Just Around The Corner. . .

In this issue:

West Lynchburg Baptist Church June 23, 2019 Volume 9, Issue 23

THE WLBC BULLETIN

“The church with heart in the heart of the city.”

Just Around The Corner 1

Prayer Points 2

The Week at a Glance 3

Memory Verse, Members & Missions

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Somethings Old Somethings New

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Deacon of the Week + Library News

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Minister On Call

Randy Kent

Food For Friends

Please bring in juice

boxes & packaged

healthy snack

items this summer to keep our supplies up for the Fall for

TC Miller’s underprivileged

kids.

During School Year

Swaddled in God’s Law of Love

Pastor John Edgerton tells of swaddling his 2-week-old baby to help her feel secure. She loved being wrapped tightly in a

soft blanket and would lie quietly — until she managed to work a tiny arm loose. Then she’d scream until someone

rewrapped her.

Edgerton likens that behavior to his own connection with God’s law, given so people can live in peace. “I know that

I’m supposed to do the right thing, but I’m always wiggling out of it,” he writes. “And very quickly my life falls into a

state of disarray.”

We’ve all experienced this. We know we are to love our neighbors as ourselves, yet we often ignore their needs. Jesus says to love our enemies, but we wiggle around it:

“That’s too naïve for this day and age.” But then relationships crumble, life feels crazy and we recognize that, in large part, we’ve done it to ourselves. Over and over, we wiggle out of the soft swaddle of God’s law of love, only to

flail. Thankfully, like a loving parent, God wraps us up anew, holds us close and saves us from ourselves — again.

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Week 39 Prayer Prompts

Praying for God’s chosen servant to be our next Pastor:

Pray for your future pastor to faithfully shepherd the church and for members of the church to willingly and joyfully place themselves under his servant leadership.

Hebrews 13:17 Praying for West Lynchburg Baptist Church: Pray for the church to reflect the elements of a healthy church, in the interim period and

when the new pastor is called to serve. (Worship, Discipleship, Ministry, Fellowship, Evangelism, and Prayer)

Acts 2:41-42

Praying for the Pastor Search Team:

Pray for each of the team members by name: Diane Exner, Melissa Gunter, Jamey Love, Charles Ripley, Ken Shumaker, Ryan

Tyler, Melissa Woodford, Tom Yarber

Power of Prayer

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The Week at a Glance

Opportunities for the Week

Sunday, June 23, 2019

9:00 AM NO Instrumental Ensemble

9:15 AM Library Open

9:45 AM Sunday School

11:00 AM Morning Worship

11:00 AM Mission Friends 3yrs-K

11:00 AM Kids In Worship Gr 1-3

6:00 PM Youth Worship

6:30 PM Evening Worship

Monday, June 24

No Scheduled Activities

Tuesday, June 25

11:30 AM S.W.A.T. (Snrs. Walking & Talking)

5:15 PM Wellness that Works -SS Rm off FH

7:00 PM Pastor Search Comm. - CR

7:00 PM Visit Juvenile Det. Home

Wednesday, June 26

6:30 PM Prayer Gathering for ALL Ages

- In the Sanctuary due to Chapel repairs

6:30 PM Youth Game Night @ the Atkinsons

7:00 PM NO Praise Team practice

7:30 PM NO Sanctuary Choir practice

Thursday, June 27

10:00 AM Women’s Life Group-RM206/nursery

7:00 PM Ladies Paint Night -FH/nursery

Friday, June 28

6:30 AM Friday Morning Men - FH

Saturday, June 29

Kids/volunteers leave for CentriKid Camp

Volunteers PleaseVolunteers Please

Register too!Register too!

YOUTH @ The Atkinsons Wed - June 26 - 6:30pm

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Don’t Miss Your Chance to Bless and Be Blessed...The Needs are Many

Memory Verse, Members and Missions

1 John 3:8 ”Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and truth.”

Sunday School Memory verse

for June

”There is but one God, the Father,

from whom are all things and we exist for him.”

1 Corinthians 8:6

WLBC’s Interim Pastor,

Dr. Jerry Kroll’s sermon

titles for the upcoming

week:

Sunday - June 23

11 AM – “The Subtleties of

Sin” - 2 Samuel 11

6:30 PM - “Abuse of Spiritual

Gifts” - Part 2

Wednesday, June 26

Guest Speaker (In the

Sanctuary due to Chapel

repairs) Lots of Envelopes Left!Now just 7 envelopes left!

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over the world with the love & over the world with the love &

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fellowship & fellowship & the blessing.the blessing.

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Serving, Laughing, Playing & Praying…Because WLBC Members Live Life With Hope

Pray for the people of South Asia.

Deacon of the Week: Wayne Underwood

This month in the Library: Continuing w/ Kids Reading Challenge Preschool - 4th gd Read 5 books from our Church Library and you can pick out a prize from the prize box. If you read 10 books, you can pick a bigger prize! *See Cathie, WLBC Librarian, before and after 11am service.

Book of the Week recommendation:

A Wandering Heart - Book 3 of the Angel Island Series (Christian Fiction)

Written by Thomas Kinkade & Katherine

Spencer

“A movie crew arrives to shoot a film in Cape Light, and Angel Island

provides a perfect backdrop. Offering good food and a place to rest, Liza’s inn welcomes the cast

and crew, including the famous actress Charlotte Miller. Charlotte is surprisingly down to earth and is

totally charmed by the island, especially the inn, where she

chooses to stay instead of at more lavish accommodations. But one

day, along the water’s edge, Charlotte is swept into the sea, only

to have her life saved by local fisherman Colin Doyle. Their

attraction is instant and undeniable - even though they come from

completely different worlds. As Charlotte spends more time on the island, the relationship seems meant to be. They keep meeting up, by accident at first, then on

purpose. But Colin believes he has little to offer this celebrated

beauty.”

CHURCH HISTORY CORNER