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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
John Gallagher
Rick Glass
Sol Godwin
Skip McCurry
Doug Scruggs
Darnell Self
Jim Timmerman
MINISTERS
Richard Harp
Tim Shoemaker
Johnathan Johnson
PreparationofPrayer
Scripture:James1:5-8
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10:00AMService
Welcome
HereIAmtoWorship
Hallelujah,PraiseJehovah
OpeningPrayer
KennyRachal
709‘TisMidnight,andonOlive’sBrow
824I’llFlyAway
646TheLoveofGod
937IStandinAwe
LordSupper/Offering
JackTaggart
ScriptureReading
DonYoung
Sermon
674There’saGreatDayComing
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5:00PMService
Lord’sSupper/Offering
MikeMcGill
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BusDrivers
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WEBSITE
deerfootcoc.com
office@deerfootcoc.com
205-833-1400
8:00AMService
Welcome
961OnBendedKnee
122DearLordandFather
ofMankind
OpeningPrayer
RandyWilson
752WhenMyLovetoChrist
GrowsWeak
LordSupper/Offering
SolGodwin
541PrinceofPeace
70BeThouMyVision
627TheGlorylandWay
ScriptureReading
DerrellPepper
Sermon
67BringChristYourBrokenLife
BaptismalGarmentsfor
September
MaryHarp
ElderDownFront
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8AMDarnellSelf
10AMDougScruggs
5PMJimTimmerman
When Doubt Waves
As a boy, I lived in New Zealand until age seven. We stayed within a mile or so of the
beach and traveled there often. My sisters and I would dig for pippies (small mussels) for our
lunch and climb into the rock pools to find creatures the tide left for us to discover. The sea
anemones lined these volcanic rock aquariums and always left us in wonder of the vast ocean.
Our family had a chance to visit the beach recently. I got to watch my boys (ages 6 and
4) experience the ocean for the first time. On a very calm day, we played a game in the surf
called “Crack the Egg.” We sat with our legs crossed on the shore line holding our feet. The first
to let go and succumb to the waves “cracks” the egg. The boys and I were jostled every time even
the smallest surge crashed into us. We had a blast and laughed at every topsy-turvy position the
tide left us in. It made me see just how vulnerable and weak we are in the broad scheme of things.
I sat holding my feet while the waves did what they wanted with the rest of me. We rolled and
tumbled in every direction.
This is a great reminder of when doubt waves.
James tells persecuted Christians “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who
gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. But let him ask in faith, with
no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the
wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a dou-
ble-minded man, unstable in all his ways” (James 1:5-8).
One in doubt experiences the same elements as one sitting in the sea. The foundation is
sand, and a person with this foundation cannot stand when the waves hit. Jesus explains this at
the end of His powerful and sobering sermon on the mountain.
“Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish
man who built his house on the sand. And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew
and beat against that house, and it fell, and great was the fall of it” (Matthew 7:26-27).
When experiencing doubt, do everything you can to journey away from the sand and
onto the Rock of our Lord Jesus. There, you are sure to find solid footing and are a lot less likely
to crack under pressure.
How do we stand on the solid rock as opposed to sand? By hearing His words and obey-
ing, especially when doubt waves.
A Note from the Harp

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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
August 29, 2018
Chicken Fingers, Macaroni and Cheese, Green Beans,
Carrots, Rolls, Drinks and cobbler
Weekly Purpose:
$16,138.00
Contribution
$ 15,627.00
Contribution YTD:
$538,202.00
Purpose YTD:
$516,416.00
Average Weekly YTD:
$16,819.00
Mission Sunday:
$83,152.00
Week 33
Prayers
Nancy Clements
Jean Dickerson
Graydena Dillbeck
Libby Edgeworth
Ron Fields
Audrey Gammage
Marion George
Kim Green
Roy Hayes
Jim Holcomb
Randy Johnson
Christi Key
Lucille Large
Frances Love
Glenn May
June Moore
Bobbie Naish
Ruby Norris
Lori Parker
Anne Powell
Sue Rawls
Melton & Pat Robertson
Connie Scruggs
Eric Stark
George Shoemaker
Buddy Summers
Gloria Summers
Nell Thomas
Johnny Tucker
Barbara Whisenhunt
Billy White
Hazel Zimmerle
Friends & Family
Charlie Wagner ( uncle of Connie
Scruggs)
Yvonne O’Brien ( mother of Connie
Scruggs)
Shirley Bradshaw ( Jeannie Kelly’s
mother)
William Hodges ( Father of Rhonda
Hodges
Joe Frost ( Cousin of Rhonda Hodges)
Timothy Zimmerle ( Son of Hazel
Zimmerle)
Virginia Count ( Mother of Leslie Tatum)
Ben Hubbart ( bro-in-law of Jim William-
son
Sawyer Payne ( 7 yr. old friend of Sherita
Bitten)
Martha Simmons ( Rene Lowery’s
Mother)
Louise Self ( Mother of Darnell Self)
Sheryl Martin ( Cousin of Freida Galla-
gher )
Jared Hunt ( Former Member)
