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1. 101 Main Street Newport News VA 23601 757 595 3300 STAFF Rev Lynwood Wells Pastor Dreama Johnson Office Administrator Christy Kuhnle Pianist New Celebration Director TommieWheeler Custodian TEAM LEADERS Pam Cooke Moderator Vision Team Tara Borton Finance Team Kathy Caskie Facilities Team Bob Spiers Mission Action Team Robbie Ayscue Worship Team Tim Humphries Outreach Team Dwight amp Lisa Godwin Discipleship Team Brenda Egnot Deacons Roger Cooke People Support Team Weekly Newsletter January 13 2015 The New Rules Of Resolution IT S NOT TRYING IT S TRAINING We began this exciting series The New Rules of Resolution a i F i with the important message the truth about the a transformation experience is that It s A Process Not A Project Last Sunday we focused on It s Not Achieving It s Receiving This week we discover It s Not Trying It s Training Pa hy LAR cy The truth in life is men and women do not go to battle simply by putting on a uniform and bearing a weapon Before they enter a war zone they must first train for action Sadly any Christians have simply worn the uniform of Christ for years without training to be His disciple Sure they have tried to follow Jesus but they haven t trained Training takes effort determination and commitment It is strenuous and challenging But it i2. Yi Maryland January Bab Biswakarma Massachusetts Carenet Sarah Grout Missouri Maternity and Bernard Burney North Carolina John Pope Denise Smith Ohio Baby Needs Harper Kilian Ann Lawton Texas Church Pantry Daniel Casper Wisconsin BS DS BB David Blanton DF Shelly Foster East Asian People Amanda Darnell European People CW KT LJ Northern African and Middle Eastern People AW DW SH South Asian People LS Southeast Asian People Amy Barbour DL Emily Ousley SJ Sub Saharan African People Our Goal 7000 00 Collected to date 4445 00 We CES Fro FIND YOUR PLACE IN GOD S STORY MATTHEW 20 19 20 imb IMB ORG ON LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING Weekly Assignment Schedule Greeters Missing January 18th Roger amp Pam Cooke January 25th Moses Sabb We are missing a white oval This week at HBC table cloth with a biased hem that we use for communion Monday january isin Monday January 12th If you have borrowed that 2pm Singing Saints could you please return it as Warwick Forrest soon as possible Lock Up January 18th Pam Cooke January 25th Bob Spiers Bus Ministry January 18th Charles Vassar January 25th Don Krause Deacon of the Week January 18th Robbie Ayscue January 25th Roger Cooke Tuesday January 13th Thank you for your help in this situation 10 30am Happy Hearts Wednesday January 1
3. glory and honor to our Heavenly Father God s race is run in the deepest part of our heart not in the flurry of activity Running well is not defined by doing more rather we run a successful race as we do every little task we are given with the complete and absolute devotion of our heart His race is long and often difficult There are many distractions which seek to slow us down and even pull us from the track and at times we may even wonder why we re running But being a participant in God s eternal race is infinitely more rewarding than standing on the sidelines and simply watching He has called us to run and to run well We must run the path God places before us with all the strength He provides and within the sure and calming protection of His grace Let s run with the motivation of bringing Him glory and honor by loving Him with ALL our heart soul mind and strength Let s continue to run well and with a burning desire to finish the race The Power of God The story is told of a hospital s Intensive Care ward where patients always died in the same bed on Sunday morning at about 11 a m regardless of their medical condition This puzzled the doctors and some even thought that it had something to do with the supernatural No one could solve the mystery as to why the deaths occurred around 11 a m on Sundays So a world wide team of experts was assembled to investigate the cause of the incidents The next Sunday morn
4. turned his face away from you Have you ever prayed and felt like God was a million miles away or like there was this veil between you and God Where does that come from Your sins have separated you from God But if you feel far from God guess who moved God has always been there He loves you unconditionally and he s waiting for you to own up to your sin so you can have a right relationship with him again 3 Offer up yourself The Bible says in 2 Corinthians 3 18 We all show the Lord s glory and we are being changed to be like him This change in us brings ever greater glory which comes from the Lord who is the Spirit True transformation happens when your heart moves from self centeredness to God centeredness Are you there yet That transformation doesn t happen overnight God is going to work on you your entire life But there is a decision that starts the pro cess I urge you brothers and sisters in view of God s mercy to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice Romans 12 1a As we surrender ourselves more completely to God we discover God reveals Himself more completely to us The Process of Change The first Sunday in January as we kicked off our start of the year series The New Rules of Resolution we mentioned that progress involves change In fact you can t make any progress unless things change And that s the essence of our problem we know there are things in our lives that nee
