Worship
Schedule For 8/13/06
Announce
Larry Powell
Sing
A.M. Jerry
Gilley
Read
Oscar Parton
Pray
Maurice Powell
Table
Brady Bogle
Stephen Powell
Jerry
Powell
James
Neeley
Dismiss
Johnny Powell
Sing
P.M. Stephen Powell
Pray
P.M. Jerry Powell
Wed.
Night Schedule For 8/9/06
Sing
Maurice Powell
Read
Stephen Powell
Prepare
Communion For August
Doris
Hibdon
Last
Lord's Day
Attendance
- 69
Contribution
- $1222.05
Visitation
Team This Week
Oscar
Parton, Maurice Powell
Visitation
Team Next Week
Larry
Powell, Jerry Powell
4th
Sunday Speakers For August
A.M.
Larry Powell
P.M.
Brian Witty
Get
Bible
Study Stand This Week
Maurice
Powell
Prayer
List
Sick
Dawn
Witty, Neal Medley
Shut-Ins
J.D.
Lorance, Ona Prater, William Condra,
Alice
Youngblood, Josephine Ferrell,
Christine Ash,
Nadine Smith
Military
Duty
Mark
Byars, Eric Burke
Deaths
Ozela
Parker, Mildred Hoover, Horace Smith
Birthdays
and Anniversaries This Week
Wed.,
August 9th Winfred Gannon
Last
Weeks Bible Question
Q: What
nation saw 185,000 of its soldiers slaughtered by an angel of the Lord?
A:
Assyria (2 Kings 19:35)
This
Weeks Bible Question
What
sinister creature came in droves and killed the people of Israel in the
wilderness?
Current
Events
85th
Birthday Party for
Irene
Lorance
Sun.,
August 6th 1:00-3:00 P.M.
Where:
Centertown C.I.C.
Gospel
Meeting
Waterstreet
Church of Christ
Sun.,
Aug. 6th Fri., Aug. 11th
Speaker:
Melvin Sapp
Sun.
Afternoon Service:
2:30 P.M.
Weeknight
Services: 7:00 P.M.
Open
House
Boyd
Christian School
McMinnville,
TN
Sun.,
Aug. 6th 2:00-4:00 P.M.
Elder/Deacon/Preacher
Seminar
East
Main Church of Christ
Murfreesboro,
TN
Sat.,
Aug. 19th 8:15 A.M.-2:30 P.M.
Theme:
The Issues Facing The Lords Church Today
Speakers:
Tom Holland,
James
Watkins
Must
RSVP by Aug. 9th. See Larry Powell if interested in going.
Annual
Bible Lectureship
Bybee
Branch Church of Christ
(McMinnville)
Theme:
That You May Believe
Sun.,
Aug. 13th Wed., Aug. 16th
Service
Times:
S:
9:00, 10:15 A.M., 6:00 P.M.
M&T:
7:00 P.M., 7:45 P.M.
W:
7:00 P.M.
Speakers:
S Jody Apple
M
Gary & Caleb
Colley
T
Paul Sain, Robert Hatfield
W
Wayne Lankford
Meeting
Attendance
Sun.
Night: 116
Mon.
Night: 99
Tues.
Night: 80
Wed.
Night: 77
What
Kind of Pen?
As I read books, I typically read
with a highlighter in my hand. Any points I see that are particularly
interesting, worth repeating, or especially challenging I will mark
over with my highlighter so that I can find them quickly later. A few
weeks ago I was reading a book and came to one of these interesting
sections. When I started to highlight I quickly discovered that I was
not holding a highlighter at all. I was marking through the passage
with a black sharpie ink pen. Instead of making the message stand out
for emphasis, I was making it into a solid black line. Oops!
As
I laughed at myself over this accident, I thought how similar this was
to the ways that many people read the Bible, God's book. Good Bible
students search the scriptures diligently, allowing the scriptures to
change and shape their lives. When they find a particularly powerful
or applicable passage of scripture they give time to contemplating its
meaning in their life. They give special attention to making their
life a greater reflection of what they see on the page. This is how
King Josiah treated God's Word. When he saw in the law that they had
not been living according to it he instituted change and restoration
for the entire nation. Unfortunately, not everyone reads the Bible with such
respect.
Some
read the Bible with a black sharpie ink pen in their hand. When they
see a passage of scripture that applies powerfully in their life they
mark through it. They cover it up and act like it is not there. This
is how King Jehoiakim read the scriptures. When they were read in his
presence he cut them up with a knife and threw them into the fire
(Jeremiah 36:23). I am afraid that there are far to many Jehoiakims
today.
May
we strive to be more like Josiah than Jehoiakim. May we strive to
search the scriptures daily to find Gods word for mankind today
(Acts 17:11).
--Westley
Hazel
via
Main Street Monitor
Main
Street Church of Christ
Manchester,
TN
