Announce  Wrelv Mears

Sing AM  Larry Powell

Read  Stephen Powell

Pray  Jeff Powell

Table  Brian Witty

Brady Bogle

Eric Gilley

Keith Bowman

Dismiss  Oscar Parton

Sing PM    Jeff Powell

Pray PM   Joey Ferrell

Prepare the Lord’s Supper

Earl Cooper

Maurice Powell

Sing  Brian Witty

Read  Larry Powell

Attendance  80

Contribution  $1215.00

Thurs., December 14 - Grover Parker

Thurs., December 14 - Joe Witty

Thurs., December 14 - Johnny & Misty Powell

Fri., December 15 - Doris Powell

Delinda Parton, Sister Woods,

Dawn Witty, Eva Reed

Woodrow and Lina Lorance,   

Ona Prater,  William Condra

"Lord, I thank Thee for salvation,

Grace so mighty and so free,

Take my all in consecration,

Glorify Thyself in me."

"We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us."

2 Cor. 4:7

We will have our Christmas dinner and make the fruit baskets after the Sunday morning service next Lord's day.

Church Support (Sept. 2000 - Nov. 2000)

1.     Church of Christ in Boykins, VA - $200

2.     Charles Williams for trip to Russia - $250

Some Guidelines for Christian Recreation

1.     Is the practice questionable in your mind?

2.     Does it destroy your identity as a Christian?

3.     Does it have a weakening influence on others?

4.     Is it destructive to your body?

5.     Does it conflict with your duty as a Christian?

6.     Does it cultivate inordinate fleshly appetites?

7.     Does it bring YOU under weakening influence and association?

8.     Does it bring upon you an unequal yoke and place you at a disadvantage in serving the Lord?

9.     Would Christ do it?

Bulletin Digest

via The Bible Voice

Oliver Church of Christ

Rogersville, AL

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.  For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the spirit reap life everlasting."

Galatians 6:7-8

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service.  And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God."

Romans 12:1-2

ARE WE RUSHING THROUGH WORSHIP?

Jesus, in the mount of temptation, declared ".. thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve" (Mt. 4:10). Through the years this penman has observed a chronic attitude in the church with respect to worship that needs to be addressed. Attending business meetings with a variety of congregations over the last twenty years, I have listened to varied suggestions on how the worship should be shortened - "use more communion trays", "omit a song", "cut the sermon down." In all of this thinking, there seems to be an underlying premise that a shorter service is a better service and that efficiency means brevity.

It is claimed that the attention span of the worshipper is so short that a twenty-minute sermonette should be the maximum. However, when we read the newspaper or our favorite magazine, watch our favorite television show, view our "team" on the gridiron for three hours at a clip, the element of time is unimportant. Yet when it comes to worship, the shorter the better. Brethren, what's the difference? When it comes to reading, watching television and etc., it's something that we enjoy. Beloved, what about worship? Do we enjoy it as did David? "I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord" (Psalm 122:1).

Are we rushing through our worship so that we may hasten to feed the poor, to preach to our neighbors, to lift up the faint-hearted? No, we rush so that we can watch TV, take a nap, play golf, go to the lake, or get to the restaurant before the crowd arrives. If none of these things attract us, we may rush because we are nervous and have the habit of doing everything in a hurry.

We sing "Take Time to Be Holy", but we don't have time to meditate, to praise, to listen to the Word in a relaxed atmosphere. There is pressure by more worldly members to "pay our respects" to God in the smallest time capsules possible. Is it because we are so spiritual that we don't need more time to be holy? Or is it a lack of appetite for spiritual food (Mt 5:6)?

Time is precious; thus our periods of worship should be so planned that our services will be the most meaningful and effective. Let's take time to be holy - time for spiritual songs, for sermons that are long enough to convince the sinner and edify the Christian; and yes, time for meditation on the meaning of the Lord's Supper. Brethren, why all the rush? As the sweet singer of Israel said, "be still and know that Cod is with us."

Bob Spurlin (from East Main Messenger)

via Eastwood Bulletin

Eastwood Church of Christ

Florence, AL