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Rejoicing From the Hills"The little hills rejoice on every side."

-Psalm 65:12b-

Vol. 25, No. 1 A Publication of the North Hills Bible Church January, February, March 2017

Theme for 2017

Power For Living

Ever hear someone say, “Idon’t know how I am going to getthrough the day”? Many peoplestruggle with finding the energy tomeet the demands of daily living. This imperfect world in which welive can be very taxing to ourphysical, emotional, mental, andspiritual energy. Some peopleturn to things like energy drinks,while others pursue “spiritual”sources like yoga and meditation. But the struggle continues. Theysay that an estimated 350 millionpeople of all ages suffer fromdepression and that depression isthe leading cause of disabilityworldwide.

Are Christians affected bythe lack of energy and the inabilityto get through the day withoutsome means of assistance? When they do not know how todeal with the influences of theworld, the flesh, and the Devil,they surely can be.

God has providedsomething for believers, however,that can make us strong everyday. In 2 Corinthians 4:7, theBible says, But we have this

treasure in earthen vessels, thatthe excellency of the power maybe of God, and not of us. GodHimself, by he presence of HisHoly Spirit in our lives is ourenabler. While living on thisearth, Christians continue to livein earthly bodies that weigh usdown, hold us back, and limit outability to endure the challengesof life. But with the resource ofthe power of God dwelling in usthrough the Holy Spirit, our innerman can be strong in spite of theweakness of our flesh. As theScripture says in 2 Corinthians4:16, For which cause we faintnot; but though our outward manperish, yet the inward man isrenewed day by day.

The happy condition of aperson who is in Christ is thatChrist is in us. And Christ hasmade us the wonderful promisethat [we]I can do all thingst h r o u g h C h r i s t w h i c hstrengtheneth [us] (Philippians4:13).

This year on Sundaymornings, we will be looking atthe New Testament referencesabout power in the Christian life. We will see what God hasprovided for us so that we canlive victoriously every day. Wewill learn how to overcome ourhuman limitations and access thetreasure that dwells within. Wewill learn how to face thechallenges of life with courageand be strong in the LORD. WithJoshua we will learn to be Bestrong and of a good courage; benot afraid, neither be thoudismayed: for the LORD thy Godis with thee whithersoever thougoest (Joshua 1:9). &

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Congregation Meeting

January 22

The annual congregationmeeting will be held Sunday,January 22 after the morningservice. If the weather is bad it willbe held the following Sunday.

The agenda will consist ofaccepting the budget for 2017 andvoting on approval of Glenn Hilt asan Elder.

Ladies Missionary

Project

Our church ladies and teengirls will again do a project for ourmissionaries. We will meet in thefellowship hall to get a mailing readyfor Servant’s Heart Camp.

The date for this winterproject has not been confirmed. Please watch for details coming inthe bulletin.

Time will be spent in prayerfor all of our missionaries and thenwe will have lunch together andcontinue our fellowship as we enjoythe dish each lady brings to share.

If the weather is bad we willmeet the following Saturday.

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A GOSPEL MESSAGE FOR YOU

Have you asked Jesus Christ to save you? If not,will you accept Him as your Saviour now? The following willexplain what you need to do.

1. ADMIT THAT YOU ARE A SINNER. The Bible says, "For allhave sinned and come short of the glory of God." Romans3:23

2. KNOW THAT GOD HAS ALREADY PROVIDED FORYOUR SALVATION. "For God so loved the world that Hegave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Himshould not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16

3. KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT SAVE YOURSELF. "Not byworks of righteousness which we have done, but accordingto His mercy He saved us." Titus 3:5a

4. REPENT OF YOUR SIN. "For godly sorrow workethrepentance to salvation not to be repented of." II Corinthians7:10. "Except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish." Luke13:3

5. ASK JESUS CHRIST TO SAVE YOU. "For whosoever shallcall upon the name of the Lord shall be SAVED." Romans10:13. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt beSAVED." Acts 16:31

6. CONFESS JESUS BEFORE MEN. "If thou shalt confesswith thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thineheart that God hath raised Him from the dead thou shalt beSAVED. For with the heart man believeth untorighteousness, and with the mouth confession is made untosalvation." Romans 10:9-10

If you have any questions or would like further spiritualhelp, please contact us at the North Hills Bible Church. Ourphone number is 757-1316.

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Library Newsby Brenda Hamme, Librarian

As we begin a new year, this is a reminder that thelibrary, located in the lower level of the churchacross from the restrooms, is open each weekbetween Sunday School and Morning Worship, 15minutes after Morning Worship, and 15 minutesbefore the Evening Service. If none of these timesis good for you, please let me know and I'll be happyto assist you at a more convenient time.

This year the library is introducing a new series foryoung readers, THE IMAGINATION STATION,which whisks cousins, Patrick and Beth, around theworld and back in time. In each book, they learnimportant lessons about God as they experience adifferent fictional adventure with actual historicalcharacters. The first three books in the series are:

Voyage with the Vikings

Patrick and Beth meet an angry Erik the Red, aViking warrior, who says aGod of peace has no place in Greenland.

Attack on the Arena

The cousins meet Telemachus, who wants to sharean important message withthe emperor, and all three end up in the famousarena in ancient Rome.

Peril in the Palace

Patrick and Beth depend on Marco Polo to savethem from harm in China whenKublai Khan dislikes their gifts and their messageabout Christianity.

Also new to the library are two board books byDebby Anderson:

Jesus Is With Me

Jesus Loves the Little Children

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RUDIMENTARY PRINCIPLE OF THEWORLD #13

THERE IS NO CONNECTIONBETWEEN EVENTS IN THE WORLD

Today, AND IN HISTORY

IntroductionFor this subject, there is a word with which we

must become familiar. – METANARRATIVE. Theword “metanarrative” contains two words. One is“narrative”, meaning “story”. The other is the prefix“meta”, suggesting that this is a big story: an over-arching, all encompassing narrative which is providinga comprehensive explanation for and giving aconnected meaning to all the individual events of theworld and its history.

