March 27, 2016 - West Erwin Church of Christ
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March 27, 2016 - West Erwin Church of Christ
Believe | Connect | Serve March 27, 2016 Volume 47 – No. 13 Order of Worship Our Weekly Schedule Welcome/Call to Worship - Hebrews 1:1-3 Song #162 All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name Song #577 Song Prayer Song #344 Stan Clark Gary Ables We Bow Down Wonderful, Merciful Savior Ralph Henderson Low in the Grave He Lay Communion & Contribution Song #464 Because He Lives Scripture 1 Peter 1:3-5 Song #346 He Lives Message: The Hope of the Resurrection Song #881 Mansion Over the Hilltop Song #811 Mansion Over the Hilltop Song Into Our Hands Song #788 Prayer Be With Me, Lord Scripture Joshua 1:9 Song #538 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less Message: Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow Song #662 All to Jesus I Surrender Song #851 I'll Fly Away Dismiss Myron Granberry Bill Allen Fred Wingate Stan Clark Lance Yarema Frank Debenport Ernie Gordon 9 a.m. 10 a.m. 5 p.m. MONDAY Karing Kitchen 6 p.m. TUESDAY Tuesday Lunch Bunch 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Clothing Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m. WEDNESDAY Food Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m. Evening Bible Study 7 p.m. Food Distribution 6:30-7:30 p.m. THURSDAY Clothing Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m. Serving Today COMMUNION Elder's Prayer Song #853 When We All Get to Heaven 5:00 P.M. Assembly Welcome/Call to Worship Robert Lee SUNDAY Bible Class Morning Worship Evening Worship Bill Allen Tom Hale Shaun Stamps, Jonathan Stone, James Sublette, Billy Terrell, Randy Turner, Bill White, David Wicks & Cal Wilkinson GREETERS Info Center: Dannie & Sue Skipper Main Doors: Jay & Debbie Bynum East Doors: Allen & Jan Bowers W. Erwin Doors: Cal & Jo Ann Wilkinson PICK UP CARDS Logan Metcalf, Luke Metcalf, Clay Mitcham, Jackson Parker & Wyatt Parker SOUND Clifton Lindsey & Jeff Horton CHILDREN’S MINISTRY Nursery AM: Ellen Matthews Toddler AM: Emily Moore Bill’s Blog BY BILL ALLEN Today is Easter Sunday. If you are visiting West Erwin this morning we are happy to have you. We hope and pray that our time of worship together brings you closer to the One who lived and died and rose for you. The messages and songs today center on the hope and strength the resurrection of Jesus gives us. Our world today— including our own communities and our own homes—desperately needs the hope and strength that will last through all of life’s difficulties and can be found only in the resurrected Lord Jesus. Our devotion to Christ does not exempt us from the sufferings that come with this life. We face all the same hurts that everyone else experiences. But there is something different: we face them with hope. When we struggle in this world, we are “joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” (Rom. 12:12) When a loved one passes, we do not grieve like others “who have no hope,” because “we believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him.” (1 Thess. 4:13-18) We live active, serving lives in the midst of this world with “work produced by faith, labor prompted by love, and endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.” (1 Thess. 1:3) And others notice the difference. Your hope-filled life becomes an opening to share the message of hope with others, being ready and willing “to give an answer to everyone who asks to give the reason for the hope that you have.”(1 Peter 3:15-16) That reason is the resurrected, living Lord Jesus! We have about ninety of our church family participating in Leadership Training for Christ (LTC) this weekend. Young people in 3rd through 6th grades have been focusing on the books of Joshua, Judges and Ruth as they prepared for Bible Quiz and Bible Bowl, chorus and song leading, drama and puppets, Christian art and many other activities. Thank you God for LTC, and thanks to all who have been a part of it this year. Nothing could give us more hope for our country and our world, our present and our future, than this: thousands of young people and parents, coaches and helpers, all across the country giving so much of their time and energy over the last weeks and months to honor God and His Word in so many different ways. