This Week at WABC

New Years Eve Service, December 31st from 8 PM to 12 PM. Potluck Dinner begins at 8 PM. Watch Night Praise and Worship Service begins at 10 PM.

Senior Choir rehearsal Saturday morning at 10 AM.

Happy New Year WABC.

New Years Eve Announcement

The potluck for our New Years Eve service will began at 8 PM, followed by our Watch Night service at 10 PM. Please pass it on.

Wishing You a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

God's Blessings, WABC family and friends. Cyndi and I would like to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The New Year offers each of us an opportunity to begin anew in Jesus Christ. We encourage you to invite your family and friends to join us on New Years Eve at 10 PM for Praise , Worship, Food and Fellowship as we ring in 2009.

To our WABC family we would especially like to thank you for welcoming us into your life. We have been truly blessed by the love and effection you have shown us and our family this past year.

During this season of giving you have shown yourself to be a church that reaches above and beyond the four walls of our small church. There is much work to be done in the coming year, but I believe WABC is up for the task. Thanks WABC for all that you do for the Lord.

We invite those of you who are new to WABC to join us each Sunday morning for our Sunday Worship experience at 11:30 AM. We are centrally located in the city of Norfolk near Norfolk State University and the Broad Creek Renaissance Project (2736 Woodland Ave Norfolk, Virginia 23504). WABC is a Real Church, Serving the Real God, Reaching Out to Real People to Effect Real Change.

This Week at WABC

There will be no Bible Study on Wednesday evening. Please take time to enjoy Christmas Eve with your family and friends.

Our joint Christmas Day service will be held at Bethel Baptist Church, Norfolk at 10 AM.

Special thanks goes out to all of those who participated in the Christmas Play on Sunday afternoon.

Thanks to your generosity our adopted family were well taken care of for Christmas. Special thanks goes out to June James and Sarah Russell for their vision for this ministry.

Christmas baskets went out today to our families in need. Thanks to all who aided in this endeavor. Special thanks goes out to Sarah Russell, June James and Erica Morrison.

We would like to welcome back Earlene Greene who has been away from church due to illness.

Congratulations

Congratulations goes out to grandparents June James and Edwin Ellis. Their daughter Brittaney gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on Friday (Cecelia came into this world at 8:29 PM weighing in at 5lbs 13 oz). Please keep Brittaney's husband Rufo, who is away in Iraq in your prayers. Welcome to the newest member of WABC!

Joint Christmas Day Service

Our Joint Christmas Day Service will be held on December 25th at 10 AM at Bethel Baptist Church in Norfolk, Virginia. Rev. Bowzer of Mount Lebanon Baptist Church, Norfolk will bring the word.

WABC Youth On The Move

Thanks goes out to Erica Morrison, June James, Thomasina Flores, and Marilyn Caffee for their support of the youth of WABC who went Christmas caroling today at the Norfolk Healthcare Center. Special thanks goes out to Pastor Marc and his wife Cyndi for attending the event along with the youth and youth leaders. For info on upcoming youth events please be sure to check out the youth web page.

The youth ministry would also like to thank everyone who came out or contributed gifts for the gift wrapping party for our adopted family.

This Week at WABC

Join us for prayer, praise, dinner and a relevant word Wednesday December 17th at 6 PM.

ALL gifts for our Adopted-Family must be in by December 17th in order to allow time for gift wrapping. See June James or Sarah Russell if you have additional questions.

Join the Youth of WABC on Saturday December 20th at 10 AM for Christmas caroling. Please see June James Ellis or Erica Morrison for more details (we will also be wrapping the gifts for our adopted family).

Dress Rehearsal for "The True Meaning of Christmas" will be held on December 20th at 3 PM. All cast and crew are asked to be in place for this final rehearsal before the production on Sunday December 21st at 2 PM.

Please place any Christmas cards you would like distributed to WABC friends and family in the box located at the front of the church.

Special thanks goes out to Jenette Sapp, June James and Pastor Marc for our December newsletter. Be sure to pick up a copy.

The True Meaning of Christmas

Come and join us as the story continues of a frustrated mom who has been given the task of writing a Christmas play for her church. Will she succeed this time (she didn't at Thanksgiving! ).
Sunday December 21st at 2 PM. Bring the family and receive one complimentary photo in front of the Christmas tree (courtesy of Pastor Marc and Cyndi).

Youth of WABC on the Move

Special thanks goes out to the youth advisers and all of the youth who attended "A Night in Bethlehem" tonight at NLP. Pictures from this event can now be found in the church gallery. For info on what activities the youth of WABC will be participating in within the coming weeks and months check out the youth web page.

Give A Gift of Love

In the spirit of the season, WABC has Adopted-A-Family with three children for Christmas.

The three girls are living with their grandmother who has taken over the responsibility of their upbringing after the death of their mom who died last week after a lengthy illness. The 11 year old wears size 16 clothes and shoe size 4 ½ wide width. The 3 year old wears size 4-5 T clothes and shoe size 9. The 7 year old wears 7/8 chubby clothes and shoe size 2 ½.

PLEASE TURN IN ALL GIFTS/TOYS BY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2008. This will allow ample time for gift wrapping.

Please know that it is not necessary to provide the grandmother with a gift, however it would be a nice gesture that is entirely up to you.

We thank you Woodland, for your continuous support in doing what the Lord would have us to do; especially during this Holiday Season.

This Week at WABC

Join us Wednesday night for prayer, praise, dinner and a relevant word (6 PM).

The Youth of WABC are on the move again.

Rehearsal for " The True Meaning of Christmas" will be held on Saturday, December 13th at 2 PM.

Request for Christmas Baskets need to be turned in by Sunday, December 14th. Please see June James for additional info.

Christmas Baskets

Christmas Basket applications are now available for those in need. Please see June James Ellis for more information. The deadline for turning in a request is December 14th.

WABC will be adopting a family in need this year. We are looking to provide the family that has been selected with toys and clothing for the holiday season. Please join us in this very worthy cause. More info about the family will be provided at our Sunday worship service.

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Wednesday Night Bible Study December 2nd at 6:00 PM. Join us for Prayer, Praise, Dinner and a Relevant Word.

Thanks goes out to everyone who supported our Thanksgiving Service held last Wednesday night. Special thanks to Rev. Joseph G. Casper and the congregation and choir of Bethel Baptist Church for their presence. We would also like to thank Mount Lebanon (Norfolk), and Union United Church of Christ (Norfolk) for their participation.

If you enjoyed the Thanksgiving production "How Can I Say Thanks" that was held last Sunday, then you will be pleased to know that our Christmas Production is now under way. The first rehearsal will be held on Saturday, December 6 at 2 PM. Please sign up now if you would like to be a part of " The True Meaning of Christmas".

Deacon Raymond Caffee and Sister Marilyn would like to thank you for the enthusiastic response to the the food drive. Please continue to donate so that those in need will not have to go without food during these critical times.

Pictures from the Installation Celebration are now up in the church gallery.

Monthly Staff Meeting

Just a reminder that a WABC Staff Meeting is set for Tuesday December 2nd at 7 PM.

Thank You

Pastor Marc would like to thank everyone who participated in the Installation celebrations this weekend. He would especially like to thank Pastor David and his wife Cheryl for traveling all of the way from Riley Kansas to partake in the festivities. Special thanks to Elder Rob Robinson for speaking during the morning service and to Pastor Charles Beamon for an awesome Installation Service message. Thanks you WABC for all of your support and encouragement. Let the work begin!