FAMILY NEWS AND NOTES
Volume 10 09 NOVEMBER 2008 Issue No. 37
If you have something that needs to be included in the announcements...please make certain you get it to the person making the announcements...in legible written form …prior to announcement time.
Service Arrangements
COMMUNION FOR NOVEMBER 2008
SOUTH SIDE NORTH SIDE
AM
Jerry Freeman
Royce Armstrong
Roger Grimes David Neal
Ronnie Stewart Sid Charlton
PM
Frankie SargentFred Harkrider
ANNOUNCEMENTS ………….… Frankie Sargent
(Sunday and Wednesday)
SONG LEADER(AM……...… Randy Eubanks
Wednesday Nite ……….…. Daniel McCary
PRAYERS —– Sunday
AM First Prayer ………...… Jim Duncan
AM Closing……….....….. Rodney Cook
PM First Prayer…….…. Jerry Freeman
PM Closing………… Rhodney Freeman
PRAYERS — Wednesday Nite
First Prayer…………….….. Bob Hedges
Closing……………….… Jimmy Jay Fox
PRAYER LIST:
Cindy Armstrong, Justin Barker, Rachel Barker, Doris Bell, Louis & Nona Bell, Billye Campbell, Suzanne Charlton, Irene Duncan, Jim Duncan, Mary Jane Joyner, Chuck Kyle, Joyce Lee, Georgia Lide, Joanne Miller, Wade Miller, Ben McCain, Jeanette Parham, Thelma Reed, Rebecca Tippitt
ALSO: Gary Bell, Wesley DuBose, LaWanta Garner, Michael Gilbert, Jimmy Jones, Donald Johnson, Mary Jo Lee, Wayne Lineberger, Cammy Jo McCain, Lee McCain, Betty Newman, Johnine Phillips, Tabitha Shipley, Don Shuette, Paul Unger, Yvonne Waldrup, Shirley Wright
And now for … FAMILY NEWS AND NOTES
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Chris McElyea of Mount Vernon will be preaching this morning in David’s absence. He will also be preaching on Sunday morning November 16th.
Mike Demory, who we help support in Iowa, will be here tonite, November 09, to speak to us about the work in Iowa.
David and Janice will be away today and next Sunday as David tries out for the preaching job at two different congregations. Please keep them in your prayers that the Lord will bless them with a good new work, and pray for our elders here that God will grant them wisdom in selecting a new preacher for North Jefferson.
Men’s Business Meeting tonite following services. All the men of the congregation are encouraged to attend. Your input is important.
Make a note on your calendar: Midweek services for Thanksgiving week will be conducted on Tuesday nite instead of Wednesday nite.
The Tri-State Preacher’s Gathering / Luncheon will be this Tuesday, November 11, at noon … at Western Sizzlin’. Mike Hisaw will be the featured speaker and Mike Vestol my offer a few words of encouragement, too. Mike Vestal will be preaching in a Gospel Meeting this week at Carriage Oaks in Bossier City, LA, where Mike Hisaw is the local preacher. We are hoping that both mike’s will offer some words of wisdom and encouragement to all who gather for the Dutch Treat meal and fellowship.
If you wish to have a copy of the DVD entitled “The Silencing of God,” then see Wayne Pickrel.
The following items seem to have vanished:
Whoever has the OVERHEAD MAPS won’t you please return them to the library so others can enjoy them?
Missing from the Nursery/Cradle Roll classroom … the felt family figures and the felt animals. Please return these items so the teacher can use them to teach others.
Our 2nd competition in this season’s Bible Bowl of N. E. Texas (CBBNET) will be this Monday evening, November 10th, at 7:00 PM here at North Jefferson. Let’s have a great turnout to encourage our kids. The New Boston congregation will be hosting (perhaps some of our ladies could help them find their way around our kitchen for the refreshments they are bringing). Study hard team! STUDY WILL BE CONDUCTED AT 5:00 pm THIS EVENING, to cover Judges 4 thru 6.
At the writing of this bulletin … Jan Hargrove is still in East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, but cannot have visitors at this time. Please pray for her.
Julia Terrell had cataract surgery last week and she is recuperating a few days at home.
Jeanette Parham had surgery last week and is now recovering at home for the next 2 to 3 weeks. Remember her in your prayers.
Ben McCain had another infusion treatment on Friday, in Tyler. Please pray that he will continue to make improvement with the medication and not have to have surgery.
Cindy Armstrong accidentally scratched her right eye last week and is wearing a nice eye patch. Remember Cindy when you pray.
Remember Jimmy Jones (husband of Autumn Miller Jones) who had a serious motorcycle accident about a week ago. At the writing of this bulletin it is not known if he suffered any broken bones or not. The family as that we keep Jimmy in our prayers.
THANK YOU … “Dear North Jefferson family: Thank you so much for all the cards, the calls and the visits during my recent surgery and recuperation. Your thoughts and prayers are greatly appreciated.
— Rodney Cook”
THANK YOU …”My sincere thanks to everyone for your cards and calls of encouragement during my injury and surgery to my left hand. After visiting my doctor on Friday I will have many weeks of therapy.
—- Hallie Lang”
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SEVEN WAYS TO BE HAPPY
John Gurtler
Often people make their own lives miserable and other people help them to find misery. Abraham Lincoln said, “Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HAPPINESS:
Trust in God: The person who puts faith in God has a source of strength and delight that a non-believer cannot understand (see Proverbs 3:5; 16:20). If we fuss and stew about everything, it shows a lack of trust. Jesus told Martha that she was “troubled about many things.”
Relish the Scriptures: See Psalm 1:1-2. Psalm 119:104 says, “How sweet are thy words unto my taste! Yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth.” The Scriptures always shoot straight. Tax laws change, the weather changes, politics are ever changing, but God’s Word never changes. (See 2 Timothy 3:16-17.) The sacred pages give hope, comfort, gladness to the lovers of the truth.
Live Righteously: “Many sorrows shall be to the wicked, but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about, be glad in the Lord and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart…” (Psa. 32:10-11). Titus 2:12 shows that clean living contributes to deep-rooted joy and contentment. People may mock you and deride you, but you possess something they do not have.
Worship God with Regularity: In Acts 20:6-7, the brethren traveled so they could worship with other Christians. In Acts 2, it describes the disciples as having all things in common among them: “great joy” and “praising God.” David said, “I was glad when they said to me, let us go into the house of the Lord…” (Psa. 122:1). (See also Psalm 95:1; 96:9-11.) Worship is for the glory of God and the happiness of man.
Keep a Clean Conscience: (Acts24:16; 1 Timothy 1:19; 2 Timothy 1:3) There can be no happiness when one violates his conscience. See Genesis 42:21: Joseph’s brothers’ consciences made them miserable.
Learn Contentment: The grass is not always greener on the other side. Some people continually fret and complain about the cost of living, their job, wife, husband, weather, politics, etc. Christians grumble. Philippians 4:11 states that a contented person is a happy individual, without contentment, joy is only superficial.
Stay Busy and Constructive: Idleness breeds displeasure, restlessness, despondency, mischief. Happiness comes to him who works persistently, consistently, and diligently. (See Romans 12:11.) Effort expended and accomplishment materialized brings inward fulfillment. Beneficial work keeps the mind from thoughts that are negative and destructive. First Corinthians 15:58 says, “...abound in the work of the Lord.”
How did Paul find joy? Paul found joy in seeing and hearing about other Christians doing good. Read Philippians chapters 1-3 and count the times you read the word “rejoice” or “joy.”
From The Southwesterner
January 21, 2008
