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- 1. August 13, 2017 GreetersAugust13,2017 IMPACTGROUP2 DEERFOOTDEERFOOTDEERFOOTDEERFOOT NOTESNOTESNOTESNOTES 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 Blble Class 5:00 PM Wednesdays: 7:00 PM SHEPHERDS John Gallagher Rick Glass Sol Godwin Merrill Mann Skip McCurry Darnell Self Jim Timmerman MINISTERS Richard Harp Tim Shoemaker Johnathan Johnson Ray Powell DevotedtotheWord: ABlessedMourning Scripturereading:Matthew5:1-4 Thereare____Beatitudes.EachBeatitudecontainsthreeelements C______________,C_________________&C_____________________ Thefirst3represent_____________________________________________________ The1st ___________________________________________ The2nd __________________________________________ 1.Claim Blessedmeans_______________________________________ Whowereprivileged? Acts2:____________ QuotationfromJoel_______ Theywereblessedbecause______________________________ WeintheChurcharemoreblessedthananytribeornationunderthesun. 2.Characteristic BlessedaretheythatMourn? Happyarethesad?(DoesGodwantus_____________________?) Mourn:toexperience WhatconditionisJesusreferringto? Inastateof______________________youarean____________ofGod. Whenyourealizethis________________willfollow. Acts_________ Sinmustbringustoourknees!Thismourningisgood! “___________________.”---Paulcoinedthephrase,“_________________” 2Cor.7:10“Forgodlygriefproducesarepentancethatleadstosalvationwithout regret,whereasworldlygriefproducesdeath. SodoesGodwantustobemiserable?_________! 3.Consequence HAPPYARETHOSEWHOMOURN,“fortheywillbecomforted.” 2Cor.7:10 Mourningthatleadstoconvictionfollowedbyswiftactionis_______________! John16:____________ Doyouneedcomfortthismorning? 10:00AMService Welcome 71BlessedAssurance 438MyHopeisBuiltonNothingLess 501OWorshiptheKing OpeningPrayer BobbyGunn 726WeSawTheeNot Lord’sSupper/Offering DennisWashington 682ToGodBeTheGlory 22AllTheWayMySaviorLeadsMe 404LookingtoThee ScriptureReading ChuckSpitzley 587Soul,aSaviorThouArtNeeding Sermon Nursery JeanetteCosby ———————————————————— 5:00PMService RickGlass DOMforAugust Hayes,Key,Malone BusDrivers August13SteveMaynard205-332-0981 August20JamesMorris205-515-5644 WEBSITE deerfootcoc.com office@deerfootcoc.com 205-833-1400 8:00AMService Welcome 500OThouFountofEvery Blessing 438MyHopeisBuiltonNothingLess 602SweetByandBy OpeningPrayer CharlesCollins 420LoveforAll LordSupper/Offering JamesPepper 430MyNameisintheBookof Life 317I’llLiveOn ScriptureReading RandyWilson Sermon 272IHaveDecidedtoFollow Jesus Nursery FreidaGallagher ElderoftheWeek 8AMRickGlass 10AMSkipMcCurry 5PMDarnellSelf BaptismalGarmentsfor August CharlotteVanHorn A Grave View of the Grave Years ago I read about a letter from Health and Human Ser- vices to a resident of Greenville County, South Carolina. The letter read: "Your food stamps will be stopped, effective March, 1992, because we received notice you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if your circumstances change." A sobering ques- tion: will our circumstances change after death? Long ago, in Job 14:14, Job asked a question that hu- man beings just can't shake off, even in this modern age of science and technology —"If a man dies, shall he live again?" Human beings continue to be divided on the answer to that ultimate question. Naturalism, humanism, atheism, materialism and other "isms" insist the answer is an emphatic and un- qualified "no." They preach that death is the end of the track. Their faith is that when death comes, the ride is over. We get off this life, and nothing remains but the grave where existence comes to a crashing and crushing end with no hope of ever living again. This philosophical view presupposes that there is no God and nothing supernatural, and that physical, material existence is all there is. Everything is re- duced to a pile of material molecules and random arrangements that have no rhyme or reason behind them and no purpose or destiny up ahead. Where do these Godless philosophies lead, and where do they end? Without faith in God, the view is bleak indeed. All that is left is darkness and despair. Will Durant said, "Nothing is certain but defeat and death – a sleep from which it seems there is no awaken- ing. and