The Beginning of Advent

November is the month of Thanksgiving, but it often also includes the

beginning of a new church year. This year, November 29 is the first
Sunday of Advent. The season of Advent is about Jesus, the Word,
“coming.” It’s about anticipating and preparing for Christ’s arrival.

God comes to us in many and various ways. He speaks to us through

the prophets and saints. He comes and speaks to us when we are
listening. He comes in the beauty and mysteries of nature. Most of all, God comes in the person of
Christ, speaking to his listeners face to face.

Pastor Edmund Steimle put it this way: “The Christian story is a story of God coming into the
middle of life, of our lives, opening the dialogue with us.”

That’s what Advent is really all about: God visiting the earth in person to speak with anyone and
everyone who is ready to do so.

BULLET E-NEWSLETTER
WEST LYNCHBURG BAPTIST CHURCH
November 28, 2010
“ON MISSION TO REACH PEOPLE FOR THE FAMILY OF GOD.”

BULLET HIGHLIGHTS....
OCC - Box Count 1,464...WOW job well done! 1,464children!
Youth Fund-raiser Gift Wrapping for Christmas 11/27
WMU November Project - IN-HOME CARE KITS
LIVING PROOF SINGERS 12/5
Christmas Music “The First Noel” 12/12
JERICHO CHRISTMAS TOY BARREL (children ages 1-16)

T. C. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TOY SHOP

WLBC Nursery HELP Needed for Special Events
Quick Look for the Week Sunday, November 28
Deacon of the Week: Ken Lane 525.0724

9:00 AM Instrumental Ensemble

9:15 AM Library Open
9:45 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR ALL AGES
Sunday School Memory Verse
“This is to my Father’s glory; that you bear much fruit,
showing yourselves to be my disciples.” John 15:8

11:00AM KIDS In Worship

Topic: Live the Truth

11:00 AM MORNING WORSHIP

Dr. Robert Putt
The first Sunday of Advent…. A Ruler from Old ,even from everlasting
Micah 5:1-5
SPECIAL CALLED BUSINESS MEETING

4:15 PM Sanctuary Bells

5:30 PM Kingdom Kids Ringers

5:30 PM Parade Committee

6:30 PM Hanging of the Greens

Tuesday, November 30
11:30 AM S. W. A. T.
1:30 PM Amazing Grace Fellowship
Wednesday, December 1
5:15 PM Wednesday Night Family Supper (please sign up for dinner the Monday before)
MENU: Soup & Sandwiches, Light Desserts

6:00 PM Music Makers (Age 4 - Gr. 1)

Young Musicians (Gr. 2- 6)
6:30 PM EDGE (Gr. 7-12)

6:30 PM BIBLE STUDY/PRAYER MEETING

6:45 PM Mission Friends (Ages 4 & 5)

Royal Ambassadors (Gr. 1-6)
Girls in Action (Gr. 1-6)

6:50 PM Highest Praise

7:30 PM Sanctuary Choir
8:50 PM Praise Team Rehearsal

Thursday, December 2
6:00 PM Senior Adult Banquet
Catered by Country Kitchen
Special Music (tickets $10pp)

7:00 PM College Bible Study IMPACT

Saturday, December 4
7:00 AM
Operation Christmas Child Processing Center Trip - Charlotte

9:30AM - 2PM
Children’s Christmas Workshop (Reservations)
Age 4 - Grade 6

7:00 PM
Lynchburg Parade
WLBC Float
Main Street Lynchburg
Theme “A Stroll Down Memory Lane”
 Wednesday Night Family Suppers November

December 8 Baked Spaghetti, Salad & Desserts

December 15 Christmas Dinner Full Menu

December 22 & 29 (Wednesdays) - NO Dinners or Prayer Meetings

Our Known Hospitalized

Lynchburg General: None
Virginia Baptist: None

MCV Richmond: Ed Baer

OCC....THANK YOU!!!! TOTAL BOXES 17,632

WLBC’S COUNT 1,464
On behalf of 17,632 children who will receive a shoe box gift through Operation Christmas
Child, my team and I say thank you! We are so appreciative of all you've done for OCC this
year. We know that times are challenging and there are so many worthy causes. Thank you
for choosing OCC to support.
17,632 is a lot of smiles, laughter, and kids hearing about a God who loves them. All because
of your kindness!
As the weeks progress, I'll have our national total but for now, we rejoice in our area total
and extend our sincerest thanks to you.
Blessings to you this holiday season.
Sherry L. McFaden Volunteer
Operation Christmas Child Area Coordinator, Central Virginia
 Called Business Meeting for the calling of a
Minister of Students.
This Sunday. November 28 following the morning worship time
there will be a called business meeting for the purpose of voting
to call Mr. Vance Matthews as our Minister of Students. The
personnel committee along with the youth ministry council have given full support to have
Vance as part of the full time staff of WLBC. Vance and his wife Stacy are graduates of
Campbell University and Vance is a May 2010 graduate of Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary.
They come to us from Lillington, North Carolina where Stacy is a Middle School teacher. As
a couple they bring many gifts to that will help grow our youth ministry and help WLBC
reach people for the family of God. I realize that the entire church family may have limited
information about Vance and Stacy so I would encourage you to talk to the personnel
committee or the youth ministry council if you have question. This is also a time for us to
trust our committees who have prayed for God’s leading in this matter and who sense the
leading of God to Vance Matthews as our Minister of Students. Robert Putt

