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Volume IX Issue III March 2019

Loving and Leading People to a Life Changing Relationship with Jesus Christ www.wscoconline.org

March 2019 Find Us Online:

2019 Speaker 2019 Bible Study Leader

Dr. Leroy Lawson Dr. L. Thomas Smith Jr.

Senior Saints in the Smokies 2019 Join West Side Seniors and others around the country at Johnson University “for a week of learning, friendship, growth, and fun as we ‘Come to the Mountain’ and hear from God together.”

To get the early bird pricing of $280.00, a $50 deposit must be sent in by March 15, 2019. The week we are going is May 27 – 31. There will be a brief meeting Sunday, March 3rd in the Fellowship Hall after second service to discuss a few details.

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Wednesday Men’s Breakfast West Side men are invited to meet at The Country Kitchen

every Wednesday morning at 8 A.M. for breakfast and

fellowship.

Quote of the Month “God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His

promises, leading us along the best and straightest paths to Himself.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Our Food Pantry group volunteers next on March 13th at 9 A.M. at the Lebanon Food Pantry. See Jean Christy for details.

Upcoming Events Inside this Issue: Page Announcements 2 Children’s Ministry News 3 Activities 4 Missions 5 Some Food for Thought 6 Church Calendar 7 Serving Schedule 8

Church Staff Sr. Minister – Michael Dawson Sr. Min. Emeritus – Dr. Marty Egelston

Children’s Minister – Emily Bosdell Office Administration – Cheryl Fox

Elders Jeremy Bosdell Mike Fox Eric Meilstrup Lew Rainey Robert Wright Jr. 625 Hart Rd. Lebanon, Ohio 45036 Phone: 513-932-3045 Web: www.wscoconline.org

Family Sunday Family Sunday will be March 3rd. This is an opportunity for families to worship together and for our children to experience adult services.

The Evangelism Team’s next meeting will be Tuesday March 5th in the Fellowship Hall. All are invited to attend.

Quarterly Breakfast Sunday This year we will be having Birthday Sundays quarterly. March 3rd is our first Birthday Sunday of 2019 and will we will be honoring birthdays from January, February and March. Please bring a breakfast dish to share with everyone.


Children’s Ministry Teaching Schedule for March 2019

03/03 03/10 03/17 03/24 03/31 9:30 A.M. Family

Sunday

Nursery Laura Williams/ Madelyn Bosdell

Crystal Dawson/ Jillian Philippo

Jennifer Philippo/ Madelyn Bosdell

Hailee Page/ Jillian Philippo

Jenna Hanefeld/ Madelyn Bosdell

Toddler-PreK Lydia Moeller Jami & Jon Litchfield Hannah Meilstrup Lydia Moeller

K-2nd Kristy Meilstrup Allie Cramer Jake Page Kristy Meilstrup

11:00 A.M.

Nursery Bobbie Vires Jenna Hanefeld/ Jillian Philippo

Gina Wright/ Madelyn Bosdell


Allie Cramer

Ages 2 – 5 Gina Wright Bobbie Vires Leslie Bowerman Bobbie Vires

K – 5th Emily Bosdell Emily Bosdell Emily Bosdell Emily Bosdell

Are You Ready to ROAR?

Vacation Bible School is coming with a Roar! It will be June 9th – 14th and the theme is ROAR! Life is Wild – God is good. Start planning to be there as a kid or as a volunteer! If you would like to volunteer, please see Allie Cramer.


Movie Night is Back! Movie Night is back! Come out Friday, March 22 at 7 P.M. to view the movie One Night with the King, the movie of Esther. Bring your lawn chair, snacks (popcorn will be provided) and invite your friends! One Night with the King: Born into poverty, Hadassah (Esther) grows up to become a beauty who catches the eye of the powerful King Xerxes – and ultimately becomes his bride. But despite her position, Hadassah’s life is in danger, as the state has decreed that all Jews will be put to death. Defying warnings to remain silent, however, Hadassah struggles to save her people, even as she attempts to hide her heritage, in this exciting and inspiring story about courage, faith and destiny.

PRIME TIMERS Starting Saturday, March 16th at 6 P.M., Prime Timers will meet the third Saturday of every month (March – October) in the Fellowship Hall. We ask that everyone please bring a carry in dish to share! It is a great time of fellowship and fun!

Introducing Game Night

• Bring your A “GAME” for game night

• Fun for all ages

• Saturday March 30, 2019 starting at 4:00 P.M.

• Bring a snack to share

• See Bobbie Vires or Hannah Meilstrup for questions


Did you know that Butler Springs Christian Camp is gearing up for it’s 70th summer of offering church camp opportunities? In 1949, several men drove from a local C.C.C. Camp at Fort Hill to inspect the current Butler Springs’ property. Their dream, to have our own camp, became a reality. Two camps, Tri-State Christian and Victory Christian, came together to become what is now Butler Springs. For nearly 70 years, this camp has faithfully served the churches of the Restoration Movement from areas in, near, or around Dayton, Cincinnati, Chillicothe, Columbus, northern Kentucky, and other towns in Southwest Ohio. Butler Springs began as a week-long, all age camp. Today, it is an all year, multifaceted camp and retreat center.

