A Christmas Treat!
We are excited to welcome Milk & Honey Coffee Company today! Each person can get one free drink from their Christmas menu!
Christmas Eve Services
Join us for one of our Christmas Eve Services,
December 24, at 3:00 or 4:30 pm.
Childcare for Infant-2 years old will be available at each service.
Limited Office Hours December 22-January 2
We will have limited office hours December 22-January 2. You may email the staff or call and leave a message and the staff will get back with you as soon as possible.
Ways to Give
We currently have two ways that you can give to Belmont. They are:
Online: www.belmontchristian.org
Worship: cash or check placed in the offering boxes
You may also mail checks to 1500 Peppers Ferry Road, Christiansburg, VA 24073
Belmont Kids Small Groups (K-6th Grade)
Belmont Kids Small Groups will resume Sunday, January 11, with a Worship Night from 6:00-7:30 pm
Bodybuilders Alumni Night
Bodybuilders, past and present, are invited to attend our Alumni Night on Sunday, January 4, 6:00-8:00 pm, in the Worship Center!
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Message Notes:
Jesus – "A Purpose and A Plan"
The Christmas Story
1 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register. 4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them. (Luke 2:1-7)
5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6 Who, being
in very nature God,
did not consider equality with God something to be
used to his own advantage; 7 rather,
he made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant,being made
in human likeness.
8 And being
found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross!
9 Therefore God exalted him to the
highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the
name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every
tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:5-11)
22 All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: 23 “The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”). (Matthew 1:22-23)
God was with us…
- Physically
5 Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: 6 Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. (Philippians 2:5-7)
- Emotionally
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John 1:1, 14)
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. (John 3:16)
8 And being found in appearance as a man,
he humbled himself
by becoming obedient to death—
even death on a cross!
(Philippians 2:8)
A Christmas Prayer
“Thank you for your willingness to live among us and to show us how to live life to the fullest. Most of all, thank you for your willingness to do all within your power to give us hope and salvation.”