05/26/2024

Today in Church History

May 26, 1700: Count Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf, founder of the Moravian church and a pioneer of ecumenism and mission work, is born in Dresden, Germany 

From Christianity Today

 Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

No Evening Worship

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting 

Ladies’ Bible study

There is NO Ladies’ Bible study on May 23, or 30. The study will resume on June 6 at 6:00 PM, with a pot-luck dinner at the home of Tracy Farone

Worship Hint for Families

“The earth is the LORD’s, and all it contains.” Humbling words when one considers the fact that this was written long after the fall, with all its resulting troubles. So, as the weather does its quick-change act and it seems as though the earth is going bonkers it still belongs to the Lord. A pretty hanging plant, a bright sunny day, birds singing in the morning AND the creek that threatens your basement are all part of this planet. We can rejoice in all of it, even in the parts that don’t seem to work well (at least, not to our satisfaction). And there’s the key be content! Thank God for the world we have and wait for the good that he has promised.

·        There will not be an evening service tonight. Enjoy your Memorial Day festivities.

·        Thank you to all who organized and participated in yesterday’s parade in Prospect.

·        Attend a Memorial Day service this weekend. There will be one following the parade in Butler tomorrow and many other communities are hosting them.

          Kids’ Camp begins this coming Saturday

Ø  We still need paper towel tubes.

Ø  We also need YOU! There are many opportunities to be involved.

5/19/2024

Yesterday in Church History

May 18, 1834: Sheldon Jackson, Presbyterian missionary to the frontier West and Alaska, is born in Minaville, New York. Jackson's reputation for ministering to the spiritual, physical, and social needs of both natives and settlers earned him the nicknames "Bishop of All Beyond" and "Apostle to Alaska" 

From Christianity Today

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Ralph Verdu

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

There is NO Ladies’ Bible study on May 23, or 30. The study will resume on June 6 at 6:00 PM, with a pot-luck dinner at the home of Tracy Farone

Worship Hint for Families

  Imagery abounds in Scripture, offering many beautiful descriptions of God’s love, his mercies, guidance, and promises. The “Shepherd Psalm” shows in more places than the famous #23. Try Revelation 7:17. It also belongs in more contexts than funeral orations. The tender guiding hand of God is assurance in every walk of life throughout all of life. Rejoice in the Lord! Acknowledge his lead (and ownership), accept his choices (they are always good), and be content with where he puts you. He is a good shepherd and he knows what he is doing.

·        The Portersville Bible Church Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting tomorrow, May 20, 2024 at 7 PM in the church. All lot owners are encouraged to attend.

          Kids’ Camp is coming. You can help!

Ø  We need paper towel tubes. Please save the cardboard roll from your paper towels and bring them to church. A container will be available in the foyer.  Thank you!

Ø  We also need YOU! There are many opportunities to be involved.

05/12/2024

This Day in Church History

May 12, 1861: Julia Ward Howe's "Battle Hymn of the Republic," published in the Atlantic Monthly three months earlier, is first performed at Fort Warren, Massachusetts, during a flag-raising ceremony for new Union recruits. 

From Christianity Today

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

No Evening Worship tonight.

Enjoy Mother’s Day !

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Worship Hint for Families

  “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”

  So says the apostle Paul in his epistle to the Ephesians. The interesting part of this is the statement that “…this is right…” We wrestle with wanting to please God, to be right. We know one cannot be pleasing to God without faith (Hebrews 11:6). But here Paul tells us a thing we can do to be right: ‘...obey your parents in the Lord.”

  O mysticism, so secret formula, just obedience in faith. Honor your father and your mother…that it ay be well with you.

        Happy Mother’s Day!

·        There is no evening service tonight in recognition of Mother’s Day.  Happy Mother’s Day!

·        Promise of Life Network 5K Run and Walk for Life on May 18th

·        The Portersville Bible Church Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting on Monday May 20, 2024 at 7 PM in the church. All lot owners are encouraged to attend.

          Kids’ Camp is coming. You can help!

5/05/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30

This Day in Church History

May 5, 1816: The American Bible Society (ABS) organizes in New York to distribute the Bible throughout the world. The organization has distributed hundreds of millions of Bibles in thousands of languages worldwide.

From Christianity Today

Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Barry Peffer

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

  It costs a soft-drink company as much as 7 million dollars for a thirty-second ad during the Super Bowl. How much do they pay you for advertising on your T-shirt? What? You pay them to display their logo?

  If you are willing to advertise for someone else, for free, what about advertising for the Lord…and not on your T-shirt. Psalm 20:5 suggests setting up banners in the name of our God. In other words, proclaim the Lord as your God. Let the world know who you are willing to champion. Is your confidence in God as well displayed as is your favorite product?

In just two weeks join Promise of Life Network on May 18th for their 5K Run and Walk for Life. Gather sponsors or sponsor a walker/runner. Go to promiseoflifenetwork.org.

Kids’ Camp is coming. You can help!

Note: These are Saturdays in June

June 1

June 8

June 15

04/28/2024

 Kids Club will meet this evening at 5:30

Come and see what happens here on Sunday evenings or Wednesday nights. We enjoy sweet fellowship and in-depth Bible study.

   Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Pastor Roberts

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

  God never relents. Our children learn early that persistence on their part leads to weakness on our part. Today’s Psalm reminds us that the unchanging Law of God changes us. If we are to show persistence, it is in desiring to know God’s law better.

  Can we learn to teach our children or our grandchildren to respect authority this way? If we can, the children will learn the blessings of being changed for the better. One way to teach this is to stop trying to get God to change his mind about his law. Instead, be changed by his law to be more like his mind!

Looking ahead to Kids’ Camp this summer:

Note: These are Saturdays in June

June 1

 June 8

June 15

04/21/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30

This Day in Church History

April 21, 1855: Edward Kimball, a Sunday school teacher in Boston, leads 18-year-old shoe salesman Dwight L. Moody to Christ at the Holton Shoe Store. Moody went on to become the most successful evangelist of his day.

From Christianity Today 

Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Ray Bauder

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

       “This month shall be the beginning of months to you…This day will be a memorial to you…This night is for the LORD, to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.”

From Exodus 12:2,14,42

  Passover: A testimony to the power and sovereignty of God—able (and willing) to redeem whom he loves. Our Redemer, Jesus, chose Passover for the time of his crucifixion—the Lamb of God atoning for the sins of the world to bring out from slavery to sin all who believe.

  Thank a youth worker today. Ask how to become one!

Those who wish to be or want to know more about becoming volunteers for Kids’ Camp this summer (see dates below) please join us downstairs after this morning’s service for a meeting.

Looking ahead to Kids’ Camp this summer:

June 1

June 8

June 15

4/14/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30

This Day in History

1759 The death of George Handel, composer of The Messiah

1865  Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Booth

1912 The Titanic begins to sink

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Ralph Verdu

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

       Don’t you hate those ‘dropped phone calls’ when the signal just quits and cuts off your conversation? Or, what about languishing near to tears while ‘on hold?’ Your Call Is Important to Us…

  Then there are the multiple messages you leave that never get returned. FRUSTRATION!

  Give thanks that our communication with the Father is not like that. Today’s Psalm assures us that God hears, He answers, and He listens. Trust Him. Call upon Him. Wait, and be satisfied.

v Pray for the Lord to guard our nursery workers. Perhaps your prayer will lead you to prayerfully consider serving in this vital ministry.

Ministry Highlight

The attributes of God are those characteristics of God we discern from the many comments and explanations of Him in Scripture. Join us on Wednesday nights at 7:00PM as we explore and discover what a mighty God we serve. And, don’t underestimate the power of a praying church family. Come and see how well God does indeed listen.

4/07/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Barry Peffer

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

       All assistance must come from a source with greater resources than the one needing assistance. You can’t five what you don’t have. Neither can you get what you need from a source as needy as yourself.

  We exist as natural, dishonorable, corruptible, perishable, weak beings incapable of any end but one of destruction.

  Not so the Lord Jesus Christ. He alone was preserved from corruption, and he alone can lift ‘natural man’ above corruption. The resurrection of Jesus settles eternity for all who believe. That “first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” We needed life. He has life to give…because of the resurrection.

April’s calendar is on the table in the foyer.

3/31/2024

  Kidz Club will NOT meet this evening.

Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

NO Evening Worship

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

  The apostle Paul suffered much at the hands of civilians and government: Jews, Gentiles, and Romans. The reasons are two-fold. First (foremost) is God’s purpose (see Acts 9:15,16). The other reason was the same as why Christians continue to be persecuted to this day—the preaching of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (see Acts 17:18,32 and Acts 23:6).

   All the world’s religions or philosophies stand or fall on whether Christ was raised from the dead. If he was not, then we are still in our sins (1 Corinthians 15:17). But “in fact Christ has been raised from the dead…so also in Christ shall all be made alive.”

  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved!

Note: There will not be a service this evening.

 Regular service times and programs will resume next Sunday.

 April’s calendar is on the table in the foyer.

3/17/2024

Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30.

This Day in History 

St. Patrick’s Day is not really about green. It is not at all about Leprechauns, and it is only incidentally about Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day is about the gospel. Over the centuries since the days of Jesus, God has used many people in many ways to advance his work. Praise God!

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

             Song Leader: Ray Bauder

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

   Parables are wonderful teaching techniques. Jesus used them often in his ministry. There were several reasons Jesus used parables and one of them was to redirect the thinking of people as his time of crucifixion drew nearer.

   The Twelve (and many others besides) “…supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.” (Luke 19:11) But Jesus was on his way up to the city of Jerusalem (after leaving the home of Zaccheus) to fulfill his mission of redemption. The Twelve and many of the crowd were impatient with God. We can be that way too. Wait for God. Let Him direct and find His way is better.

Schedule for the Easter Season

·        24th     Palm Sunday

·        29th     Good Friday Service at 7:00 PM

·        31st     ‘Sunrise’ Service at 7:30 AM   After this early service, please join us for coffee and donuts in the church basement.

o   Sunday School at 10:00

o   Easter Worship Service at 11:00          

Note: There will not be an evening service on Easter Sunday.