Family News and Notes
CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GRADUATES:
From High School: Ashley Nicole Thomas, Stephanie LuAnn Thomas, Christy Charlton
From 8th Grade: April Miller, Austin Neal, Nikki Riley
Remember to mark your calendar for next Sunday .. the 1st Sunday in a new month as Building Fund Contribution day. If you are able and are willing you may contribute on that day.
Thanks.
ATTENTION TEACHERS and HELPERS . When you remove items from the bulletin boards in the hallways (or in the classrooms) PLEASE, PLEASE, do not leave the staples laying on the floor as they become entangled in the carpet. Your assistance in policing your area is appreciated.
David will be in Mount Vernon this week to kick off the Summer Lectureship Series there on "Faith." In his absence the men of the congregation will conduct the Wednesday nite auditorium class.
Reminder SYBSNET (Summer Youth Bible Series of Northeast Texas) is now only a week away, beginning June 7th.
Also, VBS begins on June 13th. Make plans now to attend both these events.
In addition to this the Rangers/Braves game is coming up on Monday June 13th. We will be meeting this evening after services with all the participants to discuss transportation. David already has the tickets .
Bascom Perkins is in Pleasant Springs Nursing Center on North Edwards. Room 129.
Rodney Cook got a good report from his doctor last Monday. He did NOT have a blockage as his doctors first thought.
Anna Ruth Brown had hip replacement surgery last Monday. She is undergoing therapy and is making progress.
Jody Sparks had hip replacement surgery on Tuesday at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler. He, too, is in therapy.
Both Annah and Jody hope to be home shortly where they will continue their recovery.
Billy G. Carter passed away Monday morning. His funeral was conducted here at the building on Wednesday morning at 10:00 AM with burial at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Mount Pleasant. Please remember this family in your prayers.
THANK YOU "Dear Brothers and Sisters, Your cards, thoughts, and prayers have meant so much to me during this illness. I know that without the prayers I would not be doing as well as I am. Thank you again for your love and support.
Love,
THANK YOU "Dear Brethren,
Words are inadequate to convey the feelings of gratitude we have in our hearts for you, as a result of the overwhelming outpouring of love you "showered" upon us last Sunday evening, when you honored our precious new grandson, his parents, and Janice and me with an unbelievably generous "baby shower." Who ever heard of such, when our daughter and son-in-law don't attend North Jefferson and have never lived here? Nevertheless, you treated them and us like we were all life-long members here, and for that we are deeply touched and extremely grateful. Amanda and Brett said it was like "Christmas" opening up all the presents, and little Austin Taylor Dennie said, "oooh goo ga ga coo," which being interpreted means, "You guys at North Jefferson are the bomb!" I know Amanda and Brett are looking forward to the first time they can visit with us, so they can thank each of you personally for your generosity, and let you see our handsome new grandson (who takes after his granddad!). Until then, please accept this note as our sincere "THANK YOU" for your sweet, sweet spirit of kindness and love.
In Christian love,
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GOSPEL MEETING June 5th thru 8th
at
PRITCHETT CHURCH OF CHRIST
1258 FM 1404
(Located on FM 1404, two blocks south of Highway 155 in Pritchett, Texas, which is
between Gilmer and Big Sandy).
This series of Gospel Services will begin on Sunday evening June 5 at 8:00 PM. It will continue Monday through Wednesday June 6 through 8 at 7:00 PM nightly. Brother Dan Manuel, evangelist and elder for the Crockett Road Church of Christ, Palestine, Texas, will be doing the preaching for this Gospel Meeting.
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You are cordially invited to attend LADIES DAY Saturday June 18th
Mount Vernon Church of Christ
708 Main Street
Mount Vernon, Texas
Featuring Iris Ramsey, speaking on
"Footprints of Time"
Lunch will be served. More details will be sent
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IN CHARGE OF SELECTING MEN TO MAKE ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR JUNE
David Neal
IN CHARGE OF SELECTING MEN TO LEAD PRAYERS FOR JUNE
Roger Grimes
IN CHARGE OF SELECTING MEN FOR COMMUNION TABLE IN JUNE
Rhodney Freeman
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PRAYER LIST:
Justin Barker, Rachel Barker, Louis Bell, Annah Brown, Sue Browning,
Billye Campbell, Perry Cooper, Josephine Cooper, Zenith Hargrove, Howard Horton, Hollis Lee, Winnie Patton, Johnnie Rex Phillips, Helen Roper, Dorothy Sargent,
Alva Mae Sheets, Jody Sparks
ALSO: Melba Boyd, Denise Dering, Wesley & Juanita DuBose, Jeanette Goss, Ruby Jeffery, Carol Johnson, Bascom Perkins
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Rhodney's "Funny Bone"
If you're stuck in a traffic jam and you move to the fast lane it will become the slowest lane. If you move back then that lane will stand still.
