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

Phone: (434) 792-5960

E-mail: westmainbaptist@comcast.net Sunday Bible Study @ 9:45 A.M. Sunday Worship @ 11:00 A.M.

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

October 6 Deacons Greeters

Patricia Elliott, Kristi Gilliam, Jamie McAdams

Extended Session Workers Babies: Billie Jo Reynolds, Sherry

Price, Julie Brown 2’s & 3’s: Pam & Paige Swanson

4’s & 5’s: Jeff & Angie Smith

Emmaus Cafe October 9, 2019

Menu: Spaghetti, Salad, Bread and Dessert

Please sign up by Tues., at noon.

WORSHIP THIS WEEK October 6, 2019

Drew Herring’s Topic: If You Have Faith (And You Do)

Luke 17: 5-10

CHURCH-WIDE PICNIC AT THE MILLS’ FARM

Next Sunday, October 13th5:00 - 7:00 P.M.

We will provide hot dogs, drinks and s’mores.

You Bring: chairs, a picnic-style dish ordessert to share.

Activities: Horse rides, farm animals, slack line, little kids activities, corn hole, and more.

Directions: The Mills’ Farm is located at 1127 Loomfixer Lake Road.

Traveling west out of Danville on Highway 58, take a left on Berry Hill Road (#311). In about two (2) miles take a right onto Loomfixer Lake Road. The Mills’ farm will be on your right: 1127 Loomfixer Lake Road.

Parking will be plentiful. Someone will help you know whereto park.

Welcome, Little One!Marc, Lori Beth and big brother William Dalton welcome their new baby, Thomas Anderson, born September 27. He weighed 7 lbs. 6 0z and was 18 3/4 inches long.

If you have recently brought food to church for an event, please stop by the kitchen to see if any of the many unclaimed dishes might be yours.

ECHO Come Meet Our New Pastor, Drew Herring

Thursday, October 10 @ 12 Noon Come fellowship and get to know Drew! Lunch served - No Charge - No Program SIGN UP BY SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6.

November: TBA - Details are currently being finalized.

December: Thursday, December 5 Fashions for Evergreens 2019 at Hotel Roanoke

Leave WMBC: 9:30 A.M. Return by 4:00 P.M. 11:30 A.M. - Lunch (on your own) at The Regency Room

Cost: Approx. $30 RESERVE YOUR PLACE BY DECEMBER 1.

ECHO ACTIVITIES ARE OPEN TO ANY ADULT WEST MAIN MEMBERS Raymond Elliott Joyce Payne

ASSISTED CARE Virginia Powell - Roman Eagle Mercer Motley - Riverside Goldie Keesee - Roman Eagle Russell Hines - Atlanta

FAMILY & FRIENDS Kevin Kirk’s father, Tom Judy Gourley’s sister in law, Brenda Hunt Julia Gatewood’s sister, Nina Paige Swanson’s friend, Lili Tracey Smith’s mother

Raymond & Iva Newman’s friend, Nina Bailey Sallie Minter’s friend, Judy Nolan’s grandson Tiffany Franks’ mother Becky Barker’s brother Rena Vaughn’s brother Barbara Pleasant’s mother Jimmie Payne’s father

Our Christian sympathy is extended to the Dalton families on the death of David’s mother, Jean.

Our Christian sympathy is extended to the family of Richard McMillian upon his death.

YOUTH ENCOUNTERSundays, 6:00 - 7:30 P.M.

October 6 - “Vulnerability” October 20-“Joy”

Fall Retreat - Sign up by this Sunday!

Time & Talent Surveys

Please remember to fill out and return your Time & Talent Survey, available on the table outside of the main church office. This information will be used by the nominating committee and West Main staff as ideas, needs and volunteer opportunities arise.

1 Ella Payne 2 Darlene Ryland Brian Zagol 3 Delos Boyer 4 Albert Keatts 7 Jeff Gilliam 10 Michelle Bloomer Ken Calvert Larry Aaron 11 Margaret Gurley 13 Sherry Price 14 Julia Gatewood Kaylin Wright 15 John Evans 16 Sally Burton 17 Claudia Easley David Dalton Colton Payne

18 Nevin Meissner Robert Meissner 19 Mark Mills Graydon Smith 21 Karen Tyrrell Donald Price 22 Steve Adkins Skyler Daniel Hailey Haynsworth William Gatewood 23 Shirley Moore 24 Q Jones 25 Olivia Puckett Larry Duncan 26 Pam Durham 27 Ruth Hess Lorelei Zagol Carly Meeks Courtney Meeks 28 Russell Hines Levi Smith 29 Nathan Payne 30 Tanya Jones

Bus Drivers Needed: We’re on the hunt for new drivers for the church bus. Anyone interested in getting their CDL, please call the church office 792-5960.

Danville is a little over a thousand miles from Fort Worth, TX. By the time you read this letter, I will have made that trip with my dog and cat and as much of my life as it is possible to fit in a Honda Civic.

It has been said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, but my

journey, our journey, did not start when I began driving Monday morning. It started with your prayers. It started with your honest sharing about your hopes and dreams for the future. It started with the formation of a transition team who read resumes with discernment and made phone calls with holy expectation. It started as Jenny and I began to prayerfully search for a place where my calling as a pastor might intersect with our calling as a family.

As I look back over the last six months, I can see that with each video conference and visit with the transition team, each hard question answered and story told, each hug and handshake given, that the Holy Spirit was bringing us together. So much so that my family felt the ache of leaving loved ones as we drove to the airport on “Call Sunday”—Judah is still asking about his new Danville friends! None of this would have been possible without each of us having the courage to take those first steps into the wilderness, trusting that in the unknown places of interim and search, that we would meet Jesus and find the right people to walk home with.

Jesus said it just takes a little faith, faith the size of a grain of mustard for God to do great things in our lives. I am so glad for the little steps of faith that have brought us together. In worship this week we will imagine what might be possible if our faith in God and in each another increased, just a little.

“Now to him who by the power at work within us is able to accomplish abundantly far more than all we can ask or imagine, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” (Ephesians 3:20-21) See you Sunday, Drew