Prayer for Presidents' Day

Lord of heaven and earth, we offer you our deepest appreciation for
this blessed land. Stir up a sense of stewardship in every citizen so we
all may care for our nation and each inhabitant of it.

We pray especially for our leaders. Prompt everyone in a position of

authority, from local to national leaders, to strive for righteousness,
justice and the welfare of all citizens.

Finally, we pray that we may be ever mindful of the psalmist’s teaching that “Happy is the nation
whose God is the Lord …” (Psalm 33:12, NRSV). May that promise become real “from sea to
shining sea.” Amen.

BULLET E-NEWSLETTER
WEST LYNCHBURG BAPTIST CHURCH
February 27, 2011
“ON MISSION TO REACH PEOPLE FOR THE FAMILY OF GOD.”

BULLET HIGHLIGHTS....

Warming Up Lynchburg - Miller Park Ministry 2/26, Saturday

Seniors on the GO!
Women’s Bible Study
Chili Cook Off
Street Team
Undie Sundays in March
Pure Water, Pure Love (change collection)
College Ministry
 Staff Member On Call
February 25, 26, 27
Randy Kent
665-6880

Quick Look for the Week Sunday, February 27

Deacon of the Week - Jim Taylor - 384-0474
(See below for List of Jim’s families)
Music Selections for the Morning & Evening Services are listed below.

9:00 AM Instrumental Ensemble

9:15 AM Library Open
9:45 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES
Sunday School Memory Verse
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” 1 Peter 5:7

11:00AM KIDS In Worship

Topic: An Example for Others

11:00 AM MORNING WORSHIP/ BAPTISM

Dr. Robert Putt
“Leading and Following” Acts 20

4:15 PM Sanctuary Bells

5:30 PM Kingdom Kids Ringers
5:45 PM EDGE Missions
6:00 PM Instrumental Ensemble
6:15 PM TeamKIDS

6:30 PM EVENING WORSHIP

Guest Speaker: Tim Hayes

Tuesday, March 1
10:00 AM Prayer Group Meets
10:30 AM Suzanne Barden Circle (Parlor)
11:30 AM S.W.A.T.
1:30 PM Amazing Grace Fellowship
Wednesday, March 2
5:15 PM Wednesday Night Family Supper
(please sign up for dinner by the Monday
before) Chili Cook Off

6:00 PM Music Makers (Age 4 - Gr. 1)

Young Musicians (Gr. 2- 6)
6:30 PM EDGE (Gr. 7-12)
6:30 PM BIBLE STUDY/PRAYER MEETING
6:45 PM Mission Friends (Ages 4 & 5)
Royal Ambassadors (Gr. 1-6)
Girls in Action (Gr. 1-6)
6:50 PM Highest Praise
7:30 PM Sanctuary Choir
8:50 PM Praise Team Rehearsal

Thursday, March 3
10:00 AM NEW Women’s Bible Study “Faithful ABUNDANT True”
6:00 PM NEW Women’s Bible Study “Faithful ABUNDANT True”

7:00 PM College Bible Study (IMPACT)

Saturday, March 5
10:00 AM Street Team
Meet in the WLBC Rear Parking Lot
 Worship Music Planned for Sunday, February 27, 2011
Those of you with high speed internet connections who would like to listen to the music
that has been selected for us to sing on Sunday, can do so by following the instructions
below:
Log onto www.lifeway.com/worshipproject. Once on the web page, page scroll down until
you see a large gray box. About 1/3 of the way down in the box you will see the words
Listen to the LifeWay Worship Project. Immediately to the right you will find a table with
an alphabetical listing of all of the songs. Simply click on the title you would like to hear
(making sure your speakers are on) and you should be able to hear a quality recording of
the selected song.

