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Bible Study 10:00 am

Worship 11:00 am

Evening 6:00 pm

Tuesday Ladies Class

11:00 am

Wednesday Service

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Food Pantry By Appointment

Minister John Stephen Smith

540-635-2613 ministerfrcoc@gmail.com

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June 9, 2019

June 22nd. 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

The Lord’s church Debbie Martin Bob Baleskie Eddie Benfit

Sharon Derflinger Condolences to: Art on the

passing of his friend, Dr. Sandra Wheeler.

Hazel, Deborah’s sister. Dana, friend of Jessica P.

Patty Rittenour Ron Rollins

Barbara Swisher Jaelianna Michelucci

Samantha, niece of Brenda Born Bobby Jo Henderson Kenny Henderson Jr.

Ed Floyd Gibson Steed Angela Hollins

Tommy Strickler David Bean

Scott McCool Ruth Brooks Tim Gunter Rick Steele Ella Sullivan Kim Wines

Mary Steele Adam Selb

Beverly Figgins Linda York

Jamie James Robert Robinson Jr.

Dolores Williams Jamie Shell

Doug & Carol Ritenour Doris & Donald Jones

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Remember In Prayer Serving Today

Wilson Diaz*

Jacob Lichliter

Rex Callaway

Mike Efaw

Song Leader

Tim Tewalt am.

George Diaz pm.

June: Juanita Tewalt 6/2,

Debbie Martin 6/4 Art Candenquist 6/19, Audrey Herring 6/27, John Woodall 6/29,

Steve & Tenia Smith 6/24

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VBS Snacks Sign-Up

sheet on foyer B/B

2019 Summer Camp

Season @ Camp WAMAVA starts

in June, See Bulletin Board for

details

Potter’s Pantry list on table in

lobby Please take a copy.

School Supplies Place in tote in the

Dining Room.

Ladies Tuesday Bible Study:

Summer Hiatus June 5th—July 2nd

Will Resume July 9, 2019 @

11:00am

Building, Kitchen,

Dinning Area’s

Please clean up after every use.

Do not leave left over food in refrigerators.

Take your dishes home with you.

Take trash to outside trash bin.

Help keep areas clean for other events.

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The Food Pantry helped 8 individuals for the month of May.

Missionaries Our Military

Border Patrol Officers RSW Jail Ministry

Our Homebound

John Woodall Hazel Clark

Nancy Barnes

Those Battling Cancers

Haywood Seal Shelly Long

Valerie Tewalt Ann Derflinger

C.R. Newlin Priscilla L. Vita Torres Jeff Pingley

Wendy Willoughby Robert Jenkins

Ray Stelzl

Thanks goes to Jessica Pepin for bringing soup to the preacher after he had oral

surgery.

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Remember In Prayer

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Carson van arsdall The Answer

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, "God will surely come to your aid, & then you must carry my bones up with you from this place." (Exodus 13:19)

The highway monument sits beside the road, once its glory could be easily noticed, but now time has gone by & traffic speeds on its way into Culpeper for bargains at one of the Super stores open 24/7. One must be traveling slowly & look to the right & there it is in a madness of timothy, foxtail, clover & different types of grasses almost covering its moment of emplacement. Mother nature is doing its best to hide this interloper. We see these appointments of kindness due to a sadness & loss alongside other roads & highways. Some are complaining to the “DOT: these are distracting & could cause accidents, for a lack of a reasons.

Within this random chaotic arrangement of clover , weeds, & display of bucolic sent from above, flowers is a subliminal message. The staked unstable monument is a Styrofoam cross with its head dress

of WalMart vinyl chain of floral flowers. It is the cross & those who sat it in the ground must believe there is a God & there is hope & eventually somewhere beyond this arena of passing joys & moments of sadness is another place, eternal & there we shall all meet again.

Why any person would place a cross to be soon cast into the landfill or crushed by an attempt to mow & clear the byways for passing motorists. If could answer, I would have the answers to more of those questions all of us face from time to time & have to answer, "I don't know!" and, hope this is enough to have closure.

"A little girl was riding on the airplane across the Midwest to spend the summer with her grand-

parents. She was reading one of her favorite paperback stories,"Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" when a young man took the vacant seat next to her. He attempted to start a conversation, "You know on long flights like this time can pass more quickly if we have conversation. I would like to tell you, "Why there is no God & no heaven & nothing beyond this earth; you live & then you die & that's it!"

With that the little girl looked up from her book, "Do you know why a horse eats green grass & leaves behind round clumps, the cow eats the same grass & leaves behind round patties & the goat does the same & leaves little pellets?" The young man laughed, "I don't know."

The little girl said, "The dimmest farmer knows & I know we have nothing to talk about," & with that she went back to reading, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."

