THE WLBC BULLETIN

West Lynchburg Baptist Church

August 28, 2011 Volume 1, Issue 6

The church with heart in the heart of the city.

Just Around The Corner...Yesterday

furlough, not feeling like this is really home anymore, but a foreign place with foreign things and ideas. Family and friends are here, but you most likely feel uncomfortable around them now because you have changed so much, due to the work you do. You arent sure how to work the electronic key to your mothers car, which you have to borrow when you are home. Your tastes have changed so the food here is not as enjoyable as it once was. You are used to conversations about essential things concerning others or even your own needs just to survive or about what you will be doing the next day in Gods work. Of course you have spent time reminiscing or sharing funny stories with others in your new home, but you are no longer used to conversations about the more trivial things that folks in this country are used to talking about. What is now foreign to you are conversations about the next new gadget you want to get, how you just got the latest app on your cell phone, where you just bought those cute shoes, and how delicious your last trip to Sweet Frog was. You spend your days trying to rest up for the next leg of your missionary work, but you feel unsettled here. You also go to speaking engagements, to tell those that support you, how things have been going, about the people you are missionary to and how God has been moving. You pack up and bring your artifacts and unpack them to set them out and pack them up again. You often speak to less than full church services, because they knew a missionary was coming that day. You get your spiritual support from God and His word, but you get your financial support just to survive and more importantly, maybe, mental support and love from other Christians when they come to hear you speak. That support means more to you now than you may have realized. In this issue:
Just Around The Corner The Week at a Glance

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Music, Members and Missions

Somethings Old Somethings New Deacon of the Week +

Suzanne Barden, Missionary to Ethiopia

What can be said about missionaries that you dont all ready know You may think, I have heard so many missionaries and they have similar stories but with different details all depending on which people they work with, so why come hear another one? Well, let us try to imagine how a missionary feels when back in the States, and maybe we might feel differently about hearing another one. Though we realize and appreciate the sacrifice of Missionaries leaving home, family and friends here to go make a new home in an entirely new atmosphere, do we ever understand the enormity of that and realize their real need for support? Please just consider their situation for a moment as if it were your own. You dont get to bring your parents or friends along for moral support or get to take much with you that you cherish. You will be in a new place not to satisfy any of your own desires but to fulfill the needs of others, so you will be taking with you, instead, things that others there will need. Lets skip the years you spent forming your new life, your new connections, because that is most likely something you have considered in the past, when deciding whether or not you, yourself, were going to become a missionary, so lets now consider instead, what it feels like to come back home. After being gone for a couple years or longer you come home on

Staff Info

Staff Member on Call Aug 2628 Randy Kent 434.665.6880

Dinner MENU will be listed in this box each week for the following Wednesday.

The Week at a Glance

On Perseverance
Success is failure turned inside out, The silver tint on the clouds of doubt, And you can never tell how close you are, It may be near when it seems afar. So, stick to the fight when youre hardest hit Its when things go wrong that you mustn't quit. Author unknown

Sunday, August 28 9:00 AM 9:15 AM 9:45 AM 11:00 AM 11:00 5:15 6:00 6:30 6:30 AM PM PM PM PM

Instrumental Ensemble Library Open Sunday School for All Ages KIDS in Worship Topic: Go Tell It Morning Worship Handbell Ringing Class Instrumental Ensemble Student Worship Gr. 712 Evening Worship NO S.W.A.T Bible Study/Prayer Meeting EDGE Student Ministry Childrens Summer Activities Sanctuary Choir Praise Team Rehearsal NO College Bible Study IMPACT

Drew Neiderer has a new address at Virginia Tech: Newman Room 0315 200 Kent Street Blacksburg, VA 24060-9511

Tuesday, August 30 11:30 AM Wednesday, Aug. 31 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:45 PM 7:30 PM 8:50 PM Saturday, Sept. 3 7:00 PM

A Special Note To: Choir Light Looked Down has been chosen as the Christmas Musical. This would be a good time for anyone interested, to join in. Kick-off Rehearsal is Saturday, Sept. 24 9:30am til noon.

