Directory November, 2014 Impacting Lives for Christ Volume #429 Church Office 774-2445 Church Fax 776-5179 Lead Minister VICTORIOUS series offers:    A better understanding of the book of Revelation Instills confidence in the church and its individual members Challenges the congregation towards an uncompromising commitment to God Nov 2 Nov 9 Nov 16 Nov 23 Nov 30 Bear Witness Boldly See Evil Clearly Missions Sunday - Harry Gill, VEF Await Salvation Expectantly Desire Heaven Deeply EXPECT . . . to be victorious! November 16 Missions Fair & Thanksgiving Meal Sunday School @ 10:00 am - ONE Service @ 11:00 am Guest Speaker: Harry Gill, VEF (Virginia Evangelizing Fellowship) Tim Thompson 769-7445 Minister to Students Mark Sowder 725-1380 Worship Leader Andy Katt 904-2432 Elders John Burrows 427-1535 John Parris 312-0834 Jim Sitton 977-5413 Craig Whitacre 989-0939 Meal follows in Family Life Center Deacons Bring salads, veggies, & desserts to share David Bishop 725-2179 Gale Zimmerman 362-4337 PFCC will provide meats, mashed potatoes, gravy, fried apples, bread, & drinks. NO Evening Study Groups or Activities Blessings in a Box Project Eastern Dominican Christian Mission Oct. 26 - Nov. 16 PFCC is committed to 150 boxes for the children at Higuey. Boxes & a suggested list of items are available in upstairs foyer. Donations also needed to help defray shipping costs @ $10 per box. Order Poinsettias NOW - $10 each with 6 - 7 blooms! Choose from: Red, White, Pink, or Jingle Bell (red & pink) Contact Patty Maze @ 293-4999 Remember to give Patty, in writing, the name(s) of loved ones you wish to honor or remember. A Great Gift for Family, Friends, or Co-Workers! BOXES MUST BE RETURNED BY NOV. 16! DEADLINE for MONEY & ORDER Contact Gena Layfield with questions. NOVEMBER 16 Treasurer Bob Hamblen 989-0788 E-mail Addresses Tim Thompson [email protected] Mark Sowder [email protected] Andy Katt [email protected] Suzie Deans [email protected] CELEBRATION & PRAISE SERVICE - November 23 BOTH Services - Sunday School @ 10:00 Celebrate God’s Blessings through the Word, Special Music, and Personal Walks with Christ. Church Website pennforest.org Mission Minded Kids Grades 1-5 Sundays @ 6:00 pm Manna House, Lower Level MMK seeks to enrich the lives of these kids by teaching them God’s Word, then challenging them to act on what they have learned. Wednesday Night CHILDREN and YOUTH A WORD from Marko . . . People who pray for courage, for strength, to bear the unbearable, for the grace to remember what they have left instead of what they have lost, very often find their prayers answered . . . Their prayers helped them tap hidden reserves of faith and courage which were not available to them before. 6:30 - 7:30 pm Our Bible Bowl study will take us through the Gospel of John. Each week, we will study, read, listen to, drill, and memorize the Scripture verses and practice answering questions in a quiz-style format. 5:30 - 7:00 pm YOUTH CENTER Middle & High School Fellowship Hall Talk to Mark! January 9 - 11, 2015 $50 per adult sponsor Saturday, Nov. 22 meet @ 5:15 pm Ladies Progressive Dinner Total Cost due: November 15 & White Elephant Gift Exchange www.tctcinfo.com For ALL Ladies, High School & Up Sign Up in F.H. Appetizers @ Karen Sowder’s home Shower your Secret Sister with cards, gifts, and daily special prayers Got Questions? Contact Mark at: 774-2445 [email protected] We open with Large Group activity, then break out into small age-specific groups for our study. 7:30 pm to 7:00 am (Saturday) RED-EYE NIGHT Dave’s Moonwalks Joust & Bungee Racing Thunder Valley Go-Karts, Laser Tag, Mini-Golf Roanoke Valley Skate Center Skating - Rock Wall Talk to Mark Secret Sisters Ministry We are going to plug into the Scripture to see the hand of God in our lives and spend time looking at our service in the kingdom of God. Dodge Ball - Basketball Gatlinburg, TN Cost: D-Group Study of Nehemiah Nov. 14 Character Profile: A study of the Life of Peter Wednesdays @ 6:30 $110 per student Middle & High School Grades 6 - 12 New Sunday Night Series PRESCHOOL CLASS TCTC Wednesday Nights in YOUTH CENTER Main Course @ Jessie Nguyen’s home Desserts & Gift Exchange @ Patty Maze’s home For the White Elephant Gift Exchange, bring a wrapped, unlabeled gift, but DO NOT BUY ANYTHING. The gift should be something you already own and want to pass on! SIGN UP on Women’s Ministry board in F.H., So we can have an accurate count for food prep. Kroger Community Rewards Program for PFCC Directions on how to register for this program are in the foyer or call the church office for help. Photo Scavenger Hunt Pizza - Snacks Worship Rise in concert $15 each - Bring a drink & snack Worship Choir Practice Sundays in November @ 4:00 pm Joy of Every Longing Heart Dec. 7 @ 11:00 am Please