News and Notes
Joint
Worship Service
283 from 7 congregations worshipped together this past
Sunday night. Brother Alan Highers brought a fine lesson about
instrumental music in worship. Thanks to all who helped make
this joint worship possible. Our next joint worship will be
October 12 with Mark Posey as the speaker.
Men’s Leadership Meeting
The men will have a Leadership Meeting this Sunday, April
20th at 3:00 p.m. with Pat Lambert presiding.
Guyana Report
James Pendley will give us a report on his recent mission
trip to Guyana this Sunday night April 20th. After his report we
will have a Finger Foods fellowship.
Ladies’ Bible Class
The Ladies Bible Class will have their last session on April
23rd and will break for the summer months. The ladies and their
husbands will have a luncheon at the home of Kerry and Kim Gott
on Wednesday, April 30th.
33rd Annual Gadsden Area Singing
Location: East Gadsden church of Christ
Friday, April 25th from 7 until 10 p.m.
Refreshments following
*Please check the sign up sheet in the foyer for food items that
East Gadsden will need to provide.
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Supplies Needed for Orphanage
Kacie Jackson and Eric Gott are leaving May 30th for two
months of mission work in Peru and Panama . They will be staying
in an orphanage and are requesting art supply donations since
these children have none at their home. There is a drop-off box
and a sheet of needed supplies in the foyer. Also, we will be
having a fellowship after morning services on May 4th in honor
of Kacie and Eric. They will tell us more about their mission
work plans, and also you may give a donation to help fund their
travels. Everyone is invited whether you plan to donate or not!
In the Area
Ladies Day
Cedartown Church of Christ
Saturday, April 19 from 9 a.m. until Noon (ET)
Speaker: Melissa Lester
Lunch following
Teachers Workshop for Ladies Only
Oxford Church of Christ
Saturday, April 19 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Speakers: Teah McWhorter and April MeachamComing Up
33rd Annual Gadsden Area Singing
Location: East Gadsden church of Christ
Friday, April 25th from 7 until 10 p.m.
Refreshments following
Gospel Meeting
Fairview Road church of Christ
April 20 – 23 with Stanley Ryan
Sunday night at 7:30 and Mon.-Wed. at 7:00
Area Wide Youth Devo
Blessing Church of Christ in Albertville
Sunday, April 27th at 5:30 p.m.
Guest Speaker: Chris Clevenger
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What’s Wrong With Dancing?
“Dancing” is defined as “a series of
sometimes rhythmic and patterned bodily movements usually performed to
music”.
Exactly what kind of dancing goes on at proms, homecoming dances,
nightclubs, etc.? If you do not know what kind of dancing goes on in
these places, all you need to do is turn your television to MTV or BET
and watch for a few minutes. Many school-sponsored “social events”
consist largely of the same kinds of dancing that one would find in a
nightclub or other similar place.
Let’s ask ourselves some questions about this lewd sensual form of
dancing.
1. If a man off the dance floor were to attempt to hold your wife or
daughter in the manner
that he would on the dance floor, would you allow it?
2. How would you feel if a man off the dance floor were to make the
same bodily
movements towards your wife or daughter as he would on the dance
floor?
3. How would you feel about your Christian brethren watching you
dance?
4. How would an elder’s, deacon’s or preacher’s influence be
affected if he were known
to dance in this manner?
5. Would Jesus dance with another’s wife or daughter?
6. Would you be glad for Christ to return while you were attending a
dance?
7. Does dancing involve lasciviousness, or, “indecent bodily
movements and improper
handling?
8. Could the act of dancing cause another person to stumble in sin?
9. Does dancing ever produce corrupt desires?
10. Would it be better for a Christian not to attend an event where
dancing occurred?
Answer these questions for yourself
and make the decision that will give you the most help in getting to
heaven.
- Darrell Powell
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In Our Prayers
Sick at home: Martha Kirby and Dot Miller
In the Hospital: Yeoman (Bull) Conner is in Gadsden Regional Room
861- the family requests no visitors at this time. Rodney Lambert,
father of Pat, is recovering from a lung transplant in Birmingham . Nell
McElroy, a former member at East Gadsden , is in Gadsden Regional
recovering from a car accident.
Surgeries scheduled: Kris Bly is scheduled for surgery on April
21. Kara Gott is scheduled for shoulder surgery on April 25.
Shut In: At Home- Frances Wesson, Martha Phillips, Katie Pendley,
Mattie Peace and William and Ruby Brown
Coosa Valley Healthcare: Canolia Bone and Betty Jones –Rm 208
Meadowood –Walter Thompson –Rm 107
Gadsden Health Care – Johnny Watson
Prayer Requests: Canolia Bone; Katie Pendley; William & Ruby
Brown; Martha Kirby; Rodney Lambert-lung transplant recovery; Martha
Phillips; Dot Miller; Matthew Rosenbaum; Susan Easterling; Clint Snell;
Lois Corfman, sister of Betty Freeman; Tom’s mother, Betty Hodge, and
his sister, Wendy Burns, are both having health problems; Kevin
Edmondson; Betty Jones; Lou and Bill Gardner; Mike Gunnels –foot surgery
recovery; Miranda Robinson-death of her mother; family of Shane Ruiz;
Bull Conner; Nell McElroy; Kris Bly; Kara Gott; Jamal Brown and Edvin
Cifuentes – inmates at county jail; Regan Widrig-3 ½ yr old boy on life
support
In the Military- Danny Moss, Josh Jones, Daniel Silvey, Jeff
Brewster and Gary Brown.
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Happy Birthday
April 22 – Deana Pendley
April 25 – Kensie Turner
Happy Anniversary
April 23 – Gary & Anna Sanders
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God’s Word
Judges 14:5-6
5 So Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother,
and came to the vineyards of Timnah. Now to his surprise, a
young lion came roaring against him.
6 And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he tore
the lion apart as one would have torn apart a young goat, though
he had nothing in his hand. But he did not tell his father or
his mother what he had done.
1 Samuel 17:34-36
34 But David said to Saul, "Your servant used to keep his
father's sheep, and when a lion or a bear came and took a lamb
out of the flock,
35 I went out after it and struck it, and delivered the lamb
from its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its
beard, and struck and killed it.
36 Your servant has killed both lion and bear; and this
uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, seeing he has
defied the armies of the living God."
Proverbs 26:13
13 The lazy man says, "There is a lion in the road! A fierce
lion is in the streets!"
1 Peter 5:8-9
8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil
walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same
sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world.
Revelation 5:5
5 But one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep. Behold,
the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed
to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals."
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