A Metanarrative places all reality within a commonframework explaining and connecting various eventsin history so that any individual can derive meaning tohis own life in light of the overarching, transcendentand universal truth that binds all events of mankindtogether.

A metanarrative provides consensus betweenwriter and reader, sender and receiver, of somestatement of truth. A metanarrative provides anexplanation for everything that happens.

Examples of Metanarratives.

The Feminist MetanarrativePatriarchy, the supremacy of men, hassystematically oppressed and subjugated womenthroughout history.

The Enlightenment MetanarrativeRational thought and scientific reasoning leadinevitably toward moral, social and ethicalprogress.

The Marxist MetanarrativeIn order to be emancipated, society must undergoa revolution. Every system that oppresses theworkers eventually falls and the workers take over.This will happen with capitalism also. Capitalismhas an unstable and cyclical nature which alienateslaborers who keep the system working. Eventually, capitalism will end with the workersruling.

The Islamic MetanarrativeMuslims view human history as the story of divinecontact through prophets like David, Abraham, or

Jesus demonstrating rationally impossible feats forhuman beings (miracles) as proof of authenticityand sent to every people over time to teach purityof heart so that people may receive the guidanceof the one true creator or God. These prophets ortheir messages are resisted when introduced, anddistorted or corrupted over time necessitating newprophets, the final one being Muhammad and theuncorrupted Quran; victory ultimately being forthose who have purified their hearts and who haveaccepted the divine nature of the world.

Biblical MetanarrativeThe Bible connects all of history together in ametanarrative according to the eternal purpose ofGod. We will look at this in detail below.

Postmodernism rejects metanarratives. Itcontends that there are no grand stories which givemeaning to all of life and which define what is true.

The term metanarrative was actually developed byJean-François Lyotard. In his book, The PostmodernCondition: A Report on Knowledge (1979) he said,"Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern asincredulity towards metanarratives". In the book,Lyotard professes a preference for this plurality ofsmall narratives that compete with each other,replacing the totalitarianism of grand narratives. Forthis reason, The Postmodern Condition has often beeninterpreted as an excuse for unbounded relativism,which for many has become a hallmark of postmodernthought.

For example, The experience of our foundingfathers, here in the United States, has absolutely norelevance to our experience today.

This is the grounds for reinterpreting theConstitution based on present day values rather thanoriginal intent. This is also the basis for re-writinghistory. What actually happened then, they say, isirrelevant now. Therefore, we can remold history toconform to the present and by that means give historyrelevance. OR, we can eliminate history all together.

By Orson Scott Card February 14, 2010How to Get Stupid Children

“Practically everyone agrees that Americanschools are doing a lousy job of teaching history toour children. But there are two opposite views ofwhat the problem is.

A lot of us think the schools are failing to teachour children the roots of the American system --the Constitution, the great men who founded ourrepublic and brought it through its early struggles,


especially the fight to abolish slavery, the wars andwhy we fought them, the development of thefrontier, the growth of technology.

But there are a lot of other people -- includingthe entire educational establishment of our state[NC] (and almost every other state as well!) -- thatthinks the reason our public-school historyteaching is lousy is because we spend way toomuch time on all that early stuff that nobody caresabout anymore, and don't do enough to give ourkids the full array of politically correct opinions.

So, here in the great state of North Carolina,they have come up with the perfect solution:Secede from the United States of America, andteach only the history of Politically CorrectAmerica.

The way they plan to do this is to stop teachingour 11th-graders any American history prior to1877. This is not a joke. This is a real proposalfrom our state Department of Public Instruction.

Let's see ... what does that leave out?The colonizing of America. The Revolutionary War. George Washington. The ideas leading up to the Constitution.Alexander Hamilton and the creation of our

economic system.The Monroe Doctrine. The nation's growth to the west coast.The Civil War. Abraham Lincoln and the freeing of the

slaves. The Reconstruction of the South, with theRepublican Party forcing the South toaccept black voters and office holders.

But look what they're going to keep! Starting at1877 is a highly significant move, because thatmeans they're going to start with the election of1876, in which the Republican Party quietly agreedto abandon support and protection of the rights ofblacks in the South.

Which means they're going to skip the part ofAmerican history where Republicans were solelyresponsible -- over the bloody opposition of theDemocratic Party -- for freeing black people fromslavery. You know, that altruistic war where anarmy composed mostly of white people from thenorth shed their blood to end the "right" of states tosecede from the union so they could continue toenslave other human beings.

Instead, we'll get a picture of America whereblack people are always oppressed by whitepeople, and only the Democratic Party has acted togive them rights.

(We know this is the goal, since kids even nowcan get through the study of the 1960s withouthaving a clue that Lyndon Johnson's Voting Rightsand Civil Rights acts only passed Congressbecause of strong Republican support that allowedthe override of the diehard segregationists of theDemocratic Party.)

When they stop teaching American historybefore 1877, that will mean that everything that hasmade America a great, exceptional nation that hasinspired and, yes, saved the world repeatedly, andis still the inspiration for true reformers in everypart of the world -- all those things will be ignored.

But everything that advances the politicalagenda of the extreme Left today -- you know, thetotalitarian wannabes who prevent anyone whoopenly disagrees with them from getting tenure atany university they control (which is nearly all ofthem), and who have completely taken over theteachers' unions and the education establishmentalmost everywhere.