Morning Worship
#50 Indescribable #434 I Have Decided to Follow Jesus
#968 You Are My All in All #667 As We Go
#86 Lead Me, Lord
#81 He Leadeth Me! O Blessed Thought
#82 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Note: Evening Worship Favorite Hymns

Our Known Hospitalized:

Lynchburg General: None
Virginia Baptist: None
Dear WLBC,
Thank you for a wonderful ten years
here at WLBC. Thank you for letting
me be a part of your lives and
sharing your special moments with
me. Thank you for remembering my
family and I in your prayers. The support and appreciation
you have shown me makes me feel like a part of the WLBC
family. Blessings, Sue Thomas
Has your E-MAIL
ADDRESS CHANGED?
If you have any changes to your
e-mail address please let the
church office know. We are now
sending a Bible verse a day out
to everyone in our e-mail
address book.
Questions please contact the
church office. Thank you
office@wlbc.org

Dear WLBC,
Thank you to my church family for the cards and caring but most of all your prayers during my
recent surgery. Your prayers saw me through a difficult time and I truly can say God is good all the
time. Loretta LaPrade

Dear Dr. Putt & WLBC Members,

Mike and I would like to say “Thank You.” Thank for the cards, phone calls, visits, prayers, and
support we have received from you during this time. We thank God daily that he has blessed us with
a wonderful and kind church family. Love Mike, Katie and the boys (Gillette)
 North American Missions Emphasis 2011
THEME “Start Here”
“When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for
them, because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without
a shepherd. Then He said to His disciples, ‘The harvest is
abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord
of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest’” (Matthew
9:36-38, HCSB).
Spiritual awakening and revival will never come to our families, churches, communities, continent or
world without it first coming to our individual hearts. Even Christians strong in their faith and the expression of
it in word and deed need times of renewal and reflection on where God has brought them and where He is leading
them to go. We need renewal. We need revival. We need to experience afresh God’s power and presence in our
lives. We need His eyes to see, His ears to hear, His heart to love, His hands to touch, and His mind to engage
people where they are and lead them to Him. Only then can we move out toward others with evangelistic passion
and purpose.
To “Start Here” is to look inward at ourselves. It is to examine our hearts, our thoughts, and our actions.
It is to discover the strengths and weaknesses of our faith. The mirror that reflects our inward condition is God’s
Word. We must respond to God’s desire for us to explore His Word, listen to His voice, and invite His Spirit to
move in our lives so we can freely and sacrificially give ourselves to His Kingdom work as we live out the Great
Commission task.
“Start Here” is to also see those around us with God’s eyes and to respond to what we see with
His hands of love and His heart of compassion and His message of Truth and salvation. The landscape of lives
that make up North America will never be fully cultivated and harvested without God first touching Christians’
hearts to see the field and discover their personal roles in fulfilling the Great Commission. Christians must see
the crowds and not be overwhelmed by the vastness of the needs. They must “start here” – with one person, with
one prayer. Those that have discovered God’s abiding presence, even in the midst of fear, inspire and motivate
us to join them in having passion and compassion that reaches from one’s heart all the way around the world –
knowing sometimes the world is as close as the person right beside you. Southern Baptist North American
missionaries are a key element in the task of fulfilling the Great Commission, but the call is for everyone’s
involvement. As we support this great missionary force through prayer, through financial support, and through
going to serve alongside them, we must recognize that their task is ours as well. They serve in hard places with
dedication and perseverance, but they need our active participation. Missionaries first fall on their knees in prayer
before standing up and moving into the field on their feet. They are role models in being fully used by God to
bring the gospel to all people. They trust the Holy Spirit to move in the lives of people and rest assured that God
has called them to be both faithful and fruitful. They know the joy of seeing transformation come as a new
follower of Jesus starts here with simple faith and trust.
This year, will you commit to “start here” by re-examining your heart to discover His will and way for
your life as you live out the Great Commission call? What transformation do you need to witness? How will you
respond?
“Start Here” March 6 - 12, 2011
Week of Prayer for North American Missions &
Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
WLBC’s Goal: $8,000
SENIORS ON THE GO....
BARN DINNER THEATRE
MAY 31, 2011

SHOW & DINNER

“BRANSON ON THE ROAD”

What do you get when you bring together a fiddle, mandolin,

banjo, guitar, upright slap bass, rhinestone costumes,
hilarious comedy and great classic country, bluegrass,
rockabilly and gospel music at a theatre near you...Branson
On The Road®!

Cost will be determined by the number(s) signing up.

Deposit is due April 3, of $20pp. Deadline May 1.
Cost breakdown:
30 = $85 pp 40 = $77 pp 48 = $73 pp
35 = $80 pp 45 = $74 pp
SIGN UP SHEET IS LOCATED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD. JOIN US!!!!

