June 4, 2017
Greeters6–4-2017
IMPACTGROUP1
DEERFOOT
NOTES
WELCOME TO THE
DEERFOOT
CONGREGATION
We want to extend a warm wel-
come to any guests that have come
our way today. We hope that you
enjoy our worship. If you have
any thoughts or questions about
any part of our services, feel free
to contact the elders at
elders@deerfootcoc.com
CHURCH INFORMATION
5348 Old Springville Road
Pinson, AL 35126
205-833-1400
www.deerfootcoc.com
office@deerfootcoc.com
SERVICE TIMES
Sundays:
Worship 8:00 AM
Worship 10:00 AM
Bible Class 5:00 PM
Wednesdays: 7:00 PM
SHEPHERDS
Ron Cobb
John Gallagher
Rick Glass
Sol Godwin
Merrill Mann
Skip McCurry
Darnell Self
Jim Timmerman
MINISTERS
Johnathan Johnson
Ray Powell
Tim Shoemaker
UnderstandingtheCross
(Mt.27:33-37)
Intro:
A.SomeBritishsoldiersstationedinIndiawerecalleduponto
carryouttheexecutionofaconvictednative.
B.ThesesoldierswereliketheRomansoldierswhoexecuted
Jesus.
I.TheCrossofChristWasinthePlanofGod__________________.
A.Isa.53:12.
1.Gen.3:15;Psa.22:18,16.
3.Rev.13:8–
B.JesusmentionedHisdeathnofewerthan__________timesinthe
bookofMatthew.
1.Mt.9:15;Mt.16:21.
2.Mt.17:22,23.
4.Mt.20:17,18.
5.Mt.26:12,21.
II.TheCrossofJesusWasthe_____________________________.
A.Someseethecrossasoneof__________________thatGodhad
forsavingman.
1.PerhapsthisisduetoamisunderstandingofGod’s
abilitytodoanything(Mk.10:27).
2.GodcannotviolateHisnature(Heb.6:18).
B.TosaythatGodcouldsavemankindbymeansotherthanthe
deathofJesusistomakeGodasa____________.
1.Mt.26:39.
2.ThefactthatJesuswasnotdeliveredisevidencethatit
wasnotpossibletosavemanexceptbythecrossof
Christ.
III.TheDeathofJesusontheCross________________________!
A.Jesus’deathwasa________________forourdeath.
1.Vicarious–“intheplaceof.”
2.Itwasforeshadowedinalltheanimalsacrifices.
3.IPeter3:18.
B.Hisdeathwasto_____________usfromsin.
1.Lev.25:47-49.
2.Mt.20:28.
3.ITim.2:6.
Conclusion:
A.ExampleofDavidWebster,ECo.101st
Airborne.
B.Jesusdiedforeachofus.ArewelivingforHim?
10:00AMService
Welcome
951Majesty
531PraisetheLord
528PraiseGodWhomAllBlessingsFlows
488OPraisetheLord
OpeningPrayer
MichaelDykes
735WhataSavior
Lord’sSupper/Offering
MiltonChandler
234HigherGround
884TeachMeLordtoWait
523OurGod,HeisAlive
ScriptureReading
RichardSinard
337IsThyHeartRightwithGod?
Sermon
Nursery
Maxine&DerrickLogan
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5:00PMService
DennisWashington
DOMforJune
Townley,Wilson,Collins
BusDrivers
June4DavidSkelton541-5226
June11MarkAdkinson790-8034
WEBSITE
deerfootcoc.com
office@deerfootcoc.com
205-833-1400
8:00AMService
Welcome
951Majesty
531PraisetheLord
528PraiseGodfromWhomAll
BlessingFlow
488OPraisetheLord
OpeningPrayer
DavidHayes
735WhataSavior
LordSupper/Offering
JohnathanJohnson
234HigherGround
884TeachMeLordToWait
523OurGod,HeisAlive
Scripture
DerrellPepper
Sermon
337IsThyHeartRightwith
God?
Nursery
Dawn&BriannaCouch
ElderoftheWeek
8AMDarnellSelf
10AMRickGlass
5PMSkipMcCurry
BaptismalGarmentsfor
June
RebekahGray/RubyNorris
VBS
ADULT
SPEAKERS
Please invite your friends and neighbors
Classes for all ages, infants to adults
We are in need of lots of cookies, goldfish, and juice boxes.
Please leave these in the fellowship hall.
