1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity

A PRIL 2015
Bella Vista Baptist Church
Phone: (479) 855-3748 Prayer Room: (479) 855-6644
E-mail: staff@bvbaptist.com www.bvbaptist.com
Something to Think About
A woman was driving home
one night in really nasty
weather. Rain was coming
down in buckets and visibility
was very poor. Seeing tail
lights ahead of her, she
followed the car in front. Not
being able to see, the car in
front seemed to be going in
the right direction. So she
stuck with it. All of a sudden
the car in front of her came to
a stop. She began to wonder
what had happened; perhaps
the car in front had hit a deer
or something. She started
feeling uncomfortable as
being stopped in the middle of
the road can often lead to
accidents. Much to her alarm,
the car in front of her turned
off their lights. Her concern
was growing as well as her
anger. Then, she was startled
by a knock on her window.
She looked up and there was a
man standing in the pouring
rain wanting to speak to her.
She cracked the window open
and asked the man what the
problem was.
The man’s
reply was that he was going to
ask her that same question.
She retorted that she wasn’t
the one who had stopped in
the middle of the road and
then turned off the car lights.
The man told her they were
not in the middle of the road,
but
in
his
driveway.
by Pastor Michael McCauley
under the teaching and
Obviously, this woman had
coaching of Pastor Daniel in
chosen the wrong leader to
the area of music. He has
follow. She had chosen a
always had talent, but by
leader who would not take
following a good leader, his
her where she wanted and
talent has been developed
needed to go.
She had
and more fully realized.
chosen the wrong leader and
Again, it is exciting to
the wrong road.
witness people as they grow
In life we need to ask the
into their God-given potential
question, “Who am I
Who are the leaders in your
following?” because our
life? What lessons does God
choice in leaders will
have for you to learn from
determine the outcome of
the life of your parents?
our journeys. I’ve listened to
What solid resources are
one man in our church tell
around you that you could
stories of his father teaching
benefit from as you seek to
him about business, finance
grow? What talent has God
and innovation. He had in
given
you
and
what
his father a good leader in
opportunities is He giving
the area of business. He
you to further develop it?
listened well and gained the
benefit of what his father had
Jesus is the ultimate leader.
to teach him.
He called disciples –people
I’m watching as another man
learns about stewardship. He
has chosen to take advantage
of a great resource called
Financial Peace University.
This has granted him access
to one of America’s leading
teachers on the subject. It is
exciting to watch him grow
and even more exciting to
see his desire to share what
he is learning with others.
There is a third man (and
truthfully I could use many
examples here), who has sat
who would discipline themselves to His leadership;
people who would learn from
His words and ways and in
so doing, think and act more
like Him. Over time people
started calling these disciples
“Christ-ians” or little Christs.
It was meant as a term of
derision, but they wore it as a
badge of honor. When the
world looks at us are they
seeing people following the
Lord and His leadership? Do
we look like “Christ-ians”?
Bella Vista Baptist Church
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We will learn about:
♦Jesus is in Heaven
♦ Jesus wants people to love
him
♦Do what is good
♦Choose to follow God’s plan
During April, our AWANA Puggles will learn:
♦I thank God for my food
♦I thank God for the sunshine
♦I thank God for plants,
xxflowers, and trees
♦I thank God for animals
♦I thank God for people who care for me
Park Days (10am to noon)
Jadon Brown
Egg hunt for Nursery & PreK
during Sunday School
Fri., 4/10 @ Dave Peel Park, off Bentonville square
Fri., 4/24 @ BV Lake Walking Trail Park
Levels of Biblical Learning—Creation (Part 4)
These are the Biblical concepts of Creation that the nursery and preschool department at
BVBC try to teach and introduce. I encourage you as parents to include some of these
concepts in your daily talk, interactions, family Bible time with your little ones. As Spring
arrives now is a perfect opportunity to talk about creation around you as it becomes new,
grows, blossoms, and new life is born. Enjoy a nature walk with your littles.
Babies to 2s:
♦ God made day, night, plants, sky,
sun, moon, stars, animals, water,
birds, and fish.
♦God made people
♦ God made food for people and
animals
♦ God wants me to enjoy the things
He made
♦ God wants me to thank Him for
the things He made
3s to PreK (additional):
♦ God made everything
♦ God made people different from the
other things He made
♦ God planned for people, animals, and
plants to grow
♦ God made the world for people to enjoy
Phone: (479) 855-3748 Fax: (479) 855-3740
What we are learning this month:
● in Children’s Worship: We
begin the month learning about
Jesus’ death and resurrection,
and His appearance to the
Disciples. Then, we head back
to the Old Testament to study
the life of Daniel. Key Passage:
Daniel 6:27.
