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Fifth Avenue Church of Christ115 W. Fifth Ave.
Lancaster, OH 43130
740-654-0626
e-mail: [email protected]
April 5, 2011
The Christian Messenger
April 17, 2011Palm Sunday ServiceCombined worship on that day.Sunday School at 8:45amWorship at 10:00am(Easter Cantata)Evening Worship at 6:00pm
Brad SeeversSenior Minister(740-550-9882)
David TinglerAssociate Minister
Glen ShadyYouth Minister(740-438-5257)
Sunday Services
1st
Worship8:00 a.m.
2nd Worship10:30 a.m.
Bible School9:15 a.m.
Evening Worship6:00pm
Easter SundayServicesSunrise Service 7:00amEaster breakfast 8:00amSunday School 9:15amMorning Worship 10:30amThere will be no Evening Worship
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SERVING SCHEDULE April 10, 2011
At the Table 1st Tom Puckett & Charlie May
Serving 1st Dale Rose, Carmel Marsh, Dick
Shumaker, Jerry Baker
At the table 2nd
Tom Puckett & Ned Tomlinson
Serving 2nd
Dale Rose, Neal Rudolph, Don Taylor,Dale Thornton, Ned Tomlinson
Pastor of the Week Tom Puckett
PM Deacon Dale Rose
Offering Counters Team 1
COMMUNION PREPARATION1ST
Worship Larry King
2nd
Worship Fred Griffith
GREETERS
1ST
Worship Ruth Andrews & Jeanne Noble
2nd
Worship Dick & Marg Shumaker
NURSERY
Sunday School Laura Wersell & Thea Kallenberg
2nd
Worship Courtney Beiter
Preschool Helper Debbie Cooper
Early Elementary Helper Nancye RoseUpper Elementary Helper Larry King
6-8th
Grade Helper Mike Cooper
Visitor Center 1st
Worship Sue Tingler
Visitor Center 2nd
Worship Bev Puckett
SECURITY1
stWorship Paul Alexander
Bible School Ray Coats
2nd Worship Mike Cooper
Evening Worship Paul Hoagland
SPIRITUAL STATISTICS (April 3, 2011)
Sunday School 77First Morning Worship 98Second Morning Worship 91Total Morning Worship 189Evening Worship 39Family Reunion (3/30) 33Weekly Budget $ 4,471.00Budget Received
$ 4,414.50Mary Shaner Memorial $ 20.00Van Fund (In Memory of Mary Shaner) $ 80.00Elders $ 27.00Maywood Mission $ 20.00Book Nook $ 50.00Darren Craft Memorial $ 55.00
BITS FROM BRO. DAVE
LAST CALL: The Keenagers Retreat Round Lake Christian Camp is next week! OTuesday, April 12, our group will depart a7:00 am. There is still time for you to registeto attend. However, the registration fee wibe $28 per person. (We will share the cost o
gas for travel.) A sign-up sheet is postePlease take one of the registration formcomplete it and return it to me, along wityour registration fee, as soon as possibl(Checks should be made to Round Lak
Christian Camp.)
SENIOR SAINTS: Its time to begiregistering for Senior Saints in the Smokies
This is the grand event held on the JohnsoBible College campus each year. Its a gre
time of inspiration, relaxation and fellowshipI have been attending for the past 21 years anI highly recommend it. The date is May 3to June 3. If you are interested in attendinplease see me regarding registration formetc.
WEDNESDAYS: I invite you to join us, eac
week, as we study the book of I CorinthianOur groups meet at 10 am and 6:30 pm.
SUNDAY EVENINGS: Currently, I ampreaching a series of messages based in thbook of Proverbs. On April 10, the message Responsible Response from Proverbs 15:28. Then, on April 17, the theme is HandlinCriticism based on Proverbs 13:18, 15:31-3(The Lords Supper is available at this 6:00pm
service.)
FINAL THOUGHT: In the long run thpessimist may be proved right but the optimihas a better time on the trip.
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Thank youThanks to everyone for your cards andprayers. Thanks for thinking of me. Myprayers to everyone.
~ Bessie Shumaker
A reminder to our members that we have aprayer chain at the church. If you are notcurrently on the chain and want to receiveprayer requests by phone, then please
indicate on the back of your silent roll callcard, and we will put you on the list of peopleto call. We do not use the phone tree
anymore for prayer requests.
We will be decorating the church forEaster on Thursday, April 14
that 7:00pm.
We would appreciate anyone who would
be able to help with this project.
SERVING SCHEDULE April 17, 2011
At the Table 1st Fred Griffith & Glen Shady
Serving 1st
Larry King, Dan Brown, RalphConrad, Jack Hardwick
At the table 2nd
Fred Griffith and Jim Cox
Serving 2nd
Larry King, Taylor Dean, PatrickHinson, Don Taylor, Ned Tomlinson
Pastor of the Week Fred Griffith
PM Deacon Larry King
Offering Counters Team 2
COMMUNION PREPARATION
1ST
Worship Larry King
2nd
Worship Fred Griffith
GREETERS
1ST
Worship Brenda Hines & Virginia Wentz
2
nd
Worship Larry & Phyllis BusseyNURSERY
Sunday School Laura Wersell, Courtney Beiter
2nd
Worship Marie Huffman & Kim Seevers
Preschool Helper Ruth Andrews
Early Elementary Helper Norma Holtom
Upper Elementary Helper Marg Shumaker
6-8th
Grade Helper Mike Cooper
Visitor Center 1st
Worship Judy Gardner
Visitor Center 2nd
Worship Julie Stuck
SECURITY1
stWorship Dick Shumaker
Bible School Carmel March
2nd Worship George Lambert
Evening Worship Jim Puckett
FAMILY REUNIONEVERY WEDNESDAYCLASSES AT 6:30PM
Womens Prayer Breakfast
Saturday, April 30th - 9:00amMary Alice Coats speaking
Concert by Lancaster High SchoolSwinging Gales Jazz Band
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Jesus established his church and left it in the hands ofmen. Risky business if you ask me. Luckily we stillhave God's spirit and the model of Christ to followThankfully we have scripture that can guide ourdecisions, tasks, and priorities.
