Worship

When you look back on 2008, did everything go as planned? Or...were there a few surprises along the way?

I would suspect more people would say "yes" to the second question than to the first.

We can plan and project, but when all is said and done, outcomes are not always what we expect or desire.

Join us for worship as we bring one year to a close and begin another.

Christmas Eve Worship

Christmas Eve Worship

December 24, 2008

7:00 p.m.

Led by the CBC Worship Band and the Chancel Choir

We will be collecting gloves and blankets for the less fortunate in our community.

Worship

When we speak of hope, we usually make it sound like a doubtful wish..."I hope I will get better."

However, the Christian understanding of hope is quite different. This Christmas season gives us a great opportunity to change our view.

Join us for worship as we explore how our hope can go from wishing to believing.

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Biblical commentator Glenn Barker writes, "...love can be given to God only when it has first been received from God. It exists only as response to his initial love for us."

Scripture tells us it is not that "we loved God", but that "he loved us."

In addition, by sending Christ into the world, God has defined for us what true love requires...the commitment to sacrifice one's most beloved possession for another's gain.

The sobering part of all this is that Scripture says, "Since God has so loved us, we also ought to..."

Worship with us, Sunday, as we explore the rest of that sentence.

What's Goin on with this Economy?

Rev. David Bennett
Director of Mission & Development
Growing Healthy Churches

Today, we see stock market declines of over 40% from their highs. Many have experienced similar losses in their retirement accounts. Others are losing their jobs. Some are losing their homes. In fact, 15% of the homes for sale in Sacramento are bank owned according to area realtors. Companies are going bankrupt. The government has approved over $700 billion of bailouts for businesses and individuals. Time magazine recently featured on the cover a picture of the soup lines from the time of the Great Depression. Politicians and newscasters have compared our current economy to the Great Depression or at least the worst economy since that time.

With all the bad news, how can churches respond? What can individuals do in light of this economy? What are the smartest money moves? How can we help our church members?

Finish this article at:

http://www.growinghealthychurches.org/art/art_522.shtml

Worship

When I was a child, I had no problem believing just about anything about Christmas.

I imagine part of that was just being a child. However, I think there was another reason. Unfortunately, I can't quite put my finger on it.

What I do know, however, is somewhere along the line I lost it and I want it back. Maybe I'm not alone.

Join us in worship, these weeks leading up to Christmas. Maybe we can rediscover whatever it is, together.

Worship

Jesus said, " So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?" The Apostle Paul said, "give thanks in all circumstances."

That is easier said than done. When you look at the stock market, the troubles in our financial institutions, or the nation's auto industry woes, it is difficult not to worry. All of these things affect all of us in some way.

What should we be doing in the midst of all these things? Celebrating, of course.

Worship with us, Sunday, and find out how that is possible.

Worship

It just isn't right!

A guy who works for an hour in a vineyard gets paid the same wage as a man who has worked 12 hours in that same vineyard in the hot sun.

Indeed, if you analyze this story in light of worldly logic and values...it isn't right.

However, the way Jesus tells the story, it is right.

Worship with us, Sunday, and find out why.

We need your help...

Mission Thanksgiving Meal

November 22, 2008

We will be hosting a Thanksgiving Meal at the Clarksburg Mission and are in need of some help to make it happen. We are planning to feed around 100 people and have a lot of food to buy and prepare.

If you can help in any way it will be appreciated.

We will be having the usual Thanksgiving traditional menu so we will be in need of:

Turkeys
Stuffing
Vegetables
Rolls
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Pies

We hope you all can make it for a great day of fellowship with friends.
If you are interested in helping or have any questions please contact Jarrod Marozzi at (304) 629-4955 or Email at Tally111@aol.com

Veterans' Day

Remember to say, "Thank you."

Worship

As Paul closes his letter to the Romans, he takes time to acknowledge some people for whom he is thankful. Some of the people on the list we recognize. Others we do not.

