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

February 18, 2007  Volume 7, Number 7

ASSIGNMENTS

SUNDAY AM

Steve Livingston…….…ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jeff Dickson………………LEAD SINGING
Heath Blair……........…..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge….…..………………...SPEAKER
Kip Jones….…………CLOSING PRAYER
Chad West & Michael Statom…...GREETERS
Kris & Stephanie Bly.... HALL MONITORS

LORD'S TABLE
Kerry Gott, Jack Jackson, Shon Pendley
Michael Statom, Eric Gott, Michael Long

LaMont Hollis.…....……....….SERVE NURSERY
Jeff Dickson……..……PREPARE COMMUNION
Pam Hodge…..……BAKE COMMUNION BREAD
Kelly Jones….....CLEAN LORD'S SUPPER TRAYS

PICK UP COMMUNION CUPS
AND CHECK VISITOR’S CARDS
Kris, Stephanie, Miranda and Mason Bly

COUNT CONTRIBUTION
Bob Freeman, Michael Long
Shon Pendley, LaMont Hollis

SUNDAY PM
Steve Livingston....…..…ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kerry Gott……....………...LEAD SINGING
Michael Long….……..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge……...………………SPEAKER
Jeff Dickson…...……….CLOSING PRAYER
Chad West & Michael Statom.....GREETERS
Paul Baker…….…..……….LORD'S SUPPER

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Steve Livingston…….ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kris Bly….…...………...LEAD SINGING
Kerry Gott……...……..………..PRAYER
Jimmy Fazekas..……………..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…....…...........89
Worship…………............105
 Sunday Evening..................85
 Wednesday Night …….....n/a

 

News and Notes

Teen Rally

Our sign is up!  The word is getting out.  Flyers for our Teen Rally are in the lobby.  Please take a few and give them to those you know who are in the 7^th grade through college age. 

 ‘Makin’ Music 2007’

Anyone interested attending ‘Makin’ Music’ at Freed-Hardeman University on April 14, see Kerry or Kim Gott as soon as possible.

 Little Ottey Simon Improving

Ottey is the 11 year old girl from Guyana who is in Birmingham for treatment of a large tumor behind her left eye.  She is doing much better. A card would be very welcome.  Her address is:  1104 Ireland Way, Birmingham, 35205.  More good news: Ottey was recently baptized and so we have a new sister in Christ!

 Guyana Mission Trip

James Pendley and Tom Musick left Birmingham as scheduled on Monday, Feb. 12 on their way to Guyana.  Pat Lambert got sick just as he boarded the plane and had to spend the night in Birmingham.  He is hoping to leave today (Feb.13).  We all pray for these men and their families and the success of this trip.

 Ladies  Bible Class

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

 Singing 
Roebuck Parkway church of Christ
Friday, Feb. 9^th from 7 until 9 p.m.

 

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 Men’s Leadership Meeting

Our men will have their next Leadership Meeting this Sunday, Feb. 18 at 3:00 PM. Tom Hodge will be preside.

 

Sunday Night Singing

Our next Third Sunday Night Singing will be this Sunday, Feb. 18.  After our Singing Service we will have a Chili Supper.  Please bring Chili and the fixings or sandwiches and drinks and don’t forget the desserts! 

 

Outreach Meeting

Our next Outreach Meeting will be Tuesday, Feb. 20 at 7:00 P.M.  We invite everyone who can to attend this meeting as we try to reach out and encourage others. 

 

Couple’s Retreat

Several of our married couples will be attending the Couple’s Retreat in Gatlinburg on Feb. 23 – 24. 

 

Somebody Loves You Banquet
Sunday, March 4 at 3:30 P.M.
Honoring those age 50 and over
Hosted by our Teens and Youth

 

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 need plenty of 2 liter drinks.  You can bring the drinks now and place them in the kitchen.    

 

  

 

 

 

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GIVING IS GOD-LIKE

We were saddened to learn of the passing our beloved brother V. P. Black.  Without doubt, he was one of the greatest evangelists of our time, particularly as he taught the good news of giving by God’s people.  Below are some of his words concerning the fact that scriptural giving is God-like:

     God is the greatest giver known to mankind.  Jehovah gives so many things to us that we take for granted.  The sun, moon, stars, water, springtime, summer, fall, winter and a thousand other things we take for granted.  God has given us the Bible, the church, and the hope of heaven.  We cannot think of God without thinking of giving.

    In John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”  The very heart of the gospel is, that God so loved that he gave.  God not only gave but he gave sacrificially; he gave his only begotten son.  God gives freely.  Romans 8:32: “He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?”  God gives liberally.   James 1:5: “If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.”   One of the most God-like things that we can do is give.  When we are God-like in giving, we will give freely and sacrificially and liberally.  Paul calls upon us in Romans 12:1 to present our bodies to God.  “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.” Every member is a cloud or a sponge – which are you in this giving business?  Every member is a clog or a channel in reference to giving. 

     Someone has said: “Christians are like wells.  You pump water from some; others you draw water from, then there is the over-flowing well.”  We should all be like the overflowing well (Rust As A Witness, P. 65).

I thank God for the good influence of V. P. Black, a man who was truly an overflowing well of goodness.

                                                                    -Bob Prichard, Oxford Church of Christ                                                                                            

 

 

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 In Our Prayers

Sick at home: Martha Kirby; Jan Ragsdale; Dawn, Kyle and Dylan Blair; Deana Pendley

Updates: Cristy Chumney was back at services last Sunday after recovering from oral surgery.  Martha Phillips is now back at home. 

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; 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;  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;  Sara Murphy- 7 yr old girl with non-Hodgkins lymphoma; Rita Waller, sister of Sandy Statom, who 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; Bill Carter, friend of the Blys, has a spot on his lung; Merlene & Steve Gregory, anniversary of their son’s death; Martha Dowdy, having tests; Kendall Conder, friend of Kacie Jackson, having health problems; Grant Lassiter, friend of Kacie Jackson, having family problems; James Pendley and Pat Lambert and others on Guyana mission trip

 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

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God’s Word

2 Tim 2:10-13 NKJV

  “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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Area Events

Area Wide Singings

Grant Church of Christ
Friday, Feb. 23  from 7 until 9:30 PM

Cedartown Church of Christ
Friday, Feb. 23 at 7:00 PM (EST) 

Arab Church of Christ
Friday, March 2 at 7:00 PM

 Ladies’ Day
Antioch Church of Christ at Snead
Saturday, Feb. 24 – Registration at 8:30 AM
Speaker: Teddy Copeland from Florence
Theme: “Crock Pot Living
in a Pressure Cooker World”

Islam
Riverchase Church of Christ
Feb. 25 – 27 with Dr. Jack Evans, Sr.
Sun. night at 6 PM - Mon. and Tues. at 7 PM