A Sincere Thank You from The Evangelism Committe

Dear Friends,

We hope you and your family had a very Merry Christmas!

As the year comes to a close, The Evangelism Committee would like to express our sincere thanks for your support of OBPC’s Faith, Family and Friends focus.

Your dedication to strengthening our faith, loving and supporting our families and reaching out to our friends was evident throughout the year. 

You were particularly generous with the help you gave us in the spring with the picnic and expo and in the fall with the Faith, Family and Friends/Anniversary Celebration Sunday. We hope you will join us again in support of these projects in 2011.

In addition to supporting OBPC’s church wide goals, The Evangelism Committee will work towards growing the size of our church family in 2011. 

Our efforts will not focus on increased numbers; rather, we feel it is important to reach out to others in our community and to invite them to discover the love and peace we find at OBPC. 

We want to share the gifts God has given us, and we want to grow closer to those in our community because we recognize that we are all God’s children.

 You can help us extend God’s love to those in our community. We encourage you to:

Pray that those in our community who are looking for God’s love be drawn to OBPC.

Contact us if you’d like to be a member of our committee or if you have suggestions about how we might "open our doors and hearts" to our friends and neighbors.

Invite your friends and neighbors to join you at worship services or other church events.

Consider everyone you meet a member of your family, God’s family.

We wish you and your family the best of health and happiness in 2011!

Blessings,

 
The Evangelism Committee
Moderator - J.R. Mathews ( 252-449-2979 or jrmathews1@yahoo.com )
Session Liaison – George Wood
Members - Ellie Grumiaux, Reverend Andrew Martinez, Anthony Policastro

A Heart-felt Thank You from Rev. Andrew Martinez

When the high school band director, Bob, finished conducting the band’s final number at this year’s Christmas musical, he stepped to the far side of the stage while the band members received applause and took a bow.

These talented students, musicians in their own right, of every known personality, height, weight and coloring were the ones who made the beautiful sounds of Christmas music. Yes, Bob the director coached and kept them to the music. Bob kept them faithful to the score. And yet, it was the kids who made the music.

And on that note, I want to give you – the members of our wonderful church - a special gift of appreciation this Christmas season.

You are the ones responsible for the ministry to our members and our community. Sure, I am a minister of the Word and Sacrament, endeavoring to keep us faithful to Gods’s music, but you are the band who makes the music.

The sounds are the ones you make. You are the band; you are the ones on stage. It is your face the audience sees (our community). You are the musicians; I just keep you faithful to God’s score. Whatever happens on stage is because of you.

So thank you. This is my opportunity to move to the side of the stage and let the thanks be directed your way, thank you!

If you missed our Christmas Concert on Dec. 7...

Performances were by The Sanctuary Choir, Jubilate Handbell Ringers, and several guest singers and musicians.

The Saint Among the Saints

Recommended by Reverend Andy.

 

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