Worship Schedule for 3/28/04
Announce – Maurice
Powell
Sing A.M. – Jerry
Gilley
Read – Joey
Ferrell
Pray – Larry
Powell
Table – Oscar
Parton
Brian
Witty
Johnny
Powell
Jeff
Wimberley
Dismiss – Brady
Bogle
Sing P.M. – Larry
Powell
Pray P.M. – Jerry
Gilley
* If unable to serve, please call Joey Ferrell @
615-765-7620 or Doris Hibdon @ 931-939-2689.
Wed. Night Schedule for 3/24/04
Sing – Larry Powell
Read – Maurice Powell
Prepare Communion for March
Larry
Powell
Last Week’s
Attendance -
96
Contribution -
$1155.25
Visit the Shut-ins Today
Oscar
Parton, Jerry Powell
Visit the Shut-ins Next Sunday
Larry
Powell, Maurice Powell
4th Sunday Speakers for March
A.M. – Stephen
Powell
P.M. – Brian
Witty
Pray for the Sick
Christine
Ash, Lucille Grizzle, Ann Parker,
Carlene
Rains, Sherry Wynne, Neal Medley
Remember the Shut-ins
Alta Jones,
J.D. Lorance, Ona Prater, Dovie
Wood,
William Condra, Pearl
Fults, Sarah
Mayo, Alberta Cook
* Those in bold are currently on the visitation route.
Last Week’s Bible Question
Q:
According to Jude’s epistle, who disputed with Satan over the body of Moses?
A:
The archangel Michael (Jude 9)
This Week’s Bible Question
Q:
What emperor had a bevy of magicians and psychics who could not interpret his
strange dreams?
Birthdays & Anniversaries This Week
Mon.,
March 22nd – James Basham
Wed.,
March 24th – Evelyn Witty
Church
Support (Dec. 2003 - Mar. 2004)
1. $100 to Boykins Church of Christ in Boykins, VA to
help with general expenses.
2. $400 to New Union Church of Christ to help with travel
expenses for Bro. Charles Williams on a mission trip to Russia.
Current Events
School of Bible
Emphasis
Mt. Leo Church of
Christ
McMinnville, TN
Mon., March 22nd –
7:00 P.M.
Gospel Meeting
Central Church of
Christ
McMinnville, TN
Fri., March 26th
– Sun., March 28th
Speaker: Mac
Lyon
Fri. & Sat.
Services: 7:00 P.M.
Sunday Bible
Study: 9:30 A.M.
Sunday Worship: 10:30
A.M.
27th Annual
Ladies Day
Central Church of
Christ
McMinnville, TN
Sat., April 3rd
Speaker: Faye
Watkins
Topic: “Balancing
Your Life”
Registration: 9:30
A.M.
Fellowship Meal
Pleasant View
Church of Christ
Sun., April 25th
Immediately following
the morning service in the old school building.
ATTITUDES ON GAYS
ARE STARTLING!
Charles Cochran
NOTE: The following letter by Charles Cochran was
published by the Chattanooga (TN) Free Press on September 2, 2003. It
illustrates
the power of such letters to the press. Brother Cochran preaches for the East
Ridge Church of Christ in Chattanooga.
There seems to be a subtle move
in the thinking of some religious people today. It is startling to read of
those who feel "good" about the recent recognition and acceptance of
an openly sinful lifestyle in a denominational church.
Forgotten in all the expressions
of gratitude for the "openness" and nonjudgmental attitudes about
this matter is what pleases the Lord. There is no way one may know what pleases
the Lord except what he has revealed on this or any other issue facing our
society.
This revelation comes only
through divinely inspired Scripture. Churches have no authority in themselves
to settle such matters.
Men have chosen the slippery
slope of uncertainty by following what is "right in their own
eyes." God has spoken clearly on the sinfulness of homosexuality
(Romans 1:2432).
Paul wrote: "Who knowing
the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are worthy
of death, not only do the same but also approve those who practice them"
(Romans 1:32).
The righteous judgment of God can
only be understood by those things revealed in sacred Scripture. The death
spoken
of in this passage is that which is caused by the "wages of sin"
(Romans 6:23).
If one's sexual preference does not really matter, what
about open fornication? What about a man having more than one wife? What about
bestiality? What about pedophilia?
The line must be drawn somewhere.
And God has drawn that line clearly in Scripture. Let's do what pleases Him!
--501 McBrien Rd
Chattanooga, TN 37412
Via Bulletin Briefs,
January 2004
Crossville Church of
Christ
DEATH
"Death"
is a term that, in one sense or another, suggests the idea of separation.
(a)
Physical death is that
state of the body which is deprived of the "spirit" or
"soul" (Gen. 25:8; 35:18; Jas. 2:26). Death is a "mystery"
that calls for an explanation. Atheism cannot explain it. If nature has the
power to "create" life (as evolutionary dogma asserts), why can it
not sustain it? The truth is, death is a punishment for man's original
rebellion against his Maker (Rom. 5:12).
(b)
Spiritual death is the
state of being separated from God by virtue of sin (Isa. 59:1-2; Gen. 2:17;
Eph. 2:1, 5; 1 Tim. 5:6).
(c)
Eternal death is the
ultimate condition of being forever banished from the presence of God (Rom.
6:23; Rev. 20:14; cf. Mt. 7:23; 2 Thes. 1:7-9).
--Via Word of the Week – 2/6/04
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