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March 2023

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 Ross Baptist Recorder March 2023 Sunday, March 12, 2023 Spring has Sprung! Years ago, when I was a child, my grandmother used to tell me this little ditty: Spring has sprung The grass is riz’ I wonder where the birdie is? They say the birdie’s on the wing, But that’s absurd, The wing is on the bird!     This rhyme, intended for the simple mind of a young child, will probably never make the laureate list.  But when one reads it more, one discovers how sophisticated it is.  There is a play on words that makes one think about the phrase: "the bird is on the wing."   This means the birds are in flight and probably returning from their nesting grounds in the deep south.  But in reality, the bird's body part causing it to fly is attached to the bird's body.   How then can the bird "be on the wing" with the wing on the bird at the same time.  This is like asking "how can God be here and "up there," at the same time.  This is the attribute of God'

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Ross Baptist Recorder December 2022

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   Ross Baptist Recorder 1020 Bull Hill Road, Windsor, NC 27983 Pastor's Phone: (252) 340-3272  Church Email:  rbcbertie@gmail.com Rev. Dr. Jeffery C. Russell, Pastor _______________December 2022______________ Lottie Moon Christmas Auction Update: We wish to thank everyone who participated in this year's resuming of the Lottie Moon Christmas Auction on Friday,  Dec. 2.   A great many articles were donated and auctioned off with over  $4000.00 of proceeds raised towards this year's LMCO for International missions!    James "Slick" Faella was the winner of the beautiful, hand-made quilt made by Phyllis Johnson called  "Blue Jays in the Snow."  Over $1200 was raised in raffle tickets with this item alone.  Thank you to Phyllis for this beautiful donation and to everyone for their support of the LMCO for International Missions!  DECEMBER 4 - 11, 2022 NATIONAL OFFERING GOAL: $190 MILLION Deacons Christmas Fruit Basket Delivery: 34 Christmas fruit baskets