COMMUNITY UPDATES / UPCOMING EVENTS ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY MEETING There will be an Adopt-A-Highway safety meeting today right after ser- vices in room 104. You must be safety trained if you want to participate with the litter pick-up. FOOD PANTRY HOURS Due to the holiday this week, please note the following changes in food pantry hours. The pantry will be open tomorrow, Mon., Nov. 25 from 11 a.m.—2 p.m. and from 5—7 p.m. The pantry will be closed on Tues., Nov. 26 and on Thurs., Nov. 28. Ron’s Wednesday morning class will not be meeting this Wed., Nov. 27. THANKSGIVING SERVICE The church will hold its annual Thanksgiving service on Wednesday, November 27, at 7:00 p.m. Please plan to attend! STEPPING STONES HOLIDAY DINNER AND AUCTION You are cordially invited to attend the 14th annual Stepping Stones Holiday Dinner and Auction on Saturday, December 7, at 6:00 p.m. in the multi-purpose room. If you have an item or service you would con- sider donating, all would be greatly appreciated. Come join us for a fun evening in service to Christian education at Ohio Valley University. For tickets, please contact Mary Miller or Carley Tewanger. LOVE AND CARE The 2013 schedule for Love and Care worship and Bible study is on the bulletin boards in both office and carport hallways. The first scheduled meeting times that the Belpre Church will be responsible for are Sunday, Jan. 12 and Thursday, Jan. 16. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! ~Psalm 100:4 Happy Thanksgiving! STAFF Jeff Stevenson - Preaching Minister [email protected]740.378.6632 Travis Williams - Family Life Minister [email protected]330.546.5620 Brett Hower - College Intern [email protected]717.471.3151 Ron Laughery - Preaching Minister, Emeritus [email protected]740.516.4038 Church Office [email protected]www.belprechurch.com Phone: 740.423.7021 | Fax: 740.423.8333 SHEPHERDS Dan Canada—304.588.4087 Bob Crum—740.516.5960 Marty Clark—740.551.2075 Mark Kaufman—740.678.8053 Jack Thorn—304.482.1933 To schedule an appointment to meet with our shepherds, please call the church office. MINISTRY LEADERS Benevolence/Love in Action Anita Vaughan Caring & Sharing Margaret Wentz Children’s Education Stephanie Miller & Jerry Brown Connections Tom Seers Courage to Change Mary Ann Thorn/Sonia Grimm Media Larry Hopkins Missions Mary Ann Thorn Prayer Jo Miller World Bible School Leslie Roby November 24, 2013 COLLEGE/TEENS PURSUIT is the revamped, refocused college ministry at the Belpre Church led by Brett Hower. PURSUIT will not be meeting tonight or Wednesday evening due to Thanksgiving break. We will resume on Sun. evening, Dec. 1 at 6:00 p.m. at the Stevenson’s home and again on Wed., Dec. 4 for our regular study. TEENS will not be meeting this evening. MINISTRY MEETINGS Connections Connections team members will meet today in the coffee room following services. Young At Heart Due to a lack of participation, our trip to Cabela’s and to see the Christmas lights in Wheeling on Dec. 5 has been cancelled. Courage to Change The room was packed. There were chairs around the walls and people sitting in the hallway to listen to Wayne Smith the Service Coordinator for the New Vision recovery program at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, Ohio. There were 34 in attendance which included local law enforcement, mental health providers, the media and members of the Parkersburg and Belpre communities. Mr. Smith explained about the rehabilitation program that is offered to people struggling with trying to get off drugs and or alcohol. He explained there just needs to be four rooms with three nurses and one doctor who are trained to deal with the effects of withdraw symptoms and the process of healing those with one or more addictions. Mr. Smith told his story of recovery and how it started with just one police officer who said he had faith in him. He said it wasn’t a preacher or friend, or a family member, but a policeman that told him he was worth it and he had faith in him. He gave the statistics of the amount of drug use in the United States and the need for a facility to help addicts in the Marietta, Belpre, Parkersburg area. Mr. Smith did a wonderful job of presenting the facts about addiction, the struggle to recover, and the need for more facilities, especially in our area, to help addicts recover from their addictions, get clean and become contributing members of our communities. Love in Action We will be having "Undie Sunday's" on December 1 and 8. Please see the enclosed insert today for more details on this. We are still in need of instant potatoes for the BAM holiday boxes. This past week we also made a monetary donation to "Healing Hands" to assist with the help in the Phillipines. Our pantry shelves continue to overflow with God's blessings. We are certain all of this will be beneficial during the holiday season. We hope to give clothing this year from "Undie Sunday" to each of our W/E children along with at least one gift. If you know of others who are in need of assistance, we will take a few more names. More details on this next week. Happy Thanksgiving to all our church family! We are so greatly blessed by our mighty God! Christ has told us in Matt 10:42 that " Whoever gives a cup of cold water to the little ones....will not loose his reward." Thank you all for sharing a cup of water and more to those in need. We pray we will glorify God through this ministry. SPECIAL INVITATION Please join us Sunday, December 1, from 12— 2:00 p.m. in room 102-103 for a “come and go wedding reception” for Kyla Haynes. Kyla was united in marriage on Saturday, November 16 in Nashville, TN to Taylor Jones. Light refreshments will be served at the recep- tion. Thank you, Mark and Kim Haynes
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COMMUNITY UPDATES / UPCOMING EVENTS
ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY MEETING
There will be an Adopt-A-Highway safety meeting today right after ser-
vices in room 104. You must be safety trained if you want to participate
with the litter pick-up.
