September 2019

West Village Courier Weekly activities in the church building: Tuesdays (Sept. 17-Oct.22) Ladies Bible Study 9:00 am Wednesdays (Sept. 18-Oct. 23) Ladies Bible Study 7:00 pm

September:

1-2 Labor Day Campout at Gill’s Campground 5 Senior Adult Day @ Oil Belt 6 5th Quarter 8 Youth Kickoff 5-7p.m. @ Nolan & Whitney’s house 17 Women’s Bible Study begins

Looking Ahead: Oct. 13-Shreve’s Pumpkin Patch Oct. 25-5th Quarter Nov. 10-Putt Putt at Grayville ———————————————— September Anniversaries 1-Steve & Bonita Thomason 2-Murray & Cheryl Moore 5-Aaron & Amanda York 9-Roger & Charlotte Shelby 11-Jim & Chris Heindselman 21-Rex & Wendy Utley 28-Carson & Rhonda Everett Greg & Vanessa Chalcraft 29-Alex & Sherry Mewes

September Greeters High school class providing

greeters for September.

Labor Day Campout!!!

2019 LABOR DAY WEEKEND CAMPOUT SCHEDULE FRIDAY – Move in campers, set up tents, etc. Supper will be on your own. SATURDAY

Breakfast and Lunch are on your own. Tables and chairs will be set up and the fire will be going.

5:00 p.m. Fish Fry. Fish, drinks and table service provided. Bring side dish or dessert.

SUNDAY Breakfast is on your own. 8:30 a.m. Church Services at the campout. In case of rain, services will be

held at the church at 10:30 a.m.

12:00 p.m. Meat, table service & drinks will be provided. Bring a side dish or dessert.

1:00 p.m. Cornhole Tournament & Dirty Bingo (bring white elephant gift) 6:00 p.m. Devotions, wiener roast, and hayride. Bring hot dogs, buns, and chips. Table service and drinks will be provided.

MONDAY Feel free to stay as long as you want. Games will still be set up.

Have a Relaxing Weekend!!!!

Welcome to West Village

We want to welcome Nolan and Whitney

Owings and their children: Cadyn, Titus,

Callen, and Cora to our West Village family.

They have come to us from Centerville,

Iowa. Nolan’s first Sunday preaching was

Aug. 18th.

Pumpkin Patch

Mark your calendars! West Village’s annual trip to Shreve’s Pumpkin Patch will

be October 13th. We will meet at the

patch at 5:00 for a hayride and a wiener

roast and devotion will follow at 6:00.

Please bring a finger food to share!

Ladies Bible Study Ladies Bible Study will begin on Sept. 17th and last for six

weeks. It will meet at the church on

Tuesday Morning at 9 a.m. and Wednesday evening at

7 p.m. The study will be Living by Faith by Kelly

King. Please join us for a time of learning more about

God’s word and fellowship.

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Missions Moment

September Birthdays

1 — Nieta Fewkes,

Todd Hortin

3 — Nancy Bunting

5 — Nixie Hnetkovsky

7 — Nyla McKinzie

Campbell Biggs

9 — Lindsey Luker

11 — Eric St. Ledger

12 — Jenna Turpin

Caleb Porter

Lena Melchor

Delaney York

Hannah Perry

15 — Roseanne Garner

Lalia Melchor

16 — Isaac Fryman

19 — Bill Tribe

Nolan Owings

Tammy Wehmeyer

20 — Grace Brands

21 — Alex Litherland

22 — Myrna Mason

23 — Jim McKinzie

Maverick Moore

Bobby Knowles

Scott Caldwell

25 — Rex Utley

26 — Chris Spray

27 — Jana Clark

29 — Brian Wick

30— Marissa Turpin

Wabash Christian Village in Carmi is one of the

organizations that we support. Quoting from one

of their newsletters-" They (our residents) come to

us during some of the most vulnerable stages of

their lives-due to illness, after a fall, while living with

memory loss, or simply not able to live alone. They

are uncertain about what their future will

bring. WBCV restores their hope through the

loving hand of God and they are comforted by your

generosity and acts of kindness."