5. 4th 5 00 pm Wednesday Night Supper Mary Frances Beech has 6 15pm Finance Team Meeting changed her address from the 6 15 pm Children in Action one that I published a couple of weeks ago Please make note 6 15 pm Prayer Meeting of the new address 6 15 pm NC Practice Bay Cove Residence 670 Bay Cove Drive Suite 31 Biloxi MS 39532 Usher January 18th Paul Thorne Ray Moody January 25th Brian amp Ruth Fries Saturday January 17th 8 00am B Men s Breakfast Nursery Helpers January 18th Hope Tribble Class January 25th NC New Visions Sunday January 18th 9 00am Sunday School 10 00an Worship Celebration Children s Church Happy Birthday from HBC Jesus Followers SS and Children s Church January 18th Tracy Venable Leann Gardner January 25h Cathy Childs Gloria Ammons January 13 Cathy Childs Janelle Kary 14 Mary Frances Beech WNS Support January 14th Faith Class January 21st Worship Team If you can not be present for your date please contact a replacement person Happy 95th Birthday Hilton Baptist Church May 4 1919 May 4 1969 On Sunday afternoon The church observed its 50th anniversary with a special program Two charter members were present Mrs C L Morris and Mr C M Smith Red Cross Blood Drive Singing Saints Monday January 19th Monday January 19th 2pm 6pm Morningside 2pm St Andrews Episcopal Monday Janua
6. d to be different from the way we are living now and it s easy to talk and think about the changes needed in our life especially at the beginning of the year However moving from talk to walk is a big challenge The good news is that we aren t alone in this Do you realize that the apostle Paul regularly found himself in this exact same scenario Look at what he said to the church in Rome I do not understand what I do For what I want to do I do not do but what I hate I do for I have the desire to do what is good but I cannot carry it out For what I do is not the good I want to do no the evil I do not want to do this I keep on doing Romans 7 15 19 If we recognize that we need to change some things in the way we live then we need to realize that there is a process involved in bringing about that change In even simpler terms it may be stated that we need to change the way we change The Last Impression A recent study has shown some remarkable statistics on the cause of fatal accidents 20 of all fatal accidents occur riding in automobiles 17 of all accidents actually occur in your own home 14 of all accidents happen to pedestrians on sidewalks and streets 16 of all accidents happen while travelling in and airplane boat or train But here s the great news only 001 of all deaths occur in worship services in church and these are related to previous physical disorders So the safest p
7. e eneenaes 10 00 Bude tiene te crete a nee firin eanamn caren eee 4201 54 Budget Designated Initial Offering a eens 55 00 Refund from Insurance ccc A cece eenaeeeees 33 92 Opal Depose tans A E E eee ee ee 4790 46 ROCR YOUU W S Goatees rere cae es cese eee cere a ene te reee 25 00 Total collected to date for the Youth Worker 4 4863 00 December Recap Budget Receipts 20 263 14 Designated Receipts 9799 72 Budget Expenses 23 945 14 Designated Expenses 7977 70 R amp R Account 27 026 15 PDF 11 205 50 R amp R 10 982 65 Youth Worker 4838 00 Money Market 71 081 07 Savings 30 703 48 Outreach 16 493 78 Building Maintenance 19 705 11 Designated Replenish 4178 70 OUR ON GOING M S S MISSION 3 i PUREWATER PURELOVE M o a ministry of WMU More Than Nets Give to the mission that helps prevent Pray for Missions Malaria in Yendi Malaria has been eliminated from the United States and other developed countries Itis still a threat to more than 40 of the world s population Please pray for the Mark your envelope More than Nets Diane Smith Alabama 10 00 will provide one net Kim Simpson British Columbia Eric Barnes Frank Hsu California following Missionaries this week Courtney Stovall Georgia Craig Carter Kansas Sachi Nishio Maryland Vivan
