Arlington Church

Missions BBQ

Daniel Waters — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 01:52:58 +0000

Come out and support our summer missions to both Charlestown WV and Lima Peru by eating some delicious BBQ. Saturday March 16^th, from 11am – 4pm, Arlington Baptist Church will be hosting a BBQ fundraiser for missions. You can pick up your pre-purchased order at the Church or on the corner of HWY 51 and Lawyers Rd. Tickets are on sale now for $7 for a plate (bbq, slaw, beans, and a roll) or $7 for a pound. Call the church office for more information or go to our website for info or to pay for your order.

In August of this year the Men of Arlington will embark on a journey to Peru to aid in the building of a church in a village in the jungle. This would be a seven day trip, and would provide a great opportunity for our men to serve the people of Peru, build relationships with one another, and grow closer to God, by serving Him on the mission field. Any efforts made to help those going into the mission field this year will be greatly appreciated. This BBQ is a wonderful way to get involved in the missions at Arlington and a great time to fellowship with others!

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Holy Land Tour

Daniel Waters — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 19:52:13 +0000

Join Evangelist Jeff & Lynne Andler for

Ten Life-Changing days in The Holy Land!

November 11-20, 2013

There will be an initial meeting held directly after the 10:45AM service on Sunday, February 3rd. *A deposit of $250 is required to make a reservation.

At the price of $3,995, flying out of Charlotte, NC, the tour includes..

Roundtrip Airfare including Taxes
Deluxe Hotel Accommodations
Three Meals Daily (B/L/D)
Gratuities (Hotels & Restaurants)
Entrance Fees
Tips (Driver & Guide)
Personal Listening Device
Travel Bag & Tour Book

Read the official brochure.

Happy New Year!

Daniel Waters — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 14:37:10 +0000

2012 has been a wonderful year for Arlington. The growth in our church has been exponential. Our Family Life Center, which completed its constructed in the middle of 2011, has offered us many opportunities for expanding growth and providing community outreach. Both of our Sunday services have increased in the past year and has prompted us to make some changes to our Sunday morning schedule. Below you will see the slightly altered Sunday morning line-up:

8:15AM: Bible Study
9:30AM: Traditional Worship in the Chapel
9:30AM: Bible Study
10:45AM: Contemporary Worship in the Family Life Center
10:45AM: Bible Study

We will also be starting our new series entitled “Road Rules” where we will learn about the four events in the life of Christ that He turned into teaching moments, summarizing each story with a simple statement. These statements contain essential principles for Christian living — they are the rules of the road for anyone wanting to live in God. Join us in this series as we learn about a life of grace, a life of faith, a life of service, and a life without limits. Join us on the very first Sunday in January and invite a friend.

All this and more beginning Sunday, January 6, 2013.

This Season

Daniel Waters — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:16:20 +0000

In the midst of the Holiday celebrations, remember to encounter the one whom we celebrate. In special moments shared with friends and family, share the presence of the one who came to give us life. And with each gift given and received, participate in the greatest gift of all.

This season at Arlington:

Christmas Presence, our new special series for the Holidays will begin on November 25th. The series is designed to help us experience more deeply the Christmas story and the Christmas season. We invite you to not only join us for this incredible journey through the real Christmas story but we encourage you to invite someone to come along with you. We will end the series on Sunday, December 23rd.

The Christmas Tour of Homes on Sunday, December 2nd, is an exciting part of the Holiday experience! You will have an opportunity to see the beautiful decorated homes of those participating in our church. Tickets are free and available through the Women’s Ministry. We will be taking up donations for our Men’s Peru Mission Trip. Kindly RSVP through the church office so we can prepare for food and parking! The event will be December 2nd from 5:30 to 8:30pm.

“In a Galilee Far Far Away” a children’s Christmas musical of galactic proportions will be on Sunday, December 9th at 6:00pm in the Worship Center. Go with us on an interplanetary exploration to discover the Glory of God throughout the universe and beyond! And where does it all lead? Back to a manger in Bethlehem, and the Savior of the World! Please come and support our children and all their hard work!

