Worship Schedule for 1/18/04
Announce – Jerry
Gilley
Sing A.M. – Maurice
Powell
Read – Joey
Ferrell
Pray – Keith
Bowman
Table – Larry
Powell
Stephen
Powell
Oscar
Parton
Jeff
Wimberley
Dismiss – Brady
Bogle
Sing P.M. – Stephen
Powell
Pray P.M. – Joey
Ferrell
* If unable to serve, please call Joey Ferrell @
615-765-7620 or Doris Hibdon @ 931-939-2689.
Wed. Night Schedule for 1/14/04
Sing – Larry Powell
Read – Maurice Powell
Prepare Communion for January
Keith
Bowman
Last Week’s Numbers
Attendance – 85
Contribution -
$1202.00
Visit the Shut-ins Today
Doris
Hibdon, Oscar Parton
Visit the Shut-ins Next Sunday
Larry
Powell, Maurice Powell
4th Sunday Speakers for January
A.M. – Brian
Witty
P.M. – Stephen
Powell
Pray for the Sick
Christine
Ash, Margaret Smith, Lucille Grizzle, Molly Parton,
Maggie
Wimberley, Austin Lance, Eva Hollis, Doris Powell,
Keith
& Anita Bowman, Leburn Pelham, Carlene Rains,
Burton
Moulder, Nelma Chilton, Alvin Wade
Remember the Shut-ins
Alta Jones,
J.D. Lorance, Mayne Youngblood, Ima Lusk
Dovie
Wood, Ona Prater, William Condra,
Glenn
Foster, Pearl Fults, Sarah Mayo,
* Those in bold are currently on the visitation route.
Sorry for the Deaths of…
Lucille
Barnes, Junior St. John
Last Week’s Bible Question
Q:
Who asked God: “Why dost thou show me iniquity, and cause me to behold
grievance?”
A:
Habakkuk (1:1-3)
This Week’s Bible Question
Q:
Whom did God ask: “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?”
(Hint: a prophet)
Birthdays & Anniversaries This Week
Mon.,
Jan. 12th – Stephen Powell
Mon.,
Jan. 12th – Crystal Lynn
Thurs.,
Jan. 15th – Bailey Witty
Current
Events
School of Bible Emphasis
Mt. Leo Church of Christ
McMinnville, TN
Every 2nd and 4th
Monday night @ 7:00 P.M.
Next Class: January 12th
Finger Foods
Pleasant View Church of
Christ
Sun., Feb. 22nd
Immediately following the morning
service.
NOTE: This is a one-time
trial to see if better attendance is achieved.
Everyone please try to stay and support this.
ATTRACTED BY
THE LIGHT
The story is told of an old country doctor who went
way out to the boondocks to deliver a baby. It was so far out, there was
no electricity. When the doctor arrived, no one was home except for the
laboring mother and her 5-year-old child.
The doctor instructed the child to hold a lantern
high so he could see, while he helped the woman deliver the baby.
The child did so, the mother pushed and after a
little while, the doctor lifted the newborn baby by the feet and spanked him on
the bottom to get him to take his first breath.
No sooner had he done this when another baby popped
out, Then another, and yet another. At this time, the little boy blew out
the lamp.
The doctor yelled, "What did you do that
for?"
"The light's attracting them," he replied.
Spiritually speaking, there's a
great deal of truth in that last statement. We experience the "new
birth" (John 3:3) only after being attracted to the "light"
-- the light of God's presence, the light of God's Word. Like moths drawn
to a light bulb burning in the night, those who search with an empty and
unsatisfied heart will be drawn to God's light. And praise be to God who
offers us a way to leave our world of darkness and enter his "marvelous
light":
"But you are....His own special people, that
you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His
marvelous light; who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who
had not
obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy." (I Peter 2:9-10).
Heavenly Father, I live in the midst of a dark
world. Thank you for allowing your light to shine into my heart and into
my life. Help me as I strive to live my life in such a way that I reflect
your light so that others around me may see that light and be attracted to
it. In the name of the one who is the "light of this world",
Amen.
Have
a great day!
Alan Smith
White House Church of Christ
Thought for the Day, Sept. 22, 2003
www.TFTD-online.com
Why
We Love Kids (Part 2)
A little girl had just finished
her first week of school. "I'm just wasting my time," she said to her
mother. "I can't read, I can't write, and they won't let me talk!"
Susie Sunshine asked her Sunday
school class to draw pictures of their favorite Bible stories. She was puzzled
by Jimmy's picture, which showed four people on an airplane so she asked him
which story it was meant to represent.
"The flight to Egypt,"
said Jimmy.
"I see…and that must be Mary,
Joseph, and baby Jesus," Ms. Susie said. "But who's the fourth
person?"
"Oh, that's Pontius the
Pilot."
IT WAS PALM SUNDAY AND,
BECAUSE OF A SORE THROAT, FIVE-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY STAYED HOME FROM CHURCH WITH A
SITTER. WHEN THE FAMILY RETURNED HOME, THEY WERE CARRYING SEVERAL PALM
BRANCHES. THE BOY ASKED WHAT THEY WERE FOR.
"PEOPLE HELD THEM
OVER JESUS' HEAD AS HE WALKED BY."
"WOULDN'T YOU KNOW
IT," THE BOY FUMED, "THE ONE SUNDAY I DON'T GO, HE SHOWS UP!"
“Verily I say unto you,
Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into
the kingdom of heaven.”
Matt. 18:3
