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By the grace of God, the Philippi Baptist Church

shall Embrace, Model, and Share the love of God

through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spir

Philippi Baptist Church 107 Church St. Philippi, WV 26416 (304) 457-3206

Catch us on the radio live every Sunday morning at 10:30a.m. WQAB 91.3 FM

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.pbcwv.net

107 Church Street Philippi, WV 26416(304)457-3206Jon Villers, Pastor

Lisa Dadisman, Secretary

The Baptist BridgThe Baptist Bridge

Inside this IssuePastors Heart...2Youth News...3

Birthdays4

Anniversaries...4

Announcements...5

Childrens Rally...6

Union Baptist

Association U-Link.

Lenten information..

Lenten Schedule9

Getting to know...10

March 2012


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Hollow Sacrifice (by Eileen Button)

Like many Christian children, I gave up sweets for the forty-plus days of Lent. I remember creeping

downstairs on Easter morning, hoping to be greeted by a marvelous, solid-chocolate Palmer's bunny.

After surviving the torturous season of sacrifice, I could barely wait to nibble the cottontail's long,

delicious ears.

I would sometimes be disappointed to find a hollow chocolate cross in my basket in place of the pre-

ferred bunny. Propped in green plastic grass and surrounded by pastel jelly beans stood a milk choc-

olate version of my Savior's object of torture. In place of Christ's broken body, the cross bore a pink

and yellow flower made of sugar. I couldn't eat it. It felt blasphemous to do so. While it was almost

impossible to endure the long, sweet-less days of Lent, the triviality of my "sacrifice" always shocked

me when I was confronted by that chocolate cross on Easter morning. Even a child wrestles with the

reality of Christ's ultimate sacrifice.

The annual season of Lent is puzzling to many. Denying ourselves our favorite treats or habits -

even for a short time - seems unnecessarily archaic in our I-want-it-now culture. Lent is a plodding,

definitive crescendo that leads up to the cacophonous noise of Good Friday and the gorgeous aria ofEaster Sunday. It's a season marked by deliberateness and intentionality.

But we often get in the way of our own best intentions. When fasting from food or technology (or

whatever else captures our hearts and threatens to take the place that only God can fill) we might

be tempted to feel a sense of pride or arrogance about our sacrifice. The very thing we relinquish

sometimes clamors inside us as a "need" to be met. Instead of focusing on Jesus Christ, our atten-

tion can dangerously be drawn to the very thing we've voluntarily surrendered.

Even so, the practice of Lent can be a valuable discipline. It's difficult to comprehend what our con-

tinual sense of entitlement does to our bodies and souls. Our culture worships at the feet of pleas-

ure, deeply bowing to all its delicious offerings. As we "shovel it in," we can become desensitized to

our needs - the real hungers - in our lives. Observing Lent can help us wrestle with the reasons be-

hind our perpetual consumption. When we decide to relinquish that thing that fails to truly satisfy,

we come face-to-face with some tough questions. Can we believe Jesus when he says, "People do

not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God"? How can we make

room for the Savior in our buried and burdened lives? Can we grasp the reality of Good Friday and

live within its irony?

Lent challenges us to consider the honest answers to these and other soul-searching questions. It

invites us to voluntarily jump off the hamster wheel of consumption and experience the pinch of ab-

staining from continual, thoughtless indulgence. It has the potential to give our frenetic material

selves a much-needed break.

Like many believers, I hold fast to the annual discipline of Lent and continue to give up something

that I consume. I treasure the season of abstinence, seeking, and revelation. Every year, I learn

something new. Perhaps I was - and still am - offended by a hollow chocolate cross because it signi-

fies what is too often true about our spiritual lives: What we see on the outside might look pretty,

but we can be tragically empty. Occasionally, the reality of Jesus Christ's sacrifice and the power of

his love break through our hardened hearts. The realization, like a splash of freezing water on our

tired faces, causes us to gasp. The hollow parts of our souls can be filled.


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Youth

Observing Lent

The U-Link Event will be at the A-B Coliseum on

April 27th-28th.It will be a lock- in in conjunction with

the 30 hour Famine Event sponsored by World Vision.

The next meeting will be at East Clarksburg Baptist

Church on March 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM.

U-Link is continuing to work on getting the youth of the Union Association in-

volved in activities that promote Christian fellowship and growth in the Lord's work.

