Welcome our new students: Keishauna Wilson Wells, Lateisha Wells, and Pierre Jenkins

Happy Birthday to all April Students
Happy Birthday to you!
Hope your day is pleasant too,
Enjoy it in a safe way
Remember it is your day!

Congratulations to Wal Mart Card Recipient: Kevin Lucas

Williams Grove Baptist Church
735 Rock Quarry Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27610
Pastor: Rev. Kirby Jones

Sunday School 9:45 am
Worship Service 11:00 am
Bible Study (Wed) 7 pm – 8 pm
Studying from the Book of Hebrews

By Pastor Kirby Jones

It seems our society has an unquenchable appetite for ways of changing who we are. The airwaves are filled with infomercials that promise to help us in that pursuit. They promise to do everything from helping us lose weight, to improving our cat’s self-esteem.

Unfortunately, most of the gurus that promise to improve our lives are nothing more than sophisticated snake oil salesman. They claim to have the cure for all our ills in their little bottle of magic elixir. The reality is that once we have purchased their products, we only find ourselves with less money, and the proud owners of another box of junk. The whole experience becomes another frustrating and empty attempt at doing something to improve our status and change the person we are.

The Holy Bible and our own personal experience teach that only God can truly change a person. Neither a new hairstyle nor a narrower waist will do anything to affect the real person inside.

In the book of Genesis there is a wonderful example of God working in the life of an individual that was not much different from most of us. Jacob was a man, who for all his life had simply been a hustler and a pretender. From early childhood (even his name means trickster), Jacob made it a habit to do whatever he had to do to “get over”. That was just the kind of life he lived. But God had another plan for Jacob. Please take the opportunity to read along in Genesis 32:24- 28, as we can see the ingredients for real change in someone’s life.

1. Attention given to God alone (v. 24). Often when God wants to do something in us, he will isolate us (and he has many ways of doing that) so we can concentrate solely on him.
2. God’s initiative to make a change in us. He actively wrestles against our will, and against our sin nature (v. 24) to make us Christ-like.
3. A point of brokenness, where it becomes exhausting and even painful to continue resisting God’s will (v. 25).
4. The acknowledgement of the sinfulness that is in us (v. 27).
5. The miraculous inner-cleansing that can only come through the Holy Spirit changing the very nature of who we are (v. 28).

Jesus Christ offers to all of us the power to overcome every habit, every addiction and every sin in our lives. He wants to change us even more than we want to change ourselves. Today, give yourself totally over to him, and see the difference that he will make!

Join us at Williams Grove on Friday night, April 27, 2007 for our monthly Nehemiah Night Service. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm for a donation of $6 and service will start at 7:30 pm. Don’t miss this night of fellowship!

The Inspirational Choir of Riley Hill Baptist Church in Wendell will minister to us in song on Sunday afternoon, April 29, 2007 at 4:00 pm. Sister Kendra Pope of Garner will bless us through prophetic dance. Mark your calendars now to attend this spirit filled fellowship. Refreshments will be served.

Summer Camp Registrations have been distributed. If you or someone you know are interested in Music Camp, please complete the form and get it in before May 25, 2007. Registrations will be processed beginning April 20th on a daily basis. Each Camp session will only have 10 students. Sign up early to claim your space! Camp dates are June 11 – 15 for ages 5 through 11 years, and June 18 – 22 for ages 12 and up. The cost is $125 plus a $25 non- refundable registration fee.

Summer Camp Registration

Gospel Music Workshop coordination and facilitation are available through Want Music Ministry. Please call for details. (919) 427-5826

Save the Date! Mark your calendars! A Gospel Music Workshop is coming to Sanford, North Carolina. Want Music Ministry in coordination with Ophelia Livingstone and First Calvary Baptist Church will have a Music Workshop on September 13 & 14, 2007. More information will follow next month.

Fun in the sun! On Saturday, June 2, 2007, I will be having a Year End Cookout at my home. All students are welcome to come. Sign up sheets will be available beginning Thursday, May 1, 2007. Siblings are welcome. All attendee names must be on the list.

Want Music Ministry and Music School will be closed on Monday, May 29 in observance of Memorial Day.

The school year is slowly coming to a close. ALL students must complete a new registration form for the next school year. (August 2, 2007 through May 31, 2008) You MUST commit to 5 months of study both in attendance and financially. All registrations forms and one month’s payment must be in by May 31, 2007 to hold your current day and time. Remember “first come, first served.” Please make checks payable to Bonnie Perry-Heath and mail to PO Box 1217, Knightdale, NC 27545

April 7, 2007 - Want Music Recital

Join us at Ruggero Piano on Saturday, April 7th at 6:30pm. The following students will be playing pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Vivaldi, Faber and Thompson.

• Emmanuel Gibson
• Jessica Lewis
• Amante Lewis
• T’von Cole
• Charles Lotson
• Jacob Irving
• Deja Birch
• Jasmine Boyd
• Kevin Lucas
• Elliott Foster
• Changa Ngwenya
• Asya Perry