Easter at Belmont!
The following events are happening Easter Weekend:
Friday, April 3, 6:30 pm:
“18 Hours” A Good Friday Worship Service (Childcare for Infant-Preschool provided)
Saturday, April 4, 10:00 am:
Egg Hunt for Pre-K through 5th Grade
We will have bounce houses, a petting zoo, a balloon artist, and 10,000 candy filled eggs!
We hope that you will plan to attend and invite a friend!
How can you help?
~We are taking candy donations through today. A donations bin will be located in the children’s ministry hallway.
~We will have an egg stuffing day tomorrow in the lobby beginning at 10:00 am. All are invited to join us!
Easter Sunday Morning, April 5:
Sunrise Service at 7:00 am, Morning Worship Services at 8:00, 9:30 and 11:00 am. Belmont Preschool (Infant-PreK) and Belmont Kids (K-5th Grade) will be offered at 9:30 and 11:00.
(No other Sunday School classes or Sunday evening activities on Easter Sunday)
How can you help?
We need extra Guest Services volunteers for Easter Weekend! Visit the table in the Lobby to see where you can help, or email Logan for more info (logan@belmontchristian.org)
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 Go MAD (K-6th Grade)
Tonight: 6:00-7:30 pm!
We’ll be stuffing Easter eggs for the Egg Hunt!
Bodybuilders (7th-12th Grade)
Tonight: 6:00-7:30 pm!Tonight: 6:00-7:30 pm!
Boys' Night In: Here at Belmont
Girls' Night out: Meet at 540 Social Axecade
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Message Notes:
“Practice Secrecy”
“Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 3 But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4 so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (Matthew 6:1-4)
- Practice Secrecy in Giving
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (Matthew 6:5-6)
- Practice Secrecy in Praying
9 “This, then, is how you should pray:
“‘Our
Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
10 your
kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today
our daily bread.
12 And forgive
us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us
not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’ (Matthew 6:9-13)
16 “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 17 But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18 so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. (Matthew 6:16-18)
- Practice Secrecy in Fasting
If we are going to practice secrecy, consider doing one or more of the following:
1. Secret Giving
2. Intentional Private Prayer
3. Experimental Fasting
Jesus challenges us to practice secrecy. Not for recognition. Not for applause. But for an audience of One.