Congregational Business Meeting
Today, we are asking all of our members/partners to join us for an opportunity to receive an overview of our finances in 2025 and also act upon our 2026 budget. Copies of the proposed 2026 budgets are available in the office, and absentee ballots are also available in the office today.
Red Cross Blood Drive
Belmont is hosting a blood drive on Thursday, November 13, 2:00-7:00 pm. Tap the button below to schedule your donation!
Community Thanksgiving Dinner—Saturday, November 22, 12:00 pm
Let’s GO serve our community Thanksgiving Dinner! Volunteers are needed to package and deliver meals, and clean up afterwards. Meet in the Lobby!
Sign up in the Lobby today to volunteer. Questions? Contact the church office.
50+ Ministry Christmas Dinner
The 50+ Ministry will have their annual Christmas Dinner on
Friday, December 5 at 5:00 pm. Tickets are $12 each and available from Scotty Bolling.
County Connection will be providing music that evening!
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
Children’s Ministry
Belmont Kids (K-5th Graders) and Belmont Preschool (Nursery-Preschool) are available during both worship services.
Belmont Kids Small Groups (K-6th Grade)
Tonight, 6:00-7:30 pm in Belmont Kids!
Bodybuilders (7th-12th Graders)
Tonight, 6:00-7:30 pm, in the Worship Center!
YAC for 7th-9th Grade girls at Poppy’s following Bodybuilders tonight! Bring money for food and ice cream.
Pick up is at 8:45 at Poppy’s!
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Message Notes:
“Strength In The Struggle”
Introduction to Peter’s Letter
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as strangers, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you. (1 Peter 1:1-2 NASB)
11 Beloved, I urge you as foreigners and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts, which wage war against the soul. (1 Peter 2:11)
4 They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. (1 Peter 4:4)
Peter’s Reminder For All Believers
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, 5 who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In all this you greatly rejoice, (1 Peter 1:3-6a)
The Fine Print
6 In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. (1 Peter 1:6)
7 These (trials) have come so that the proven genuineness of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. (1 Peter 1:7)
Facts About Trials
- Trials are diverse.
- Trials are not easy.
- Trials are temporary.