FAMILY NEWS AND NOTES
Bible Bowl study at 5:00 PM this evening before worship service. Everyone is invited to attend and participate.
OUR GOSPEL MEETING BEGINS next Sunday (March 30th) and runs thru April 02. Michael Light will be doing the preaching on Sunday. He will be teaching a Men’s Class at a noon luncheon on Monday and the Ladies Bible Class on Tuesday, in addition to nightly sermons.
We hope you have invited your friends and neighbors. Won’t you be there?!
Also, following the morning service on March 30th we will be having a Luncheon in the Multi-Purpose Room. Bring your favorite food. And enough for our visitors. Everyone is invited. (Visitors … you are welcome.)
Men, please remember the noon luncheon and Bible Class at 12:00 Noon at Western Sizzlin’ Restaurant on Monday, March 31st.
Michael will be teaching the Ladies Bible Class on Tuesday and the men are invited to attend as well.
We still have two (2) spaces open for someone to host a meal for Michael.
Charles Kyle lost his sister-in-law last week and was buried in Beaumont.
Darrell Cooper has had heart problems and has been in Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Room 4441, but is now back at home.
Elna O’Neal had a heart catherization on Wednesday, is back at home, and seems to be doing OK.
Travis Robison has been taking several tests and is awaiting on the results of others. We need to offer prayers on his behalf and his family as each diagnosis is made and treatments begin
Richard Massy, preacher at Weatherford, is in the VA Hospital in Dallas where he will undergo colon cancer surgery on March 31st. Please remember him in your prayers.
Young People … do not forget that on Saturday, March 29, meet here at the building at 9:45 a.m. We will be going door-knocking regarding our Gospel Meeting until about Noon. Afterward David McCain will be treating everyone to Pizza for lunch.
A BIG THANK YOU ! To all who helped with our clean-up day yesterday to get ready for our Gospel meeting, which begins next Lord’s Day. And, an extra big Thank You to Bob Hedges for providing the delicious BBQ luncheon for all participants at the workday. Our buildings and grounds look great with everything left gleaming with a spit-polish shine!
All Young People and the “Young at Heart,” please remember the door-knocking next Saturday, March 29th. Please meet here at the building at 9:15 AM for coffee and donuts and a few instructions on door-knocking and your assignments. About 9:30 AM we will go tout into the neighborhoods to hand out flyers regarding our Gospel Meeting … and … invite the community to attend. We will need some adult chaperones to provide transportation and to supervise our younger door-knockers. So, please come help us if you can. At noon, all door knockers will be treated to al all-you-can-eat pizza luncheon at one of our local pizza restaurants by David McCain. (PLEASE NOTE: If it is raining we will cancel the door-knocking , but if it is just “newscast” we will still be a GO!)
Attention all Teachers and Helpers—We will have our first planning meeting for this summer’s VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL on Sunday afternoon, April 6th, at 5:00 PM. We will be talking about the date, and the theme, plus beginning to schedule our teachers and helpers for their respective assignments. If you are planning to help us in any capacity wit this summer’s school, please make every effort to be present for this meeting, or let David McCain know that you desire to help, if you are unable to make the meeting.
Colin Graham will be reporting on his mission work (which we support) for Bangor, North Ireland, this Sunday evening. His family will be with him. He will be preaching Sunday evening and everyone who would like to attend are invited to the McCain house afterward to visit, eat and enjoy gospel singing. This will count as our Youth Devotional for this month, also. Janice will be serving Mexican food and everyone else should being a 2-liter soft drink or finger food of your choice as desert. (remember, pie is always good!!!)
We have misplaced our list for our Youth Get-togethers and also who will be hosting them. If you have a list give it to David. If not, otherwise please sign the new list on the table in the foyer.
Area activities for your consideration;
Sat. March 29th—9:00 AM—Noon—Ladies Day at Blodgett
Sun. March 30th—Apr. 2nd—Reg. Times on Sunday, 7:PM Mon-Wed—Our gospel Meeting with Michael Light
Sat. Apr 5th—7:00 PM—Area wide Gospel Singing at Mt Vernon Church of Christ
Mon. April 14th—7:00 PM—Final Bible Bowl of 2007-2008 Season—here at North Jefferson
Fri. & Sat. April 25th & 26th—22nd Annual Mabank Bible Lectures & Youth Trip —Talk to David McCain.
Wed. April 30th—9:30 AM—Noon—Ladies Day Johnson Street—Greenville
May 16-17th, Boys & Men’s Retreat—Beaver Bend State Park—hosted by Broken 
Bow, OK church of Christ
7:00 PM Every Monday Night—(June, July & Part of August) - Summer Youth Series of Northeast Texas
PRAYER LIST:
Justin Barker, Rachel Barker, Doris Bell, Louis & Nona Bell, Winell Blackard, Annah Brown, Billye Campbell, Darrell Cooper, Josephine Cooper, Patsy Duncan, Joyce Lee, Georgia Lide, Ben McCain, Charles Neal, Rebecca Tippitt, LaShedra Traylor
ALSO: Larry Clifton, Wesley DuBose, Carlos Kidwell, Richard Massy, Betty Newman, Whayln Payne, Don Shuette, Paul Unger
ABC'S OF A GREAT GOSPEL MEETING
DVERTISE THE MEETING
LWAYS PRAY FOR ITS SUCCESS
BOUND IN ENTHUSIASM
BSORB ALL THE GOOD LESSONS
BANDON SIN
E PRESENT FOR EVERY SERVICE
RING EVERY FRIEND YOU CAN
E ON TIME
EAR YOUR SHARE OF THE COST
E ZEALOUS IN YOUR EFFORTS
ALL AND INVITE VISITORS
ENTER YOUR THOUGHTS ON GOD
OME EXPECTING TO BE BENEFITED
ULTIVATE A LOVE FOR LOST SOULS
APITALIZE ON YOUR INFLUENCE
Next Sunday, March 30th, we will begin our Gospel Meeting through 2nd April, with brother Michael Light, from Bangs, Texas, who will be preaching on the theme: “New Testament Principles From Old Testament Passages.” My prayer is that every member of this congregation will be present for every service, and that you will do all you can to invite and encourage your friends, neighbors, relatives, and associates to attend. Since Michael has been with us before in previous Gospel efforts, most everyone in this congregation knows what a tremendous proclaimer of the Gospel he is, and thus you will not want to miss a single lesson. Granted, he does talk fast – I have only half jokingly stated that Michael Light can preach at the speed of 150 words a minute, with gusts up to 200! However, that just lets him pack more of God’s wonderful Word into every power-packed sermon he shares with us. If you can get your friends, neighbors, relatives and associates to attend just one time, it should be fairly easy to get them to come back to hear every other lesson, because Mike is such an interesting and challenging preacher of God’s Holy Word. So, please make every effort to bring a guest next Lord’s morning, and lets have our building full for a great kickoff to our Spring Gospel Meeting. May God help us to do all we can to make this meeting successful, as we invite, invite, invite, even as the meeting is in progress. Why not start right now, by calling the people within your circle of influence to invite them to attend? Well, if you’re reading this at services, please wait until the service is over to begin calling! David McCain
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