This bulletin from the Manchester Church of Christ announces that this Sunday will feature teachings from elder Larry Glass at both morning services, as well as an "elders' fireside chat" in the evening where the elders will share updates and seek input on building a new church building. It also provides updates on church activities including a Life Line health screening, a singing small group meeting, and a congregational meeting. Various prayer concerns and updates to the church directory are also included.

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THE BULLETIN
An Elders’ Sunday Manchester Church of Christ
66 Mammoth Rd.
Manchester, NH 03109
603.623.5559
This Sunday will provide Park, Lord willing, will
a double dose of teaching and be back in the pulpit on March mht_church@comcast.net
interaction with our elders. 1, next Sunday. www.mhtcoc.org
Every fourth Sunday of a month
our elders have asked that one Elder’s Link: February
of them be given the Sunday Duane Coss – drcoss@verizon.net
morning sermon, and this 424-9152
Sunday Larry Glass is slated to Barry Fogal – bfogal@comcast.net
be in the pulpit. We look 487-2387
forward to Larry’s message from
God’s word at both the 8:30 and
If you have any concerns that the
11:00 services. elders should be aware of, or need
to speak to with them, please
Sunday evening all our contact Lee or Larry this month.
small groups will be dismissed, Our Worship Services
in order for the whole Sunday AM: 8:30 & 11:00
congregation to meet at the Bible Class: 10:00
church building for an “elders’ Sunday PM: 6:00
fireside chat” with the
Small Groups:
congregation. The elders have a
West Side Small Group: 6:15PM at
lot of things to share with the Doug Paul’s
church and they’re looking for
Merrimack Small Group: 6:00PM at
significant input from the Stuart Peacock’s
congregation on several things, Nashua Small Group: 6:00PM at Paul
not the least of which has to do Mosier's
with building a new building for Wednesday PM Devotional/Bible
our church to meet in. Classes: 7:00
News Items? Please submit before
11AM each Tuesday.
First of all, I wanted to thank of this lesson. Next Sunday, Lord willing, I'll
everyone in the congregation who helped in bring the second part of the lesson. If you
one way or another with the services, food found it helpful and think others would also
provisions, food preparation, chair find it helpful, invite them along. It's a
movement, and clean-up for our brother subject we could all find useful.
Clyde's funeral. It was a real tribute to a Next Sunday evening will feature a
good man. continuation of a lesson series on 2
Last Sunday I spoke about “The End Timothy. Come dig a little deeper in God's
of Worry”, the first part of a two part lesson. word with us.
I got a lot of great feedback on the first part
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“So then you are no longer strangers and
Our Family
aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the
saints, and are of God’s household,”
Ephesians 2:19, NAS95.
Coming up in February... Suzanne Parker, 5 Center
As a family we have been St., Methuen ,MA 01844.
revived and sustained by your Stephanie Parker and
We will be hosting a Life Line love and prayers at the passing Seth, 43 Greenough Rd.,
Screening here this Saturday, of our husband, father, and Plaistow, NH 03865.
February 21st. Their mission is "Grampie" Clyde Daggett.
to make people aware of Thank you for your prayers, Housing needed A group of highly
undetected health problems cards, visits, flowers, and meals motivated, mission minded
and encourage them to seek prepared. Our family deeply young people from Harding
follow-up care with their appreciates this generous show will be traveling around the
personal physician. There is a of love. northeast during their spring
phone number listed on the Gratefully, break, probably beginning
bulletin board in the foyer to Lucy, Susan, Shawn, Zane, March 6th. Somewhere along
call and register. Alan, Donna, Kim, Seth, the line they will need housing
Jeremy, Rebecca, Kenna, Jill, in Manchester. Would you
Small group The singing small John, Zachary, Kaylee, and consider offering your
group will be meeting at the Kara.” hospitality?
building this Saturday,
February 21st at 6pm for dinner Pantry revival The church has
and 7pm for singing. Please been without a functional
RSVP to the Evans' if you will pantry for a while now, but
be coming for dinner. Cecilia Skerry and Missy Duer Wednesday Night Dinner
Congregational meeting There are taking it on as a ministry
will be a congregational and with the elders' and egg casserole
meeting this Sunday, February deacons' oversight are now biscuits
calling for donations for our
22nd at 6pm. No small groups sausage gravy
will be meeting that evening. pantry. Please bring your non-
perishable food items to the
What else? church foyer.
Note of appreciation “Dear Placing membership Please update
Brothers and Sisters of the your directory with the
Manchester church, following addresses: Ben &
Prayer Concerns
Worship Leaders Health: Doreen Lee, Pat Arel, Bill
Waisnor, Rosemary Landry, Clyde
Sunday, February 22, 8:30AM Scripture .....................Paul M. Daggett, Dawn & Kassidy Law, Deniza
Songs .........................Doug P. Lord’s Supper .............Pete S. Chase’s niece, Marge Simon, Penny
Prayers ....................Ken B. & Larry G. Coordinator ................Pete S. Ranger, Manley Jones, Michael
Scripture ....................Mike M. Anderson's brother, Diane
Lord’s Supper ...........Stuart P. Sunday, February 22, 6:00PM Bridgewater
Coordinator ...............Ken B. Songs...........................Mark E. Leadership: Ministers, Elders,
Deacons
Sunday, February 22, 11:00AM Wednesday, February 25, 7:00PM Evangelism: Bible studies in
Songs ........................Gerry M Songs..........................Mark C. progress, our website, MNFM
Prayers ....................David S. & Barry F. Return to the Lord: Brethren who
have forsaken the assembly
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Sta r tli n g A d m issi o n: “Dar wi n w a s W r o n g”
by Eric Lyons, M.Min.
For decades, Darwin’s represented as a tree” (p. 37). evolutionists that it is not just
evolutionary tree of life has been Lawton also interviewed Darwin’s tree of life that needs to be
deeply embedded into the walls of evolutionary biologist Eric Bapteste cast aside, but the entire theory of
science classrooms, the pages of of Pierre and Marie Curie University evolution.
biology textbooks, and the lectures in Paris, who exclaimed, “We have
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in importance to natural yesterday’s standard, rock-solid
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Cover-story author Graham Lawton and cranium of a man, though it was
admitted, “The tree of life, one of paraded before the world as proof of
the iconic concepts of evolution, has evolution for 40 years (cf. Jackson,
turned out to be a figment of our 1981; Major, 1996). Now another
imagination” (p. 34). Lawton “iconic concept of evolution” has
reminded readers of Dr. W. Ford fallen on hard times. One wonders
Doolittle’s 1999 claim that “the what it will take to convince
history of life cannot properly be
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Our Congregational Calendar
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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Bible class 7PM Happy Birthday:
Happy Birthday: Happy Birthday: Brandon Hombs
Linda McCarthy Bradley Happy Birthday:
Chandler & Jason Therrien Singing small
Klaryssa Ortega group 6pm/7pm
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Bible class 7PM
Happy Birthday: Happy Birthday: Happy Birthday:
Destiny Chase Candy Chase Emily Bowers
T ee n N e w s Y o u n g A d u l ts
• We will be leaving the building at 3:45pm • Come join us for Bible class on Sunday
for the Conway youth rally. Remember to morning!
bring your release of liability form for
tubing and money for food on the way up
and back. Please be on time!!
Our Statistics
Sunday Morning Worship (combined) 167
Contribution $3,445.44
T h e M a n c h es te r c h u r c h o f C h rist
66 M a m m o t h R d.
M a n c h es te r, N H 03109
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