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1001 E. MacArthur
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Today
All classes for adults, 6th grade and up will meet in the auditorium to listen to Bro. Ian Fair. He will also preach the morning assembly.
Craft Encouragement Operation Please help sign and deliver encouragement notes and gifts on the foyer table.
Small Group Meeting at 5pm.
This Week 39rs will meet this Thursday at 6:30pm.
Faith Partners will meet this Thursday at 7:30pm.
Kids in the Kingdom Friday movie night at 7pm (Bring refreshments for intermission)
Teens Invite a friend for the Devo after evening services.
Upcoming New Sunday Morning classes begin Sept. 7th, please sign up.
Diaper Pounding for Matthew Estes (Melissa Estes) will be during our Catered Lunch on Aug. 31st.
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August 24, 2003 Vol XXIV # 34
Ladies Retreat Fin & Feather Sept. 19th & 20th There are a few spaces left to sign-up!! Cost $45.00. Pay in the office until Wed. Sept 17th. If you need a ride in the van, let office know. A new change - You can check in at 4:30pm – 5pm will begin activities.
News & Notes Beau Burton in Iraq Beau’s weapons company is nearing the end of its tour of duty. They will go to Kuwait then on to Camp Pendleton. He may be home by the end of September. Beau got to go to Babylon and photograph the ruins! They recently got A/C, satellite TV, and a new chow hall. His experiences have helped him know what is really important in life. [See full report on bulletin board]
Baby Announcement Tiffini (Pettyjohn) & Kirk McLeod of Kansas City, Kansas announce the birth of their son Miles Griffin on July 21st, He weighed 8lbs & 4 oz. Congratulations to Robert & Marty Pettyjohn. .
Thank You Our thank you this week goes to Gary Smith for all the work he did on the lights for both buildings and for cleaning the air conditioner filters in annex. Great Job!!!
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Remember in Your Prayers
Robert Allen is on Hospice Care and becoming very weak. Jobeth Parsons will have a MRI and an electro cardiogram on her lower back this Tuesday. This doctor seems to think that all the leg pain has to do with nerves in her back. JT Gore, Pam Austin’s dad, had been admitted to MEW Hos. having trouble with past radiation treatments. Julie Stalnaker is now at the addiction treatment center. Her address is posted on the foyer bulletin board. Bob Crothers will have hip replacement surgery this Tuesday.
Getting Bigger by Thinking Smaller, Part 2*
The first article noted the beginnings of Christianity when the natural place to meet was in the homes. Such an atmosphere fit very well what the church is to be: Family, personal, relational, and giving of selves. We noted how historians see the home meetings as key to the early growth and strength of the church. Here's some of the rest of the story: A very early opponent of Christianity, named Celsus, helps us see the value of the home setting and interpersonal sharing of the good news. He complained of the success of those Christians - wool workers, cobblers, launderers, and yokels [common people] - who met in homes. He wrote that they "prophesied [taught] at the slightest excuse for some trivial cause . . . pretending to be moved by oracular response" and convincing people to repent. Celsus said that even the children were taught that if they believed "they would become happy and make their home happy as well." A first century Christian named Clement wrote of being directed to the house meetings at Peter's residence in Caesarea. He was welcomed and enjoyed the discussion. In the New Testament, Jason's house at Thessalonica was used for such purposes (Acts 17:5). Christians used the house of Titius Justus across from the synagogue in Corinth (Acts 18:7). Philip's house in Caesarea welcomed saints and prophets (Acts 21:8). Lydia's house and the jailer's house were used as evangelistic centers in Philippi (Acts 16:15,32-34). Paul in Corinth baptized the household of Stephanus and he used his home "for the service of the saints" (1 Cor 16:15). The church met at Philemon's house in Colossae (Phlm 2).The earliest known gathering of believers, in Jerusalem awaiting the outpouring of the Spirit, was at the home of John Mark's mother (Acts 1:13ff). Little wonder the "church in the house" became a crucial factor in the spread of the Christian faith. It was apparently in a home where Paul met with the Christians in Troas on the first day of the week. There is another noteworthy item in this passage (Acts 20:7-12). In verses 7 and 9 where the text says Paul spoke, the Greek word used for speaking is "dialogue." That is exactly where we get our word "dialogue," a conversation, an exchange of ideas. It gives us a glimpse of a teaching method employed when Christians met.
Psalm 23:6 - Cliff
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