Our Programs and Ministries
Bible Class Program
We provide classes on Sunday mornings and Wednesday evenings for people of all ages, cradle roll through adult.
We also host a Vacation Bible School once a year during the summer.
Youth Ministry
In addition to Bible classes, we provide various activities for the youth of the congregation to participate in.
The young people have their own web page, which details coming activities, contains pictures, and lists daily Bible readings, and is updated weekly.
You can contact our Youth Minister, Jeff Grisham at: [email protected]
Van Pickup Ministry
Every Sunday, different men from the congregation take turns driving our van to pick up those members who cannot easily drive themselves to worship service.
To volunteer for this work, or to arrange to be picked up, contact Tom Verkler at 479-855-7103.
Ladies Bible Class
This class meets each Wednesday during the fall, winter and spring, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
It is a wonderful time for the ladies of the congregation to get together and discuss God's Word.
The first Wednesday of each month, is Ladies Visitation Day, Visits are made to the sick, shut-in and elderly of our congregation.
If you would like to participate in this teaching and outreach, contact Nancy Barker at 479-876-2520.
Care For The Elderly
Every Tuesday, members from the congregation deliver and read mail to the residents at the Concordia Care Center, as well as reading passages from the Bible.
Each month we provide a short worship service at Highland’s Health Center.
Once a quarter we have devotionals at Concordia as well as Village House.
For a month each year we deliver meals on wheels to the shut-ins in Bella Vista Village.
Care Group Ministry
The purpose of this ministry is to care for the needs of everyone in the congregation.
Each member is assigned to a Care Group.
When members are absent from worship, their Care Group leaders will contact them to check on their well-being.
Also, if there is news within the congregation which needs to be disseminated, the group leader will telephone all the members in their group.
Charles Cash and Dave Mowry keep the list updated.
Greeting Card Ministry
Patsy Tarr will be happy to fill you in on this important work.
Peacemakers
This is a group of ladies who get together once a week to share quilting and sewing tips.
Fun, Food & Fellowship
Each of these groups consists of about six families, who meet once a month to enjoy fellowship with one another while eating a meal.
Bob & Mary Louise Harris direct this ministry.
Pictorial Directories
Dolores McBride is our in-house photographer.
Dave & Katherine Mowry are the editors of our directory and maintain our Picture Board in the church foyer.
Men's Fellowship Golf
A couple of times each week, men from the congregation gather to play at one of the Bella Vista courses.
Anytime you would like to join the fellowship and fun, contact Don Persels at 479-855-7121.
Our Mission efforts...
Since this congregation of the Lord's people was begun in 1979, we have been very mission minded.
Selwyn Nel
For several years, we have supported Selwyn Nel and his family as they labor in Cape Town, South Africa.
Selwyn works with the Bonteheuwel congregation, where he preaches, counsels and works with the youth.
He also oversees the Athlone Christian academy. .
Javier Rosero
We have supported Javier and his family for over twenty years in Equator and Colombia.
Currently, he and his wife Blanca live and work with two congregations in Bogota, Colombia.
Helmer Rosero
Helmer is an excellent young preacher of the gospel. He is the son of Javier and Blanca.
We are proud to support His preaching efforts in Santiago, Chile.
Our church supports various other mission activities both in the States and abroad.
We assist the preaching of the Gospel in the Ukraine, in India, Togo, West Africa, Johannesburg South Africa, The Gambia, and on the Island of Vanuatu.
We help support preaching schools in Ecuador and Nigeria.
World Bible School
The Bella Vista church of Christ has enrolled over 800 individual students in the small Central African country of Malawi since 2004. Each WBS student completes a total of sixteen WBS lessons and receives a World Bible School diploma upon the completion of their studies along with a personal bible.
We partner with eight local Malawi church of Christ congregations spreading the Gospel and baptizing over 50% of all WBS students. Our local Malawi church of Christ congregations use WBS in schools, the market place and prisons to reach the lost.
If you are looking for an exciting opportunity to take the Gospel message to the spiritual lost and dying of the world, the World Bible School method of teaching could be the ministry you have been looking for!
You can contact Harold Akridge for more information.
Please visit the World Bible School web site at http://www.worldbibleschool.net/.
Gospel Tracts International
We support this work, overseen by the Baldwin congregation in Fayetteville, Ark. Every year, GTI prints about 2 million tracts and ships them free of charge to various mission points all over the world.
Green Valley Bible Camp
We financially support this Christ-oriented camp, located in Rogers, Arkansas Many of our young people attend a week of this camp, which includes intensive Bible study, numerous athletic contests, and ample social time for spending with friends.
“Lifelines” Bulletin
We publish our weekly bulletin and send it to approximately 500 addresses scattered throughout the nation. LIFELINES contains timely gospel articles.
Newspaper Column
Each week in the Religious Section of the Arkansas Democrat, Randall has a teaching article. He tries to communicate how to enjoy the good life that Jesus came to make possible by our living a “Life In The Son.”
Electronic Ministry
Every week we mail over sixty tapes or CDs of our Sunday sermons to places throughout the United States.
Elderly Christians who are shut-in find special comfort in this ministry.
Also, small congregations without preachers have been known to play these tapes in their services!
Website
We host an internet website, www.churchofchristusa.com and www.bellavistachurchofchrist.com.
This site contains Randall Caselman's sermons in text form, Articles from “LIFELINES” along with our weekly newspaper column.
The site also has links of interest for Christians of all locations throughout the world, as well as a special page for Bella Vista members, and another page for our young people.
To volunteer for this work please contact Chris Johnson at [email protected].