8. e you the strength to forsake those old patterns and begin a new life The Path Back to God When you get serious about finding me and want it more than any thing else I ll make sure you wont be disappointed Jeremiah 29 13 I don t know where you are today You may be far away from God Maybe you haven t been to church in years or maybe you ve just been distant for a month or two Maybe you ve had one of those weeks where you thought T really don t feel God s presence in my life And yet we all long to be close to God How do you get back to him This is the pathway back to spiritual transformation the things you need to do to get back to God 1 Get fed up with your life Nothing is going to happen in your life until you get dissatisfied with the way you are until you can say I don t like this I m tired of being stressed out all the time I m tired of being frustrated all the time I m tired of being overworked all the time I m tired of feeling distant from God Why does God let you get to this point Because he loves you just the way you are but he loves you too much to let you stay that way He will not let you waste your life Jeremiah 29 13 says When you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else I ll make sure you won t be disappointed 2 Own up to your sin Isaiah 59 2 says The trouble is that your sins have cut you off from God Because of sin he has
9. en that you yourself are dying maybe it s time to check the power source Are you connected to the One through whom our power comes Long with the Apostle Paul my wish for you is that you be filled with a knowledge of the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places Eph 1 19 20 Don t underestimate or unplug yourself from the great power of our God Neither Poverty Nor Riches Linda was on vacation playing the slot machines It was her first time in a casino and she wasn t sure how the machines operated Excuse me she said to a casino employee How does this work The worker showed her how to insert a bill hit the spin button and operate the release handle And where does the money come out she asked He smiled and motioned to a far wall before saying Usually at the ATM That s the trouble with get rich quick schemes There s only one person get ting rich and it s not you The lure is strong though The temptation to come away with that big jackpot to go home with your pockets full without putting forth much effort It s easy to see that Paul was right when he said Those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare 1 Timothy 6 9a Considering the constant temptation of money it s not surprising that Jesus had
10. gospel Of course they all crashed a few times but just like riding a bike they never forgot what He trained them to do As the ancient proverb states I hear I forget I see I remember I do I understand And don t we all want to know and better understand On the grace journey of training together with Him Pastor Lynwood 101 Main Street Newport News VA 23601 Dear Nursery Volunteers I thank you for your faithful service with our young children You are such a blessing Swe gt 3 q A A f HAN fi jt CaN Inclement Weather J bb Update Inclement Weather In the event of Inclement weather your deacon will notify you of any changes in services Also please check our Facebook page or our website We will update these to reflect any changes in our normal church schedule The Hilton Baptist Church Record January 13 2015 Sunday School and Worship Report January 11 2015 Stniday o NOOP ENTONI OE a teeters a tee T 110 CONI E E E E A A E E A a O VAS MORS E E E E A a a N Ola prese Mi Anna A I E E E E a N E EE EN 63 Worship Attendance 88 HBC Counting Report for January 11 2015 Se OO PE IUCR GIRO Willer nets assis avec ante orn E ESE 60 00 SLOM EOtti e MOOM EA A tree eet erie eee tena ene E 260 00 8 102 Wednesday Night ccc cece cence ee eeeeeeaeeeeaeees 145 00 8 404 WMU More than NetS cccccce eee eee ee
11. ing a few minutes before 11 a m all doctors and nurses nervously wait outside the ward to see for themselves what the terrible phenomenon was all about Some were holding wooden crosses prayer books and other holy objects to ward off the evil spirits Just when the clock struck 11 Pookie Johnson the part time Sunday sweeper entered the ward and unplugged the life support system so that he could use the vacuum cleaner The story isn t true despite what you may have heard to the contrary But the principle is an important one where there is no power the results can be deadly I am reminded of what Jesus said to the Sadducees when they came to him asking a question about the resurrection They asked the question involving a convoluted situation with a man who married seven women who all died because they hoped to demonstrate to Jesus that there could not possibly be a resurrection from the dead Jesus response was this You are mistaken not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God Matthew 22 29 Any time we deny or limit the power of God denying what He can do if He wants to we find ourselves on dangerous ground The New Testament is filled with passages which emphasize God s power There is power in the gospel Rom 1 16 power in the message of the cross I Cor 1 18 and power in the resurrection of Christ I Cor 6 14 If youre noticing that others are spiritually dying around you or maybe ev
