NEWS & NOTES

Shut–ins Virginia Mullenix

Daily Prayers Andy Caddell, Roger Mills, Danny Dailey,

Juanita Watkins, Danny Jones, Tammy Jones, Ken Ramay, Cassie Bradford,

Gertrude Hallman

February Birthdays

FOOD/SET UP/CLEAN UP GROUPS FOR FELLOWSHIP MEALS

A: Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct B:Feb/May/Aug/Nov C:Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec

Monalisa Harbin Bethany Sloan Ruth Brewer Gayla Bradford Donna Dailey Kristy Sloan Media Sloan Stephanie Mills Betty Ramay Kitty Waldrop Yvonne Cicero Linda Newman Helen Mulaparthi Barbie Smith Marion Waldrop Jennifer McDonald Rachel Smith Stephanie Pate Juanita Watkins Becky Adkins

February Pantry Item(s):

Canned Soup

SPECIAL PRAYER

Phillip Edwards will have a trans esophageal echo on Monday along with a right and left heart cath. Jamie Kelly has double pneumonia. Deanna Tennyson (Gayla Bradford’s aunt) will have surgery on March 14th. Jeff Crawford (Ruth Brewer’s sister’s nephew) was in a bad wreck last week. Erica Sneed (Friend of the Dailey’s) is having to have a 2nd heart ablation. She is only 27 years old. Lucas Wilson (relative of friends of the Dailey’s) has T-cell Leukemia. He is only 16 years old. Audrey Duco-Moore (Friend of Briana Dailey) has been in and out of the hospital lately. Lindsay Kornegay (Friend of the Sloan’s) has had a severe stroke. The doctor’s were not optimistic, however she is improving slightly. Morelle Lagrone has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Deloras Curtin (Stephanie Mills’ aunt) has been diagnosed with cancer. Julie Godwin (Friend of Stephanie Mills) has a doctor’s appointment due to finding a lump on her chest. Charles Broussard (Friend of David Dailey) has had several recent strokes. Louis Wesley (Father of a co-worker of Stephanie Pate) has cancer and is on dialysis. Hayden McDonald (Neata McDonald’s grandson) recovering from a wrestling accident. Retha Griffin (Linda Newman’s sister) is recovering from a recent stroke. Tracy Cannon (Friend of Ramay’s) had a heart attack. Danny Jones (Ken Ramay’s nephew) having health trouble related to his diabetes. Charlie Carmichael family (Friends of the Burnell’s) as he passed away recently. Sonya Spencer (Friend of the Burnell’s) had recent brain surgery. Jackson Hornaday’s grandmother (Friend of Briana’s) is not doing well. Nils Machado (Betty Ramay’s brother) is in the hospital in Massachusetts.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Sunday, February 3rd Fellowship meal following morning service

Followed by afternoon song service There will be no evening service, nor LTC

practice.

Saturday, February 16th Empty Nesters banquet at the building

6 p.m.—Girls for Christ and Boyz 2 Men will be hosting. Sign-up sheet in the foyer.

Sunday, February 24th East Tuscaloosa Fellowship

Hosted by the Eastpointe congregation We are to bring deserts

Sunday, February 3rd Youth Devo—4 p.m.

If it is not raining, we will meet at the ballpark, if it is we will meet at the building

Saturday, February 16th

Boyz 2 Men and Girls for Christ to host a banquet for the Empty Nesters.

There is a sign-up sheet in the foyer. Please sign the sheet and indicate what food you

will be bringing.

Sunday, February 17th Area wide youth devo

@Northridge Park Until 10

February Assignments Date Opening Prayer Closing Prayer 2/3 Phillip Edwards Keith Bradford 2/10 David Dailey John Sloan 2/17 Jake Dailey Scott Sloan 2/24 David Harbin McCloud Sloan

Visitors

Caleb & Christine Odom and Family 11772 Covered Bridge Road

Brookwood, AL 35444

Self Defense Class We will begin our self defense class this

coming Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. here at the building. If you have signed up, please wear comfortable clothing that you are not are afraid of getting ruined. We are in the

process of getting mats and are looking forward to putting on this class. Thank you to Ralph Burnell for his willingness to teach

this class.

