GOGO Gazette - Centreville Baptist Church VA

GOGO Gazette
Centreville Baptist Church
15100 Lee Highway
DECEMBER
2015
Date Published: 11/21/15
SKYLINE DRIVE
Winter is an etching, spring, a water color,
summer, an oil painting and autumn is a
mosaic of them all.
Happy Birthday
12/1—Pat Berry
Stanley Horowitz
12/12—Cleona Olson
The air was cool at 9:30am when we left CBC. Ernie Pearce, our driver, recited the travel prayer and we were on our way to the Shenandoah National
Park. The one and a half hour drive through Virginia yielded beautiful views.
Barns and silos dotted the country-side, the hay formed rolls on the farmlands
and cows grazed in pastures. The fresh green landscapes were turning golden. Milkweed pods were drying and popping open to showcase their tiny
seeds and the corn that was standing tall in August had succumbed to the
reapers plow.
As we approached Skyline Drive, wild flowers were seen along the edge of the
road. Steve Plitt produced a season pass which saved us the $10 fee. The
trees were at their peak. The trip to the top of the mountain afforded unimaginable views of the panoramic valleys. Ernie stopped the bus at several overlooks which allowed for many opportunities to enjoy the autumn vistas.
Many photos were taken. Some of the views looked down into valleys where
the magnificent trees were ablaze with red, orange and yellow tops. We stood
astonished where, at others, the mountains kissed the heavens.
Seventeen of us sat down for lunch at 12:00 o’clock at the SKYLAND RESORT RESTAURANT. Connie Smith said the blessing and we all enjoyed
our mid-day meal. We celebrated Marie Wright’s birthday when her complimentary dessert arrived with a candle. The entire restaurant joined us when
we sang the birthday song.
This trip was an autumn surprise orchestrated and perfectly executed by Ernie Pearce.
Lenore Blackburn
Oct. 24th 2015
Inside this issue:
Who We Are
3
Monthly Meeting Info
4
Activities
CBC News & Notes
5
Prayer & Praises
In Case You Missed It
8
9
10
Monthly Devotional
12
Calendar
13
Charter Member,
Marie Wright
Celebrates Her 79th Birthday
Skyline Drive Photos by Steve Plitt
Who We Are and
What We Do
President: Bob Lee [email protected] or 703-793-0369
Vice President: Ernie Pearce
Finance Committee Chair: Howard Morton
Treasurer; budget and finance; sunshine fund
Activities Committee Chair: Tom Blair (acting)
Plan Activities and Events; devotions; secure transportation and facilities
Care Committee Chair: Lucille Morton (acting)
On Call; Prayer Chain; Service; Visitations; Shawl Program
Hospitality Committee Chair: Jodie Danko
Meeting refreshments; special birthday parties; special events
Communications Committee Chair: Jeff Riddle
Newsletter; master address list; year in review; events reporter;
name tags; publicity; photographic library;
Outreach Committee Chair: vacant
Link with other CBC senior groups; helping CBC; link with other churches without senior
groups.
O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting
1 Chronicles 16:34
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DECEMBER
On-Call
December 6—?????
December 13—Mortons
December 20—Janet
Schroeder
December 27—Kepples
GROANERS
If I was a turkey, I'd be doing everything I could to
taste terrible right now.
On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit
down to dinner at the same moment ..... halftime.
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DAY
NO MEETING
10:30AM–Room 103
December 10, 2015
Christmas Dinner
CBC’s Fellowship Hall 6 pm
Devotion—
NONE
Cost $18.00 per person
Make checks payable to
Howard Morton
by November 23, 2015
EVENING
No Meeting
Fellowship Hall
HORS D’OEUVRES FOLLOWED BY DINNER
Broccoli soup, Tossed salad (Ranch or Italian Dressing), Rolls,
Choice of beef tenderloin or roast turkey,
Mashed potatoes and gravy, Almond green beans, and
Peach cobbler with ice cream
Devotion—
NONE
Refreshments—
NONE
A Look Ahead
January 16, 2016
Pot Luck—Fellowship Hall
CBC
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DECEMBER
Prayers and Praises
Please continue to remember Tom Blair in our prayers for the recent passing of his sister.
Psalm 100
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands.
Serve the LORD with gladness:
come before his presence with singing.
Know ye that the LORD he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
For the LORD is good;
his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.
