Worship
Schedule For 4/30/06
Announce
– Stephen Powell
Sing
A.M. – Maurice
Powell
Read
– Larry Powell
Pray
– Jerry Gilley
Table
– Brian Witty
James
Neeley
Oscar
Parton
Joey
Ferrell
Dismiss
– Keith Bowman
Sing
P.M. – Jerry
Gilley
Pray
P.M. – Maurice
Powell
Wed.
Night Schedule For 4/26/06
Sing
– Maurice Powell
Read
– Stephen Powell
Prepare
Communion For April
Maurice
Powell
Last
Week's
Attendance
- 89
Contribution
- $1419.33
Visitation
Team This Week
Odell
Powell, Doris Hibdon
Visitation
Team Next Week
Oscar
Parton, Jerry Powell
4th
Sunday Speakers For April
A.M.
– Larry Powell
P.M.
– Stephen Powell
Get
Bible
Study Stand This Week
Doris
Hibdon
Get
Bible
Study Stand Next Week
Joey
Ferrell
Prayer
List
Sick
Christine Ash, Rodney Caine, Arlis
Thomas' daughter,
Glenn Duncan, Mary Prater,
Lisa Renegar
Shut-Ins
J.D.
Lorance, Ona Prater, William Condra,
Alice
Youngblood, Josephine Ferrell, Maggie Wimberley,
Leburn Pelham, Mary Prater,
Annette Payne
Military
Duty
Seth
Powell, Mark Byars, Eric Burke
Birthdays
and Anniversaries This Week
(None
to report this week.)
Last
Week’s Bible Question
Q: What
judge of Israel had his armor-bearer kill him so he would avoid the
disgrace of being killed by a woman?
A:
Abimelech, who had a millstone dropped on his head by a woman of Thebez
(Judges 9:54).
This
Week’s Bible Question
Who
pelted David and his men with stones while he accused David of being a
violent man?
Current
Events
Easter
Egg Hunt & Fellowship Meal
Sun.,
April 23rd
Immediately
following the morning service behind/in the school building.
Friends
and Family Day
New
Hope Church of Christ
Sun.,
April 23rd
Speaker:
Geoffrey Sikes
Theme:
The Meaning of Worship
Sunday
Bible Study: 9:00
A.M.
Sunday
Services: 10:00
A.M., 6:00 P.M.
Gospel
Meeting
East
Main Church of Christ
(Murfreesboro)
Sun.,
April 23rd – Wed., April 26th
Speaker:
Jerry Martin
Theme:
Self Examination
Sunday
Bible Study: 9:00
A.M.
Sunday
Services: 10:00
A.M., 6:00 P.M.
Weeknight
Services: 7:00 P.M.
Wednesday
Bible Study: 10:00
A.M.
Gospel
Meeting
Smith
Grove Church of Christ
Sun.,
April 23rd – Wed., April 26th
Speaker:
Frank Neal
Sunday
Evening Service:
7:30 P.M.
Weeknight
Services: 7:00 P.M.
School
of Bible Emphasis
Mt.
Leo Church of Christ
McMinnville
Mon.,
April 24th -
7:00 P.M
Answer
To Last Week’s Word Search
The
United Monarchy
THE
PEOPLE BEHIND YOU
A
teenager, Elizabeth, was nervous as she took the wheel for her first
driving lesson. As she was pulling out of the parking lot, the
instructor said, "Turn left here, and don't forget to let the
people behind you know what you are doing."
Elizabeth
turned to the students sitting in the backseat and announced, "I'm
going left."
Though
it may not have been understood properly, the instruction of the teacher
was a valuable piece of advice: "Let the people behind you
know what you are doing."
In
Hebrews 2:10, Jesus is referred to as "the captain of our
salvation". The RSV, though, translates that phrase as "pioneer
of our salvation" because the Greek word used in this verse
("archegos") was a word sometimes used for a pioneer or
trailblazer who opened up a territory so that others could follow.
I
love the Appalachian Mountains. When I lived in Boone, I often
wondered what it would have been like in the early 1700's to cross those
mountains -- no interstates, not even any dirt roads, just trees and
bushes. There were mountain men who had braved the frontier,
but there was no safe and reliable way to get settlers over the
mountains. What was needed was for some brave man, a
"pioneer", to open the west by finding the best mountain
passes and building a passable road to the west.
The
idea of the pioneer is an appropriate image of Christ. He
went before us and opened up the way so that we can follow.
But
you, too, are called to be an "archegos", a pioneer who blazes
the way for others to follow. There are those who work with you
and live around you who are looking to you as they struggle to find the
way in their own lives. You may have children, grandchildren,
great-grandchildren and countless others who will be influenced by the
legacy you leave behind. Choose your path carefully. And let
the people behind you know what you are doing.
May
we be able to say with Paul: "Be ye followers of me, even
as I also am of Christ." (I Cor. 11:1)
Have
a great day!
Alan
Smith
Thought
For The Day (April 13, 2006)
