Bodybuilders Breakfast—Next Sunday!
Eat breakfast at church next Sunday, September 21! Our Youth will have breakfast biscuits, donut holes and orange juice available in the Lobby before both services! Donations will be accepted and applied toward convention costs! Cash, Check or Venmo accepted!
Worship Night—September 26
Belmont Worship will present a Worship Night on Friday, September 26, at 6:30 pm, in the Worship Center! Join us for a time of worship together!!
Belmont Women’s Ministry Event
Belmont Women: Join us for a special event on Friday, October 3, 6:30-8:00 pm, as we discuss Jesus' "I Am the Light" statement! We will also be kicking off our Mentoring Program!
Tap the button below to email Kim Johnson your RSVP. Childcare will be available if requested!
Opportunities to Serve
Looking for a way to serve at Belmont? Check out the Serve Board in the Lobby! If you see a team you are interested in serving with, fill out the card and turn it in at the Connect Table.
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, from 6:00-7:30 pm, our K-6th graders will begin their Sunday nights curriculum. K-4th graders will begin lessons in Bible Basics, while our 5th and 6th graders go over lessons specific to preteens.
Bodybuilders (7th-12th Graders)
Tonight, 6:00-7:30 pm, in the Worship Center!
Bodybuilders Parents Meeting Tonight!
After Bodybuilders, in the Worship Center! You'll have the opportunity to meet all of our Youth Sponsors, and you'll get the dates, costs, and deadlines for all of our events through this school year and next summer. Each parent who attends will be entered in a drawing to win a $50 gift card to Sandro's restaurant!
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Message Notes:
“The Main Thing”
11“Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.” 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. 19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. (Rev. 1:11, 17-20)
Jesus’ Message to the Church at Ephesus:
They failed to keep the main thing the main thing.
Jesus’ Message in Three Parts
1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands. 2 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. 3 You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. (Revelation 2:1-3)
Part 1: The Commendation
Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first. (Revelation 2:4)
Part 2: The Correction
“We love because he first loved us.” (1 John 4:19)
30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ 31 The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” (Mark 12:30-31)
Consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place. (Revelation 2:5)
Part 3: The Challenge.
The goal is for any church or individual follower to keep the main thing the main thing. May our motivation come from our love for God and others.