THE BELIEVER’S POST

FEBRUARY 2011

Happy Birthday

6TH

GAIL PAGE
LOIS RIDDICK

8TH

AZZAREYA THOMPSON

10TH

JOSHUA AKOGNON

16TH

CAROLYN PAGE
JEREMY LOUIE

19TH

ARTY LOU RICHARDSON

27TH

ALENA BOLA

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Next Food Giveaway on Saturday, February 19th
(See pg 4)

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WE ARE CONTINUING TO STUDY THE BOOK OF JOHN, CHAPTERS 15-21 FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY

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MEDIA MINISTRY

Village will be featured this Sunday, February 6th, and next Sunday, February 13th, on KDIA 1640 AM at 3pm. Be sure to listen.

This is the year of practical evangelistic outreach for our church. As already noted in this newsletter, KDIA is featuring our church for two Sundays this month.

The Media Team has been in negotiation with the Radio Station. The vision of your pastor is to add this Radio ministry as one avenue of our outreach and evangelism in 2011. Will you support this vision?

What will our involvement in Radio land do for our church in the area of evangelism?

1. Expose the Bay Area to solid biblical teaching in the word.
2. Reach many souls for Christ. More than 70,000 people listen to this station every week.
3. We move our evangelistic method into the modern age. We already have a website, we are working on a blog, we are on facebook, and now...we move into the Radio ministry. Our goal is to also be on public TV before April. The public TV will cost us nothing but the dedication and volunteer work of our media team. These are the modern 21st century outreach tools!
4. We reach out to people who may never come to a church to hear the gospel.
5. People are more aware of the ministry of Village Baptist Church.
6. Use Radio as a very powerful tool of our commitment to the Great Commission. We cannot be a great church until we aggressively obey and carry out the Great Commission.

This ministry will cost us something so I am asking for the commitment of all covenant members who can support this ministry with at least $2.00 per week. I know that many of you, beside your tithes, are committed to other ministries in our church but THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY to give to the ministry and extend the kingdom of God.

Please let the pastor know if you are willing to commit to this outreach ministry for one year.

Shalom!

Pastor Akognon

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Hello All,

I know it's been a while since I gave the word of the month, but here we go....

Research the words and pass the public review given by the pastor.

Words of the month for February:

Ecumenical

Evangelical

Apologetics

Have Fun!

Pastor

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FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS

Sunday. February 6, 2011

Menu : Italian Cuisine

Spaghetti & Meatballs
Garlic Bread
Salad
Drinks
Desserts

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Menu: Soup
Chicken & Noodle Soup
Beef & Vegetable Soup
Crackers
Cornbread
Desserts
Drinks

Please see Betty Sue or Connie for more information.

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Hello Family…

My lawnmower died on Saturday January 22, 2011, and will be laid to rest after 20 years of GREAT services.

I am in GREAT need of a lawnmower that anyone may have for free or a price I can afford.
(415) 898-7763

Thanks,

Rosalind

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Water Time

You may have seen this before, but here’s a reminder:

Correct Time to Drink Water....Very Important. From A Cardiac Specialist!

Drinking water at certain time maximizes it's effectiveness on the body:

2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs

1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion

1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure

1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack

Submitted by, Pastor Akognon

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Calling All Mothers with Young Kids...

This is your opportunity to have some time to yourself. Every second Saturday of the month from 6pm until 10 pm, we have child-care available for FREE (for the members of Village Baptist).

This month it will be at Jessica’s house in San Rafael. Please let her know if you plan on dropping off your kids so she can prepare for them.

Any questions or concerns, please ask Rosalind

Blessings

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DIRECTORY UPDATES

We are in the process of updating our church’s directory. If you are a member of Village and you WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED, we will have forms available to complete or update all of your information in the next 2 weeks.

Even if your information has not changed since the last directory, we are asking that you still fill out the sheet.

It will be assumed that you would prefer not to be included if the form is not filled out after being made available for a reasonable period of time. We will not be taking pictures this time around.

We will give copies of the updated information for all who would like to have them. You can put them in your current directory, if you have one, or start your own.

Please see Freda or Gina if you have questions. The forms will be available in Petaluma as well.

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WOMEN’S MINISTRY

Hello Women of Village and Friends,

I (Rosalind) will be hosting the Women’s meeting in the month of March 19th at my home in Novato. Time: TBA

We will be discussing the book, “The Shack” by WM. Paul Young. It is a WONDERFUL read about Jesus, the Father, the Holy Spirit, and how they work together. It will make you laugh out loud, and will bring you to tears as it shows how much God truly loves us

Please read and plan on attending the Women’s meeting in March, and let's have a GREAT time talking about what you got out of the book.
Please ask Annette about February's meeting. Once again, I am only speaking about March right now so you will have time to read the book.

Enjoy the read,

Rosalind

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FREE FOOD GIVEAWAY

Hello Church,

We will be having the next food giveaway on Saturday, February 19th from noon to 3. Please continue the generosity in gifts that you showed last month. Please bring canned goods if you intend to bring food. We welcome both food and money, and we will need volunteers as well. If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thanks,

Jonathan

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HOMEGOING CELEBRATIONs

*Most of you are already aware that Gina’s Mom, Bonnie Weigel, passed on Wednesday morning, February 2nd in North Dakota. Bonnie was responsible for many articles and blurbs in our church’s newsletters. The Pastor and I will certainly miss many of the e-mails that she sent out almost daily. Please keep Gina, her dad, George, and the rest of their family in your prayers.

*Please be in prayer for Reggie & Sherryl as they have traveled to Georgia for the funeral of his Aunt Hazel. Reggie pointed out that she was key in helping to raise him, and was the eldest sister of his Mom, Veronica and his Aunt Minnie. Please pray for their family, and their safe return as well.

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Hiring

PG&E is hiring gas utility workers. If you are interested, please e-mail me at doogiemay@hotmail.com and I will forward the information to you since it is pretty lengthy. You may also speak to Juanita Douglas for more information.

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Hymns vs. Choruses

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HYMNS AND PRAISE CHORUSES

An old farmer went to the city one weekend and attended the big city church. He came home and his wife asked him how it was.

"Well," said the farmer, "It was good. They did something different, however. They sang praise choruses instead of hymns."

"Praise choruses," said his wife, "What are those?"

"Oh, they're okay. They're sort of like hymns, only different," said the farmer.

"Well, what's the difference?" asked the wife.

The farmer said, "Well, it's like this. If I were to say to you, 'Martha, the cows are in the corn,' well that would be a hymn. If on the other hand I was to say to you, 'Martha, Martha, Martha, Oh Martha, MARTHA, MARTHA, the cows, the big cows, the brown cows, the black cows, the white cows, the black and white cows, the COWS, COWS, COWS, are in the corn, are in the corn, are in the corn, are in the corn,' well, that would be a praise chorus."