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

January 21, 2007  Volume 7, Number 3

ASSIGNMENTS

SUNDAY AM

Tom Hodge……………….…ANNOUNCEMENTS
Will Smith…...……………………LEAD SINGING
Paul Baker….….........………..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge….…..….....………………...SPEAKER
Eric Gott…...............…………CLOSING PRAYER
Kris Bly and Shon Pendley..…...…..…….GREETERS
Sandra Gowens & Charis Dickson.. HALL MONITORS

LORD'S TABLE
Bill Pitts, Gene Pennington, Pat Lambert
Heath Blair, Jack Jackson, Michael Long

Michael Statom…...…......……….SERVE NURSERY
Jimmy Fazekas…...……PREPARE COMMUNION
Nancy Phillips.…...…BAKE COMMUNION BREAD
Stephanie Bly...…...CLEAN LORD'S SUPPER TRAYS

PICK UP COMMUNION CUPS
AND CHECK VISITOR’S CARDS
Hunter & Vanessa Jones
Sandra, Rachel & Kayla Gowens

COUNT CONTRIBUTION
Heath Blair, Jeff Dickson, Pat Lambert, James Pendley

SUNDAY PM

Tom Hodge…………..……..…ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jeff Dickson…….………………...LEAD SINGING
Kip Jones……………………..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge.……..………………………...SPEAKER
Shon Pendley….………..…….CLOSING PRAYER
Kris Bly and Shon Pendley…....…………GREETERS
Kerry Gott…….…..……………….LORD'S SUPPER

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Tom Hodge………........…….ANNOUNCEMENTS
Pat Lambert...…….….…………...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…....…............76
Worship…………............111
 Sunday Evening..................68
 Wednesday Night …….....N/A

 

News and Notes

Elder Nominations
There is a box on the table in the foyer for your nominations for those to serve as elders at East Gadsden.  This box will remain out until this Sunday, January 21. 

School Supplies Needed
We are collecting school supplies such as paper, pencils, pens, notebooks, crayons, etc. to ship to Robert Stigers in Iraq.  He will give these items to the children there in Iraq.  We need these supplies as soon as possible. 

Gospel Advocate Magazine
If you want to be added to the Gospel Advocate magazine mailing list or would like to cancel your subscription, please see Pam Jackson.  The cost of the magazine is paid for out of the church treasury at no cost to our members.   

Ladies  Bible Class
The Ladies Bible Class meets every Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM.  Kim Gott is the teacher for this quarter. 

 Area Gospel Singing
Ashville Church of Christ
Friday, Jan. 19  beginning at 7:00 PM

 Men’s Meeting
The next Men’s Meeting will be January 21 at 3:00 PM with Bob Freeman presiding.  All men of the congregation are encouraged and expected to attend if at all possible.  

 

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Third Sunday Night Singing
Our next Singing night will be Jan. 21 at 5:00 PM.  Afterwards we will have a finger food fellowship meal.  Make your plans to be here as we sing praises to God and afterwards enjoy a meal and a time of fellowship together. 

 

Area Winter Lectureship on
The Seven Churches of Asia

at Ironaton Church of Christ in Talladega

Friday, Feb. 2 beginning at 7:00 PM

“The church at Ephesus” – Jeff Clark

“The church at Smyrna” – Keith Mosher, Sr.

Saturday, Feb. 3 beginning at 9:00 AM

“The church at Pergamos” – Jason Chesser

“The church at Thyatira” – Barry Kennedy

“The church at Sardis” – Dave Leonard

Sunday, Feb. 4 beginning at 9:30 AM

“The church at Philadelphia” – Shane Clark

“The church at Laodicea” – Scott Webster

 at 2:00 PM -“The Composite church with Jimmy Clark

 

Guyana Mission Trip
Remember in prayer Pat Lambert and James Pendley and others who will be going on  a Mission Trip to Guyana during February 12 – 26. 

