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Belle Church of the Nazarene
306 E. 9th Street

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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CELEBRATION OF PAST 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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Report for Sunday August 15
Prayer Walk Riverside High School with Witcher Baptist!
6pm
We gathered at the Riverside Flagpole with the new Principal, Valerie Harper, to say together the Lord's Prayer.
We then released balloons with the team colors of all the schools in our area representing our prayers to God.
Then in an awesome holy Silence we walked the Athletic Track and then the Riverside School HALLWAYS
to pray for a meaningful year for ALL our students of Riverside!!
It was very meaningful to watch men pray as they touched lockers and doorways down each hall.
Our Nazarene Prayer Walkers were Libby, Glenna, DebbieB, Pastor Mark, and DebbieH.
Some told me that they prayed at home, which we appreciate.
Let us keep our schools in prayer ALL YEAR.

Pray for our Students to Journey with Jesus!
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JOY JONES
What a Great Concert Sunday night August 22!
Joy and her 2 sons sang with a harmony and a spirit of God.
Tucker and Joy are Friends of Pastor Mark and Marcia Green.
Their family is from Wheelersburg, Ohio, attending Plymouth Heights Church of the Nazarene.
Joy sings a blend of traditional gospel and contemporary Christian.
See & Hear Joy at
http://www.myspace.com/joyjonesministries
If you did not get a CD, see her site to order!

SEE all event dates on the new calendar below...

PLEASE DO NOT MISS
THESE SPECIAL UPCOMING EVENTS!!!

REVIVAL SERVICES
with Rev. Tim Hancock

September 25 - 29
Sunday 10:45 & Sunday 6pm
Monday - Wednesday 7pm
Rev. Hancock just spoken at our Summersville Camp Meeting.
He is a wonderful man of God who will make the Word speak to each of us and our generation as we pray.
May God anoint Rev. Hancock's ministry here in Belle as he sings, preaches, and does children's object lessons each night.

A Full-Program Spiritual Renewal Specialist

--providing a time of refreshing and spiritual renewal for the entire family.~

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October 10 Sunday
FAMILY PICNIC

We meet right after church in the nicest & newest pavillion at Coonskin!
(Handicapped accessable and restrooms in the Pavillion)
We are inviting the Good News Club Families from Midland Trail and our Van Families to minister to them in a spirit of love and fellowship.
Bring your best dish of food and your best smile!!
No Services in the Church this Evening, Devotional at the Picnic Together!
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October 16 - Saturday
SPECIAL EVENT IN BELLE
Walk Thru the Bible Learning Adventure

The most FUN you will ever have learning with 77 hand signs of the NEW TESTAMENT story!
Not a doctrinal teaching but a beautiful way to sense the flow of the developing story of the New Testament.
We host a Children's Seminar AND Adult Seminar
on the same day!!
Get your reservations in early, see Roy Petry.
$17/Adult and $15/Child.
Some Scholarships are available if you have more than one child attending the event!
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October 24 Sunday
FAITH PROMISE SERVICE AND LUNCHEON
Dr. David Wesley will be with us from Kansas City to share with us about his mission in South America.
We will be raising "faith promises" to support the work of missions worldwide this Sunday.
Rennae Morris is our NMI President leading the work.

Please pray about your Faith Promise involvement in this new year
and spread your influence around the world!!!
(these are icthus fish trailing the gospel around the globe:)

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 students 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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