What a wonderful Revival! The Lord moved through us, through the music,

through the Pastors, and we expect the Lord to continue to move. The purpose

of a Revival is to awaken our hearts and spirits for what the Lord is about to do.

Too often, revival’s fire burns out because we aren’t willing to take the next

step. The musicians and speakers challenged us to live for God and share the

good news of Jesus Christ in our lives. There is a purpose for us and a call over

our lives. It’s an equipping call that Christ has for us where Christ intends to

use us to accomplish His will for our lives. The Pastors spoke about stepping

out in faith and trusting God to guide us to where He wants us to be.

The steps we take are up to us, however. We can choose to remain where we

are, and our lives will continue to be what they already are. Or, we can choose

to take a step of faith, trusting that God is speaking to us in new ways, and call-

ing us to serve Him. How many times have you ignored or explained away the

call of Christ? Do you recall having a stirring of the spirit inside of you that

urged you to do something for Christ? Have you turned down the call of minis-

try in order to do other things? We as people are very adept at doing what we

want. When we put our minds to something, we have a great history of success

in achieving it. But, what if we devoted ourselves to the ministries and callings

of God? What if Bethlehem became a church that served God above all things?

What if we totally surrendered to the Holy Spirit and put ourselves in His

hands? How would we be different? How would you be different?

That’s what revival is all about. It’s about a new awakening—a new encour-

agement for your soul that sets you free to do the service of God. When we en-

counter Jesus Christ, He changes us, transforms us, and sets us free to serve

Him. We don’t ever become who we used to be. We are transformed by His

grace in order to serve Him to our fullest. Some of us have experienced that

grace in our missions and calls. Some of us have never fully said “Yes” to fol-

lowing Him and surrendering to Him. Why not take that step of faith, kneel in

surrender to Him, and allow Him to send you where He has called you. Not

only will you (gladly) never be the same, but also our world will be better for it.

Let’s serve Him together! ~ Pastor Matt

A Spiritual Awakening

S P E C I A L

P O I N T S O F

I N T E R E S T :

Directories Are

Here!

Revival Was Awe-

some!

Wednesday Night

Bible Study has a

new look

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Birthdays and

Anniversaries 2

Wednesday Night Bible

Study 2

BCC Kidz & Teenz 3

Church News & Events 4-5

Thank You Notes 6

Calendar 7

The Jasewiczes 8

The Bethlehem Star Guiding us to God’s presence in our lives

O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4

(1) Makenzie Clinton, Miranda Dorn

(3) Cooper Byrd, Jerry Ward

(5) Helene Winslow

(6) Thad Chappell

(8) Jane Speight

(9) Ray Johnson, Matthew Winters

(10) Jean Brinkley, Grayson Conner, Leigha Winters

(12) Nancy Carr

(15) Nephie Griggs

(17) Shirley George, Les Stallings

(18) Byron Goodwin

(19) Drew Thompson

(20) Billy Smith, Nathan Teele

(23) Art Holland

(24) Jackson Clinton

(25) Rachel Byrd, Cotton Holland

(26) Wayne Gardner

(27) Bill Daniel, Riley Holleman

(30) Christine Nelms

(31) Katherine Powell

(4) Stan & Patsy King 57 years

(7) Steven & Amanda Morean 8 years

Thad & Heidi Chappell 14 years

(13) Michael & Brittany Boyce 2 years

(18) Nathan & Leslie Sawyer 10 years

(19) Keith & Susan Baines 23 years

Ray & Yvonne Johnson 40 years

(20) Matt & Jessica Winters 7 years

(22) Bryan & Ellie Holland 9 years

Sam & Kathy Morgan 37 years

(24) Lee & Pam Culbertson 27 years

O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 P a g e 2

Wednesday Night Pastor’s Class Discipline—a word often associated with parenting or the military—establishes boundaries and allows appropriate formation of a desired result. Military regiments require discipline for the soldiers to know what to expect from one another. Parents require discipline from their children so they behave in appropriate ways. Well-rounded students have discipline in their studies so that they learn and know the subject matter. Christian faith has discipline in it as well. For two millennia, Christians have practiced spiritual disciplines to help focus their minds and bodies on the lordship of Jesus Christ. Most of us have heard of spiritual disciplines (such as fasting) but we may have never practiced them. We are learning about spiritual disciplines and try practicing some of them as we meet on Wednesday nights. We’ve just started, so it’s not too late to join us. We’ll start at 6:30 each Wednesday night—we meet in the choir room. Come and join us as you’re able.