HELPFUL BIBLE STUDY WEBSITES:

www.biblecharts.org www.GranbychurchofChrist.org (study of Revelation) www.studylights.org www.turner-bible-lessons.com

LTC Training Class We will begin LTC training classes each Sunday at 5 p.m. This will be for both boys and girls who are participating in LTC . We will be working on all aspects

of the different events. Parent volunteers are needed. Please see

Mckinley if you can help.

Don Cicero 4-Feb

William Smith 5-Feb

Amy Burnell 7-Feb

Mona Lisa Harbin 7-Feb

Charlie Patterson 8-Feb

Juanita Watkins 10-Feb

Koli Nichols 15-Feb

Alex Harbin 16-Feb

Charlie Banks 18-Feb

Barbie Smith 19-Feb

Bert Smith 19-Feb

Donna Dailey 20-Feb

Ruth Edwards 23-Feb

Izabella McDonald 28-Feb

MERCEDES DRIVE MERCEDES DRIVE MERCEDES DRIVE

CHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH OF CHRIST

Volume 2 February 3, 2019 Number 5

THOSE TO SERVE

Lord’s Supper

James McDonald, Jimmy Jones, James Hall, Don Cicero P.M. Alex Harbin

LEADING IN WORSHIP 2/3/2018 Announcements……………………………..David Harbin

A.M. Song Leader…………………………….David Dailey

Opening Prayer…………………………...Phillip Edwards

Scripture Reading……………………………Justin Harbin

Scripture……………………………………….John 12:44-50

Sermon………………………………………….Mckinley Pate

Closing Prayer………...…………………..Keith Bradford

P.M. Song Leader……………………………….Jake Dailey

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February—Gayla Bradford

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On Thin Ice

David A. Sargent

What started out as fun nearly ended tragically.

Ignoring warning signs, an 11-year-old boy wandered out onto a frozen retention pond

last Sunday in Napierville, Illinois, unaware that the ice was too thin. The ice broke beneath him

and he sank into the frigid water. He was freezing, stranded, and surrounded by ice. Thankfully,

someone saw him and called 911. Within four minutes, rescuers from the Napierville Fire and

Police Departments arrived.

Naperville police Sgt. Brad Marsh threw a safety ring to the boy to keep him afloat.

Marsh and other responders began pulling the boy to shore as Firefighter Mike Leston, wearing

an insulated buoyancy suit, swam out to him. The rescuers knew that given the temperature and

conditions that seconds mattered.

Within four minutes of arriving on the scene, the first-responders pulled the boy from

the icy water. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital and is expected to be okay.

What starts out as fun is always deadly when it comes to sin (see James 1:13-15). As “all

have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23), we are all “on thin ice” and

destined for destruction (Matthew 7:13-14).

But at just the right time, Someone came to our rescue. That Someone was Jesus Christ,

the Son of God. Jesus “gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this

present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father” (Galatians 1:4 NASB). Jesus

had to give His life in order to save us for only by the shedding of His innocent blood on the

cross could He pay the price for our redemption (1 Peter 1:18-19).

Just as the boy was saved by clinging to the ring and the rescuer, God will save and give

eternal life to those who cling to His Son in trusting obedience by: placing their faith and trust in

Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turning from their sins in repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confessing Jesus

before men (Romans 10:9-10), and being baptized (immersed) into Christ for the forgiveness of

sins (Acts 2:38). He will continue to cleanse from sin those who continue to walk in the light of

His Word (1 John 1:7-9).

Due to our bad choices, we’ve all fallen into the frigid, deadly waters of sin. But do not

despair! Our Rescuer, Jesus Christ, has come!

Won’t YOU grasp His life-giving, outstretched hand through your trusting obedience?