Worship Schedule For 10/10/04

Announce – Larry Powell

Sing A.M. – Jerry Gilley

Read – Jerry Powell

Pray – Maurice Powell

Table – Joey Ferrell

Keith Bowman

Stephen Powell

Brady Bogle

Dismiss – Oscar Parton

 

Sing P.M. – Maurice Powell

Pray P.M. – Jerry Gilley

 

Wed. Night Schedule For 10/6/03

Sing – Maurice Powell

Read – Doris Hibdon

 

Prepare Communion For October

Doris Hibdon

 

Last Sunday’s

Attendance – 85

Contribution – $1125.00

 

Visitation Team This Week

Stephen Powell, Brian Witty

 

Visitation Team Next Week

Odell Powell, Doris Hibdon

 

4^th Sunday Speakers For October

A.M. – Brian Witty

P.M. - Stephen Powell

 

Prayer List

Sick

Mildred Powell, Mollie Parton, Anita Bowman, Austin Lance,

Linda Haley, Rodney Cain, Jerry Barrett, Jill Nichols

Shut-Ins

J.D. Lorance, Alta Jones, Ona Prater, Dovie Wood,

William Condra, Sarah Mayo, Alberta Cook, Clarence Mears

Military Duty

Seth Powell

Current Events

Friends & Family Day

West Riverside Church of Christ

(McMinnville)

Sun., October 3^rd

Speaker: G. Duke Gregory

Sermon Topic: God’s Family

Homecoming

East End Church of Christ

(McMinnville)

Sun., October 3^rd

Speaker: Garland Robinson

Sunday Evening Worship: 6:00 P.M.

Gospel Meeting

Wood Church of Christ

Sun., Oct. 3^rd – Tues., Oct. 5^th

Speaker: Roy Burgess, Jr.

Evening Services: 7:00 P.M.

Gospel Meeting

Centertown Church of Christ

Fri., Oct. 1^st – Sun., Oct. 3^rd

Speaker: Robert H. Jefferies, Jr.

Sunday Evening Service: 7:30 P.M.

Gospel Meeting

Antioch Church of Christ

9487 Halls Hill Pike

Sun., Oct. 3^rd – Wed., Oct. 6^th

Speaker: Marlin Rohrbaugh

Services Nightly: 7:00 P.M.

Area Wide Singing

West Riverside Church of Christ

(McMinnville)

Sun., October 10^th

2:30-3:30 P.M.

Birthdays and Anniversaries This Week

(None to report this week.)

 

Last Week’s Bible Question

Q: Here is a passage from the New Testament that is a quotation from the Old Testament.  Name the Old Testament book, chapter, and verse where the passage appears.

“Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree”  (Gal. 3:13)

A: Deut. 21:23

 

This Week’s Bible Question

Here is a passage from the New Testament that is a quotation from the Old Testament.  Name the Old Testament book, chapter, and verse where the passage appears.

“And [he] hath put all things under his feet”  (Eph. 1:22)

 

Tears Of The Poor

Thomas Carlyle once said, "The tears of the poor are the best epitaph of the dead." Long ago King Solomon stated, "The righteous considers the cause of the poor" (Proverbs 29:7) and "He that has compassion on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will pay to him again" (Proverbs 19:17).

 One of my college professors was walking across a parking lot with another student when they were approached by a man asking for financial help. The student reached in his pocket and gave the begger some money. The professor, a bit taken back by the unquestioning generosity of the student, asked, "Do you always do that?" The student answered affirmatively. When asked why he would give to a begger who might misuse the funds without questioning him, the student replied, "I would rather err on the side of mercy than on the side of justice.”

 Giving to the poor is like "lending" to the Lord. God will repay what the poor cannot repay. The story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30‑37) outlines three possible attitudes toward those in need. First, we may actively hurt or oppress them. Second, we may actively help them. And, third, we may completely ignore them. The robbers inflicted harm upon the traveler. The Samaritan showed active compassion in helping the man. But, the priest and Levite were simply indifferent toward him.

Few of us would inflict harm on the poor or needy, but ignoring them is easy to do. But it is not the spirit of Jesus who said He had come to preach good news to the poor. Solomon commended the "virtuous" woman as one who "stretches out her hand to the poor…she extends her hands to the needy" (Proverbs 31:20).

God does not bless me so I can be rich. He blesses me so I can be a servant. Each gift is a sacred trust. The extended hand is filled with compassion for the needy.

--Al Behel

Great Smoky Mountains Church of Christ Newsline

June 20, 2004