Snow THOUGH MY SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET, THEY SHALL BE AS WHITE AS ISAIAH 1:18 His Word for Your Life 2018 brings many new opportunities into your life– commercials are telling you what to focus on for the new year, how to get the ‘most’ out of it, etc. We make resolutions and try to look for ways to improve. The elders here have gone out of their way to find opportunities for us to grow, and offer- ing every family a devotional guide called “His Word” is a big part of that. Reading 1 chapter each weekday and the cor- responding devotional in “His Word” will carry us through the New Testament this year. To help keep us on the same page (or pag- Petersville Church of Christ Weekly Bulletin ~ January 7, 2018 es…), I would like to give you some things to look for in each week’s devotionals– questions to an- swer as you read and meditate on God’s Word. Consider these as you read Bart Warren’s thoughts on Matthew 6-10: Should we be engaging in ‘Secret Christianity’ the way he described it? Why or why not? What are 2 of the most well-known and misun- derstood sayings of Jesus? In what chapter can both of them be found? What is Jesus willing to do in Matthew 8, and what should it motivate us to do today? What 3 questions from Matthew 9 does Warren ask us if we believe today? What is your re- sponse? Jesus called the 12 for a specific mission– but he calls us today just the same. What does that calling mean after reading the devotional? Think about that, and you will be blessed! With Love, Adam Sermon Notes ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ ______________________________________ Petersville Church of Christ 3601 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL 35633 petersvillecoc.org - 256-766-9690 Year 38, Volume 8, Issue 1 The Little Burro John Killinger retells this story from Atlantic Monthly about the days of the great western cattle ranches. A little burro sometimes would be harnessed to a wild steed. Bucking and raging, convulsing like drunken sailors, the two would be turned loose like Laurel and Hardy to proceed out unto the dessert range. They could be seen disap- pearing over the horizon, the great steed dragging that little burro along and throwing him about like a bag of cream puffs. They might be gone for days, but eventually they would come back. The little burro would be seen first, trotting back across the horizon, leading the submissive steed in tow. Somewhere out there on the rim of the world, that steed would become exhausted from trying to get rid of the burro, and in that moment, the burro would take mastery and become the leader. And that’s the way it is with the kingdom and its heroes, isn’t it? The battle goes to the determined, not the outraged; to the committed, not to those who are merely dramatic (cf. Luke 21:19; Romans 12:21; Matthew 23:34). Applications: (1) Parent dealing with a rebellious teen (2) Spouse seeking to convert mate (3) Christian overcoming bad habit (4) Remaining faithful till death (Rev. 2:10) Some battles are just too important to lose! —Glad Tidings Good Things No Shortcut James A. Garfield, prior to serving as President of the United States, was president of Hiram College in Ohio. One day a father asked Garfield if there were a shortcut whereby his son could get through college in less than the usual four years. He wanted his son to get on with making mon- ey. The College president gave this reply: “Of course there is a way; it all de- pends on what you want your boy to do. When God wants to grow an oak tree He takes 100 years. When He wants to make a squash, He only takes two months. —Sermons.com newsletter
Transcript
Snow THOUGH MY SINS ARE LIKE SCARLET,
THEY SHALL BE
AS WHITE AS
ISAIAH 1:18
His Word for Your Life
2018 brings many new opportunities into your
life– commercials are telling you what to focus on
for the new year, how to get the ‘most’ out of it,
etc. We make resolutions and try to look for ways
to improve. The elders here have gone out of their
way to find opportunities for us to grow, and offer-
ing every family a devotional guide called “His
Word” is a big part of that.
Reading 1 chapter each weekday and the cor-
responding devotional in “His Word” will carry us
through the New Testament this year.
To help keep us on the same page (or pag-
Petersville Church of Christ Weekly Bulletin ~ January 7, 2018
es…), I would like to give you some things to look
Petersville Church of Christ 3601 Cloverdale Road, Florence, AL 35633
petersvillecoc.org - 256-766-9690
Year 38, Volume 8, Issue 1
The Little Burro
John Killinger retells this story from Atlantic Monthly about the days of the great western cattle ranches. A little burro sometimes would be harnessed to a wild steed. Bucking and raging, convulsing like drunken sailors, the two would be turned loose like Laurel and Hardy to proceed out unto the dessert range. They could be seen disap-pearing over the horizon, the great steed dragging that little burro along and throwing him about like a bag of cream puffs.
They might be gone for days, but eventually they would come back. The little burro would be seen first, trotting back across the horizon, leading the submissive steed in tow. Somewhere out there on the rim of the world, that steed would become exhausted from trying to get rid of the burro, and in that moment, the burro would take mastery and become the leader.
And that’s the way it is with the kingdom and its heroes, isn’t it? The battle goes to the determined, not the outraged; to the committed, not to those who are merely dramatic (cf. Luke 21:19; Romans 12:21; Matthew 23:34).
Applications:
(1) Parent dealing with a rebellious teen
(2) Spouse seeking to convert mate
(3) Christian overcoming bad habit
(4) Remaining faithful till death (Rev. 2:10)
Some battles are just too important to lose!