SUNDAY NIGHT—PAUL WINDHAM
MONDAY NIGHT—DENNIS WASHINGTON
TUESDAY NIGHT- GREG MOORE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT—SKIP McCURRY
DINNER EACH NIGHT AT 5:30 PM, $2 PER PERSON
6:30 PM EVERYONE MEET IN THE AUDITORIUM
7:00 PM BREAK FOR CLASSES
8:00 PM CLASSES END AND MEET BACK IN THE AUDITORIUM
WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL BE OUR ICE CREAM SOCIAL
PLEASE BRING HOMEMADE OR YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM

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
June 7
Hamburgers, Baked Beans, Chips, Dessert and Drinks
Weekly Purpose:
$18,019.00
Contribution
$16,679.00
Contribution YTD:
$398,776.00
Purpose YTD:
$378,399.00
Average Weekly YTD:
$18,989.00
Mission Sunday:
$91,719.00
(Week 21)
Prayers
Carla Allison
Faye Bradford
Steve & Nancy Brown
Charlie Chaney
Ed & June Cooper
Dot Davison
Jackie Davidson
Jean Dickerson
Graydena Dillbeck
Libby Edgeworth
Ron Ellis
Marion George
Beth Goodwin
Susan Goodwin
Kim Green
Annie Ivey
Randy Johnson
Lucille Large
Frances Love
Glenn May
June Moore
Bobbie Naish
Ruby Norris
Helen Richards
Judy Roeder
Brown Rogers
Anne Powell
George Shoemaker
Bill Sims
Buddy Summers
Gloria Summers
Mary Thomas
Robert Thorne
Billy White
Friends & Family
Lucas McGrady ( Friend of Tonya
Hayes)
Alyia Brown (16 yr. old Neighbor of
Merrill & Sandra Mann)
Catherine Southhall ( Sister of Linda
Norwood)
Joe Norwood ( Brother of Linda Nor-
wood)
Charles Murrell ( Cousin of Ellen
Godwin)
Mallory Sherwood ( Granddaughter of
Bunny Durham)
Rita Wolford ( Mary Fricke’s mother)
Paulette Thomas ( sister of Vannessa
Powell )
Pansy Beachman ( Sister of Doreen
Pepper)
Tom Scarborough (Friend of Martha
Lybrand
Terri Hughes (Heather Dykes’ Mother)
Lucas Adkinson (Grandson of Billie &
Mark Adkinson)
Al Joynes (Father of Kathy Crawford)
Pauline Macklin (Mother of Frank Mont-
gomery)
Jan O’Brien (Connie Scruggs sis-in-law)
Christine Carter and Rose Carter
(cousins of Ron Cobb & Robin Spitzley)
Bob Plunk (Bro-in-Law of Donna Shoe-
maker)
Anne Cunningham (Sis-in-law of Patricia
Putnam)
Jill Vann (Friend of Fran Chaney)
Marie Wheeler (Friend of Leanne Singer)
Gary Kelley (father of Scott Kelly)
Jason Smith (Former Member)
Leroy & Jean Owens (Parents of Jill
Williams)
Tony Crumbley (former member )
Bobby Fuller (Mike McGill & Judy Mixon’s
uncle ),
Faye Powell (Ray’s mother)
****Our prayer list is updated monthly.
833-1400.
Our Honored Guests 5 / 28 / 2017
In Town: James & Mary Mabry, Pauline Mackilin
Out of Town: Helen Jones, Ardie Stanton, Lane York
PANTRY ITEMS:
Canned Soup & Stews,
Peanut Butter and Jelly
Hospital List
Faye Bradford — Rehad.
Kim Green– Recovering at Mary Lou Shoemaker
Ms. Randy Johnson—Grandview. rm 501 sicu
Brown Rogers –UAB
Nell Thomas—St. Vin. E
Tim Shoemaker
ATTENDANCE FOR MAY 28, 2017
AM 395 PM 207
Upcoming Events for the Youth
June 4-7 VBS
June 9 Girls & Guys Retreat
June 16-24 Youth Campaign -Tampa, Fl.
July 9-14 Maywood Christian Camp
July 21-23 Aimcon Faulkner University
July 27-29 Local Campaign
July 29-August 2 Deerfoot Gospel Meeting
Learning to Be Content
Being contented is a worthy goal in life but one that
seems harder and harder for some to reach. In his letter to the
church at Philippi the apostle Paul wrote concerning the joy at
having recently received from the church their care for him.
