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EVERY MEMBER PRESENT DAY

Be sure and be present on January 11 for every member

present day. Invite Family members and Friends. There will

be a Church wide lunch between the 10:00 am and 1:00 pm

Service.

Faulkner University Chorus

The Faulkner University Chorus is the school’s large, choral ensemble.

The group performs a wide variety of sacred, acappella literature. Members are selected by audition and commit to a demanding performance schedule that includes many local and regional appearances. They will be here January 8, at 7:00 PM . We are in need of housing for about 44 mem-

bers. We also need help with a meal Thursday. Please call the Church office to volunteer.

THURSDAY NIGHT

January 8, 2015

7:00 PM

A New Walk for a New Year

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Tim Shoemaker

Wednesday Night Meal Please sign up in foyer before Wed. so Kitty will know how much food to prepare. Dinner is served at 6 pm. The cost is $5.00 each.

Dec. 30 Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, pickles, slaw, drinks, dessert

December 21 , 2014 Sun AM 450 Sun 1:00 229 Sun 5:00 20

Total Goal for 2014 127

Local Work Goal 52 28

Belize Campaign Goal 30 6

Stateside Campaigns Goal

10

Know Your Bible Goal

35 9

Total Baptisms 43

New Families 13

Restored 8

Weekly Purpose: $17461.00

Contribution: $16599.39

Contribution YTD: $ 891492.42 Purpose YTD: $873050.00

Average Weekly YTD: $ 17829.84

Mission Sunday: $85658.00 (Week 50)

Prayers Sherryl Adkins Carla Allison Steve & Nancy Brown Frances Cason Scott Crawford Dot Davison Terry Davidson Alan England Aubrey Free Beth Goodwin Susan Goodwin Kim Green Robin Groom Mark Harley Roy Hayes LaRue Hix Jimmy Howell Pat Howell Patricia Irwin Annie Ivey Lucille Large Frances Love Glenn May Etta Montgomery June Moore Bobbie Naish Helen Oakes Barbara Owen Ron Parrish Anne Powell Buddy Summers Gloria Summers Don Taylor Danny Thomas Mary Thomas Billy White

Friends & Family Lindsey Long (daughter-in– law of Nancy & Larry Locklear) Debra Britton ( Mother of Jason Britton) Harold Dills (former member) will have a bone marrow transplant, Joan Posluszny ( Aunt of Megan Rowell) Wanda Logan( mother of Suzy Morgan ) Connie Thomas ( grandmother of Tonya Hayes ) James Gammage ( Father of Christi Gammage) Irene Maynard (Steve Maynard’s mother) Bruce Windham (Brother in law of Carolyn Windham) Yolanda Cummings (Van Powell’s sister) Brenda Sidoti (Julie Kincaid’s sister), Kent Halpin (Cousin of Bev Key) Tony Crumbley, Tori White, Jim Harris (Cousin of Butch Key), Kathy Godwin Roy - (Sol & Ellen’s daughter), Cindy Sanford (Leslie Tatum & Sherry Levan’s sister), Alvin Jenkins (father of Linda Carter & Patsy O’Rourke), Bobby Fuller (Mike McGill & Judy Mixon’s uncle ), Rol-lie & Faye Powell (Ray’s parents) , Dana Powell ( Ray’s sister-in-law) Carolyn Plunk (Donna Shoemaker’s sister) Bob Furry (Donna Southerland’s uncle), Wil-liam Hodges (Rhonda Hodges’ father), Harriette & Charles Byrd (Helen Oakes’ sister & brother-in-law), Osburne & Margie Holt (parents of Patty Gammage)

Wee Folks

Dec. 28 No Wee Folks Jan. 4 No Wee Folks

.December 27-30 Exposure Wacky Wednesdays

****Our prayer list is updated monthly. If you know of anyone that we have over-looked, or you would like to add someone back to the list, please call the office.

833-1400.

Our Honored Guests 12/21/14

In Town: Kim Rogers

Out of Town: Larry Benoit, Brain & Beth Giselbach, Ryan, Kelly, Colton Key, William & Brooke McCurry, Bridget Pages,

Luke Spears, John Wooten Jr., Judy Wynne

Everyone who would like to attend the 2015 Lads to Leaders convention in Atlanta is asked to meet in room 108 on Sunday, January 11 immediately following the 1 p.m. service. We will be finalizing registration details, so

at least one parent from every family planning to go to convention MUST be at the meeting. If you are not planning to attend conven-tion but are participating in pre-convention activities and would like to register for your awards, please see Johnathan or Nia Johnson.

Also, let us know if you have any questions.

