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FLOWERING FIELDS OF FAITH

"See how the lilies of the field grow..."
Jesus believed in a heavenly Father Who provided generously for our needs!

A VISION OF FAITH FOR OUR CHURCH

A brand new 14 passenger mini-bus with easy access!

Will you pledge to support the vision of a new mini bus to be used in ministry for children, teens, adults, and senior adults?

PLEDGES will be taken through Sunday, September 12, see your Bulletins for Pledge Cards late August and early September!

Or mail a one time gift to the Church at 306 E. 9th Street, Belle, WV 25015.

Our commitment is just under $1,000/month for 5 years.

Join with us in faith and giving
"as unto the Lord"!

The mission of Belle Church of the Nazarene is to make
Christ-like disciples in Belle, WV, and thus influence our world
with the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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SUNDAY EVENTS

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We are thankful for a host of loyal workers who have made VBS very fun this year!
Our thanks to Kelly Morris, LaCrisha Ramirez and their whole list of teens and adults who have helped!!

See More Photos of VBS under on the Children's Page

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Sunday August 1
Sunday School for ALL AGES 9:45am
Mt. Vernon Group with Senior Teen SSchool Class

NEW COVENANT
from Mount Vernon Nazarene University
a Concert for ALL ages
Join us as we celebrate God's Sovereignty

Today: Paintball with the Teens - see Scott Morris

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Pastor Green preaching 6pm
"Eternal Faith: Living in an Unseen Reality"
2Peter 1:3-11

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Sunday August 8 - CAMPMEETING at Summersville
9:45 Sunday School for ALL Ages
10:45 Church Services here in Belle

Preaching in Belle with Rev. Jim Cash

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6pm Service postponed here in Belle
to encourage people to attend Camp Meeting Services!!

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Sunday August 15 - CAMPMEETING at Summersville
Sunday School here at 9:45
Pastor Green preaching 10:45

6pm Belle services postponed for Campmeeting.

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Sunday August 22
Sunday School is for ALL Ages - 9:45.
Lauren Green, our missionary, speaks in the morning worship at 10:45.
Come hear how God led in Quito, Ecuador this past year.
Lauren flies back to Quito on Monday, Aug. 23!
Come say Good-bye!
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JOY JONES
Concert 6pm
From Wheelersburg, Ohio
Tucker and Joy are Friends of Pastor Mark and Marcia Green
Joy sings a blend of traditional gospel and contemporary Christian.
See & Hear Joy at
http://www.myspace.com/joyjonesministries

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AFTERGLOW
Aug. 22 After Evening Service
Saying Good-bye to Lauren Green as she leaves for Ecuador Tomorrow!
See Lynne to sign up for food!

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FALL REVIVAL
Last Week of September with Rev. Tim Hancock!

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October 16 - Saturday
Walk Thru the Bible Learning Adventure
The most FUN you will ever have learning with 77 hand signs of the NT story!
We host a Children's Seminar AND Adult Seminar
on the New Testament!!
Get your reservations in early, see Roy Petry.
$17/Adult and $15/Child

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A New Ministry
Brad White and Chris Romaca are starting a walking & jogging time Monday & Wednesday mornings for Anyone in the Church!
Starting with Devotions at 5:45am on Monday May 31, Memorial Day.
6:00am - ?? Walk or Jog with Friends from the Church!
Please come and fellowship with us – contact either Chris or Brad if you have questions.

To contact the church call 304-949-2568
or leave a message for Pastor Green pastorgreen@suddenlink.net
Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 8:30 - 4:00 Wanda Gore Secretary

Children Director Jimmy Knapp

Nazarene Youth International (NYI) President
Scott Morris

Senior Adult Director David Nelson

The Church is located at 304 E. 9th Street with parking across the street in front of our Activities' Building.

"Freedom to Not Defend Myself" - Part 1
A Devotional Thought from Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, Holiness Author of "This Day with the Master"

Isaiah 53:7-12

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He opened not His mouth; He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, And as a sheep before its shearers is silent, So He opened not His mouth. Isaiah 53:7

There exists a glorious freedom for the few souls brave enough to entrust their reputations, futures, and lives to Christ. Have you ever been in a situation where someone attacked or criticized you? Perhaps you were misunderstood or perhaps you did something wrong, and someone pounced on your error. How quickly an alibi rises to our lips, or maybe even a good excuse.

What a magnificent thing when we don't have to defend ourselves.

Let me ask you, Who is freer? The person who has an uncontrollable impluse to speak to defend himself and does so, or the person who also has an impulse to defend himself but is free enough to stay quiet?

Declining to speak on your own behalf requires much greater freedom and power than merely acting on the impulse to defend myself.

How much richer some of our marriages would be if we had that kind of freedom?
How much richer our parent-child relationships?
Our professional relationships?
Are you as free as God wants you to be?"
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Freedom to Not Defend Myself (Part 2) Isaiah 53:7-12 from "This Day with the Master" by Dennis Kinlaw

I had a philosophy professor at Princeton who had a profound influence on my life. Dr. Emile Cailliet was a devout and godly man as well as an astute thinker. He had published a little book for laypeople called "The Life of the Mind". One day in a course on Christian living he told us about an experience he had with a Princeton student who confronted him about this little book.

"Dr. Cailliet, you're a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, one of the most prestigious seminaries in the world. You have two Ph.D.'s, and your'e an internationally known scholar. How is it that you could write something as simplistic as that book on the life of the mind and publish it under your name when you're as famous and as important as you are? It ought to be beneath your dignity."

The student continued, "Above all, it isn't psychologically sound. I really don't understand how you could put anything like that in print without dealing with the recent psychological work of one of your own countryman, Foucault."

Dr. Cailliet said to us, "It's interesting to have one of your atudents deride you," then he continued his story: "There was that first flush within me, that first impulse to defend myself. But the Spirit of God checked me and I said, simply, 'Thank you.' And I finished the class. After class I decided to walk down the street to cool off. As I walked, I remembered the three years I had spend working with Foucault and actually doing his research experiments. In fact, I knew as much about Foucault's work as Foucault did. But that student never knew that."

As Dr. Cailliet walked, a car pulled up by the curb and stopped, and a man jumped out and came running up and said, "Are you Dr. Cailliet?"

He said, "Yes, I am."

"Well," siad the young man, "I just wanted to see you. I couldn't leave town without meeting you. I want to tell you about that little book you published called The Life of the Mind. It was like a light to me in a dark place. It gave me insights about myself and about life that I had never found anywhere else. And because of that little book, life's been richer and freer ever since. Thank you, Dr. Cailliet."

Dr. Cailliet said, "I walked on down the street and lifted my heart in gratitude to God that I hadn't defended myself. That I had been free enough that I didn't have to. God Himself had become my defense."

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