Weekly News & Updates

July 31, 2025 | Volume 39, Issue 30

FROM YOUR PASTOR’S HEART . . . Our WORK as WORSHIP!

2 Thessalonians 3:12 says, ¹²Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and provide for themselves. This week, Paul tells the Thessalonian church that all Christians should work to provide for themselves and their families. Work is an act of worship. Later, Paul says in the letter to the Colossian church in chapter 3, ²³ Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, ²⁴ since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

For all of us, our work should be an offering of worship, a sacrifice to the LORD! Providing for ourselves and our families, unless we are disabled and unable to work, is an apostolic command. What you do as a homemaker, as a doctor, as a business leader, student, educator, civic leader, factory worker, retired person, when done for the LORD, is a sweet aroma of love to the One who made us and saves us. That should bring us great joy and satisfaction as we know it pleases the LORD.

Sunday morning, we will have copies of the latest update of the lease agreement that the Heritage Lease Task Force has negotiated with the city of Van Buren for the Community Center proposal. Please pick up a copy. Read it and note your questions. We will have a CHURCH CONFERENCE to vote on the lease agreement on Sunday, August 3, at 4:30 p.m. in the Heritage sanctuary. Rev. Clark Atkins, our presiding elder for Western Arkansas, will lead the meeting. We will have 1) a presentation of the motion, 2) an explanation of the conference rules, 3) a time for corporate prayer, 4) a presentation of the key points of the final lease agreement, 5) a time for questions and answers, 6) speeches for and against the motion, 7) a secret ballot vote, and 8) a reporting of the vote and next steps (regardless of which way the decision goes).

This is a VERY IMPORTANT decision for the future of Heritage. Everyone who considers Heritage his/her church home is invited and encouraged to come. Only official members of Heritage are able to vote.

Blessed to be doing the work of the LORD with you!

Wes

Upcoming Opportunities and Announcements

Matthew 25 Project Back to School Giveaway

Thank you all so much who donated supplies and who helped stuff backpacks this week.

The giveaway event is Monday, August 4 at First Baptist. If you plan to attend, please arrive at First Baptist Church Parking by 5:10 pm and make sure to let me know you'll be there.

If you have a Heritage t-shirt, please wear it! 🙂

Madison

msimmons@heritage.church

Heritage Travelers to Bentonville in September

Day: September 4, 2025

Time: 8:30 am

Cost: $10 plus lunch

Let’s go explore the art exhibits at Crystal Bridges and tour the Bachman-Wilson House which is a Frank Lloyd Wright design. Come and ask Sam Walton a question at the Walmart Museum. Step into Walmart’s legacy and discover how the global retailer revolutionized the way the world shops. Be spiritually inspired at the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel in a beautiful Bella Vista setting. Lunch will be on you. We'll meet at the church at 8:30 am to depart by 8:45 am.

Back to School Sunday is August 10!

Upcoming event for all school staff including home school, private school, and public school:

Free gift for all school employees
Drawings for special prizes
Come by our back to school swag table on Sunday, August 10 to get your gift and register for the giveaway!

Got a Smile? We Need You!

We're on the hunt for friendly faces to join our Sunday Greeting Team—the fine folks who say “Good morning!” and hold the door like champs. If you can smile, shake a hand (or give a friendly nod), and maybe even remember someone’s name now and then, you're exactly who we're looking for.

Whether you’re a long time Heritage member or new to our congregation, we want you! No experience necessary—just a warm heart and a willingness to show up a little early.

Interested?

Email Haley at hcrutcher@heritage.church or call 479.474.6424. We promise unlimited coffee and eternal gratitude!

Haley

Women of Heritage

We want to hear from you. Please click the button below and fill out a short survey, or we will have paper copies available on Sunday if you prefer that option.

Women's Survey

New Members and Baptisms

Robert Golden joined.

Matthew Alford joined and was baptized.

This Week at Heritage and Prayer Concerns

Thursday, July 31

Seniors Growing in Christ, 10:00 am

Keep Moving Exercise Class, 11:30 am

Nutrition and Word, 2:30 pm

Food Pantry/Clothes Closet, 4:00 pm

Friday, August 1

Office Closed

Saturday, August 2

Outreach at The Current (So. Campus), 8:30 am

Sunday, August 3

Prayer Time, 8:00 am

Traditional Service, 9:00 am

Growth Groups (Adult SS), 9:00 am

Children’s Ministry, 9:00 am

Contemporary Service, 10:30 am

Growth Groups (Adult SS), 10:30 am

Children’s Ministry, 10:30 am

Church Conference, 4:30 pm

Monday, August 4

Food Pantry/Clothes Closet, 9:30 am

Backpack Giveaway, 5:10 pm

Way Seekers, 6:00 pm

Girl Scout Leaders, 6:00 pm

Boy Scouts, 6:30 pm

Tuesday, August 5

Band of Brothers, 6:15 am

Staff Prayer & Meeting, 9:30 am

Keep Moving Exercise Class, 11:30 am

Adonai Tsuri Cowboy Church, 6:30 pm

Wednesday, August 6

CBS Training, 9:00 am

Prayer Team, 10:30 am

Communion/Healing Prayer, 12:00 pm

Matthew 25 Backpack Stuffing, 1:00 pm

Alma Waterpark Night, 7:00 pm

Thursday, August 7

CBS Training, 9:00 am

Seniors Growing in Christ, 10:00 am

Keep Moving Exercise Class, 11:30 am

Nutrition and Word, 2:30 pm

Food Pantry/Clothes Closet, 4:00 pm

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In the Hospital

Paul Vinsant (QLI Rehab in NE)

At Home

Dan Bandimere

Tammy Burkett

Mary Dempsey

Janis Gipson

Ron Hall

Johnie Ruth Hammontree

Jamie Hartley

Billie Hunter

Jerry Hunter

Betty James

Mary Beth Keller

Wendell Kline

David Moore

Michael Pitts

Rodney Roberson

Judy Spencer-Marsicano

Alan Swaim

Bertha Swindell

Randy Teltow

Assisted Living

Richard Childers (Legacy FS)

Mary Coble (Blossoms)

Norma Day (Methodist Village)

Joyce Greig (Alma H&R)

Mary Nash (Legacy Heights Memory Lane)

Vi Pettit (Methodist Village)

Alta Poppe (Methodist Village)

Jeremiah Smith (Legacy FS)

In Thanksgiving

Logan and Joel Kirkland welcome new baby, Briggs Henry. Siblings are Hudson and Carter Jade. Grand parents are Laura and Zane Moore. Great grandmother is Kay Lockwood.

Memorials

In memory of Johnny Parker, given by Donna Parker (building fund).

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