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Wed. Summer Series Speaker this week: Scott Bulmer Oakcrest, OKC
Bible Study at 6:30am this Thursday with Wayne.
2nd Sunday Fellowship next Sunday “Donuts Ect.” 9AM before classes
Menu for Basket Dinner Includes: Sandwiches Chips (Have a lot already) Dips Fresh garden vegetables Desserts: Watermelon/Cantaloupe
39ers will not be meeting until further notice. Truth for Today Commentary The first complete multi-authored, book-by-book commentary on the entire Bible written by members of the churches of Christ is being published. Eddie Cloer,D.Min., of Harding University is the general editor. The first volume, Acts 1-14, is now available. Four volumes will come out each year for 10 years (3 this year) at a cost of $26.80 each. If you are interested in collecting a set for yourself, preview the first book (on the office countertop). If you take one and want the set, please leave a check (to the church) and leave your name for us to contact you as volumes are published |
August 4, 2002 Vol XXIV #30TEENS
Tonite!!! Be There!!! Devo @ Buck’s House
Area Wide Teen Gathering this Monday at 7pm. Pizza Dinner!!! Bring A Friend!!
DivorceCare Begins Wed., Aug. 21 Flyers and Brochures are available on foyer table
The video series “Odyssey of Paul” is available for check out thru the office for two weeks at a time.
There is still room to sign up, to send cards for Corey and Beau while they are away at boot camp.Missing a case of copier paper and a dolly.If you borrowed or know what happened to these items, please contact office.
Our Thank You this week goes to Terrell Sanders for all the endless work he does for the church, such as the Web page and helping Mike with the teen activities |
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Remember in Your Prayers Leon Lanier- Ann McDonald’s fathers funeral was last Thursday at Roesch-Walker Funeral Home. Our deepest sympathy goes out to her and family. Anne Owens- Garry Bailey’s aunt had an operation for breast cancer and they also found lymph nodes. Leth- son of Leos and Chilles from our Cuernavaca church was having uncontrollable convulsions, he had and emergency operation on his cranium to relieve the pressure on the brain. Ron Smith a former member of Northridge had a car wreck, he was at OU Med. Center with a broken leg. Nadine Stephens will have knee replacement surgery tomorrow at MWC Hospital, 1:30PM. Marsha Rowley’s sister-in-law Emily’s, dad is in the hospital in critical condition. Remember out Shut-in’s, Robert Allen, Roy Stevens, Lois Braman, Lois Cooper, & Zelma Crothers Attendance and Us, Part 3 - - Visitation
Well, I went to visit against my will, I guess I was hot and tired and troubled, and I wasn’t at my best. But they told me I was needed so I knew I couldn’t rest. With my conscience making comments about how I’d failed the test. First, I went to see a shut-in; she’s been one quite some time. Oh, how she missed the brethren, but she tried not to pine. Next, a brother who’d been absent several Sundays in a row, He thought nobody missed him and he said next time he’d go. Last, I called upon a couple that just moved into town. I invited them to visit and they said they’d come around! Back home again I pondered why I was feeling fine--- Recalling those gladdened faces - the pleasure was all mine! Unknown Author
Visitation. The Dreaded Word. Sounds heavy, hard, and hoary (look it up!). Sounds complicated, time-consuming, and . . well, . . hard.
We need to move “visitation” from the realm of repeatedly failed program to prime factor in growing this church; from something foreboding in us as we think of ourSELVES to something welcoming to others. We need to move visiting from the realm of a gift-that-some-few-can-do-but-I-can’t to the nuts and bolts of what being a Christian means. Matthew 25:31-46 (look it up!) is a picture of judgment and denying-self servanthood. It still shakes some Christians that the former depends on the latter, and is not left merely to being right while others are wrong.
Why is it so hard to give the same attention to others that we so enjoy ourselves? Why do we fail to befriend (beyond the church lobby) those who need our concern and the gospel? When most people who love their church family say they do so because of friends and the loving people in it, what does that imply newcomers and visitors need? VISITATION. I’ve long thought maybe we need to use a different term. How about . . encouragement . . friendship . . care . . hospitality . . looking with compassion . . leaving the ninety and nine . . personal growth . . sharing the gospel . . Well, what terms can you think of? - Cliff
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