August 30, 2015 - Gilmer Church of Christ

August 30, 2015
Order of Worship
Welcome & Announcements
Songleader
Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee
O For A Thousand Tongues to Sing
Prayer
O Sacred Head
Lord’s Supper
David Smith
Ross Wise
No. 202
No. 233
Eddy Coleman
No. 318
Randy Cooper, Ben Morris
David Holloway, David Tevebaugh
(Children will dismiss for Children’s Church)
There’s Something About That Name
Anywhere With Jesus
Scripture Reading Rom. 10:1-3
Sermon: Zeal for God
There Is Power In the Blood
Closing Prayer
Greeters & Ushers
Visitor Cards
No. 222
No. 414
Ken Scheid
Mark Engel
No. 903
Danny Weems
Lee Bow, Kenneth Steelman
Luke Engel
Evening Service
Songleader
Prayer
Message
Lord’s Supper
Prayer
Allen Byers
Jeff Clemens
Britt Davis
Tommy King, Charlie Richardson
Larry Lane
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES
Sunday - Bible Class 9:00 A.M. - Worship 10:00 A.M. - Evening Worship 5:00 P.M.
Life Groups - First and Third Sunday of Each Month
Tuesday - Ladies Bible Class 9:45 A. M.
Tuesday - Elders Meet on 1st Tuesday 6:30 P.M - Deacons Meet on 3rd Tuesday 6:30 P.M.
Wednesday - Bible Classes 7:00 P.M.
GILMER CHURCH OF CHRIST
August 30, 2015
Welcome everyone! Visitors please
fill out a visitor card. We view every visitor
as a blessing from God, and we are
thankful for your presence! We hope you
are drawn closer to the Lord as a result of
having worshiped with us. We will
have the young men pick the cards
up after the opening prayer.
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Church Bus Drivers Schedule:
August: Carl Byers & Phil Fowler
September: Eugene Jeter & Ray McCrary
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We are collecting canned fruit, dishwashing
liquid, hamburger helper, cooking spray, and
paper towels for Medina Children’s Home.
The truck will be here on September 21.
Teachers are needed for the 1st & 2nd
grade class and the 3rd-6th grade class on
Wednesday nights for the new quarter, September 6. Please see Larry Lane if you can
help, or sign up on the bulletin board.
Two ladies are needed to serve as hostesses
at the Area Wide Service on September 13.
They will help organize sandwiches, salads,
and desserts as they are brought in. See Mark
if you can help!
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John & Bernie Crossland moved this past
week to Hot Springs, Arkansas to be closer
to their daughter. They both will be greatly,
greatly, missed. May the grace of the Lord
and the love of God be with John & Bernie.
Everyone is invited to a potluck luncheon after
the morning services in the annex.
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Britt Davis from the Kilgore Bible Chair will
be our guest speaker this evening.
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The elders will meet on Tuesday, September 1,
At 6:30 P.M. with Phil Fowler presiding.
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The Ladies Once-A-Month-Birthday Luncheon will be held on F riday, September 11. We
will meet at Tuel’s on 154 at 11:30 A.M.
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The Men's Lunch Out will be held on F riday,
September 11. We will meet at Whataburger at
11:30 A.M.
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Our Area Wide Meeting will be held on Sunday, September 13, at 5:00 P.M. at the Gilmer
Civic Center. The guest speaker will be John
Dansby, board member at Southwestern
Christian College in Terrell, TX and minister at
Russell Road Church of Christ in Shreveport,
LA. There will be a sandwich fellowship to follow. Please bring half a dozen or dozen sandwiches cut into quarters, salads, or desserts. If
you can help set up tables, please meet at the
Gilmer Civic Center at 3:30 P.M.
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Chris & Melissa Dauster would like to be identified as members of the Gilmer Church of
Christ. Their address and phone number are
1330 Cherokee Trace, Gilmer, TX 75644, 903576-4857.
TO SERVE, September 6, 2015
Two Kinds of Friends
I saw this poem called Around The Corner by Henson Towne that seems to have a low
view of friendship, or at the very least represents the futility of friendships that end in this
life:
Around the corner I have a friend, in this great city that has no end.