But, you see, that "narrative" -- the story ofFranklin, Paine, Washington, Adams, Jefferson,Hamilton, Jackson, and Lincoln -- is useless tothem. It hurts them. It encourages people to thinkfor themselves.

And the experience of my personal life has absolutely no relevance to the experience of mypublic life.”

This is why a politician can do immoral thingsprivately, and then claim that it has no effect upon hisability to fulfill the duties of his office.

The experience of a Christian has absolutely norelevance to a non-Christian. This is why people’shearts are becoming so hard toward the gospel. Andthis is why we are being told we have no right to tellsomeone what they are doing is wrong. They say that the events of individual lives have no connection, norelevance to one another.

The argument is that metanarratives arefundamentally misconceived. According to thepostmodernists, belief in a grand narrative is doomedto disappointment. A postmodern person would viewthe Bible as just a collection of odd stories.Postmodern scholars might say that the biblical text is“a multi-voiced tapestry” that can be interpreted in“myriads of ways.” They would see no centralinterpretive principle at all in the Bible.


I. THERE IS A BIBLICAL METANARRATIVE

Romans 15:4: For whatsoever things were writtenaforetime were written for our learning, that wethrough patience and comfort of the scripturesmight have hope.

1 Corinthians 10:11: Now all these thingshappened unto them for ensamples: and they arewritten for our admonition, upon whom the ends ofthe world are come.

1 Peter 1:12: Unto whom it was revealed, that notunto themselves, but unto us they did minister thethings, which are now reported unto you by themthat have preached the gospel unto you with theHoly Ghost sent down from heaven; which thingsthe angels desire to look into.

The value of understanding a Biblical Metanarrative:

The magazine Christianity Today once ran anarticle titled, “I Was a Witch.” It is the story ofKimberly Shumate and her ... conversion to Christ.Concerning one particularly poignant moment inher journey, she writes of the power of the BigStory in her life:

As Lisa drove me home, my mind ached as Ireplayed Scott’s words. All the Old Testament andNew Testament verses had one oddly familiarvoice — one tone, one heart. I wondered, Howcould a book written by so many different peopleover the course of hundreds of years fit togetherperfectly as if one amazing storyteller has writtenthe whole thing? The Holy Spirit began melting myvanity and arrogance with a power stronger thanany hex, incantation, or spell I’d ever used.Suddenly, the blindfold I’d worn for almost 30 yearswas stripped away, and instantly I knew what I’dbeen searching for: Jesus!

II. ONE DIMENSION TO THE BIBLICALMETANARRATIVE IS THE REVELATION OF GODTO MAN

God wants man to know Him. But the only way wecan know Him is if He reveals Himself to us. Throughout the course of human history, this is exactlywhat God has done. The Scriptures make thisabundantly clear.

Revealed in the Beginning

Genesis 1:1: In the beginning God created theheaven and the earth.

Revealed to Abraham

Genesis 15:7: And he said unto him, I am theLORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees,to give thee this land to inherit it.

Genesis 17:1: And when Abram was ninety yearsold and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, andsaid unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk beforeme, and be thou perfect.

Revealed to Moses

Exodus 3:14: And God said unto Moses, I AMTHAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say untothe children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.

Revealed to the Egyptians

Exodus 7:5: And the Egyptians shall know that Iam the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand uponEgypt, and bring out the children of Israel fromamong them.

Compare: Exodus 7:17, Exodus 8:22, Exodus10:2, Exodus 14:4, Exodus 14:18.

Revealed to the Nations

Deuteronomy 4:5-7: 5 Behold, I have taught youstatutes and judgments, even as the LORD myGod commanded me, that ye should do so in theland whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep thereforeand do them; for this is your wisdom and yourunderstanding in the sight of the nations, whichshall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely thisgreat nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath Godso nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in allthings that we call upon him for?

Revealed to King Ahab

1 Kings 20:13: And, behold, there came a prophetunto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith theLORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude?behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; andthou shalt know that I am the LORD.


Revealed in Creation

Psalm 19:1: 1 The heavens declare the glory ofGod; and the firmament sheweth his handywork.

Revealed through Israel to the World

Isaiah 43:10-12: 10 Ye are my witnesses, saiththe LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen:that ye may know and believe me, and understandthat I am he: before me there was no God formed,neither shall there be after me. 11 I, even I, amthe LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. 12 I have declared, and have saved, and I haveshewed, when there was no strange god amongyou: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith theLORD, that I am God.

Revealed to all People

Jeremiah 9:23-24: 23 Thus saith the LORD, Letnot the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither letthe mighty man glory in his might, let not the richman glory in his riches: 24 But let him that gloriethglory in this, that he understandeth and knowethme, that I am the LORD which exerciselovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, inthe earth: for in these things I delight, saith theLORD.

Romans 1:19-20: 19 Because that which may beknown of God is manifest in them; for God hathshewed it unto them. 20 For the invisible things ofhim from the creation of the world are clearly seen,being understood by the things that are made,even his eternal power and Godhead; so that theyare without excuse:

Revealed to Israel

At least 64 times in Ezekiel this same statement ismade.

Ezekiel 6:10: And they shall know that I am theLORD, and that I have not said in vain that I woulddo this evil unto them.

Revealed in the Gospels

John 12:44-45: 44 Jesus cried and said, He thatbelieveth on me, believeth not on me, but on himthat sent me. 45 And he that seeth me seeth himthat sent me.

John 17:3: And this is life eternal, that they mightknow thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ,whom thou hast sent.

Revealed to the Church

Ephesians 3:8-10: 8 Unto me, who am less thanthe least of all saints, is this grace given, that Ishould preach among the Gentiles theunsearchable riches of Christ; 9 And to make allmen see what is the fellowship of the mystery,which from the beginning of the world hath beenhid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalitiesand powers in heavenly places might be known bythe church the manifold wisdom of God,

In the end men will know!

