Weekly bulletin 10 28 2018

1. October 28, 2018
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WELCOME TO THE
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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
MINISTERS
Richard Harp
Tim Shoemaker
Johnathan Johnson
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10:00AMService
Welcome
OpeningPrayer
AncelNorris
LordSupper/Offering
DennisWashington
ScriptureReading
SteveMaynard
Sermon
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5:00PMService
Lord’sSupper/Offering
DavidSkelton
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8:00AMService
Welcome
OpeningPrayer
PaulWindham
LordSupper/Offering
AlanEngland
ScriptureReading
JackSelf
Sermon
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October
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8AMGallagher
10AMMcCurry
5PMSelf There is No Good Without God
To be good is something we all strive to do in our own way. Everyone has the capacity for good
— no one is all bad. Everyone also has the capacity for bad — no one is all good. This compare and con-
trast of bad and good can find its origin in the beginning of time.
“The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And
the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree
of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely
die” (Genesis 2:15-17).
Was humankind’s first experience of good introduced through the eating of the forbidden tree?
Did good exist before then? Good was a result of God’s creation in the beginning, not man’s sin. Good is
mentioned fourteen times in the first three chapters of Genesis. In eleven of those verses, “God” and
“Good” are together. In fact, there is no good without God. You cannot even spell the word Good without
God.
Jesus Himself reserved good for God. “And, behold, one came and said to Him (Jesus), Good
Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said to him, “Why do you call me
good? There is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the command-
ments” (Matt 19:16,17). Jesus is implying that the man has placed Him on the level of God. This may be a
test to see if the man truly meant to do so. James, the Lord’s brother, reserved good for God. “Every good
gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no
variation or shadow due to change. Of his own will he brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should
be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures” (James 1:17,18). Here James is comparing the word of truth to the
good gift of God that came down. It was Jesus, His Son. Through Him, we are His first-fruits. We are the
first-fruits, since God created the church through His Son. If, as Christians, we are God’s first fruits, then
we must know that God sees us as good.
When God created His first fruit in Eden, we know His response. “The earth brought forth vege-
tation, plants yielding seed according to their own kinds, and trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each
according to its kind. And God saw that it was good” (Gen 1:12). When God finally cre-
ated man, it was the only time He added something to the good that He had previously created. “And God
saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was
morning, the sixth day (Gen 1:31). In God’s eyes, mankind was the final part to the creation, making it
very good. When God sees you and I becoming a part of His first-fruits, the church, we can infer that it is
very good in His eyes. Is the church good in your eyes? When we strive to follow God’s instruction and
obey His commands, the result is very good.
Are you a part of the good that God has provided you through His Son, through the church?
There is no good without God. -A Note From the Harp

2. 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
October 31, 2018
Baked Potato Bar, Salad Bar, Drinks and Dessert Bar
Weekly Purpose:
$16,138.00
Contribution
$ 15,067.00
Contribution YTD:
$666,681.00
Purpose YTD:
$661,658.00
Average Weekly YTD:
$16,260.00.00
Mission Sunday:
$83,152.00
Week 41
Prayers
Stephanie Theoret
Vera Bonner
Nancy Clements
Jean Dickerson
Graydena Dillbeck
Libby Edgeworth
Ron Fields
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
Melton & Pat Robertson
Connie Scruggs
George Shoemaker
Buddy Summers
Gloria Summers
Nell Thomas
Johnny Tucker
Barbara Whisenhunt
Billy White
Maxine Wilson
Hazel Zimmerle
Friends & Family
Shirley Family (friends of Montgomerys)
Jennifer Cather (daughter of Dangars)
Melody Belle ( Friend of Robin Spitzley)
Deran Reno ( Bro-in-law of Debra
Dominic)
Greg Price ( Cousin of Rhonda Hodges)
Ryan Montgomery (son of Donna
Dickerson)
Bonner Family (For strength)
Ted Morris (Brother in law of Ancel Nor-
ris)
Eleanor Scruggs (mother of Doug
Scruggs)
Charlie Wagner (uncle of Connie
Scruggs)
Yvonne O’Brien (mother of Connie
Scruggs)
William Hodges (Father of Rhonda
Hodges)
Virginia Count (Mother of Leslie Tatum)
Ben Hubbart (bro-in-law of Jim William-
son)
Martha Simmons (Rene Lowery’s
Mother)
Sheryl Martin (Cousin of Freida Galla-
gher)
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)
Diedra Fields Sanderson (daughter of
Ron & Barbara Fields)
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)
Leroy & Jean Owens (Parents of Jill Wil-
liams)
Jean Smith ( Lisa Powell’s Mother)
Faye Powell (Ray’s mother)
Our prayer list is updated monthly.
833-1400.
