The Baptist Bridge

By the grace of God, the Philippi Baptist Church shall Embrace, Model, and Share the love of God through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit.
Philippi Baptist Church 107 Church St. Philippi, WV 26416 (304) 457-3206 September 2011

Inside this Issue From the Pastor2 Board of Christian Education...3 Baptisms ...6 Getting to know...7 Prayer list4 Birthdays...4 Anniversaries..4. Youth news...5 Worship Through The Arts...8

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107 Church Street Philippi, WV 26416(304)457-3206 philippibaptist@frontier.com

Jon Villers, Pastor Lisa Dadisman, Secretary

I am privileged from time to time to have guest writers for the Pastors Page! I want to thank Lisa Dadisman for being willing to share her heart and let us hear from her experience and walk with the Lord. We welcome Lisa and Tom Dadisman as one of six new couples who have joined our church this year. We also welcome Wesley and Crystal Gray, Hayden and Heather Cottrill, Logan and Lauren Lindsey, Justin and Loretta Richards, and Adam and Lisa Cheeseman! Shalom, Pastor Jon

Spiritual Warfare
This is something I had no idea about until it happened to me and my family. I want to share with you, my fellow Christian friends and family, and, hopefully, give you some advice before it happens to you or to someone you know. I hope this will provide insight that will allow you to fight the good fight even harder. Do not fret; you are not alone. I am here as an ear to listen and a shoulder to cry on or a hug that you may need and God is always with you even when you feel no one else is. I pray that before you read this GOD opens your heart to understand that there is hope even through the darkness or darkest moments of your life. Spiritual warfarethe closer a person wants to get to GOD the harder Lucifer and his alluring troops try to waylay that relationship. He puts up walls or tears down the steps that you are building to get closer to GOD. It is the hardest thing to understand, especially once you have been saved, baptized, and branded your soul and life as GODS. The devil wants to destroy anything good or trying to be good. He will put thoughts into your mind and will try to convince you that it is ok to do what feels right, no matter what the consequences. No matter what the cost. You would think the devil would leave you alone once you dedicate your life to GOD, but he does not. He fights even harder to break down that struggling marriage or convince a drug or alcohol addict that one shot wont hurt. He tells the person addicted to pornography that it is fine... its just a picture. What harm can that do? The devil can, has, and always will prey upon you when you are weak and even especially when you are strong. Lucifer will try anything to keep us from being a child of GOD. He will keep giving those who rarely go to church another good reason not to go. Im not saying that those who do not go to church are bad people, not by any means. There is always room for self-improvement in everyones life, including the ones who feel they are not good enough to go to church. Lucifer has them believing that. I know that to be true because he convinced me I was not worthy to go to church and confront my sins. He convinced me that GOD would never forgive me for the sins I had done and chaos I had created. Fortunately, I found the strength and courage to ignore that seductive voice and came back to church. Lucifer sat on one shoulder and God on the other, and through the prayers of a million people and a million angels, God won my heart. I know in my heart that I have been forgiven and everyone can be forgiven. Is that not why OUR LORD AND SAVIOR was nailed to the cross and wore a crown of thorns on his precious head? I cry whenever I think of the sacrifice he made for me AND you. However, the damage that I created did not end there. A spiritual warfare had been destroying my family for quite some time. Knowing now what was happening and understanding the fight going on inside my soul and my husbands between good and evil has not hindered us but has made us vow to stay true to Gods word and our family, and there is no way, as long as GOD is on our side, that Lucifer and his relentless army have any chance at winning this battle in our lives! This body I live in belongs to GOD and this is HIS and there is no room for evil thoughts, words, actions, all the things that the devil loves. Go back to hell where you belong, Lucifer, because I have NO room for you because I have given myself back to Jesus Christ and I AM HIS! The devil is trying to separate families by having the child or teenager turn against the parents. This is a topic that needs to be addressed. That is why I decided to bring this out into the open. GOD and his angels are working harder than ever to keep us safe and out of harms way, but there is an evil side fighting just as hard to make our lives miserable and even bring us to deaths door before GOD and his people have a chance to show us grace and mercy. For the love of GODlisten...the time is coming and coming soon. If you have not made your choice on where you want to spend eternity, I beg you, dont wait. Gambling isnt a lifestyle that Baptists generally agree to. However, as for this gamble between GOD and Lucifer, put ALL you have on GOD and you will never lose! Put all you have on Lucifer and his alluring ways, and eventually you will end up in the gutter. If you have not received GOD as your Lord and Savior, you will end up in the depths of Hell. What if today was your last day? Where will you spend eternity? Wont it take a lot of stress off of you just knowing that whenever your number is up, you are A-OK because you know, just as Jesus promised, he will prepare a place for you in heaven.
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Thank you GOD for speaking to me and through me so I can share with those who need to hear this. Amen.

The Board of Christian Education

Thank you to the teachers/volunteers that we have for the new schedule.

The new Sunday school classes/teachers include: The Son Beams (Pre-school - Kindergarten)- Sara Poling and Sarah Cobb The Seekers (1st Grade - 4th Grade) - Crystal Gray and Koreen Villers The Discoverers (5th Grade - 8th Grade) - Jim and Wanda Steele High School Group (9th Grade - 12th Grade) - Bruce and Cheryl Blankenship The volunteers for Wee Church and Junior Church are: Lisa and Tom Dadisman Pete and Sarah Ferguson Kelly Bracey Hayden and Heather Cottrill Lauren and Logan Lindsay Sara and Eddy Poling Chuck and Carol Ervin We would like to thank all of the volunteers and teachers for dedicating their time and talents to help with the kids of our church. We are still looking for a few people to help once a month with Wee Church or Junior Church during the service and we are in need of subs, in case someone is absent. Please contact Sara Poling or Sarah Ferguson if you are interested in helping in any way. Thank you!!!!