They had supported Paul in the past as he acknowledge saying,
“Now you Philippians know also that in the beginning of
the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church
shared with me concerning giving and receiving but you
only. 16 For even in Thessalonica you sent aid once and
again for my necessities” (Phil. 4:15, 16). For some reason
they had not been sending that support recently. They had
wanted to help but they lacked the opportunity to do so. Such a
lack of opportunity might because of a variety of reasons. Per-
haps they did not have the funds to send. We know that they
had sent support to the poor saints in Jerusalem. This was a
special need that needed to be met. Philippi was one of those
churches in Macedonia that begged Paul to allow them to par-
ticipate in that giving to the poor saints in Jerusalem (II Cor. 8:1
-5). Their lack of opportunity may have been due to not
having anyone to carry their gift to Paul. They may not have
known where Paul was and thus were not able to deliver their
support to him. But now that they have been able to send the
support, Paul expresses his joy for their renewed support. But in
doing so he is very careful not to hurt their feelings. He does not
want them to think that Paul is in any way upset with
their not having helped him in some time. So Paul says, “Not
that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in what-
soever state I am, therewith to be content” (Phil. 4:12).
What does It mean to be content? The word that Paul
used is autarkies which means to be “entirely self-sufficient.”
Some believe that Paul was taking a clue from the Stoic phi-
losophers, who were very active in their teaching during the
time of Paul. We know that Paul had some encounter with them
when he was in Athens. Luke tell us in Acts 17:18, “Then cer-
tain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks,
encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler
say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange
gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the res-
urrection.”
The Stoic philosophers attempted to reach that stage
of self sufficiency by getting rid of all desires and all emotions.
They believed that if one could limit their desires, then they
could be contented in life. Much of our discontent is because we
don’t always have or get what we want. Some years ago, there
was a story in U.S. News and World Report that I believe is
probably just as relevant today as it was then. The story was
about the so-called “American Dream.” I guess that would in-
clude owning your own home, and having all your needs met for
sure, but also having enough to do all the things you really
wanted to do, and have all the things you really wanted to have.
The story said that for Americans with household incomes of
under $25,000, polls showed these people believed it would
take $54,000 to fulfill the American dream in their lives. The
same survey also showed that for those who make $100,000,
they’d like to make about $192,000 for their version of the
American dream. In other words, the American Dream usually
lies nearly twice the distance away, at least financially.
Now the Stoic philosophers would tell us that we need
to train ourselves to the point that we no longer want those
things. The Stoics thought to control their emotions by begin-
ning with little things and learning not to be upset if anything
happened to it. Barclay: “If you break your favorite vase, you
say, ‘I don’t care.’ You do this with other things that are
important to you until finally you can get to the point
where the person dearest to you can die and you can say, ‘I
don’t care.’” However, this is not how Paul achieved this con-
tentment in his life.
-to be continued
SINGING
6-9 Dianna Singing—TN
6-10 Spring Valley Church of Christ
6-16 Collinsville Church of Christ
6-23 Oxford Church of Christ
CONGRATULATIONS
Will Wren & Joy Long
They were married on Friday June 2, 2017
Wedding shower will be June 25, 2017
2-4 pm in the fellowship hall
Everyone is invited
They will be registered at Bed, Bath &
Beyond, and Target.
THANK YOU
Dear Secret Sister,
Many Thanks to my sweet sister. You are so kind
& Thoughtful to remember me at Easter and
Mother’s Day. Love my gifts and also the cards
sent of the little old ladies. Appreciate that!
In Christian Love,
Sue Nordgren
GOLF TOURNAMENT
June 22
Limestone Spring
Oneonta, AL
Information in the foyer
VBS DINNERS
5:30 PM
Monday– Hot Dogs, Chips,
Pickles, Cookies, and Drinks
Tuesday-Spaghetti and meat-
balls, Garlic Bread, Salad,
Dessert and Drinks
Wednesday– Hamburgers,
Baked Beans, Chips, Dessert and
Drinks
Please sign up in the foyer
$2 PER PERSON
Sympathy
Diane Fisher and Family at the passing
of her Brother-in-Law, Edovard
Bruchac. His funeral was Thursday in
Oneonta.
To the family of Lindy Hale, at the
passing of her father, Sam Cobb. His
funeral was Wednesday at Bridgeport
Church of Christ.
Girls/Guys Youth Retreat Six Flags
Cost $35 June 9, 2017
Please sign up in the foyer
Ladies Time Out
Monday, June 12
10AM-12 NOON
At the home of Patt Wills
Please bring your favorite finger food
and drinks. All ladies are invited.