It is not important, however, that we know all the details about these people.

The important thing about the list is Paul showing his deep sense of gratitude for the many ways their lives have impacted him personally.

Worship with us, Sunday, as we explore the importance of being a "list maker."

2008 Presidential Election

Note: The following post is in no way meant to be a political statement. Rather, I thought it offered a good Christian perspective on the election...regardless of which candidate you supported. It was posted on RELEVANT's website.

"America Chooses Obama"

by Roxanne Wieman

Well, here we are on the other side. A watershed moment. An historic election. And we, the American people, have made our choice.

Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States, and the nation’s first black president. And in elections across the country, Democrats won their seats in the Senate. When Obama takes office in January, he will do so with a Democratic majority in both houses of Congress.

“The American people have spoken, and spoken clearly,” McCain told his supporters in Arizona after the results came in.But what about you?

Those of you who took our RELEVANT poll yesterday favored McCain: 47 percent of you voted for the Arizona Senator and 33 percent of you for Obama. So, are you disappointed? Will you hang your heads today? Do you fear for our nation’s future? I’m not so sure.

So many of us—members of the widely contested “young evangelical voters”—were divided about this election. Not just as a group, but even in our own hearts. I know which candidate I chose, but it wasn’t an easy decision. And, to be honest, I didn’t really care who won. I agreed with both. I disagreed with both.

What I’m wondering now is where do we go from here?

finish the article at:

http://www.relevantmagazine.com/life_article.php?id=7630

Today...

Worship

Do you know the story of Jesus and the lepers? It's pretty simple...10 lepers are healed...only one comes back to express his gratitude.

Jesus asks, "Where are the other nine?"

Normal question, but Jesus' questions were generally not asked because he needed to know an answer. Most of the time, they were asked for the benefit of the one to whom he asked the question. In other words, Jesus had some key truth he wanted them to understand.

Worship with us, Sunday, as we find out what this particular key truth has to say to us.

TV

Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your house.

—David Frost, English satirist and television host (1939—)

Worship and Clubhouse

It's great! Tell you neighbors and friends.

William Barclay writes, "The wealth of God is open to those who love him and love their fellow men. He who gives makes himself richer, for his own gift opens to him the gifts of God." Worship with us, Sunday, and find out what that's all about.

Worship

Do you realize what you have?

Do you realize the potential it has to impact this community for Christ?

Do you realize there is a step you can take to make something incredible happen?

Worship with us, Sunday, and find out how God wants you take the next step to be a part of something truly amazing.

Clubhouse 252

Join in the excitement...Sundays at 11:00 a.m.

Sunday

IF you have gotten anything out of being a follower of Christ and obeying his commands.

IF his love has made such a difference in your life that it has prompted you to stop being divisive and to join hands in common action.

IF being in a fellowship produced and guided by the Holy Spirit has caused you to become partners with Christ and his followers.

IF you have a heart and care about others.

THEN...

Worship with us, Sunday, and we'll fill in the rest, together.

Letter of Thanks

following are unedited excerpts from a letter thanking us for the money raised for Haiti food and hurricane relief...

Thank you very much . Please share my thanks with Rev David , his daughter Emily and her boyfriend Jarrod , and the college students for having raised 3000 dollars from the HUGE yard sale of donated items . God bless you all .

Once more grateful thanks . This time the whole amount will go to the orphanage. We have had a meeting last weekend with the Claudin and one of the cooks , the request was that I almost triple the money that I use to give for meat , milk , bread , orange etc . Food supplies are available but still very high . This money comes in due time to help us solve this month problems . I do not know what to say to express what that donation means to me , to the orphanage , to the orphans , and to the whole church .

May God keep blessing you all .

Yours faithfully ,
Andre

It's here!!!

Worship

During September, we asked the question, "got purpose?" The answer is, "yes." The Bible tells us, "For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do." (Ephesians 2:10)

This month, it is time to take the next step. The path to faith and spiritual maturity can be a long one with many tiny steps or sometimes big leaps.