There are six Sundays remaining in the 2010 year. That means that we
have six Sundays of collections toward our budget. We are presently at
90% of budget income. Can we work hard to get this to 95% by the end
of the year? Let’s finish the year strong with regards to our giving.
Robert Putt
 NEWS from the EDGE
Youth Opportunities.......
Sunday, November 28 - No Youth On A Mission (YOAM)

LOOK .... to DECEMBER

December 10: Free Movie Night “Muppets Christmas Carol”
5:30pm
December 13: Youth Ministry Council Christmas Party @ Rosalyn William’s House
December 18: EDGE Christmas Party @ Exner’s & Werthman’s
December 31: New Year Lockdown (Winterfest)
Nathan Haefer, Interim Youth Pastor

Warming Up Lynchburg....
WMU will be passing out clothing, blankets and sandwiches
Saturday, December 11 & 18, 2010
9am - NOON.....

...........to the homeless community in Miller Park. Our focus is men and
women; basically any cold weather item(s) to help them keep warm! We
will be taking the clothing that has accumulated in our closet here at WLBC. However, there is
always a need for scarves, gloves, socks, mittens, hats, coats, shoes and sandwiches/snacks to
handout. If you can donate any of these clothing items or food, please drop them off at the
church marked for Miller Park Ministry. (Gently used, clean clothing)
Our GOAL is to impact the lives of many, with God’s blessings.
Questions? Please contact Pasty Leftwich at 239.6286.
 Jericho Baptist Missionary Chapel
Annual Christmas Toy Drive 2010
Children are beginning to have visions of what will be under
the Christmas tree, but unfortunately for some, this dream may not
be a reality.
This year marks the 33 years that Jericho Outreach has been serving under-
served families by providing toys and clothing to children (Ages 1-16) during our
Annual Toy Drive.
We have set an aggressive goal to serving 1,000 children in the Central Virginia
area with concentration on the inner city. With the economy in a slump, it is no
surprise that we have already begun receiving calls from families requesting
assistance. We can only accomplish our goal with your help.

Excerpt from Dr. Charles Dunning’s Letter to Churches and Businesses.

Deadline for gifts is December 19th.
The Jericho Toy Barrel is located in the preschool wing.

Children’s COAT DRIVE 2010

A little before Thanksgiving we will start collecting

Children’s Coats in sizes 5 - 18. Sunday School
Classes, circle groups or individuals may contribute
coats or money to buy coats.
Last year approximately 250 to 260 coats were given to children as a result of this
coat campaign. The first two Sundays in December, an offering will be taken up in
each S/S Class to provide monies for coats.

Money can be sent to the LBA and Elizabeth Harris will purchase coats. Please have
your donations in on or before December 15.

Then on Saturday, December 18, 9am to 1pm at Chestnut Hill Baptist Church, the
coats will be given out to low income children whose names have been supplied by
area schools. If anyone would like to volunteer to help give out the coats, please
contact Elizabeth at 832.0455.
Supported by the WMU and the LBA
Note: Lewis Murray came by from Frito Lay Lynchburg, and they are planning again
to collect coats for Coats 4 Kids. THANKS
 WMU Mission Project November 2010
Baptist Global Response
In-Home Care Kits

The BGR In-Home Care Kit is a compilation of medical and hygiene

supplies. Items in this kit will make the care-givers’ tasks much
easier, but more importantly, will ease the suffering of the ones affected by HIV/AIDS. The
WMU, along with your help, plan to put together a bucket(s) for BGR.

The bulletin board will have puzzle pieces with items listed that are needed for
a bucket of HELP. Pick a puzzle piece and purchase the item(s).

Please this is very important....NO

SUBSTITUTIONS ARE ALLOWED.
Purchase exactly what is on the piece. The bucket items have been specifically picked
out for the care and use of the HIV/AIDS person and to fit into the bucket.

By putting together a kit, we will help provide a physical and spiritual touch to those in sub-Saharan
Africa who are dying from AIDS and other illnesses. Our local partners in Africa will distribute the
buckets in a way that gives dignity and hope to each family receiving a kit.