Looking Ahead
On-Call
On-Call
Refreshments
Devotions
January
February
January
January
W1
Sharon Hall
Morton
Blair
AM: Frankie Hartsook
W2
Riddle
Kepple
W3
Cooper
?????
February
February
W4
Blair
Lee
Morton
AM: Janet Schroeder
W5
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PM: Morton
PM: Sharon Hall
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Monday Evening Meetings
7:30 PM
CBC Fellowship Hall
Enter thru Door # 5
(Back Left Parking Lot—Chapel Canopy)
New Name
Beginning January 1, 2016
God’s own Golden oldies
Will be known as:
God’s own Generation’s one
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DECEMBER
The Manger Build 8:30 am Saturday, December 12
in the Fellowship Hall
The Hope of Christmas Sunday, December 13 at
6:00 pm
You are invited to join us for a unique Christmas event
hosted by CBC Men. Men are invited to come out and
build a life-sized manger with their children (or if you do
not have children, bring young friends or neighbors). This
is a wonderful way to focus on the true meaning of
Christ’s birth - in front of a tree and gifts. Cost is $20.
Sign up at www.cbcva.org/men or the Men’s Ministry
table in the foyer. You can pay online or bring/mail your
check to the church office, made payable to CBC with
"Manger Build" on the memo line.
An evening of Christmas music presented by the
CBC Choir & Orchestra. The Hope of Christmas is
packed full of high-energy celebration songs, warm
nostalgic moments, fresh contemporary settings,
seasonal favorites, and meaningful worship moments. Childcare is available for ages 4 and under,
please contact [email protected] for reservations.
More Dates to Note:
December 20 East Stone Gap Food Offering
December 24 Christmas Eve Service
December 27 Family Worship Sunday
January 17 Women’s Chit, Chat, Chocolate
January 23 Join Here
Worship Center Seating
Beginning Sunday, December 6, we
will close the two outside sections of
the stadium seating.
This should increase energy in the worship center; encourage better connec-
January 30 Equipping Summit
tions between worshippers; and make
January 31 National Christian Choir
it easier to welcome guests.
Thank you for your support as we endeavor to create the best possible
worship environment each Sunday.
ANSWERS
1. Augustus, Roman, decree,
sus
cen-
2. Joseph, Bethlehem,
ervations, full
res-
3. Baby, swaddling clothes,
ger
man-
Why Seniors become confused.
4. Shepherds, field, night, sheep, angel, good, David, Savior, Christ
5. Angels, Glory, highest, peace,
men, favor
6. Shepherds, Bethlehem, spread,
baby, manger
7. Mary, heart, shepherds, praising
8. End
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GOGO Meeting
November 9, 2015
Bob welcomed 16 to the meeting at 10:30 and Judy Lee led devotions and Bob followed with prayer.
We welcomed Bea Dove as a new member.
Lucille reported on Tom Blair’s sisters passing and that Isla Marsden
had fallen. Please keep her in our prayers.
Ernie and Howard reported on the finances (No change) and Sunshine fund $447.
Bob asked for outreach activities that we could do for next year. A
speaker and breakfast or lunch is tentative.
Tom reported on activities: Ford theater this Saturday, Lucille agreed
to POC for Tom. Christmas Dinner on December 10. Pizza Party
on January 16, and Valentine’s Day Pot luck on Feb 13.
Bob reminded everyone of the sign up sheets and the need for
sponsors for other activities.
There is still a need for assistance at the Good News Club in London town Elementary School on Monday afternoon. Contact Bob
or Bill Hatcher if you can help.
There was not further business and the meeting was adjourned.
Tell Me A Story
Here is a favorite story of many from Luke 2.
Enjoy this little version, and fill in the blanks.
(1) When Caesar __________ was ruler of the __________ world,
he issued a __________ that a __________ should be
taken.
(2) So, __________ and Mary got on their donkey and traveled
to __________ to be counted. Because they couldn’t make
__________ in those days, all of the inns were __________.
(3) While they were staying in a barn, Mary had __________.
She wrapped him in __________ __________ and put him in a
__________.
(4) Meanwhile, some __________ were hanging around the
__________ at __________, watching their __________. All of a sudden, an __________ showed up and told them some __________
news—”Today in the town of __________ a __________ has been
born to you; he is __________.”
