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Vol. 67 No. 17 ✥ April 29, 2026

May 3, 2026 ❖ The Fifth Sunday of Easter

Lessons: Psalm 31:1-5, 15-16; 1 Peter 2:2-10

Sermon: "Sustained by the Cornerstone"

The Church’s identity was designed to be built like stones into a spiritual house with Christ as our cornerstone. It is in this kind of community we are sustained and can survive all the world might throw at us. And it is in this community Christ calls us – and others through us – from darkness to light.

Eastertide Sermon Series – Sustained by Resurrection: This season we journey through 1 Peter together to explore what it means to live out our faith in the midst of suffering. Through reading these writings to fledgling churches, we are given a light by which we can survive whatever comes our way, knowing we are sustained by our God.

Anthems:

"O Taste and See" - Vaughan Williams

"O Radiant Dawn" - MacMillan

Worship is live on our homepage and YouTube channel at 11:00 a.m.,

but we love having you with us in the sanctuary!

We will receive a Benevolence Offering for local ministries this Sunday.

RainBowls will be at the exits to receive your offerings as we leave worship.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY, LAKESIDE!

Many thanks to our staff, Missions, Spiritual Formation, and Youth & Children Committees for all their hard work on our CBF Offering for Global Missions emphasis in April, especially the excellent Missions Marketplace we held after worship on April 26. We are also grateful to have heard from Jessica Hearne, CBF Field Personnel to Danville, VA in Sunday School, worship, and at our luncheon.

As of April 29, we have raised over $3,500 for the CBF Offering for Global Missions. Final tally to come after April 30!

Check out photos and videos of our Missions Marketplace Event using the button below!

View Missions Marketplace Photos and Videos

CBF OFFERING FOR GLOBAL MISSIONS

“Embracing Neighbors, Nurturing Hope” Colossians 3:12-14

We invite you this year to give generously to the CBF Offering for Global Missions. All of your gifts for the offering will support the long-term presence of CBF field personnel serving in the United States and around the world. If you would like to pray for or learn about our field personnel, download the PDF Prayer Guide HERE. You can also view this online at CBF's Global Missions Website.

The final day to give is TOMORROW, April 30!

Donate to CBF Offering for Global Missions

END-OF-YEAR PARTY FOR LAKESIDE FAMILIES

All of Lakeside's Children, Youth, and their parents are invited to join us for a cookout this Sunday, May 3, from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. on The Wright Commons. We'll have dinner, games, and a time of celebration with our seniors. Please contact the church office by Friday, May 1 to let us know how many from your families will be able to join us.

Please remember the following persons who need our prayers and support:

Bryant Aldridge Rehab Hospital, 2400 Medpark Drive (04)

Mike Evans

UNC - Nash, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive (04)

Lela Chesson

At Home:

Janice Bobbitt (Chuck Taylor's sister), 4204 Whitehurst Drive, Wilmington, NC 28409

Robyn Edwards Chapman (Jeannette Pittman's cousin), 1481 Richardson Road, Apt. C406, Apex, NC 27523

Bob Davis (Dan Davis' brother), 427 McIver Street, Greenville, SC 29601

Doug Edwards, 4699 Moreland Drive, Battleboro, NC 27809

Michele Costa Foster, 105 Gloucester Court (03)

Charlotte Gilliam, 3794 Loblolly Drive (04)

Bill Jones (Dorrie Wright’s brother)

C. B. Morris, 1930 Northern Boulevard (04)

Jeannette and Grady Pittman, 313 Englewood Drive (04)

Patricia Taylor (Napoleon Taylor's wife), 514 Hammond Street (04)

Betsy Waters, 401 E. Rhode Island Avenue, Room 275, Southern Pines, NC 28387

Our Members at Home:

Chuck Daniel (Brenda and Dennis Culpepper's nephew)

Margaret Harper, Cottage #5209-101, Magnolia Glen, 5301 Creedmoor Rd., Raleigh, 27612

Cody Richardson, 1518 Fountain Branch Road (03)

Keith Abbott, 3413 Brookview Drive (04)

Members of Needles and Prayers, I received a beautiful scarf from your group while in the Grief Class at Lakeside. Thank you so much for your gift and prayers.

Ginger Haden

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YOUTH NEWS

This Sunday, May 3, our Pilgrimage participants will have an orientation at 2:30 p.m., to prepare for our trip to Phoenix. At 5:00 on Sunday afternoon, all youth and children and their families are invited to join us for an end-of-year cookout to celebrate a great school year together.

A reminder that Gatekeepers forms are due by May 28 at 5:00 p.m. in the church office. This is a firm deadline! A draft of an acolyte schedule through the end of the year will be sent out to families soon. Have a fantastic end of your school year. I look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!

Elizabeth

MUSIC NOTES

We are very proud of the Children's Choir for their singing at Missions Marketplace on Sunday! Thank you to Jacob McCain, one of our Gossett-Biggs Choral Scholars, for his assistance, and to Zack for his steadfast leadership throughout the year.

Mark your calendars - May is a very musical month! Some of our Choral Scholars will be singing with Wilmington Voices on May 8 & 10, as well as with North Carolina Choral Artists in Tarboro on May 16.

On May 17, several Lakeside choristers & friends of the Music Ministry will be singing with the Tarboro Choral Society for their annual music festival at Keihin Auditorium at 4:00 p.m. We will also hear a guest choir from New York on Saturday, May 23. We hope you’ll join us for all of these musical offerings!

Jake

TOPNOTCHER NEWS

We hope you will join us as we Continue the Communion after worship on Sunday at Rocky Mount Ace Buffet, 1457 Benvenue Road.

On Tuesday, June 9, we will travel to the NC Symphony outdoor concert on the Tarboro Commons. Be on the lookout for more details as the date approaches.

Sue