“But seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness…” Matt. 6:33

 

East Gadsden Encourager

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October 7, 2007
Volume 7, Number 40

 

MINISTER

Tom Hodge

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SECRETARY

Pam Jackson

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ASSIGNMENTS
SUNDAY AM

Heath Blair.....………………….…ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kerry Gott………..…………..………...LEAD SINGING
Tom Hodge……….…………...…...OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge.……..….....……………………...SPEAKER
Jeff Dickson………......……………CLOSING PRAYER
Marshall Hall & Kip Jones……….....………GREETERS
Sandy Statom & Sandra Gowens…...HALL MONITORS

LORD'S TABLE
Pat Lambert, Eric Sole, Gene Pennington
Rodney Whitson, Michael Long, Jack Jackson

Shon Pendley...……………………...SERVE NURSERY
Jeff Dickson…………...….....PREPARE COMMUNION
Deana Pendley..….....….BAKE COMMUNION BREAD
Bob & Betty Freeman...CLEAN COMMUNION TRAYS

PICK UP COMMUNION CUPS
AND CHECK VISITOR’S CARDS
Kyllian and Holden Mobley
Austin and Carson Long

COUNT CONTRIBUTION
Jack Jackson, Heath Blair
Austin Lambert, Pat Lambert

SUNDAY PM
Heath Blair………………………..ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kip Jones………………………………LEAD SINGING
Gene Pennington…………………..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge.………...……...…………………SPEAKER
Jack Jackson…......………………...CLOSING PRAYER
Marshall Hall & Kip Jones………..………...GREETERS
Michael Statom…........……………….LORD'S SUPPER

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Heath Blair..…….…...…..………..ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kris Bly…….…………………………..LEAD SINGING
Kerry Gott…….......……........………..………..PRAYER
James Pendley...…....…...……………...…INVITATION

 

Schedule of Services


Sunday

Bible Study…………………... 9:30 AM

Worship…………………….. 10:25 AM

Evening Worship…………….. 5:00 PM

 

 

Wednesday

Bible Study…………………… 6:30 PM

 

 

Attendance Record

Bible Class….....................60
Worship…….....................74
Sunday Evening.................53
Wednesday Night …........n/a

 

Benevolence

Food Pantry: Rice and canned fruit

Clothes Closet: good, clean clothing & hangers

 

News and Notes

Response
Melinda Hall came forward Sunday morning confessing sin and requesting prayer. We love Melinda and appreciate her humble attitude.

Outreach Meeting
We had several who participated in our meeting this past Sunday night and volunteered to reach out. In the past few months, hundreds of contacts have been made. Let’s keep up the good work!

Georgia Parnell Moves
Georgia Parnell has moved back to Oneonta to live with her daughter Barbara Morrow because of health reasons. We will miss Georgia but we look forward to her visiting with us when she is able.

Ladies’ Bible Class
The Ladies Bible Class meets at 10:00 a.m. every Wednesday morning. Charis Dickson is the teacher for this quarter. We encourage all of our ladies to attend if possible.

Benevolence
If you have any names of those who would need a box of food at Thanksgiving, please give these to Pat Lambert as soon as possible.

Visitation
Our Visitation Meeting is on Thursday nights at 6:30 p.m.

Beacons of Light
Participants in the “Beacons of Light” will meet in Room 105 after services Sunday evening, October 7th.

Joint Worship
The next Joint Worship Service for the Gadsden Area Churches of Christ will be Sunday, October 14th at 6:00 p.m. here at our building. David Shannon, who preached here at East Gadsden for 8 ½ years, will be our speaker. It will be good to have David speak for us and we hope his wife Tracie and their children, Colton, Lacie and Emilie will be able to be here also.


 

In The Area
 

Fall Series
Antioch Church of Christ at Snead
“Passing The Torch”
Each Thursday evening beginning at 7:00 p.m.
From October 4th until November 8th

Gospel Meetings

Crestview Church of Christ in Boaz
Oct. 7 – 11 Mon. – Thurs. at 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: Ken Tyler
Singing
 Friday, Oct. 12 from 7 – 9 p.m.


Oxford Church of Christ
Oct. 7 – 11 Mon. – Thurs. at 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: Freddie Clayton


 

 

 

 


 

 

A Different Kind of Family Debt

Todd Clippard - Hamilton, Alabama

What parents do not owe their children:

* The latest fashion (Acts 10:34-35; I Timothy 2:9-10; James 2:1-10). We need to teach our children to earn admiration and respect through character and not clothing.

