First Christian Church / Disciples of Christ / New Martinsville, WV

We gather for Worship and Communion on Sunday:
9:00 a.m. Contemporary Service
10:45 a.m. Traditional Service
Combined services periodically - check o ur calendar for
details

Children's Worship and Wonder, for younger children, is
offered
during these services, but young children are also welcome
in the worship gathering with their parents, and a mid-week
First Friends group for elementary students builds on those
foundations. Youth Groups for Middle-school ("ChiRho")
and High-school ("Christian Youth Fellowship") meet
regularly. Contact the church office for current schedule.
Other gatherings, engaging the lives of people of all
walks of life and of all ages are offered throughout the week.
Check our current calendar or contact the church office for
details.

First Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ)
521 Maple Avenue
New Martinsville, WV 26155
(304)455-4460
Contemporary Worship 9:00am
Traditional Service 10:45

Photo by: John Running

Don't let our "aw, shucks" slogan fool you!
First Christian Church cares for the community,
for the region, and the world:

		*organizations serving human need, and*
		*reaching out in the love of Christ to offer* *faith and healing love.*
		*Actively supporting and participating in the*
		*life of the Christian Church (Disciples of* *Christ) in West* *Virginia and partner* *ministries in the region to bring new hope* *and wholeness to God's children in* *Appalachia.*
		*Joining* *with other Disciples and Christians*
		*of many traditions in the work of God's* *reconciling and* *redeeming love through* *missional giving and labors.*

Greetings for this week of February 6 – February 12, 2012

Do you ever miss singing the “old familiar gospel hymns” which
many of us remember from our youth? I want to give you a
SPECIAL INVITATION for next Sunday evening at First Christian
Church here in New Martinsville. Beginning at 6:00 p.m. we are
going to gather in our sanctuary for a good “Old Fashioned Gospel
Sing Along.” This will be followed by a home-made pie social in our
fellowship hall. You get to pick both the hymns and the kind of pie
you want and it should be a wonderful evening of singing and
fellowshipping! So…invite your friends, bring your best voice, and
let us spend an evening “singing our faith!” Sometimes we spend
so much time studying our faith or explaining our faith, our debating
our faith, that we forget to sing and dance our faith. See you next
Sunday evening for celebrating our faith in gospel song!

On another “note:” We celebrated two baptisms last Sunday in our
morning worship! Blessings to those who were baptized. A
question for you: Do you remember your baptism? If you have
questions about the sacraments of Baptism or Holy Communion,
feel free to contact me.

Blessings in your life this week.

Rev. Dr. Victor L. Hunter
Pastor, First Christian Church

Rev. Dr. Victor L. Hunter, Pastor Orvella Neff, Secretary Web Masters: Patrick Norton & Kyleen Jiannine

Sermon Summary (February 5th, 2012)

"A Pretty Good Church"

We invite you to come and get to know us

Our Sunday sermons during Epiphany are focusing on The Word and our words. We have been talking
about the Christian life as a way of “speaking.” This past Sunday I reflected on The Word and
Enchantment. To be enchanted is to be moved deeply, to be spellbound, to be enthralled. In our
“rational world” we sometimes forget the whole role of wonder and mystery and awe in the life of faith.
When was the last time you simply fell to your knees at the wonder of God’s love and the promises of
hope within the ups and downs of life. The gospel is an invitation to a new world of good news created
by the enchanting, imaginative world of Jesus’ vision for abundant life. Let’s not only “study our faith”
(which is important), but let us “sing and dance and celebrate our faith” as well.

Pastor Hunter