Elders Scott Cowan Pete Harry
Duane Moore Wesley Parker
Ed Staley John Wheeler
Minister
Terry Alan Jones
Associate Minister
Walter B. Edwards
Associate Minister Phil Dunn
Youth Minister Scott Wilson
Counselor
Ann Vander Linden
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Missionaries Ricardo Alvarado
Costa Rica Allan Lopez
Panama Dorian Flynn
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Worship 10:00 AM
Evening Worship
5:00 PM
Wednesday Services Ladies’ Bible Class
10:00 AM
Bible Class 6:30 PM
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Seeing Christ in Others We sing ‘let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me’ and we try to effec�vely preach that
‘you are the light of the world’ and that as such you should reflect the glory and image of
Christ in your life for others to see. This is so true and sums up one aspect of what I believe
that life is all about – for us, God’s people, to become more and more Christ like every day
that we live.
However, that is only one aspect of what life is about for us. Another and equally
important part of the Chris�an life is that we should be looking to see Jesus in everyone we
meet. This we are taught in Ma*hew 25:31-46 in the scene of the great judgment in which
people’s eternal des�ny is determined by how they did or did not show love to others be-
cause in either doing so or not doing so, they did or did not show love to Christ. I realize as
do you that this is not at all easy to do. If we are honest with ourselves, there are people
who annoy us, raise our blood pressure, make us angry, fill our hearts with malice; and when
we are dealing with them, it is really hard on us to look for or to see Jesus in them.
The Bible teaches that man is created in the image of God. This means that every
person, every single individual, who lives now or ever has or ever will live, carries something
of the image of Christ in them. It may be hard to see in some people, but it is there. When I
look, I need to look to see Jesus. While in jail for non-violent civil disobedience as part of the
Montgomery bus boyco*, Mar�n Luther King wrote his famous sermon “Loving Your Ene-
mies.” In it he says “we must recognize that the evil deed of the enemy-neighbor, the thing
that hurts, never quite expresses all that he is. An element of goodness may be found even
in our worst enemy…and evil in the best of us.” We tend to forget that last part, that there is
evil in the best of us, enough evil that without God’s love and forgiveness we all deserve to
be lost in Hell. I want to forget about or overlook my evil and focus on the evil of my enemy,
my agitator, my protagonist. Thus, I become blind to any goodness in them.
The truth is that we are all complex, fallible beings, capable of doing wrong to others
and to ourselves. Fear, pain, aliena�on, greed, lust, envy and many other sinful mo�ves
cause all of us from �me to �me to fall short of our best true selves. If we can realize this
about ourselves, perhaps we can take a step forward and realize this is true about the fail-
ures of others—even those failures that alienate us from them.
Much of the gospel is about the radical difference in how Jesus treated people com-
pared to how the Jewish leaders and even the disciples treated others. The adulterous wom-
an, the woman at the well, the sinful woman who anointed Jesus, Zacchaeus, the man born
blind, and many others are people who came into contact with Jesus and were treated with
grace and dignity rather than a judgmental aCtude. Why? The answer was in how Jesus
looked at them. As he said of Zacchaeus, “he, too, is a son of Abraham.” Jesus saw him as
created in his own image, a child of God. This is how we need to look at others because just
like us they are made in the image of God. Once we see others as “the enemy”, as
“worthless”, or as “deserving punishment”, then we become judges who also condemn our-
selves because we are deserving of the same. May God help us to see the beauty of Jesus in
everyone we meet.
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January 17th Lesson—Jesus Chooses 12 Apostles
January memory verse: "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again,
I say rejoice." Philippians 4:4.
Please begin working on the Quarterly Goal of memorizing the 12 apostles: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Phillip, Bar-tholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddeus, Simon &
Judas.
Sign up sheet to host devo�onals is
on the bulle�n board in the Wel-
come Center. Please put your
name on the list and Sco* will con-
tact you to schedule!
MARK YOUR
CALENDAR!! Camp
Reedy dates for
2016 will be June
26-30th! Plan now
to a,end this fun week!
