COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

THANK YOU

Thank you for the beautiful cards, visits and phone calls. Special

thanks to Ron for the time spent with me at the hospital the day

of surgery. Elinor Gillespie

We would like to thank everyone who came to our open house

and for their support and gifts as we begin our new business

venture. It is greatly appreciated. Elissa and Curt Reck

SYMPATHY

Jerry Todd’s mother, Linda Gorrell passed away last week.

Services were held Friday for her. Jerry and Shelly Todd, 720

Farson St, Belpre, OH 45714.

ADD TO CALENDAR AND UPCOMING EVENTS.

LOVE AND CARE = JULY 29 AND AUGUST 2.

PANTRY SUMMER CHALLENGE—July

This month is “Old McDonald.” What animals are in your pantry?

We want to pack our pantry with meat and lots of it: Deer, Elk,

Beef, Chicken, Pork, Turkey, Fish Bear. Cold packed, fresh or

frozen...each pound given with be worth 10 points.

VBS NEWS...SUPPORT TABLES

VBS is funded mainly through donations of funds and/or materi-

als. On June 8 and 22, we will set up a table in each foyer for last

minute needs. Please help support our children through financial

support or fulfilling one our needs for VBS. Thank You.

PLEASE ADD TO YOUR DIRECTORY

Jeff Yocum—147 Scenic Hills Drive, Parkersburg, Wv 26101,

304.580.6499.

THE OFFICE WILL BE PRINTING A NEW PHONE DIRECTORY AT THE

END OF JULY….PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOUR HOME OR CELL

NUMBERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED. THANK YOU.

PRESCHOOL OPPORTUNITY

St. Mark’s in Belpre is now registering for fall classes for children

ages 3-5 years. Morning and afternoon classes are available.

For more information, see flier on bulletin boards or call

Becky @ 423-7065.

SURVEY SHEETS = Please complete the survey questions and

return them to the office, Nathan Tewanger or JoAnn Bartimus

asap.

LOVE IN ACTION MEETING—JULY 19, 6:30 P.M. IN THE MPR.

The wood that is in the side parking lot by the entrance is free to

anyone who could use it….first come. Thanks to Mark and

Connie for cleaning up the yard and hauling the brush and limbs

that were left by the storm.

LOVE IN ACTION Congratulations to the Williamson small group for winning the

awesome food pantry trophy! Thanks to all the groups for the

contributions. Competition is surely making a difference. A

special thanks to Chuck Hinzman for contributing bags of ice from

Dupont. Even though the electric is back on for Belpre, we are

certain there will be many families who can use some extra ice.

Col. 3:23-24....

In His Word, God commands us to serve one another. However,

there will inevitably be difficult people in life, who make this chal-

lenging. Thankfully, a biblical definition of service can help us

obey the Lord's instruction, no matter who the recipient may be.

And the reason is that God is actually the One whom we

serve.When we have this motivation underlying everything we

do, it will impact the quality of our work and keep us from becom-

ing discouraged. And we trust Him to use us for His purposes,

even if our labor should appear fruitless to us or to others. Whom-

ever God calls us to serve, and whatever He tells us to do, we can

obey with joyful hearts when it's done for Jesus. If this is our mo-

tivation, we won't need worldly approval or evidence of im-

pact. This is what we were created for....Let's "JUST DO IT" for

God's glory!

YOUTH/TEENS Teens Sunday Evening Small Group - 6 pm tonight in the

MPR. Girls bring desserts and guys bring pop.

YOUNG AT HEART We still have 13 tickets left for "Jonah" in Lancaster,

Pa. The tickets are $199.00 each. This includes the bus,

hotel, lunch at "The Bird In Hand Restaurant", show, and

breakfast at the hotel. This will be a fun trip for any age

group. If interested please contact Terry Everson or sign up

on the bulletin board across from Kim's office. Final

payment is due on July 10th.

