WEST MAIN

BAPTIST CHURCH

September 20, 2023



Kraft's Comments

Hello Church,

If you missed Sunday, you missed the good news that we are paying off our building loan. Your generosity is a beautiful thing!  

We have one more week of Special Offering September. Let’s all pray about giving more than usual or catching up on our giving and see what God does!

This Saturday we are having a Circle Group Get Together at my house. If you’re in a Circle Group or would like to see what a Circle Group is all about, then please join us Saturday from 6:00-8:00 at 12 Century Rd. We will have dinner, backyard games, and fellowship.

October 11th is the beginning of Semester 2 of Things You Won’t Hear On Sunday Mornings. We will take five Wednesday nights and dive into the book of Daniel and develop a Faith For Exiles. We meet in the auditorium at 6:00. Join us.

Jason

West Main Youth

Hi Church,

Youth Group is in full swing. We are starting discipleship training this coming Sunday for our students, so please be praying that goes well. We had several students show interest in discipleship after camp this summer, so it is exciting to get started

This week is Homecoming week! Be sure to get out and support our student athletes this week. Go Bulldogs!

Its that time again! Candy Cache is scheduled for Sunday, October 29th. We are in need of volunteer houses to hand out candy and coins. Let me know if you are interested.

I am in need of volunteers for our student CR group on Tuesday nights. If you think you could help, please let me know!



Students meet:

Sundays:

6th-12th grade: 5-7pm

Wednesdays:

6th-12th grade: 6-8 pm

Have a Great Week!



Aaron

Mike's Message



I apologize to those who were watching our stream Sunday when We lost our internet feed. We have contacted PVT, and they are working with us to restore service.

A new Ukraine update video has been uploaded to our YouTube channel. Here is the latest from Pastor Alexander.

Dear Pastor Michael: Greetings in the Name of Jesus Christ. First of all, thank you very much for the prayers for the ministry of the Grace Church and for my pastoral ministry. I have a special prayer need. There are difficulties in the Seminary where I work and am the rector. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, we will stop the educational process. But since the fall of last year, when the Kyiv region was liberated from enemy troops, we have held five excellent seminars: in October 2022, in January, in March, and several in April of 2023. The academic year in Ukraine begins in September. We prayed for a long time and decided to start the educational process in the Seminary as well. But many students went abroad as refugees. Together with the Korean missionaries who founded this Seminary, we decided to restore The Program for women of the "School of Priscilla" training school for women for three or possibly four sessions a year. And also training sessions for the program "Bachelor and Master of Church Ministry". The session for sisters will be next week, September 18-20. Three and possibly more elderly women want to go from the Church of Grace, where I am the first pastor. 

I am asking you to pray for the educational process of the Ukrainian Evangelical Seminary so that it will be completely restored for the Glory of God and the ministry of the evangelical Churches.

Sincerely,

Please continue to pray for Ukraine!

Nathan Sebesta and the West Main Band will be leading worship this week. Here is the set.

Chain Breaker - Jonathan Smith, Mia Fields, Zach Williams

Fear Is A Liar - Jason Ingram, Jonathan Smith, Zach Williams

Goodness Of God - Ben Fielding, Brian Johnson, Ed Cash, Jason Ingram, Jenn Johnson

Have a great week.

Mike

Financial Report:

Monthly General Budget:

$45,669

September 2023 General Giving to Date:

$22,152

Building Loan Monthly Payment:

$3,000

September 2023 Building Fund Giving to Date:

$4,340

Praises:

Volunteers for Mainkids

Building paid off

Prayer Needs:

Bridge House

Family of Mary Terpening

Bryanna Woods - health

Jack Gibson - health

Pablo Cherba - health

Aaron's Dad - health (Gilbert Romo)

Rhonda Menefee - recovering from surgery

Angelina Godun

Joy Smith - recovering from surgery

Vickie Cogar- recovering from surgery

Dorothy Graham - health

Margaret Hare

Beth Spencer’s Dad - health (Bob McAlister)

Roger Kilpatrick

Children's Pastor

WM Staff



Jason Kraft - Pastor

jasonkraft@mac.com

Aaron Romo - Youth Pastor

westmainstudents@gmail.com



Mike Spencer - Worship Pastor

michaelespencer1@mac.com

Tanisha Madrid - Financial Secretary

westmainoffice@gmail.com

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