On March 11 at 10am, a group from WLBC will go to

the Sharehouse in Lynchburg to put together meal packets
with the money collected. We invite you to be a part of
this vital ministry. The Sign Up Sheet is located on the
church bulletin board. We plan to use the church van or car pool over depending
on the number of participants. Contact person: Elizabeth Harris 832-0455
 WLBC SUNDAY SCHOOL MINISTRY
February - APRIL, 2011

LEAD ME TO THE CROSS: LOVE GOD; LOVE OTHERS

A SCRIPTURE MEMORIZING TOURNAMENT

CELEBRATION SUNDAY: PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 17, 2011

(Each Adult small group chooses a memory verse ‘master’
to enter the final Adult round on Palm Sunday)
(Age appropriate celebrations for Preschool, Children, and Youth)

REDEEMER, RELY, REMEMBER, REJOICE (Monthly themes)

WHY: TO APPLY THE BIBLE AS WE GO
WHAT: MEMORIZE AND SHARE THE “OFFICIAL” VERSE EACH WEEK

March 6: John 15:13

“Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends.”
March 13: John 14:10
“Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you
are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work “
March 20: Ephesians 6:10
“Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.”
March 27: Psalm 31:24
“Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.”

HOW: EMAIL, CARD, NOTE, PHONE CALL, VERBAL RECITATION FROM MEMORY
SMALL GROUP FORM COMPLETED EACH WEEK February - APRIL 10
SMALL GROUP FORM TURNED IN WITH ATTENDANCE EACH SUNDAY

Tom Yarber, Sunday School Director

 NEWS from the EDGE
Youth Opportunities.......

March 20 EDGE Lunch Fund-raiser Noon

Baked Potato Bar with all fixings! Cost a
donation for Youth Summer Mission Trip
March 25 EDGE Event, CiCi’s Pizza & Bowling 6pm

WMU Change Fund

Loose CHANGE can make a difference!

Pick up a reusable Change Fund container after church on Sunday or make

your own. The months of February, April, June, August, October will be
CHANGE (COINS) Months.

Loose change adds up to dollars; each of the indicated months will have a different project as the
change recipient. Change collected in March and April will be given to Pure Water, Pure Love
campaign. We do plan to re-use the containers and will set them back out. Thank you.
Pure Water, Pure Love The most basic of
physical needs—water. Yet so many around the
world do not have access to clean, safe drinking
water. You can help.
Since 1997 WMU® has been meeting one of the
most basic human needs of missionaries through
Pure Water, Pure Love. The goal of this ministry is to
provide missionaries and the people they serve with
clean drinking water, free from disease-causing
microorganisms, at no cost to them.
Your donation + WMU = Pure Water for missionaries,
their families, and the people they serve.
 College age students meet on Sundays at 9:45am for
Sunday school, Bible study and fellowship.

IMPACT College Bible Study on Thursdays at 7pm.

vents: March 24, 2011 5:45pm Thursday

E Spaghetti Social in Fellowship Hall

March 29, 2011 8pm Tuesday

IMPACT Prayer Meeting

NEWS FLASH
Our shoeboxes are reaching around the world!
Children have received our message of God’s love.

The Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes you packed

have reached children in ......
Kazakhstan - Dominican Republic - Columbia

Remember to watch for EASTER sale items that can

be used in OCC boxes this Christmas. Continue to bring in empty shoe boxes and
wrapping paper

Closets full of Shoes?

The Mercy Care Council at EC Glass is conducting a shoe drive to benefit
THE MERCY CARE CENTRE in Nairobi, Kenya. All sizes and types of
shoes (including flip-flops, soccer cleats, tennis shoes, sneakers, high heels,
work boots, dress boots, men and women, boy and girl, infants) will be
accepted; Shoes do not have to be new. Secure pairs of shoes with a rubber band or tie the
laces. If you bring in large bags of shoes, include the number of shoes on the bag so we don't
have to recount the bags. The schools' goal is 30,000 lbs of shoes. A shoe collection container
is out in the hall. The deadline for turning in shoes at church is March 6th. Any questions,
contact Linda Blair 528-4649 or Patty at this email address worshamps@lcsedu.net
 W M U PROJECT
UNDIE SUNDAYS IN MARCH 2011
The entire month of March we will be collecting
NEW underwear (adult or child sizes)for the Bland
Ministry. Please put your donations in the laundry
baskets located in the church foyer. Questions, contact Linda Blair at
528.4649.