COURAGE TO CHANGE The third Thursday of the month is the day we invite guest

speakers in to tell their story of addiction, and recovery. We have

had 3 very good speakers and anticipate this Thursday will be no

exception. Last month we had Martin from Ripley. He told of his

addiction to alcohol, how it affected his family, work and life in

general. He told of his recovery and how he has experienced so

much more productivity, how his life has changed and how he has

been able to help so many others with their alcohol addiction.

There were 15 present during the meeting to witness his

testimony. We invite you to join us this Thursday July 19th or any

Thursday. We appreciate your support. You will be blessed and

inspired by attending these meetings.

July 15, 2012 CHURCH STAFF

Jeff Stevenson - Preaching Minister

jeffery5stevenson@gmail.com

740.378.6632

Ron Laughery - Preaching Minister, Emeritus

ronlaughery@gmail.com

Kim Haynes - Church Secretary

belprechurch@gmail.com

Phone: 740.423.7021 | Fax: 740.423.8333

CHURCH SHEPHERDS

Dan Canada—304.588.4087

Bob Crum—740.516.5960

Marty Clark—740.551.2075

Mark Kaufman—740.678.8053

Jack Thorn—304.482.1933

To schedule an appointment to meet with our shepherds,

please call the church office.

MINISTRY LEADERS

Adult Education

JoAnn Bartimus

Benevolence/Love in Action

Anita Vaughan

Caring & Sharing

Margaret Wentz

Children’s Education

Stephanie Miller & Jerry Brown

Courage to Change

Mary Ann Thorn/Sonia Grimm

Education Director

JoAnn Bartimus

Media

Larry Hopkins

Missions

Mary Ann Thorn

Prayer

Jo Miller

World Bible School

Leslie Roby

Young at Heart

Ron & Terry Everson

For a copy of today’s lesson on CD, please email

Larry Hopkins at guitareukeman@yahoo.com

July 15, 2012

Amy Askey - Was taken back to Columbus where doctors surgically removed her sutures and a mass amount of infection. She was to be taken back into surgery to perform this procedure again. She is at James Cancer Center at time of print Mia Nobles - is having surgery on Monday July 16th at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus. She is having a hernia repaired, please keep her in your prayers. She is 18 months old. Ralph Westbrook - Has been moved to Marietta Rehabilitation Center, room 504 B. Brenda Floding’s mother is back in the hospital. No further information at time of print. Mark Haynes - fell 6 ft. from scaffolding while painting our house last Tuesday. He has a bruised lung, bruised ribs, separated shoulder and some scrapes. No surgery is needed at this time and no broken bones. Gene Mallet - is in Marietta Memorial, room 257. Diverticulitis and pneumonia. Nina Robinson - is in Marietta Memorial, room 402.

Military Personnel - Kyle Crislip, Kendra Rauch, Matthew Lowers, Seth Wellspring, Brad Gibbs, William Wellspring, and Stephen Crislip. Continued prayer list - Carrie Shuler, Hannah Robinson, Kate Liston, Olena Cornell, Herk Norris, Wyatt Buckley, Amy Askey, Ted Nelson, Shirley Mutko, Aaron Marshall, Nina Robinson, Connie McKain, Earl Bur-gess, Don Brookhart, Nat Horton, Ralph & Betty Westbrook.

Paul explained that Israel’s rejection was not ________

(11:1-10), nor is it _________ (11:11-16).

1. An Allegory for the ___________ (11:17-20a)

a. Components of the allegory

i. But if some of the branches [________ who

rejected Christ]

ii. were broken off [rejected by _______],

iii. and you [___________],

iv. although a wild olive shoot [Gentiles who

accepted _________],

v. were grafted in among the others [Jews

who believed in __________]

vi. and now share in the nourishing root of the

olive tree [the ____________ of God],…

vii. The nourishing root or sap (NIV) is God’s

___________ and spiritual _______________.

b. The allegory strikes at spiritual _____________ (Matt.

3:9-10).

c. Spiritual arrogance comes in various _______________.

