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Hello COMMUNITY family –

We are gearing up for a great weekend together! Are you ready? We are off and running.

Small Group Bible Study
Sunday morning from 10 until noon is this special time. Choose from one of the following homes to attend:
1 - Anita & Lee Hobbs, 8620 Fairystone Park Highway, Bassett, 276 629 3358
2 - Susan & Ryan Perry, 1046 Wingfield Orchard, Martinsville, 276 673 1470 ... Turn at Muffies Market on Crestridge Road or between the Christian Church and the store off of Stones Dairy Road.
3 - Wendy & Jay Gilbert, 1150 Plantation Drive, Collinsville, 276 627 8015 ... Going up Kings Mountain Road and across Daniels Creek Rd and turn left on to Plantation, 1st house on right

Please call others and let them know of the meeting time and place. Don’t take for granted that everyone knows what is going on. Help all of us be where we can be. Our study this week will be looking at the 5 purposes of the church as address in The Purpose Driven Life.

Fellowship Meal & Worship
5 pm this Sunday evening at Southside Park in Martinsville we will come together for a POT LUCK MEAL (bring enough food for your family and others) and for a time of singing and preaching. I am excited about sharing with you more of the vision God has placed in my heart for The Community Fellowship. Our kids will also have a time of worship just for them. Let others know, remind them about this time of being together and hearing from God

Every time we meet from now on there will be a special activity and teaching time for our children. Let the kids know it is going to be awesome.

Leadership Team
Let us know where you desire to serve. One of the awesome needs in this new church is that all of us have to do our part. Another awesome part that each of us will have the opportunity be part of is using the gifts God has given us. Our leadership team met this week, and we continue to dream and plan and prepare to be all God wants us to be. Let one of our team members know how you would like to serve. They can also answer any questions you may have. Here is our leadership team:

Michael Harrison – lead pastor & vision – 276 629 2949 at home or 276 732 7749 cell, michael.harrison@adelphia.net
Trey Harris – worship, music & launching the new church ­– 276 629 1472 at home, trharris9898@yahoo.com
Cindy Hall – technical & children ­– 276 629 4421 at home, cindy.hall@vpmep.org
Tommy Bruce – ministry needs & youth – 276 627 1162 at home, 4bruces@adelphia.net
Lee Hobbs – facilities, equipment & finances – 276 629 3358 at home, kwik8828@yahoo.com

Final Notes
Below is a listing COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP activities through October. Please put them on your calendar, and let me know how you want to help. Pray for my family as we will be in Georgia at a family reunion through Sunday morning. We look forward to seeing you Sunday evening for worship.

I love each of you, and I am excited about all God is doing with His new church, The Community Fellowship. Pray that logistics will come together in the coming days (building, website, meeting times, paperwork, etc…). Sunday evening’s message I will be preaching is going to be awesome. As I leave you, here is a big thought that ought to make us all get even more excited about The Community Fellowship:

“For it has pleased God to tell his people that the riches and glory of Christ are for you Gentiles, too. For this is the secret: Christ lives in you, and this is your assurance that you will share in his glory.” Colossians 1:27 (NLT)


With GOD as my guide, Your pastor and friend …

Pastor Michael michael.harrison@adelphia.net
(James 1:5)

4 steps to planting The Community Fellowship: DREAMING, DEVELPOING, DEPLOYING & D-DAY


The Community Fellowship’s UPCOMING SCHEDULE

SUNDAY, Sept 24 – Fellowship & Worship, 5 pm, southside park in Martinsville, POT LUCK (bring plenty of food and drink for your family and others)

NEXT SATURDAY, Sept 30 – Worship, 6 pm, Springs of Life Christian Camp near Patrick Springs…special activities BIG TIME for our children.

EACH SUNDAY – Small Group Bible Study, 10 until noon, same small group time and same small group place

SUNDAY, Oct 8 – Worship & Moving into the DEVELPOPING STAGE of Church Planting, 6 pm (place is TBA)

SUNDAY, Oct 15 – Lunch & Worship on the Blue Ridge Parkway, noon, soup and grilled cheese sandwiches (?) at Rocky Knob, more info to come

MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES – Raceway Ministries, Oct 20-22 & Kids Halloween Event, Oct 31 at BTW 21 (helping with events and helping sponsor event to get our name out in the community)

SUNDAY, Oct 29 – Worship, 6 pm, (place is TBA)

Note: AWANA, Wednesdays at 6:30 pm – if you or any of the children you know want to continue being part of AWANA, our friends at First Baptist in Bassett have invited us to join them. Several of our children are already enjoying learning more about Jesus and memorizing Scripture.

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