October 1—Prayer & Our Bodies October 29—The Discipline of Hospitality

October 8—Church Council & Conf. (No Meeting) November 5—Church Council (No Meeting)

October 15—Pastor at Holy Neck Revival (No Meeting) November 12—Confession & Introspection

October 22—Fasting November 19—The Discipline of Worship

HAVE YOU SEEN OUR

NEW WEBSITE?

www.bccsuffolk.org

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B C C Y o u t h & C h i l d r e n ’ s M i n i s t r i e s

Upcoming Dates for BCC KIDZ

October 5 October 18 October 26

12:15—2:00 Pumpkin Picking BCC Kidz Fundraiser 3—5 p.m.. Harvest Festival

Lunch will be provided Plant Sale at the Fall Bazaar

The BCC Community Harvest Festival will be held on Sunday October

25 from 3 p.m to 5 p.m. Your help is needed to make this a successful

event aimed at reaching families in our community. Volunteers are needed to

host games for the children in Graham Hall.

BOUNCE HOUSE! CLOWN! GAMES!

CAKE WALK! ANIMALS! HAY RIDE ! CORNHOLE!

COSTUME PARADE! FOOD! FUN!

IT’S ALL FREE!

For more information or to volunteer, please contact Paula Thornton 237-7329.

BCC TEENZ

Youth Sunday is scheduled for November 2, 2014. The students are excited and looking

forward to an opportunity to serve. We want to invite parents and students to our meeting so

that we can have participation from all students. If you are unable to attend the meeting but

would like for your student to participate, please let Paula Thornton or Pastor Matt know.

The meeting will take place after church on Sunday, October 5. Lunch will be provided.

P a g e 4 O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4

Church Yard Sale Saturday October 4

7:00 AM

We are gearing up for our second yard sale of

the season! As you uncover those hidden treas-

ures around the house, bring them to the church

as we raise money for the Building Fund.

Save room in the fridge and freezers because

we’ll be selling Apple Jacks and Sweet Potato

Jacks for $1.00 each!

Doughnut Sale Sundays October 5 & 12

The House Committee will be taking orders for

doughnuts on the Sunday mornings of October 5

and 12. The doughnuts will be delivered on Oct.

19. Buy a box of doughnuts to help the upkeep

of our building and a percentage will be given to

the BCC KIDZ. Perhaps if you buy them with

good intentions, the calories won’t count!!!

FALL BAZAAR

Saturday October 18

7:00 AM

Our Fall Bazaar will be held Saturday, Octo-

ber 18th. The King Circle will have a Pancake

Breakfast starting at 7:00 a.m. (Pancake tick-

ets can be purchased from Circle Members.)

The Molly Savage Circle will have a Sweet

Shop. There will be a Craft Booth with a wide

variety of crafts. The Jackson Circle will man

the Country Store with canned goods, hoop

cheese, sausage from Greene’s, Brunswick

stew, chicken salad, etc. The Laymen will be

selling green beans and sweet potatoes. The

youth of the church will be selling plants.

Harvest Festival

Sunday October 26 3:00 — 5:00 PM

Pretty in Paint Sundays November 9

Ladies, mark your calendar for this Can’t-Miss

Event, as we prepare our hearts and homes for

Christmas. More details to come.

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Missions Committee Request

The Missions Committee is asking for contribu-

tions of paper and plastic products which will be

given to the Mid-Atlantic Teen Challenge, a

home for troubled adolescent boys. Their needs

are paper towels, toilet paper, plates, forks,

spoons, etc. There will be a box in the hall be-

hind the sanctuary. We thank you in advance for

your support. We will collect these items until

the Harvest Fest on October 26.

Military Mail Call

This will be our 50th year of Military Mail Call. All

Christmas military messages on either 8 1/2 X 5 1/2 paper

or Christmas cards will be mailed from church on No-

vember 10, 2014. Your cards should be placed in a desig-

nated box in the back hallway, NO later that Nov. 9th.

(We need to prepare for mailing.)

Instructions and examples will be displayed at this box.

One Chaplain wrote, “for many this may be their only

Christmas greetings”. They are defending us, so let’s sup-

port them with uplifting and encouraging messages.

Any questions contact Edna Daniel 539-9429.

Again this year, the Women’s Fellowship has received dolls from the Salvation Army to be dressed for a little

girl’s Christmas. We encourage everyone to participate in this mission. You may pick up the doll/s outside

the Church Secretary’s office. We ask you to give us your name, phone number and the number of dolls you

take to dress.

We have 100 dolls to dress and I have contacted Mary Hyatt (539-0759), who will be making outfits for $5.00

each again this year. Mrs. Hyatt was contacted so she would have an idea of how many outfits we may

need. If you plan to have more than one outfit for the doll you are dressing, please let us know when you pick

up the doll/s.