Gods Greatest Creation !

September Birthdays Skip Ervin -1 Tim Schoonover-3 Nikki Price Channel-4 Joanna Wilson-6 J.D. Long- 6 Mary Lantz-9 John Cain-14 Charlie Daniels-19 Makayla Smith-19 Obichukwe Okoye-19 Barbara Bice-21 Marj Campbell-22 Neil Irvine-25 John Hicks-26 Zvezdana Vlasic-26 Mary Boyer -27 Kathy Kratsas- 27 Nathan Smith-28 Sarah Cobb-29 Elsie Frye-30 Nancy Stull -30

PRAYER CONCERNS
A-B College faculty, staff and students, Susan Ball, Ronald Ball, Billy Coontz, Blaine Corder, Audrey Cross Susan Cross, Tom Dadisman, Regina Edens, Becky & Mike Elmore, Otilia Franke, Jim Friend, Carl Gant, Jane Gibbons, Joe & Beverly Gouer, Chrissy Maddy, Billie Moore, Donna Moore, Violet Mouser, Don Murray, Brenda & Gary Price, Sonny Qualls, Melvin Richter, Rev. Victor Shields, John Scott, Vangie Shaffer, Dr. Richard Shearer, The family of Delmer Wallen, Andy & Camella Watson,

Anniversaries
Tom and Jean Roy -5

The family of Erica Williams. Unspoken requests for family members, unsaved people, community concerns, those with job and home loss, financial difficulties. Also, in need of prayer: our national, state, and country leaders and officials. Please pray for victims, the families and friends of crime, war and violence throughout our country. Pray to protect military personnel and their families throughout the world. Relatives and friends of those serving our country: Tim Jenkins, Chris Mossburg, Taylor Smith, Major Kris Wood. Captain Aaron Cross who was deployed to Afghanistan. Brock and Maria Rosier.

UPCOMING EVENTS COME JOIN US!

Hello students 6th-12th grades! We are a youth ministry from Philippi Baptist Church that is here to: Embrace - Model - Share the Love of God through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit! We can't wait for you to meet our new youth pastor and his family! Pastor Adam Cheeseman, wife, Lisa, and daughters Aleigh and Addyson.

For youth (6-12 grades) Sunday evening from 6-7:30pm. We meet @ PBC. It is a time that you will take part in worship, a scripture message, small group discussion and fellowship.

Wed @ 7pm as we rotate between the Code Blue Youth Center and other locations for a time of fellowship and building relationships. THE 5th Quarter

After each home PB Football Game (starting Sept. 2 @ 10pm) Location - Code Blue Youth Center. Will be a "hangout" for students, parents, and community members as we provide food, games and music. There will be free prizes and drawings throughout the evening.

Full Immersion by Baptism. We have let our old ways and old soul die in the water by a showing of faith by baptism. We believe that Christ died for us and rose again. We worship him for his sacrifice. When we arise out of the water, we arise a new creation. Clean and assured by Jesus Christ himself that he shall prepare a home for us in heaven. Amen! July 31st, 2011

Those getting baptized on July 31, 2011 Margaret Salimi Wesley Gray Hayden Cottrill Heather Cottrill Tom Dadisman Lisa Dadisman A new heart I will give you, a new spirit I will put within you. Ezekiel 36:26
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WELCOME TO THE GRAYS! Two of the newest members of the church are Wesley and Crystal Gray. Wesley was baptized in the Tygart River on July 31, and Crystal is joining the church by transfer of letter. A native of the Shiloh area in Barbour County, Wesley attended local public schools and graduated from Philip Barbour High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering at West Virginia Institute of Technology, and it was there that he met Crystal, who is from Jodie in Fayette County. She graduated from Gauley Bridge High School and completed her degree in Elementary Education at West Virginia State College. Wesley now works as a surveyor and engineer for Stantec Engineering Company in Buckhannon, and Crystal teaches at the Kasson Elementary and Middle School. The Grays are parents of two enterprising childrenJacob, 4, and Olivia, 1 . When asked what drew this attractive couple to Philippi Baptist Church, Wesley says, I realized that I needed God in my life, and we both knew that we needed to get involved and raise our children in a Christian atmosphere. We tried several other churches, but this is where weve settled in. Crystal smiles and continues. Everybody here is really friendly. We recognized a few people whom we had known in other contexts, but it just seemed as if everybody else also knew or wanted to know us. She laughs. We were really late the first time we came. We just assumed that all churches, like the ones wed been in, started at 10 oclock. We had a hard time deciding to make a late entrance, but I convinced Wesley wed still be welcome. And we were. The Grays live on the family farm in Shiloh, and in addition to enjoying farming, they are sports fans and like being outdoors. As they anticipate becoming fully active in the church, Crystal reports that she will be helping with the elementary Sunday School class, and Wesley says hell do whatever needs to be donewhatever God calls him to do. These two are the kind of members we all should be!
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Worship Through The Arts

Sunday, .July 31st , 2011.

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