Monthly Missions

Oblong Children’s Christian

Home

Tim & Erin MacSaveny

w/ Pioneer Bible Translators

Oil Belt Christian Service Camp

Campus Outreach ——————————————————————————————————

Home Communion If you would like to have Home

Communion brought to you, please

call Randy Longbons at 445-7723.

“I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.”

Psalm 16:8

Wabash Christian Village

Youth News

Youth Groups (begin Sept. 15th)

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5th Quarter Our first 5th quarter for the year will be Sept. 6th after the football game!

Come out for

inflatables, games, lots of food and fun!!! Future 5th

quarter date will be Oct. 25th! We hope to see you!!

What happened to the cow that

survived the earthquake?

-She became a milkshake

Sunday Night Youth Kickoff

The Sunday Night Youth Kickoff will be Sept. 8th

from 5-7 p.m. at Nolan and Whitney’s . There

will be inflatables, games, burgers, hot dogs,

and lots of fun! See you there!

Elementary 1st-5th grades will meet at the church with

Grace, Nyla, and Rhonda at 6 p.m. on Sunday

evenings.

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Junior High

Junior High will meet at Jason & Kelley Biggs’ house

from 5:45-7:00 p.m. on Sunday evenings.

High School High School will meet at Jim & Jodi

Peach’s . Keep watch for a schedule of

dates.

Children’s Church Nursery 1— No Children’s Church 1—Joyce & Debbie

8— Nixie 8—Tara & Norma

15—Audra 15—Sandy & Tonya

22—Ashley 22—Rhonda & Michelle

29—No Children’s Church 29—Sharon & Jessica

West Village Christian Church

296 Co Rd 1300N

Albion, IL 62806

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Albion, IL

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West Village Christian Church

296 Co Rd 1300N

Albion, IL 62806

618-445-2692 www.westvillagechristianchurch.org

Church Staff:

Minister

Nolan Owings

(Phone: 641-895-8043)

(Email: n_owings@hotmail

.com)

Secretary

Erin Koertge

Food for Thought Page 4

Sunday Morning Worship:

Sunday School: 9:30am

Morning Worship: 10:30am

Sunday Evening Services

Life Groups: 6:00 pm

Youth Groups 6:00 pm

10 Minutes Almost every day since Whitney, Cadyn, Titus, Callen, Cora and I arrived I have turned to my wife and told her how happy I

am that God brought us to West Village. From the leadership of the church, which is chasing after God and already

challenging me, too the numerous people that have already adopted my children in with open arms, we have felt at home.

And as I set in my office this morning all I can think about is how to make that same feeling possible for those in our

community that don’t already know the love of Christ and His church.

Hospitality, in the original Greek language is the combination of two words. The first is philo which means brotherly love,

and the second is xenos which means stranger. When God calls on us to be people that practice hospitality (Romans 13, 1

Timothy 5) it is not a call to love one another. That is important but being hospitable is about loving the strangers that come

through our doors as though they are our own family.

This brings me to my strange title for this article. According to many church leaders we have 10 minutes. 10 minutes before a

new visitor has already decided if they will be coming back. 10 minutes from the time that they pull into the parking lot

before they have made up their minds about who we are. In that amount of time they will park their cars, walk in our doors,

be greeted in the foyer, and maybe make it into sanctuary. They will likely have made up their minds before worship ever

begins, before the first word of the sermon is uttered.

This is a little terrifying, but here is the beautiful truth that comes with it. No matter where people come from, their greatest

desire is for connection. They need Jesus, but they will start with us, and if West Village can welcome in every new visitor

the way they have my family, then those 10 minutes will turn into a lifetime of love of fellowship here at WVCC.