Worship
Schedule For 7/16/06
Announce
– Jerry Gilley
Sing
A.M. – Stephen Powell
Read
– Jerry Powell
Pray
– Maurice Powell
Table
– Oscar Parton
Brady Bogle
Danny
Powell
James
Neeley
Dismiss
– Johnny Powell
Sing
P.M. – Maurice
Powell
Pray
P.M. – Jerry Powell
Wed.
Night Schedule For 7/12/06
Sing
– Jerry Gilley
Read
– Larry Powell
Prepare
Communion For July
Larry
Powell
Visitation
Team This Week
Larry
Powell, Maurice Powell
Visitation
Team Next Week
Jerry
Powell, Jerry Gilley
4th
Sunday Speakers For August
A.M.
– Larry Powell
P.M.
– Brian Witty
Get
Bible
Study Stand This Week
Maurice
Powell
Prayer
List
Sick
Jennie
Lance, Mildred Williams, Winford Gannon
Shut-Ins
J.D.
Lorance, Ona Prater, William Condra,
Alice
Youngblood, Josephine Ferrell, Christine Ash
Military
Duty
Mark
Byars, Eric Burke
Birthdays
and Anniversaries This Week
(None
to report this week.)
Last
Week’s Bible Question
Q: What
prophet’s buried bones worked a miracle
A:
Elisha's (2 Kings 13:20-21)
This
Week’s Bible Question
Who
is the only person in the Old Testament mentioned as being buried in a
coffin?
Current
Events
Vacation
Bible School
Mt.
Leo Church of Christ
(McMinnville)
Theme:
King of Kings
Mon.,
July 10th – Thurs., July 13th
6:00-8:00
P.M.
Gospel
Meeting
Ivy
Bluff Church of Christ
Sun.,
July 16th – Thurs., July 20th
Speaker:
David Dunn
Sun.
Bible Study: 9:00 A.M.
Sun.
Morning Service: 9:45 A.M.
Services
Nightly: 7:00 P.M.
Gospel
Meeting
Sugar
Tree Knob Church of Christ
Sun.,
July 16th – Thurs., July 20th
Speaker:
Earl Sutton
Sun.
Bible Study: 10:30 A.M.
Sun.
Morning Service: 11:15 A.M.
Services
Nightly: 7:30 P.M.
Gospel
Singing
Woodbury
Church of Christ
Fri.,
July 21st – 7:00 P.M.
Gospel
Meeting & 26th Annual Homecoming
Pleasant
View Church of Christ
Sun.,
July 23rd – Wed., July 26th
Speaker:
Gary Colley
Sun.
Bible Study: 9:15 A.M.
Sun.
Morning Service: 10:00 A.M.
Sun.
Evening Service: 7:30 P.M.
Weeknight
Services: 7:00 P.M.
Homecoming
dinner immediately following the Sunday morning worship.
WHOSE
MAIL IS IT?
The
following news item appeared in the Associated Press:
"A
mailman who hoarded thousands of letters and parcels at his home was
jailed for four months on Friday. Christopher Meek, 19, admitted
hoarding 13,819 postal items, saying he had taken them home because
his mailbag was too heavy for him to carry.
"He
was arrested in December after the Royal Mail received complaints from
people who had not received Christmas gifts sent through the
mail…Meek opened more than 1,400 of the items and stole the
contents, including compact disks and DVDs, jewelry and gift vouchers.
"Meek's
lawyer, Peter Thubron, said his client ‘who is short and slight’
had struggled to carry his mailbag and had taken the mail items home
to deliver later but then let the situation get out of control."
The
thought of a mailman taking letters and packages home for his own use
is appalling to us. He has no right. They don't belong to
him! To use a biblical term, a mailman is a steward -- he is
someone who is given the responsibility of taking care of something
that belongs to someone else. And Paul tells us what the most
important trait of a steward is -- "Moreover it is required in
stewards that one be found faithful." (I Cor. 4:2).
Before
we get too outraged, perhaps we need to reflect on the fact that we
are all stewards. Everything that we have in our possession is
not really ours. It belongs to God and He has given it to us to
take care of
for him. God intends for us to use what we have -- our money and
possessions -- to help those who are in need, to further His work, to
allow His glory to shine.
How
often have we, instead, carried God's blessings home, opened them up
and selfishly used them for our own pleasure? A mailman who does
that would be fired (and imprisoned). Let us develop a mindset
not of ownership, but of stewardship. Our job (like that of the
mailman) is simply to deliver God's possessions to where He wants them
to be used.
"And
the Lord said, 'Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his
master will make ruler over his household, to give them their portion
of food in due season? Blessed is that servant whom his
master will find so doing when he comes." (Luke 12:42-43)
Have
a great day!
Alan
Smith
Thought
For The Day (April 18, 2006)