Revelation 6:16: And said to the mountains androcks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of himthat sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of theLamb:

III. ANOTHER DIMENSION TO THE BIBLICALMETANARRATIVE IS THE REDEMPTION OFMANKIND

Declared in the Fall

Genesis 3:15, 21: 15 And I will put enmitybetween thee and the woman, and between thyseed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, andthou shalt bruise his heel..........21 Unto Adam alsoand to his wife did the LORD God make coats ofskins, and clothed them.

Genesis 4:4: And Abel, he also brought of thefirstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And theLORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

Declared in the Passover

Exodus 13:15: And it came to pass, when Pharaohwould hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all thefirstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn ofman, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrificeto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, beingmales; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

Declared in the Day of Atonement

Leviticus 16:13-16: 13 And he shall put theincense upon the fire before the LORD, that the


cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that isupon the testimony, that he die not: 14 And he shalltake of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with hisfinger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before themercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his fingerseven times. 15 Then shall he kill the goat of the sinoffering, that is for the people, and bring his bloodwithin the vail, and do with that blood as he did withthe blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercyseat, and before the mercy seat: 16 And he shallmake an atonement for the holy place, because of theuncleanness of the children of Israel, and because oftheir transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he dofor the tabernacle of the congregation, that remainethamong them in the midst of their uncleanness.

Declared by the Prophet Isaiah

Isaiah 1:18: Come now, and let us reasontogether, saith the LORD: though your sins be asscarlet, they shall be as white as snow; thoughthey be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.

Isaiah 52:3: For thus saith the LORD, Ye have soldyourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemedwithout money.

Isaiah 53:4-5: 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs,and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem himstricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, hewas bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement ofour peace was upon him; and with his stripes weare healed.

Declared in the Gospels

Luke 1:67-75: 67 And his father Zacharias wasfilled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hathvisited and redeemed his people, 69 And hathraised up an horn of salvation for us in the houseof his servant David; 70 As he spake by themouth of his holy prophets, which have been sincethe world began: 71 That we should be savedfrom our enemies, and from the hand of all thathate us; 72 To perform the mercy promised to ourfathers, and to remember his holy covenant; 73 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, 74 That he would grant unto us, that we beingdelivered out of the hand of our enemies mightserve him without fear, 75 In holiness andrighteousness before him, all the days of our life.

Declared to the Church

Ephesians 1:7: In whom we have redemptionthrough his blood, the forgiveness of sins,according to the riches of his grace;

Titus 2:11-14: 11 For the grace of God thatbringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldlylusts, we should live soberly, righteously, andgodly, in this present world; 13 Looking for thatblessed hope, and the glorious appearing of thegreat God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; 14 Whogave himself for us, that he might redeem us fromall iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiarpeople, zealous of good works.

1 Peter 1:18-19: 18 Forasmuch as ye know thatye were not redeemed with corruptible things, assilver and gold, from your vain conversationreceived by tradition from your fathers; 19 But withthe precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb withoutblemish and without spot:

Declared in Revelation and the End Times

Revelation 5:8-10: 8 And when he had taken thebook, the four beasts and four and twenty eldersfell down before the Lamb, having every one ofthem harps, and golden vials full of odours, whichare the prayers of saints. 9 And they sung a newsong, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book,and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain,and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out ofevery kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; 10 And hast made us unto our God kings andpriests: and we shall reign on the earth.

ConclusionThere is a grand plan. Romans 15:4: For

whatsoever things were written aforetime were writtenfor our learning, that we through patience and comfortof the scriptures might have hope.

It is that grand plan that gives meaning to everyindividual event: in the world, and in your life. Your lifeis not just a series of disconnected individual events. Your entire life has meaning and purpose. God usesevery experience you have to build your faith,character, usefulness to Him.

Thank God for your whole life. The good and thebad. Knowing this, Romans 8:28: And we know thatall things work together for good to them that loveGod, to them who are the called according to hispurpose. &


Missionary News

FromAround

The Worldand

Here at Home

Marc & Judie BlackwellCapetown, South Africa

As a part of our ministry, we have a major roleand involvement in Christian Camping through thePaardberg Mountain Retreat. In the last season ofcamps there were 27 who made confessions of faith. Please pray for the pastors and Christian leaders inour churches who are following-up the youth.

We are also committed to preaching andteaching through the Herald of Hope Ministry thatequips our churches and leaders in an emphasis on“End Times” Study of the Scriptures. Paarl ValleyBaptist Church did a three week series. EmmanuelBaptist Church had a seminar on “Revelation”, andSwartland Baptiste Gemeente did “MillennialKingdom” and “General Prophecy Overviews”. Ateam of four men also taught an “End Times BasicBible Prophecy Seminar” showing the differencethese truths can make in our living and in our family’slifestyle, and our witness and hope in a hopelessworld. The goals of the seminars is to encourage ourindependent Bible believing churches to be faithful totheir Lord. We hope to encourage faithfulness bygiving people a sense of the importance of the Wordof God to their relationship with the Lord. We wantour people to remember to truly believe the Word ofGod, and this means they will literally interpret theScriptures. It is important that every church attenderand every believer understand the value of adispensational understanding of Bible interpretation,and a strong appreciation of their hope in JesusChrist and His soon return.

We are heavily involved in teaching andtraining students, pastors and church leadershipthrough the Church Ministries Institute. Marc isteaching a weekly “New Testament Studies” inEphesians with Faith Baptist Church, and a “Church

History” class at Paarl Valley Baptist Church.Community Baptist Church is holding Instituteclasses on Biblical Counseling Course II.

