Children’s Ministry Updates:

Brushtrokes! Calendar at a Glance: Weekly activities in the church building: Tuesdays Classical Conversations homeschool group; 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Wednesdays WIRED youth group for Kindergarten thru 5th grade 6:00—7:30 pm Spanish Bible Study led by Ron, Shirley & Becky Payne at 6:00 pm Thursdays Ladies’ Bible Study led by Shirley Payne at 10:00 am

FEBRUARY:

3 RBCC Ladies’ spa day 10:00 am

5 J.O.Y. Bunch monthly potluck & fellowship. Beef stew is on the menu! Bring a side dish and Join us at 11:30 am!

9 Men’s Night at Oil Belt 6:00 pm

Feb. 12, 13 & 15, 16 Meals–On–Wheels days (2 volunteers needed per day) call the office for more info. or to sign up!

17 Building in use in the afternoon for private event

21 Elder’s Meeting 6:30 p.m.

25 Flora Healthcare Outreach See Teresa Lewis for details Looking Ahead:

March 2-3 JH Believe Conference March 17–Ladies’ Day at Oil Belt Mark your calendar & plan to attend! Shari Borders, our former Director of Children’s Ministry is the main speaker & Anita Newlin is leading

January 30, 2018 Volume X, Issue II

Student Ministry Update:

Jr. High News:

Believe Conference – March 2-3 Springfield, IL This weekend is specifically designed for Jr. High students and is packed with powerful worship & teaching from God’s Word. Final payments for students who are pre-registered are due

Sunday, February 18th.

Jr. High Collide will resume our regular Sunday night schedule starting Sunday, February 11th. Our 6th-8th graders meet from 6:00—7:00pm. High School News:

Trivia Night was a big success. A HUGE thank you to our church family for always stepping up to support our students. Thanks to your participation, $1,440.07 was raised to help pay the way for our students to attend the life-changing MOVE Conference in July.

The next opportunity to support our students will be the popular MOVE Pulled Pork Dinner! Be looking for details coming soon!

High School MOVE Conference is Sunday, July 1st – Saturday July 7th (We will drive back all day Saturday.) – There are still open registrations…but they are filling up quickly. $50.00 will reserve your place to experience one of the most powerful weeks for your spiritual walk.

High School United will resume meeting on Sunday, Feb. 11th, from 7:00 to 8:30 pm

WIRED is in full swing!!!

WIRED has started off strong & will continue meeting on

Wednesdays thru March 21st. Remember, we’ve increased

the age range to include Kindergarten—5th grade!

Join us from 6:00pm – 7:30pm. A small meal is provided each Wednesday

nights for the kids who attend.

We LOVE our volunteers!!! All the dates for providing meals have been claimed by our faithful volunteers.

Thank you so much for loving our kids!

Big Overnighter at Oil Belt

3rd through 5th graders: Big Overnighter at

Oil Belt Camp is just around the corner!

Mark your calendars for March 23rd and 24th.

Be on the lookout in the bulletin and Connection Corner for

registration papers and more info.

For questions Contact Penny Arnold or Ashley Czyzewski.

Attention: ALL Men! Friday, February 9th is Oil Belt Men’s Night

This is Oil Belt’s biggest event for the men in our area. You don’t want to miss it. Danny Wolford will be bringing the message, with the challenge to

Man Up: Act Like Men.

Danny is the Senior Pastor at FCC Greensburg, Indiana. He and his wife, Barbara, have 4 children. You may know Danny best from his time in this area at Cisne Christian Church or during his tenure as Athletic Director and Men’s Basketball Coach at St. Louis Christian College.

Here’s the schedule for Friday, February 9th: 6:00 pm: Supper 7:00 pm: Program The cost is $20. Please make your checks payable to Oil Belt. There is a sign-up sheet at the church or you can call the church office. You can also e-mail the camp at campoffice@oilbelt.com or call them at 618-662-2822.

Discipleship/Admin. Minister Gary Barbee

Interim Minister Brian Hamilton

Children’s Ministers Ashley Czyzewski (PT) & Penny Arnold (PT)

Worship Minister Jonathan Goodman

Pastoral Minister & Counselor 665-3050 Becky Payne Secretaries: Courtney Davis & Katie Barbee

Red Brush Christian Church

16707 Hwy 45

Louisville, IL 62858

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Non-Profit Org. Louisville, IL Permit # 43

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Ron’s Column:

A week or so ago, we were studying John 3 at our Hispanic Bible Study. That particular lesson began with John 3:16, the Golden Text of the Bible. I talked a lot about God. Then I talked a lot about love, God’s love. We are all sinners. We have all let God down so many times and disappointed Him and maybe even hurt Him. But God does not have the attitude that I’m going to severely discipline these people. I’m going to humble them and punish them and break them. No, His method of dealing with us is, “I’m going to love them.” His attitude is that He wants the best for us. All that He does is for our sake. Isn’t that amazing, even mind blowing? God is not a cruel king that treats us like lowly slaves who are not worth much. God is the father in the story of the prodigal son and He won’t be happy until His children come home. He longs for humans to come home. He does all He can to persuade and entice them to come into His loving presence. John 3:16 tells us of the width of God’s love. God loves the world. . .everybody, everywhere. He loves the good and the bad, the unlovely and the unlovable, the ones who love Him and the ones who never think about Him, the ones who have run into His loving presence and those who simply reject His love and even fight against Him. God offers and even shows His love to everyone. Augustine wrote: “God loves each of us as if there was only one of us to love.” We love reading John 3:16 about God’s love and eternal life, but we need to read on. Verse 17 says: “For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him (Jesus). Then verse 18 says: “Whoever believes in Jesus is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” Jesus is God’s greatest expression and demonstration of His love for mankind. If we reject God’s son, we reject Him and that’s not a very smart thing to do. If my son died for you in your place and then you acted as if you could care less, I would not be happy, not happy at all. Jesus died for us, in our place, taking the punishment for our sins upon Himself. If we do not appreciate that, if we are not tremendously thankful for that, if we are not humbled by that, if that wasn’t a life-changing experience for us, then something is terribly wrong and punishment is coming, not because God wanted that to happen, but because you chose your own destiny. You rejected His amazing love.

Still In His Service, Ron Payne

Stewardship:

Sunday, Dec. 31st

7:30 am 28 8:45 am 170 11:00 am 138 Total 336 Offering $13,727.44

Sunday, Jan. 7th

7:30 am 52 8:45 am 196 11:00 am 144 Total 392 Offering $11,447.68

Sunday, Jan. 14th

7:30 am 39 8:45 am 259 11:00 am 148 Total 446 Offering $11,051.00

Sunday, Jan. 21st

7:30 am 47 8:45 am 246 11:00 am 112 Total 405 Offering $10,355.00

Sunday, Jan. 28th

7:30 am 56 8:45 am 250 11:00 am 127 Total 433

Sunday Morning Worship: 7:30 a.m. traditional (no kids classes) 8:45 a.m. contemporary (nursery & classes)

11:00 a.m. contemporary (nursery & classes)

Sunday School: 8:45 a.m. (adults only)

10:15 a.m. (all ages)

Welcome to the Family!

We are excited to announce the Red Brush Family grew by two more souls last month! Seth & Alisha Williams have been attending RBCC for quite some time now, and they decided to make it official on Sunday, January 21st. Seth transferred his membership & Alisha was baptized into Christ that day. What a wonderful blessing to see this young couple following God together! Congratulations to you both & welcome to the family! We’re so glad to have you!