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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 Spirit.

Philippi Baptist Church 107 Church St. Philippi, WV 26416 (304) 457-3206 September 2011

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every Sunday morning.

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107 Church Street Philippi, WV 26416(304)457-3206 [email protected] Villers, PastorLisa Dadisman, Secretary

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Inside this Issue

From the Pastor2

Board of Christian Education...3

Baptisms ...6

Getting to know...7

Prayer list4

Birthdays...4

Anniversaries..4.

Youth news...5

Worship Through The Arts...8


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I am privileged from time to time to have guest writers for the Pastors Page! I want to thank Lisa Dadismanfor being willing to share her heart and let us hear from her experience and walk with the Lord. We welcome

Lisa and Tom Dadisman as one of six new couples who have joined our church this year. We also welcome

Wesley and Crystal Gray, Hayden and Heather Cottrill, Logan and Lauren Lindsey, Justin and Loretta Rich-

ards, and Adam and Lisa Cheeseman!

Shalom,

Pastor JonSpiritual Warfare

This is something I had no idea about until it happened to me and my family. I want to share with you, my

fellow Christian friends and family, and, hopefully, give you some advice before it happens to you or to some-

one you know. I hope this will provide insight that will allow you to fight the good fight even harder. Do not

fret; you are not alone. I am here as an ear to listen and a shoulder to cry on or a hug that you may need and

God is always with you even when you feel no one else is. I pray that before you read this GOD opens your

heart to understand that there is hope even through the darkness or darkest moments of your life.

Spiritual warfarethe closer a person wants to get to GOD the harder Lucifer and his alluring troops try to

waylay that relationship. He puts up walls or tears down the steps that you are building to get closer toGOD. It is the hardest thing to understand, especially once you have been saved, baptized, and branded your

soul and life as GODS. The devil wants to destroy anything good or trying to be good. He will put thoughts

into your mind and will try to convince you that it is ok to do what feels right, no matter what the conse-

quences. No matter what the cost.

You would think the devil would leave you alone once you dedicate your life to GOD, but he does not. He

fights even harder to break down that struggling marriage or convince a drug or alcohol addict that one shot

wont hurt. He tells the person addicted to pornography that it is fine... its just a picture. What harm can that

do? The devil can, has, and always will prey upon you when you are weak and even especially when you are

strong. Lucifer will try anything to keep us from being a child of GOD. He will keep giving those who rarely

go to church another good reason not to go. Im not saying that those who do not go to church are bad people,not by any means.

There is always room for self-improvement in everyones life, including the ones who feel they are not good

enough to go to church. Lucifer has them believing that. I know that to be true because he convinced me I

was not worthy to go to church and confront my sins. He convinced me that GOD would never forgive me for

the sins I had done and chaos I had created. Fortunately, I found the strength and courage to ignore that seduc-

tive voice and came back to church. Lucifer sat on one shoulder and God on the other, and through the prayers

of a million people and a million angels, God won my heart. I know in my heart that I have been forgiven and

everyone can be forgiven. Is that not why OUR LORD AND SAVIOR was nailed to the cross and wore a

crown of thorns on his precious head? I cry whenever I think of the sacrifice he made for me AND you.

However, the damage that I created did not end there. A spiritual warfare had been destroying my family for

quite some time. Knowing now what was happening and understanding the fight going on inside my soul and

my husbands between good and evil has not hindered us but has made us vow to stay true to Gods word and

our family, and there is no way, as long as GOD is on our side, that Lucifer and his relentless army have any

chance at winning this battle in our lives! This body I live in belongs to GOD and this is HIS and there is no

room for evil thoughts, words, actions, all the things that the devil loves. Go back to hell where you belong,

Lucifer, because I have NO room for you because I have given myself back to Jesus Christ and I AM HIS!

The devil is trying to separate families by having the child or teenager turn against the parents. This is a topic

that needs to be addressed. That is why I decided to bring this out into the open. GOD and his angels are

working harder than ever to keep us safe and out of harms way, but there is an evil side fighting just as hard tomake our lives miserable and even bring us to deaths door before GOD and his people have a chance to show

us grace and mercy.

For the love of GODlisten...the time is coming and coming soon. If you have not made your choice onwhere you want to spend eternity, I beg you, dont wait. Gambling isnt a lifestyle that Baptists generally

agree to. However, as for this gamble between GOD and Lucifer, put ALL you have on GOD and you will

never lose! Put all you have on Lucifer and his alluring ways, and eventually you will end up in the gutter. If

you have not received GOD as your Lord and Savior, you will end up in the depths of Hell.

What if today was your last day? Where will you spend eternity? Wont it take a lot of stress off of you just

knowing that whenever your number is up, you are A-OK because you know, just as Jesus promised, he willprepare a place for you in heaven.

Thank you GOD for speaking to me and through me so I can share with those who need to hear this. Amen.


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The Board of Christian EducationThank you to the teachers/volunteers that we have for the new schedule.

The new Sunday school classes/teachers include:

The Son Beams (Pre-school - Kindergarten)- Sara Poling and Sarah CobbThe Seekers (1st Grade - 4th Grade) - Crystal Gray and Koreen VillersThe Discoverers (5th Grade - 8th Grade) - Jim and Wanda SteeleHigh School Group (9th Grade - 12th Grade) - Bruce and Cheryl Blankenship

The volunteers for Wee Church and Junior Church are:

Lisa and Tom DadismanPete and Sarah FergusonKelly BraceyHayden and Heather CottrillLauren and Logan LindsaySara and Eddy PolingChuck and Carol ErvinWe would like to thank all of the volunteers and teachers for dedicating their time andtalents to help with the kids of our church.