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April
Birthdays:
Riley Weatherly .... 04/04
Eva Konomi ......... 04/07
Abigail Magnia...... 04/13
Elijah Cherry ....... 04/16
Olivia Gibbs ........ 04/19
Emmett Dixon ...... 04/20
Jakob Green........ 04/22
Mason Keene ....... 04/29
Dates to Remember:
04/05—Easter Sunday
04/15—Superhero night at AWANA
04/19—Praise Kids Rehearsal
04/19—AWANA Catch up Night 5-6pm
04/24—Praise Kids Rehearsal 6-8pm
04/26—Praise Kids Rehearsal 2-5pm
04/29—No T&T (Praise Kids 5:30-7:30)
Kids Super Summer
Wednesdays, beginning May 13
Calling all Cooper Bronco Parents: We have the privilege of
hosting a booth at the Spring Carnival on April 24th. We need
parents and kids willing to man a bean bag toss game and pass
out info about our church and children’s programs. Please let
Nancy know if you can help with this wonderful outreach
opportunity.
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Bella Vista Baptist Church
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Phone: (479) 855-3748 Fax: (479) 855-3740
Music News
by Pastor Daniel Salls
Those who know me, know how important
giving my best as an offering of praise and
worship is to me. Those who participate in
choir, praise team, orchestra, and media team,
know this as I push them so hard during the
weeks (and even months) before worship
services so we can all present our very best.
Easter takes what the world views as a horrible
tragedy—the death of Jesus on the cross on
Good Friday—and turns it into the great
triumph of God over death. This proof of
God’s great love for us, His children, deserves
to be retold with nothing less than our very
best!
The Bible tells us that
when Jesus celebrated the
Passover with His disciples
at the Last Supper, they
sang a hymn together
before they parted. We
don’t know that that hymn was but, we know
that Jesus sang with those He cherished. Mark
14:26, “When they had sung a hymn, they
went out to the Mount of Olives.” It was
important enough for God to include this in
the Holy Scripture. Possibly this hymn was
preparing their hearts and their mood for what
was to come.
I am so proud and honored by the efforts that
our team has put toward the preparation for the
upcoming Easter services. They understand
the importance of presenting our very best in
honor of our Lord and they know the crucial
role that music plays in setting the mood of
worship and in relaying the Easter message.
If you have not already gotten your tickets to
our community Easter concert, I encourage
you to do so today, before they are gone. I
encourage you to join us at Old High Middle
School as we use the fruit of our labor to set
the tone for the sacred observation of Easter.
Young at Heart News
Praise the Lord...Spring is here! It is a season
of new beginnings and God’s miracles are
seen all around us. We are beginning to plan
some Spring events.
The Senior Adults ministry is planning to
cheer our home team, the NWA Naturals, by
attending one of our home games in May. Be
on the look out for the ads about this in your
bulletins.
by Pastor Daniel Salls
We are working on putting together a periodic
“get together” for all who are caregivers for
their spouse or other family members. The
purpose and intention of this meeting is for
caregivers to share useful information and to
uphold and comfort each other. We also hope
to have experts visit to provide some good
tips. Watch for more information to come
regarding this.
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Bella Vista Baptist Church
Fellowship, a devotional by Eloise Brown, and a short business meeting will
begin at 9:20am.
At 10:15am, our program will feature Frank Seay, who will tell us about the
multi-faceted outreach of Helping Hands in our area. Frank is a member of
the Board of Directors.
The program is open to everyone in our church family. Please join us!
Our May meeting will be a trip to visit Youth Bridge, a home for troubled
children.
Stitch n’ Chat is starting up for the new year. Please
join us for an afternoon of fun and fellowship. On:
Sunday, April 12th from 2pm to 5pm in Fellowship Hall
Bring any needlework or craft project you are working on, or if you want to learn
to knit or crochet we can help. This is a drop-in event—come for all or part of
the time. For more info. contact Joan Abrams, 295-0598. All ages welcome!
If you drink Coke© products we need your help! AWANA is collecting empty
bottles (16oz and 20oz only) and we need 200!! There will be a shopping cart at
the Welcome Center for you to drop off your bottles. Thank you for your help.
**NOTE: only Coke© brand bottles will work (see samples below)
Phone: (479) 855-3748 Fax: (479) 855-3740
Thank You Church
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Thank you for the cards and prayers received for the recent loss of my Mother, and also
Joe’s niece, Sissie, who died unexpectedly. Thank you also to all the many who prayed
for us and our ministry while we were in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. God
richly blessed both us and our ministry. What a blessing to be part of such a loving,
caring family of believers. ~ Lorelei & Joe De Angelis
Movie Night for
Senior Adults
Friday, Apr. 24
6pm-Nachos & Hotdogs
6:30pm-Movie Starts
(ice cream sundaes at intermission)
Threads of Love
Wednesday’
Wednesday’s—April 8th & 22nd at 9:309:30-11am
Meet downstairs in room 151
Come and enjoy coffee, fellowship,
and working together on projects!
forms available at Nursery
desk—Please email a photo
to be used on the screen
that Sunday to
staff@bvbaptist.com
Questions? Call 855-3748
100% of every gift goes to support
the NAMB’s Send North America
strategy of planting more churches
to push back lostness in North
America.
