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Worship Schedule For 9/12/04 Announce – Larry
Powell Sing A.M. – Jerry
Gilley Read – Keith
Bowman Pray – Maurice
Powell Table – Oscar
Parton Joey
Ferrell Stephen
Powell Jeff
Wimberley Dismiss – Jerry
Powell Sing P.M. – Stephen
Powell Pray P.M. – Joey
Ferrell * If unable to serve, please call Joey Ferrell
or Doris Hibdon. Wed. Night Schedule For 9/8/04 Sing – Jerry
Gilley Read –
Stephen Powell Prepare Communion For September Larry
Powell Last Week’s Attendance - 84 Contribution -
$1130.01 Visit The Shut-ins Today Odell
Powell, Doris Hibdon Visit The Shut-ins Next Sunday Oscar
Parton, Jerry Powell 4th Sunday Speakers For September A.M. –
Jerry Gilley P.M. –
Larry Powell Pray For… …The
Sick Anita
Bowman, Melissa Powell, Christine Ash, Rodney
Caine, Allen Thomas, Lawrence Parker …The
Shut-ins J.D. Lorance, Alta
Jones, Ona Prater, Dovie Wood, William
Condra, Sarah Mayo, Alberta Cook, Clarence Mears ·
Those in BOLD are
currently on the visitation route. …Those
Serving Our Country Seth Powell …The
Families Of Those Bereaving Over The Loses Of Phyllis Ann Lewis Parker Last Week’s Bible Question Q:
What group of Christians examined the Scriptures every day to see if Paul
was telling the truth? A:
The Christians at Berea (Acts
17:11) This Week’s Bible Question What
apostle claimed that the prophets, in writing of the coming Christ, were
writing for later generations? Current Events Gospel Meeting Smith Grove Church of Christ Sun., Sept. 5th –
Wed., Sept. 8th Speaker: Garland Elkins Services Nightly: 7:00 P.M.
Ladies’ Day Leoni Church of Christ Sat., Sept. 11th 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. Speaker: Mildred Prater Topic: Colorful Characters of the Bible Birthdays & Anniversaries
This Week
Mon., Sept. 6th –
Jerry Lorance Tues., Sept. 7th –
Joan Prater Wed., Sept. 8th –
Malia Witty WHO
ARE WE? This congregation is a group of people drawn
together by a common faith in Jesus Christ for worship and service. It is a
free fellowship, in that only those are members of it who choose to be. Its
members wear no name but that of Christian. Yet we do not claim to have
attained to everything this name represents. We are a free, independent, self-governing
congregation under Christ alone as Head, with no denominational affiliation or
earthly headquarters, though we recognize a particular closeness to other
Churches of Christ. We are free to study, teach, and work as our conscience,
directed by the Bible leads us. We deplore the denominational divisions of
today and pray for the time when all professed Christians shall divest
themselves of all humanly devised barriers and come into the unity of the
faith that is in Christ. We carry on our work and worship as we understand
the Scriptures to teach. According to apostolic precedent, we celebrate the
Lord's Supper each Lord's day. Our music is the praise of our lips without
mechanical accompaniment. Our prayers, largely spontaneous, are intended for
power, and not just as a part of the program. The proclamation of the word of
God is given a prominent place, for we believe that in Christian worship God
always speaks, and that we must be attuned to hear. Our giving is liberal and proportionate, symbolic of
the dedication of all that we have and are. The entire worship program is
planned, but not rigid. Acceptance into the congregation is by baptism or
by transfer of membership of a baptized believer from another congregation.
Those not Christians are taught to believe in Jesus Christ with the whole
heart, to repent of their sins, confess their faith in the Lord, and be buried
with Christ in baptism for the remission of their sins, just as men were taught
to do in New Testament times. Baptizing believers alone, we do not practice
infant baptism. And, as baptism instituted by Jesus and practiced by the
early Church was immersion, symbolizing both the death, burial, and
resurrection of Christ, and the death of the believer of self and sin, his
burial of the old man, and his resurrection to new life, that is our practice
also. We do not exist merely for selfish purposes, but to
follow Him who came to minister and to give His life a ransom for many. To the
extent we can, we help in mission work and benevolence. Our marching orders are the Lord's worldwide
commission. Our hope is His everlasting Kingdom and the resurrection of the
dead. Our message is "Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (I
Cor. 2:2) --via Eastwood Bulletin – Jan. 28,
2001 Eastwood Church of Christ Florence, AL TWO WHYS The vast majority of industries, e.g. car companies,
restaurants, etc., are extremely proud of their most ardent customers, but that
is not the case with one major industry. 1.
Why
is it that the beverage alcohol industry is ashamed of those who are so well
known for using their products, e.g. sots, drunkards, winos, whiskey heads and
alcoholics? 2.
Why
do some preachers and elders support the sellers of alcohol by saying, it's
alright to drink alcohol as long as you do so in moderation? That slogan is the very tool the industry is using
in television ads right now. Yet, it is used to trap millions into slavery to
ethyl alcohol. It is no wonder that the Holy Spirit warned centuries ago: "Woe
unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him and
makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on his nakedness” (Hab.
2:15). With certain church leaders agreeing with the industry on their subtle ads it is no wonder that young people and their parents are confused. --Jim Waldron via Bulletin Briefs - August 2004 Crossville Church of Christ
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