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The November Issue Volume 1, Issue 10
October 29, 2017 www.knowbcc.com
As we think about Thanksgiving, we’ve seen God do several things through BCC to support our mission statement to Connect People to Jesus and Each Other. I’ve listed some below:
Added new Minister
Added new Worship Minister
Added Youth Minister
Added Children’s Minister
Made improvements to our building, including a cafe and areas to connect with each other
Made Nursery improvements
Added another worship service on Saturday night
Added a Wednesday night meal twice a month
Packed over 25,000 meals for Hunger
Wee Care projects
Trunk or Treat outreach event
Offered Free Martial Arts to community
Members reading weekly at Grove Park
Vacation Bible School
Started girls softball team
Started co-ed adult softball team
Operation Christmas Child project
Made scarves for the Homeless
Ladies Bible Study
Improved safety procedures for Kids/Nursery
Improved our Audio and Video ministry
Christmas Parade
Hosted Preaching seminar for Waypoint
God has blessed us with a record number of first-time guests as we continue to think “Outside the Walls”. Please pray for our leaders and the proposed 2018 budget, keeping in mind that our priority is the Mission. Steve Dailey
(a word from our Minister) Be Thankful in all things.... The word of God is pretty clear about how we should approach life and the relationship that the Lord desires to have with us. All that God has done for you and me combined with what He is up to in our present day should lead us to one posture: GRATITUDE.... a heart that is thankful!! In that posture we look around and we notice others. Some are thankful and their lives show it, and others simply have not come to see it. In the 'MERGE' we become agents of the Lord (little missionaries) to a world still stuck. Our job is to merge in – scoop someone out of the darkness and merge back out into the light of God. A grateful heart is powerful and undeniable when it comes to the power of our God in you. 'GoMerge'
WE ARE MOVING BEYOND THESE WALLS... and I hope you not only can see the evidence, but are a part of making it happen. Do you see on our logo the words, 'Where Jesus is'? That is the truth. Jesus said in Matthew 25, “whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for me,” and in the parable of the Good Samaritan Jesus indicated that helping those in need out there in the world, where the Son of Man came to Seek and Save the Lost, is where HE is and therefore, where we as His church must be. Keep your eyes wide open as you live – God is bringing all kinds of hurting people in your path. Be alert and ready to serve our God by touching the world.
Connecting people to Jesus and each other
Kids Connection
Our focus for Kids Worship Sunday Mornings for November will be “ A Time for Thanks.”
Parents, let’s help our children have grateful hearts! Each night all month, ask them for one thing they are thankful for, and see how their heart changes!!
Christmas Program
A Family Event: “Making Memories at the Manger” Sunday evening December 3rd 6pm
Mark your calendars!!
All kids ..... we will have practice on November 5th and 12th during the morning worship, and on November 26th at 4pm.
This will be a dessert theatre, so contact Trish with any questions! Parents, kids will be bringing home more info soon!
November 4th — Princess Brunch! ....for they are a daughter of the King! Note the time change below.
A Royal Event A Princess Party for Daughters of the King
Saturday November 4th – 10am - noon
Special event for girls (Pre-School - 5th grade)
They are a "Daughter of the King"!
We have special invitations being mailed out, so please let
us know if your daughter plans to attend, or if you know
of a special friend that would love to come and join you
at this fun event.
NOVEMBER 23 – HAVE A GREAT AND HAPPY THANKSGIVING DAY!! Take time to be with your family and love them!!
NOVEMBER MISSIONS NEWS
Welcome back Patrick and Heather Cline! They will be with us on November 5th to present an update on the work in Ghana, West Africa during the Small Groups hour.
Following the Hurricane in Puerto Rico, BCC responded to a need to help the Principal of Puerto Rican Christian School, where Craig Beatty served for 9 years. We sent $1000 to the school to help Heidi and her husband rebuild their home, which was completely destroyed. IDES is also helping with $40,000 through the school in Puerto Rico.
IDES also continues to send food and seed to Kenya, which is facing a severe famine. Working through 2 mission partners, they have seen the number of churches grow from 6 to 18 in the last 10 years in the Pokot region as God’s love has opened hearts. These villages want their kids educated and so the 18 churches teach Bible along with English, Swahili, and Math every year for the 8-year program while IDES supplies the lunch for the students. Get more details about their work at www.ides.org under the news tab.
Mark your calendars: our next Food Pack Event is Saturday, July 14th.
Allied Churches will offer Honor Cards again this year to provide a way to send Christmas greetings while also contributing to the fight to end hunger and homelessness in Alamance County. If you are interested in purchasing some, see Steve Dailey. Cards are $5 each and provide much-needed funds.
CICM has received a gift of a Cardiac Cath lab for their hospital in Damoh. The closest one is 7 hours away, so this will meet many needs where heart disease is the #1 killer in India. See www.goo.gl/VNRkd8 for a video.
Waypoint helped launch Movement Christian Church in Knightdale, NC on October 22nd. This was the 6th church in 2017 that they have helped.
