The document is a newsletter from the First Southern Baptist Church of North Hollywood announcing their Easter Sunday services on April 16th and providing suggestions for members to invite others, including making lists of people to pray for and finding creative ways to invite them. It also lists upcoming birthdays and anniversaries for members and provides an update from the interim pastor on his prostate cancer being reduced to less than one from over 1000 previously through medical treatment and prayers.

1. FIRST SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHURCH of NORTH HOLLYWOOD (1-818-761-4800) NON-PROFIT ORG.
“The First Family” (www.fsbcnh.org) U.S. POSTAGE PAID
10853 Victory Boulevard PERMIT #660
North Hollywood, CA 91606-3826 VAN NUYS, CA
Address Service Requested
THE BAPTIST VISITOR
Paul D. Whetstone (Interim Senior Pastor) March 28, 2017 Charles Cutney (Minister of Encouragement)
“Resurrection Day” (a.k.a.“Easter”)
will take place on Sunday,
April 16, this year—what a DAY!
You’ve got three weeks—but
the time to begin your
planning for this wonderful
Day of Celebration is NOW!
Here are some suggestions:
1. Pray every day that the Holy
Spirit will make this Resurrection
Day (“Easter”) the best one we’ve
ever had!
2. Make a list of unsaved and/or
unchurched people whom you
know.
3. Pray every day for each person
who is on your list.
4. Find some encouraging, creative
ways to invite those folks to attend
with you.
5. In addition, pray for everyone
who will be preaching or singing or
teaching, etc., on Resurrection Day.
James 1:1-3 (NASB)
1
James, a bond-servant of God and of the
Lord Jesus Christ,
To the twelve tribes who are dispersed
abroad: Greetings.
2
Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you
encounter various trials, 3
knowing that the
testing of your faith produces endurance.
OUR RECORD SPEAKS: March 19, 26, 2016
8:30AM Worship Attendance 15 / 15
9:45AM Bible Study / Sunday School Attendance NR / NR
11:00AM Worship Attendance 29 / 21
6:30PM Worship Attendance 13 / 15
Offering **$1,516.25 / $1.085.25
(** 2016 Budget Offering Goal**$2,603.46)
Benevolence $25.00 / $10.00
Children's Ministry $20.00 / $20.00
First Family Friends Who Will Celebrate a Birthday or a
Wedding Anniversary During the Month of April
01 – Jim & Crystal Czerwinski
02 – Archie Simpson
04 – Hannah Barry
05 – Greg Joiner
07 – Elaine Tortal
12 – Matthew Cutney
12 – Selah Marie Oliver
13 – Don Moore
14 – Linnea Kobe
23 – Daniel Aguirre
25 – Keelon Peters
26 – Dan & Marie Aguirre
29 – Maggie Holder

2. “What the
World Needs
Now is…”--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#7 in a series of articles focusing on
the church as a “Healing Place.”
Well, we’ve come “full circle” in our
series. We began in #1 with the chorus of the song
“What the World Needs Now” by Hal David and
Burt Bacharach. Let’s share it one more time:
“What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of.
What the world needs now is love, sweet love,
No, not just for some, but for ev’ryone.”
I also said that God had clearly,
unmistakably, told me that LOVE is the most
important thing in anyone’s life! And guess what?
Would you believe that God has used my
Prostate Cancer experience to deepen my love—
my love for Him, my love for my family, my love
for fellow-believers, and yes, even my love for my
enemies!!
“I get it, Pastor Chuck—wouldn’t you say
that you’re getting’ close to bein’ PERFECT, now
that God’s layin’ all that LOVE on ya??!!”
Listen, Brother—I said that He had
deepened my love, not made it perfect! In fact—
in spite of everything that God has done to bless and
mature me since Kaiser discovered my Stage Four
Cancer in the fall of 2015, I still mess up.
For example, I am writing this article on
Saturday Evening, March 25 (2017). I have been
hospital-visiting, phone counseling, studying the
Word, and I began my early-morning Prayer Time
at about 4:30AM.
“Sounds pretty ‘righteous’ to me, Preacher
Chuck!”
Don’t let it fool you! In spite of those things
I mentioned, I still disobeyed the Lord by speaking
harshly to my precious Wife this afternoon!
You know, I am really enjoying studying
once again through Rick Warren’s book, “The
Purpose-Driven Life”—and one of the reasons for
my enjoyment is his extremely wise perspective on
the issue of our spiritual growth. He makes it
abundantly clear that we will NEVER be
completely mature as long as we live here on the
earth—so please don’t break your arm patting
yourself on the back—wait ‘til GOD rewards you
for your faithfulness!
“OK, OK—don’t get all huffy with me like
you did with Sandra Dee! Just answer one question
about your cancer: How much longer have you got
to live? The reason I’m askin’ is that several
months ago you told us that your Kaiser doctor said
that it looked like you weren’t going to be around
very long. Is that still facin’ you?
I’ve got some good news, Brother.
“Uh-oh—what didja do…send some money
to one of those TV Dudes, and he healed you of your
cancer?”
Careful there—God still works miracles.
Never forget that!
“Well was I right—or not??”
Let me wind up our booklet by telling you
what has happened to my Stage Four cancer. First
of all, the original “P.S.A. Blood Test” that they
gave me in the fall of 2015 came back with a rating
of over 1,000! The rule for P.S.A.’s is “The higher
they register, the more dangerous they are!” This is
why Dr. Le told me sadly that if I had anything that
I had always wanted to do in my life, I should do
them ASAP, because “I wasn’t long for this world”!
In the months following this warning—as I
mentioned earlier in this series of articles—I went
through several sessions of chemotherapy and other
treatments at Kaiser’s Panorama City facility.
Thank God for their skill and determination!
But at the same time, word of my illness
began to spread among a whole bunch of folks in
our church, and among other believers, both here in
California, and in a number of other states as well.
Thank God for their love and intercession!
The result is that when I had my last P.S.A.
Test a few weeks ago, it came back with a rating of
(get this!!) LESS THAN ONE!!!!
Thank God for His power, love and mercy!
So I’m still preaching every Sunday morning,
teaching every Wednesday evening, doing a lot of
“assistant Pastor stuff,” driving our Toyota, and
getting a good night’s rest every day—all because
of Kaiser’s treatment and your faithful prayers!
March 27, 2017