2. ____________________ of Spiritual Arrogance

a. We’re the _____________ ones going to

_________________(Mark 9:38-40).

b. Looking _____________ on those God has

_________________(Matt. 21:31-32).

c. Forming an _____________ group. Anyone who feels

they’re too good, too talented, or too knowledgeable

to ___________ to you doesn’t have the

______________of ________… (1 Cor. 13:1, 2).

Talent and knowledge plus arrogance equal

_____________! So here’s his…

3. ____________ for the Arrogant (11:20b-24)

a. Be afraid (11:20b).

b. ____________ (11:22).

c. Our position is _______________(11:24).

God can from these ____________ raise up ________________ of

the ______________________________.

WELCOME! Welcome to the Belpre church! We are glad that you have joined us as we gather in the name of the Lord to worship and

praise our Heavenly Father as a community of believers. The Belpre church is made up of sinners who have been saved by

the grace of God. We are fellow strugglers in the journey of life helping each other with the daily challenges and problems.

Maybe this is the first time you have been a guest at the Belpre church. Are you looking for a church home? We would love

to share with you the gospel! Also, we would welcome the opportunity to talk with you about the various ministries of the Belpre church.

For your convenience, we have an attended nursery; our children, 3yrs - 3rd grade, also meet during the sermon in our MPR. They are dismissed to

attend this class during the K.O.D. portion of our worship time and may be picked up during the Community updates.

VISITORS - PLEASE FILL OUT AN ATTENDANCE CARD

Song Come, Now Is The Time To Worship

Song Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Welcome Acts 24:22-25:12

Song All To Us

Song Humble Yourself p. 325

Prayer Ron Feathers

Song Boundless Love p. 325

Communion/Offering Jim Wellspring

Song *KOD Beautiful One

Message Jeff Stevenson

Song Mighty To Save

Responses and Prayers

Community Updates/ Mark McKain

Shepherd’s Prayer

We pray you have been touched by something that was

said today. If we can be of assistance to you, please

phone the church office or any of our Shepherds or

ministers.

FOR THE RECORD Contribution Last Week - $ 11,872.61 Children’s Offering - $ 56.86 Budget - $7,414.00 Last Week Bible Class - 161 Sunday Worship – 306 Life Group - 99 Wednesday - 138

* Please let the office know if your life group will be meeting over the summer. Thank you.

________________________________________ July Server List Guest Services July 15 Team 3 July 22 Team 4 July 29 Team 5 Guest Services for July 15 C = Phil & Nancy Stanley O = Rose Caltrider & Ethel Frost O*= Errol Mayle B = Ginny Brown Communion Servers Carport Office Steve Kibble Jeff Metz Ken Floding Jeff Stump John Miller Greg Orall Phil Stanley Kyle Nobles

Public Servers Prayer Communion July 15 Ron Feathers Jim Wellspring July 22 Kyle Nobles Nathan Tewanger July 29 Marty Durham Chris Kaufman Nursery Workers July 15 Erin Brown & Brenda Floding July 22 Kristen Hand July 29 Diane Alloway & Amy Bortell

Communion Cleanup/Prep = Rose & Becky Caltrider Bake Communion Bread = Sandy West

This Week’s Events July 15-21

Sunday 6:00 Life Group Monday SEALS Tuesday Weight Watchers, 5 pm -room 102-103 Food Pantry 11-2 Wednesday Wed. Morning class 11 am - Chicken Casserole Wed. Evening Meal - Chicken/Noodles Wed. Evening Bible Study - 7 pm Thursday Courage to Change, 7 pm Food Pantry 5-7 Friday Friday Evening Sings - Check bulletin board *Please check bulletin boards each week for: Gospel meetings, youth events, sign-up sheets, Friday evening sings, and other information.

Office Notes:

COMMUNION NEEDS

We are in the process of revamping our communion

cleanup/preparation volunteer list. We have several

spots available for both of these are in NEED of

MORE VOLUNTEERS to fill in these months. If you

would be able to assist us, please call the church

office. (A recipe is available for how to make the

communion bread)

Thank You.

PRIDE - THE DANGER OF THE GOSPEL Romans 11:17-24

WORSHIP GUIDE July 15, 2012