A Cross for me to carry, on the road of life you see.

I know that I must tarry on to my eternal destiny.

For Jesus has a Crown of Life waiting just for me…

BSGFAA Lesson 253 Feeding the Five Thousand Jesus

Mark 6:30-56 Walking on the Water

Bible Quiz: 1. Yes or no, are there qualities which a Christian should add to his faith? What will be the result?

2 Peter 1:5-8, 11

2. According to Peter , who would distort the truth? 2 Peter 2:1-3

3. Why did Laban want Jacob to stay with him rather than return to Canaan? Genesis 30:27

4. Describe the place of punishment which Jesus told about the parable of the weeds. Matthew 13:42

5. Were the demons, who possessed the man from the country of the Gerasenes, afraid of Jesus? What request did they make of Jesus? What was Jesus’ response? Luke 8:28-33

6. After healing a man from the country of the Gerasenes of the demons, what instruction did Jesus give him? Luke 8:38-39

7. What was the reason Jesus gave for His disciples not fasting? Matthew 9:15

8. According to Jesus, why did He make the two blind men see? Matthew 9:29

9. What size groups of His apostles did Jesus send out teaching & performing miracles? What items did He instruct them to carry? Mark 6:7-9

10. Who had imprisoned John the baptist? Why? Mark 6:17-18

Additional Scriptures: Spend time praying to God by yourself.—Matthew 6:6

According to the Dictionary: 1. The lake—was the Sea of Galilee. 2. The fourth watch of the night—was from 3 to 6 A.M. 3. Gennesaret—was a plain at the western side of the Sea of Galilee.

Questions:

1. How busy were Jesus & the apostles during the second year of His ministry? Mark 6:31

2. When Jesus saw the multitude, who had followed His boat, He felt compassion, calling them a ___without a ___. Mark 6:34

3. How did Jesus feed the 5,000 men, who had followed Him to a desolate place? Mark 6:38-42

4. Was any food left after Jesus miraculously fed the 5,000? How much? Mark 6:43

5. After feeding the 5,000, why did Jesus send the disciples in the boat without Him? Mark 6:45-46

6. Why were Jesus’ disciples frightened when they saw Him walking on the water? Describe the weather on this occasion. Mark 6:48-51

7. Why were Jesus’ disciples frightened when they saw Him walking on the water? Describe the weather on this occasion. Mark 6:48-51

Application—on praying by yourself—Mark 6:46

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Bible Quiz: 1. How many people does God want to save? 2 Peter 3:9 2. Jacob told Leah & Rachel that ____ had given him their father’s livestock. Genesis 31:9 3. When leaving Mesopotamia, what did Rachel steal from her father’s house? Genesis 31:19

What did Jacob tell Laban would happen to the one who had stolen his gods? How did Rachel hide the idols from her father? Genesis 31:32, 34-35

4. How did Jesus contrast His earthly dwelling place with that of the animals? Which did Jesus say a person should do first? (a) bury the dead or (b) follow Him. Matthew 8:19-22

5. The reason Jesus gave for not putting a new patch on an old garment was ____. For not putting new wine into old wineskins was ____. Matthew 9:16-17

6. What did the pharisees believe about Jesus after He healed the man who was both dumb & de-mon-possessed? Matthew 9:34

7. Did Jesus have any fleshly brothers & sisters? Name the. Mark 6:3 8. Why did Herod have John the baptist beheaded? Mark 6:21-28 9. How busy were Jesus & the apostles during the second year of His ministry? Mark 6:31 10. Was any food left after Jesus miraculously fed the 5,000? How much? Mark 6:43

Additional Scriptures:

1. Belief in God is essential.—Hebrews 11:6

2. Jesus described eternal life as water.—John 4:7-42

3. Jesus’ ascension—Acts 1:9-11

4. The Lord’s Supper was instituted.—Matthew 26:26-29; Mark 14:22-25; Luke 22:17-19

According to the Dictionary: 1. Tiberias—was the Sea of Galilee. 2. As bread gives life to the body, Jesus gives life to the spirit.

Questions:

1. On the next day after feeding the 5,000, what was the reason Jesus gave for the multitude seeking Him? What food did Jesus instruct the disciples to seek? John 6:26-27

2. Jesus said the work of man is believe____. John 6:29

3. What did Jesus mean when He said, “I am the bread of Life”? John 6:33-40, 50

4. Jesus said, “Everyone who has ____and____ from the Father comes to Me.” John 6:45

5. Who has seen the Father? John 6:46

6. To have eternal life, Jesus said individuals must eat____ & drink____. John 6:54

7. How long had Jesus known who would not believe & who would betray Him? John 6:64

Application: on listening & learning—John 6:45b

BSGFAA Lesson 254 The Bread of Life Jesus

John 6:22-71

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