Our Honored Guests 10-21-2018
In Town: Shawn Polk, Denson Family, Cammie Powell, April
Millwood
Out of Town: John and Dee Redmayne
PANTRY ITEMS:
Chili, Fruit, Peanut Butter
Hospital / Rehab List
Stephanie Theoret– has been moved to rehab at Oneonta
Darnell Self– St Vin East– No visitors please
Nell Thomas– St Vin East
David Ogden– St Vin East
Tim Shoemaker
ATTENDANCE FOR OCTOBER 21, 2018
AM 393 PM 164
Upcoming Events for the Youth
Fall Youth Retreat Nov 9-11.
Cost is $35. Please sign up in
the foyer.
Wasted?
This morning as I got into my car I suddenly re-
membered my lunch. So back into the house, I went to
the refrigerator and took out the spaghetti that was left
from our supper. Leftovers. My parents and those of their
generation had grown up in the time of the great depres-
sion when so many lacked what we enjoy today. So they
learned not to waste anything. I grew up eating
“leftovers.”
On one occasion when a great multitude fol-
lowed Jesus, He asked Philip, “Where shall we buy
bread, that these may eat?” Philip responded that the
money they had (200 denarii) was not enough money to
buy enough bread to feed that many people. It was then
that Andrew said, “There is a lad here who has five bar-
ley loaves and two small fish, but what are they among
so many?” So Jesus, who knew all along what He was
going to do, had the people to sit down. He blessed the
bread and gave to the disciples who then distributed to
the ones sitting down. Likewise he did the same with the
fish so that all had as much as they wanted. Then when
they were finished Jesus instructed the disciples, saying,
“Gather up the fragments that remain, so that nothing is
lost” (John 6:12). A few translations such as the Bible in
Basic English render this verse as “Take up the broken
bits which are over, so that nothing may be wasted.” The
Master, who did not consider one sheep expendable,
even when ninety and nine were safe (Luke 15:4, 5), did
not want to see the generous blessings of God wasted.
Most assuredly we do not want to waste the
spiritual food that God has given to us. God had warned
Israel through His prophet Amos that “Behold, the days
are coming," says the Lord GOD, "That I will send a fam-
ine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for
water, But of hearing the words of the LORD.”
It is not just food that we need to avoid wasting
but also such precious things as the time that we have
been given. Bernard Berenson said on one occasion, “I
wish I could stand on a busy street corner, hat in hand,
and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours.” Ben-
jamin Franklin admonished people to “Waste neither time
nor money, but make the most of both.” In letters to two
different churches Paul spoke of “redeeming the time.” In
one of those passages (Eph. 5:16), our brother Hugo
McCord translated it as “Making the most of the time.”
Don’t allow that time to pass without using it for doing
God’s will. Knowing that our time is limited, Paul wrote to
the church at Rome, saying, “And do this, knowing the
time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for
now our salvation is nearer than when we first be-
lieved” (Rom. 13:11).
Let us be determined not to waste God’s spiritual
food, thinking, I’ve read it all, I don’t need to read it again.
For every time we read it we will be able to learn more
and be reminded of what we had read but had forgotten.
Let us not waste the time we have but use it wisely,
“making the most of the time” we have.
My Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I enjoyed all the pretty birthday
cards and gifts you sent me. Thank you
very much. A special thank you to sister
Bev Key.
God Bless,
Joyce Henson
We are so thankful for our friends, fam-
ily, and our Church family seeing us thru
this journey. I got the final test results
today on the big fat tumor. It was be-
nign. We may go in the Dr book under
never seen before. He is still amazed.
Thank you for everyone keeping a check
on us. Every prayer, card, text, call, visit,
flowers and meals have make life a little
easier for us.
Jeanette Cosby
Fall Youth Retreat
November 9-11
Mentone, Al
Cost: $35
Speaker: Mason Chandler
Please sign up in the foyer
See Johnathan or the office with
any questions
Women’s Work Release
Needs
We will be taking up items to donate to
the work release to use for the upcom-
ing holidays.
Tooth Paste Mouthwash
Brush Comb
White Gloves White Toboggans
Lip Gloss Chapstick
Make Up Powder
Eye Brow Pencils Lipstick
Nail Polish and Polish Remover (No
Acetone)
Pre Packaged Candy, Chips and
Cookies
Bows, Wrapping Paper and Scotch
Tape
We will be taking up these donations
until December 2nd. There will be
boxes in the foyer to drop off the items.
Men’s Retreat
Wyndham Garden in
Guntersville
Austin Johnson speaking
Am I my brother's keeper?
Golf at Heritage Golf club in
Oneonta on Friday morning
8:30 am tee time
Hotel cost is $65 per person
for double room
Golf is $35 including cart
See David Skelton or call the
office with any questions
Ladies,
please pick up a will-do
sheet in the foyer and let us
know what you would like to
help with. You can turn them in
the box in the foyer or give
them to Donna McCurry.
Please turn them in by Nov 3.
If you have any questions you
can call the office.
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