—Glad Tidings Good Things
No Shortcut James A. Garfield, prior to serving as President of the United States, was president of Hiram College in Ohio. One day a father asked Garfield if there were a shortcut whereby his son could get through college in less than the usual four years. He wanted his son to get on with making mon-ey.
The College president gave this reply: “Of course there is a way; it all de-pends on what you want your boy to do. When God wants to grow an oak tree He takes 100 years. When He wants to make a squash, He only takes
two months. —Sermons.com newsletter
Today’s Service January 7th, 2018
January Servants Ushers
Joe Maxwell, Dave Arny, Wade Strait
Lord’s Supper/Lock Up Jim Goldy
Power Point John O’Malley (Jan. 7th)
Aron Cole (14th)
Cards – Isaac Rivera
Nursery - Doris Staggs (AM) Kim Mays (PM)
Lord’s Supper Bread Amanda Rivera
Lord’s Supper Ministry Terry Oakley, Glenn Dupuy,
Adam Richardson
Zones On Call - January #1/#2 - Doris Staggs #3/#4 - Susie Strait
Greeters: Jim/Laurie Goldy (F)
Eric/Sarah Oakley (S)
Fold Bulletins (Jan 12th) Need Volunteer
Bus Drivers this Week Wade Strait (TODAY) Steve Tucker (Wed)
Wed. Song Leader (10th) Logan Richardson
Wed. Invitation (10th) Jim Goldy
Pray for our Sick Sue Behel - (staph infection in lungs, continued prayers) 118 Shelley Lane, Flo., 35633
Bobby Brewer (lungs); Sherry Davis; Katrenia Gruver;
Ruby Hanback (lungs); Lendon Jackson (dialysis); Ted
Pounders; David Morris, Randal Rhodes; Poncho Rive-
ra; Emmy Wood (RA)
Announcements
Green Oaks Service TODAY - at
1:30 p.m.
Outreach Team (Goldy) Receive
Assignments This Week!
Elders’ Deacons’, Preachers’
Meeting , TODAY - 4:15!
College Age/Young Adult Outing
TONIGHT—You will be going to
Zaxby’s after evening services to
eat. See Bradley Strait for details.
Men’s & Ladies’ Meeting TO-
NIGHT - After Evening Services!
Ladies’ Involvement - Ladies, please be praying for ways you can step up and help in the nu-merous outreach projects we do. There will be many opportunities in upcoming months to be of ser-vice. Also, make plans to be at the ladies’ meeting TONIGHT to discuss and make suggestions on ways we can help.
Children’s Bible Hour TONIGHT
Bible Hour continues tonight .
Teachers for the young ones:
Christy Smith, Courtney & Cidney
Patterson.
Tuesday Bible Class Continues
This Tuesday (2nd) - 10:00 a.m.
Ladies Prayer Meeting - will be
Tuesday night. It will be held here
at the building, 6:15 p.m.
Help with Zones/Lord’s Supper
Bread - Ladies’ if you can help
with this one month during the
year—sign up.
Changes for the Upcoming 2018
Membership Booklet - The first of
the year will be time again to re-
ceive an updated 2018 Member-
ship Book. If you have changes,
corrections, additions that need
to be made to the Red (2017)
Book, please be letting Susie
know!!
Need Help With Sound/
Powerpoint in the Back - Men or
Young Men, if you are interested
in helping with the worship ser-
vices—recording, running sound
and powerpoint, please see John
O’Malley.
Singing Services Moved to 2nd Sunday Night of the Month (14th) - More will be announced in the coming days.
Room In The Inn Upcoming - We will be heading up Room in the Inn again, January 18th. We will be feeding them supper and breakfast. More will come in the coming days.
Call to Worship
Elder Welcome ................................................. Terry Oakley
Scripture ......................................................... Michael Burns (Matthew 6:19-24)
Song Service ............................................... Jonathan Oakley
Song - (#831) “Let Me Live Close to Thee Each Day”
Song - (#585) “Lean on His Arm”
Prayer .......................................................... Charles Watkins Preside Lord’s Supper ........................................... Aron Cole
Servers: Louis McAdams, Todd Mays, Colby Mays, Carson May,
Brent May, Joe Maxwell Alt: Drew Burns/Dustin Burns
Song - (#745) - “Humble Yourself” Song - (#467) - “We Have An Anchor”
Message ................................................... Adam Richardson “You Are What You Love”
Invitation Song
Announcements .............................................. Terry Oakley
Join us for our 5:00 p.m. service. Adam’s lesson will be, “The Ministry of Jesus.” (Acts 1:1-2)
Youth News EU, CYC - Sign up for these greater Spiritual growth op-portunities See Dustin. (3rd payment due January 21st) EU is this weekend (12-14) Soul Food - Wednesday, Janu-ary 17th. Need host—see Dustin.
…
There will be a Wedding Tea
in honor of Mackenzie
Frederick and Drew Burns,
Sunday, January 14th, from
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Selections
are at Walmart and Target.
Responses
Larry Cross
Deepest Sympathy Deepest sympathy is ex-
pressed to Kathy Alexander, over the passing of her brother, Ray G. Darby .
