Weekly Bulletin - September 12, 2021
Sunday, September 12, 2021
Welcome / Opening Song: All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
Announcements
Songs: Only a Holy God, Great Are You, Lord, Before the Throne of God Above
Family Prayer: Elder-led prayer which includes things that the Bible commands local churches to pray for (Eph. 6:18, Col. 4:2-4, 1 Tim. 2:1-2):
Church Family: George & Sandy Burleigh, Pam Carrick, Joe & Lynn Cherrier
Missionaries: Francisco & Joyce Lievano
Back to School: Teachers, Students, Schools
Installation of Elders
Message: Troy Solava
Closing Song: All My Hope
Songs Used by Permission - CCLI License #356753
What’s Happening at CVBC
Our Annual Meeting will follow the meal today at 12:30pm. Everyone is encouraged to stay for the meeting.
There’s a Women’s Study Group meeting on Wednesday mornings, 9:00-10:30, weekly in Rm 10. Titus will be the focus of 9.15, then Jude on 9.22, and we’ll start Romans on 9.29. Come as you are able—we will study and pray for each other.
Sunday School / BLAST registration is now open! Sunday School kickoff is Sept. 19, and BLAST begins Wednesday, Sept. 29. Head to our website or find sheets in the foyer. Register for one or both.
Gentle and Lowly, an Adult Sunday School class, will begin Sept. 19 at 9:00am. Books and bookmark schedules are available in the foyer.
Youth Group has begun! Wednesday nights from 7-9pm, Youth Group is for all students in grades 6-12. Parents, please fill out the release form found in the wall display in the main entrance.
We will go back to two services (9 &10:30) Sept. 19. 10:30 service will be streamed to the Fellowship Hall for a masks-required option.
BLAST & Nursery are still in need of volunteers. Sign up in the foyer.
Tuesday Morning Moms starts this Tuesday (9/14) at 9:30. Sign up online or in the foyer. All moms are welcome, childcare is available.
Centershot Youth Archery Ministry starts this week! For age 10+ and will run Saturdays, September 18-October 23,10am-noon at CVBC. For more information, contact Dennis at 715-313-4311 (lennywolf@gmail.com).
A Membership Class will be offered Sunday, Sept. 26, after the 10:30am service. Lunch will be provided. Sign up in the foyer.
Ladies: the Retreat is October 8-10. Brochures with all the details are available in the foyer. Register by September 22.
A Gospel-Centered Church
Acts 18:1-23
Main Point: Do you want to be a part of _____________ impacting your city and the world? Attach yourself to a _______________________.
A Gospel-Centered Church commits to:
Real Christian _______________
_________ and ____________
The ____________
Small Group Questions:
What is something that stood out to you from the passage or sermon?
What did Paul and his fellow Christians do in this passage that we need to imitate? What in this passage is hard for local churches like ours to actually live out?
How can you personally apply this passage to your life and our church?
Back of Bulletin: Missionary Highlight - Francisco & Joyce Lievano
From their most recent newsletter (August 25, 2021):
Praise the Lord!
Let’s start with the most recent news. Both Francisco and I have COVID. Francisco has no symptoms and I’m always sleepy. Praise God, our Healer, Sustainer and Provider is our constant source of peace, joy and all we need.
By God’s mercy and provision, we both received the COVID antibodies filtration (Regeneron) immediately. We bypassed all the fancy medical centers in the city where we would have waited several days, and went to Emergency at a small hospital nearby and got immediate attention. Within a few hours, I felt 90% well, with no cough or shortness of breath!
Francisco hasn’t missed a day of his daily routines and [Bible translation] work schedule. Once again, he is patiently rereading the Old Testament, syllable by syllable! His eagle eyes have found maybe 8 mistakes from Genesis to Isaiah, usually a problem of agreement between abstract nouns and a related pronoun several verses later.
In spite of COVID, I prepared the PowerPoint for our Saturday night Bible study via ZOOM with our group from Caracas, now spread out in the Americas. I was to team-teach with my sister Sandra, but God enabled her to lead the study, a huge first-time victory!
On Monday Vidal and Daicy, Venezuelans from our Bible study, drove from N.E. of Orlando to bring us almost 5 quarts of homemade chicken soup! Daicy brought 6 fancy blouses she made for me! Such an outburst of love and at such a special moment!
Today, Wednesday, the gals I work with at the Food Pantry called to find out what was up. An hour later they came with a bunch of groceries! I asked my girlfriend Kathy to pick up some fruit and veggies for us from the Food Pantry, but she went to a big market and got an assortment of produce for us! And a wonderful chicken soup!
Enjoy your pleasant places and delightful inheritance!!!
Joyce and Francisco
305-744-4230
NOVO missionaries, International Staff