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Hi-Lites January 26, 2021

Thank you!You have pledged 88.6% or $465,825.00 of our $525,509.00 budget for 2021.Because of your faithfulness

to pledge in this uncertain year, the Stewardship and Finance Committee has decided to move forward with our proposed ministry action budget. However, we will continue to accept pledges as they help us better plan for our future.

West Main Baptist Church 450 West Main Street Danville, VA  24541

Phone: (434) 792-5960

E-mail: westmainbaptist@comcast.net Church Office Hours:

Monday-Friday 9:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

West Main Staff Drew Herring- Senior Pastor Skyler Daniel - Associate Pastor for Youth and Families Jennifer Clatterbuck - Associate Pastor for Children and Families Mark Gourley- Min. of Music and Worship Billie Jo Reynolds - Church Administrator Sherry Price - Communications Sec.and Director, WEE Center Daryl Edwards - Custodian

WEDNESDAY NIGHTS THIS WINTER:

We will gather on Zoom from 6:00-7:00 P.M. on Wed. nights this winter for prayer and Bible Study. As we read the New Testament together in 2021, we will talk about the reading each week - what inspired you, what surprised you, what moved you, what challenged you, or what confused you about the text.

Did you know you can also join us by phone?

Call 1-929-205-6099. Meeting ID: 858 4542 8144 Passcode: 790357

Winter Hymn Series: This winter, Mark plans to offer a Hymn of the Week, played on the organ or piano, and a brief commentary on its composer and history. These hymns will be posted on Facebook and linked to the music page of our website.

WMBC’s WEE Center Preschool

Registration for Fall 2021 begins Feb. 1st!

The WEE Center offers classes for preschoolers age 2 and up. Our classes are held Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00-12:00. Children enrolled in the four-year-old class (Pre-K) may enroll in the extended program, which meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:00-12:00 (total 5 days). We also offer a Tuesday Morning Out program for one year olds (must be one by December 31, 2021) on Tuesdays from 9:00-12:00.

Please call Sherry Price for more information or to receive a registration form at 792-5960. Spaces are limited.

WEST MAIN MEMBERS Frank Wilkerson - surgery 1/26 Judy King - surgery 3/3 Chuck Ayuso Dan Taylor Ken Stokes Laura Luffman Lee Wayland Raymond Elliott Jeannett Meetze Jimmie & Joyce Payne

ASSISTED CARE Nancy Buchanan - Commonwealth Virginia Powell - Roman Eagle Mercer Motley - Riverside Nell Moore - Riverside Russell Hines - Atlanta

FAMILY & FRIENDS Donna Comper’s mother Margaret Adcock’s sister Jim Minter’s mother

Rebecca Wright Dan & Linda Taylor’s daughter Dan & Linda Taylor’s grandson - deployed to D.C Barbara Shaver’s brother Raymond Newman’s friend Richard Jones, brother of Jim, Sue, Rena and Scott Alan Hepler’s mother & brother The Tucker’s friend Sue Irby (Wee Center teacher) Pete Heath’s father Katie Brooks’ father Barbara Pleasant’s mother Tracey Smith’s mother Pam Pulley’s mother Peyton Keesee’s mother-in-law Kevin Kirk’s uncle Rena Vaughn’s brother WH & Melodie’s friend All Caregivers of COVID-19 patients Lili Manning Sallie Minter’s friend, Judy Nolan’s grandson Bobby Harris’ friend

We express our deep Christian sympathy to Bruce Wilson and family on the death of his mother, Mary.

YOUTH NEWS Youth Encounter is now HYBRID!

Attend via zoom or in-person, 6-7pm We'll play Jackbox games, share highs and lows,

and have a short Bible talk. Join us this Sunday January 31, as we reflect on how

God always gives us the freedom to choose!

DEACON ORDINATION: A Few Changes for 2021

We will ordain three brand-new deacons on Sunday, January 31st: Robert Bridgforth, Jon Dalton & Joy Wood. Because we cannot do our normal practice safely, we are asking you to offer written blessings this year.

These can be a short personal word of encouragement, a prayer or a special scripture. You can email your blessings to the church office or fill out the slips in last week’s newsletter and return them to the church in-person or by mail. Each deacon will receive their own blessing jar full of these blessings on Sunday.

1 Tricia Buchanan Ted Hodges L. P. Mua 2 Caleb Brinkley 3 Bill Hankins 4 Pattie Lineberry Janice Morning 5 Patricia Glenn Sonya Wentz 7 Lee Burton 8 John Crews 12 Sheena Shelton 13 Judy King Joe Lee

13 Emily Haynsworth 15 Noah Abercrombie William Dalton 16 Charles Haynsworth 19 Kim Meeks Matthew Wells 21 Anne Adcock Marc Dalton 22 Ricky McFarling 23 Virginia Powell Avery Holshouser 25 Jeff Wright Jimmy Bolton 26 Jeff Buchanan Anita Finney Noah Blackwell 28 Julia Scott

READ THE NEW TESTAMENT IN 2021 Weekly Readings:

Week of January 24: Matthew 11-15 Week of January 31: Matthew 16-20

From this week’s reading: “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

Matthew 11: 28-30 Our weekday children’s Bible Study, What’s in the Bible?, will resume on Feb. 9 (1st- 4th grade) and Feb. 10 (5th & 6th grade.) New participants are welcome! Interested but can’t attend in person? Ask to be added to our email list to receive the lessons at home. Contact Jennifer for more information.

“What is truth?”, Pontius Pilate, Roman Governor of Judea, asked Jesus (John 18:38). The Jewish authorities had told Pilate that Jesus was a criminal who deserved to be put to death, but in Pilate’s assessment of the facts, Jesus had done no wrong. What for Jesus’s accusers was a grave religious infraction, was of little concern in the eyes of Roman jurisprudence. Because they persisted, Pilate went along, but not before questioning Jesus. “Are you the king of the Jews (18:33)?” If Jesus claimed to be king, he would have contradicted the inviolable truth that there was no king but Caesar. Jesus did say “yes,” but his understanding of what it meant to be a king was incomprehensible to Pilate. “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here (18:36).” Pilate was flabbergasted. He asked again, “So you are a king?” Jesus replied, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice(18:37).” This is a story of three competing claims on the truth. As Jesus hung on the cross, the truth of the accusations against Jesus and the truth of Roman power seemed to be validated. But hiding in plain sight was the ultimate truth that would be revealed in Jesus’s resurrection: Jesus was fully human and fully divine in life, would be raised up to conquer death, and would ascend to reign at the right hand of the Father. Despite all evidence to the contrary, Jesus was who he said he was,“the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6)” “What is truth?” In the competing truth claims of our time, Pilate’s question has become our own. Even those of us who look to Jesus for the truth, can’t always agree on the facts. We don’t know who or what to believe. We want Jesus to have ultimate authority in our lives, but we don’t know how to discern his voice among the cacophony of voices all around us. In another story from the beginning of Jesus’s ministry, the crowds were astounded by Jesus’s teaching because unlike others who spoke to them about what was true, Jesus taught, “as one having authority (Mark 1:22).” In worship we will talk about what makes Jesus’s teaching authoritative and how we might discern who and what to call authoritative today.

See you Sunday, Drew