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News for Seniors
Thursday, November 16th – The Seniors will meet at the Olive Garden for lunch.
Mark your calendar for the Senior trip to the Billy Graham Museum on December 5th. More information to come….
Trunk or Treat
Sunday October 29th Our 2nd annual Trunk or Treat – 5pm to 7pm
Candy, candy and more candy!!
We will also be offering free hot dogs and cotton candy!!
Come join the fun!!!
Our theme this year is "Be a Spark in the Dark" Let’s show our community Jesus is
the Light of the World!
A CPR Training class is being offered November 4th for all those who work directly with our Children’s Ministry and Youth Ministry. Please see Steve Dailey about getting in on the class – class size is limited.
THE BOOMERS will
MORE READERS NEEDED!
We are so excited to team up with our local Elementary School to help little people. Each week a handful of our BCC people go into the school and read with young people to help them be better readers. Isn't that so cool? Want to join the Team? It’s easy and the blessings are endless... (just see Hope Konzelman)
'RECONCILED LIVE' Christian music artists (Phil & Sherry Laughlin & band) will be with us Sunday night, Nov. 5th @ 7pm to share their Praise offering to the Lord. This event will be in the fellowship hall and include a coffee bar and lots of good Classic Christian Rock Music. Come on out and enjoy... (we will take up a love offering for the band). November 19th – following worship gathering – Please plan to stay for this annual meeting as we talk about the coming year – the budget and leadership. Thanks!!
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Worship Note By David Florence What do we have to be thankful for in our lives? I often hear people speak about how down they feel or how bad things are going, so much so that thankfulness seems to be more of a rarity these days. I rarely hear people be thankful for weather (whether that is sunshine to enjoy or rain for a farmer’s crops), or thankful that they have a job, or thankful that we live in a country where the government does not persecute us because of our beliefs. It is far more common to hear people upset or offended about their situations. What good comes out of being thankful? Psalm 100 says that we as believers can enter into the gates of God’s Presence by simply being thankful. That is the power of thankfulness and thanksgiving. Giving our thanks to God because He is worthy! Thanking Him for a day that saw no disaster. Thanking Him for a day that did not go as planned, perhaps it was even a bad day but He was still there to comfort me and to guide me. Being thankful in the good times and the bad times. Either way, thankfulness still draws me into His Presence. We have the choice to stay in our bad situations or to thank God that He is immovable and unchangeable. Thankful that He never changes, His love never fails, He never leaves us, and He will never forsake us. In fact, Romans 1:21 tells us that a lack of thankfulness will lead our hearts to be darkened, and our thoughts to be turned towards futility. Thankfulness seems like such a small thing, something we often overlook, but it allows us to enter into the gate of God’s Presence! Be Thankful!
LADIES NIGHT OUT November 19th Community Cookies followed by Pizza! We need everyone to bring their favorite holiday cookies so we can put together some cookie trays/boxes to take to our community fire departments, thanking them for
their service. Then we will head to Sal’s Pizza on Huffman Mill! Dutch Treat!
Sermon Notes – October 29, 2017
Key Scriptures:
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Action Steps:
Get in Touch! 301 Trail Four
Burlington, NC 27215
Email: [email protected] Church Office Phone: (336) 228-7994
John Nappo, Minister [email protected] Cell: (252) 675-7255
David Florence, Worship
[email protected] Phone: (336) 213-4081
Jacob Baskaron, Youth [email protected]
336-260-7070
Trish Nappo, Children [email protected]
812-890-8091
Send announcements for bulletin/newsletter to [email protected]
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November 2017
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 29 9:30a Small Groups 10:30a BCC
Worship 5p Trunk or Treat
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31 Halloween 11a Women in Early
Church Study 6p Karate
1 7p WN-Connection 7p Youth Group
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3 9a Elders Meet
4 CPR Class 10a Princess Party 7p thePlace
5 Fall Back! 8:30a Samaritan’s
Purse Shoeboxes 9:30a Small Groups 10:30a Worship 7p Reconciled LIVE
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7 11a Women in Early
Church Study 6p Karate
8 6:30p Meal 7p WN-Connection 7p Youth Group
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10 11 Veteran’s Day
12 9:30a Small Groups 10:30a BCC
Worship 3p Elders 4:30p Leadership
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14 11a Women in Early
Church Study 6p Karate
15 7p WN-Connection 7p Youth Group
16 17
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19 9:30a Small Groups 10:30a BCC
Worship Congregational
Meeting Ladies Night Out
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21 11a Women in Early
Church Study 6p Karate
22 6:30p Meal 7p WN-Connection 7p Youth Group
23 Thanksgiving
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26 9:30a Small Groups 10:30a BCC Family
Sunday Worship 4p Christmas
Rehearsal
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28 11a Women in Early
Church Study 6p Karate
29 7p WN-Connection 7p Youth Group
30 1 9a Elders Meet
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Youth Group Retreat