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EVANGELISTIC WORKS:
"Weekly Words of Truth" (Back Page of Tues. Daily Tribune)
Summer Youth Bible Series (Each Tuesday June & July)
Pat McIntosh - Bear Valley Foreign Preaching Schools
Miguel Bocanegra - Queretaro, Qro, Mexico
House to House / Heart to Heart - Jacksonville, Alabama
Tanzania 2000 - Arusha, Tanzania, E. Africa
Colin Graham - Bangor, Northern Ireland
Wayne Jackson - "The Christian Courier"
Bert Thompson - Apologetics Press
Gospel Broadcasting Network - Dalton, Georgia
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Don't Be An Ostrich
Some of the world's largest religious denominations are currently plagued with infighting over such issues as the role of women in the church, and the acceptance of practicing homosexuals into the ranks of their "clergy." Lest we be too smug in chiding them for "reaping what they've sown" in regard to their blatant disregard of sound doctrine, let me hasten to note that we are hearing more and more often of our own brethren who are departing from God's doctrine to espouse and embrace the doctrines of men.
Sadly, some congregations have departed from the faith on issues such as acceptable worship, authorized leadership, scriptural marriage, and God's plan of salvation, just to name a few doctrines currently being compromised. Should we ignore such false teaching? Should we stick our heads in the sand like the proverbial ostrich and just pretend such teaching does not threaten the precious body of Christ? Should we label the current digression in our brotherhood as "insignificant," or as "only a matter of opinion?"
NO, brethren! When departures from the Truth occur, faithful brethren must oppose such error, lest the distinctiveness of Christ's church eventually be destroyed. It is never pleasant to discuss digression, and I know of no "faithful" gospel preacher who gets any big thrill out of calling attention to false doctrine or practice in the Lord's church. It is with heaviness of heart that gospel preachers point out error. However, faithful preachers must bring these matters to attention, if they desire to be true to the Lord.
Some object, saying it's "holier than thou" to call attention to departures from the truth in our brotherhood, or that it seems like we're "judging and condemning" our own people. Brethren, it is never "holier than thou" to "contend earnestly for the faith" (Jude 3), or to "reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with all longsuffering and doctrine" (II Tim. 4:2). When someone calls attention to unscriptural doctrine or practice, it is God, Christ, and the Holy Spirit who are judging and condemning, not the messenger. However, if we let error go unchallenged, the judgment and condemnation will be upon us in the end.
Others object saying, "Well, it happened somewhere else, therefore it's none of our business, and it doesn't really affect us here." WRONG, brethren, it does affect us! The church is currently in the "fast lane" so far as human change is concerned. Because we live in a mobile society, digression in other places will soon make its way to our home congregation. The kid who is being raised in the digressive church at "Podunk" today, or who is being trained at the "liberal" arts "Christian" college at "Timbuktu" tomorrow, may well be your in-law in a few years. That kind of gives false teaching in other places a different perspective, doesn't it?
The point is, brethren, we better start paying attention to what is going on in the brotherhood round about us. We better start listening to all preaching and teaching with a critical ear, and checking it by the Scriptures, to make sure it is true (Acts 17:11). We better quit being afraid to stand up and oppose error whenever and wherever we find it. And, when some faithful servant of God sticks his neck out, and does the unpopular thing by challenging error, we had better give him a fair hearing and not stop our ears to the truth.
Yes, some folks would rather have their ears tickled, and would rather hear fables (II Tim. 4:3-4), than listen to the truth. Because of this, many in our brotherhood have received the "strong delusion," and are "believing a lie," because they "love not the truth," but have "pleasure in unrighteousness" (II Thess. 2:10-12). But, brethren, let it not be us! We must love the truth and stand boldly against every departure from it. When digression and false doctrine rear their ugly heads, don't be an ostrich! David McCain
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