04/28/2024

 Kids Club will meet this evening at 5:30

Come and see what happens here on Sunday evenings or Wednesday nights. We enjoy sweet fellowship and in-depth Bible study.

   Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Pastor Roberts

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

  God never relents. Our children learn early that persistence on their part leads to weakness on our part. Today’s Psalm reminds us that the unchanging Law of God changes us. If we are to show persistence, it is in desiring to know God’s law better.

  Can we learn to teach our children or our grandchildren to respect authority this way? If we can, the children will learn the blessings of being changed for the better. One way to teach this is to stop trying to get God to change his mind about his law. Instead, be changed by his law to be more like his mind!

Looking ahead to Kids’ Camp this summer:

Note: These are Saturdays in June

June 1

 June 8

June 15

04/21/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30

This Day in Church History

April 21, 1855: Edward Kimball, a Sunday school teacher in Boston, leads 18-year-old shoe salesman Dwight L. Moody to Christ at the Holton Shoe Store. Moody went on to become the most successful evangelist of his day.

From Christianity Today 

Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Ray Bauder

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

       “This month shall be the beginning of months to you…This day will be a memorial to you…This night is for the LORD, to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations.”

From Exodus 12:2,14,42

  Passover: A testimony to the power and sovereignty of God—able (and willing) to redeem whom he loves. Our Redemer, Jesus, chose Passover for the time of his crucifixion—the Lamb of God atoning for the sins of the world to bring out from slavery to sin all who believe.

  Thank a youth worker today. Ask how to become one!

Those who wish to be or want to know more about becoming volunteers for Kids’ Camp this summer (see dates below) please join us downstairs after this morning’s service for a meeting.

Looking ahead to Kids’ Camp this summer:

June 1

June 8

June 15

4/14/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30

This Day in History

1759 The death of George Handel, composer of The Messiah

1865  Abraham Lincoln is shot by John Booth

1912 The Titanic begins to sink

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Ralph Verdu

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

       Don’t you hate those ‘dropped phone calls’ when the signal just quits and cuts off your conversation? Or, what about languishing near to tears while ‘on hold?’ Your Call Is Important to Us…

  Then there are the multiple messages you leave that never get returned. FRUSTRATION!

  Give thanks that our communication with the Father is not like that. Today’s Psalm assures us that God hears, He answers, and He listens. Trust Him. Call upon Him. Wait, and be satisfied.

v Pray for the Lord to guard our nursery workers. Perhaps your prayer will lead you to prayerfully consider serving in this vital ministry.

Ministry Highlight

The attributes of God are those characteristics of God we discern from the many comments and explanations of Him in Scripture. Join us on Wednesday nights at 7:00PM as we explore and discover what a mighty God we serve. And, don’t underestimate the power of a praying church family. Come and see how well God does indeed listen.

4/07/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader Barry Peffer

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

       All assistance must come from a source with greater resources than the one needing assistance. You can’t five what you don’t have. Neither can you get what you need from a source as needy as yourself.

  We exist as natural, dishonorable, corruptible, perishable, weak beings incapable of any end but one of destruction.

  Not so the Lord Jesus Christ. He alone was preserved from corruption, and he alone can lift ‘natural man’ above corruption. The resurrection of Jesus settles eternity for all who believe. That “first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.” We needed life. He has life to give…because of the resurrection.

April’s calendar is on the table in the foyer.

3/31/2024

  Kidz Club will NOT meet this evening.

Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

NO Evening Worship

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

  The apostle Paul suffered much at the hands of civilians and government: Jews, Gentiles, and Romans. The reasons are two-fold. First (foremost) is God’s purpose (see Acts 9:15,16). The other reason was the same as why Christians continue to be persecuted to this day—the preaching of the resurrection of Jesus from the dead (see Acts 17:18,32 and Acts 23:6).

   All the world’s religions or philosophies stand or fall on whether Christ was raised from the dead. If he was not, then we are still in our sins (1 Corinthians 15:17). But “in fact Christ has been raised from the dead…so also in Christ shall all be made alive.”

  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved!

Note: There will not be a service this evening.

 Regular service times and programs will resume next Sunday.

 April’s calendar is on the table in the foyer.

3/17/2024

Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30.

This Day in History 

St. Patrick’s Day is not really about green. It is not at all about Leprechauns, and it is only incidentally about Ireland. St. Patrick’s Day is about the gospel. Over the centuries since the days of Jesus, God has used many people in many ways to advance his work. Praise God!

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

             Song Leader: Ray Bauder

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

   Parables are wonderful teaching techniques. Jesus used them often in his ministry. There were several reasons Jesus used parables and one of them was to redirect the thinking of people as his time of crucifixion drew nearer.

   The Twelve (and many others besides) “…supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.” (Luke 19:11) But Jesus was on his way up to the city of Jerusalem (after leaving the home of Zaccheus) to fulfill his mission of redemption. The Twelve and many of the crowd were impatient with God. We can be that way too. Wait for God. Let Him direct and find His way is better.

Schedule for the Easter Season

·        24th     Palm Sunday

·        29th     Good Friday Service at 7:00 PM

·        31st     ‘Sunrise’ Service at 7:30 AM   After this early service, please join us for coffee and donuts in the church basement.

o   Sunday School at 10:00

o   Easter Worship Service at 11:00          

Note: There will not be an evening service on Easter Sunday.

3/10/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30.

Missionaries Kurt and Bethany Gomez present their Mexico ministry today. Welcome them!