Music, Members and Missions New Members

Joined August 21
Welcome:
Nathan Haefer 4710 Greenwood Dr., Apt. 1 Lynchburg, VA 24502 Phone: 541.519.4690 Deacon: Micah Camarata Jessica Gillespie 634 Wyndhurst Dr., Unit D Lynchburg, VA 24502 Phone: 434.546.2957 Deacon: Micah Camarata
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Praise The Lord With Song

Hospitalized
as of August 24
Lynchburg General: None Virginia Baptist: Edwin Lucado E118

#115 God of Grace and God of Glory #504 Be Strong in the Lord #372 Am I a Soldier of the Cross

1 John 3:8 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and truth.

Dont Miss Your Chance to Bless and Be Blessed...The Needs are Many
obstacles she has faced and how God can work through them. Suzanne is primarily focused on building relationships with the community, but has to do it through the Orthodox Church, which is sometimes a challenge. Mainly using craft times to build relationships with the children and parents, she seeks out times to share Christs love and message. Please be in continued prayer for Suzanne as she faces the joys and challenges of doing Gods work in Ethiopia. Whether you need some good chattin with the gals or ridin with the pals ...there is a spot for you on Saturday, Sept. 17. Plan to come & wrap boxes or ride your motorcycle. *Sign-up for Motorcycle Rally on bulletin board or call office. Cost $20 Warning: Wrapping while riding is not recommended.

Suzanne and the folks that came out to support her and enjoy some Baptist home-cookin.

Tuesday morning, Suzanne Barden came to WLBC to speak on her missionary work in Ethiopia. It was interesting to find out what

Being the Church with heart in the heart of the city, requires a special kind of congregation and you are it! WMU There is need for help in handing out clothes to the needy folks of this neighSponsored by

borhood from the Clothes Closet. Please call Patsy to help. 434.239.6286

The Womens Ministry will begin a new 11 week bible study on Sept. 15. Beth Moores Here and Now...There and Then, on Revelation, is sure to be a wonderful experience. Please sign-up on the bulletin board for the day/time you wish to attend. The cost of the books are $9.

SOMETHINGS OLD SOMETHINGS OLD SOMETHINGS OLD SOMETHINGS OLD

SOMETHINGS NEW

Child Care Provided

SOMETHINGS NEW

Meal Provided: BBQ & Other foods your wife wont let you eat THEME: What are you doing with the rest of your life. Sign-up Now on Bulletin Board

SOMETHINGS NEW

Concerned about the debris in our parking lot and outside areas? Please be part of the solution! Sign-up on the bulletin board for a day that suits your schedule. 3 months will be posted at a time. Please sign up for any week you can help. (Only 1 day for clean-up each week)

SOMETHINGS NEW

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPERS 5:15pm Starting Sept. 7

Look for the Permanent List sign-up forms in this Sundays Bulletin or call the office to be added. Menu will be listed on Monthly Calendars & in the E-Bulletin weekly.

Serving, Laughing, Playing & PrayingBecause WLBC Members Live Life With Hope

Deacon of the Week: J.B. LaPrade 434.239.8322

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 WLBC Bulletin ENewsletter. 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: J.B. & Loretta LaPrade

J.B.s Deacon Families
Bruce & Barbara Harman Jacqueline Keesee Dwayne, Connie & Brandon Kendrick Shirley Kendrick Matt & Jodi Lipscomb Carol Martin Vince, Audrey & Katherine Mason John, Trudy, Jacob & Andrew Neiderer Timothy, Gayle & Nathaniel Saxon Lois Tooley Henry Tweedy Match the people w/ the correct travels A. Abraham and Sarah B. Mary, Jesus mother C. Joseph, Mary and Jesus D. Apostle Paul 1. 2. 3. 4. Traveled to visit cousin Elizabeth Traveled from Haran to the land of Canaan Took missionary journeys to Turkey, Macedonia Traveled to Egypt to flee from King Herod

ChurchToon

God bless you! Prohibitions against prayer are now common in most public school graduations. But some students at a high school in Washington, Illinois, came up with a way around the ban. Ryan Brown, a graduate scheduled to give a speech, paused to bow in silent prayer as he approached the podium. Moments later, with all eyes on him, Brown faked a sneeze. In response, a handful of his friends shouted, God bless you!

Pray for Missionaries: The Knight Family (Japan)

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On mission to reach people for the family of God.

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