January 2019

West Village Courier Weekly activities in the church building: Tuesdays (resume in January) Ladies Bible Study 9:00 am Wednesdays (resume in January) Ladies Bible Study 7:00 pm Wednesdays Choir practice 6:00 p.m.

January:

6 Removing the Greens (take down decorations)

1st Brotherhood practice for 2019 season 13 Sunday Night Youth Resumes

Life Groups begin 30 Sewing Class Looking Ahead: Feb. 8th-Men’s Night @ Oil Belt

Mar. 16th-Ladies Day @ Oil Belt

Mar. 29-30-Big Overnighter @ Oil Belt

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January Anniversaries 1—Jim & Nyla McKinzie 6—Billy & Cathy King 20—Jarod & Carissa Weaver

24—David & Kathy Lane

January Greeters 6—Luke & Marissa Turpin 13—Grace Thomason Ben & Ashley Spray 20—Eric & Tanea St. Ledger 27—Jesse & Michelle Smith

January Sound System George Gerlach

Sewing Class

A basic sewing class will be offered

at West Village for our youth

beginning January 30th through

February 27th. It will meet

Wednesday afternoon after school.

More details will follow in the

bulletin. If you have

any questions please

see Nyla or Tara.

Join us this

month for a

new sermon

series on the

gospel of

Mark!

Email/Text Alert System In January, West Village is going to begin the implementation of a system

of text messages/emails to inform those attending West Village of events

happening at the church and also for inclement weather to let

everyone know when church is being cancelled. A sign up will

be in the foyer for those wanting to participate in this service.

You may list any cell phone number or email you wish to have

included.

Men’s Night at Oil Belt Men’s night at Oil Belt will be February 8th. The doors open at

5:30 p.m., supper is served at 6:00 p.m., and the program will be

begin at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be Jason Poznich, from

Central Christian College of the Bible.

Registration is available online.

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Missions Corner

January Birthdays 1—Clyde Hedrick

Rebecca Greathouse

3—Ed Fewkes

Roger Shelby

Larry Greathouse

4—Everett MacSaveny

8—Jessica Shilling

9—Amber Garner

10—Audrey Spray

11—Noah Michels

Isabella Andrews

Kelli Prather

14—Callie Brooke Fields

Barbara Hocking

15—Larry Alexander

16—Don Bunting

18—Kayla Gentz

19—Rudy Fehrenbacher

20—Ryan Koertge

Brad Atteberry

22—Caleb Meyer

24—Johnny Gill

25—Raelynn Longbons

27—Jason Biggs

Vince Fewkes

Brennan Wick

28—Zachary Wick

30—Bruce Knowles, Sr.

31—Emily Wick

Oblong Children’s Home at Fairfield

Mark and Marlene Hunt are going to be the house parents for the Fairfield branch of the Oblong Children’s Home, and provided an update:

Much progress has been made in preparation for the opening of the Dyball Home in Fairfield. We (Marlene and Mark) have just completed two and a half weeks of training and are now eagerly awaiting the completion of the remodel of the home. Things are moving rapidly and it is anticipated that the remodel will be completed around the end of the second week of January. We are hoping the first girl can be placed near the end of January or first part of February contingent upon all inspections and licensing requirements being met. The body of Christ has been so generous in making this ministry a reality and we are grateful for the support and enthusiasm that has been shown. We are especially thankful to our family at West Village for all of your financial sacrifice, prayers and words of encouragement. Thank you for treating us as part of your family. The feeling is certainly mutual. We look forward to seeing the transforming power of our Lord Jesus Christ at work in the young ladies God will send to us and we are excited about the opportunity to partner with you in making His love known to them.

Monthly Missions

Tim & Erin MacSaveny

w/ Pioneer Bible Translators

Pinehaven

Oil Belt

Campus Outreach ——————————————————————————————————

Home Communion

If you would like to have Home

Communion brought to you, please

call Neil Fearn at 838-3852 or Steve

Greathouse at 446-3328.

Baptism Congratulations to Ava Gwaltney on

her baptism on Nov. 30th! We rejoice

with you and your family on your

decision! Ava’s mom, Jessica, also

placed her membership with West

Village! We welcome you both!

Youth News

Youth Groups

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Brotherhood Resumes!

Practice for the Brotherhood 2019 season will be starting soon. Brotherhood is open to all current 8th graders, high school, and college students. First practice will be Sunday, January

6th. If you have any questions, see Tara Buerster.

Why couldn’t the elf pay for his

groceries?

Because he was a little short.

-Eli Koertge

Big Overnighter! Mark Your Calendars!

Attention 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders the Big

Overnighter at Oil Belt Camp will be

March 29-30! Keep watch for more

details and registration information!

Elementary 1st-5th grades meets at the church with

Bonnie, Grace, and Stacey at 6 p.m. on Sunday

evenings.

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Junior High

Junior High meets at Jason & Kelley Biggs’ house

from 5:45-7:15 p.m. on Sunday evenings.

High School High School meets on Sunday

Evenings at 6:00 p.m. at Jim & Jodi Peach’s

and Jarod & Carissa Weaver’s.

Children’s Church Nursery 6—Chris H. 6—Rhonda & Tara

13—Audra 13—Sharon & Jessica

20—Darla 20—Michelle & Joyce

27—Nyla 27—Tonya & Norma

West Village Christian Church

296 Co Rd 1300N

Albion, IL 62806

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296 Co Rd 1300N

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618-445-2692 www.westvillagechristianchurch.org

Church Staff:

Minister

Matthew Brands

(Phone: 620-212-6469)

Secretary

Erin Koertge

(Email: wvccsecretary@

westvillagechristianchurch.org)

Food for Thought from Matt Page 4

Sunday Morning Worship:

Sunday School: 9:30am

Morning Worship: 10:30am

Sunday Evening Services

Life Groups: 6:00 pm

Youth Groups 6:00 pm

As we come to the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 it gives us a chance to look back over the last year and

forward to the next. It’s something we do with our kids to see how they have grown physically and in school. It’s

something we can do for ourselves seeing how we have grown (hopefully not around the middle section) in the

last year. It is also something I think is good for us to do as a church. This being the first full calendar year that I’ve been at West Village this is something I can do with fondness. If there was one word I would use to describe my

feelings for both looking back at 2018 and forward to 2019 it would be “excitement.” Looking back at 2018 I’m excited by what God did in and through our church. We have been blessed by the

addition of so many babies. It is a joy to be in a church full of children. We have seen several young people

surrender their lives to Christ in baptism and declare that they want to follow Jesus for the rest of the lives. We

have had people place their membership with us, saying they want to be a part of what God is doing at West

Village. As a church we have traveled outside the walls of our building to minister to people, shown generosity to

those in need, and help those in our community and beyond. I look forward to 2019 with that same excitement. When I came to West Village in July 2017 I was excited about

what we were doing and what God was doing through us. However, I am even more excited about the potential of

what God can do through us in the future if we keep following Christ and seeking God’s will. As Jesus said in Luke

9:62, “No one who puts a hand to the plow and looks back is fit for service in the kingdom of God.”

Let’s look forward towards 2019 with excitement about what God is going to do through us.