12. la of do good to become worthy do bad and become unworthy and they have found their identity in that balance When Grace comes along and says what you do makes no difference to how much God loves you because He loves and favors you above all else their whole identity structure comes tumbling down This makes them angry because somewhere deep inside they realize they have been lied to For years they have found their identity in the product of their constant efforts to appear pleasing to God and man They have found solace in thinking or believing their efforts are pleasing to God because of a bunch of rules they can keep Your identity should be found in Jesus not in your works You have been saved by grace through faith Not through you own works Jesus would not have died for you if you weren t worthy He would not have died for you if He didn t already love you His love for you is unconditional That means your effort to be pleasing or worthy of His love is not a condition for His love No amount of religious good works or pious performance can make you worthy You are worthy because Jesus gave His life for you upon the cross That s grace pure and simple God has called you worth and now deserving if you accept His work and not your own efforts You just have to read the Bible to see that It is right there in black and white and sometimes red Running The Race Paul was returning to Jerusalem at the end of his third and final missiona
13. lace for you to be at any time is in church A Deeper Revelation Of Grace Over the course of recent years in which I have preached a growing revelation of Grace I have bumped heads with a fair share of people who really don t like to hear the Good News for some reason Granted God Himself said that Jesus the cross and the gospel will be a stumbling block an offense for many people I always wondered Why do people get offended by good news I believe it comes down to an identity crisis NME RII ED F VOR Many people especially believers who hear about grace for the first time react strongly against it because grace presents an identity crisis for them For years they have been taught they aren t worthy of God s love that they are sinful pitiful beings who need to throw themselves on the mercy of an angry judgmental God who utterly hates them for sinning and is about to punish and destroy them for being so useless They have been shown what God likes and what He hates Then they are constantly weighed in accordance to their ability to do what God likes and to refrain from doing what God hates to determine their worthiness of His love If you do what God likes God will like you If you do things that God hates God will hate you too God will love you more if you come to our church give more than 10 of your hard earned money away and live as a morally upright person in the community Religion fed them with a formu
14. much to say about the subject It is significant though that Jesus didn t talk as much about what to do with our money as he talked about the right kind of attitude we ought to have toward it Solomon in his pearls of wisdom contained in Proverbs also had much to say about our attitude toward wealth One of my favorite verses on the subject is this one Give me neither poverty nor riches Feed me with the food allotted to me lest I be full and deny You and say Who is the LORD Or lest I be poor and steal and profane the name of my God Proverbs 30 8b 9 May you be sufficiently blessed But may your riches or your desire for them never diminish your sense of need for God CHURCH OF THE COVERED PISH by Thom Tapp God is doing some exciting new and powerful things through the faithful people of God at HBC Please remember your commit ments and giving and be part of the miracle IT WAS A PREACHING ACCIPENT I PREACHEP THE TRUTH AS I SAW IT ANP THEY THREW ME OUT ON MY EAR
