West Village Courier
Church Activities
3—Mother Child Brunch
11—Mother’s Day
17—EC Graduations
18—Graduate Recognition
18—Spaghetti Dinner
Looking Ahead
June 1-Church Picnic
June 2-6 VBS
June 29-July 3—Shiloh Trip
July 5-12-Pinehaven trip
May Anniversaries
4—-Dustin & Meaghan Fryman
8—-Jim & Sandy Hortin
15—Roger & Sherrie Turpin
16—Jayare & Tara Buerster
Caleb & Ashley Porter
17—Kent & Diane Mason
Doug & Stephanie Spencer
23—Jason & Kelley Biggs
Chris & Lenora Meyer
24—Chris & Audra Spray
27—Ed & Sarah Smiley
28—Daniel & Lesa York
May Greeters
4—Marjorie Coleman
11—Olin & Esther Shilling
18—Dave & Lesa Matthes
25—Linda Stennett
May Sound System
Randy Longbons
Children's Church
4-Emily W.
11-Kianna
18-Rebecca
25-Kati
Nursery
4-Whitney & Tara
11-Sandy & Rhonda
18-Tonya & Debbie
25-Michelle & Joyce
Call to Worship
May 4-Mike Dean
May 11-Johnny Gill
May 18-David Lane
May 25-Jayare Buerster
Servers
Neil Fearn
Steve Thomson
Mike Dean
Eric St. Ledger
Church Picnic
The annual West Village picnic will be held on June 1st, directly after morning worship. It will be a great day for fellowship and delicious food, as the serving tables fill with everyone’s favorite dishes! Keep watch in the bulletin for more details.
Spaghetti Dinner
On May 18th, a spaghetti dinner fundraiser will be held at the church immediately after morning worship. The dinner will feature spaghetti, green beans, bread, and dessert. Cost is a free will donation. All proceeds will go to help offset travel expenses for the missions trip to Pinehaven this summer.
Mother Child Banquet
On Saturday, May 3rd, a Mother-Child Brunch will be held at the church. This Mother’s recognition/appreciation event will begin at 9:00am. If you plan to attend, please sign up on the bulletin board and note the number that will be in your party.
Oil Belt
Summer is coming and that means that the camp season at Oil Belt is right around the corner! Online registration opened in early March, and if you haven’t already registered look online and see what week of camp works the best for your summer schedule. When registering online you will need the code westvillagecc100 to include on the payment page. Please fill out the Church Payment Authorization form and bring it to Nolan to sign after registering.
West Village VBS
VBS is right around the corner!! It will be June 2nd-6th for ages 3-entering 6th grade. The theme is Road Trip: On the Go with God. Registration is available online. Lots of volunteers will be needed and a sign up sheet is on the bulletin board. If anyone has any questions please contact Shayla Potts, Michelle Smith, or Mackenzie Longbons.
Activities at the Village on Main
Missions Moment
Pinehaven Missions Trip
On July 5-12, a group of eight people will be going on a mission trip to Pinehaven Christian Ranch in Montana. While at the ranch, the group will help complete tasks around the ranch as needed. Some examples of jobs they might do will be helping cut wood for the year, bundling hay, working in their big garden, making repairs, and painting. The mission group includes Cadyn and Whitney Owings, Alexa and Kelli Prather, and Mark, Cora, Alice, and Katie Robb. They will be traveling by air to get to the Ranch. They have been doing some fundraising to help pay for the trip expenses and are planning to host a spaghetti lunch on Sunday, May 18th after church. Meals will be offered by free will donations. Please keep the group in your prayers as they prepare to travel and work on this trip
On July 5-12, a group of eight people will be going on a mission trip to Pinehaven Christian Ranch in Montana. While at the ranch, the group will help complete tasks around the ranch as needed. Some examples of jobs they might do will be helping cut wood for the year, bundling hay, working in their big garden, making repairs, and painting. The mission group includes Cadyn and Whitney Owings, Alexa and Kelli Prather, and Mark, Cora, Alice, and Katie Robb. They will be traveling by air to get to the Ranch. They have been doing some fundraising to help pay for the trip expenses and are planning to host a spaghetti lunch on Sunday, May 18th after church. Meals will be offered by free will donations. Please keep the group in your prayers as they prepare to travel and work on this trip
Nolan's Corner
My lawn mower stopped working this week. This is very unfortunate, because right now my grass is growing faster than I can keep up with it anyway. While I can fix a lot of things this particular problem has me stumped, for reasons unknown to me at this exact moment, I’m not getting enough fuel. Last night I found myself looking at this machine that from all appearances is in perfect working condition. And I found myself pondering how true this is for us as well. From the outside looking in we can put up a good front. We can look like we are doing well, have everything in our lives in order. But my reality, and I would hazard a guess that yours might be the same, is that this is all a finely crafted facade, covering up the fact that we are running on empty.
I have found a very clear trend in my life over the last few years. When I am short tempered, unfocused, unforgiving, ungracious, tired, and lonely; I am also furthest from God. In John 15 Jesus says, “I am the true vine.” What He says is that we must stay connected to him. Like my mower, that is unable to run without a fuel source, we cannot truly love, forgive, be gracious, dedicated, fulfilled, or truly alive without the source. A branch that is not connected to the vine cannot produce fruit. Paul told us in Galatians that the fruit of our faith is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness and self-control. Those fruits are only available when we are attached to the true vine. Like me, I hope you want those fruits in your life, and that only happens when we are growing in Christ.
I have found a very clear trend in my life over the last few years. When I am short tempered, unfocused, unforgiving, ungracious, tired, and lonely; I am also furthest from God. In John 15 Jesus says, “I am the true vine.” What He says is that we must stay connected to him. Like my mower, that is unable to run without a fuel source, we cannot truly love, forgive, be gracious, dedicated, fulfilled, or truly alive without the source. A branch that is not connected to the vine cannot produce fruit. Paul told us in Galatians that the fruit of our faith is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness and self-control. Those fruits are only available when we are attached to the true vine. Like me, I hope you want those fruits in your life, and that only happens when we are growing in Christ.