Yet days go by and weeks rush on, and before I know it a year is gone,
And I never see my old friend's face; for life is a swift and terrible race.
He knows I like him just as well, as in the days when I rang his bell.
We were younger then, and now we are busy, tired men.
Tired with playing a foolish game; tired with trying to make a name.
Tomorrow, I say, I will call on Jim, just to show that I'm thinking of him.
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes, and the distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away, here's a telegram; sir, Jim died today.
And that's what we get, and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
There is a great need to have friends in Church. Those you will see on a weekly basis,
and often 2-3 times a week at the very least. Good
intentions do not get in the way of checking with
these friends, because it is our relationship with the
Lord that brings us together. Life doesn’t have the
same impact in its ability to distract these friendships, because our commitment to the Lord provides weekly reunions. Thus, Church is like a class
reunion that takes place weekly instead of yearly. It
is like family reunions, which occur at least 52
times a year instead of 1-2 times. A friendship in
the Church provides for the greatest needs we as
people have: It provides family and close friends,
who stay connected by something bigger than a common earthly interest. I believe in
having friends outside the Church as well, but I encourage you to develop friends in the
Church. They need you, and you need them. I know I need friends in the Church, and not
just those I serve.
ASSISTED LIVING, NURSING
HOMES, & SHUTS-INS:
Mary Alice Owens, Marie Martin, Joyce
Jones, LeRoy Brown, Bobbie Atkinson,
Sue Barber, Scharlet Dement, Oleta Trigg,
Frances Williams (Doris Thomas’s sister)
ONGOING CONDITIONS:
Susan Jones, Robert Stanley Sr., Max
Doty, Rex Morris, Nancy Telgemeyer (Pat
Kendall’s daughter), Otoniel Pena Rosales,
Lewis Hewitt (Doris Thomas’s brother)
THE MILITARY:
Luke Clemens, Jerl Dunn (Melissa Burns’s
brother), Logan Green (Billy Ray & Jackie
Green’s grandson) is stationed in South Korea.
REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:
Sherry Hartsell; David Stephenson had a
heart attack; he is doing well and is at his
son’s home in Virginia. Terry Crossland is at
home. Debbie Richardson is scheduled for
knee surgery tomorrow at Good Shepherd.
Terry Joe Dean is at home and staying
with his sister, Kay.
Prayer requests will normally be posted for two weeks.
Please be sure to notify the office of any changes.
The deadline for announcements and prayer requests
is Thursday at noon. The Elders
Prov. 17:17 reads, “A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.”
Prov. 18:24 says, “A man of too many friends comes to ruin, but there is a friend who
sticks closer than a brother.”
[Mark Engel]
Gilmer Church of Christ
*612 Buffalo/ P.O. Box 487
Gilmer, Texas 75644 903-843-2731
ONE CALL MESSAGES 877-698-3261
Church Website: www.gilmercofc.org
MORNING
WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Phil Fowler
SONGLEADER
Joe Tillery
VISITOR CARDS
Clayton Nugent
SCRIPTURE READING
Larry Clemens
LORD’S SUPPER
Clint Owens
Carl Byers
David Holloway
Alan Coventry
PRAYERS
Robert Holloway
Michael Choate
GREETERS
Danny Weems
Bill Sharp
EVENING
LIFE GROUPS MEET
If for any reason you will not be
able to fulfill the obligation assigned
to you this week, please contact
Les Morris (903-797-2196)
LORD’S SUPPER SHUT INS FOR SEPTEMBER
Clint Owens & Eugene Jeter
BUS MINISTERY FOR SEPTEMBER
Eugene Jeter & Ray McCrary
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OUR RECORD, August 23, 2015
Bible Study
56
Morning Worship
143
Evening Worship
41
Wednesday Services
n/a
Contribution
$3,765.50
Weekly Budget
$3,923.55
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ELDERS
Eddy Coleman Phil Fowler
Eugene Jeter David Smith Ross Wise
DEACONS
Jeff Clemens Larry Clemens
Larry Lane Ray McCrary Les Morris
Joe Lynn Tillery Danny Weems
MINISTER
Mark Engel