15. ry journey By this time in his ministry Paul had been a Christian for nearly twenty years Twenty years since Jesus called Paul My chosen instrument to carry My name before the Gentiles and their kings and before the people of Israel Acts 9 15 Twenty years of faithful service and now In every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me Acts 20 23 Paul was returning home but his life was not to be easy There were many trials ahead but his life had a purpose far beyond his immediate surroundings Acts 20 24 says I consider my life worth nothing to me if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me the task of testifying to the gospel of God s grace It was several more years before Paul wrote I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation Philippians 4 12 yet here when facing certain hardship Paul showed he had already learned the secret The particular circumstances in Paul s life had become of minor im portance He knew his contentment was not based on current events but on bringing glory and honor to God His life had a wonderful purpose even in the face of great adversity and harsh condi tions We were all created for the same purpose as Paul to bring glory and honor to God Our specific tasks may differ and change from time to time but we each have the same unchanging purpose Everything we do say and think should bring
16. ry 26th Newport 2pm Please come and support 5 the blood drive American Red Cross Port February 11th 18th The following things are needed for PORT If you want to donate any of these items please place them in the gymnasium eae Needed for our Clothes Closet Men s and Women s Warm Pants they prefer jeans Warm shirts sweatshirts They request hoodies Winter Shoes Boats tennis shoes Coats Sign Up Sheets to work New socks t shirts and underclothes men prefer boxers PORT are in Prior Hall Please go down today and sign up where you can work Scarves hats and gloves Needed for Hygiene kits Travel Size soap toothpaste deodorant lotion and shampoo Toothbrushes and washcloths Please see Pam Cooke or contact the church office if you have any additional questions Meeting The Man Come see a Man John 4 29 When the woman at the well met Jesus unlike all the other men fi she d met He addressed her real need He said Go get your husband T don t have a husband the woman replied Jesus said you have had five husbands and you aren married to they man youre living with John 4 16 18 How threatening truth of Jesus words and yet how tender and dis arming was His approach He didn t come down on women or con demn her in any hurtful way He demonstra
17. s the only way to grow Many churches overlook this fact and create an atmosphere of trying instead of training try to be good try to be nice try to be here try not to embarrass us That s a great policy for a social club but not a great strategy to win the world Churches who try but don t train are full of kind respected people with no life transformation Training means putting our faith into practice The disciple maker must lead his disciple through life experiences Every experience is an opportunity for learning Paul knew the power of training through life experiences when he said Imitate me as I imitate Christ 1 Corinthians 11 1 Try thinking of discipleship like teaching a child to ride a bike What does that kind of teaching look like Do you sit down at the table and go through a book on cycling Do you lecture about balance Do you start with a chart outlining the nuts bolts gears and spokes Very few fathers hand their sons the bicycle s user manual and say Good luck Instead they place them on the bike and help them hold it steady as they learn to pedal Then slowly they let go until the child gets the hang of it This is how Jesus trained the twelve He began by placing a few men s feet on the pedals of ministry As He walked with these men He gently moved them forward while holding on to the seat After three and a half years of coaching He released them to ride as ministers of the
18. ted what it means to speak the truth but to do so in great love Speaking of the truth Isn t it true the same could be said of each one of us Whether in relations of so many other life challenges with which we struggle it seems that because we re weak we keep getting into situations that leave us wounded And those wounds can t be healed by going from relationship to relationship After meeting Jesus this woman ran to tell everybody Come meet a Man who told me everything John 4 29 Her answer wasn t another man she d already tried that Her answer was meeting the Man and asking Him to fill the void in her life The Bible refers to this as putting on the new self which is being renewed in the image of its Creator Colossians 3 10 If you re sick of the way you re living and want to change remember the woman at the well couldn t put off the old man till she met the new One When you re attached to certain habits and relationships it s hard to break free in your own strength You ll only be able to disengage when you acknowledge Jesus as Lord of your life Only by embracing the new will you find strength to say goodbye to the old So what does all this mean for you It means coming to Christ as you are asking Him to save you and entering into a relationship with Him James says Surrender to God Resist the devil and he will run from you James 4 7 When you do that God will giv
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