News and Notes
Childhaven
Trip
A
large group of our parents and children visited
Childhaven
Children’s Home
in Cullman last month. They delivered gifts and money which the
young people had been saving up for the past several months.
Thanks to Kim
and Eric
Gott for organizing this
trip.
Our Sister Responds
Melinda Hall
came
forward Sunday morning confessing sins including not bearing enough
spiritual fruit in her life. We love and
appreciate Melinda.
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 January 21.
Annual
Progressive Dinner
Our annual
Progessive Dinner will be Saturday, Jan. 6th
beginning at
5:30 pm with appetizers at the home
of Jimmy and
Jaime
Fazekas. Next the group will
go to the home of Kerry
and Kim
Gott for the main meal.
Following the meal, everyone will go to the home of
Kris and
Stephanie Bly
for desserts and a friendly game of “Dirty Santa”.
A sign up sheet is in the foyer.
Area Wide Singing
Sunday, Jan. 7th from
6:30
until 8:30 PM
at
Fairview Road Church of Christ
Refreshments will be served afterwards.
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Area Wide Youth Devotional
The next area Youth Devotional will
be Sunday, Jan. 7th at
5:00 PM at Saks Church
of Christ.
Kevin Smith
will speak on “A Biblical Portrait of Children”.
Ladies Wednesday Morning
Bible Class
Our Ladies Wednesday morning Bible
Class will resume on Jan. 10th at
10:00 AM.
Kim
Gott will be the teacher for
this quarter. We encourage all of our ladies who
are able to attend this class. It is a great
time for Bible study and fellowship.
Good Used Clothing
Needed for Guyana
Please bring any good used summer
clothing, shoes and flip flops to our building and place in the
small nursery. These items will be shipped to
the church in
Guyana.
We need these items by January 15th.
See Pat Lambert
if you have any questions.
Outreach Meeting
The next Outreach Meeting will be
Tuesday, Jan. 16th at
7:00 PM.
We encourage those who haven’t participated before to attend
this meeting.
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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Looking
Back at 2006
“To everything there
is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1
January
– Eric Sole is
baptized.
Will Smith is restored.
Austin and Ethan Lambert
were both baptized by their father,
Pat.
Kenneth
Densmore is restored.
Marshall and Melinda
Hall are restored.
February
– Katie
Pendley is restored.
William, George, and Jonathan
are baptized at the Etowah County
Detention Center.
Nicholas Murphy,
great-nephew of Pam Hodge,
is born in Warner Robbins, GA.
April
– Kara
Gott is restored. The
White family loses their
house in a fire.
May
– Deborah
Chumney is restored.
Joe White is restored.
Eric
Gott and
Wesley Livingston graduate from high school.
Jason Freeman
returns from Iraq.
P. J. Lassiter, co-worker of
James
Pendley, dies in a car accident.
Catherine Edmondson
passes away.
Hoyt St. John passes away.
June
–
Estelle Buchanan passes
away.
Heath Blair is restored.
Melinda Hall is restored.
Sandy
Statom is restored.
Dalton Allen
Marchione, nephew of
Kelly Jones, is born.
July
– Gail Clough is
restored.
Chris Dowdy is restored.
Stella Annelise
Chumney, granddaughter of
Deborah
Chumney, is born.
August
– Joe and Dana White
are restored.
September
– Melanie Livingston
is restored.
Kevin Sheppard is baptized.
Michael
Statom is restored.
Eli Simmons
dies in an accident.
Mona Bridges, mother of
Deana
Pendley, passes away.
Johnny Hardin, grandfather
of Deborah
Chumney’s daughter-in-law, passes
away.
Dillon Walton, grandson of
Bob and Betty Freeman,
passes away.
October
– Katie Ann
Stigers, daughter of
Robert and Amy
Stigers and granddaughter of
Tom and Pam Hodge, is born.
Melinda
Hall is restored.
November
– Robert
Stigers leaves for Iraq.
Amy and Katie Ann
Stigers move to Gadsden.
December
– LaRue
Turner passes away.
Melinda Hall is restored.
-Tom
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In
Our Prayers
Sick at home:
Martha Kirby- she is
scheduled for back surgery on Wed. Jan. 3rd; Brad
Dickson- back problems; Andrew Fazekas-double
ear infection
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 – Room 208
Meadowood
Retirement-Walter Thompson - Rm
107
Gadsden Health & Rehab-Betty
Lankford – Rm 10 and Martha Phillips –
Rm 505
Prayer Requests:
Canolia
Bone; Betty Lankford; Doyle and Betty May; Frances
Messer; 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 surgery soon; Martha Kirby-back
surgery; Brad Dickson-back problems; Family of James Peoples
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, Robert
Stigers
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.
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God’s Word
Luke 13:6-9
NKJV
6 He also spoke this parable: "A
certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came
seeking fruit on it and found none.
7 Then he said to the keeper of his
vineyard, 'Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this
fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why does it use up the ground?'
8 But he answered and said to him,
'Sir, let it alone this year also, until I dig around it and
fertilize it.
9 And if it bears fruit, well. But
if not, after that you can cut it down.' "
Thank You
To the members at East Gadsden Church
of Christ,
I just wanted to tell you how much I
appreciate your support of the work in Guyana and apologize for the
tardiness of this note. There is so much work
that can be done there that it is often overwhelming.
I look forward to making many more trips to Guyana over the
next several years. The opportunity for the
growth of the Lord’s church is amazing. I also
hope some in the congregation would be willing to make the sacrifice
of time and energy to go on one of these mission trips.
It is an eye opening and rewarding trip that will change the
way many of us look at our own lives (I know it did for me).
Thank you again for the support!
In Christian love,
Pat Lambert and
Family
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
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Happy Birthday
Jan. 7 – Terry Patterson
Jan. 11 – Laura Dodd
Happy
Anniversary
Jan. 9 – Larry and Cena Lewis
Jan. 10 – Kerry and Kim Gott
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