WLBC’s STREET TEAM

Help sow the Gospel in our neighborhood!
We are the church with heart in the heart of the city!
Join US! You will be uplifted.
Saturdays, 10AM
New Schedule:
March 5, 12, 19, & 26
Meet in the rear parking lot.
Questions? Please contact: Danny Jennings 525.5964

“The church with Heart in the Heart of the city”

Local Food Pantry - Non-Perishable Food

Please don’t forget our food pantry donations.

TC Miller Santa Shop Re-Gifts

Bring in your unwanted SHOES - - for Kenya.

Recycle your unwanted crayons here at WLBC.

The Knight Family (Japan) website www.theknights.multiply.com

Note from the Knights via Tommy Woodford.
The Fourth Chronicle - Beginnings and Ends
On June 25, 2010 Kenji came home. Since his birth he had waited on a family and for years this
family had waited on him. The following weeks were a bit of a blur. The type of blur that is grown
from extreme gladness, the type that keeps you from thinking too hard for fear that it's only a
dream.
On the 4th of July our church had a surprise baby shower for Kenji. Perhaps, he is one of the few
babies that attend their own baby shower! More than 70 people came to show their love and
support; people from other churches, people we had met here and there. It was a community
celebration.

Shortly after that, Kenji got a cold. His cold went on and on. One evening Kenji woke up from his
nap but his arms and legs were limp, his eyes barely opened. My friend, Yuko, called several
hospitals to see which one could accommodate him. He was born with achondroplasia (dwarfism)
and many places would not readily accept him. There was a hospital about an hour away which is
the most advanced hospital in our greater area, they told us to bring him right away. Yuko drove
and I rode in the back with the baby.

When we arrived we went to the Emergency Room area. When the nurse was taking his vital signs
she immediately called for help before she even finished. A team of medical staff came and hurried
him back to a more equipped area. After some examinations the pediatrician on duty said, " I'm not
sure what is wrong with this baby but he is not healthy and will not be going home for a while".
They checked us into a room. I was to sleep in an oxygen tent in Kenji's crib with him to try to
comfort him . He was allowed no milk. Yuko stayed on a cot.

The head doctor asked for a conference with Kevin and I the next day. He informed us that Kenji
had respiratory failure and needed to move to the ICU. That evening we moved to ICU. Among
beds of grandmas and grandpa’s Kenji was the only baby. Once again, I slept in the crib and Yuko
slept on a stretcher. Although a medical team tried their hardest all night Kenji could not be
stabilized. In the morning we were told Kenji needed to be transported via helicopter to a special
children's hospital (much like St. Jude's).

After some preparations the team was prepared to take my baby of less that a month away. Yuko
and I followed the doctors onto the roof to meet the helicopter. Kenji was so small that he couldn't
be braced on the stretcher so his doctor carried him in the helicopter nestled in his arms. On that
rooftop a group of people assembled to see my baby off. I stood there in a sea of black hair and
watched the helicopter carrying my baby rise into the sky and disappear behind a mountain in a
country that wasn't my own.
I never felt more alone.
Back inside I saw his empty crib that we had shared the past few days and silent monitors that were
no longer attached to his little body and I cried.
"If the Lord had not been my help, my soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence."
Psalm 94:17
Kevin arrived a little later to take me to the other hospital which was 2-3 hours away. I hugged my
friend Yuko, goodbye and we left.
Yuko had called some missionaries whom I'd never met but live in the town (Toyonoshin) of the
Children's Hospital so that they could meet the helicopter and help us with translation when we
arrived.
Finally, we arrived in Toyonoshin. We found the ICU and the doctors were a little surprised about
us. One, because Kenji's paperwork they had received still said he was an orphan and two, because
we were American. They wanted to have a conference with us but we had a little explaining to do.
Thankfully we had brought all of his paperwork. After explaining his situation the ICU doctor
began to cry. Adoption is very rare in Japan. The picture of love for the staff was strong and moving.
"Behold, God is my helper; the Lord is the sustainer of my soul." Psalm 54:4

