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

ASSIGNMENTS

SUNDAY AM

Tom Hodge……………………….ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kerry Gott….….……………..………...LEAD SINGING
Heath Blair………………………...OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge..…………..……………………...SPEAKER
Steve Livingston………...…………CLOSING PRAYER
James Pendley & Gene Pennington………....GREETERS
Heath & Dawn Blair …..……...……..HALL MONITORS

LORD'S TABLE
Chad West, Ethan Lambert, Jeff Dickson
Rodney Whitson, Kris Bly, Jonathan Cronan
Lamont Hollis..………….…………..SERVE NURSERY
Kelly Jones...……...…..….....PREPARE COMMUNION
Pam Jackson…..….....….BAKE COMMUNION BREAD
Jaime Fazekas………...CLEAN COMMUNION TRAYS

PICK UP COMMUNION CUPS
AND CHECK VISITOR’S CARDS
Pat & Cheryl Lambert
Austin, Ethan and Jordan Lambert

COUNT CONTRIBUTION
Gene Pennington, Kris Bly
Steve Livingston, Kip Jones

SUNDAY PM
Tom Hodge………..……………...ANNOUNCEMENTS
Shon Pendley…………………………..LEAD SINGING
Ed Lewis….……...…….…………..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge…...….....……...…………………SPEAKER
Jack Jackson…..…........…………...CLOSING PRAYER
James Pendley & Gene Pennington….......….GREETERS
Michael Statom…..…...…….………...LORD'S SUPPER
 

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Tom Hodge……………………….ANNOUNCEMENTS
James Pendley…………....…………….LEAD SINGING
Shon Pendley……...…….…………………......PRAYER
Tom Hodge………………………………..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….....................73
Worship…….....................86
Sunday Evening.................71
Wednesday Night …........n/a

 

News and Notes

 

Men’s Leadership Meeting
Thanks to Pat Lambert for heading up this meeting. Bob Freeman will lead the next meeting on February 17th. This Sunday, January 27th, the 2008 Financial Budget will be presented after morning worship to East Gadsden members by members of our Financial Committee.

Items Needed for Guyana
There is a list on the table in the foyer with items that are needed to ship to Guyana in February. Please bring these items as soon as possible and place them in the container in the foyer.

Ladies’ Bible Class
All of our ladies are encouraged to attend the Wednesday Morning Bible Class that meets at 10:00 a.m. each week. Kim Gott is the teacher. The ladies are studying from the book “Women of Deliverance” by Cindy Colley.

Ladies Health Class
Our ladies are invited to attend a Health Class that is taught by Kacie Jackson each Thursday night at 6:00 p.m. here at our building.

Outreach Meeting
We will have an Outreach Meeting this Sunday, January 27th after evening services. We invite everyone to attend these meetings as we try to reach out and encourage others.

Beacons of Light
The next meeting for the Beacons of Light will be Sunday, February 10th after the evening services. We encourage our members 50 and over to participate in the work of this group.

Ladies Informational Meeting
Sunday, February 24th at 3:30 p.m.
Bob Freeman will preside.

 

 

 

 

 

Area Events

Gospel Singing
Riverchase Church of Christ
Friday, Jan. 25th – Beginning at 7:00 p.m.
Refreshments provided

Gospel Singing
Berea Church of Christ
Friday, Feb. 8th - Starting at 6:00 PM CST
Refreshments will be served

Gospel Singing
Roebuck Parkway church of Christ
Friday, Feb. 8th from 7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Refreshments following

Area Youth Devotional
Blessing Church of Christ in Albertville
Sunday, Jan. 27th at 5:30 p.m.

Area Youth Devotional
Lincoln church of Christ
Sunday, Feb. 3rd at 5:00 p.m.

2008 Winter Lectureship
Ironaton church of Christ in Talladega
Feb. 1 – 3 – See schedule in the foyer

 

 

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DRESSING UP THE DOCTRINE!

