

Visitation – To Be Announced

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Faith Bible Institute starts tomorrow, January 23^rd at 6:30 p.m.

We look forward to studying God’s Word with you this semester!

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EBC’s annual business meeting will be held this

Weds., Jan. 25^th, following the services that night

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“"It is no sacrifice, as some think, to come here as pioneers of Christianity and of civilization. I would not give my position here for all the world. A powerful race has to be won from darkness to light; superstition and idolatry have to be overthrown; men have to be taught to love God and love their neighbour, which means the uprooting of institutions that have lasted for centuries; labour made noble, the slave set free, knowledge imparted, and wisdom implanted; and, above all, that true wisdom taught which alone can elevate man from a brute to a son of God. Who would not willingly engage in such noble work, and consider it the highest honour on earth to be called to do it?" ~ Uganda, Nov. 19th, 1878.

His twenty-fifth birthday came round, and on the 13th October, 1874, he jotted In his diary: "Twenty-five years old this day. 'Bless the Lord, O my soul,' for all His goodness. Man is immortal till his work is done. Use me in Thy service alone, blessed Saviour."

How closely the missionary walked with God through the years of his danger and toil in Uganda is evidenced by the following passage from his diary: "Lord, enable us to search our hearts and humble ourselves before Thee. Oh, for a closer walk with God, more faith, more sincerity, more earnestness, and more love. I must study more the Word of God. 'If ye abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatsoever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.' The Master said so, and His words are true." ~ Alexander Mackay (1849-1890) - Missionary to Uganda

Mr. Mackay arrived in Zanzibar in 1876; he reached Uganda in 1878. Built 230 miles of road to Uganda from the coast. Translated Matthew’s Gospel into Luganda. Died in 1890 having spent 14 years in Africa without once returning home to native Scotland.