Sunday Worship 10:30 AM 6:00 PM Bible Study Sunday 9:30 AM Wednesday 7:00 PM 505 San Angelo Street, Midland, Texas 79701 (432) 682-8653 website: nachurch.org e-mail: [email protected]Vol. 21, No. 41, October 11, 2015 ELDERS Don Boles Lyn Fite Jimmie Rhoads Less Roland Jeff Wickham DEACONS Jim Gray Greg McClellan Glenn Neimeyer MINISTER Greg Fleming MISSION Lalo & Jamie Rocha MEXICO CITY DAYSPRING SCHOOL Faye Stringer DIRECTOR SECRETARIES Tammy Porter Betty Smith ATTENTION Wednesday Morning Ladies Bible Class The potluck luncheon has been canceled. Lift your spirits... listen to the joyful sound of North A’s 85th celebration on our website at nachurch.org.
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Sunday Worship 10:30 AM 6:00 PM Bible Study Sunday 9:30 AM Wednesday 7:00 PM
505 San Angelo Street, Midland, Texas 79701 (432) 682-8653
Kathryn Jackson, Helen Jackson’s daughter, difficult times
Ruthie Laughery, health
June Lawson, health & recent passing of her son
Mauricio Luna, stage 4 cancer-chemo
Ann Martin, health
Jeanette Mason, Brenda Gray’s mother, health
Mike & Peggy Matherly, health
Wesley Meeks - death of cousin, Sherron - ulcer
Sandra Miller, knee
Faye Nixon, health
Vi Owens, health
Florene Pace, health
Nancy Penney, health
Maxcine Rowch, Cimarron House #126
Jan Smith, health Evelyn Stewart, health & recent passing of her husband Lloyd Thomas, health & build strength Nora Thornhill, home rehab Red Weiss, health - rehab at home
Vera Zachry, health
Lucy Zarate, respiratory problems
Family and Friends
Zelma Boles, mother of Don Boles, small heart attack Daniel Cardwell, son of former North “A” member Deniece Schuette, melanoma Dale Connally, brother of Joe Connally, stem cell treatment Houston
Clinton Davis, health & recent passing of his wife
Gregg Dodd, Ruth Dodd’s son, severe pain
Dudley Family, the passing of Wandalene Dudley
Bud Fletcher, son of the Wickham’s, chronic foot problems
Caren Harris, friend of Peggy Matherly, tumor - MD Anderson
Margaret Hedges, friend of Barbara Harris, knee replacement
Glenn Hibbens, former North A elder, Alzheimer-hospice
Holder Family, the passing of Jill Holder
The Howells, friends of Ruthie Laughery, Parkinson’s & lung disease
David Jezek, Sandra Miller’s friend, health
Lanny Lacy, uncle of Carole Lacy, stroke & back surgery-rehab
Carolyn Lysinger, daughter of Hoppy Hopkins, cancer
Walter McClure, friend of Joann Fleming & Kamela Morgan, chemo
Lou Ann Moore, sister-in-law of Cindy Fleming, cancer
Lisa Neimeyer, strength in trials
Donna Pless, friend of the Wickham’s, stage 3 kidney disease
Donna Ratliff, Carole Lacy’s friend, MS
Claudette Sharp, aunt of Ruthie Laughery, cancer
Audrey Sloan, Nita Holland’s niece, lymphoma
Jefferson Smith, father of Karan Deeds, health
Louise Smyres, former NA member, health
Mike Spicer, GayNell Hopkins’s brother, cancer
Barret Stanley, grandson of Nora Thornhill, health
Corey Stickland, nephew of Barbara Harris, lymphoma-chemo
Scott Townson, Glenn Neimeyer’s brother-in-law, ALS
Scott Turner, co-worker of Sherron Meeks, cancer
Shirley Wisdom, mother of Sheila Hernandez, hospice care
Jim Womack, Jeanette Porter’s son, Behcets
continued thanksgiving & petitions for rain
MISSION
continued prayers for the Rocha Family in Mexico City
We are collecting Little Debbie
snacks for Monday Lunch.
If you would like to donate
coins to the Foster’s Home for
Children please pick up a coin
can in the foyer.
The church office will be
closed October 12th.
Psalm 133 Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! It is like the dew of Hermon, which falls on the mountains of Zion! For there the LORD has commanded the blessing, life forevermore. "Joy" is the best single word description that I can offer regarding last Lord's Day when we celebrated this congregation's 85th year of existence. It was so good to have Clinton Davis with us, who served among the North "A" congregation for sixteen years from the 1960's through the early 1980's, and to have him lead our worship in song on Sunday morning and then to lead more songs in the singing celebration that afternoon. Clinton told me on Monday that this past weekend was the first time that he has led singing since the passing of his beloved wife, Marcella, but that the experience of leading singing last Sunday and then at the funeral for Jill Holder the next day helped prepare him to begin leading singing again in his home congregation.