A little boy asked his father, “Dad, did you go to Sunday school when you were young?” The father replied with a great deal of pride, ‘Never missed a Sunday.’ The son’s quick response was, “Bet it won’t do me any good either!” While some people are much better at professing Christianity than practicing it, Christians who demonstrate with their lives what they declare with their lips have a powerful impact on those around them. Every authentic Christian is, in the words of the apostle, “light in the Lord” and their responsibility is to “walk as children of light” (Ephesians 5:8). How a child of God lives and talks and behaves on Monday has as much to do with effectively spreading the gospel as what the preacher proclaims on Sunday! As D. L. Moody once said, “Where one man reads a Bible, a hundred read you and me.” A skeptical world is always watching to see if Jesus is making a real difference in you and me.

How can people who worship Jesus with the saints in church on Sunday make a difference when they go to work and are surrounded by sinners on Monday? Two passages from the pen of the apostle Paul, written to the first century Christians who were slaves, contain principles which stress the importance of Christians making sure they take Jesus with them when they go to their jobs: “Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and His doctrine may not be blasphemed…exhort servants to be obedient to their own master, to be well pleasing in all things, not answering back, not pilfering, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things”

(I Timothy 6:1; Titus 2:9-10). Wow! Who would have thought slaves on the job in the first century Ephesus (and employees in 21st century America) could, by their behavior, make the name and doctrine of God look good! By being respectful, cooperative, honest, dependable and trustworthy employees, they made the name and doctrine attractive to other people! In Paul’s words, they “adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.” Good employees dress up the doctrine of God! As the New International Version says in Titus 2:10b, they “make the teaching about God our Savior attractive in every way.” What a powerful thought! Christians who take Jesus on the job on Monday can do what the preacher tries to do in the pulpit on Sunday but without the sermon! A good attitude on the job can attract lost people to God! How is your behavior dressing the doctrine of God on your job?

-Dan Gulley (Smithville church of Christ)

 In Our Prayers

Sick:
Sick at home: Mattie Peace; Gail Clough has a virus; Martha Kirby is having severe pain with fibromyalgia; Dot Miller fell at home last week and bruised her shoulder; Randy Clifton’s wife, Nanci, has been having health problems. Randy and Nanci are members at Central, and Randy is Jeff Dickson’s business partner. Gladys Williams, Kim and Jonathan Cronan’s great grandmother, is having health problems

In the Hospital: Peggy St. John is in Gadsden Regional Room 730; Johnny Watson, Melanie Livingston’s dad is in Gadsden Regional

Sympathy: We offer our deepest sympathy to Melinda Hall and her family in the death of her Aunt Marie. Remember this family in your prayers.

Shut In: At Home- Frances Wesson, Martha Phillips, Katie Pendley and Ruby Brown
Coosa Valley Healthcare: Canolia Bone –Rm 208
Meadowood –Walter Thompson –Rm 107
Attalla Health Care – Lois Knight

Prayer Requests: Canolia Bone; Katie Pendley; William & Ruby Brown; Anna Sanders and her family as Gary is in Iraq; Rodney Lambert, Pat’s father, is waiting for a lung transplant; Peggy St. John; Martha Phillips; Dot Miller; Missy Lambert, sis-in-law of Pat, has cancer; Matthew Rosenbaum; Susan Easterling, friend of the Bly’s, has lupus and has double pneumonia; Holli Walden, friend of Sonya White; Clint Snell, grandfather of Stephanie Bly, has cancer; Randy Turner, recent move and new job; Malcolm Edge will have a radiation patch attached to the back of his eye on Feb. 1st ; Tim Chumney – job loss; family of Georgia Parnell; family of Rita Hamilton; family of Jeff Brown; Melinda Hall and family; Brandon & Kristen Hollis – baby due soon; Kaylee Pearson, friend of Hayley Turner; William Dowdy –new Christian at the jail; Jared & Sasha Gott- Sasha job change; Nathan, a cousin of Hoyt St. John, is having family problems; Lois Corfman, sister of Betty Freeman

In the Military- Gary Sanders, Danny Moss, Josh Jones and Gary Brown (a contractor in Iraq who has not been heard from in a few weeks, he is the step-dad of Sonja White)

 

God’s Word 

John 3:1-5 NKJV

1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him."

3 Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God."

4 Nicodemus said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?"

5 Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

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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

 Jerry Jenkins - Thursday at 7 PM
Channel 5

Earl Barnett - Sunday at 6 AM
Channels 4 & 9