FAMILY NEWS AND NOTES
Volume 10 13 July 2008 Issue No. 20
COMMUNION FOR JULY 2008
SOUTH SIDE NORTH SIDE
AM
Jim Duncan Gene Campbell
Wade Miller
Daniel McCary
Jimmy Jay Fox Bronson Roper
PM
Frankie Sargent Grady Duncan
ANNOUNCEMENTS …...………....….Weldon Miller
SONG LEADER(AM……..... Royce Armstrong
(PM) …..… Royce Armstrong
Wednesday Nite …….... Daniel McCary
PRAYERS —– Sunday
AM First Prayer …...Royce Armstrong
AM Closing………..… Ron Traughber
PM First Prayer…….... Weldon Miller
PM Closing…………. Wayne Charlton
PRAYERS — Wednesday Nite
First Prayer………...… Daniel McCary
Closing……………….…. Rodney Cook
LESSON AND INVITATION:
Ronnie Stewart
PRAYER LIST:
Justin Barker, Rachel Barker, Doris Bell, Louis & Nona Bell, Winell Blackard,
Billye Campbell, Joyce Lee, Mary Jo Lee, Georgia Lide, Ben McCain,
Rebecca Tippitt
ALSO: Lana Downs, Wesley DuBose, Ercell Duncan, Steve Ferrell, Ercell Fetters,
Betty Newman, Whayln Payne, Don Shuette, Paul Unger
And now for … FAMILY NEWS AND NOTES
MEN’S BUSINESS MEETING following evening service today. All men of the congregation are encouraged to attend as your input is important in the business of the congregation.
SYBSNET—(Summer Youth Bible Series of North East Texas) meets Monday evening the 14th of July at 7:00 PM at Westwood Congregation in Paris with Mike Hisaw teaching. Topic will be “Principle of Secrecy.” Talk to
David about carpooling arrangements if you wish to attend.
Lacy Maxwell (Pam Farmer’s daughter) is still at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas at the printing of this bulletin. Her address there is:
Lacy Maxwell
Baylor Medical Center
3500 Gaston Avenue
Room 747– Roberts Building
Dallas, Texas 75246
No visits or phone calls but she loves getting cards and letters. She is improving but we need to continue to pray for her.
Ercell Fetters was transferred to the hospital in Clariton, Iowa last Monday and will be there about a week or more for rehab. Her phone direct to her room is: 641-774-3313. You can send her cards and letters to her home address at
Ercell Fetters
626 South Avenue
Clariton, Iowa 50049
Mary Jo Lee (mother of Sara Neal) fell this past Monday and broker the femer bone in her leg. She had surgery this on July 10 at TRMC. She came thru the surgery fine. It is anticipated she will remain in the hospital for a few days. (Sara’s dad and mom—S. L. and Mary Jo Lee– live in the Pittsburg area. They previously lived in Cookville.
Steve Ferrell has returned home following his accident. It is stated that his recovery has exceeded his doctor’s expectations.
Robert Dale of Benton, Arkansas (Tim Dale’s dad) passed away last week. Please remember this family in your prayers.
John Howard Abdnor (1st cousin of Barbara Duncan) passed away on July 4th. Graveside service was held Monday in Dallas. Please remember this family in your prayers.
Lana Downs (friend of Jim and Barbara Duncan) continues to worsen. Remember, she has multiple very serious health problems. Lana has asked that we continue to remember her in our prayers.
Today …. July 13 Baby Shower For Keely & Daniel McCary
Beginning at 2:00 PM
In the Multi-Purpose Room
North Jefferson church of Christ
JUST THINKING ...AGAIN
Troy Rogers
[Guest Article from The Southwesterner—Southwest church of Christ—Ada, OK]
The following is an article by one of our college students who has shown impressive abilities to serve in the church. This article bears testimony as well as to the value of this program and the work that Johnie does. —Floyd
Have you ever started a project and not finished it? Truth be known, I believe I have twice the amount of unfinished projects compared to finished projects. I got to thinking to myself, “Self, why do I start so many things and never finish them?” There is a whole list of reasons (excuses) that I can say make myself feel better about dropping a project after it gets too hard.
#1. I’m too tired. #2. I’m ready for something new. #3. I found something better to do.
The list could go on. The fact of the matter is when it is all said and done, if you start something without finishing it, you wasted you time in starting it. Am I wrong?
I know you’re asking yourself, “Where exactly is he going with this?” Well here it is.
As Christians, have we started this “project” of being a Christian and then just sort of dropped it? Were we on fire at the beginning but then sort of fizzle out?
I would like to direct your attention to these passages:
Luke 9:62—”But Jesus said to him, “No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 14:29—”lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, “This man began to build and was not able to finish.”
Do not misunderstand me, CHRISTIANITY IS HARD! I have hit my share of rough patches along the way. Unlike the other projects I have started and then dropped, Christianity is different in every way. Because my excuses listed above no longer apply. I can’t be “too tired.” God takes care of his children. He helps me even when I feel I can’t go on. As far as wanting something new … there are always, ALWAYS, more people out there who need to hear the gospel. And finding something better to do? If you find something better than living for God and helping ring others to Christ, you let me know. Let’s not allow Christianity to become a “dropped project.”
1 Corinthians 9:24—”Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.”
Run this race in order to obtain the prize! There are a lot of you guys out there that have helped me tremendously along the way. I want to thank you for keeping me on track. You know who you are. I hope and pray I am able to help you along your way as well. I love you all. And keep it up!