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rom.15:13) ACHOSENPEOPLE! In continuing our thoughts from last week, I wanted to look at specific areas of our lives where Peter gives us expectations ofhow a “chosen people” ofGod should actin response tothe mercy God gives us. Consider Peter’s words, Beloved,Iurgeyouassojournersandexilestoabstainfromthepassionsoftheflesh,whichwagewaragainst yoursoul.KeepyourconductamongtheGentileshonorable,…theymayseeyourgooddeedsandglorifyGodontheday ofvisitation(1Pet.2:11-12).As spiritualcitizensthatareliving forheaven,we are tobringgloryto God with our conduct.Petercallsus“sojournersandexiles”.Welivehereonearth,butourrealhomeisinheaven.Asaresult,we don’tlivebythe world’sstandards.We don’t looklike theworldlooks.Wedon’ttalk liketheworldtalksandwe certainlyshouldnotthinkliketheworldthinks.JustaswearetoglorifyGodwithourlives,ourgoalistolivesucha lifethatunbelieversmightbedrawntoGodbyourexample.BesubjectfortheLord’ssaketoeveryhumaninstitution, whether itbeto theemperor… ortogovernors,assent by himtopunish those whodoevil…Liveaspeoplewhoare free…livingasservantsofGod…Honoreveryone.Lovethebrotherhood.FearGod.Honortheemperor(1Pet.2:13-17). WeglorifyGodwhenwe honor ournational citizenship.Godgivesusleaderstoprotectussowecanhelpwith Hisworkofgrowingthekingdom.Thebusinessofgovernmentwillneverbethebusinessofthechurch.Ourjobis toprayforourleaders,besubjecttoourlaws,anduseourfreedomstoproclaimChristtotheworld! Bible Class Join us for Bible Class this Sunday @ 9:00. This quarter our Bible Classes are studying from Genesis & John. The title of our study is “He is Sovereign" The lesson this week… “From Misery to Mission" from John 20:1-31. More on this in class this Sunday morning... Join us! Consider the following from John 20:25-29 “But he said to them, “UnlessIseethenailmarksinhishandsandputmyfingerwherethe nails were, and put my hand into his side,I will not believe.”26A weeklaterhisdiscipleswereinthehouseagain,andThomaswaswith them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among themandsaid,“Peacebewithyou!”27ThenhesaidtoThomas,“Put your finger here;see my hands. Reach outyour hand and put it into myside.Stopdoubtingandbelieve.”28Thomassaidtohim,“MyLord and my God!”29Then Jesus told him,“Because you have seen me, youhavebelieved;blessedarethosewhohavenotseenandyethave believed.” Here is a great article on parenting adapted from Focus on the Family… Part 2 Your Kids Are Important to You . . . Do They Know It? "Whether I'm spending all my time doing "important things" or I'm distracted by the little things, sometimes I forget the most significant thing — making sure my children know how important they are to me. So, how can a busy father show his kids they're valued, even as he goes about making sure the bills are paid and the kids' lives are stable? Here are a few practical tips I've adopted:" Avoid distractions. When I am spending time with my kids, I turn off my phone. I do my best to eliminate outside distractions — no emails or conflicting appointments. Almost every outside, urgent request can wait at least a few minutes. My kids know how busy my life is, so setting everything aside for them is an effective way of communicating that they matter. Mar. 30 AREA-WIDE “GATHERING” – APRIL 10TH Our next area-wide youth ministry worship is in two weeks on April 10th at South Main in Henderson. The event is from 67:30pm, so we will leave West Erwin at 5:00pm and return at 8:15. 6th-12th graders, make plans to join us, and invite a friend! LTC FINAL THOUGHTS This weekend marks the culmination of several months of preparation. Months spent studying the books of Joshua, Judges and Ruth for our Bible Quiz students, months practicing singing together for Chorus, acting together for drama, and perfecting the art of synchronizing an inanimate object with your mouth and hand for Puppets. Add to these group events the individual events that a good number of our kids have worked and prepared for outside of all those other hours. Bottom line, a LOT of work goes into this weekend. Our prayer is that the things learned go far beyond this convention, that they continue to use their talents for the Lord, and that the time they’ve all spent together has helped forge and strengthen friendships with each other. The ministry of LTC would not happen however without all of our coaches and volunteers. My bulletin section isn’t long enough to mention them all, but if you come to our LTC awards night in a few weeks, we definitely want to recognize those in this church who’ve put in just as many (often times more) hours in helping our students prepare for this weekend. Thank you to everyone! You