* The hottest toys and games (Ecclesiastes 1:4, 8). Look through your house at all the “gotta have it” toys that haven’t been touched in months. I wrapped all these one year and gave them as anonymous gifts to needy families. Not once did anyone ask “what happened to my…?” or “where is my…?”

* A car and money to burn (I Timothy 6:10-11). There’s nothing inherently wrong with buying your children a car, but most 16-year-olds think they are OWED a car at 16. Take a group to the mall on or a youth trip and see who has the most spending money – it’s not the adults!

* A life free from pain or embarrassment. The Bible says that all who would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution (2 Timothy 3:12). Peter said, “If any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but rather glorify God” (I Peter 4:16).

What parents do owe their children:

* A godly example (Psalm 85:13; cf. I Peter 2:21-22). Jesus gave His disciples as example (John 13:15), as Paul did his (I Corinthians 11:1).

* A good name (Proverbs 22:1).

* A peaceful home (Proverbs 21:9; cf. 25:24).

* Objectivity (Proverbs 19:18). Everyone (including teachers, the police, etc.) is not “out to get” your child.

* Structure and discipline (I Samuel 3:13). Children need discernible boundaries.

* Children need to understand the consequences of violating the boundaries

What children owe their parents: Love (I John 4:19).

* Respect (Ephesians 6:1-3) For the name they wear, especially when their parents aren’t around.

* Obedience. The word obey in Ephesians 6:1 is from the Greek compound hupakouo

(hupo = under + akouo = hear or give the ear to). Literally it means “to listen with the intent to obey” (cf. I Samuel 3:9-10).

* Submission (I Peter 5:5).

* Proper care when they become aged (Proverbs 23:22; I Timothy 5:4). The word despise in the phrase “despise not thy mother when she is old” means to hold in contempt or as insignificant (it is an antonym of reverence). Your parents helped you with your first steps; help them with their last. Your parents made sure your home was clean and your food was hot – don’t let them live in squalor. If you can’t take care of your parents, find someone who can. I Timothy5:8 says that a failure to properly care for your parents disrespects them, disgraces the church, denies the faith, and damns your soul.

Be sure to pay all your family debts!

 


 In Our Prayers

Sick at home: Peggy St. John and Mattie Peace continue to be sick at home. Chris Dowdy was running a fever last Sunday and was not able to attend services. Jan Ragsdale was back at services last Sunday. We are thankful she is better.

Shut In: At Home- Frances Wesson, Martha Phillips, Katie Pendley and Ruby Brown

Coosa Valley Healthcare: Canolia Bone –Rm 208

Meadowood Retirement-Walter Thompson -Rm 107

Gadsden Healthcare Rehab: Dot Miller –Rm 603

Prayer Requests: Canolia Bone; Katie Pendley; Janice James; Shelia Stansell; William & Ruby Brown; Amy Stigers and Anna Sanders and their families as Robert and Gary are in Iraq; Rodney Lambert, Pat’s father, needs a lung transplant; Peggy St. John-severe back pain; Martha Phillips; James Bullard, son in law of Audrey Talbot; Jan Ragsdale, surgery recovery; Kevin Edmondson; Pat Lambert will have an arteriogram on Oct. 5th; Dot Miller-hip surgery recovery; family of Floyd Hollis

In the Military- Mack Johnson, William Gregory, Jared Jacobs, Jeff Brewster, Steven Whitehead, Randy Brown, Johnny Matherne, Jeff Erwin, Bill McCarver, Stan Gunter, Kevin Latta, Allen Yancey, Gary Sanders, Robert Stigers, Danny Moss and Josh Jones.

 

 

Happy Birthday

October 8 – Maxine Duke
October 9 – Jacob Dowdy
October 13 – Alberta Whitson

Happy Anniversary

October 9 – Jack & Pam Jackson

 

 

God’s Word

Hebrews 9:11-14 NKJV

11 But Christ came as High Priest of the good things to come, with the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation.

12 Not with the blood of goats and calves, but with His own blood He entered the Most Holy Place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption.

13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,

14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Wanted

People who are as interested in the church on Sunday night and Wednesday night as they are on Sunday morning.

People who are as liberal with their money as with their advice and criticism.

People who are willing to deny themselves in order to serve God.

People who love God more than pleasure.

People who are willing to let church work interfere with work and pleasure.

People who are willing to spend half as much of their time studying the Bible as they do watching T.V.

People who are willing to practice in their lives what they say they believe in their hearts.

People who aspire to be leaders in the church purely for the good they can do for others, and the greater service they can render to God.

-copied

 



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