We are still looking for a few people to help once a month with Wee Church or Junior

Church during the service and we are in need of subs, in case someone isabsent. Please contact Sara Poling or Sarah Ferguson if you are interested in helpingin any way. Thank you!!!!

Gods Greatest Creation !


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September Birthdays

Skip Ervin -1

Tim Schoonover-3Nikki Price Channel-4

Joanna Wilson-6J.D. Long- 6Mary Lantz-9John Cain-14

Charlie Daniels-19Makayla Smith-19

Obichukwe Okoye-19

Barbara Bice-21Marj Campbell-22Neil Irvine-25John Hicks-26

Zvezdana Vlasic-26Mary Boyer -27

Kathy Kratsas- 27Nathan Smith-28Sarah Cobb-29Elsie Frye-30

Nancy Stull -30

Anniversaries

Tom and Jean Roy -5

PRAYER CONCERNS

A-B College faculty, staff and students,

Susan Ball,

Ronald Ball,

Billy Coontz,

Blaine Corder,

Audrey Cross

Susan Cross,

Tom Dadisman,

Regina Edens,

Becky & Mike Elmore,

Otilia Franke,

Jim Friend,

Carl Gant,

Jane Gibbons,

Joe & Beverly Gouer,

Chrissy Maddy,

Billie Moore,

Donna Moore,Violet Mouser,

Don Murray,

Brenda & Gary Price,

Sonny Qualls,

Melvin Richter,

Rev. Victor Shields,

John Scott,

Vangie Shaffer,

Dr. Richard Shearer,

The family of Delmer Wallen,

Andy & Camella Watson,

The family of Erica Williams.

Unspoken requests for family members,

unsaved people, community concerns, those

with job and home loss, financial difficulties.

Also, in need of prayer: our

national, state, and country leaders and offi-

cials. Please pray for victims, the families

and friends of crime, war and violence

throughout our country. Pray to protect mili-

tary personnel and their families throughout

the world. Relatives and friends of those

serving our country: Tim Jenkins, Chris

Mossburg, Taylor Smith, Major Kris Wood.

Captain Aaron Cross who was deployed to

Afghanistan. Brock and Maria Rosier.


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UPCOMING EVENTS

COME JOIN US!

Hello students 6th-12th

grades! We are a youth ministry from Philippi Baptist Church that is here to:

Embrace - Model - Share the Love of God through Jesus Christ by the power

of the Holy Spirit! We can't wait for you to meet our new youth pastor and

his family! Pastor Adam Cheeseman, wife, Lisa, and daughters Aleigh and

Addyson.

For youth (6-12 grades) Sunday evening from 6-7:30pm. We meet @ PBC. It is a time

that you will take part in worship, a scripture message, small group discussion and fel-

lowship.

Wed @ 7pm as we rotate between the Code Blue Youth Center and other loca-

tions for a time of fellowship and building relationships.

THE 5th Quarter

After each home PB Football Game (starting Sept. 2 @ 10pm)Location - Code Blue Youth Center. Will be a "hangout" for

students, parents, and community members as we provide food,

games and music. There will be free prizes and drawings throughout

the evening.


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Full Immersion by Baptism. We have let our old ways and old soul die in the water by ashowing of faith by bapti sm. We believe that Chr ist died for us and rose again. We wor-ship him for hi s sacrif ice. When we ari se out o f the water , we ar ise a new creation.Clean and assured by Jesus Christ himself that he shall pr epare a home for us inheaven. Amen!July 31st, 2011

Those getting baptized on July 31, 2011Margaret SalimiWesley Gray Hayden Cottr il l Heather Cottr il lTom DadismanLisa Dadisman

A new heart I will give you , a new spir it I wil l put within you. Ezekiel 36:26


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WELCOME TO THE GRAYS!

Two of the newest members of the church

are Wesley and Crystal Gray. Wesley was

baptized in the Tygart River on July 31,and Crystal is joining the church by trans-

fer of letter.

A native of the Shiloh area in Barbour County, Wesley attended local

public schools and graduated from Philip Barbour High School. He

earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering at West Vir-

ginia Institute of Technology, and it was there that he met Crystal, whois from Jodie in Fayette County. She graduated from Gauley Bridge

High School and completed her degree in Elementary Education at West

Virginia State College. Wesley now works as a surveyor and engineer

for Stantec Engineering Company in Buckhannon, and Crystal teaches

at the Kasson Elementary and Middle School. The Grays are parents of

two enterprising childrenJacob, 4, and Olivia, 1 .

When asked what drew this attractive couple to Philippi Baptist Church,Wesley says, I realized that I needed God in my life, and we both knew

that we needed to get involved and raise our children in a Christian at-

mosphere. We tried several other churches, but this is where weve set-

tled in.

Crystal smiles and continues. Everybody here is really friendly. We

recognized a few people whom we had known in other contexts, but itjust seemed as if everybody else also knew or wanted to know us.

She laughs. We were really late the first time we came. We just as-

sumed that all churches, like the ones wed been in, started at 10

oclock. We had a hard time deciding to make a late entrance, but I con-

vinced Wesley wed still be welcome. And we were.

The Grays live on the family farm in Shiloh, and in addition to enjoying

farming, they are sports fans and like being outdoors. As they anticipate

becoming fully active in the church, Crystal reports that she will be

helping with the elementary Sunday School class, and Wesley says hell

do whatever needs to be donewhatever God calls him to do.

These two are the kind of members we all should be!


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Worship Through The Arts

Sunday, .July 31st , 2011.


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