Thank You

A quick note to say Thank You to everyone for their thoughts, prayers, phone calls, and cards during my surgery and recovery! It means so much and is yet another testament of the love,

support and genuine “spirit” of Roebuck Parkway

Church of Christ. I will see you soon! With Sincere Appreciation

Robin Groom

THANK YOU Thank you to the CIA Group that made up the beautiful and tasty bucket of fruit deliv-ered by Jeanette Cosby. Thanks also to the 3rd-6th grade Lads & Leaderettes for the card in the bucket. Every week I receive cards. I appreciate every card, your encour-agement, phone calls and prayers. Love Carla Allison

You’re Invited

You are invited to our annual New Year’s Eve Accapella Singing. Adamsville Church of Christ Singing will start at 8:00 pm 4207 Veterans Memorial Dr.

Adamsville, AL. 35005 205-674-5659

Bus Drivers needed

Free Training

Provided !

Our Bus Ministry is in need of additional drivers. Each Sunday we provide transportation to and from our services for about 5-8 members living in the area that have no other means of attending worship. The handicap bus is used and does not require a CDL license to operate. The only requirements are: a love for people, at least 25 years old, a valid driver’s license, and a good / safe driving record.( Perfection not necessary). Current bus drivers include: Butch Key, Steve Maynard, James Morris, Pat O’Rourke, and Don Young. If YOU would like to join this Band of Brothers in this worthy ministry for Christ, or just want to know more about it, please contact Steve Maynard or one of the other drivers. We welcome and will train inexperienced volunteers.

PANTRY ITEMS

Canned meats, Soups, Stews

Our Deaf Congregation

PURPOSE FOR 2015 16,705.00

If you haven’t turned your purpose card in for

2015, Please give it to one of the Elders.

Belize

Balance due TODAY, $627.00 When paying this balance please include your name, gender, and date of birth as it appears on your passport. This is very important.

We are pleased to announce that our

Church is in the process of putting together

a beautiful, full-color, cutting-edge digital

directory. This directory will be profession-

ally produced and will include full-color

family portraits with names, addresses and

telephone numbers of everyone who partici-

pates. It is very important that every family

be included to assure a complete up-to-date

directory. You will receive a free 8x10 + a

free directory.

Please use the following link to make an ap-

pointment. goo.gl/BTaCWp

or call 1-877-896-9667, ext.325, Dates are Jan. 29,

30, 31

Power for Today The $9 subscription fee is due now. If you are

interested in ordering, please see Ancel Norris.

Justin Nunely who is stationed in S Korea for a year received his package this week from Roebuck Park-way . Thanks to all

who made cookies and packaged them.

Christian Ethics – Gambling #4

Many people if not most people who oppose gam-bling, do so for sociological and economic reasons rather than religious or moral reasons. They believe that gam-bling is bad for the nation. Their reasoning is based upon asking the question, “What would things be like if every-one acted in accordance with this principle?” Let us look at some examples of how this question might be asked in regard to gambling. How would you feel if you went to the grocery store and the grocer said: “We will flip a coin to decide how much you will pay for a loaf of bread.” What would be your reaction if your boss told you, “We will determine your salary by throwing the dice?” What if the scheduling of TV programs was decided each day by numbered marbles picked out of a box?” If such a principle would not be good for these everyday events, then it should not be the principle for distributing 50 billion dollars every year (this is the amount of money that is gambled every year in America). For the Christian, however, there are other rea-sons why gambling should be opposed. Gambling is wrong because “it is a denial of the divine order.” Gam-bling exalts chance instead of God. In the church we need to be teaching people that life is not a “gamble” be-cause God is in control. In Romans 8:28 Paul wrote, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.” We know that if we remain faithful to God, then we will be the winners in life. Our victory is not dependent upon luck but upon God! One gambling advertisement in Australia said, “Invest a bob and chuck your job.” This was an enticement to gamble. If you bet a "bob” (Australian money worth about $2 or $3) and win, then you could quit your job and not have to work anymore. Most people, who buy lottery tickets or gamble in any way, do so with the hope that they will be the lucky one and they will never have to work again. But this is not God’s plan for man. God said, “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return” (Gen. 3:19). Paul told the church at Ephesus, “Let him who stole steal no longer, but rather let him labor, working with his hands what is good, that he may have something to give him who has need” (Eph. 4:28). Again this same apostle wrote, “…If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat” (2 Thess. 3:10). Gambling is wrong because it violates God’s plan for mankind. Gambling is wrong because, “It disregards our possessions as a trust!” We need to remember that the material things that we have, have been given to us by God, and that we are to use them in the right way. The things that we have in our possession are not ours. They belong to God and therefore they need to be used in ways that are in keeping with God’s will.