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Today Deacons Meeting at 5pm. If you have any agenda items, give to Neal Martin
On Father’s Day we gave out pens and book markers, if you were not here, we have extras in the office.
Kids In The Kingdom Swim Party at Town & Country Pool from 7-9pm. Bring snacks, drinks will be provided.
Craft Enouragement Operation Has notes and gifts for those we need to encourage and those that are sick. Please sign. Help deliver or pick up your own.
This Week Leaders Training With Bro. Ian Fair Elders-Deacons-Wives. Mark calendars, Aug. 22-24.
Wednesday Summer Series: Speaker this week will be Marty Kessler, Choctaw
39ers will meet this Thursday at 6:30pm.
Faith Partners- Evening for Everyone “Family Systems; Maintaining a Healthy Balance”, Thursday, June 26, 7:30pm. Jan Tipton from Gateway will present a fascinating program about family stresses, open communications, parent-child relationships, etc.
Kids In The Kingdom will have a Swim Party at Town & Country Pool from 7-9pm on Sunday, June 22. Bring snacks, drink will be provided.
Red Hawks Baseball Sat., July 12 You must sign-up and pay by June 22!!
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June 22, 2003 Vol XXIV # 25 Wilderness Trekkers will return from Colorado Saturday night.
Teens There isn’t anything planned for tonight. Get with each other!!!!
Upcoming Singles!!! Get together and cook out at Charla Lamb’s on June 29th, 4103 N Pottenger. Bring lawn chair, start visiting after 4pm, eating after 6pm.
Summer Safari, July 13, Del City Church, Youth Rally for ages 3rd-6th. See Cheryl Richardson for details.
Buck’s Annual Luau Friday, July 4th, See office bulletin board for more information.
VBS “Son Harvest” 2 weeks from today! July 6th-9th If you can make or bring cookies, please contact Judy Grisso. Adult VBS: Where Did My Bible Come From?! Ladies Ministry Last day to order shirts will be June 29th.
Thank You Our thank you this week goes to Alicia Hulett for donating blankets for those that get cold during services. These are located on foyer shelf, for your use here. They were made by Muriel Wilkerson.
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Remember in Your Prayers
Bob Craig, Cliff Craig’s father, seems to be in the last stages of Cancer and is very critical. Pat Snyder’s surgery went well, she is in pain and recovering at her mother’s house in Prague. Alicia Hulett has gone back to the doctor concerning her ears. Lois Anderson hasn’t been feeling very well, she would love to have company. She lives at Cimarron Apt #103.
They Smell Like Sheep (Elders, that is!) In the New Testament, Jesus is our shepherd. In the Old Testament, God had dropped hints of the coming shepherd through the prophet Ezekiel: "I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he will tend them . . and be their shepherd. I will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them" (34:23-34). Speaking of himself as the loving shepherd, Jesus says that he leaves the ninety-nine in the open country and goes in search of the lost one. "And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home" (Luke 15:5-6). He drapes this stinky, wayward sheep around his neck and carries it home. Think of it. Jesus left the comforts of heaven and came into our universe, our pasture, to smell like sheep! Jesus sweated like we do. He walked our pathways, braved our wolves, faced our temptations, and shared our struggles. The Holy One of Israel came in Jesus Christ to be our good shepherd. . . Good spiritual shepherds today imitate the Chief Shepherd. Like him, they attract flocks through loving service and authentic relationships. Like him, they feed and protect their flocks. They know their flocks and their flocks know them. They are trusted as men who are committed enough to put their lives on the line daily, for the precious people they lead.
Both Peter and Paul passed the shepherd model of leadership on to us. Paul pleaded with the leaders of the church in Ephesus, Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood. (Acts 20:28) And Peter wrote: Be shepherds of God's flock that is under your care . . eager to serve; not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock. And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that will never fade away. (1 Peter 5:2-4)
While some may not feel comfortable thinking of certain people as sheep and others as shepherds, our discomfort will likely disappear when we realize that the shepherding model revolves around the relationship between the shepherd and his flock. It is not a figure of strong over weak or "lords" over servants. Quite the contrary. The shepherd figure is one of love, service, and openness.
From the book They Smell Like Sheep by Dr. Lynn Anderson
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