This Sunday Will B Different

First, if you haven’t had a chance, stop by Broad St, Cups Fondren, or Sneaky Beans today to get a FREE cup of coffee courtesy of Bellwether!  It will help you give to Children’s Haven of Hope – helping No Child B Home Alone this Christmas!

Second, thank you for praying, inviting and sharing love with others this season!  Our No One Home Alone count is up to 3600 as of today!  This is NOT counting the free coffee given out!  Please keep on inviting people to church, Night of Worship, or a Christmas party!  See how many people we can TOUCH for Christ!

Last, this Sunday WILL B DIFFERENT.  Our Sunday morning service will be our LAST of the year.  We will not meet together for worship on Dec. 25th.  It will be different in that we are ASKING all our our church to SIT in the BOTTOM SECTION of the Performing Arts Center.  Why?  So we can B a church family and worship TOGETHER and to ELEVATE our Worship Experience!

Our message Sunday will be “One Solitary Life.”  It will focus on how the one solitary life of Jesus Christ changed this world, and if He lives inside you, you will NEVER be solitary or alone again.  Ever.  

Then, we will CELEBRATE Sunday night with our Christmas NIGHT OF WORSHIP.  It begins at 6pm. We hope you will B there and please INVITE someone who is lonely so they can SEE & KNOW they are NEVER alone with Christ.

Look forward to seeing you Sunday for Worship & Night of Worship!  Merry Christmas and God bless you!  

Free Coffee and Helping No Child B Alone

Tomorrow, December 15th, is Bellwether's FREE Coffee Day.  Our church will be giving out FREE coffee at Broad Street Bakery, Sneaky Beans, and Cups Fondren.

We hope you, your friends, family, and co-workers will receive this gift from our church family.  It's simply a way to B a blessing to the entire community.

This year though, we want to give a double blessing.  Bellwether will match the total dollar amount of free coffee given to Children's Haven of Hope, a ministry helping no child be homeless in our city.  This is a way we can do a small part in helping the homeless children in Metro Jackson.  The more coffee given, the more we'll be able to give!    

So, we hope you and many others will receive this free gift, and in doing so, give to a ministry helping homeless children this Christmas.  

Merry Christmas, and may you know greatest free gift of all - Jesus Christ, as Lord and Savior.  

Who is your Jesus?

We have a big Christmas week beginning this Sunday!  We hope you'll remember and B part of some of these Christmas offerings:

His Heart Santa Day - 12pm Sunday - Calvary Baptist Church

Mustard Seed India Dinner - 6pm Sunday - Duling Hall

ALL DAY COFFEE DAY - Broad St, Cups Fondren, Sneaky Beans - Thursday Dec 15th.  Bellwether will match coffee giving with a donation to Children's Haven of Hope - so please come out!  

Missions First Christmas for Children - 4:30 - 7pm - Friday Dec 16th

Christmas Night of Worship - 6pm Sunday Dec 18th!  

Don't forget:  Help No One B Alone this Christmas season!  Pray for someone, Invite Someone, Serve someone!  You Can!  We Can make a difference in people's lives and this community!  

And this Sunday, we'll ask the question:  Who is your Jesus?  Is He the Jesus ONLY of the manger?  Or is He the Jesus the angels PROCLAIMED - the Jesus who is KING OF KINGS, OUR SAVIOR, CHRIST THE LORD.

Often at Christmas (and in our own lives) we can see Jesus only as the sweet baby in the manger.  That is true, yet He is so much MORE.  We want you to know Jesus as King, Savior, and Lord:  of all the world, and of your life.  

We hope to see you this Sunday!  Remember - you can help NO ONE B HOME ALONE!  

Courage to Share Your Faith

As we enter this Christmas season, we hope you are seeing opportunities to:  pray for people, invite them into a church family, and show the love of Christ!  

Please keep us with those you do, or any specific prayer requests, and text them to:  601.896.3200.  

Also, for all those in B Groups or other smaller groups, here are some upcoming Bellwether activities where you can share your faith:

Sunday Night Dec 11th - Mustard Seed Faith Foundation India dinner for children - 6pm - Duling Hall

Monday Dec 12th - His Heart Santa Day - 4pm - Calvary Baptist Church

Thursday Dec 15th - Bellwether Free Coffee Day @ Broad St & Sneaky Beans - proceeds going to Children's House of Hope - helping No Child B Alone!  

Friday Dec 16th - Missions First Children's Christmas Party - 5pm - Missions First

Sunday December 18th - Bellwether Christmas Night of Worship - 6pm - JA PAC

Christmas Eve Service - 4pm !

Hope you and your groups can B part of these ways to reach out and share!