Pray for our (1) Church Planting andEvangelism, (2) Leadership Training and Mentoring,(3) The Herald of Hope End-Times Seminars, (4)Camping Ministry, (5) Helios-Solar Bible StudiesDistribution, and (6) Good Hope PublicationsMinistries. We are directly involved in these differentways with more than twenty churches and churchplants in South Africa. In the last few months 14people have made professions of faith in Christ. Pray for souls to be saved.

Teacher’s Assistance Program

(TAP Ministry)Harrisburg, PA

(This is a ‘helps ministry’ to Christian workersoverseas in supplying them with Christian books,music, Sunday School materials, Bibles,Commentaries, Bible study helps, etc., which theycannot easily attain in their country.)

Psalm 128:1-2 “Blessed is everyone thatfeareth the Lord; that walketh in His ways. For thoushalt eat the labour of thine hand: happy shalt thoube, and it shall be well with thee.”

Although the Bible is still the best-selling bookin the USA, we wonder how much of God’s Wordpenetrates and causes people to practice what theBible directs. We continue to receive letter afterletter from foreign countries asking for any type ofBible, even our “spoiled” Bibles. As a small ministrywe cannot meet all these requests, especially forrequests for more than ten to be sent. We do try tosend smaller New Testament Bibles wheneverpossible. It is wonderful to know that there arepeople who are clamoring to read, study and learnfrom God’s way.

Donated material continues to roll in frommany sources. Considerable time is spent on thesorting necessary to glean useable material that canbe sent overseas due to the high cost of shipping. We are thankful for our volunteer groups who help inthe sorting efforts. We covet your prayers.


Donald & Karen KilmerTo the Zulus in South Africa

“But Jesus said, Suffer little children, andforbid them not to come unto me; for of such is thekingdom of heaven.”

Reaching and teaching children is important.Karen’s Bible club at Fredville is the only teachingthese children get from the Bible. Most of them comefrom broken homes, but that is normal in theircommunity.

If children are not taught God’s truth at anearly age it becomes harder to reach them as they getolder. Most Zulu children are brought up to believethat the ancestors are the ones who control their lives.

The children are so amazed to hear howpeople in the Bible lived and how God helped them. They learn that sin was a problem for people then asit is now. They learn that God made a way to forgivesin through Jesus. In the Old Testament time theykilled animals at the tabernacle and temple, but todaywe look to Jesus, the perfect Lamb of God, Who diedfor our sins and rose again.

There was a wonderful blessing recently whenI met a young man at the local grocery store. Those ofyou that have followed our ministry for many years willremember that Karen used to run a pre-school on asugar cane farm. Luyanda (lou-yand’-uh) was one ofAuntie Karen’s pre-school children. He is now out ofschool and working. He said he is walking with Jesus. This is largely due to the foundation he was given atpre-school. Praise God for the privilege of ministeringto children, and for those like Luyanda who are stillwalking with the Lord.

It is good to thank God for the good things wehave. You should even thank God for the house youlive in. Some people are homeless and don’t havehouses to live in and others live in shacks. Here inSouth Africa some of the Zulu people live in tinshacks.

One area where we go visiting to tell peopleabout Jesus is a place that means “live well”, but mostpeople there don’t live very well. We are glad we cantell them about a beautiful home in heaven for allthose who believe in Jesus and accept Him as theirSavior.

Please pray that people will see that they needa home in heaven more than a nice home on earth. Thank you for praying for us.

Military EvangelismJacksonville, NC

When God sent Sgt. Marcus Lanier, one of ourfaithful regulars, to San Diego for training and a newMOS, the very next week a new visitor came to theCenter and stayed. Austin is a young Marine fromTexas and loves the fellowship at the Center andattends every service now.

I held a special ”Lion’s Den” service one Fridaynight. Instead of a Bible Study, I opened the serviceup to any Bible question the Marines had. We sat atthe dinner table from 7:30 to nearly 11:00 answeringquestions and searching the Scriptures. Questionsabounded about eternal security, the end times, andwhat God requires of us. It was a wonderful time!

Recently we took a group of our Marines to thechapel at the MSCS New River to support the plantingof a new church service designed to reach out to singleMarines on the bases around Jacksonville.

Fast forward two weeks and Pastor Ken Cruzbrought nine of his Marines out to the Center for ourFriday night service! Having 28 in the service thatnight was God’s gift!

Please Remember Our

Retired Missionaries

Glenn & Cheryl HiltMiriam Rocker

Len SmithEmma Turner

Pray that they will find fulfillment in serving the Lordin many various ways in their later years.


Peter & Rosa PinyolCastellbisbal, Spain

Mini Camp: Space CampThe Lord poured abundant blessings as 32

children and 11 adults filled up our church building intoa mini camp where we learned about the creation ofthe universe and stars. The greatest blessing was tosee our young people and my own children serve bytaking leadership. We now see the results of yearsspent in preparing the next generation to serve theLord in the ministry of reaching children with theGospel.

Bible InstituteThe Bible Foundation (our Bible Institute) has

been a blessing. We have received many morestudents than previous years. To see this group ofhungry students learn the Word and desire to servethe Lord has been of great comfort and blessing. Thiscourse is very special for us as we celebrate the 10th

anniversary of the first course. We have initiated a new program called EMOL

Distance Education (Ministerial School On-line). Foryears I have received many requests from brothersoutside of Spain who wanted to follow our classes overthe internet. Last year the Lord allowed me to do acourse called “Masters On-line”. I learned there howto apply many different skills of teaching that havebeen very handy for this new ministry.

Evangelizing TarragonaWe have been able to continue evangelizing

the city of Tarragona. We used Gospel tracts to coverthe upper area of the city. I’m still holding meetings atthe University campus and talking to different peoplethere. My prayer is that the Lord will provide a placeto meet, that God would open the door and continue toguide us in his perfect will.

