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COMMUNITY UPDATES NEW ADDRESS Travis and Kate Williams, 2075 Congress Road, Belpre, OH 45714 THEY ARE BACK Welcome home - Don and Phyllis Lallathin. 1703 McGill Rd, Belpre, OH 45714. THEY ARE LEAVING Kyle, Katrina, Malachi and Mia will be moving to Florida the first of the year. Katrina grew up in this congregation. They will certainly be missed. Please pray for safe travels and a smooth transition for them. WE LOVE YOU!!! CONGRATULATIONS To Courtney and Stephen Givens. Asher Michael was born last Sunday. Congratulations also to Great-grandma Helen Ritter and Grandparents Russ and Teral Givens. 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. CARD SHOWER - For Tom Rhodes, son of Margie Stover. He will celebrate his 50th birthday December 29. He has been battling some health 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 JAMAICA MISSION TRIP 2013 The Jamaica mission team is going to Linstead, Jamaica this July 18-27, 2013. Linstead is up in the mountains of Jamaica. We will be conducting Bible studies, a 5 day V.B.S. and a crusade each evening. We have housing reserved for 12 people. If you would be interested in going please let Greg Kirk, Larry Brown, or Mary Ann Thorn know. This is a very good place to get started and we would love to have you. PRAYER MINISTRY MEETING We will meet January 2 from 6:30 to 7 p.m. in room 105. We will be going over some changes for the upcoming year. Please come with all suggestions. Newcomers are always welcome –Jo Miller MILITARY ADDRESS PFC Seth Wellspring, B Co/1-36 IN, TF Spartan, FOB A221zulah, APO AE 09313 AREA WIDE WORSHIP Hosted by Barlow Vincent Church: January 13, 3:30 p.m. at the Camden Avenue church of Christ. Nathan Greene will be the speaker. ...THANK YOU’s FOR THE FRUIT BASKETS… Gary and Rosemary Vincent - and to the Miller’s for delivering it. Clayton and Sandy VanFossen - we are blessed to have such a caring family. Bill and Maxine Russell THANK YOU Our family would like to thank everyone for the food provided, Bible, prayers and visits during our time of need. Please continue to pray for us as we transition into this holiday season. The family of Johnnie Barker CLASS NOTE...The financial class cost is $10 per week or $80 for one payment. We need those interested to sign up as soon as possible to allow us time to order in the proper amount of materials. Please see Chris Kaufman or Mike Williamson if you have any questions. MISC NEED If anyone has skeins of yarn or partial skeins, please bring those in to the office. We have someone who likes to make scarves for the needy but does not always have the funds to purchase the materials. Thank you. YOUTH/TEENS NO LIFE GROUP THIS EVENING Grand Central is offering a lock in New Year’s Eve at OVU. Please check the flier on the bulletin board outside my office. COURAGE TO CHANGE Have you ever longed to know what was going to happen in the future? You may be facing a problematic situation and want to make the best choice in the matter. Or perhaps you have been given an exciting opportunity and question whether moving for- ward is the right thing to do. God’s will is not a mystery. He has a wonderful path that he wants you to follow, but you must do two things: First, ask him to reveal his plan to you. Second, be committed to obeying him even if it means making a difficult decision. LOVE IN ACTION A special thank you to all those who gave monetary donations and bought gifts for a child this Christmas. A total of thirty children were given a better Christmas because of you. We are aware that many also helped other families and this all says something special about our family here at Belpre. In addition to this a pantry client's family was helped this week in getting gas back into their home. Neale and Mark Kaufman did some difficult plumbing for a family to enable the gas company to get their gas back on. This family came "beaming" to the pantry Thursday evening and were very grateful to be able to take hot showers, have a stove to cook on and have heat once again. I wish the Kaufman's could have witnessed the smiles and hugs from this family. A special thanks also goes out to those who helped in any way with the pantry and the dinner this past week. Thanks also to Judy Lorentz for her special cards for the food boxes, the Daughter's of the King for their gift boxes and the children's classes that continually do cards for the pantry clients. Every act of kindness helps as we reach out to others. The pantry is overflowing again, as so many are hurting this time of year. God is so good! May each of you have a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year! 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 23, 2012 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 from 6:30-8 p.m. at Travis and Kate’s (2075 Congress Rd, Belpre). This is a fun event that will challenge us to know God's Word better … please join us! From the staff and shepherds of the Belpre Church of Christ, we wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas! Jeff, Kim, Phyllis, Ron, Travis, Sharon, Bob, Dan, Jack, Mark and Marty