The staff were using the words: respiratory failure, ventilator and feeding tube. I couldn't really
concentrate on what they were saying because I couldn't correlate these words with my child. When
we went into the ICU of the Children's Hospital it was an open room where everyone could see
everyone. Before when I had passed ICU's or Neonatal Units, I was solemn in my heart for a
moment or two but then went on about my day. But this day, it was my baby in there. It was my
baby on a ventilator, it was my baby with a feeding tube. I realized that every child there was
someone's child. We had two more children at home so Kevin left.
Time was placed in a vacuum and the measure of minutes, hours and days lost their measure.
Every child there, including mine, was fighting for their chance at childhood. About midday one
day the girl to Kenji's right stopped fighting. Her monitors went from screeching to silent and her
body lay still. The staff went to get her parents.

They entered slowly, the father first, then mother a step or two behind. The father stood
expressionless, he looked empty like the shell of a man. The mother approached. As she stepped
closer her mouth opened to shriek but no sound came out, tears poured out uncontrollably, her
knees failed and she could no longer stand upright. With one hand she balled up clumps of her
husband's shirt in her fist, with the other she continually grasped at the body of her daughter as if
trying to make the escaped soul cling to this Earth a little longer.
I repeatedly thought, "Thank you God that's not me today." It could have been.
Then God rebuked me. I live among the world's largest unreached people group. For me, I had the
comfort of David: "But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go
to him, but he will not return to me." 2 Samuel 12:23
When David's son died, he had the comfort of knowing it was not a forever good bye. If God should
choose to take my son, I would go to him someday. However, for that woman it was her forever
goodbye.
When I sat in a room filled sick and dying children my thought was,"God I know there is no place
where You are not, but where are You here?"
The answer was clear. "For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved
and among those who are perishing; to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma
from life to life. And who is adequate for these things?" 2 Corinthians 2:15-16 And I ask again,
who is adequate for these things?
You see the mystery of the Gospel is that Christ lives in us. We ARE in essence little pitchers
of Him.
So when I asked, "where are You here?", the answer was simple. "I am in you and you are there.".
Who is adequate for these things?
With my love, Jessica, on behalf of the Knight Crew
(This story will be continued, I will be calling the rest of this chronicle "The First Hospital
Letters")
Jim Taylor Deacon of the Week 384-0474

Many times we are asked,

“Who is my deacon?”

To help you we will list the Deacon of the Week

and his list of families in the E-BULLET. There will
be a complete list posted on the bulletin board near
the church office. This complete list is alphabetical
by your last name. We hope this will help you
know who your deacon is for the year. If you have
any questions, please feel free to contact the
church office.
Pictured Jim & Maryanne Taylor
with their children Amber & Masten

Church TOON

Russ Bowling
Kevin Creasey
Brooke Dolan
Jakob Dolan
Celeste Dyer
Robert & Judy Gillispie
June Goff
Melanie Hall
Audrey Hatem
Liz & Gary Hutcherson
Lori Hutcherson
Aaron Kendrick
Daniel Kendrick
Cecil & Donna Kendrick
Dorothy Lippincott
Kelsey Smith

NEXT Deacon Meeting March 7, Monday at 7pm

 Remember.....Has your E-MAIL ADDRESS CHANGED?
If you have any changes to your e-mail address please let
the church office know. Thank you office@wlbc.org

"On mission to reach people

for the family of God.”

Staff

Dr. Robert Putt, Pastor rputt@wlbc.org

Cell Phone: 841.6886 845.4600 Ext. 15

Rev. Randy Kent, Minister of Music & Senior Adults rkent@wlbc.org

Cell Phone: 665.6880 845.4600 Ext. 13

Vance Matthews Minister of Students vmatthews@wlbc.org

Cell Phone: 910.814.7200 845.4600 Ext. 14

Pam Anderson(Financial) panderson@wlbc.org

Sue Thomas (Administrative) sthomas@wlbc.org
Phyllis Lane (Organist) lanesk@aol.com
Jeanne Kent (Pianist) kentsnforest@msn.com

Contact Us Anytime...Website: www.wlbc.org Email: office@wlbc.org

Phone: 434.845.4600