hope disappear and despair becomes the order of the day." Those who ask us to abandon faith ask us to give up much more. Andre Maurois asked, "Why are we here on this puny mud-heap spinning in space? I have not the slightest idea, and I am completely convinced that no one else has the least idea''(see Avon Malone: Gospel Advocate article — "The Challenge of Conviction", July, 2000; p 24). Leave God out, and these statements are an accurate summary of the futility and despair we are forced to embrace. Yet, this grave view of the grave did not originate with recent philosophers. Three thousand years ago, Solomon recognized and expressed the gloomy depths to which human reason forces us if we divorce our existence from faith in God. As he views life "under the sun" (that is, life without refer- ence to God) in Ecclesiastes, he moans out loud: For what happens to the sons of men also happens to animals; one thing befalls them: as one dies, so dies the other. Surely, they all have one breath; man has no advantage over animals, for all is vanity. All go to one place: all are from the dust, and all return to dust" (3:19-20). How blunt — but how true. If there is no God and no heaven, death leaves man on the level of a mere animal: in the grave for good, make that forever. What a grave view of the grave. Thank God the Gospel blows it away! Jesus Christ has "abolished death and brought life and immorality to light through the Gospel" (2 Timothy1:10). Faith in God gives us purpose, meaning, and hope in life — and even in death. That's an advantage over animals. To view the grave without God is grave indeed. To view it with Him becomes glorious. Which view is in you? DanGulley Smithville church of Christ
- 2. Cheers to Fifty Years of Marriage For John & Freida Gallagher Please stop by John & Freida’s home, 1821 Creely Drive, on Saturday, August 26, 2017 anytime between 6 pm and 8 pm to enjoy some food, fun, and fellowship! Your Presence is our Present to them! A wishing well will be available for cards! 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 16, 2017 Barbecue, Macaroni & Cheese, Baked Beans, Cole Slaw, Cornbread, Dessert and Drinks Weekly Purpose: $18,019.00 Contribution $19,326.00 Contribution YTD: $583,589.00 Purpose YTD: $558,589.00 Average Weekly YTD: $19,719.00 Mission Sunday: $91,719.00 Week 31 Prayers Faye Bradford Steve & Nancy Brown Charlie Chaney Ed & June Cooper Scott Crawford Thurman Crawford Dot Davison Jean Dickerson Graydena Dillbeck Libby Edgeworth Ron Ellis Marion George Beth Goodwin Susan Goodwin Kim Green Annie Ivey Willie Jenkins 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 Nell Thomas Robert Thorne Billy White Friends & Family Nelda Crawford ( Mother of Cindy Birdy- shaw) Nancy Kenamer( Mona Jenkins’Sister) Jim Banks ( Grandfather of Hunter Shep- herd) Kelly Key & Asher( Butch & Bev dau-in- law) Becky Tuggle ( Daughter of Charles Tuggle) Weaver Sykes ( Former Member) Christy Johnson (Granddaughter of James Pepper) Rosanne & Tucker Howell ( Aunt & Un- cle of Thorne Howell) Natasha Champion ( Daughter of Don Champion) Rachelle Taylor ( Grand dau-in-law of Mona Jenkins) Catherine Southhall ( Sister of Linda Nor- wood) Joe Norwood (Brother of Linda Norwood) Charles Murrell (Cousin of Ellen Godwin) Mallory Sherwood (Granddaughter of Bunny Durham) Paulette Thomas (sister of Van Powell ) Terri Hughes (Heather Dykes’ Mother) Lucas Adkinson (Grandson of Billie & Mark Adkinson) Al Joynes (Father of Kathy Crawford) Bob Plunk (Bro-in-Law of Donna Shoemaker) Marie Wheeler (Friend of Leanne Singer) Gary Kelley (father of Scott Kelly) Jason Smith (Former Member) Leroy & Jean Owens (Parents of Jill Wil- liams) 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 8 / 06/ 2017 In Town: Randall & Belinda Chappell, Mindy & Savannah Hill Brooke & Hailee Robertson Out of Town: Lindsay Smith PANTRY ITEMS: Soups & Stews Please no boxed items Hospital / Rehab List Steve Brown– Fairhaven Rm # H6203, no visitors Nancy Clements –went home Remember Kim Green, she has a long recovery at home. Tim Shoemaker ATTENDANCE FOR AUGUST 9, 2017 AM 452 PM 243 Upcoming Events for the Youth Youth Retreat Attitude – Part Two The attitude we carry around in ourselves is impor- tant