WLBC’s Goal of 6 Buckets/Kits

“Listen to my cry for help, for I am brought very low. Rescue me from my pursuers, for they are
too strong for me.” Psalm 147:7

2010 Christmas Poinsettia

If you wish to place a poinsettia (red or white) in the

Sanctuary in memory of or in honor of a loved one for the
Christmas season, please fill in the form in the Sunday
Bulletin or contact the church office no later than
December 12, The cost is $ 12 each.
You may pick up your poinsettia(s)
after Christmas Eve worship on Friday, December 24.
 LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING
WLBC’s Goal $20,000
2010 Week of Prayer, November 28 - December 5, 2010
“May the peoples praise You, O God; may all the peoples praise you”
(Psalm 67:3, NIV).
It’s a beautiful vision: People who speak Kirmanjki and Kabyle, Thai and
Tatar, and use sign language in Czech—all knowing and praising God. It’s
a vision that comes closer to being realized every year as Christians seek
unreached people groups to tell them the story of Jesus.
Southern Baptists have followed God’s lead to focus attention on bringing
all the world’s peoples to Him. And God has responded to the faithfulness of His people.
There is much to celebrate!
Are we there yet? Not yet.
But for the first time in history, we can identify the people groups that remain untouched by
the Gospel. We can get there in our generation! But that last part of the journey may be the
hardest. It will take all of us—our churches, our missionaries, our national partners, our Great
Commission partners.

Southern Baptists must continue to increase their giving to support missionaries through the
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering®. They must pray strategically. And they must own the Great
Commission as never before to see that all peoples know Him.

The Sanctuary Choir present....

The First Noel...Born is the King

December 12, Sunday at 6:30pm
Music by Jay Rouse and Randy Vader

Historically there was only one First Noel - all the Noels to follow were celebrations of that
extraordinary Holy Night.
However, there are many who may never experience a true Noel - a true Christmas - a
celebration of the coming of the Savior.
Christmas begins when the Christ of Christmas is born in the hearts of those who seek
Him. He comes to us - He moves among us - not because of our merit, but because of His
mercy.
This could be your time to experience the miracle of Christmas - this could be your time to
come to the hallowed manger ground -
This could be your time to behold His glory - come and worship, you will not be turned
away, this could be your First Noel.

Spread the word to have family and friends join you....share the Miracle of Christmas!
 T.C. Miller Elementary School
Christmas Shop

WMU is partnering with T. C. Miller to help with their

Christmas Shop.

Unfortunately the room where T. C. Miller stored the items

for sale, had a water leak and everything had to be thrown
out. They are in great need of anything that will help with their Christmas Shop.

The Christmas Shop provides elementary school children the opportunity to purchase
Christmas gifts for each member of their family for minimum cost. For pennies this
shop makes the children feel good at Christmas time by being able to purchase small
gifts with their own money.

What we are looking for is the perfect guilt free reason to RE-GIFT!

These gifts need to be in original containers and preferably new items.

Looking for trinket boxes, candy dishes, candles, knick-knacks, body washes, lotions,
stationary sets, jewelry, children’s toys, stuffed animals, something for dad; things
that you may not have a use for.

Their SALE begins on December 18, please have your donations to WLBC by December
15, Wednesday.

A collection box is located in the church foyer. A WMU Project

Any questions contact Edna Krebs THANK YOU

December 5, 2010 - 6:30pm
We Welcome Living Proof Singers

The ministry of Living Proof and Primary Focus consists of

college aged members between the ages of 18 and 25. Divided into
several Teams, these young people participate in a variety of outreach
ministries.
Our Teams travel throughout the country providing both church
concerts and public school assembly programs. Known as Living Proof
when ministering in churches, their contemporary gospel concerts will
reach over 250 congregations annually.
These same Teams appear in public elementary schools
throughout the traditional school calendar year. As Primary Focus,
their character based musical assembly productions provide biblical
values and wholesome role models to over 1,000,000 school students
each year making their assembly outreach programs the “most seen” in
America today. To our knowledge, these young Champions for Christ
have the privilege of ministering in more churches and schools than any
other traveling ministry in the United States.
 EXTRA HELP NEEDED IN THE NURSERY

We are in need of extra volunteers to help in the nursery

on special program days and/or nights.

Schedule:
November 28, 6:30pm The Hanging of the Greens Service

November 23, 6:30pm WLBC’s Thanksgiving Worship

December 5, 6:30pm Living Proof Singers Concert

December 11 & 12, 7pm & 6:30pm Christmas Concert “The First Noel”

December 24, Noon & 11:30pm Christmas Eve Services

Contact Melissa Woodford to Volunteer JUST CLICK

HERE mdwoodford@verizon.net .... thank you

“The church with Heart in the Heart of the city”

Donations for Local Food Pantry

Jericho Toy Barrel

Volunteer to help in the Nursery

T.C. Miller School Christmas Store

Senior Adult Christmas Banquet Tickets on Sale

The Knight Family (Japan) website www.theknights.multiply.com

 "On mission to reach people
for the family of God.”

STAFF

Dr. Robert Putt, Pastor rputt@wlbc.org

Cell Phone: 841.6886 845.4600 Ext. 15

Rev. Randy Kent, Minister of Music & Senior Adults rkent@wlbc.org

Cell Phone: 665.6880 845.4600 Ext. 13

Nathan Haefer, Interim Youth Minister nhaefer@wlbc.org

Cell Phone: 541.519.4690 845.4600 Ext. 14

Pam Anderson(Financial) panderson@wlbc.org

Sue Thomas (Administrative)
sthomas@wlbc.org
Phyllis Lane (Organist) lanesk@aol.com
Jeanne Kent (Pianist) kentsnforest@msn.com

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