Internet AvailabilityYou may follow us:

in our Facebook (Peter Pinyol), in Youtube (Fundacionbib and pray4spain), in Instagram (Peter Pinyol),in blogger (the Pinyol Family and pray4spain). We want to be in touch and make you a partner in ourservice to the Lord in Spain.

Christmas Activities

Church BanquetAs always, there was an abundance of good

food which was served family style. We thank Buckand Cindy Smith for preparing a home-style mealincluding a variety of desserts.

It was so enjoyable to sit around the table withthe festive decorations, and fellowship as wecelebrated Christ’s birth.

We had the privilege of special music by theWertz children as they played the handbells.

The speaker was Pastor Andy Hawes ofTemple Bible Church. His challenge to us was to notbe like Zacharias and doubt God’s word when he wastold of the birth of John the Baptist, but to be like Maryand willingly be God’s servant and accept whatever Hebrings into our lives.

Christmas Caroling to Shut-insThe homeschool group brought joy and

Christmas cheer to some of our church shut-ins asthey dropped in and sang Christmas carol favorites tothose who can’t get out and enjoy the season as wecan. They visited some nursing homes and someprivate homes. In the nursing homes there are otherpeople who can hear the carols being sung, and it is ablessing to them as well. The older people especiallylove to see the children.

The homeschoolers made homemadeChristmas cards to send to the shut-ins they didn’t getto carol to, and each of the children signed theirnames to the cards before being mailed.

The Wertz family also did some caroling ontheir own at another time to some of the shut-ins, andtook their handbells along to play a song for them.

Christmas Eve Candelight ServiceIt was a lovely evening with musical specials on

the piano, flute, cello and various groups singing. Thecongregation also enjoyed singing many of the favoriteChristmas carols, and then Pastor Moss gave aChristmas message. The evening was concluded witheach person in attendance having a candle of theirown. The lights were turned off and only one candlewas lit. From that one candle a few more were lit bythe teens. Then the teens went down the rows and litone more at the end of each pew. The candle at theend of the pew was used to light the other candles inthe row one by one, till all the candles were lit. Whata great illustration of how much brighter our worldwould be if we each let our lights shine.


Sunday School Class Christmas Program

Preschool - These little 2 - 5 year olds amazinglyhad memorized and quoted all of Psalm 23 inaddition to Matthew 1:21 which tells about Hisname being “Jesus, for He shall save His peoplefrom their sins”. They also enjoyed doing a fingerplay about Mary and Joseph going to Bethlehemand Jesus being born in a manger. They sang afew songs. Some were especially for Christmasand some were ones they had been singing thatquarter in class.

Primaries - The 1st - 3rd graders went back andforth between them quoting Psalm 34:1-13 thatthey had memorized. What a joy to hear theseyoung elementary aged children quoting these 13verses about the goodness of the Lord. ThenEsther Wertz continued quoting the next verses upthrough verse 19 that she had learned in additionto the others.

Juniors - The 4th - 6th graders appropriatelymemorized Luke 2:1-16 about Jesus birth and theannouncement to the shepherds, in time to be ableto recite it for the Christmas program. They alsohad a bag with a secret element inside with cluesto guess what it was. The clues were four Biblestories they had in class that involved water. Insidethe bag was a bottle of water.

Adult Christmas Program

On December 18 during the morning worshipservice the adults presented us with a variety ofmusic along with narration. The theme was“Maranatha, the Lord is Come”, and then thePastor’s message was entitled, “As Sure as HeCame, Jesus is Coming Again”. Both the cantataand the Bible message reminded us that God keptHis promise in sending the Savior the first time,and He will keep his promise that He will comeagain. What a glorious hope we have of His return.

Luke 2:7 “And she brought forth her first born son,and wrapped Him in swaddling clothes, and laidHim in a manger...”

John 14: 3 “...I will come again, and receive youunto myself, that where I am, there ye may bealso.”

Spotlight on Tracts

“Are there really three things that God cannot do?

Can’t God do everything?

Let’s take a look at God’sown Word to see what HeHimself tells us.

1. God cannot lie.

2. God cannotchange.

3. God cannot allowsinners into Heaven.”

The title of this tract creates curiosity since weusually think that God can do anything. Keep ithandy to give out to cashiers, waitresses, banktellers, etc. and let God speak for Himself throughHis Word.

“We so often do not expressour appreciation for excellentservice.

In fact, the greatest serviceever rendered to mankind isfrequently overlooked.

The Lord Jesus Christ paidour sin debt for us.

Have you taken time toappreciate His excellentservice?”

This is a handy tract to leave with a tip at arestaurant or any where else that someone givesyou good service. This little tract has the nameand address of our church stamped on it alongwith the pastor’s phone number and the times ofour services, making it easy for you to also invitethe recipient to come to church.


Preschoolerstaught by Mrs. Joyce Moss

The Preschool class learned Psalm 23, afavorite of many. They learned about how a shepherdtakes care of his sheep, and how Jesus is ourShepherd and takes care of us. Our recent Biblestories had a lot of shepherds in them: Jacob, Joseph,and David the most famous of all. David enjoyedplaying his harp and making up songs about hisShepherd. In fact, that is how we got Psalm 23;because David wrote it. The children enjoy singing“Only a Boy Named David”. A wolf puppet came outeach week and talked about how he would like one ofDavid’s sheep for dinner, but David was a goodshepherd and protected his sheep. They sang a songwith the wolf about David watching his father’s sheep,playing a harp, and talking to God.

