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

February 11, 2007  Volume 7, Number 6

ASSIGNMENTS

SUNDAY AM

Michael Long…….…………….…ANNOUNCEMENTS
Kerry Gott.…..…………………………LEAD SINGING
Rodney Whitson.........……………..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge….…..….....……………………...SPEAKER
Eric Gott..…….........………………CLOSING PRAYER
Fred & Maxine Duke……….……………….GREETERS
Pat & Cheryl Lambert………... …... HALL MONITORS

LORD'S TABLE

Pat Lambert, Paul Baker, Gene Pennington
Chad West, Bob Freeman, Jeff Dickson

Michael Statom…....……......……….SERVE NURSERY
Michael & Sandy Statom……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

Michael Long….....…..…….…..…ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eric Gott……......……………………...LEAD SINGING
Ed Lewis……….…………………..OPENING PRAYER
Tom Hodge……...……………………………SPEAKER
Heath Blair…….………..………….CLOSING PRAYER
Fred & Maxine Duke……….….....…………GREETERS
Kerry Gott…….…..…………….…….LORD'S SUPPER

WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Michael Long…….........………….ANNOUNCEMENTS
Heath Blair…...…...….………………...LEAD SINGING
Jimmy Fazekas.....…..…...…………..………..PRAYER
Rodney Whitson…………………………..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…....…...........102
Worship…………............127
 Sunday Evening..................76
 Wednesday Night …….....73

 

News and Notes

Thanks
Thanks to all the members of the Finance Committee for their work on the 2007 Budget that Jeff Dickson presented this past Sunday morning.  Let’s all do our part to make our new weekly budget of $3,200.00

Thanks also to Heath Blair for a good lesson this past Sunday night in Tom’s absence. 

 Youth Devo
About 17 of our teens and adults attended the monthly devo at Lincoln church of Christ this past Sunday night.  Bro. Bobby Thomas of Arab spoke to a record crowd (for Lincoln) of 142 people. 

House to House
The latest issue of the House to House publication was mailed out this week.  Thanks to Peggy Davis, Wanda Laney, Nancy Phillips and Peggy St. John for bundling and labeling over 5800 copies.   Thanks to Tom for delivering the papers to the post office. –Pam J.

 “Super Bowl Party”
Thanks to Pat and Cheryl Lambert for hosting a “Super Bowl Party” at their home last Sunday evening after services.  Around 30 were able to attend.  Everyone had a great time of fellowship.

 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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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.

Next Men’s Leadership Meeting
Feb. 18 AT 3:00 PM with Tom Hodge presiding

Sunday Night Singing
Our next Third Sunday Night Singing will be 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.

Ladies’ Day
Antioch Church of Christ at Snead
Saturday, Feb. 24 – Registration at 8:30 AM
Speaker: Teddy Copeland from Florence

“Crock Pot Living in a Pressure Cooker World”

Couple’s Retreat
Several of our married couples will be attending the Couple’s Retreat in Gatlinburg on Feb. 23 – 24. We appreciate Kevin Smith for organizing this annual event.

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. We will have an ad for our Teen Rally on Comcast Channel 5. When you surf the channels look for our ad.

  

 

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Wars, a Result of Worldliness

 In his book, Practical Christianity, Studies in the book of James, David Roper includes a chapter entitled Wars, Worldliness, and God’s Will.  Being a career soldier, I found the title particularly interesting.  However, it took only a few seconds after reading James 4:1-10, to realize that wars are really a result of worldliness.  James spends most of the time in this passage discussing the lusts that produce wars and focuses very little on war itself. 

 Quoting Roper, “Through the years there have been “wars “ in the context of the church—often battles for the truth, but sometimes battles with less worthy motivations; such as the You-defeated-my-pet project War,  the They-won’t-let-me teach War, the They-fired-my favorite-preacher War.  Wars between nations are tragic, but nothing is more tragic than a religious “civil war” with brother arrayed against brother.”

 At a time when our nation is engaged in war on several fronts, I believe we should step back and determine the root cause of why we fight with other countries and sometimes find ourselves fighting with each other in the Lord’s church.  James gives us the answer.  In James chapter 4:1, he writes that wars’ (fighting) come from our desires for pleasure that battle within us.  In verses 2-3, he tells us that we want something, but do not get it.  We kill and covet and still do not get what we want.  We do not have, because we do not ask God.  When we do ask, we do not receive because we ask with wrong motives, referring back to satisfying our pleasures.

 James goes on to give a great lesson on worldliness, stating that “friendship with the world is hatred to God.”  Those who choose to be a friend of the world become an enemy of God.

 I strongly recommend taking a few minutes to read chapter 4 of James as we search for answers to why we have war, quarreling and fighting in our world and sometimes in the church.  It becomes very apparent that ill-guided power and the love of money is almost always a part of the problem.  We must make a choice.  “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other.  You cannot serve God and mammon (riches”, Matthew 6:24.

 

                                                                                           DeWayne Griffin
                                                                                           Mt. Juliet church of Christ

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 In Our Prayers

Sick at home: Martha Kirby; Christy Chumney-oral surgery recovery; Jan Ragsdale

Updates: Bro. Gene Pennington received a good report on his recent biopsy.  We are thankful for this great news.   

In the Hospital: Martha Phillips is in Gadsden Regional on the  5^th floor

 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 

Sympathy: We extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Rosemary Headrick.  Sister Headrick passed away Friday, Feb. 2.  She was a former member at East Gadsden and her husband Johnnie served as an elder here for several years. 

 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- stomach ulcers; 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 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

 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

Mal 3:8-10 NKJV

 

8 "Will a man rob God?Yet you have robbed Me
But you say,
'In what way have we robbed You?'
In tithes and offerings.
9 You are cursed with a curse,
For you have robbed Me,
Even this whole nation.
10 Bring all the tithes into the storehouse,
That there may be food in My house,
And try Me now in this,"
Says the LORD of hosts,
"If I will not open for you the windows of heaven
And pour out for you such blessing
That there will not be room enough to receive it.”

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What Must I Do To Be Saved?

       Hear………….…........….…Romans 10:13-17
Believe……...Mark 16:16; Acts 16:30,31
Repent………....Acts 17:30,31; Acts 2:38
Confess……….Matthew 10:32; Acts 8:37
Be Baptized...…...I Peter 3:21; Mark 16:16;
                          Galatians 3:27; Acts 2:38
Live Faithfully.......................Revelation 2:10
(The sum of the PARTS equals the WHOLE)

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Thank You

Fellow Christians,

All your prayers, good wishes, calls and sentiments during my hospitalization and recovery were and still are greatly appreciated.  My knowing of your care helps lead to a speedy recovery. 

                                        In Christian Love,
                                        Gene Pennington