Mountain View Baptist Church July 10, 2016
“A Whosoever Will Church” “Thank you for turning off your cell phones during our time of worship.”
Welcome to Mountain View Baptist Church! Thank you for attending our service today. First time Guests, please complete one of the cards located on the back of a seat near you and take it to the Welcome Center after the service, for a special gift.(One gift per family, please) Members, please use it for prayer requests, address changes, or update email and place it in the offering plate. Ladies! Don’t Forget! WMU meeting is Tomorrow night, July 11 at 6:30pm, here at the church, all ladies are welcome.
Tonight at 5pm “Why New Testament Jews Were For Jesus- Part 2” G.R.O.W. Prospect Cards Prospect cards are available at the Adult Welcome Center, the Sunday School class books in the rooms, or you may fill one out on our website to let us know of friends and family that we can contact when we start our G.R.O.W. outreach program soon. Please be praying about people you would like to reach and how you can be involved in this important outreach ministry.
Attention all men! Brotherhood breakfast will be Sunday July 17, at 7:00am, please sign the sheet at the welcome center if you will be participating.
Mountain View Straw Hats On the table next to the children’s hall, Bro. Sammy has straw hats with Mountain View Baptist Church bands available for any donation amount, to support his future mission projects. One size fits all. Make checks payable to MVBC.
Service Schedule Sunday Morning: Sunday Evening: Wednesday Evening:
Sunday School…...………...….……….....…...…9:45 AM Children’s Church……………….……….……..11:00 AM Morning Worship…………………...…..……....11:00 AM Discipleship Training…………………..…………5:00 PM Worship & Prayer………………..…...6:30 PM—7:30 PM TeamKID……………….……...….….6:30 PM—7:30 PM
The Persecuted Church Laos: In Prison for the Gospel
Dates to Remember:
Authorities in Laos arrested two Hmong Christians seeking permission to share the gospel message. “Visay” has been passionate about sharing his faith with others after Jesus healed him several years ago, and he led his family to Christ. To learn more about his faith, he attended Bible school. There he learned “to have strong and deep faith.” The support he found at Bible school helped him get through the unexpected arrest. He says, “That’s what made me stand strong when this situation happened.” Part of his graduation requirements were to complete a ministry project. As an enthusiastic young believer, Visay decided to visit 11 Hmong villages in Laos. He intended to ask them survey questions in hopes that it would give him an opportunity to share his faith in Jesus. His friend, David, a fellow student, agreed to help Visay with his ministry project. Before visiting the first village, Visay sought permission to visit from the leader. Outsiders are generally not welcome in rural tribal villages, and Visay wanted to ensure he did things properly. When he called the leader, the village head told him he needed to come in person. At the last minute, Visay couldn’t go, so he asked David to go on his behalf. When David arrived, the village leader vaguely told him to start the survey with some village members. It was a ruse. Within 30 minutes, four policemen came to arrest him. They told David, “Because you are sharing about Jesus, that’s why we come and catch you.” The next day, Visay went to try to convince them to let David go. Instead, police arrested Visay. Prison conditions were difficult. Prisoners had a bed, and a fan, but there were few windows in the concrete structure. The only food was a small bowl of rice twice a day. Fortunately, Visay spent only two days in prison. His brother came and paid the fine so he could be released. David, however, received a longer sentence, because he shared his future plans to police. “He said after he graduates from Bible school, he will come and set up a Christian conference for 5,000 Hmong in Laos.” The police were highly concerned that if Christians organized events, the tribal people might all convert to Christianity and refuse to submit to communist dictates, so they kept David in prison. Several months later, David was finally released. ©2016 The Voice of the Martyrs.
July 11– WMU Meeting July 17– Brotherhood Breakfast Aug 10--PC school begins for students Aug 13--WMU Association Ladies Conference
Please Remember your stewardship before going or upon returning from vacation . The summer is our busiest time of ministry during the year. Have a safe and great vacation!
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Ministry Workers for Today Usher/Offering: Dan Peppers, Clint Douthit, Sammy Garrison, Jason Hester
Ministry Workers for Next Sunday Usher/Offering:Dan Peppers, Richard Whitten, Mike Sherrill, Heath Hill
Nursery: Phillip Vinson, Sara Rogers
Nursery: Mallory McCreary, Alicia Malone, Vicki Osborn
Children’s Welcome Center: Chris Sherrill, Sonja Messer Children’s Church Workers: Kara Barton, Tierney Barton
Children’s Welcome Center: Brenda Davis, Dianne Pounders
July 3, 2016 Bible Fellowship....................................107 Morning Worship...................................148 Children’s Church……............................19 Sunday Night Discipleship…………......69 Team Kids……………………………...30 Wednesday Night Total………………..76
Children’s Church Workers: Lisa Forman
Adult Welcome Center July—Co-Ed 1—Heath Hill
How To Become a Member of Mountain View Baptist Church
By Profession of Faith: If you will receive Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior and follow Him in baptism by immersion, we rejoice in your relationship with Christ and will joyfully receive you as a member. By Letter: As a Baptist whose church membership is elsewhere, should God lead you here we will gladly take care of the appropriate details for transferring your membership. By Baptism from Another Denomination: If you know in your heart that you are saved and want to become a member of MVBC, we invite you to join by baptism. This gives testimony of your salvation and your salvation and your obedience to Christ’s example in baptism. By Statement: If a person has been scripturally baptized and after counseling with our pastor, they may be accepted by statement of their profession of faith and baptism.
For Your Information: Our Sunday morning worship services are now aired on 95.5 FM radio from 11:00am-12:00 pm Sundays from the prior Sunday. Our worship services may also be viewed on Monday nights on channel WMTY, Russellville, from 8:00-9:00pm. All services are catalogued on our website starting on May 1, 2011 thru present. DVD’s of Sunday Morning Worship are $5.00. CD copies of Sunday sessions are $3.00. Complete the form at the Welcome Center. You can now access the church calendar on our website!