Dinner with the Deacons—Evening of January 31st
This event will be held in the Southside Family Center
Spiritual Retreat at Lake Barkley—February 5-7th
Valen6ne Banquet—February 13th
Sunday, January 24th, Southside will have a prayer
breakfast beginning at 7:30 AM and conclude prior to
our Sunday School classes at 9 AM. Coffee and
doughnuts will be provided. Our men will be leading
prayer but please bring your en�re family.
Growth Groups will resume
mee�ng on February 14th.
If you are scheduled to serve during our worship services
and would like to receive a reminder on your cell phone,
please sign up using the informa6on below. You will
receive a text message reminder of your assignment.
Contribu6ons have been made to the Building Fund
in memory of Dr. Dennis Swain by Bill & Sandy
Cornell, Leslie and Bri,ney Carroll, Ann Shelton,
Sara Nell and Jared Payne, Darrel & Judy Tongate,
Raymond & Elain Perry, Growth Group 7, Arthur &
Beverly Thomson, and Adrian & Theresa Cannon
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Kim Wheeler remains at Chris�an Health Center and
is improving. Kenda Jones had a procedure to break
up a kidney stone last week but doctors could only
break up part of the stone and she will have another
procedure in the future. Joel Gardner is now at Chris-
�an Health Center and is undergoing rehab following a
stroke. Earl Webb is in therapy and under home
health care. Remember these also: Granville Adams,
Paul Arvin, Denny Audas, Violet Berkley, Perry Boren,
Walter Boyd, John Burman, Frances Chenoweth, G.A.
Church, Elvadean Dunn, Rosie East, Nancy Farmer,
Mike Finley, John David Foster, Raleigh Garre,, David
Graham, Todd Hayes, Liz Herndon, Ricky Hunt, Mar-
sha Kelly Kingrey, Tara King, Mary Lou Laster, Jean
Likens, Russell Mar6n, Veachel Mar6n, Be,y McLer-
ran, Doris Medeiros, Barbara Moore, David & Jan
Morrow, Dorothy Newcomb, Charles & DoAe O’Nan,
Junie Peterson, Be,y Brame Richardson, Ken & Ger-
aldine Simmons, Sco, Su,on, Nina Tuggle, June Ubel-
hor, and Earl Webb.
This week’s schedule:
Jan. 18—Exodus 1-3
Jan. 19—Exodus 4-6
Jan. 20—Exodus 7-9
Jan. 21—Exodus 10-12
Jan. 22—Exodus 13-15
Jan. 23—Exodus 16-18
Jan. 24—Exodus 19-21
We rejoiced last Sunday
morning with Trent Wells and
his family as he was bap�zed
into Christ. Trent is the son of
Gerame and Tressy. Be sure
and tell Trent and his family
how happy you are for him!
We are looking for dona�ons for prizes for our Valen�ne's
Day Banquet on February 13th.
If you have a small business or specialty and would like to
help, we would greatly appreciate it.
Anyone wishing to donate an item for a prize, please see
Jennifer Sco*. There is no prize too small!
We can also take cash dona�ons and we'll shop.
I am happy to report that brothers Wes Parker and
Tommy Brooks transported 425 banana boxes of
clothes and shoes to be shipped overseas to our mis-
sionary work in Africa. We (Southside) provided 325
boxes and our brethren at Li*le River added 100 box-
es. Brother Freddy Farmer is our source for boxes and
we appreciate all of you who gave of your bounty to
help others whom we will probably never meet.
Thanks for your generosity. Isn’t it wonderful to
share! A word of thanks to sister Cathy Knight who
also helps in this effort. God bless you who shared of
your bounty. Walter
Greeters for Today
Door 1 Jesse & Elsie Lancaster
Door 2 John & Sharon Lancaster
Door 3 David & Barbara Lassiter
Door 4 Carey & Heather Laster
Jake and Ben
Van Drivers Next Sunday, Jan. 24—Freddie
Sweeney—270-886-9503
Sunday, Jan. 31—Cary Lu*rull—
270-889-8841
If you need a ride, please call the
church office.
