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

ASSIGNMENTS

SUNDAY AM

Heath Blair…..…..….…………….ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kerry Gott……..……………..………...LEAD SINGING
Duane Head………...……………...OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge..…………..……………………...SPEAKER
Ed Lewis………………...…………CLOSING PRAYER
Kris & Stephanie Bly………….…………….GREETERS
Jeff & Charis Dickson…..........……..HALL MONITORS

LORD'S TABLE
James Pendley, Eric Sole, Gene Pennington
Jeff Dickson, Austin Lambert, Rodney Whitson

Shon Pendley.......……….…………..SERVE NURSERY
Jeff Dickson……...………….PREPARE COMMUNION
Charis Dickson……...….BAKE COMMUNION BREAD
Stephanie Bly.………...CLEAN COMMUNION TRAYS

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

COUNT CONTRIBUTION
Kerry Gott, Ethan Lambert, Ed Lewis, Jack Jackson

SUNDAY PM
Heath Blair…............……………..ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jeff Dickson..…………………………..LEAD SINGING
Gene Pennington……....…………..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge…...….....……...…………………SPEAKER
Shon Pendley….…........…………...CLOSING PRAYER
Kris & Stephanie Bly…………….….......….GREETERS
Kerry Gott.…...…..…...…….………...LORD'S SUPPER

WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Heath Blair….........……………….ANNOUNCEMENTS
Tom Hodge……………....…………….LEAD SINGING
James Pendley…......…….…………………......PRAYER
Kerry Gott.…….…………………………..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….....................67
Worship…….....................87
Sunday Evening.................62
Wednesday Night …........n/a

 

News and Notes

 

It’s A Boy!
Congratulations to Lamont and Teressa Hollis in the birth of their grandson, Hayden Lee Hollis. Hayden was born Saturday, Feb. 9th weighing 9 lbs. and 11 ozs. He is 21 ¾” long. The proud parents are Brandon and Kristen Hollis. All are doing fine.

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

Ladies’ Bible Class
The Ladies Bible Class meets at 10:00 a.m. each Wednesday morning. Kim Gott is the teacher. We encourage all of our ladies who are able to attend the class.

Ladies Health Class
The Ladies Health Class will not meet on Thursday, February 14th.

Men’s Leadership Meeting
Sunday, February 17th at 3:00 p.m.
Bob Freeman will preside.

Third Sunday Night Singing
February 17th at 5:00 p.m.
We will have a Soup and Chili supper following our singing service. We encourage everyone to make their plans to enjoy this time of fellowship together.

 

 

 

Beacons Breakfast
The Beacons of Light will meet for breakfast at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 23rd at Cracker Barrel. Everyone is welcome to join them. If you plan to attend please sign the sheet in the lobby.

Ladies Night Out
Tuesday, Feb. 19th at the home of Kim Gott

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

Couple’s Retreat in Gatlinburg
February 28 – March 2
See Kerry Gott if you plan to attend.

 

 

Area Events

Parenting Classes
Central Church of Christ
Thursday nights at 6:00 p.m.
Instructors: David Powell and Rosa Statom
See flier in lobby for more information.

Self Defense Classes for Women
Fairview Road Church of Christ
Thursday evenings from 6 – 8 p.m.
Instructor: Captain Gina Gartman
These classes are free.

Ladies Day
Antioch Church of Christ at Snead
Saturday, February 23rd
Speaker: Sheila Butt Theme: “Sisterhood”
Continental Breakfast: 8:30 a.m.
Lesson: 9:00 – 11:00 Lunch following

 

 

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Editors Note: Below are two excerpts from the latest Waldron Newsletter reporting on the mission work in India.



A TRAGEDY

On the 22nd of December I received a letter from Peter Wilson in Dindigul telling the sad story of brother R. Palanisamy, whose beautiful life was snuffed out by a truck. As you read Peter’s letter bear in mind those trained to preach usually spend three years in the program, training the first year near his home at a feeder school and then finishing the final two years at a place like Dindigul. While they train we give them some support and encourage them to learn a trade or other way to earn a living, so that they may serve as tent-making preachers. These brothers and their families are unbelievably poor, but brother Palanisamy was doing a good work, preaching for two small village churches and supporting his family by selling pots and other vessels from house to house. Concerning his widow, through one of the brothers at Dindigul, we sent her Rs 5,000\- ($130), which is the equivalent of more than two months wages. The first week of January I will be in Tamil Nadu and be able to ascertain what she needs, a cow, goats or other help.

