Spring Revival

Our Spring Revival is only 2 weeks away. We are excited about the services which will be lead by Steve Freeman. Make your plans to attend and invite everyone you know. Just click on the flyers below to enlarge and to print out a copy to share with your friends and family.

Easter 2008

Holy week was a wonderful week for CTBC. It started off on Palm Sunday as we worshipped Christ as Messiah, continued to our Maundy Thursday service as we celebrated Communion, then on Saturday children gathered for an Easter Party featuring the story of Christ and an Easter egg hunt and the week culminated on Easter Sunday as we worshipped at an empty tomb. The Community Easter Sunrise Service started out the crisp (some say downright cold) morning at 6:30 AM, but as the sun rose the day warmed up as our praise and worship of the Savior continued throughout the day. Our Easter service were filled with beautiful music, proclamation of the Easter message of hope... Christ is risen, alleluia! Christ is risen indeed, alleluia!

The children gather...

You never know where those Children Ministry vols will hide eggs!

Hey look! I got a Snickers!!!!

Maundy Thursday Service

Our Anuual Maundy Thursday Service will be this Thursday evening at 7:30 PM. Join us for this service commemorating Jesus final night with his disciples.

What is Maundy Thursday?
Maundy Thursday, also called Holy Thursday, is a service to commemorate Jesus' Last Supper and the beginning of our sacrament, the Lord's Supper. The word Maundy comes from the Latin mandatum, which means "commandment." At the Last Supper, Jesus gave the disciples a new commandment to love one another as he had loved them (John 13:34). Prior to breaking the bread with the disciples, Jesus washed their feet. Maundy Thursday worship services include Holy Communion and sometimes foot washing as well. (http://archives.umc.org/interior.asp?ptid=1&mid=2873)

St. Patrick's Breastplate

This prayer is often called "St. Patrick's Breastplate" because of those parts of it which seek God's protection. It is also sometimes called "The Deer's Cry" or "The Lorica".

I arise today

Through a mighty strength, the invocation of the Trinity,

Through the belief in the threeness,

Through confession of the oneness

Of the Creator of Creation.

I arise today

Through the strength of Christ's birth with his baptism,

Through the strength of his crucifixion with his burial,

Through the strength of his resurrection with his ascension,

Through the strength of his descent for the judgment of Doom.

I arise today

Through the strength of the love of Cherubim,

In obedience of angels,

In the service of archangels,

In hope of resurrection to meet with reward,

In prayers of patriarchs,

In predictions of prophets,

In preaching of apostles,

In faith of confessors,

In innocence of holy virgins,

In deeds of righteous men.

I arise today

Through the strength of heaven:

Light of sun,

Radiance of moon,

Splendor of fire,

Speed of lightning,

Swiftness of wind,

Depth of sea,

Stability of earth,

Firmness of rock.

I arise today

Through God's strength to pilot me:

God's might to uphold me,

God's wisdom to guide me,

God's eye to look before me,

God's ear to hear me,

God's word to speak for me,

God's hand to guard me,

God's way to lie before me,

God's shield to protect me,

God's host to save me

From snares of devils,

From temptations of vices,

From everyone who shall wish me ill,

Afar and anear,

Alone and in multitude.

I summon today all these powers between me and those evils,

Against every cruel merciless power that may oppose my body and soul,

Against incantations of false prophets,

Against black laws of pagandom

Against false laws of heretics,

Against craft of idolatry,

Against spells of witches and smiths and wizards,

Against every knowledge that corrupts man's body and soul.

Christ to shield me today

Against poison,

against burning,

Against drowning,

against wounding,

So that there may come to me abundance of reward.

Christ with me,

Christ before me,

Christ behind me,

Christ in me,

Christ beneath me,

Christ above me,

Christ on my right,

Christ on my left,

Christ when I lie down,

Christ when I sit down,

Christ when I arise,

Christ in the heart of every man who thinks of me,

Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me,

Christ in every eye that sees me,

Christ in every ear that hears me.

I arise today

Through a mighty strength,

the invocation of the Trinity,

Through belief in the threeness,

Through confession of the oneness,

Of the Creator of Creation.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I hope all of you are wearing your green today as not to get pinched. Click on clover for info about St. Patrick's Day...and what would St. Paddy's Day be without a rendition of that beloved Irish song Danny Boy?

