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

ASSIGNMENTS

 

SUNDAY AM 

Pat Lambert………........ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kerry Gott….……….………LEAD SINGING
Ed Lewis………..........…..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge.……..…...………....…...SPEAKER
Kip Jones……...…………...CLOSING PRAYER
Steve Livingston & James Pendley..….GREETERS
Michael Statom & Chad West.. HALL MONITORS

LORD'S TABLE
 Michael Long, Bob Freeman, Michael Statom
Jeff Dickson, Steve Livingston, Jack Jackson

 Eric Gott……………..……...SERVE NURSERY
LaMont Hollis….....…PREPARE COMMUNION
Charis Dickson…BAKE COMMUNION BREAD
Joan Cornelius.CLEAN LORD'S SUPPER TRAYS 

PICK UP COMMUNION CUPS
AND CHECK VISITOR’S CARDS
Michael and Sandy Statom
Tara , Sierra and Maggie Statom

 COUNT CONTRIBUTION
Gene Pennington, Kris Bly
Steve Livingston, Kerry Gott

 SUNDAY PM

 Pat Lambert…...……....ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eric Gott…....……………...LEAD SINGING
Jimmy Fazekas…......…..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge…………………………SPEAKER
Steve Conner…………….CLOSING PRAYER
Steve Livingston & James Pendley...GREETERS
Rodney Whitson……………LORD'S SUPPER

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

 Pat Lambert………….ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kris Bly…..….…...………...LEAD SINGING
Steve Livingston…………..………..PRAYER
Heath Blair….....…..…………..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…....…...........64
Worship…………...........86
 Sunday Evening...............68
 Wednesday Night …......n/a

 

News and Notes

 

Thanks
Thanks to Shane Clark for teaching and preaching in Tom’s absence this past Sunday morning. 

Ladies  Bible Class
The Ladies Bible class meets at 10:00 a.m. every Wednesday morning.  Kim Gott is the teacher.

New Phone Number
Sister Alberta Whitson has a new phone number. The number is 546-5322.  Please make the change in your directories.

“Beacons of Light”
Those in the “Beacons of Light” will have a meeting after services Sunday, April 22nd in Room 105.  If you’re age 50 and over and haven’t attended a meeting before, make your plans to be there and become involved in this good work.

 

 

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The 32nd Annual
Gadsden Area Singing

 Friday, April 27th, 2007

 7:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m.

 Location: East Gadsden’s Building
Refreshments served at conclusion.

 Note: Please check the sign-up sheet in the foyer for the food items that East Gadsden will need to provide for the singing.

 
Youth Day
 Oxford Church of Christ
Saturday, April 21 - Registration at 8:30 a.m.
Speakers: Mark Martin and Cade Somers

 Ladies’ Day
Cedartown Church of Christ
Sat., April 21 – Registration at 9:00 a.m. EST
Speaker: Rhonda Thompson
Theme: “Bind Us Together”

 One Day Gospel Meeting
Waco Church of Christ in Georgia
Sunday, April 29 with James Rogers
Services: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.  ET

 Gospel Meeting
 Swearengin Church of Christ in Grant
April 29 – May 2 with Tom Holland
 Weekdays at 10 a.m. and nightly at 7 p.m.

 Gospel Singing
 Talladega Church of Christ
 Friday, May 4th
 7:00 until 9:00 p.m.
 Master of Ceremonies  – Ed Smith
 Refreshments will be served at conclusion.
 

Gospel Singing 
Swearengin Church of Christ in Grant
 Friday, May 11th
 7:00 until 9:00 p.m.
 Master of Ceremonies – Tom Holland

Refreshments will be served at conclusion.

 

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Have the Bones of Jesus Been Found?