Brianna Bulger (Sue Adam’s niece)
Dennis Zak (Charlie Chaney’s Bro-in-
Law)
Jerry Shea (Charlie Chaney’s nephew)
Tommy Shea (Charlie Chaney’s Bro-in-
law)
Marie Simrell (Lon Thomas’ sister )
Harold White (Bro-in-law of Janet Snow
& Pam Stringfellow)
Diedra Fields Sanderson (daughter of
Ron & Barbara Fields)
Kathy Roy (daughter of Sol & Ellen)
Peggy Chaney (Sis-in-law of Charlie
Chaney)
Betty Trull (sister of Sandra Singer & Sue
Rawls)
Rachelle Taylor (Grand daughter -in-law of
Mona Jenkins)
Lucas Adkinson (Grandson of Billie & Mark
Adkinson)
Jason Smith (Former Member)
Leroy & Jean Owens (Parents of Jill Wil-
liams)
Jean Smith ( Lisa Powell’s Mother)
Faye Powell (Ray’s mother)
Our Honored Guests 8–19- 2018
In Town: Devon Bronson, Pauline Macklin, Judy Mixon, Delvert &
Jenee Wilson
Out of Town: Devon Bronson, Pauline Macklin
PANTRY ITEMS:
Canned Meats
Please no boxed items
Hospital / Rehab List
Glenn May-Diversicare of Bessemer
Lori Parker– Recovering at home
Melton & Pat Robertson – recovering at home
Donna Shoemaker– no visitors
Joyce Taggart—had a arteriogram
Johnny Tucker– had tests
Tim Shoemaker
ATTENDANCE FOR AUGUST 19, 2018
AM 389 PM 202
Upcoming Events for the Youth
TONIGHT
Youth & Parent meeting Tonight,
after 5 pm service
A Mountain Top Moment – Part 2
The challenge to the prophets of Baal was
made. A true test was needed and such a test was
a rare thing indeed. When Jesus was tried by Satan
to cast Himself off the pinnacle of the temple He
replied, “It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt
the Lord thy God” (Mt. 4:7). The word
“tempt” (ekpeiraseis) is an intensive form meaning
“to try, or, put to trial, or, proof”. It may have
seemed that the question was already answered.
After all there were 450 prophets of Baal and only
one prophet of Jehovah. However truth is not deter-
mined by counting noses. This would be a test of
both Jehovah and Baal. Each side would be given a
bullock to prepare and each would be given the op-
portunity to call upon their God to see which one
would respond. “And all the people answered
and said, ‘That is a good idea.’”(1 Kgs.18:24b
NASB). Elijah allowed the prophets of Baal to go
first. When there was no response by noon, Elijah
began to mock them, and the prophets of Baal be-
gan to cut themselves so that their blood flowed
freely, but there was no answer.
Then Elijah took his turn. He repaired the altar
of God that had been torn down! There had been
an altar there that was called, even by the hea-
thens, “the altar of Carmel”. This was possibly built
in the time of the judges though some of the rabbis
believed it was built by Saul. Elijah then built a
trench around the altar, laid wood on the altar and
then the bullock, cut in several pieces, was placed
on top of the wood. Next he had water from four
barrels poured over the sacrifice. This was done
three times so that the sacrifice was soaked and the
excess water ran off and filled the trench.
The question is, “Why this use of water?” It
was not used by the prophets of Baal on their bul-
lock. Possibly this was done so there could be no
doubt that this was the act of God in sending fire to
consume it all. Some have pointed out that the
practice of some of the heathen priests was to con-
ceal an opening where a fire was kept to ignite their
sacrifices. The pouring of all this water prevented
any such possibility.
Then Elijah prayed. He prayed for God to an-
swer by fire that the people might know that the
Lord was God and that Elijah was His prophet. The
fire of God then fell and consumed the burnt offer-
ing, the wood, the stones, the dust and the water in
the trench. Evidence has thus been given to prove
beyond a shadow of a doubt that Jehovah is God! It
was the evidence that all had agreed upon in ad-
vance. Immediately the people fell upon their faces
crying, “The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is
God.” With the contest settled, Elijah calls for obe-
dience to God’s will.
-to be continued
CHURCH PICNIC
September 15
10 AM-2 PM
@ Deerfoot, bring your
favorite desserts
and lawn chairs
September Events
Sept. 3 Labor Day– Office closed
Sept. 11- CIA begins– Lunch
Sept. 15– Church Wide Picnic
Sept. 16– Deacons Meeting
Sept. 23– Lads to Leaders Kickoff
Sept. 30 - David Shannon –Speaking
At 5 PM
DEACONS MEETING
Today
4 pm in the Deaf Classroom
SYMPATHY
To the family of Bob (Linda) Carter at
the passing of his brother, Bill Carter.
He lived in Texas.
New Deacons
Please join us at the 5 pm service
as we install four new men as
Deacons:
Johnathan (Nia) Johnson
Mike (Andrea) Neal
Yoshio (Karen) Sugita
Phillip (Charlotte ) Van Horn
The Elders encourage everyone to
come back tonight and join in
support of these four men as new
deacons.
SAVE THE DATE
September 11, 2018
9:30 AM—11 AM
WEE FOLKS
Will start back on
September 9
5 pm
Please carefully watch for children
in the parking lot.
Wednesday Night Class
Our regular classes will resume on
August 29
Labor Day
The office will be closed on
Labor Day. Have a safe holiday.