We hope that you will consider getting involved with this event. We also will need adult help in manag-

ing the activities and working with the kids. Additional details related to the time and activities during

the event will be sent out after our next U-Link meeting. If you would like to help in planning of the

activity please come to our next meeting at East Clarksburg Baptist Church on March 8, 2012 at

7:00p.m. If you have questions or need tospeak to someone please call 304-669-3895.

Below is a clip from the "30 Hour of Famine" web site that explains what is involved in preparing for

this event.

What Is The Famine

Students around the world loving God and fighting hunger.

Not your average group activity.

This is your chance to join other groups of students all over the world in learning the truth about

hunger, poverty, and injustice then overcome it all with love.

Worldwide, 925 million people are hungry. Every day, as many as 11,000 children under age 5 die due to

hunger-related causes. Thats one kid every 8 seconds.The Famine gives your group a chance to do something about it to rise up and serve the hungry.

Going hungry so others dont have to.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of students do the Famine. They go without food for 30 hours. They

learn what it takes to overcome hunger. And they raise funds to help feed hungry children and families

around they world. They refuse to be told they cant make a difference.

Every $30 raised by your group can help feed and care for a child for a month. And because the Famine

is powered by World Vision, youre not just feeding kids for today youre helping them and their

families overcome poverty for a lifetime. Learn more about how the Famine works.

A life-changing experience when your group does the Famine, youre doing more than raising money for

a good cause. Youre stepping outside yourselves to help save lives . . . and change the way you see the

world.

Along the way, your group will learn about hunger and make a difference in the lives of children living

in poverty. And to top it all off, youll be drawn closer to God and one another as you experience hunger

firsthand.

Were with you every step of the way!

World Vision provides everything you need to put on an unforgettable Famine event, including a FREE

Famine toolkit (a $50 value) with a leaders guide, fundraising packets for each student, educational

videos, and more!


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Please Prayfor:AB College faculty,staff and students,Robert Ball,Ronald Ball,Billy Coontz,Family of Blaine

Corder,Audrey Cross,Bernitia Dadisman,

David Dye,Becky & MikeElmore,Otilia Franke,

Jim Friend,Carl Gant,Jane Gibbons,Joe & Beverly Gouer,

Family of Myrtle Iski,Mary Kratsas,

Joyce Kerr,Matt Lake,Christina Maddy,

Gloria Miller,Billie Moore,Donna Moore,Dr. Jennifer Parks,

Bryson Parker,Brenda & Gary Price,

Margaret Salimi,John Scott,Vangie Shaffer,Kaley Sinsel,

Josh Spriggs,Jacob Steele,Mary Tamulitis,Darlene Waddell

Unspoken requests forfamily members,

unsaved people,

community concerns,those with job and home

loss and financial difficul-ties. Also, in need of pray-

er: Our national, state,and country leaders and

officials. Please pray for

victims, the families and

friends of crime, war andviolence throughout our

country. Pray to protect

military personnel andtheir families throughout

the world. Relatives andfriends of those servingour country: Tim Jenkins,

Chris Mossburg, Major

Kris Wood. Captain Aa-ron Cross who was de-

ployed to Afghanistan.

The blessing of a

loving family that has

provided me with agodly upbringing. My

mom made sure we

grew up in church andhas had Jesus in our

daily lives. And...myfriends at PBC that

sent cards of thanksand continuing

concerns for myhusband.

-Suzy Ball

3-Delmer Wallen3-Shannon Dering3-George Kratsas

4-Katie Mullens5-Eric Minor6-Erin Armstrong6-Chelsea Long6-Shelly Long

7-Danielle Funk

9-Amanda Long

10-Craig Cobb11-Lindsay Bracey11-Sarah Ferguson12-Jean Roy13-Cheryl Blanken-

ship

14-George Whitman

15-

Kristina Vlasic

16-Patrick Withers19-Adam Wolfe20-Lars Byrne21-Barbara Smith

21-Carrie Smith

Burggraf21-David Smith22-Sarah Hicks26-Marilyn Shearer

27-Abby Blankenship

28-Jacob Steele

30-Tommy Roy

Anniversaries

5- Kenny & Niki

Channels

7-

Jon & Karen Griffin

17-George & CarolynDavis

17-Larry & Caroline Jet

24 Craig & Sarah Cob

24 - Jovan & ZvezdanaVlasic


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Calendar Dates from Board of Christian Education

March 11th CE Board Meeting 6pm

March 31stFamily Game Night 6-8pm

April 8th-Easter Egg Hunt

May 6th - Ice Cream Final Exam Cram at AB

July 14 - Vacation Bible School (One day event)

August 17- Move In at AB and Battler Fair

ABWM: Will meet March 6th, 2012 at 7:00p.m.