pray for The Ewells BJ and Janie Mobilization Team Discipling the Bible-less ADULT BIBLE STUDIES and SMALL GROUPS Sunday Morning Adult Studies - 10:00 - 10:45 1 Upstairs in Worship Center — 2 in Manna House, Lower Level & Upper Level [email protected] [email protected] Growing Strong in Christ: Class #4 - IMPACT 4 Sundays in November — 10:00 am Office/Library House, Lower Level for those who have completed Class 1, 2, & 3 Talk to Tim Thompson or call the office for details. “Transformed Lives Through God’s Word in Every Language” . . . that is the vision of Pioneer Bible Translators. By the end of the year, unless there are major problems, we will have completed 10 New Testaments. That means that 10 people groups will be able to read God’s Word in their heart language for the first time in the history of that people group! It is such a thrill to be part of Pioneer Bible Translators. The past year has been very busy for us. We attended the International Conference of Missions and the North American Christian Convention in Indianapolis; we were in Dallas for meetings in September and January; we made contacts in 2 different churches in Orlando and have tentative plans to speak there next year; we set up our PBT Display at a Missions Fair in Naples, FL and at the Gospel Rally at Mid-Atlantic Christian University in NC. We will be attending a 3-day Missions Emphasis at Mid-Atlantic Christian University where I will be preaching in chapel and lecturing in several classes in late October. Next year appears to hold even more travel and opportunities to present the work of Pioneer Bible Translators. Please pray for us as we travel and present the vision of Pioneer Bible Translators. Submitted by BJ and Janie Ewell, Mobilization Team, PBT Weekly Bible Studies Sundays @ 6:00 pm - Matthew in Worship Center Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm - The Minor Prophets Family Life Center, following the meal VICTORIOUS Small Groups Faith Café - Sundays @ 6:00 pm Manna House, Lower Level Tuesdays @ 6:00 pm, Craig Whitacre Manna House, Lower Level Thursdays @ 7:00 pm, Tim Thompson Home of Tim & Lynn Thompson Women’s Studies Mondays @ 6:00 pm - Acts Manna House, Lower Level Wednesdays @ 6:30 pm - James Manna House Thursdays @ 9:30 am - The Christmas Experience Elders are available in the Prayer Room for special prayer needs after both morning services. Volunteers Needed to PRAY during each of our Sunday Morning services. You can choose the Sunday and the service you prefer. Contact Andy Katt or BJ Ewell for details. FOOD PANTRY NEEDS: Cereals, peanut butter, jelly, dry pasta & jarred sauces, canned meats like tuna, chicken, SPAM, canned pastas and chilis. Contacts: Curtis & Joyce Stiff @ 774-9749 Harold & Betty Shepherd @ 989-6565 Super Seniors Christmas Dinner Thursday, December 4 6:00 pm Jersey Lily’s Restaurant - Salem SIGN UP on the bulletin boards in the Fellowship Hall or Upstairs Foyer PLEASE NOTE If you are unable to reach a staff member at the church office, call any of the elders for assistance. Their phone numbers are on the front of this monthly newsletter and in the church directory. Prayer Chain Ministry for crisis situations emergencies: and Call Fran Worley @ 772-4512 Penn Forest Christian Church Epistle - (USPS 081-150) Periodical Postage Paid at Roanoke, VA Published Monthly By Penn Forest Christian Church 3028 Penn Forest Blvd. Roanoke, VA 24018 Postmaster, Send Address Changes to: Penn Forest Christian Church Epistle 3028 Penn Forest Blvd. Roanoke, VA 24018 Even though we strive with the future in mind it is often the faith of those in the past that calls us to examine the genuineness of our own. Let us therefore be challenged by the words of George Washington some 225 years ago as the day of Thanksgiving approaches. WHEN WE MEET Traditional Service 8:30 am No Nursery By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and—Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:” Coffee Break in F.H. Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and manifold mercies and the favor, able interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us. Celebration Service Contemporary Worship, And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions; to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally, to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best. Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789. Go. Washington Tim 9:30-10:00 Sunday School 10:00 - 10:45 am Nursery Provided Nursery, Wee Worship, and Children’s Worship 11:00 am Sunday Evening Youth Group 5:30-7:00 pm Bible Study, Faith Café, Mission-Minded Kids 6:00 pm Nursery Provided Wednesday Meals 5:45 pm Wednesday Evening Bible Study, & Classes for Children, Middle School, & High School 6:30 PM Nursery Provided