This week I read 1 Corinthians 3 and, as always, wasvery encouraged and challenged by this chapter. Paulspeaks about how in growing the church, some peopleplant and some people water. In the end, though, onlyGod can make things grow. So the encouragement thatI found is that I do not have to feel pressured to takepart in the whole process, and none of it is based on myown strength. If we faithfully serve in the opportunitiesafforded us, God will make sure the growing ishappening.
This passage is followed up by a warning, though. Paulwrites that this planting and growing is kind of like weare constructing God's building (i.e. the church). Hesays that when we do this we should know thatsomeday the structure of what is built will be tested byGod. On this day the builders will either receiverewards or the building will be burned up. Now thebuilder may escape through the flames, but it wouldseem that it is at the cost of the rest of the church. So
the challenge here is that, no matter how hard it maybe, we keep Christ as the foundation for our church. Hemust be at the center of everything that we do. We arehis bride and we do not want to become adulterers.Thankfully through Bible study, prayer, fasting, etc. wecan know his will. So with all things let us step forwardboldly to build on a strong foundation, Jesus ourSavior.
Upcoming EventsApr. 16-17
CIY: Believe (Jr. High
Conference). We will leave on
Saturday at 1:00pm and travel to
Anderson, IN for this amazing
weekend. Please let Glen know
ASAP if you are interested.
Apr. 18-22,
Middle School/High School
service week. Details coming soon.
April 24, Easter!
Need to have $2000 raised for
pallet of food to Haiti.
Prayer Concerns CIY: Believe Middle School
Conference. Five students
attending April 16-17 in
Anderson, IN.
That God would raise upworkers from within thechurch who are passionate
about working with young
people
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A Note from brAd.In one of my recent articles, I introduced a plan for our second worship service. We intend to be more creativto assist with drawing more people to Christ.
I am reminded of the Apostle Pauls words: I have become all things to all men so that by all possibmeans I might save some. I do all this for the sake of the Gospel. You may have been familiar witthose words from 1 Corinthians 9:19-23, but maybe you never have caught what he said in verse 19. Paul saiThough I am free and belong to no man, I make myself a slave to everyone, to win as many apossible.
What if we made it our business to identify with people outside of Christ? To go where they go; to meet theon their terms? The fact of the matter is, it is the churchs business to do just that! At what point did we tureverything upside down and say to the world, You have to spend time on our turf, talk like us, dress like uand act like us before well accept you. God forgive us for sending this message to the world. Jesus meepeople where they are!
I want to ask you a very pointed question. When was the last time the church considered itself a slave tthose who dont know Christ? As a church, we must chain ourselves to this community. We must handcuourselves to our culture. That doesnt mean we have to accept the sin, but we must reach out to the sinner.
I believe God has reached out to each of us and as a result we must be IN the world, but not OF itTherefore, God has placed us IN the society and culture we find ourselves in, not by accident but on purpose
That purpose is to infiltrate, influence and impactthe world that surrounds us.
To use the excuse that we shouldnt reach out to the world because the world and its way might rub off on uis a pathetic excuse, blindness to Scripture, and nothing more than a not-so-clever way to disguise oudisobedience.
Jesus got His hands dirty serving those who did not deserve to be served. He got His hands bloody lovinthose who did not deserve love.
Now, letsgo to the masses. Palm Sunday & Resurrection Sunday are coming. Lets see whose life God migchange because you reached out to the world.
In His Service,Brad, Eph. 3:20-21
A new Life Group will be held at Tim and MarieHuffmans home beginning April 10th @ 5 P.M.The study is called: GET REAL & is based on
the book of 1 John. It is a 5 week commitment.
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David Daubenmire Pauline Stebelton Mabel Stevens Dorothy Henderly Matthew EngleCharlie May Millie Hoy Frances Trimmer Tom Puckett Laura Wersell
Pat Davis Wes Camp Jim Cox Dorothy Herman Evelyn WerselWanda Dickson Julie Stuck Deb Dobson Judy Smith Cliff Byers
Our Troops George Andrews Sharon Bloom Joe Lockhart Diane William
Our Prayer Requests
There will be anEaster Egg Hunt for
the youth Preschool thru5
thgrade on Wednesday,
April 20th
during theevening class time.
Candy is needed to fillthe eggs. You can bringit to the church or if you
want, you can donatemoney and we will buy
the candy. Anyquestions, please contact
Glen.
Easter Special Offering
It is our goal to raise $2000 to send 2 pallets
of food to Haiti through Lifeline ChristianMission. The Missions Committee is
contributing $2000 to this effort and ischallenging the congregation to match thatamount with the Easter Special Offering. If
you do not have an Easter offeringenvelope, please mark it on a normal
envelope. For more information, look forone of the bags of food stationed around the
church.
CARRIAGE COURT SERVICESunday, April 10th at 2:00pm.
OVERSIGHT MEETINGSunday, April 10th at 7:00pm
ELDERS MEETINGThursday, April 14th at 6:00pm
CRAFTERS BEESaturday, April 16th10:00am to 1:00pm