Hostess: JoAnn Marsh

Hearing the Word

Program: Koreen Villers

Book of the month: Ezra

Children Volunteer Schedule for March

March 4-

Nursery- Wanda Steele and Justin Richards

Wee Church- Cheryl and Abby Blankenship

Junior Church- Chuck and Carol Ervin

March 11-

Nursery- Christie Allen and Loretta Richards

Wee Church- Koreen and Thomas Villers

Junior Church- Kelly and Lindsay Bracey

March 18-

Nursery- ?

Wee Church- Lisa and Tom Dadisman

Junior Church- Sara and Eddy Poling

March 25-

Nursery- Cheryl Wolfe and Allison Villers

Wee Church- Heather and Haden Cottrill

Junior Church- Sarah and Pete Ferguson


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UNION BAPTIST ASSOCIATION


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Lenten Luncheons @ Crim UMC - Noon

March 7th Crim United Methodist Church

Rev. Judy Flynn, Speaker

Noon


Rev. Oz Gray, Speaker

Noon

March 21st Crim United Methodist ChurchRev. Shirley Webster, Speaker

Noon


Rev. John Flynn, Speaker

Noon

April 6th Crim United Methodist Church

Rev. Bryan Headley, Speaker

Noon Good Friday

All offerings will go to the Barbour County Ministerial

Association.


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Union Association Lenten Services

2012

March 4 Middleville Baptist ChurchRev. Orville Wright, Speaker

4:00 p.m.

March 11 Belington Baptist Church

Rev. Victor Shields, Speaker

6:00 p.m.

March 18 Mount Vernon Baptist ChurchRev. Herb Bledsoe, Speaker

6:00 p.m.

March 25 Philippi Baptist Church

Rev. Paul Boyles, Speaker

6:00 p.m.

April 1 First Baptist Church of GraftonPastor Paul Byrd, Speaker

7:00 p.m.

Communion Service

All offerings will go to the Associations general funds.

If you have any questions regarding these meetings, please contact

Roger Delaney at (304) 842-5140


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Talk about Staying Power!

My dad had been baptized in the creek near the Point Pleasant church, Blair Marks reports,

but Mom and my two sisters and I were baptized together here at the Philippi church in1936. He laughs. They kept singing Just As I Am over and over, and I thought there

wasnt another hymn in the world.

Except for Betty Luff, who was baptized at PBC in 1933, Blair holds the record for length ofmembership. He has served the church as a trustee and worked with Clyde Hibbs on many

church and parsonage projects. He and Pearl were members of the Fidelity Sunday School

class. Pearl notes that Vacation Bible School was her favorite church activity, particularly

while their three daughters were growing up. All three of them were baptized at PBC. LauraJune now lives in Charleston, Elda Jean in Atlantic Beach, Florida. Lois Jane here in Philippi.

They have provided Blair and Pearl with seven grandchildren, thirteen great -grandchildren,and two great-great-grandchildren.

Were pretty much housebound now, Blair says. Ill be ninety in June, and Pearl will be

eighty-seven the nineteenth of this month.

Church has played an important role in the Marks story, for it was through the Point Pleasant

church that they met. We lived, Blair says, down Bakers Run near the church and alwayswalked there on Sundays. One of our cousins was a good friend of Pearls. They went to

school together in Alexandria, Virginia, where they both lived. That cousin brought Pearl toPhilippi for a visit. I saw Pearl only three or four times before we were married.

Their brief courtship was due to the fact that Blair went into the Navy and spent two years onan LST going to various parts of the world including China and Japan. They were married just

a month after he was discharged in 1946.

For several years Blair worked as a construction foreman. He had a crew of twenty men who

poured concrete for various government projects including the nuclear reactor near Savannah,

Georgia, where the concrete walls were twenty feet thick. He also worked on projects in Nor-folk, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. Finally, tired of shifted from place the place, he quit his

job, and the Markses moved back to Philippi. Blair became a mechanic in the coal mines atCentury, where he stayed for twenty years before retiring.

Pearl worked for the electric company in Alexandria, but after they were married and the girls

were school-aged, she worked in the cafeteria at Philip Barbour High School. She later spent

over twenty years in charge of Office Services at A-B.

Blair and Pearl have lived in their house on Walnut Street for over fifty years.

Because they are unable to get out much, they welcome visitors, particularly those from PBC.

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