Southside Church of Christ
529 Country Club Lane
Hopkinsville KY 42240
Sunday Morning Worship
January 17, 2016
Song Director ............ .......... Paul Hos�lo
Prayer ....................... .......... Pete Harry
Prayer ........................ .......... Todd Perry
Scripture Reader ....... .......... Roy Staley
Speaker ..................... .......... Terry Alan Jones
Sermon Topic …… ...... ..........
Announcements ........ .......... John Lancaster
Dismissal Prayer ........ .......... Brian Oa*s
Teaching Children’s Worship – Taylor Gray
and Alden Gray
Helpers – Ben Laster and Connor Gary
Communion to Shut-Ins
Wes Parker and Tim Arvin
Sunday Evening Service Song Director ............ .......... Paul Hos�lo
Opening Prayer ......... .......... Wes Parker
Speaker ..................... .......... Phil Dunn
Sermon Topic… Soldiers, Athletes and Farmers
Dismissal Prayer ........ .......... Freddy Farmer
Canaan’s Kids — TBA
Wednesday Evening Prayer—1/20
Carey Laster
Sunday Morning Worship
January 24, 2016
Song Director ............. .......... Paul Hos�lo
Prayer ....................... .......... Duane Moore
Prayer ........................ .......... Mike Medeiros
Scripture Reader ........ .......... Roy Staley
Speaker ...................... .......... Terry Alan Jones
Sermon Topic …… ...... ..........
Announcements ........ .......... John Lancaster
Dismissal Prayer......... .......... Jimmy Stamps
Teaching Children’s Worship – Tyler & Liz
Perry
Helpers – Logan Sco* and Reagan Burgess
Communion to Shut-Ins
John Wheeler and Seldon Dixon
Sunday Evening Service Song Director ............. .......... Paul Hos�lo
Opening Prayer .......... .......... Pete Harry
Speaker ...................... .......... Terry Alan Jones
Sermon Topic……….
Dismissal Prayer......... .......... Ed Staley
Canaan’s Kids — TBA
Wednesday Evening Prayer—1/27
Roy Staley
Phone: 270-885-8392
Fax: 270-885-7615
Email: [email protected]
Qualified/
Disqualified
I have never qualified for anything that would compare to the Olympic Games. Through the
Welcome!
If you are visi�ng with us today please feel free to par�cipate. We will sing and pray to the Lord and express our
adora�on and thanksgiving for all the blessings He freely gives. We will have an offering this morning and we do not
want our visitors to feel obligated in any way. There is an infant nursery located through the double doors located to
the leW of the pulpit. The toddler nursery is located up the stairs in the foyer. A children’s worship is provided for
children ages 18 months through 4 on the second floor which will be announced during our service. Please turn your
cell phone ringers off during our service.
Birthdays Jeff Sisk Jan. 19
Beverly Fowler Jan. 19
Brian Hale Jan. 19
Caroline Noel Jan. 19
Dana Gary Jan. 20
Patricia Graham Jan. 22
Jonathan Thomas Jan. 22
Debbie Anderson Jan. 23
Luke Lu*rull Jan. 23
Mary Wilson Jan. 23
Ca�na Hale Jan. 25
Carla Oa*s Jan. 25
Ushers for January Foyer—David Lassiter, John Bruce and Bill Duvall
Side Door Greeters—Todd Perry and Tim Noel
Subs6tutes: Logan Sco*
Serve Communion in January
Preside John Wheeler Tim Bridges Tommy Brooks
Tyler Stallons Lester Buckner
Terry Dodson Robert Jones
Wayne Gray Cary Lu*rull
Ethan Noel Tucker Wells Subs6tutes: Tyler Perry and Logan Sco*
Nursery A,endants: Bobbie Aldridge and Teri Brooks
Baby Nursery A,endants: Janice Jones and Tammy Staley