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

             Song Leader: Ralph Verdu

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study

  Thursdays at 6:00 PM

Worship Hint for Families

   Zaccheus was a ‘wee little man’ – in stature. But he was a giant in demonstrating a heart changed by faith in Christ.

   Jesus, incredibly distressed, was enroute to Jerusalem, anticipating crucifixion (and all the wrathful penalty for sin it entailed). Yet he had the compassion and took the time to touch the heart of another undeserving sinner.

   Zaccheus was curious. He was also delighted by the attention Jesus paid him. Up to that point he is no different than thousands of others. But Zaccheus believed, acknowledged Jesus for who he was, and was gloriously changed.

Ø  Bruce and Luann Sievers enjoy hearing from you.

850 Washburn Ave.

Apartment #327

Louisville, KY 40222

Ø  Harold ‘Barney’ Barnhart also wants to hear from you. He now lives at:

#137

22 Clen Moore Blvd.

New Castle, PA 16105

Ø  Orders for commemorative Easter flowers are being taken now. Please indicate the kind, quantity, who is giving the flowers and who is being remembered or honored by them. Orders must be in by Tuesday, March 12. The flowers are $9.00 each. Please make checks payable to Portersville Bible Church. Order forms are on the table in the foyer.

3/03/2024

Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30.

Today in Church History

March 3, 1263: French cardinal, Hugh of St. Cher, dies. He reputedly compiled the first Bible concordance and was the first person to divide the Old and New Testaments into chapters.   From Christianity Today

However: the chapter divisions we use today were developed by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury in the 1200s and the verse divisions we use were by Robert Estienne, a printer/scholar in the 1500s.

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

             Song Leader: Barry Peffer

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study resumes

 this Thursday, March 7.

Worship Hint for Families

   Many believers (and some unbelievers) object to the commercialization and trivialization of Easter in modern culture. Bunnies, eggs, candy and other tokens loom large in the public eye. So what’s wrong with that? Nothing!

  Bunnies are cute and cuddly, candy is tasty, eggs are nourishing, pretty clothing is pretty, and Spring is delightful. Enjoy it all!

  It just happens that all these cultural delights coincide with an event that is the greatest event in all of history: the resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth from the dead. He rose to justify us before God in heaven. Chew on that while you nibble on a hard-boiled egg.

Ø  Write to Bruce and Luann Sievers as they endure his treatments for his illness. Their address during the treatments is:

850 Washburn Ave.

Apartment #327

Louisville, KY 40222

Ø  There will be a Childrens’ Ministry Meeting after the service this morning. Please join us in the basement.

Ø  Next Sunday, the 10th, Missionaries Kurt and Bethany Gomez will present their ministry in Mexico.

Ø  Orders for commemorative Easter flowers are being taken now. Please indicate the kind, quantity, and add a note to show who gave the flowers and who is being remembered or honored by them. Orders must be in by Tuesday, March 12. The flowers are $9.00 each. Please make checks payable to Portersville Bible Church. Questions? Ask Kathy Drake.

2/25/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30.

Yesterday in Church History

February 24, 1582: Gregory XIII issues a bull requiring all Catholic countries to follow October 4 with October 15 and replace the Julian calendar with the Gregorian (which we still use today). By 1582, the Julian calendar had drifted from the equinoxes by a full ten days.

From Christianity Today

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Pastor Roberts

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study resumes

 Thursday, March 7.

Worship Hint for Families

   Some “practical minded’ people discourage or demean regular and frequent Bible reading. These people are not all unbelievers, nor are they all against education. And, neither are they practical!

  To read the Bible is to know God. There is nothing we can know about God that is not in the Bible. Since such knowledge is the very way of life, it is eminently practical. But there is more to be gained. To read Scripture is to learn history, geography, math, poetry (and other forms of literature), vocabulary, problem solving, relationship building, and more.

READ THE BIBLE !

Ø  Write to Bruce and Luann Sievers as they endure his treatments for his illness. Their address during the treatments is:

850 Washburn Ave.

Apartment #327

Louisville, KY 40222

Ø  Coming in March:

o   3   Childrens’ Ministry Meeting after the morning service. Please meet in the basement.

o   10 Missionaries Kurt and Bethany Gomez will present their ministry in Mexico

2/18/2024

 Kidz Club will meet this evening at 5:30.

This Day in Church History

John Bunyan published his book Pilgrim’s Progress

       Events This Week

Today

Sunday School at 10:00

Morning Worship at 11:00

Evening Worship at 6:00

Song Leader: Ray Bauder

Wednesday

7:00 PM    Prayer Meeting

Ladies’ Bible study will resume

 Thursday, March 7.

Worship Hint for Families

   In Paul’s great letter to the Philippians, we read that we are to “…let [our] requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard [our] hearts and [our] minds in Christ Jesus.”

   What a promise! Today’s psalmist recognizes the oppressiveness of this evil world, but he also sees the sovereignty of God in and through the oppression. In your family prayer times give God glory while you plead for help and mercy in difficult times.

Ø  Keep an eye on the proposed changes to this building (see the plan posted on the bulletin board in the foyer). Walk through the spaces where change is planned and get an idea of how our ability to use this building to serve the Lord will be improved.

Ø  Only 30 days until Spring!

Ø  Learn more about what needs there are in our congregation as we gather for prayer each Wednesday. Learn more about who and what God is as we study his attributes as they are described in Scripture.