       Simcha Jacobovici, a television director, and a movie director James Cameron (of Titanic fame) have teamed up to produce a television documentary for Discovery Channel titled “The Jesus Family Tomb”.  In this production, Jacobovici suggests that the real tomb of Jesus has been discovered, complete with ossuaries for His body, Mary Magdalene’s body, His mother Mary’s body, and the body of Judah, allegedly the son of Jesus.  This outlandish claim, although supposedly backed by scientific and historical “evidence”, is another sad example of the senseless hype surrounding baseless claims about Jesus Christ.  The available historic evidence overwhelmingly destroys the false assertions made by Jacobovici.  First, the idea that Jesus’ bones were buried would contradict the most historically accurate book ever written – the Bible.  As Newsweek writers Miller and Chen wrote: “Good sense, and the Bible, still the best existing historical record of the life of Jesus of Nazareth, argue against Jacobovici’s claims” (2007).  Indeed they do.  The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the most historically documented event in ancient history.  The New Testament documents have been examined with a scrutiny beyond any applied to other historical books, and their authenticity and reliability have dumbfounded the most skeptical observers.  With one voice, the books of the New Testament declare that Jesus Christ was buried in a borrowed tomb, rose three days after His death, and ascended to heaven, leaving no bones behind to be buried in an ossuary.  Furthermore, besides the fact that Jacobovici’s idea goes against the Bible, other details militate against the tomb being Jesus’ (not that they are needed).  For instance, the names on the ossuary were very common.  In fact, almost one-fourth of women in Jerusalem at the time would most likely have been named Mary or some derivative form of the name (Miller and Chen, 2007).  In addition, the tomb is of a wealthy family and was located in Jerusalem.  But Jesus’ family was poor from Nazareth.  As Alan Segal, religion professor at Barnard College stated: “Why would Jesus’ family have a tomb outside of Jerusalem if they were from Nazareth?  Why would they have a tomb if they were poor?”   (as quoted in Miller and Chen).

      In truth, this latest “discovery” is little more than an attempt to cash in on the hype created by Dan Brown (author of The Da Vinci Code) and his ilk.  It is so devoid of truth and legitimate historical scholarship that it is more of a science fiction film than a documentary.  This and a host of future attempts to cast doubt on the biblical narratives will come and go, but rest assured that “the Word of the Lord endures forever.”

  

Kyle Butt
Apologetics Press

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 In Our Prayers

Sick at home:  Pam Hodge is doing better; Peggy St. John has a sprained ankle, back pain, and other health problems; Kyle Blair is recovering from skin graft surgery.

Sympathy: We offer our deepest sympathy to Kevin Sheppard and his family in the death of his father, Harvey Sheppard.  Mr. Sheppard’s funeral was on Sunday, April 15.

Shut In: At Home- Frances Wesson, Martha Phillips and  Ruby Brown; Floyd Hollis is at his daughter’s home and Katie Pendley is at Wanda’s home

Coosa Valley Healthcare: Canolia Bone –Rm 208

Meadowood Retirement-Walter Thompson Rm 107

 Prayer Requests: Canolia Bone; Doyle and Betty May; Katie Pendley; Russell Horton; Floyd Hollis; Larry Phillips, needs kidney transplant; Janice James; Shelia Stansell; Ruby Brown; Frank Payne, colon cancer;  Ottey Simon-young girl from Guyana with an eye tumor; Amy Stigers and Anna Sanders and their families as Robert and Gary are in Iraq;  Rita Waller, sister of Sandy Statom, has lost peripheral vision in both eyes; Shane Leath, a relative of Wanda Laney, has leukemia and other health problems; Tara Lovell, friend of the Blys, has health problems; Kendall Conder, friend of Kacie Jackson, having health problems;  Jennifer Adair, has cancer; Jeannie Drieling, vision problems; Pam Hodge, surgery recovery; Rodney Lambert, Pat’s father, has pulmonary fibrosis;  family of Ed Turner(friend of Dana White who was killed in a car accident); Terry Word, father of Dana White, has serious health problems; Peggy St. John, several health problems; Jeanne Nelson, member at Glencoe, surgery recovery; Sharon Simmons, wife of Jimmy Simmons who is the  preacher at Glencoe, is expecting a baby in May and she is having health problems; family of Harvey Sheppard; The Hodge family as they are  traveling

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 and Josh Jones

 

God’s Word

Isaiah 53:1-6  NKJV

 1 Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?

 2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, And as a root out of dry ground. He has no form or comeliness; And when we see Him, There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

  3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

 4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. 

5 But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, And by His stripes we are healed.

 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; We have turned, every one, to his own way; And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

 

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