because it determines whether we will be successful or whether we will fail. Our relationship with our parents, our spouse, our children, our friends, our co-workers is affected by our attitude. The danger of it is that like the water in the jar, it will eventually come out in some nega- tive act or word. As an example look at the relationship of Moses and his two siblings, Aaron and Miriam and how it was affected by the attitudes of Aaron and Miriam. Moses was a humble man and as such he was one who was co- operative and obedient to God. But Miriam and Aaron had a different attitude, a bad attitude that eventually spilled out. The Biblical text in Numbers 12:1 tells us, “Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married; for he had married an Ethiopian woman.” Moses’ marriage to an Ethiopian woman was not the real reason; it was merely a shaking of the jar. The real problem was a bad attitude. They were jealous of Moses’ leadership. This fact is brought out in the next verse when Aaron and Miriam argued, “Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us also?" (Num. 12:2). As free moral beings we always have the right of choice. Moses called all the Israelites together and told them the words of God, “I call heaven and earth as wit- nesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live” (Deut. 30:19). Joshua also spoke of this right to choose when he told Israel, “And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD” (Joshua 24:15). Robert had cerebral palsy. The disease keeps him from driving a car, riding a bike and going for a walk. But it didn’t keep him from graduating from high school or attending Abilene Christian University, where he graduated with a degree in Latin. Having cerebral palsy didn’t keep him from teaching at St. Louis Junior College or from venturing overseas on five mission trips. And Robert’s disease didn’t prevent him from becoming a mis- sionary in Portugal. He moved to Lisbon alone in 1972. He rented a hotel room and began studying Portuguese. He found a restaurant owner who would feed him after the rush hour and a tutor who would instruct him in the lan- guage. Then he stationed himself daily in the park where he distributed brochures about Christ. Within six years he led 70 people to become Christians, one who would be- come his wife, Rosa. When he speaks men carry him in his wheelchair onto the platform. He lays his Bible on his lap. With his stiff fingers he forces open pages…while people in the audience wipe away their tears. Robert could ask for sympathy or pity but he does just the oppo- site. He holds his bent hand in the air and boasts – “I have everything I need for joy.” Remember that our attitude determines our altitude. It determines our success or failure. What is our attitude as servants of our God and His Son? Wednesday Night Summer Series Speakers 8/16– Joshua Posey, The Adulteress 8/23 -John McMath, Emmaus Disciples 8/30 –Caleb Cunningham, Legion CIA CHRISTIAN IN ACTION Mark your calendars for September 13. We will begin Bible classes for men and women on Tuesday September 13. There will be a luncheon also on this day, please bring your favorite dish or two. A great way to study the Bible and to get to know your fellow brothers and sisters. Singing 8-18 Huntsville Park Church of Christ, Huntsville 8-25 Ashville Road Church of Christ Leeds 9-1 Rising Fawn Church of Christ 9-1 Ft. Payne Church of Christ 9-8 Diana Singing Save The Date Ladies Retreat– October 13-14 Men's Retreat -November 3-4 Any men interested in planning this years’ men’s retreat, please plan to meet for a few minutes Sun- day, August 13, following the 5pm service. November 3 – 4 will be here be- fore you know it, and Lake Guntersville is always beautiful in the fall. Sunday School Now that summer is almost over, make your plans to be in Sunday School every Sunday night. We have classes for all ages. Education Committee Meeting August 13 @ 4PM IN THE DEAF CLASSROOM JCA Early Learning Center Has after school part time positions available. Please contact Kim Wilkerson at 205-956- 3598 for more information. Some links you may find helpful: World Radio Gospel Broadcasts World Bible School In Search of the Lord's Way House to House Heart to Heart