Each summer, Bulter Springs offer thousands of kids an opprtunity to attend camp in a nature setting, where they get to hear the good news about our Lord Jesus Christ. Over the years God has blessed and allowed the camp to grow it’s facilities as well as its programing. Did you know that each summer, Butler Springs offers over 52 different sessison, utilizing all 145 acres of land. Kids get the opportunity to do all sorts of amazing acitivities such as experiencing a high ropes course, a climbing tower, a full gynasium, a giant swing, two different zip lines at various heights, human fooseball, air rifles, archery, bazooka ball, horseback riding, tent camping, and wilderness exploring. Beyond utilizing Butler Springs facilities, camp now offers high school students three amazing off property experiences such as Canadian Outback, Wild West Viriginia, and new for 2019 Western Extreme, which is a trip out west to multiple national parks. Butler Springs has truly been blessed.

Last summer 1,696 youth attended camp as a camper, which took 282 adult voulunteers, and an addition 174 junior volunteers to facilitate. Because of these efforts 54 campers were batpized at camp, and 19 were baptized at home. During the summer campers gave $9,700 in missions giving with a $10,000 matching gift from the camp. Because there is a desire by the camp board and staff to make sure every kid has an opportunity to attend a camp, scholarships are given, which totaled in 2018, $17,420. Even with these matching gifts and scholarships, God still blessed, and the camp ended the year in the black.

For many years Bulter Springs has been a ministry partner of the West Side Church of Christ. Not only do we send monthly financial support, but many West Side Christians have also served at camp. Each summer, West Side supports one full week of camp. Currently this week is known as Adventure 456 and our minister, Michael Dawson, serves as the dean. In addition, many of our youth spend at least one week at camp each summer.

Please keep Bulter Springs in your prayers. 2019 is shaping up to be a big year for the camp. The staff have made it a goal to have 2,000 campers this summer for the first time. To do so, the camp has increased it’s presence on social media. Pray that this advertising tool attracks kids who will come to hear the gospel of Jesus taught. On top of that, ground has broken for the camp’s newest construction project, summer staff housing. Pray for the construction process to go smoothly, and for the government red tape to move quickly. Also, pray for Adventure 456, which a team from West Side will lead July 14th – 19th. Finally, pray for West Side children and students who are going to camp as campers this summer. Pray that their experience will leave a lasting impact on their walk with Christ.


On Sunday February 17th we had the privilege of ordaining Mike Fox as our newest Elder here at West Side. It is always a joy to add to and grow our leadership team. Everything we do hinges on the strength and growth of our Elders. It is our Elders who set the course and shepherd our church.

Last year our Elders began a new shepherding program where we divided the entire church into shepherding groups and placed each West Side Christian under the care of one of our Elders. We began this process because we saw a need in our church to build community and for our elders to take a new step in caring for our flock. Over the course of the year our groups organized and began meeting. We thank you for your patience as we continue to figure out and understand what this shepherding model is going to look like.

As we bring a new Elder on board, you may be asking, how is this going to impact our shepherding groups? Right now, the answer is, not much. Because our groups are so new, we as a leadership team have decided not to make any changes right now. We want to allow time for growth to happen and community to develop. We fear if we changed things now, so early into the process, we might set back some of the early foundation work that has been laid. We also want to give Mike some time to incorporate into our Eldership group. So, for now, Mike is going to be visiting the shepherding groups when they meet to get a glimpse of how each group functions. At the conclusion of 2019 we plan to readdress and determine what changes if any we want to make to the shepherding model.

Let me leave you with this request. As you spend time each day in prayer, please keep your shepherd and all the Elders of this church in your prayers. Pray that they continue to grow closer to Christ and deeper in their knowledge of His Word. Pray for their families. And finally, pray that God would reveal his direction and desire for our congregation. ~ In Christ’s Service, Michael

Generations March 3 Guest Speaker – Steve Elkins March 10 The Millennials March 17 Closing the Gap March 24 Looking Forward March 31 Christian Essentials

The Church is designed by God to be a family, and one of the things that make up any family is multiple generations. Sadly, in our current culture, there seems to be a lot of division among our generations. This division

threatens the church because the younger don’t learn from the older, and the older are not revived by the passion of the younger. In this series we will seek to understand the four major generations that make up our church an how we can unite to love and lead people to a life changing relationship with Jesus.


SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

1 Ladies Breakfast

Fellowship @ Frisch’s 9:00 A.M

Timm Fox

Numbers 14-15 /Psalm 90

2

Jim Ashby

Numbers 16-17

3 Family & Birthday

Sunday

Number 18-20

4 12:30 P.M. Bible

Study

Numbers 21-22

5 12:30 P.M. Small

Group 5:45 P.M. Young

Adult 7 P.M. Evangelism

Meeting

Numbers 23-25

6 8 A.M. Men’s Breakfast @

Country Kitchen

6:30 P.M. Bible Study/FPU

Michael Dawson Numbers 26-27

7

Numbers 28-30

8

Numbers 31-32

9

Melinda Fox Numbers 33-34

10

5:30 P.M. Youth Group

6 P.M. Evening Service

Numbers 35-36

11 12:30 P.M. Bible

Study

Rhett Bidlack Deuteronomy 1-2

12 12:30 P.M. Small

Group

5:45 P.M. Young

Adult

Deuteronomy 3-4


Country Kitchen 9 A.M. Food Pantry

6:30 P.M. Bible

Study/FPU Deuteronomy 5-7

14

Deuteronomy 8-10

15

Deuteronomy 11-13

16

6 P.M. Prime Timers

Jenny Hawkins

Deuteronomy 14-16

17



Deuteronomy 17-20

18

12:30 P.M. Bible Study

Deuteronomy 21-23

19

12:30 P.M. Small Group

5:45 P.M. Young

Adult

Deuteronomy 24-27


Country Kitchen


Lexie Kinsworthy Deuteronomy 28-29

21

Sheryl Perkins Deuteronomy 30-31

22

7 PM Movie Night

Deuteronomy 32-34 & Psalm 91

23

Carol Hicks Joshua 1-4

24 5:30 P.M. Youth

Group 6 P.M. Evening

Service Joshua 5-8

=============== 31



Judges 5-8

25

12:30 P.M. Bible Study

Raynn Tipton Joshua 9-11

26

12:30 P.M. Small Group

5:45 P.M. Young

Adult

Jesse Wright Joshua 12-15


Country Kitchen


Joshua 16-18

28

Joshua 19-21

29

Joshua 22-24

30

4 PM Game Night

Judges 1-2


03/03/19 03/10/19 03/17/19 03/24/19 03/31/19

1st Service Family Sunday Greeters Meilstrup Family Russ & Arlene

Moore Bobbie Vires Bobbie Vires Bobbie Vires

Communion/Offering Jeremy Bosdell Eric Meilstrup Jordan Meilstrup Rob Wright Mike Fox

2nd Service

Greeters Betty Wright Nancy Weltz Louise Collins Nancy Weltz Louise Collins

Communion Med./Prayer

Lew Rainey Tim Coriell Jim Ashby Les Spence Mike Fox

Offering Med./Prayer Marty Egelston Rob Wright Mike Fox George Van Harlingen

Lew Rainey

Mike Fox Les Spence Jack Harris Nate Bidlack Don Tennyson

Jim Ashby Jim Fries Lew Rainey Tim Coriell Mickey Witt

Mickey Witt Don Tennyson George Van Harlingen Jim Ashby Jim Fries

George Van Harlingen

Nate Bidlack Jim Fries Jack Harris Les Spence

Benediction Mike Fox Lew Rainey Les Spence Jim Ashby Tim Coriell

Home Communion Eric Meilstrup Jeremy Bosdell Mike Fox Lew Rainey Rob Wright

Elder on Call Eric Meilstrup Mike Fox Jeremy Bosdell Lew Rainey Rob Wright

Special Music Cheryl Fox Sounds of Joy

Sound 9:30 A.M. Aaron Cramer Aaron Cramer Aaron Cramer Aaron Cramer Aaron Cramer

Computer 9:30 A.M. Allie Cramer Madelyn Bosdell Gina Wright Madelyn Bosdell Allie Cramer

Sound 11:00 A.M. Jeremy Bosdell Cheryl Fox Jeremy Bosdell Cheryl Fox Cheryl Fox

Computer 11:00 A.M. Gina Wright Bobbie Vires Cheryl Fox Bobbie Vires Bobbie Vires

Children’s Teaching Schedule for March 2019 9:30 A.M. Family Sunday

Nursery Laura Williams/ Madelyn Bosdell


Jennifer Philippo/ Madelyn Bosdell

Hailee Page Jenna Hanefeld/ Madelyn Bosdell

Toddler-PreSchool Lydia Moeller Jami & Jon Litchefield Hannah Meilstrup Lydia Moeller

K – 2nd Kristy Meilstrup Allie Cramer Jake Page Kristy Meilstrup

11:00 A.M.

Nursery Bobbie Vires Jenna Hanefeld/ Jillian Philippo

Gina Wright/ Madelyn Bosdell


Allie Cramer

Ages 2 – 5 Gina Wright Bobbie Vires Leslie Bowerman Bobbie Vires

K – 5th grade Emily Bosdell Emily Bosdell Emily Bosdell Emily Bosdell

Service Times Sunday: Tuesday Wednesday: Contemporary Worship 9:30 A.M. Bible Study 1:00 P.M. Ladies Bible Study 6:30 P.M. Bible School 9:30 A.M. Men’s Bible Study 6:30 P.M. Traditional Worship 11:00 A.M. Jr./Sr. High Youth 5:30 P.M. Thursday Evening Worship 6:00 P.M. Bible Study 7:00 P.M.

Church Office Hours - Monday – Thursday 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM 625 Hart Road, Lebanon, OH 45036 * Phone: 513-932-3045 * www.wscoconline.org

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