Beloved congregation,
I offer sincerest thanks to all who labored to make Vacation Bible School a blessing this week. It took a lot of staff and volunteers to teach and care for so many children, but God faithfully provided all we needed. Special gratitude goes to Sydney Knight, who was responsible for organizing many people and resources during this significant week of ministry. We planted the seeds of God’s Word into little hearts, so please join us in praying that those seeds will find good soil and yield much fruit in years to come!
Next week is the PCA General Assembly in Birmingham, where our church will send numerous elders. We need your prayers for wisdom on our behalf, especially that the Assembly’s deliberations will be biblically faithful and honoring to Christ. The pressure for our denomination to conform to the world around us remains more forceful than ever, and we need courage and grace to stand firmly upon the truth of God’s Word. Your prayers are vital to the long-term health of our denomination.
We will have a guest preacher this weekend, and I encourage you to give him a warm welcome. Rev. Chris Sicks is the pastor of One Voice Fellowship, a multi-lingual church in Northern Virginia. His church ministers simultaneously in English, French, Persian, Amharic, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Punjabi, Uyghur, Chinese, and Urdu. Chris is a Reformed Theological Seminary DC graduate, and we are confident you will be encouraged and challenged as he opens God’s Word to us.
See you Sunday,
~Pastor Joe
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The worship service bulletin for Sunday's services is available HERE. It contains suggestions from Pastor Steele regarding ways for you to maximize the sense of corporate worship at home. We have also added the announcements for congregants who worship at home.
The Livestream is available HERE and will start 5 minutes prior to the start of each service. The WPC Facebook page also supports the Livestream option.
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Women's Summer Book Studies
There are 5 summer book studies on Nancy Guthrie's book "God Does His Best Work with Empty" that ladies can choose from to attend. For a list of the hostess homes and dates they will meet, click HERE. Each of the groups will meet and talk about two chapters per meeting from this short, encouraging book. See which group meets your location/date/time needs the best and let the hostess know you will be coming. Our prayer is that this informal time of discussing how God supplies all our needs in Christ Jesus will increase our love for our Savior and for each other.
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Children's Ministry
Friday Night Fellowship
This is a time for families with elementary-age children to get together and fellowship. All ages are welcome, though! There will be food ($20 family cap) and varying activities! Check out the Blue Sheet on Sunday for more information and to sign up. We hope to see you there!
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WPC @ Play
Are you interested in meeting up with other moms and their kids this summer to talk and play? Contact Bethany Firth (423-991-0147) if you would like to be added to the WPC @ Play group text. We will use this group to communicate about dates and times for occasional gatherings for play and fellowship throughout the summer.
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Ice Cream Fellowship
The Fellowship Team will be hosting an Ice Cream Fellowship after every Sunday evening worship service this summer. Please plan to join us after the evening service on the lawn by the nursery playground for a casual time of fellowship while enjoying an ice cream bar. Gluten-Free/Dairy-Free fruit bars will be available as well as traditional ice cream bars. Feel free to bring any additional or special food items you may need.
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Church Picnic
Join us in celebrating the 4th of July holiday with a church picnic on Monday, July 4th from 12:00-2:00 p.m. on the WPC grounds. The church will provide hamburgers, hotdogs, buns, condiments, and drinks. Please bring a side dish or a dessert to share and if you have a larger family, please bring both. Also bring chairs or blankets for your family to sit on. Sign up on the Blue Sheet if you will attend and/or if you can volunteer to help. Questions? Contact Brian McFadden or Rachel Buhl.
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Sermons on Spotify!
Westminster's Sermons are now on Spotify. In Spotify, search for WPCHSV and you'll find our podcast. Sermons will be uploaded weekly!
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Prayer and Praise
If you are unable to attend corporate worship in person, we still want you to make your prayer requests known so we can pray for one another. Send your prayer requests to office@wpc-hsv.org and put "Prayer Request" in the subject line. The Prayer & Praise email is sent out every Tuesday.
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Church Giving
We do have a virtual option for making contributions for those who are unable to attend corporate worship in person. For online giving, click HERE. You may also mail a check to the church office. Thank you all for your continuous, faithful and generous stewardship of God's resources.
"Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work"
(2 Cor. 9:7-8).
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Wednesday Night Activities
June 22, 2022
6:30 - College & Career (Parlor)
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New Meeting Time for Summer!
College & Career
meets on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 in the Parlor.
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Children's Ministry
Click HERE to read the most recent Children's Ministry Newsletter. Have a child age 4 - 4th grade? Email the Church Office to get added to this distribution list.
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Student Ministry
Click HERE to read the most recent Student Ministry Newsletter. Have a child in grades 5 - 12? Email the Church Office to get added to this distribution list.
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