Yet, every journey begins with a single step. Join us, for worship, and find your next step in your journey, your relationships, your service, and your giving.

Worship

To be a follower of Christ...to fulfill our purpose...requires a conscious advance commitment; made with a realistic estimate of the ultimate personal cost.

Because, following Christ is not some theoretical abstract ideal. It is a hard reality.

Worship with us, Sunday, as we "count the cost" together.

God can use you!

The next time you feel like GOD can't use you, just remember...

Noah was a drunk
Abraham was too old
Isaac was a daydreamer J
acob was a liar
Leah was ugly
Joseph was abused
Moses had a stuttering problem
Gideon was afraid
Samson had long hair and was a womanizer
Rahab was a prostitute
Jeremiah and Timothy were too young
David had an affair and was a murderer
Elijah was suicidal
Isaiah preached naked
Jonah ran from God
Naomi was a widow
Job went bankrupt
Peter denied Christ
The Disciples fell asleep while praying
Martha worried about everything
The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once
Zacchaeus was too small
Paul was too religious
Timothy had an ulcer... AND
Lazarus was dead!

Now, no more excuses! God can use you to your full potential...Besides you aren't the message,you are just the messenger.

Worship

Has our purpose as Christians been reduced to just knowing all the stories about Jesus without them having any practical application for our lives?

Has Jesus, himself, been reduced to someone we just admire, rather than an example for us to follow?

Ponder these questions as we prepare to examine them, honestly, this Sunday.

Haiti

The following article appeared at www.crosswalk.com Thanks to your generous offering, this past Sunday, help is on the way from CBC.

Haiti: Some Still Unreached after Ike

OneNewsNow reports that many Haitians have been fending for themselves since Ike struck more than a week ago, struggling without airborne assistantce. Many low-lying areas were already flooded from previous tropical storms, and Ike exacerbated conditions to life-threatening levels.

Mission Aviation Fellowship reports that some landing trips are under water. Will White, a pilot with MAF, said, "What little infrastructure in the roads that were here [such as] bridges are now washed out....they were bad roads to start with and now they're just destroyed," he shares. "The government is very limited in what they can do. Right now the relief effort is from the international community."

Chancel Choir

Chancel Choir

Rehearsals begin, Thursday, September 18

7:00 p.m.

If you are a regular choir member, someone who has been out of choir for a time, or are new and looking for ways to use your musical abilities in worship, then I hope you will make the Chancel Choir a part of your fall.

Call the church office or Garland Walker if you need more information.

Hope to see you, this week.

Worship

Clutter. It's everywhere.

There is clutter in our houses...clutter in our lives...clutter in our mailboxes...and even clutter in our churches.

Besides being annoying, how does clutter prevent us from fulfilling the purpose God has for us?

Worship with us, Sunday, as we look at Jesus and his views on clutter.

Coming in October...

STARTING POINT

Starting Point is an interactive group that meets for 10 weeks. It is an opportunity to explore the basics of the Christian Faith.

Starting Point is for new Christians, people who are reconnecting with the church, or those who are just curious about Christianity.

Starting Point begins in October and meets on Sunday mornings at 10:00 a.m.

Call 624-6536 to register.

Creating Culture

Creating Culture

Our best response to the world is to make something of it.

By Andy Crouch
Christianity Today

Our posture is our learned but unconscious default position, our natural stance. It is the position our body assumes when we aren't paying attention, the basic attitude we carry through life. Often it's difficult for us to discern our own posture—as an awkward, gangly teenager I subconsciously slumped to minimize my height, something I would never have noticed if my mother hadn't pointed it out. Only by a fair amount of conscious effort did my posture become less self-effacing and more confident. Click to continue.

Worship

What are you living for?

Do you have a passion?

Are you going after it or are you just dreaming about it?

