FAITH & VALUES

Blanket Creek

We had a guest speaker this morning. Florentin Clipa is a missionary in Romania where he was born into communism. They  broke away from that regime in 1989. However, his father was persecuted before that time for delivering bibles throughout the country. When they were loaded onto the train, the bibles were immediately thrown out the window and were not delivered. Take a minute to think about that and appreciate the freedom we have here in the U.S. and thank God first and then the men and women who have fought and still are fighting and dying for us to have that freedom.

We were also happy to have several family members of our departed sister in Christ Doris Blackburn with us. They come at this time each year to honor her and her love for Blanket Creek.

Please remember the family of Brady Delaney and any others who passed recently.

New Life Wesleyan

Jesus is alive and well! Please join us at the annual PCCC National Day of Prayer service at 7 p.m. on May 2 at Falmouth Christian Church.

Also, plan on joining us at the Annual Walk For Life at 9:30 on May 18 at the Falmouth Fairgrounds. New Hope Center in Falmouth is making a huge difference in Pendleton County!

God bless you and keep you in His Hands this week. Please join us anytime for a church service.

Oakland

Using Romans 1:8-17 as text, Bro. Kevin asked if we are investing in God's kingdom.  That's the best investment because it's a sure thing!

Our 2024 Ladies Day was awesome, blessing filled, and any other positive adjective that we could add.  We had 110 ladies present!

Ladies Bible Study is 6:30 p.m. on April 24.

A VBS meeting will be immediately after worship service on the April 28.

Looking ahead, Senior Saints Day at Camp Northward is on May 16.  Register by May 5.

Prayer concerns include Jeanine Cox, Jim McCann, Joyce Mains, Sharon King, Alesha Hearn, Edwin Powell, Terry England, Danny Powell, Carolyn Vanlandingham, the Gathering Wing, Betty Workman, Vicky Bennett, Lee Ann Cox, Diane Moorhead, Cheri Figgins, Gerald Barlow, Jay Caldwell, Julia Pugh, Steve Green, Charles Klaber, our shut-ins, cancer/Covid issues, our military and our nation.

Our sympathy to loved ones of Joanna Sharp Layton.

Pleasant Ridge

Bro. Mark’s message was from Luke 15.

God wants a relationship with us.  He wants you!
Notorious sinners often came to Jesus’ sermons.  This caused complaints from the Jewish religious leaders that Jesus was associating with despicable people.  He was even eating with them.  Jesus illustrated, if I had a hundred sheep and one strayed and was lost, wouldn’t you leave the 99 and search for the lost one until you found it?  In the same way heaven will be happier over one lost sinner who returns to God.

If you don’t have the relationship with Jesus like you should, it’s time to change that.  There will be rejoicing!

Turner Ridge

God is good all the time, all the time God is good! We couldn’t mean this more than when we watch a baptism, and Sunday we witnessed Penn Gregg’s baptism and we pray for his walk with Christ.

The children’s message, And It Was Very Good, from Genesis 1:31, “And

God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Bro. Dale has challenged the kids in children’s worship to learn the books of the bible, this week they started with the first five books, and will build on that each Sunday.

Kip Gregg read scripture, I Peter 2:9-10 followed by the Praise team special. Bro. Dale’s message, A Holy Calling was based on II Timothy 1:8-12. The message had four points: Saved and Called, Called for a Purpose, Called by Grace, and Called in Jesus Christ. The message being – “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28.