Holy Week

It is only a few days until we enter into Holy Week or the Week of Passion. It is a week in which we walk with Jesus Christ on his way to His death on the cross and His resurrection. Here is a listing of our Holy Week services and activities:

Sunday, March 16

Palm Sunday

8:30 & 11:00 AM

Worship Services

Message brought by Dr. Campbell

9:45 AM

Sunday School

4:45 PM

Praise & Worship

5:30 PM

Discipleship Training featuring Bible Skills, Drills & Thrills + Kids Praise for K-5th grade

Thursday, March 20

Maundy Thursday

7:30 PM

Maundy Thursday Communion Service

Friday, March 21

Good Friday

Saturday, March 22

Holy Saturday

2:00 PM

Children's Ministry Easter Party (birth-5th grade)

Sunday, March 23
Easter Sunday

6:30 AM

Community Sunrise Service - Jefferson Memorial Park

8:30 & 11:00 AM

Worship Services

Message brought by Dr. Hall

9:45 AM Sunday School

There will be no evening activities so that you may celebrate Easter with your family.

The CTBC office will be closed on Monday, March 24

Final Mission Trip Pics...

These are from Beth, also. Thanks Beth!

The WV Crew...the MS Gulf Coast will never be the same!

Bubba: Have you ever been on a real shrimp boat?

Forrest Gump: No, but I've been on a real big boat.

Hurricane Camille Memorial

She was the biggie before Katrina was "born".

Did you notice this in the background of the

Hurricane Camilla Memorial picture?

We Be Chillin'

Some Mission Trip Pics from Beth pt. 1

And these just can't go without comment!

WOW GOD!

Dr. Hall doing his Steve "Miz" Mizerak impersonation

Hello, Mother. Hello, Father.

Greetings from Yankee Stadium.

(no not the Death Star of the Evil Empire

Go Red Sox*!)

We are in the lap of luxury...

and enjoying Bug Juice with each meal!

Deep Breath...Hit the nail head not the thumb!

We may not have houses to live in, but at least we can gamble!

*my three favorite teams are the Red Sox, the Braves, and whoever is playing the Yankees!

Yet More Mission Trip Pics

More Mission Trip Pics

Mission Trip Pics

Mission Trip Recap

This is an article from Dr. Wyman Hall, CTBC Sr. Pastor, recalling his experiences on the recent mission trip. It appeared in the March 2008 Beacon, CTBC's monthly newsletter.

Thank you for your prayers for our mission team. Ed Burwell, Dan Hartless, Newman Sisk, Beth and Jim Warnick, and myself left Charles Town at around seven p.m. on Sunday evening February 17. We had reservations in Christiansburg, VA and arrived just before 10:30 p.m. We set out at 6:00 a.m. Monday and began to realize we probably would not make it by the 5:00 p.m. arrival time. We calculated the Map Quest estimated driving time and they had us making 65 mph for the full 15 hours and 30 minutes of driving time. So we ate on the road, gained an hour as we entered Central Time Zone and made it about 6:15 p.m. They accommodated us well and generously. Thank God we didn’t get into any traffic slow downs.

We stayed in bunk houses at Yankee Stadium, which was a former High School football stadium which was purchased by the Salvation Army just a year or two before Katrina hit. Habitat is leasing one side of the stadium. We watched the training video before we left for work on Tuesday. We worked Tuesday and Wednesday in Pascaqoula right on the Gulf Coast. The block foundation and the floor joists had been completed the week before. There were seven houses being worked on at this site.

Under the direction of “Bob the Builder” (our boss) and his assistant Jim, we finished nailing the side plates which connected the floor joists and the foundation plates together. Each plate had 12 nails with 24 plates to a long side and seventeen on the short side. We finished that and started putting the sub-flooring down, built two porches, front and side (no flooring), built steps and put on the lattice. That was Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday we were to get pre-formed walls and set them up temporarily, fit them, cut top plates to connect the walls together, then take them down for the big Jimmy Carter Habitat Build in May. There were to be about forty of these ready by May.

Then the rain set in Thursday and Friday so four of us were transferred to the window and paint shop. The other two stayed behind to help clean up the dining area and other things. We made window frames by the score, over 70 in one day. The painters complained it was so humid their fast drying paint would not dry. These window frames would also be for the Jimmy Carter Habitat Build, so if you see the Biloxi Build on TV, we worked to prepare for it.

Friday, three of us went back to the paint shop. The rest of us went to the just acquired Habitat warehouse with most of the volunteers. It came into their possession just that week. It was a community center that had been damaged during Katrina. There were some big holes in the walls and trash galore. We stripped and cleaned it out, from the trash to removing the air and heat ducts, which were molded and still damp. We disturbed some occupants, an owl, a raccoon and several lizards. We had it cleaned out in the early afternoon, broken windows boarded up, holes and missing doors boarded up.

The significance of this warehouse is that it will become the headquarters of the Gulf Coast Habitat for Humanity, offices, storage (much needed) paint shops and assembly areas. They now have to rent all these. The warehouse is just two blocks from the Yankee Stadium facilities.

We left on Saturday morning and returned to Charles Town without incident. We felt we had made a contribution to the still devastated Gulf Coast. There is still so much to be done. Thanks for your prayers!