Weekly Bulletin - September 3, 2023

Sunday, September 3, 2023

  • Welcome | Greeting | Announcements

  • Call to Worship:  Nehemiah 9:5-6

  • Songs: Because He Lives (Amen), How Great Thou Art, Only a Holy God

  • Communion

  • Sermon

    Songs Used by Permission - CCLI License #356753

What’s Happening at CVBC 

·  The last Summer Book Club meeting will be TODAY at 10:30am. Book to be discussed: Rediscover Church by Hansen & Leeman.

· Tonight is our monthly prayer gathering at 6pm;  all are welcome.

· Sunday School for 4K- high school begins Sept. 10. Register in the lobby or online (for children 4K through 5th grade).

· Adult Sunday School Class: The Healthy Church What does a healthy church look like? How do you answer that question? What central  characteristics would you look for? Join us for a seven-week series  investigating the foundational attributes and practices that make up a healthy church. Starts Sept. 10 at 9am in Room 50.

· · Register by TODAY for the Ladies’ Retreat (Oct. 6-8) to get the early bird discount! Registration ends Sept. 20. Brochures are in the lobby.

· Fall women’s study, Steadfast Love: Psalm 107, begins Sept 11, 6pm. Lobby signup includes QR code to order the book. Please bring book the first night. Scholarships available. It is a seven-week study (6-7:30pm).

· Next Men’s event: Monday, Sept. 11 at 6pm (note: 2nd Monday due to Labor Day). Charcoal Chicken at Mt. Simon Park Dells Pavilion in Eau Claire. All men are welcome. No sign up necessary.

· Operation Christmas Child gifts drive is happening right now!  Look in the lobby for the table with a ‘treasure chest’ for donated toys and other small items to be collected through Wednesday, Sept. 13.

· Senior Connection is having a Senior Social/Packing Party on Sept. 14 at 11am. All seniors 55+ are invited! We’ll be eating lunch and packing the Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes. Sign up in the lobby.

· Next Membership Class: Sept. 17 at 10:30am. Sign up in the lobby.

· Sign up today for the Straight Shooters Youth Archery program! It will run Sept. 23 through Oct. 28 on Saturdays, 10am to 12pm. All youth 10 years old and up are welcome. Free to participants, no prior archery experience required, and all equipment is provided. Sign up in the lobby.

We live, we die, we tell our story

Genesis 35-36

Main Point: We as Christians can live, grow old, and die _______. So, let’s do it.

5 Priorities to Faithfully Grow Old:

1. Worship

2. Holiness

3. Spiritual Memory

4. Suffering Well

5. Future-Oriented

Small Group Questions:

1. What is something that stood out to you from the passage or sermon?

2. How does this passage encourage you to be faithful as you age?

3. As you look back at the life of Jacob, what truths stand out to you? How can you trace the faithfulness of God throughout his life?

Back of Bulletin:

Men’s Ministry

If you are a man and you want more Bible & friendship in your life, check out our Men’s Ministry!

· Bible Studies: Various Times/Days | Year-Round  Join other men to pray and study Scripture. We have several studies that meet at church:

  • Tuesdays | 7:00am

  • Saturday Men’s Breakfast | 7:30am | 1st & 3rd Saturday

  • Mondays | 6:00pm

  • Adult Sunday School (starts September 10!)

Contact Troy at troys@cvbc.net for more information 

· Monthly events: Monday nights 1x per month | Year-Round
The purpose of monthly events is to give guys an opportunity to build deeper relationships in a natural way, creating Biblical friendships for encouragement, prayer, accountability, and discipleship beyond Sunday mornings.  

NEXT UP: Charcoal Chicken, Monday, Sept. 11, 6pm at the Dells Pavilion, Mt. Simon Park in Eau Claire.
Contact Micah at micahb@cvbc.net for more information.

· TRIADS: As Christians we have been commanded to love, encourage, admonish, weep with, and confess sins to, one another. At times, this can only be done within the confines of safe and trusted friendships. Triads exist as a means for a group of three  men to meet and communicate regularly for the purpose of building these Christ-centered friendships.

· Retreat: Annually (Spring)  CVBC Men are given the opportunity to spend 2 days together at a local camp for the purpose of encouraging one another’s faith through teachings, small groups, and prayer.

Libby Krause2020