Bottom line is, we were all put on this earth for a purpose.

Join us, all month long, as we explore these questions, issues, and answers in the series entitled "got purpose?"

Haiti

Haiti: Hurricane Season Slams Ministries

from http://www.crosswalk.com/

Mission News Network reports that Haiti had no time to recover from Hurricane Gustav before Hurricane Hanna struck on Tuesday, again causing massive flooding. Floods and mudslides from the storms have killed more than 100 people. Eva DeHart of For Haiti With Love told MNN that families are desperate for food, even standing outside the ministry's gates during Hanna's fury. Haiti was already enduring a food crisis before the storms hit, and the active hurricane season threatens to worsen the situation, as blocked roads inhibit food distribution. DeHart said, "Gonaives is totally flooded, and areas of Cap Haitien are starting to flood. Nobody is allowed out on the streets. It was food distribution day, but nobody is allowed out on the streets."

from Pastor Andre in Ft. Liberte (unedited)

Dear friends ,
Now it is Hanna's turn . It is destroying houses and killing people . In Gonaives , my native town , the situation is very very bad . In some areas of that city , water has` reached 4 meters and people are obliged to leave their rooms to reach the roof in spite of the rain .
I do not know if Ike , Josephine and Karina will have to hit Haiti after Hanna .
It has rained all night long last night , and today we have learned mayn stories of inundation in the North East . Fort Liberte is still safe , but the food situation cannot be worst . Please keep praying for us .
Your friend , Andre
They are showing right now on NBC 5 that Ike will reach Haiti and rhe D.R this week end.

Comparing the Platforms

Where the parties stand on abortion, faith-based programs, religious liberty, and other issues.

from Christianity Today

It's perhaps telling that the party platform for the Democrats, titled "Renewing America's Promise," begins with a section called, "Renewing the American Dream," addressing the weak economy and how the party proposes to help the poor, the uninsured, the elderly, the unemployed. The Republican platform, meanwhile, opens with a section on national security titled, "Defending Our Nation, Supporting Our Heroes, Securing the Peace," discussing the conflict abroad, Homeland Security, terrorism, and other similar issues.

Click to continue.

Worship

Did you ever feel like you had to jump through hoops in order to "belong" in a group or organization?

After you have jumped through all of them, did you ever feel even less like you "belonged?"

As a church, do we have hoops people are required to jump through in order to be an active part of our fellowship?

Join us for worship, this Sunday, as we answer these questions and find out how you can fit in almost any church.

GroupLink

So far, 50 people have signed up to attend GroupLink.

Are you one of them?

If not, call the church office or fill out a registration card, Sunday.

Probably all of us know someone who has a phobia of some kind or another.

Someone who is afraid of small, enclosed areas -- they're claustrophobic.

Someone who is afraid of wide open, sweeping spaces -- they're agoraphobic.

There are phobias named for fearing heights, depths, snakes, spiders, clowns, dirt, cats, dogs, and just about anything else you can think of.

What about our spiritual phobias? Do they exist and, if so, what are they?

Worship with us, Sunday, as we explore the "Seven Deadly Fears."

It is with a great deal of excitement that I write to let you know, following our Search Committee’s recommendation, our Church Council has extended a call to Jenny Dailey to serve as a Ministry Consultant for our Children’s Ministry.

Jenny is a native of Ona, West Virginia. She is a graduate of Marshall University and Liberty Theological Seminary. Jenny brings a great deal of excitement and experience to our Children’s Ministry.

Although she will be assisting in other areas, her primary focus will be our new Children’s Ministry…UpStreet. Her commitment to us is to have UpStreet running, this fall, and self-sufficient by January 2009.

Our new children’s area, located in the Monroe Building, was made possible by your generous gifts to the Capital Campaign. Now, with the launching of our new Children’s Ministry, you will see your gifts multiplied in children coming to know and learn about Christ.