Something over 300 sisters and brothers were in attendance for the singing celebration at 5:00 o'clock last Sunday afternoon, and we offered praise to God with great joy and enthusiasm. Among the congregations represented at this assembly were Eastside, Fairmont Park, Gardendale, Golf Course Road, Lee Street, Main Street, One Hope, and Westside. Seventeen or eighteen song leaders from the various congregations led us in singing more than thirty hymns -- thanks are due to Jeff Wickham for doing a great job in organizing this. And several others moved and set up extra chairs and set out hymnals on Saturday and Sunday. By the way, we were able to record the singing service and it is available for you to hear on the North "A" web page: http://nachurch.org/listen Thanks are due to Donna Campbell first for suggesting that we have a reception after the singing and for taking the lead in planning it. Then many others took up the challenge of decorating the Service Building and pre-paring refreshments. I would estimate that about half of those in attendance for the singing also participated in this time of joyful fellowship.
Looking back to … 1978 (summary by Aileen Oakes)
Elders Deacons Preachers Thane Akins Greg Akins Dean Foshee Clinton Davis Jake Arnold Frank Bartlett Lowell Fuller Steve Smith Ross Dawkins J.W. Baulch Mark Gower Bill Walker Gene Gaultney Layne Bearden Joe Holder Sam Logan Hal Belvins Amos Palma Jimmie Rhoads Frank Blount Loyd Peek Leonard Sparks Ray Chappelle Doyce Penney Ed Stewart Don Craig Ron Rice Harvey Strickland Walter Dodd John Schmidt Frank Farmer George Vardas
January … Bryan Bost, a missionary supported by North “A” in Sao Paulo, Brazil, preaches on a Sunday morning; Bill and Oza Walker leave for India with plans to return in early March
February … news comes the 15th of the sudden death of Oza Walker while in India, her funeral service is conducted in Midland by Ross Dawkins, Thane Akins, and Clinton Davis; after his wife’s funeral Bill Walker states: “My beloved brethren, in the midst of my sorrow my heart overflows in praise and thanksgiving to God for the joy of hope and to you, His people, for the greatness of your love.”
March … the Lubbock Christian College Associates hold a bake sale at Dellwood Mall to raise funds for a memorial project at the college honoring Oza Walker; Al Pickering preaches on a Sunday evening
April … Skeeter Underwood and Carole Lacy are sponsors for 13 teens who travel to San Angelo for a youth rally; Mark Gower resigns as a deacons; additional elders and deacons are being selected; the LCC
Associates hold their annual Style Show in the Service Building featuring fashions from Grammer-Murphy; Midland Christian School honors a longtime North “A” elder, W. F. Hejl, by naming a new part of their building in his memory
May … Grant Standefer graduates Summa Cum Laude from Lubbock Christian College; Wendell Winkler, evangelist for the Brown Trail congregation in Bedford, Texas, preaches a Gospel Meeting; nine teens graduate from high school; Gene Gaultney, Sam Logan, and Leonard Sparks are ordained as elders and Greg Akins, Frank Bartlett, Don Craig, Dean Foshee, and John Schmidt are ordained as deacons
June … several North “A” adults and teens travel to Franklin, Pennsylvania, for an evangelistic campaign; Connie Hart and Kent Gaultney marry
July … Frank Bartlett and George Vardas oversee having the parking lot seal coated; Ross Dawkins, who has served as an elder since 1959, moves to Arlington, Texas
August … a special collection is taken to help victims of flooding in Medina, Kerrville, and Bandera; Bill Walker’s resignation as preaching minister is regretfully accepted by the elders; Iva Hall and Bill Walker are united in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gene Gaultney
September … Operation Pick-up will no longer involve collecting
canned food donations, instead money from a monthly special collection
will be given to children’s homes so that they can purchase canned goods; Dr. Robert Hawkins, Director of Counseling and Guidance at Midland College, begins offering counseling at the church building; Bill
Walker accepts an invitation to work with the Proctor Street congregation
in Port Arthur, Texas
October … Doug Rohre agrees to leave the Crestview congregation in Waco to preach at North “A”
November … Gene Gaultney resigns as an elder; the Cherry Lane congregation has three baptisms and fifteen restorations during their Gospel Meeting
December … Foy and Betty Smith are identified as members; Dean Foshee resigns from service as a deacon