Below are the instructions/guidelines to dress the dolls.

If you have any questions, please contact Doris Johnson at 630-8343 or Laverne, Church Secretary at 539-

4274.

Thank you for your help in making a child’s Christmas memorable.

Guidelines for Dressing the Salvation Army Dolls

THINK SAFETY: Avoid use of either straight or safety pines. Sew-on safety snap fasteners or Velcro are

good for closures. Buttons are acceptable if sewn securely. Necklaces and earrings are cute, but could find

their way into a small child’s mouth. Please, no corsage pins. The heads of pins may be pulled off, which can

expose a needle like pin in the dolls ear. We do check all dolls for safety.

DOLL OUTFITS: Outfits may be crochet, knit, hand/machine sewn or store bought. Please make outfits big

enough for ease of dressing by little hands. Avoid sewing garments on dolls. The fun of playing with dolls is

in dressing them. Extra outfits are welcomed!

WE ARE ASKING THAT ALL DOLLS BE RETURNED TO THE CHURCH OFFICE NO LATER THAN

DECEMBER 8, 2014.

Women’s Fellowship News

H e a r t f e l t T h a n k Y o u N o t e s !

Dear Friends,

On behalf of The Salvation Army

and those we serve, we would like to

say thank you for all your help with

serving delicious meals to those in

the community. We know it is only

through dedicated people like you

that that these meals and events are

able to happen. Many of you have

been serving the Soup Kitchen for

more than 10 years and some are

new, but new or old, we all have one

thing in common: feeding and serv-

ing the community. Again, I thank

you all for the work you do and the

loving-kindness you extend to others.

Sincerely,

Your Friends at the

Salvation Army

O c t o b e r 2 0 1 4 P a g e 6

Dear Church Family,

We wanted to send a quick note

to say thank you so very much for all

of your love, warm wishes, and sup-

port you gave to us as our daughter,

Megan, was Christened on the 14th

of September. Rev. Winters, we ap-

preciate the time you took to help

us. Your dedication made the occa-

sion a joyous one. Bethlehem

Church family, you welcomed us with

open arms, and we will forever cher-

ish that day!

Sincerely,

Mike and Janet

Jasewicz

Food Pantry Ministry

The Food Pantry is

in need of addi-

tional volunteers

to help. We need

drivers with trucks

or other vehicles

to go to the Food Bank and bring the food to

the church. Then we need muscles to get the

food into the pantry closet. If you can help

with these tasks, please contact Doris Johnson

at 630-8343 ASAP. Thank you for helping!

Picture Directories

A special thank you to the

Picture Directory Committee!

They did a great job of bring-

ing everything together for

the directories. They are very

attractive and should service

us well.

If you would like to have a

directory, they are available

for pick-up after worship services and/or in the

church office. We should have enough for every-

one that wants one, so please be patient with us

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Bethlehem Christian Church

1549 Holland Road

Suffolk, VA 23434

Phone: 757-539-4274

E-mail: suffolkbcc@yahoo.com

Web site: www.bccsuffolk.org

Facebook: Bethlehem Christian Church — Suffolk VA

Twitter: @BCCinSuffolkVA

We resolve to love...We unite to serve.

Get to Know: Mike and Janet Jasewicz

Janet joined Bethlehem on Sunday, August 31. We wanted to help you get to know Janet and

her family, and we asked them to share a bit about themselves. Help us welcome them to the

Bethlehem Family! Janet grew up in and has been a life-long resident of Suffolk. Her hus-

band, Michael "Mike", grew up in upstate New York. They have a fourteen month old daugh-

ter, Megan. Janet earned her degrees and worked at SunTrust bank, but became a stay at

home mom and a Pampered Chef Consultant when Megan was born. Janet also has a pas-

sion for photography and never goes anywhere without her camera. She is also hoping to

learn to play the hand bells here at Bethlehem. Mike graduated from Clarkson and is a Me-

chanical Engineer and Metallurgist. He loves to cook and put himself through school by utiliz-

ing his cooking skills. They often joke that he should be the Pampered Chef Consultant! Mike

has a passion for rebuilding cars and computers, but seems to be more well known for his holi-

day lights synchronized to music display. His nickname is the "Penguin Guy". They live in

Oak Ridge and love to mingle with neighbors, bike ride, garden, and go camping/

Rving. Megan enjoys playing with their two dogs, finger painting, banging on the piano,

splashing in the pool and books. We welcome Janet and her family to Bethlehem and can't

wait to get to know them more.