 Teen Rally
Glenn and Cindy Colley will be here March 10 for our “Teen Rally”.   Let’s all - teens, parents, and all of us begin to pray and plan for this event.  We will meet Jan. 24 (Wed. Night) after Bible class for a planning meeting and to make assignments.

 

 

 

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CHRISTIAN’S BE-HIVE

 Be baptized – Acts 2:38; “Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.”

Be ye holy- I Peter 1:15; “But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation.”

Be ye ready to give a reason – I Pet. 3:15; “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear.”

Be swift to hear – James 1:19; “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”

Be ye imitators of those who have run or are running a successful race – I Cor. 11:1; Paul said, “Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.”

Be ye doers of the word. – James 1:22; “But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.”

Be ye steadfast – I Cor. 15:58; “Be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.”

Be ye thankful – Col. 3:15; “And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.”

Be ye ready and prepared unto every good work – Tit. 3:1; “Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work.”

Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath – Eph. 4:26.

Be ye kind one to another – Eph. 4:32; “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.”

Be of the same mind – Phil. 2:2; “Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.”

Be slow to speak, slow to wrath – James 1:19; “Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:”

Be wise – Matt. 10:16; “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”

Be strong in the Lord. Eph. 6:10; “Finally, by brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.”

Be ye also ready – Matt. 24:44; “Therefore, be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.”

Be thou faithful unto death – Rev. 2:10; “Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulations ten days; be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.”

 

                                                                                                                     Kevin D. Smith
                                                                                                                     Saks Church of Christ

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 In Our Prayers

Updates:  Martha Kirby- recovering from back surgery;  Brad Dickson- back problems; Luke Dowdy is responding to treatments for his leg and arm pain and swelling;  Betty Freeman-having back problems; Steve Conner-recovering from a foot infection; Vangie Baker was back at services last Sunday after having the flu.  Martha Phillips is in Gadsden Regional Room 511 – no visitors please. 

 

Shut In: At Home- Frances Wesson 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; Betty Lankford;  Doyle and Betty May; Amanda Davis;  Melissa Telfrey; Katie Pendley; Russell Horton;  Floyd Hollis; Marvin Wing; Larry Phillips, kidney transplant soon; Janice James; Harvey Sheppard;  Ed Turner; Shelia Stansell; Ruby Brown; Frank Payne, colon cancer;  Ken Pylant, friend of the Hodges, has prostate cancer; Jan Ragsdale will have stomach ulcer surgery soon; Martha Kirby-back surgery recovery; Brad Dickson-back problems; Ottey Simon-a little girl from Guyana with an eye tumor which is inoperable; Amy Stigers and Anna Sanders and their families as Robert and Gary are in Iraq;  Sara Murphy- 7 yr old girl who is seriously ill- her father is a doctor of Mike Mitchell who preaches in Centre; Rita Waller, sister of Sandy Statom, who has lost peripheral vision in both eyes

 

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, Nathan Silvey, Gary Sanders and  Robert Stigers

 

God’s Word

2 Tim 2:7-13 NKJV

“7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things.

8 Remember that Jesus Christ, of the seed of David, was raised from the dead according to my gospel,

9 for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.

10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

   11 This is a faithful saying:

         For if we died with Him,

             We shall also live with Him.

   12 If we endure,

             We shall also reign with Him.

        If we deny Him,

              He also will deny us.

   13 If we are faithless,

              He remains faithful;

        He cannot deny Himself.”

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Weekly Programs

Radio:  Sun. at 8 AM - WAAX/570
With Ronny Johnson

TV:  "In Search of the Lord's Way"
with Mack Lyon
Sunday at 7:30 AM - Channel 11

"Preaching the Gospel" with James Watkins
Sunday at 7 AM - Channel 11

“Dayspring” with James Segars
Mondays at 9:30 a.m. on Channels 8 & 14

 Jerry Jenkins - Thursday at 7 PM - Channel 5

Earl Barnett - Sunday at 6 AM- Channels 4 & 9