Senior Christmas Luncheon will be on Tuesday, December 18th, at 12:00pm in the Family Life Center. We’ll enjoy a delicious Christmas dinner together (which will be provided) and have special music by Charles Vaughn, a classical guitarist. Please contact the church office for details.

Neighborhood Nativity Project:Join many who are making a positive statement of faith in response to our society’s apparent assault of traditional Christian values. Please watch the video, and listen carefully to the details of this special project, then do your part, and be a part!

Room In The Inn would greatly appreciate if you would consider making a cash donation for the purchase of general gift cards for our homeless neighbors. Those gift cards would be presented to our neighbors as Christmas gifts this season. Please make donations by December 16th.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Daniel Waters — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:54:37 +0000

November is always a fun month for Arlington. It is the time of the year when we all come together as a church family and give thanks at our Thanksgiving Banquet. It is also a month dedicated to supporting missions worldwide.

Below are some exciting events we would like you to get involved in!

During the month of November we will be collecting Peanut Butter for the Loaves and Fishes Food Collection. Please consider picking up a few extra items in the coming weeks. The need in our community is greater than ever and donations are down.

Arlington’s Thanksgiving Banquet takes place on Saturday, November 17, beginning at 5:30 PM. We have also invited the “Hollow Oak Band” to perform after dinner. Plan to come out and enjoy this annual event. Please bring enough food (1 meat, 2 side dishes, 1 dessert) for your family plus one. The church will provide bread and beverages.

Silent Auction for Youth Missions: Look in your attic! Search your garage! Empty the closets! We need items for the Silent Auction at the Thanksgiving Banquet on Saturday, November 17. Remember, some of our best sellers were a week or weekend at a vacation home, fishing trips, golf outings, canoe trips, and the cake of the month. Contact Pastor Rick with your donations or more information.

Join the Senior Adults for lunch on Thursday, November 15, at Golden Corral. Please be sure to sign-up, we’d love for you to join us! Also, you’re invited to join us for a “Christmas Spectacular” concert at Halton Theater at CPCC on Sunday, November 25, featuring an orchestra, 120 voice choir, ballet, and Holiday singers featuring Pastor Jeff. Cost is $18.00 per person, payable to ABC, and due by November 15. To sign-up, or for more info, contact Ernie or Donna Kovacs, Darlene Parson or Loretta Melton.

What October Will Bring

Daniel Waters — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:30:44 +0000

October is always an exciting month for Arlington. It is in this month that we celebrate our Homecoming! Today we celebrated our 132nd year of worship and ministry and we are excited to see what is in store for Arlington in the years to come.

With our Homecoming, the month of October will be very busy for Arlington. Below are a few highlighted events we would love for you to be a part of!

Room In The Inn–Host Nights: We are currently accepting small group sign-ups for hosting Room In The Inn starting each Tuesday night from December 4th–March 2013. If your Sunday school class, Ministry Team, or any other small group would like to be a part of this rewarding ministry and host a Tuesday night, please contact the church office!

Operation Christmas Child: Once again, this year you will have an opportunity to make a child smile! In a couple of weeks, we will be participating in Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. We want you to pray over your box, and fill it with items for a child 2-4 years old, 5-9 years old, or 10-14 years old. Last year we donated 81 boxes, hopefully this year we can donate over 100 boxes. Thank you in advance for your help with this life-impacting project!

During the month of October we will be collecting Canned Soup for the Loaves and Fishes Food Collection. Please place items in the marked bins in the Worship Center and Family Life Center. Thank you for helping those in our community.

School Supply Drive

Daniel Waters — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:22:26 +0000

Arlington’s young adult group, geNow will be partnering with JH Gunn Elementary in providing school supplies for students unable to obtain them.