(5) Before long, a whole bunch of __________ started singing
“__________ to God in the __________, and on earth __________ to
__________ on whom his __________ rests.”
(6) After the __________ caught their breath, they went to
__________ to see the Christ. When they saw him, they __________
the word about the __________ in the __________.
(7) So, after a hard day, __________ treasured everything in
her __________, and the __________ went home __________ God.
(8)The __________
ANSWERS ON PAGE 9
“A Fabric Protest”
“Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.”
1 Peter2:11(KJV)
“Do you think we can finish the Drunkard’s Path quilt in time to make the Temperance Tree before the Ohio State Fair?” Charity
asked, pulling he needle through the blue and white quilt.
“We’d better.” Birdie blinked. “I don’t know how much longer my old eyes can stand this meandering pattern. It makes me dizzy.”
“I agree. In my opinion, the organized triangles in the Temperance Tree are more restful,” Camille said. “But I think both quilts will
sell at the fair, and we’ll make good money to contribute to the Women’s Christian Temperence Union.”
“After we finish these, I propose we make a quilt for the poor Thomas family who live neer the creek—might make a few clothes for
the children, too. I declare, the family wears nothing but rags.” Birdie shook her head.
“It’s liquor. Poor Sally works herself to death taking in laundry, but he drinks up every cent she makes and stays too inebriated to
make any money himself. Shame. It’s time we got Prohibition passed,” Faith said.
“I’m glad Francis Willard stepped into the presidency of the Temperance Union. With her organization, women are a force to reckon
with. About time we stood up and protected our American homes.” Everyone nodded in agreement with Birdie.
“I wish I’d been old enough to go with Mother when the women first marched on our Washington CCourthouse saloons here in
Ohio.” Charity smiled at the thought.
“I went,” Birdie said. “When we pushed our way inside the taverns and prayed, men ran out of the bars like rats out of a sinking ship.
Mother still chortles over closing down eleven taverns in eight days.” The women laughed.
“Some of our money needs to go to promoting child labor laws. Take those Thomas children. Those young ones are little tykes for
the long hours they work, but the family would starve if they didn’t bring home their pittance.”
“That’s why I spend so much time making quilts and banners. I want to persuade women to join our cause.” Faith whacked a loose
thread with her scissors. “Society needs change if we want safe homes for women and children.”
Many women joined the Women’s Christian Temperance Union after the organization began in 1874, motivated by a desire to improve home life and the lot of women. What began as an effort to ban alcohol use expanded to include drug use. Women protested the
customary long workweeks of their day and fought for child labor laws and protection against poverty and abuse. Working women’s
need for child care became a cause and led to a drive to begin kindergartens. Women quilted and made banners calling attention to
their causes and rallied theirs around them. They often used Union colors of blue and white in their work.
When Francis Willard became the second president of the group, the combination of her organizational skills and charismatic ability
to rally support thrust the Women’s Christian Temperance Union into a national force. She rallied women around the well—established
relationship of sewing to nurture a family. Women constructed many quilts for the cause. Ironically, Farncis herself hated sewing, only
making one sampler in her lifetime.
Today alcohol still wrecks families. The MADD organization (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) is another group that began as the
outpouring of a mother grieving the death of her child because of a drunk driver. We can be intemperate in many ways, such as our
drive for money, our pursuit of recreation, and our conversation. Galatians 5:23 (KJV) gives us a standard, “Meekness, temperance:
against such there is no law.” The message of the Temperance Tree quilt is as needed today as it was in the 1800’s.
GOD’S PATTERN
God’s Word exhorts us to use moderation in every aspect of our lives.
Mary Tatem—THE QUILT OF LIFE—A Patchwork of Devotional Thoughts
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DECEMBER
December 2015
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu
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Fri
Sat
2
3
4
5
9
10
11
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Pat Berry
6
7
8
Children’s Choir
GOGO
?????
Christmas Party
(On-Call)
CBC Fellowship
ADVENT
13
Cleona Olson
14
15
Mortons
16
17
18
19
24
25
26
HANUKKAH
(On-Call)
20
21
Janet Schroeder
WINTER BEGINS
22
23
CHRISTMAS
EVE
(On-Call)
27
Kepples
(On-Call)
GOGO Gazette
28
29
30
KWANZAA
BEGINS
31
NEW YEAR’S
EVE
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Centreville Baptist Church
15100 Lee Highway
Centreville, VA 20120