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Dindigul, 22 Dec 2007

Here are the details about Bro.R. Palanisamy S/o Ramasamy, who met an accident and died. His age was 34. He graduated from the one year school of preaching at K. Paramathy in April 2000. He completed his last two years at Dindigul and graduated in April 2002. He lived in the village of Kurukati in the district of Erode about sixty miles from Dindigul.
His widow’s name is Rani. She is 30 and with a seventh grade education. There are two children, both boys. Prabu, who is 15, is in the tenth grade and his brother, Karthik, is 13 and in the 8th. He was preaching for two village congregations, Vallima Nagar with twelve members and Poondipalayam with nine members.
He was a vessels (plastic pots and pans) seller. When he was returning on 16th (Dec.) Sunday after the worship service about 9 p.m., a Lorry (truck) hit his two-wheeler and he died. If you need any more details, I will enquire and let you know.

With love in Christ,
M. Peter Wilson

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SRI LANKA

In the Tsunami of December 26, 2004 , there were more than 8,000 killed in Tamil Nadu, India . At the same time in the island country of Sri Lanka , which is just next door, more than 35,000 lost their lives. In the early ‘90s there was a school of preaching in its capital, Colombo , but it has not been active for some years. On the 4th of January, Don Iverson and I will go there to investigate the feasibility of starting it again. In that connection let me ask you to pray for the some 25,000,000 who live on the island. The vast majority of the people are Buddhists and Hindus. A request to song leaders: check out the song, “From Greenland’s Icy Mountains ,” by Reginald Heber; it is potent to teach the urgency of world evangelism and it mentions the “spicy breezes (that) blow o’er Ceylon ’s isle (the former name of Sri Lanka ).” It wouldn’t hurt to sing “The Gospel Is For All” at the same time. It was written by a farm “boy” and dedicated member of the Lord’s church from north Alabama, who went to Japan in the late 1800’s and preached Jesus for thirty years or more.

With love to all,
Jim E. Waldron

 In Our Prayers

Sick at home: Alberta and Rodney Whitson, Mattie Peace, Dot Miller, Malcolm Edge, Eric Gott, Jan Ragsdale and Peggy St. John

In the Hospital: Martha Kirby is in Riverview Medical Room 601 where she is recovering from a stroke. Thankfully, her condition has improved. Johnny Watson, Melanie Livingston’s dad is on the 5th floor at Gadsden Regional.

Sympathy: We offer our sympathy to: Pat Lambert and his family in the death of his sister-in-law, Missy Lambert; to Heath Blair and his family in the death of his uncle, B. R. Jones and to Marshall and Melinda Hall in the death of their friend, Jerry Davenport.

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; Matthew Rosenbaum; Susan Easterling; Holli Walden, friend of Sonya White; Clint Snell; Malcolm Edge; family of Georgia Parnell; family of Rita Hamilton; family of Jeff Brown; Kaylee Pearson, friend of Hayley Turner; William Dowdy –new Christian at the jail; Nathan, a cousin of Hoyt St. John, is having family problems; Lois Corfman, sister of Betty Freeman; Gladys Williams, Kim & Jonathan Cronan’s grandmother; Jan Ragsdale; Rodney Whitson and family; Linda Lipscomb, friend of the Hodges, was injured in an accident and has pneumonia; Mike Bowdoin; family of Missy Lambert; family of B. R. Jones; Arthur Shaw; Patricia Burgdorf; family of Stancil Higginbotham; family of Jerry Davenport; Tom’s mother, Betty Hodge, and his sister, Wendy Burns, are both having health problems

In the Military- Gary Sanders (he will be leaving Iraq soon), Danny Moss, Josh Jones, Jeff Brewster and Gary Brown

 

God’s Word 

Matthew 9:14-17

14 Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples do not fast?"

15 And Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

16 No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and the tear is made worse.

17 Nor do they put new wine into old wineskins, or else the wineskins break, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But they put new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved."

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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