FOOD PANTRY HOURS
Due to the holiday this week, please note the following changes in food
pantry hours. The pantry will be open tomorrow, Mon., Nov. 25 from 11
a.m.—2 p.m. and from 5—7 p.m. The pantry will be closed on Tues.,
Nov. 26 and on Thurs., Nov. 28.
Ron’s Wednesday morning class will not be meeting this Wed., Nov. 27.
THANKSGIVING SERVICE
The church will hold its annual Thanksgiving service on Wednesday,
November 27, at 7:00 p.m. Please plan to attend!
STEPPING STONES HOLIDAY DINNER AND AUCTION
You are cordially invited to attend the 14th annual Stepping Stones
Holiday Dinner and Auction on Saturday, December 7, at 6:00 p.m. in
the multi-purpose room. If you have an item or service you would con-
sider donating, all would be greatly appreciated. Come join us for a
fun evening in service to Christian education at Ohio Valley University.
For tickets, please contact Mary Miller or Carley Tewanger.
LOVE AND CARE
The 2013 schedule for Love and Care worship and Bible study is on the
bulletin boards in both office and carport hallways. The first scheduled
meeting times that the Belpre Church will be responsible for are
Sunday, Jan. 12 and Thursday, Jan. 16.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise!
Ron’s Class - “The Christian and the Judgment”, Sunday @ 5:00
p.m. - MPR - Contact Ron Laughery - 740/516-4038
Miller Group - Sunday following services. Contact Scott or Mary
Miller - 740/423-6608
Crum Group - Sunday following services. Contact Bob Crum -
740/516-5960
Williamson/Haynes - . Contact Mike Williamson - 304/481-4711
Pfalzgraf Group - Sunday following services - Contact Betty
Pfalzgraf - 304/863-5586
Bortell Group - Contact Dan or Amy Bortell - 304/481-5944
Lallathin/Metz Group - Contact Nathan Teawanger - 740/213-
1011
Teens– Sunday @ 6:00 - Contact Travis Williams - 330/546-5620
PURSUIT - College - Sunday @ 6:00 - Stevenson home - Contact
Brett Hower - 717/471-3151
Hello and Welcome,
We are so glad that you have joined us today for the finale of the Belpre Youth Rally. First off, if you are visiting just for today, we are so glad that you are here and hope you will come back again.
To those that have attended this rally, thanks for joining us and we hope that you and your teens have been blessed. Our goal this year was for you to experience the wonder of God in our main sessions and to learn about the "ones" of Ephesians 4 in our classes that unite us in Christ. We pray that you all will have a safe trip home.
For our members, thanks for all of the ways you support this rally. Thank you for your donations, time, and most importantly your prayers. God has always and will continue to work through this event. We serve a wonderful God!
Now, if you are reading this during services, put down the bulletin and join us in worship!
Thanks again! -Travis and the Belpre Youth Rally Planning Team-
Sermon Notes:
On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along
between Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered a
village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a
distance and lifted up their voices, saying, “Jesus,
Master, have mercy on us.” When he saw them
he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the
priests.” And as they went they were cleansed.
Then one of them, when he saw that he was
healed, turned back, praising God with a loud
voice; and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving