Winn’s Messenger

Published for Members and Friends of Winn’s Baptist Church 12320 Winn’s Church Road, Glen Allen, VA 23059 Phone: (804) 798.5512 ● Fax: (804) 752.2401 ● Web: www.winnsbc.org

September 2012

Great Summer

Dear Church Family and Friends, God is so good! I stand in awe at the ways He is working through and in our church! When we committed to planting The Church on the Avenue, it was a pretty risky endeavor from a human perspective. We sent out a large portion of our human resources, including two full-time staff members, and made a sizeable financial commitment. Well, it has certainly paid off for TCOTA, as they have already reached a number of people for Christ and are constituting themselves as a church. The beauty of how God works is that it has paid off for Winn’s as well! He has overseen the reconfiguration of our staff and blessed a number of summer activities designed to build His kingdom. He has been diligent in replacing the people we sent out and providing financially for us as well. These are exciting times in which to be part of the Winn’s family; I can’t wait to see what our Father will do in the upcoming church year! My prayer is that we will all resolve to do our part, great or small, and that we will always be part of the solution and never part of the problem. Let us focus all of our energy resisting the evil one, and none of it resisting one another. Eagerly anticipating, Pastor Jeff _____________________________________________________________________

AMERICAN HERITAGE GIRLS

Building women of integrity through service to God, family, community and country.

For girls age 5-18 or grades K-12

To learn more about AHG go to their website: ahgonline.org or contact Jamie Stapleton @ jstapleton@jstapleton.dns2go.com.

Music Ministry will be hosting an Open House/Ice Cream Social

Sunday, August 26th

7:15 pm The Fellowship Hall

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You will have an opportunity to meet our leaders for both the “Little Lambs” Preschool Choir and the “Masterpiece” Kids Choir. Registration, t-shirt orders and the

2011-2012 Practice and Presentation Schedule will also be available.

If your student (grades 6th – 12th) is not already involved in our Set Apart Student Worship Team, you will have an opportunity to sign them up, order a t-shirt and pick

up their Information packet at this time as well.

We will also be introducing the 2012 Christmas Musical. The musical books, CD’s w/parts/ full accompaniment, and Rehearsal Schedule will be available for those

interested in being part of this year’s musical.

Other Music Ministry Opportunities:

Sanctuary Choir Praise Team

Musicians for 11:00 & 6:00 Worship Services

We are looking forward to an exciting night and hope that many of you will come and take part in the different opportunities available in the Music Ministry!

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Preview Class September 12th

Classes start September 19, John Madison will be leading the nine week course, and class time will include video and discussion about how to handle money God’s way. Cost of class $95

Once again, summer is over! WOW has ended!

Terrific Tuesdays are no more! VBS is just a

memory! The fun is done! School has started! Life

is over! BUT WAIT! Doesn’t AWANA start in

September? YES! THE FUN CONTINUES!

Mark your calendar for SEPTEMBER 12. That’s

when we kick off another exciting year in

AWANA! Turn off the TV, put away the balls, bats

and swim fins and let’s go to AWANA! WHAT IS AWANA? AWANA is exciting games,

great Gospel messages, FUN, memorizing God’s

Word, making new friends, FUN, learning from

enthusiastic leaders, theme nights, competition,

FUN, cool uniforms, missions, awards for

achievements, FUN, FUN and more FUN! You

won’t want to miss out on AWANA every

Wednesday at Winn’s!

WHEN IS AWANA? Every Wednesday night

6:30– 8:00. There are classes for all ages from two

years old through the sixth grade. A great nursery

is also provided.

WHAT’S NEW IN AWANA?

New leaders! New friends! All Sparks and T&T

kids can be dropped off and picked up in the

fellowship hall. Puggles and Cubbies pick-up and

drop-off will be in their classrooms in the preschool

area.

Commander Russ has come out of retirement and

will once again lead Awana into brave new worlds

not yet explored by man (OOPS, that was Captain

Kirk in Star Trek)! Well, anyway, Commander

Russ will lead the way as we start our 12th

year of

AWANA at Winn’s. All kids ages 2 through grade

6 are invited. BEST OF ALL?? THERE IS A PLACE FOR

YOU!! Why not become part of this great program.