And this coming Sunday, we continue "No One Home Alone" with "Courage to Share."  All of us have tremendous opportunities each day to share the love of Christ.  Often we don't.  Why?  We'll look at why we don't share, and why & how we CAN share.  We hope to see you at church Sunday and hope you'll invite someone who needs the family of Christ!   

How to Help No One B Home Alone

Today at Bellwether we launched “No One Home Alone” our Advent mission to touch the lives of 5000 people by prayer, invitation, and Christ-like love.  If you weren’t there – we hope you’ll listen to today’s podcast to hear more about it.  For everyone who’s connected to Bellwether, we hope you’ll take part in this united effort to be the Jesus’ Church during Christmas.  How?  By letting people know they can be part of His Family through a local church, and to know they never have to be alone because Jesus can live in our hearts.

We will accomplish this mission primarily through:

1) Praying for someone – and make sure they know you’re praying for them.

2) Inviting them to a Sunday church service, or our Dec 18th Night of Worship at 6pm, or our Christmas Eve service at 4pm.

3) Acts of love – you can do this individually or as part of a team (a team can be your B Group or simply a group of friends).  These are simple acts of love and kindness.

We gave out “No One Home Alone” bags today at church.  They included invitational cards, stickers, and pens you can give out to anyone.  We hope you will!  We’ll continue to give these out each week, along with our No One Home Alone commitment cards.

We are keeping count of the lives our church touches.  Our goal is 5000.  I believe we will touch many more than this number.  Please text the number of lives you touch (either on each Sunday or through the week) to:  601.896.3200.   

We’re looking forward to hearing stories of the lives YOU will touch and seeing the FRUIT God brings by this UNITED EFFORT to help No One B Home Alone – for this Christmas season, or for their entire lives!  I know God can use you in this and our church in a MIGHTY way!

No One Home Alone

If you were not at yesterday's Worship service, I encourage you to listen to our podcast on www.bellwetherchurch.org.

We talked about our Christmas campaign:  "No One Home Alone."  It is Bellwether's effort to truly be Jesus's Church and touch 5000 lives over the Christmas season.  How?  Here are several ways:

1) Pray for someone and make sure they know you are praying for them.

2) Invite someone to church:  our Sunday worship service, or our Night of Worship on Dec 18th at 6pm, or our Christmas Eve service at 4pm.  

3) Love on someone this Christmas season:  check on your neighbor, make cookies or a pie for someone, buy someone a cup of coffee, take someone to lunch - or think of a creative way to love someone!  

4) Be part of "No One Home Alone" team to serve others this Christmas season.  We are encouraging our B Groups to be a team and think of a way to serve people this season!  

We believe our church can touch 5000 lives this year.  We gave out "No One Home Alone" Commitment Cards yesterday.  Please be praying over this campaign and the LIVES God will lead you to touch.  Be thinking of friends, family, and co-workers you can reach out to!

We will officially begin THIS SUNDAY November 27th.  You will get a number that you can text the number of lives you've touched and we will KEEP COUNT!  You can text the number on Sunday mornings or throughout the week.  We will unveil the number of lives our church family has touched on our Night of Worship Dec. 18th. 

This is a great way for our church to be UNITED in reaching out, and sharing the Gospel in simple acts of prayer, invitation, and love.  Why?  Because no one needs to be alone at Christmas, and no one has to ever be alone because of Christ. 

We hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving, and look forward to this Sunday as we begin our Advent season! 

Your Life Can Change Today!

Did you know God has an eternal purpose for your life?  Did  you know it may not be what you have planned for your life – but that’s okay – because it’s better!

God does have a plan and purpose for your life.  It is to know Christ, and then help others know Him.  Why?  Because it affects yours, and their, eternal destiny.  There is nothing greater you can do than to help other people know Jesus Christ as Friend, Counselor, Lord, and Savior.  

At Bellwether, we do what we do so people will know Jesus, and people who know Him will become His disciples.  We will always make this our focus and we want you to as well!

It’s easy to get distracted in life.  It is easy to focus on the things that aren’t eternal.  It’s easy to not know how “share your faith” or “witness” to others.  It’s okay.  We want to help you remove the distractions that aren’t eternal, and help you share your relationship with Christ by loving on others.

This Sunday at Bellwether, we will be doing just this:  helping you find your eternal purpose, giving you ways to help others know Christ, and showing why it’s so important to do so.  Why?  Because lives matter to God.  They are eternal.  People need to matter to us.

Please make every effort to B at Bellwether this Sunday – we will be sharing more about “No One Home Alone” our churches effort to touch 5000 lives.  God wants no one to ever be alone.  We don’t either.  No one has to, because of Jesus.

We hope to see you this Sunday.  We hope your life will change as you discover what God made you to do:  share the Good News of Christ in your life!