Worship
Schedule For 10/1/06
Announce
– Brian Witty
Sing
A.M. – Maurice Powell
Read
– Larry Powell
Pray
– Oscar Parton
Table
– Brady Bogle
Doris Hibdon
Danny Powell
Bob
Hayes
Dismiss
– Jerry Powell
Sing
P.M. – Larry
Powell
Pray
P.M. – Maurice Powell
Wed.
Night Schedule For 9/27/06
Sing
– Brian Witty
Read
– Maurice Powell
Prepare
Communion For October
Jerry
Powell
Last
Lord's Day
Attendance
- 72
Contribution
- $1023.00
Visitation
Team This Week
Stephen
Powell, Brian Witty
Visitation
Team Next Week
Odell
Powell, Doris Hibdon
4th
Sunday Speakers For September
A.M.
– Jerry Gilley
P.M.
– Stephen Powell
Get
Bible
Study Stand This Week
Brady
Bogle
Prayer
List
Sick
Oscar
Parton, Doris Powell, David
Brazel, Nelma Chilton
Shut-Ins
J.D.
Lorance, Ona Prater, William Condra, Alice
Youngblood,
Josephine Ferrell, Christine Ash,
Nadine Smith, Jimmie Johnston
Military
Duty
Eric Burke
Birthdays
and Anniversaries This Week
Thurs.,
September 28th – Maurice
& Wilma Powell
Last
Week’s Bible Question
Q: Who
was the youngest king mentioned in the Bible?
A:
Joash (or Jehoash), who began his reign at the age of seven
(2
Chronicles 24:1)
This
Week’s Bible Question
Paul,
newly converted to Christianity, enraged the Jewish leaders in a certain
city, so they decided to murder him. His friends let him down in a
basket through the city wall. What city was it?
Current
Events
Gospel
Meeting
Elkins
Church of Christ
Fri.,
Sept. 22nd – Sun., Sept. 24th
Speaker:
Gary Colley
Sun.
Evening Service: 5:00 P.M.
Gospel
Meeting
Centertown
Church of Christ
Fri.,
Sept. 22nd – Sun., Sept. 24th
Speaker:
Holger Neubauer
Sun.
Evening Service:
7:30 P.M.
HOW
DO YOU GET TO HEAVEN?
A
teacher asked the children in her Sunday School class."If I sold my
house and my car, had a big garage sale and gave all my money to the
church, would that get me into heaven?"
"NO!"
the children all answered.
"If
I cleaned the church every day, mowed the yard, and kept everything neat
and tidy, would that get me into heaven?"
Again,
the answer was, "NO!"
"Well,
then, if I was kind to animals and gave candy to all the children, and
loved my wife, would that get me into heaven?" she asked them
again.
Again,
they all answered, "NO!"
"Well,
then how can I get into heaven?"
A
five-year-old boy shouted out, "YOU GOTTA BE DEAD!"
Ah,
the refreshing quality of children to be able to acknowledge the
obvious! Here is a child who makes an observation so evident that
we often overlook it in our attempt to be deep thinkers. But what
he said is true: "In order to get to heaven, you gotta be
dead!" So why do we fear death so much? As Christians,
we ought to be able to see death as a door to the place where we most
want to be -- the presence of God. If we truly see it that way,
there is no fear, only anticipation.
Imagine
a couple who has been planning to move to another country. Many of
their family members have already moved over there. They spend
months and months studying the culture, learning the language, anxiously
awaiting the day when they are able to make the move as well. The
day comes when they step on the plane. Do they dread the plane
trip? No, it's the one thing that will carry them to where they
most want to be. Will there be sadness? Certainly, because
there will be friends that they will leave behind. But nothing can
outweigh their excitement of what lies ahead. It's what they have
spent their lives preparing for.
Death
is only something to fear if it means leaving behind all of the things
that we love most. If our love for material things is greater than
our love for God, then death is a terrible thing to experience and it is
nothing to look forward to. But if our life has been spent
developing a relationship with our heavenly Father, then death is the
opportunity to go home.
"We
know that our body -- the tent we live in here on earth -- will be
destroyed. But when that happens, God will have a house for us. It will
not be a house made by human hands; instead, it will be a home in heaven
that will last forever. But now we groan in this tent. We want God to
give us our heavenly home, because it will clothe us so we will not be
naked. While we live in this body, we have burdens, and we groan.
We do not want to be naked, but we want to be clothed with our heavenly
home. Then this body that dies will be fully covered with life.
This is what God made us for, and he has given us the Spirit to be a
guarantee for this new life. So we always have courage. We know
that while we live in this body, we are away from the Lord."
(2 Cor. 5:1-6, NCV)
Have a
great day!
Alan Smith
Thought
For The Day (June 12, 2006)
