"The Final Flight," a play presented by Warner Baptist drama group was a delight for the congregation assembled at Providence Baptist Church in Leesburg, VA on Saturday, September 17, 2011. The play was directed by Sister Lucy O'Dell.

The cast also featured members of Mt Pleasant Baptist, Alexandria, VA and Macedonia Baptist, Arlington, VA.
Director/ Playwright - Deaconess Lucy O'Dell
Narrator - Deaconess Sarah Perry

     The play was about the sudden end of earthly life for several persons who had no anticipation that their earthly journey was about to end.  The reaction varied for all of them.  For two or three passengers it was a pleasant flight with a happy ending, however, for the rest of the passengers their journey ended before the flight reached Heaven.
     The play was entertaining, but yet, reality implications were present.  When you witness the play you realize that life, in a sense, is like a bubble on water. 

     If you have not seen the play, I'd recommend you make it a goal to be present when the play is presented the next time.

     Sister O'Dell does a very good job of getting cast members and backups. 

The play has been presented by the drama group about 7 times in the metropolitian area.

The cast members and participants were:  Janice Somers; Marjorie Strothers; Carolyn Curseen; Amanda Brown; Grady Bryant; Reginia Crawley; Ruth Nelson; Albert Curseen; Evelyn Jordan; Mary Ingleton; Leon Henderson; Katherine Rucker; Millie Brooks; Carnell Richardson; Barbara Daggs and Barbara White.

Cast members with singing parts were:  Corrine Mansfield (Precious Lord); Amanda Brown (I Want to Be Ready); Ruth Nelson (I'll Go, If the Lord Needs Somebody); Mary Ingleton (I Beat the Devil Running); and Millie Brooks (May the Works I've Done Speak for Me). 

The Bible Study Class will complete its study of the Torah on Tuesday, July 26, 2011. Upcoming events for week.

The class is scheduled to start at 7 p. m.

We will study the following on Tuesday:

  
 1.  Complete chapter 34

   
2.  Do a memory walk through the Torah, starting with Genesis

   
4.  Identify the  mothers of  Jacob's 12 sons

   
5. See map of the division of the land in the promise land

We invite you to come and share with us in this memory walk.

This will be our final class for this quarter.  We will convene again on September 6, 2011 @ 7:pm 

Deacon Grady Bryant

Teacher

ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR WEEK



July 27-Wednesday - Church reps will be going to Mt Olive Baptist Church in Rectortown to celebrate Rev Norman Smith's retirement. The service starts at 7 p.m.  Buses are scheduled to leave the church ground @ 3 p.m.

Pastor Pearson will be preaching. The Mass Choir w/b singing. Plan to stop at eatery for meal while enroute to Rectortown.

July 31- Sun- WBC w/b going to Oakland Baptist, Alexandria for their annual Usher's Day  Svc.

@ 3p.m.  Rev Pearson w/b preaching  & the Leadership Choir will render the music.

Homecoming Day was celebrated in a traditional southern Black churches manner on Sunday July 10, 2011 at Warner Baptist

     Homecoming day at Warner Baptist consisted of a church service in the morning that was attended by former members, families, and friends; along with current members, families, friends and visitors.
    The pastor, Rev. Matthew J. Pearson delivered the sermon, using St John 9:33 for scripture. His text was "What is your testimony".
   The youths were called upon to give a presentation. They did a wonderful job.
    Melinda Saunders, a teenager, read an original writing that she wrote. Following, with Melinda's permission is her writing:

            Homecoming to me means being around friends and family and enjoying each others company and enjoying the good food people prepare for the church. It is about being around people that you have not seen in a while or just meeting them for the first time. My mom was telling me a story about how she would go to her grandmother's church and they would set tables up outside and everybody would bring a dish that they fixed; nothing was store bought. Everything was hand prepared by the people at the church and the kitchen committee was in charge of cooking the meats. After the meals were prepared, they would eat and have church and fellowship with one another and after church her family would go to her grandmothers house and eat and have more fun and then they would go home and go to bed. So I'm looking forward to enjoying the rest of this homecoming celebration. So sit back, relax and enjoy the rest of our 2011 Homecoming celebration.
Thank you and God bless,
Melinda Saunders

After the morning service, everybody was invited to stay and share dinner in the dining hall.

In the afternoon service, Rev Robert Yancy from St Paul Baptist in Arlington, Va and his church members were the guest.  His scripture was 1st Kings 13:7-15., text: "Wolves in Sheep clothings"

A good overall scripture for this day is found in Deuteronmy 32:6.

In conclusion, Homecoming services are generally more joyous than Homegoing services.  May we strieve to greet each other more often in between the services.
    (unedited edition)

Sunday, July 10th will be WBC's annual Homecoming/ Rally Day. The guest speaker for the afternoon service will be Rev. Robert Yancey, pastor of St Paul Baptist Church, Arlington, VA

The pastor, Rev. Matthew Pearson is expected to deliver the message for the morning service.
After the a.m. service, the Culininary Ministry will serve a delicious meal in the dining area. During the dinner period, usually, some old friends and/or acquaintances get together and chat about old times or what is going on today.
The afternoon service is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Pastor Robert Yancey and the St Paul Baptist Church of  Arlington, VA will will be our guest.

Bible Study: Deuteromy Chapter 31 and 32. Tuesdays July 5th and 12th 2011 at 7 p.m.These chapters provide us with more insight on Moses actions in his latter days

The outline for our study is as follows:

     Chapter 31

     a.  Joshua becomes Israel's leader
     b.  Public reading of the law
     c.  Israel's Disobedience Foretold
    d.  Introduction to Song of Moses

After class comment:  Due to time constraint, we only studied Chapter 31. We had a wonderful discussion. Our study gave us some insight on selecting pastors and leaders and reading our church covenant regular. Some churches may take two or three years to select a new pastor, whereas, others may only take 30 days or less.  The long delay is not consistant with biblical practices.  For example, after Moses, Joshua was commissioned in 30 days or less.
Our class leader tonight was Sister Yvonne Jackson. 
Our attendance tonight was 18.

On July 12th we will study Chapters 32 and 33 (time permitting)

                   Chapter 32

     a. The Song of Moses
     b. Moses Death Foretold

The Song of Moses is loaded. We look forward to studying this chapter.  We are going to put some emphasis on 32:8 to help us in our understanding.
In this chapter Moses dies, but he views the promise land from Mount Nebo.

       Chapter 33

Moses Blesses the Tribes
   a.   How many tribes were there
   b.  Who are the tribes named after

We are looking forward to a good discussion. The only book you need to bring is your Bible. If you do not have one, we will provide you with one or the necessary study material for the night.