Jenny will be introduced to our congregation, August 24.

Worship

This Sunday Adam Goodwin will be sharing a message in both Worship Gatherings. Adam was recently named as the new Director of Baptist Campus Ministries for West Virginia and is the Campus Minister at Marshall University.

Addictions

Messy Means of Deliverance

Broken shines light on addictions, recovery, and (maybe) the church.

by Gordon MacDonald

"You need to read a book called Broken by William Moyers," a woman said to me during a conversation about alcoholism. Her enthusiasm for the book was so impressive that, first chance I got, I downloaded it into my Amazon Kindle (an electronic reader) and began reading.

Finish the article

Coming September 7...

Your opportunity to become a part of a Life Group.

On being away...

Sorry for my absence, the past week or so. I have been in Georgia getting my mother moved into an assisted living facility.

Thanks to those who have had her in your prayers.

Worship

In the Christian life, you either move forward or slip back. It is almost impossible to stand still.

Which category is your life in? Are you doing anything to change it?

Worship with us Sunday and we will explore the answers together.

The Christian life is not meant to be a "solo act." We need each other.

You have heard it said that there is a hole in the heart that only God can fill. But I would also say there is a human size hole in your heart that God purposely will not fill.

Those holes are there for you to fill by developing relationships with others.

Worship with us, Sunday, as we explore the benefits of relationships.

Back to School and Your Budget

Back to School on a Budget

Tawra Kellam
www.LivingOnADime.com

Back to school is a time when many moms witness their money sprout wings and take flight, finding their homes at retail stores across America. I know that consumer spending is good for the economy, but I don’t take it upon myself to keep the entire US economy propped up, so when my first-grade son announced that he wanted a backpack with rollers, I saw this as a wonderful financial teaching moment. His school is small, and he doesn't walk to or from school. He didn't need rollers.

Finish the article at:
http://www.crosswalk.com/finances/11579363/

Val In Uganda Update

Valerie was scheduled to return to the US on July 24. However, she has decided to stay for two more weeks and will return on August 7.

Thanks for your prayers and other support.

I am spending the coming week at Green Lake. This is my annual time for planning and renewal. I welcome your prayers.

I invite you to worship, this week. Jim Stinespring will be preaching in both services.

Big Talker

With exaggerations, we stretch the truth to fit our purposes. With over-commitments, we either lie and say we will accomplish what we cannot accomplish, or we neglect our other God-given priorities in order to make our word good. So both exaggeration and over-commitment are distortions of the truth.

Read the article at:

http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001791.cfm

Worship

What evidence will future generations have of your existence? What mark will you leave on the earth? Only a few things in life are really important, but they are often neglected in our busy lives.

Worship with us, this Sunday, as we conclude our Life Is Short series with "I Was Here."

Could You Pass the Latest Citizenship Test?

In October 2008 a new version of the U.S. citizenship test will be taken by all applicants. Could you pass it? The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 samples that prospective citizens can look at ahead of the interview. Some are easy, some are not. We have picked some of the more difficult ones.

NOTES: Candidates are not given multiple choices in the naturalization interview. The following questions have been adapted from the immigration service’s sample questions.

Take the test at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25461301/

Valerie In Africa

Following are some excerpts from some of Valerie's emails about the work she is doing in Uganda:

5 days a week I'm at the babies' home. I usually work with the kids that are 2-4 months and feed them and play with them and all that fun stuff. Sometimes I hang out with the toddler group. The kids at the home are newborn-about 2 then they go to the villages to live. But there's some special needs kids so they're still at the babies home. One of the kids I've been spending a lot of time with is 3 and his name is Abdul. He was abused a lot by his parents and has a lot of scars all over his body. His parents tried to kill him on a few occasions and the last time they poured acid down his throat. So now he can't take solid food and they're looking into having some sort of surgery to try to repair this. I'll try to post some pictures of him soon. He's an awesome kid. If you look on Watoto's website under the babies home section you can see a picture of him. I've been spending a lot of time with the toddlers the last few days and it's been fun. I'll try to get more pictures up on my blog soon for people to see.