On Saturday, Sept. 22, from 11-2 pm, geNow will be sponsoring a fun day for those kids with bounce houses, face painting, music, and some great kid food. At the conclusion of the event, we will present to each child a school packet containing notebook paper, a no.2 pencil pack, a pair of kid’s scissors, 3 folders, 1 glue stick, and a 24pk of crayons.

How can you help out?

We are asking each Arlington family and interested people to donate these materials for distribution. We will be collecting materials in the FLC and adult buildings until Sunday Sep. 9. We hope you will join us in helping students get off to a great start!!!

You can donate: plain notebook paper, no.2 pencils, kid’s scissors, folders, glue sticks, and packs of crayons

ServeCharlotte

Daniel Waters — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:07:19 +0000

This past Saturday, more than 30 volunteers joined ServeCharlotte from Arlington at the Crisis Assistance Ministry in downtown Charlotte to sort through clothes and other donated items.

Crisis Assistance is a three part ministry that provides clothing, furniture, and financial support to people who are facing financial emergencies. Through the ReStore, people in need can come once a month and pick up different items for their families based upon their age and household size. Some of the items are clothes, shoes, school supplies, blankets, etc. Crisis Assistance also provides help with rent and utility payments for those that have missed payments or are facing eviction.

Another way to participate with the Crisis Assistance ministry is by donating school clothing and uniforms during the week of August 13-19 at the Family Life Center (FLC). The items will be taken to the Crisis Center for sorting and eventual distribution.

“Go and Make Disciples of All Nations”

Daniel Waters — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 01:06:20 +0000

In Matthew 28 in the “Great Commission” Jesus, after the resurrection, instructs the eleven disciples to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”

Jesus tells his disciples to go. He instructs them to keep moving and to keep loving and to keep witnessing. He commands them to go. So what does this mean for us? Jesus commands us to go out and make disciples and not just in Africa or Asia or third world countries. He means everywhere including our communities.

The perfect opportunity has come for you to participate in going out. ServeCharlotte is a quarterly mission event that the entire church can participate in. The hope of ServeCharlotte is that every ministry, group, or individual would set aside their plans once a quarter and be the hands and feet within the community.

Saturday, August 11 from 9-11 am, Arlington will take a team to the Charlotte Crisis Assistance Ministry to help sort, shelve, and organize donated items in their “FreeStore”. Anyone interested in helping out can sign up by August 8 via their connection cards received during the Sunday morning services.

A Church That Prays

Daniel Waters — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 20:08:14 +0000

Last Sunday, the Elders and Deacons laid hands on Shannon Goble and her family, and Pastor Rick prayed healing and strength over her. The Wednesday before, the congregation consisting of children, youth, and adults laid hands on Cecil Troutman and Robbyn Hooks, two missionaries that were flying to Romania for a medical missions trip. The Sunday before that, the youth participants of World Changers prayed over Lauran Burrows and Daniel Machon in a chorus of prayers before they left for their mission trip to South Africa. The list of prayer moments like these is never-ending. Prayer at Arlington is a big deal. As it should be.

1 Thessalonians 5:17 says, “Pray without ceasing.” There is no wiggle room in that verse. It doesn’t say “Pray occasionally…Pray sometimes… Pray when you are in a sticky situation.” It says without ceasing.

At Arlington, we pray. It’s a BIG deal here. We pray over soldiers leaving for basic training and deployment. We pray over families that are struggling. We pray healing for those suffering with diseases and illness. We pray over missionaries as they go out on the mission field here and over seas. We pray for our nation and for our president. We pray for those who are mourning. We pray for everyone. As a body of Christ, we have been commanded to pray and to pray without ceasing.

At Arlington, we have no “special” connection to the Lord that is denied to other Christians. We have the same connection as every other Christian. The Lord gave us the beautiful opportunity to speak with him as often as we desire. Why not use it? Don’t know where to begin or even how to start?

Next week, Pastor Steve will start a new series called “Prayer: The Ultimate Lifestyle”. Come and learn the beautiful language of prayer that the Lord has given us.