COMMUNITY UPDATES UPCOMING EVENTS: December 14 – Lock-in for 7 th -12 th grades. December 14 - Daughters of the King, 5:30 p.m. Dec 15—Parents Day Out – 3 yrs – 4 th grade, 11a.m. – 2 p.m. December 18 - Teen Christmas gathering, Travis & Kate’s December 16 - Belpre Family Christmas, 6 p.m. Patty Hinzman will be be catering the meal. All attending are asked to bring Christmas good- ies. DAUGHTERS OF THE KING—will meet this Friday, December 14 instead of the 21st, 5:30 p.m. DAUGHTER’S OF THE KING ASSISTANCE …. Daughter’s of the King will be collecting items for care packages for 22 kids at Belpre elementary. Inside today’s bulletin is a list of those items. And instructions on where to bring them. DELIVER COMMUNION TO SHUT INS If you would be interested in assisting us with delivering communion to shut-ins, those who had surgery, etc., please let Mike Williamson know. Also, if you know of someone who wishes communion brought to them, please let Mike or the office know. WEDNESDAY NIGHT FAMILY CHRISTMAS DINNER December 19, beginning at 5:45, cost is $5.00. Smothered chicken, green beans, rolls and Christmas goodies. Sign up sheet is on the office side bulletin board. OFFICE NOTE: You should have received a phone message last Thursday from the new phone tree. I you would like to receive just email communication, please let the office know. Let us know if you DID NOT get a message from us on Thursday. CARD SHOWER - For Tom Rhodes, son of Margie Stover. He will celebrate his 50th birthday December 29. He has been battling some health issues and has undergone surgery to correct those issues. The cards would be such an encouragement to him. Please send cards to Margie’s address or drop them off to the office: 1417 Blvd. Dr., Belpre, OH 45714 YOUTH/TEENS Life Group, tonight at 6 p.m. Guys bring pop. Ladies bring desserts COURAGE TO CHANGE Everyday you receive many messages, people expressing their opinions on the television, radio and in conversation. Many have strong views and make viable cases for why you should have the same outlook as theirs. God cautions you to be wise and not believe all you hear. God is straightforward in his ap- proach to right and wrong, and you can be sure that anything that contradicts his word is false and destructive. So do not get caught in the trap of thinking he does not really care what you do. He will not ignore your unfaithfulness. The Lord has only the best in mind for your life. So do as He says. He’s worthy of your obedience. LOVE IN ACTION We collected over 40 sets of twin sheets for the Latrobe street mission. Thank you to all who donated. :) The mission is now open and still needing volunteers to help with continued construction and cleaning. If you at any time want to help, please contact the mission. We are still in need of about 40 syrup and pancake mixes. This will be needed by this week. Please place by the pantry door and they will be used in BAM's Christmas boxes. Please meet with us after services today if you are interested in buying for a child for Christmas or want to share a monetary donation for the children. Without us, many of these children will get nothing for Christmas. We are being blessed by some huge deliveries from Harvest of Hope once again and the pantry has been full and overflowing at times. But our numbers continue to increase for those that are needing some assistance right now. Our Belpre family is definitely making a difference in the lives of many. We are also going to cater a dinner and supper for the pantry clients the week prior to Christmas during pantry hours. We hope to do this more in the future. We continue to need help during Tuesday's pantry hours, if anyone is interested in serving during this time. Our goal is to free up a volunteer so we can actually have one on one time with the clients to talk with them about needs and the HOPE they have in Christ. Please consider helping us in the new year! We could do so much more to glorify God, but we NEED your help. STAFF Jeff Stevenson - Preaching Minister [email protected] 740.378.6632 Travis Williams - Family Life Minister [email protected] 330.546.5620 Ron Laughery - Preaching Minister, Emeritus [email protected] 740.516.4038 Kim Haynes - Church Secretary [email protected] 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 Adult Education JoAnn Bartimus Benevolence/Love in Action Anita Vaughan Caring & Sharing Margaret Wentz Children’s Education Stephanie Miller & Jerry Brown Courage to Change Mary Ann Thorn/Sonia Grimm Education Director JoAnn Bartimus Media Larry Hopkins Missions Mary Ann Thorn Prayer Jo Miller World Bible School Leslie Roby Young at Heart Ron & Terry Everson December 9, 2012 Join us December 16 at 6 p.m. for our annual Belpre Family Christmas. Our younger children are preparing a program about “The Littlest Tree,” Ron will be reading to our children “The Legend of the Christmas Tree,” we will have a short devotional led by Jeff Stevenson and our teens will have something “to sing about.” We will meet in the MPR following the program for appetizers and snacks prepared by Patty Hinzman. We are asking everyone that joins us bring a Christmas goody to share. Parents, Grandparents, friends and neighbors are all welcome to come! Bible Bowl- March 1-3 @ Richland Road Church of Christ in Marion, Ohio. Ages 5th Grade-97 years can participate. The book of study will be Matthew. Please see Travis or Kate for a list of questions. We will be studying on Thursday nights starting this Thursday December 13 th (at the building on the 13 th ) from 6:30-8 PM. This is a fun event that will challenge us to know God's Word better … please join us! SYMPATHY To Lucille Burgess. Earl peacefully passed away Friday morning. We will be giving arrangements today for his service. Lucille’s sister also passed away last week. She lived in California.