As the Christmas season approached therewere some special things they learned for theChristmas program. It is amazing how muchpreschoolers can learn. It is good to get this spirituallearning into their hearts and minds at an early age. Atour Christmas program practice and party the childrenmade a craft with a shepherds staff about Psalm 23. They enjoyed singing Happy Birthday to Jesus with acupcake and a lit candle in front of them. It was fun toblow the candles out, and of course, eat the cake too.

Primariestaught by Buck & Cindy Smith

The Primary class is finishing their studyon the Life of David. With the beginning of the newyear we will be ready to begin new lessons and theywill have to do with Beginnings: Creation.

David and Esther Wertz have completedtheir memorization of Psalm 34:1-13. Taryne Knuthhas memorized verses 1-4 and 2 other verses in thepassage. This passage went well with our study onDavid. David needed to continually be reminded totrust God and go to him before attempting to do thingshis way and not seeking God first. They will recite

these verses for the program in December. The classwill also sing songs expressing the importance ofGod's Word, looking to him in their day to day walkand living in a way that reflects Christ bringing gloryto him.

Juniorstaught by Gerald & Darcy. Cook

As we have been studying the ministry ofChrist, our lessons have focused on people whoselives were forever impacted by their meeting withChrist. The disciples lives were forever changed asthey left all to follow Christ. Wedding guests got toexperience Jesus' ability to control nature. Four mentook their sick friend to see Jesus, and he wasforgiven and healed. The money changers learnedthat Jesus wouldn't tolerate their cheating the peopleand disgracing the temple. Nicodemus came toJesus at night and left with words that would changehis life and the lives of millions of people through theages. And a Samaritan woman met the Master at awell and left with living water. Now we have joinedthe millions who have met the Saviour and had ourlives forever changed.

Our memory verses for this quarter were Luke2:1-16 and we are glad to report that Shawn Smith,Hannah Wertz, Grace Balcom, and Rebecca Wertzwere all able to quote them.

Master ClubsDirector - Nathanial Wertz

This fall, it has been encouraging to see theenthusiasm that the children in Master Clubs have atbeing used of God. Throughout the month ofNovember the Ambassador class has been learninghow to teach a Bible story. One week in Decemberthe excitement level was extra high. The childrenbrought their visual aids as Rebecca Wertz taughtthe class about the 7 days of Creation; HannahWertz taught the story of Hannah praying for a son;Grace Balcom taught the story of David defeatingGoliath; Hannah Geiselman taught about Shadrach,Meshach, and Abednego in the fiery furnace; andShawn Smith taught about Daniel in the Lion’s Den.

Please pray that the children would continueto be excited about serving the Lord.


Please see pictures of our church activitieson our website at www.northhillsbiblechurch.org andclick on the "Resources" link and find “CurrentIssue".

Quizzing by Quiz Coach, Mrs. Joyce Moss

Philippians is a great book to learn and studyin depth as the teens are doing this year. Our keyverse for the year is Philippians 4:4 “Rejoice in theLord alway, and again I say rejoice”. This verse iseasy to say, but harder to put into practice than youmight think. However, in chapter one we see thatPaul rejoiced even while he was in bonds for Christ.And when others preached Christ even of envy andstrife in an effort to make things even worse forPaul, he rejoiced that Christ was preached. What agreat example for us to follow, and learn to rejoiceeven when negative things happen.

On January 8th in the evening service we willhave our quiz demonstration to help get the quizzersready for the competitions to come, and to give thecongregation an idea of what is done in our quizzingevents. Our competitions with other churches beginon January 22, then again on February 26 andM a r c h 2 6 . Please pray forthe teens as theys t u d y a n dmemorize them a t e r i a l f o rquizzing, that itwill not just behead knowledge,but that it willbecome a part oftheir daily lives.

HOMESCHOOL NEWSLed by Dawn Balcom

In October, the homeschool class went to Brown’sOrchard for a field trip. Brown’s Orchard gave thechildren a tour of the place and talked about theirfarm. After the field trip, they gave us cold applecider to drink and apples to take along for applesauce making. We decided to have all the childrenmake apple sauce at the church during our classtime in October. Each class took a turn helping withwashing, cutting, and grinding the apples. Aftercooking and grinding they were put in jars for eachfamily to take home.

Also in October, the primaries learned about the2nd day of creation, God dividing the waters, theatmosphere, clouds, and wind and also tied in theWright brothers, since they were learning about air.They made a paper airplane and one out of craftsticks. In November, they learned about the 3rd dayof creation and plants. They learned about farmersand how things are grown. For a craft, they made afall wreath with leaves and also made a cornucopiawith a variety of foods. Gym involved somestretching exercises and various games, such asdodge ball and duck-duck goose.

The Middle class is continuing to study the sevencontinents and oceans. In October we discussedwhat they had learned in the mission’s conferenceabout Spain and Hong Kong and learned all theocean names. We spent some time learning how todraw some Asian animals, and even had time forsome review games. The children are really enjoyingthe giant map of the world Mr. Smith made them. InNovember, we played a game as we learned abouttopographic maps and studied the different terrain ofSouth America.

This year the Teen group is studying various areasof science (Chemistry, Biology, Creation science,Environmental and "Gross" sciences). In theOctober class the teens learned about States ofmatter and then worked in groups to demonstratevarious experiments pertaining to gases, liquids andsolids. In the November class, the students weredivided into groups to begin collecting and writingnotes for their assigned project fair topics related toour topic of study this year (Vocabulary/Experiments/Famous Scientists). Proper use andhandling of microscopes was introduced and thestudents had time to practice learning to focus onspecimens.