49% of the North American Mission Board’s funding comes from the Annie
Armstrong Easter Offering
You can make donations through the month of April by designating an amount to go to
missions on your regular offering envelopes. If you do not have a boxed set of envelopes
you can use the envelopes provided in the backs of the seats in Grace Hall.
Bella Vista Baptist Church
NON-PROFIT
ORGANIZATION
U.S. POSTAGE PAID
BENTONVILLE, AR 72712
PERMIT #222
50 E Lancashire Blvd.
Bella Vista, AR 72714
April 2015
Phone: (479) 855-3748
General E-mail: staff@bvbaptist.com
BVBC Pastoral Staff
Michael McCauley, Senior Pastor
E-mail: mmccauley@bvbaptist.com
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Daniel Salls, Associate Pastor
E-mail: dsalls@bvbaptist.com
Dave Brown, Associate Pastor
E-mail: dbrown@bvbaptist.com
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Lighthouse of Prayer ...... (479) 855-6644
Freedom Ministry ............ (479) 855-1119
General Delivery... staff@bvbaptist.com
Stacy Craig............ scraig@bvbaptist.com
Carolyn Beaver..cbeaver@bvbaptist.com
Nancy Merrell..nmerrell@bvbaptist.com
Julie McCauley.jmccauley@bvbaptist.com
AWANA ............. awana@bvbaptist.com
FOR THOSE SENDING
CARDS, THE FOLLOWING IS
THE BEGINNING OF NEXT
MONTH’S BIRTHDAYS:
May (FROM 1ST—5TH)
1 –Elmer Epperson
2 –Marge Coates, Colin Sitton,
Betty Burr
3 –Kristi Pool
4 –Brenda Holcomb, Lu Sullivan
5 –Judy Pittman
6 –Betty Madsen, Carla Rivers,
Aaron Mattingly
10 –Beverly Shepherd, Shenia
Harrison
12 –Louise Working
13 –Gloria Sayre, Doug Abrams,
Diana Hayes
16 –Michelle Douthit
18 –Russell Ingle
19 –Madison Thomas
20 –Burl Bruce
21 –Jay Allman
24 –Wanda Hastings, Tom Pitts
25 –Lois Ipock
26 –Matthew Snider, Ashley
Salmons
28 –Shirley Mincer
29 –John Becker, Molly Viles
If you are celebrating your 50th + anniversary this month
and were not on our list, please contact the office.
We have several anniversaries in our database with the year
missing. ~ Thank you!
1– Bev Stetler, John Prathaftakis
2– John Schultz, Serrena Schultz
Rob Caster, Sarah Saxon
3– Poiema Heinritz
4– Danetta Korte
April
Anniversaries
(50+years)
Harold & Alyene Mize .... 04/16/60
Bill & Ramona Alley ....... 04/20/51
APRIL 2015
Sun
Mon
Tue
Regular Weekly Events:
Sundays: Worship (8:30am, 11am, 5pm); Bible
Study (9:45am)
Tuesdays: Men’s Breakfast/Bible Study (6:30am)
Wednesdays: Meal (4:45pm);
xxxxxxChildren’s Choirs (5:30pm);
xxxPrayer Meeting (5:45pm); AWANA (6:15pm);
Youth (6pm); Choir (6pm)
5
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
Women’s Bible
Study
9:30-11am
3
4
Easter Musical
Rehearsal
OHMS 9am
Women On
Mission
9:20am
GOOD
FRIDAY
Open Dress
Rehearsal
11am
Musical at
OHMS 7pm
8
9
10
Thread’s of Women’s Bible Preschool Park
Love 9:30am
Day
Study
10am—noon
9:30-11am
(Peel Park, off
of Bentonville
Square)
11
16
Women’s Bible
Study
9:30-11am
17
18
23
Women’s
Bible Study
9:30-11am
24
PreK Park Day
10am BV
Walking Trail
25
Salls Baby
Shower
2pm FH
6
7
Finance
Committee
mtg. 6:30pm
13
14
15
PreK trip at
Walton Art
Center
AWANA
Superhero
Night
21
22
Thread’s of
Love 9:30am
No Evening
Service
12
Deacon’s
Meeting 4pm
VBS Taskforce
mtg. 12:30 CR
Stitch-n-Chat
2-5pm FH
19
20
Praise Kids
rehearsal
3rd-6th grade
2-5pm GH
Movie Night for
Senior Adults
(see ad)
AWANA Catch
Up Night 5pm
26
Nursery Staff
mtg. 12:15 CR
Praise Kids
rehearse
3rd-6th grade
2-5pm
Youth Parent
mtg. 6pm
Praise Kids
Rehearse
6-8pm
27
28
29
AWANA Not
T&T
3rd-6th grade
choir from
5:30-7:30pm
30
Women’s
Bible Study
9:30-11am