Requirements? You must be a Christian and be

dependable. We will train you for one of the

easiest, most enjoyable and rewarding places of

service you can find. If having fun with kids is not

your bag, check out one of the many other

opportunities for teens and adults here at Winn’s

every Wednesday night.

Saturday, September 15, 2012 - 8:00am

Winn’s Baptist Church

There’s more to your Awana Club than meets the eye.

Effective Awana Clubs are clubs that involve the parents in the

spiritual formation of the child. Zoom Out and see the bigger

picture.

Awana Ministry Conferences are amazing one-day training

opportunities that will inspire and empower your Awana

ministry. Conferences are hosted throughout the country by

Awana missionaries at local venues and churches.

Participants are able to attend practical workshops, explore

relevant topics and engage with Awana leaders in their local

area as well as national ministry leaders.

Whether you’re a Cubbies® leader, a game director, Trek™

volunteer, or a pastor, you’ll benefit from the practical teaching,

encouraging atmosphere and hands-on understanding an

Awana Ministry Conference provides.

My Fellow Servants, A new Sunday School year is here! I want to Thank All of our Dedicated Teachers that are leading various classes around the church. I know it takes a lot of study and preparation, but by God’s grace you continue on week after week. We are seeing new faces all the time at Winns, and Sunday School is where a growing church like ours gets “small” again. It provides the opportunity to really get to know each other’s prayer needs, learn with our peers, and serve together as a class. I recently talked to a new couple that joined Winns. They noted how comfortable they felt in the worship service and that they enjoyed the preaching as well. However, it was when they visited a Sunday School class and saw the spirit of community there, that they knew this was the church for them. What a great testimony! It’s easy to get lost in a sea of faces. We don’t want anyone among us to “slip through the cracks” when God has put them within our reach. Is there someone you haven’t seen in class for a while? Give them a call, or reach out to them somehow. It can make a world of difference in someone’s life to know that a brother or sister in Christ is thinking about them. Thank you for all the hard work you put into serving. I am always excited to see what God has around the corner for those who love Him and are called according to His purpose! Serving beside you, Caleb _____________________________________________________________

Panera Bread

Fundraising Opportunity

For Children’s or Youth Camp

Sign up in the Kitchen

For more information

Please contact Mary Lutz or

Dana Osborne

Good Morning Church family!

We have finished the Summer programs and are very eager to kick-off the Fall season, which is our

most attended quarter. Fellowship activities are at their highest, vacations are behind us, the weather

is favorable, school has drawn people back into a regular schedule, plus the excitement of making new

friends at church and at school. This is my favorite time of the year (well until the leaves all fall off.)

Before you know it Christmas will be right around the corner!

Fall marks the anniversary of me becoming part of the Winn’s team. It is hard to believe a year has

past, but it has. I have learned a lot and have become familiar with what a calendar year resembles at

Winn’s . Our goal is to expand our outreach with many opportunities for fellowship as well as a more

balanced Wednesday Night Youth Program.

This year I plan to involve the Youth Committee in planning our activities which will include

developing Internal Leadership within the Youth Group. We have decided to give the youth the

opportunity to participate in Youth Committee, believing this will greatly enhance the focus of our

Youth Program. Do not worry, it will not affect the solid biblical instruction in the least, but what it

will do is give them a sense having a vested interest in the optional activities and fellowship gatherings

throughout the as well as giving them opportunities to speak in small group and give devotionals

periodically.

A portion of our adult leadership team has shifted areas of ministry recently and we have had to

shuffle posts, but God has also provided new perspectives with the additions to our team. If you are

interested in serving in the Youth department please let me know. It is very rewarding and I promise

you will not be required to prepare lessons or be left out on the battlefield with no support. Pray about

it and see what God places on your heart.

Grace & Peace, Pastor Doug

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Trace Conner Gillette

Parents:

Marcus & Jennifer Gillette

Grandparents:

Phil & Jayne Gillette

Bailey Ann Miller

Parents: Dwayne & Natalie Miller

Grandparents: Lindsay & Donna Tycer

Thanks to all of you who worked to make VBS a HUGE success!

To view all pictures from VBS, go to

winnsbc.org (Children’s Ministry Page)

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September: Small Stuffed Animals for Boys and Girls

October: Individually wrapped hard candy

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