...another thing that I'm doing is going to the Watoto villages 2 days a week with people from Watoto and KPC to talk to students in their schools. We do a life skills program and have talked about things like Godly values and peer pressure. The youth pastor from KPC spoke last week so we got to hang around and talk to students after. It's been fun so far.

One Church?

More than 1,400 Churches Aim for Becoming 'One Church'

from www.crosswalk.com

According to the Christian Post, Life Church pastor Craig Groeschel has launched a month-long series called "One Prayer" in partnership with more than 1,400 churches with more than 800,000 attendees around the world, all sharing sermons via video and a prayer to "make us one."

"I wonder if God ever looks at all of His churches, all the Christian churches all over the world, and asks, 'Why can't you guys come together? Why are you so divided when my Son Jesus prayed 'Father, make them one,'" said Groeschel.

The series was born more out of repentance than a passion for unity, Groeschel explained. It was his desire not to be competitive against other believers and to instead be united. Unity depends on recognizing the real "one enemy" - Satan - and not other churches, he continued.

Father's Day Thought...a few days late

Working Man Hands

by Tim Challies

Like most little boys, I idolized my father as a child. You would have had a difficult time convincing me that there was anyone smarter, faster or stronger than my dad. I really did believe it when I told my friends "my dad can beat up your dad!"

And it may well have been true.

Finish the article at: http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001768.cfm

Worship

We watch for it. We feel for it. We listen for it.

Sometimes we try to restart it.

Sometimes it is the last sign of life. Sometimes it is the first sign of life.

As long as it is around...there is life.

What is it and why is it important?

Come, worship with us, Sunday, and find out.

Father's Day Breakfast

Father's Day Covered Dish Breakfast

Sunday, June 15

10 a.m.

Judson Center

Hope to see you there!

Valerie in Uganda

You can get updates and find links to pictures at:

www.valsgoingtoafrica.blogspot.com

Mountain State Mission Offering

During June, we will be taking our Mountain State Mission Offering. 100% of your gifts support the mission and ministry of the West Virginia Baptist Convention.

Some of those include:

• Cowen


• Parchment Valley


• Youth and Children's Events


• Golden'eers


• Flood Relief


• BCM

Please give generously to the MSMO.

Sunday, June 1, we welcome Dr. Maxwell Hill, Associate Executive Minister of the WVBC. Max will be preaching in both worship gatherings.

Tiim Zimmerman and The King's Brass

Tim Zimmerman and The King's Brass

Friday, June 6, 2008

Clarksburg Baptist Church

6th and Pike Streets

Clarksburg, West Virginia

(free admission)

Featuring a wide variety of musical styles:

Hymn Arrangements

Contemporary Christian Music Arrangements

Big Band

Dixieland

Classics

Patriotic

Please call (304) 624-6536 for information

Valerie In Uganda

Thank you so much for all your financial and prayer support that has enabled Valerie to go to volunteer in Uganda!!

We took her to Pittsburgh, this morning. She flies to New York, then to Brussels, then to Burundi, and finally to Entebee, Uganda. She should arrive there, around 1 p.m. our time, tomorrow.

If you would like to visit the websites and see the organizations she will be working with:

www.268generation.com/worldtour (then click on Kampala)

http://www.watoto.com/ (where she will be working, beginning June 1)

Also, she has promised updates at:

http://www.valsgoingtoafrica.blogspot.com/

Worship

We have all heard that the past is not something to dwell on, long for, or return to. What, then, is the purpose of our past? It has to be there for a reason.

The past actually does play an important part in our life of faith. More than once, God himself speaks concerning its importance.

We need yesterday. Worship with us, Sunday, and find out why.

Please pray for the Cuba mission trip - May 10-20.