CALENDAR OF EVENTS

January 8 Pleasant Acres Service 1:45 PM12 Homeschool Classes 9-12 AM14 Teen Pizza Party16 Rescue Mission Service 8:00 PM17 Trustees’ Meeting 6:30 PM18 TAP Ministry 8:00 AM22 Congregational Meeting 12:30 22 Teen Bible Quiz Competition 2-4 PM24 Homeschool Activity

February 9 Homeschool Classes 9-12 AM15 TAP Ministry 8:00 AM18 Teens Snow Tubing19 Manor Care Service 1:45 PM20 Rescue Mission Service 8:00 PM21 Homeschool Activity21 Trustees’ Meeting 6:30 PM26 Teen Bible Quiz Competition 2-4 PM

March 9 Homeschool Classes 9-12 AM12 Pleasant Acres Service 1:45 PM15 TAP Ministry 8:00 AM18 Teen Ice Cream Party20 Rescue Mission Service 8:00 PM21 Trustees’ Meeting 6:30 PM23 Homeschool Field Trip26 Teen Bible Quiz Competition 2-4 PM

Up-coming Events for Our Missionaries

JanuaryBlackwell, Marc & Judie - Capetown, South Africa

Church planting in Durbanville, Paarl Valley,Malmesbury, and Tygerberg

Child Evangelism Fellowship - York, PAGood News Clubs in homes and in public

schoolsFriends of Israel

Speaking at annual ‘Day in the PropheticWord’ Conference

Kilmer, Don & Karen - South Africa, ZulusMegaphone ministry and visitation ministry

Military Evangelism - Camp LeJune, NCBible Studies on base

FebruaryFriends of Israel

Two Prophecy ConferencesLivioco, Bobby & Imee - Philippines

Heart’s Banquet with seven other churchesMoss, Sam & Nicole - Uganda, East Africa

Bible Translation ProjectPerrotts, Roger & Nola - Hong Kong

Panda Project with church leaders coming fora week of intensive Bible study andfamily camp

MarchCampos, Moises & Rosa - Spain

Evangelistic Bible Exhibits in town hallsChild Evangelism Fellowship - York, PA

Good News Clubs in homes and in publicschools

Friends of IsraelSpeaking at Purim Celebration

Livioco, Bobby & Imee - PhilippinesBible Translation Project

Pinyol, Peter & Rosa - SpainLiterature Ministry

Remember to Pray for Your Missionaries


Church Family News

Happy Birthday

January 9 - Jim Beath 9 - Josiah Krape 15 - Cindy Smith 16 - Ryan Knuth 17 - Lorraine Beath 18 - Eunice Livioco 20 - Romaine Feltenberger 23 - Chris Knuth 26 - Shigeko Hall 29 - Jim Hall

February 4 - Matthew Krape 5 - Andrew Perrott 5 - Tanisha Smith 6 - Paul Grove 7 - Pat Rudisill 9 - Earl Morrow13 - Joan Fink13 - Vernon Shields15 - Nathanial Wertz

March 9 - Nicole Moss 9 - Samuel Moss10 - Kevin Boyer10 - Pamela Grove11 - Barry Shelly14 - Richard Fetrow Jr.

14 - Jonathan Kanost15 - Sonja Breneman15 - Roy Morrow16 - Jennifer Morrow17 - Ruth Warner18 - Pastor Moss18 - Gary Zimmerman19 - Peter Pinyol20 - Jonathan Perrott23 - Lydia Fetrow24 - Amy Kanost24 - Miriam Rocker

Happy Anniversary

January11 - Greg & Shirley Beard

February 3 - Marc & Judie Blackwell12 - Ervin & Sue Kornbau16 - Gene & Sherry Beam

March 19 - Bill & Doris Knudsen

Please Note!The purpose of printing these

lists is to give the church family anopportunity to congratulate oneanother on these special days. Thebold print indicates a member of ourmissionary family.

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Email Address Change For our Missionary Moises andRosa Campos - Please changetheir emai l address to:[email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Dentist’s Hymn: Crown Him withMany CrownsWeatherman’s Hymn: ThereShall be Showers of BlessingContractor’s Hymn: TheChurch’s One FoundationPolitician’s Hymn: Standing onthe PromisesOptometrist’s Hymn: Open MyEyes that I Might SeeGolfer’s Hymn: There’s AGreen Hill Far Away~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Remember Our Shut-insLorraine Beath, Mary Cole, JeannieGeesey, Marlene Gladfelter, Pam Grove,Shigeko Hall, Gloria Hevner, OliviaKauffman, Reba Moose, Susan Peters,Linda Spahr, Reg & Ina Stelfox

mailto:[email protected]

Christmas ActivitiesChristmas Banquet

Cindy and Buck Smith made the meal and decorated the tables.

Enjoying visiting with each other as they arrive.

Singing the familiar Christmas carols together.

Special music and a message from God’s Word.

Christmas Activities

Preschoolers making a Christmas wreath with figures from the nativity.

Christmas caroling to the shut-ins.

Homeschoolers signed home-made cards and mailed them to the shut-ins they didn’t carol to.

Junior Choir singing a song about the animals in the barn andtheir gifts to the baby Jesus, and ending with the question:“What can I give Him, poor as I am?If I were a shepherd I’d give Him a lamb.If I were a Wiseman I’d do my part.What can I give Him?I’ll give Him my heart!”

Christmas ActivitiesChildren’s Program

Preschoolers quotedPsalm 23 andMatthew 1:21

Primaries quoted Psalm 34:1-13

Juniors quoted Luke 2:1-16

All the departments together sang“Angels from the Realms of Glory”

with the choirchimes accompanying them.

HOMESCHOOL ACTIVITIES

Making applesauce together. YUM!

Gym class outside. RUN!

Documents

Rejoicing From the Hills - North Hills Bible Church§ois Lyotard. In his book, The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1979) he said, "Simplifying to the extreme, I define