are invited to a Breakfast FLC 5:30P.M. $6.00/adult $3.00/child NO DEVO TONIGHT As most all of our teenagers and families recover and rest from an amazing weekend at LTC (and catch up on the homework they didn’t do at the hotel) there is no devo tonight. But we’ll be back to normal next week, so make your plans! The Benevolence Center is in need of several men who are able to work on Tuesdaysfrom8:30–10:30a.m.Pleasesee Donnieifyouwanttobeinvolvedwiththis ministry. Wednesday Night Meal Eric Thornton Youth Minister By Danny Snell Bridal Shower Brunch honoring We rejoice with our Hispanic congregation and Gabriel and Ana Zavala on the baptism of their daughter, Jazmin, this past Sunday. Please pray for her and her new relationship with Christ, and for her church family as they encourage her in her faith! Grace Weathers Saturday, April 2 nd 10:00 a.m. til noon At the home of Ann Hardin 7120 Walden Drive Winsford at Hollytree – Tyler Selections are at Bed, Bath & Beyond, Cole and Company, Dillards and Sweet Gourmet TheHopeoftheResurrection” Introduction: Today we declare our belief in the resurrection of Christ and the _____________ it brings to us. A.Thehopeoftheresurrectionis_________________inJesusChrist. “Heisnothere;hehas______________,justashesaid.” Matthew28:1-8,9ff;Mark16;Luke24;John20-21 Romans1:1-4;1Cor.15;Hebrews1:1-3;1Peter1:3-5 B.Thehopeoftheresurrectionis_________________inourheavenlyhome. Wewillberaisedtolive_________________withourSavior. John14:1-6;5:28-29;Matt.24:36-51;25 1Cor.15;1Thess.4:13-18;1Peter1:3-9;Rev.21-22 C.Thehopeoftheresurrectionis____________________inourdailylives. Weareraisedinbaptismtolivea____________life. Romans6:1-4,5ff;Col.2:9-15;John3:3-6;Titus3:3-8 1Cor.12:12-13;2Cor.5:1-10,17;2Peter3:3-15 Acts2:36-47;8:35-39;16:29-34 Conclusion:Ournewlifeisalifeof_____________. 1Peter1:3-5;3:15-16 Young At Heart The North Tenneha Annual Senior Fellowship Salad Supper is April 14th at 6 p.m. Please sign up by March 30th at the Information Center if you plan to attend. Prayer & Care Lilly Joyce Brown was born Saturday, 3/19 to Lee & Janie Brown. She weighed 7.13 lbs. and was 21.5 inches long. Nina Crow is the Great Grandmother, Lauren Delivaudais is her aunt and Michelle Kuechle her Great Aunt. Updates: Ruby Cliver is in Mother Frances with an infection in her leg after an earlier fall. Louis Jones’ sister, GeneAnne Masters Robinson, suffered a stroke and is now in HealthSouth. Julie Morrison, daughter of Jim and Carol Armstrong, will have surgery and has asked for our prayers. Jim and Carol’s daughter, Joanie Prinz, and their son, Vince, also have health issues. Remi Roberts, the 5-month old daughter of Steele and Victoria Roberts (friends of Danielle Rousseau), needs a heart transplant. Marsha Richardson’s infant grandnephew, Kase Gartham, went into cardiac arrest on March 3rd. He is in Texas Children’s in Houston. He is now off the ventilator. He is better but they would like us to continue to pray for him. West Erwin Family: Davy Carter | Danny Beaver | Charles Rachui | Ruth Moore | Kalli Huff | Clinton & Louise Culpepper | Elmer Miles | Forest McFadden | Brice Sustaire | Winona Shankle | Millie Tomlin | Joann Davis | Nella Ware | Bill McCain | George Richardson | Ira & Esther Wilson | Charles Harris | Nell Beard | Bob May | Jess & Charlotte Hopkins | Linda Boudreau | Ruby Cliver | Tommy Parrish Family & Friends: Leon Welborn | Mildred Barnwell, mother of Linda Marts | Larry and Randy Davis, brothers of Shirley Denman | Sylvia Caskey, daughter-in-law of Louise Caskey 420 West Erwin St. Tyler, TX 75702 903.592.0809 www.westerwin.com www.facebook.com/WestErwin [email protected] Th an k you for all of yo ur d onat ion s t o Ar ms of Ho pe. Y our ge ne ro sit y is alw ays so abun dant . Minibus driver for Sunday & Wednesday Don Ingram 903.253.4600 Please call if you need transportation. Our Records Bible Class Worship a.m. Worship p.m. Wed. p.m. Contribution Weekly Budget March 20 255 415 205 NC $21,212.93 $25,444.00 The Elders of West Erwin are available to meet with our members at mutually agreeable times for counsel, questions and general information. You may make an appointment with one or more of our elders by seeing them at any of our church meetings or by a phone call at the numbers listed below: Jay Bynum Don Crawford* Greg Jones Phil Marts Gaylan Seagler Wade Weathers Fred Wingate 903.839.3133 903.405.9164 903.279.2935 903.561.2322 903.566.1958 903.839.9797 903.581.6440 *Chairman of the Elders [email protected]