"Enter to Worship-Depart to Serve"
Remember our Vacation Bible School starts August 3rd – 5th and will be here at Laurel Hill. We look forward to the Polar Blast of sharing just how cool the love of Jesus can be!
Please continue to pray for our pastor for the continued visitation among our members.
To keep up with everything else, please read our August newsletter and view our church Calendar.
Thanks to everyone who helped and supported Camp Out: Learning S’More about Jesus! Counting everyone, we had over 125 participants in Vacation Bible School this year. We also were able to provide fresh water for 107 children through our VBS offering. Plus, we made 88 “GUTSY” Bears for the Henrico County Police Department to use as comfort bears.
We also had great food and so much of it we got to share twice with the local Fire Department. Everything was so much fun, especially sharing the gospel of Jesus with the children.
Thanks to Four Mile Creek for hosting this cooperative ministry!
Monda
y, people from the churches in our community gathered at Four Mile Creek Baptist Church to pray together for our nation and the elections. Yesterday, Tuesday, the elections were held and with, what many viewed as, surprising results. Today, I wanted to lift up the same prayers that were prayed on Monday and ask you to continue praying them into the future.
Just like these prayers, our absolute need for the Lord and His grace remains unchanged. The call remains constant: “The time has come,” Jesus said. “The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!” (Mark 1:15) The Apostle Paul says it this way, “I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has now been witnessed to at the proper time.” (1 Tim. 2: 1-6)
These are the prayers that are worth repeating.
Remember and repeat: “Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” 1 Chronicles 16: 34
I hope you’ve already noticed the signs at the Route 5 Churches that invite you to Wake Up and be a part of our Community Revival, September 11-13, 2016 at Four Mile Creek Baptist Church. Each night we will enter God’s gates with thanksgiving and go into God’s courts with praise at 6:45 PM, then our service will begin at 7:00 PM. You don’t want to miss this move of God in our midst.
You also want to be aware of all that God is doing this month at Laurel Hill so see and read our newsletter and see our Calendar.
Dear Friends: You missed a great blessing if you weren’t here with us on August 3rd as we prayed together but we are called to come 
together again this Wednesday, August 17th at 7:00 PM. I want you to be there.
Laurel Hill has begun a new evening prayer service on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month at 7:00 P.M. These services will be focused on our many prayer concerns and prayers of gratitude. There will be opportunities for corporate and individual prayer. The beginning of each service will include a time to hear the Word and to reflect on the scripture passage. There will also be an opportunity to lift our voices to the Lord in song. Please consider taking advantage of this opportunity to share in prayer and to rejoice in God’s grace together. For additional information or if you have transportation needs, please contact Phil Deane at 804-334-9582.
We have also been called to join our brothers and sisters at Four Mile Creek for a special season of prayer for our Community Revival Services, September 11 – 13, 2016. Please click on this link and let us pray together!
