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Order of W
orsh
ip
Welcome - Ja
son M
oon
#216 He Leadeth M
e
#624 The
Church’s O
ne Fo
undation
#842 A Common Lo
ve
Prayer - D
yer H
oneycutt
#752 W
hen M
y Love to Christ G
rows W
eak
Lord’s S
upper / O
ffering
Dennis W
ashing
ton
#154 Give Me the
Bible
#883 Seek Y
e First
Scrip
ture–
Matthe
w 6:24-25, 33
Ron Ellis
Sermon– “Seeking
First Things First”
#337 Is Thy
Heart R
ight w
ith God?
Announcements
My Ey
es are Dry
Shepherd’s P
rayer
Nursery Atten
dants:
AM Birdysha
w Fa
mily
PM Adam & Jennife
r Brakefield
DOM for Ja
n. M
. McGill, T. M
alone, S. M
aynard
Baptism
al Garments fo
r Jan. Eliza
beth C
obb
Bus D
rivers fo
r Jan. 1
/12 Dale Strip
ling,
1/19 Butch K
ey, 1/26 Don Y
oung
Greeters fo
r 1/12/14
8:45 - 9
:05
9:45 - 1
0:05
Office
S
teve & Robin Maynard O
ffice
Alan & Sue Nordgren
Room 113 Alan & Margie England R
oom 113 B
ob & Liz
Keith
Room 108 Ancel & Ruby Norris R
oom 108 Ju
dy Jennings &
Mona Jenkins
4:45 - 5
:05
Office
R
ick & Marily
n Glass
Room 113 E
ddie & Cindy Birdyshaw
Room 108 E
d & June Cooper
January 5, 2014
NEXT Sunday January 12th, 2014
EVERY MEMBER PRESENT DAY !
Bible Study 9:00 am Worship Service 10:00 am
Church-Wide Fellowship Meal Worship Service 1:00 pm
Seeking First T
hings First
R
eadin
g: M
att. 6
:24-2
5, 3
3
1. S
EE
K F
IRST G
OD
’S _
__________
(“B
ut seek
first the k
ingdom
of G
od”).
2. S
EE
K F
IRST G
OD
’S _
__________
(“…
and h
is righteo
usn
ess…”).
3. S
EE
K F
IRST G
OD
’S _
__________
(“…
and a
ll these th
ings sh
all b
e added
to
you.”
).
(Serm
on preach
ed by Jaso
n M
oon @
RPCC on 1-5-14 a.m
.)
Tim Shoemaker
Living Up to Your Name Names are important. They are important to us and they are certainly important to God. Names mean something. Just notice a few examples from the Bi-ble. When Jacob had a dream of a ladder going up into heaven and he saw angels ascending and de-scending on that ladder he recognized the place where he was as “the house of God.” Therefore, “3he called the name of that place Beth-el. But the name of the city was Luz at the first” (Gen. 28:19). The name Bethel means “house of God.” Later Jacob would return to Bethel at the command of God and there “he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God ap-peared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother” (Gen. 35:7). This new name put em-phasis on the “God" of the “house of God.” Sometimes names were given to things Sam-uel “set up a stone between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hith-erto hath the LORD helped us” (I Sam. 7:12). Sometimes God even changed the names of people. He changed Abram’s name to Abraham and Jacob’s name was changed by God to Israel (Gen. 17:5; Gen. 32:28). Sometimes we talk about living up to our name. The names of people meant something and people named their children with the hope that they would live up to their name. We read in the New Testament of a man named Barabbas who was guilty of insur-rection and murder (Mk. 15:7). The name Barabbas means “son of the father.” It has been speculated that perhaps this mother had given her son that name hoping that he might be the Messiah, “the Son of the Father.” If so she must have surely been dis-appointed that he never even came close to living up to that name. However, there are many in the Bible who truly lived up to their name! In the book of Philemon we read of a man by the name of Onesimus. Philemon was a Christian and a fellow-laborer with Paul. He was apparently rich for he owned slaves. Onesimus was one of those slaves. Onesimus had run away from his mas-ter and made his way to Rome where he was taught by Paul and baptized into Christ. Paul then sent Onesimus back to his master Philemon with this let-ter. Now the name Philemon means “”profitable” but obviously a slave that has run away is not a profit for his master but a loss. So when Paul sends him back he tells Philemon in this letter, “I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprof-itable, but now profitable to thee and to me” (Philemon 1:10, 11). Now that Onesimus re-turns to his master, not merely as a slave but a Christian brother he is truly profitable. Onesimus was living up to his name. -to be continued
Hospital / Rehab List
Kim Green - UAB Highlands - Viral Pneumonia & Flu (No visitors at this time please)
Wednesday Night Meal Please sign up in foyer before Wed. so Kitty will know how much food to prepare. The meal is served at 6 p.m. and the cost is $4 per person.
Chicken Poppyseed Casserole, Green Beans, Corn, Cornbread,
Chocolate Cake & Drinks
*Clean up help is always appreciated
Pasta
Juice
Mixed Vegetables
Our Honored Guests 12/29 In Town: Brenda Rogers, Betty Shikle
Out of Town: George Shoemaker, Jr. Family, Susan Dryer, Nickey Earwood
December 22, 2013 Sun AM 400 (RP & Exposure) Sun PM 172
Total Goal for 2014 127
Local Work Goal 52 1
Belize Campaign Goal 30
Stateside Campaigns Goal
10
Know Your Bible Goal
35
Total Baptisms 1
New Families
Restored
Weekly Purpose: $ 17885.00
Contribution: $ 14863.00
Contribution YTD: $ 951680.39
Purpose YTD: $ 930020.00
Average Weekly YTD: $ 18301.55
MISSION SUNDAY $66499.19 (Week 52 )
Prayers
Reid Adams Sherryl Adkins Carla Allison Frances Cason Carlene D’Amico Dot Davison Terry Davidson David Dojka Jetta Dojka Beth Goodwin Kim Green Mark Harley LaRue Hix Jimmy Howell Pat Howell Patricia Irwin Annie Ivey Ann Jones Samantha Ledbetter Lucille Large Frances Love Judy Marlow Glenn May June Moore Ron Mixon Bobbie Naish Ruby Norris Barbara Owen Anne Powell Connie Scruggs Donna Southerland Buddy Summers Gloria Summers Don Taylor Stephanie Theoret Danny Thomas Mary Thomas Billy White
Friends & Family Linda Luitze (Linda Murray’s Grandmother, house fire) , Brandon Price (Bunny Dur-ham’s Grand-Son-in-law, seri-ous auto accident in Colorado Springs, is on life support), Doug Rawls - cancer (Friend of Adam & Jennifer Brakefield), Jane Van Horn (Phillip Van Horn’s grandmother), Ellen Brown (Catherine Roger’s sis-ter), Tori White, Dorothy Locke -cancer, Margaret White’s friend ) Mary Malone (Nancy Brown’s sister), Mildred Cun-ningham-hospice (Patricia Put-nam’s mother), Harriette Byrd (Helen Oakes’ sister) Oburne & Margarie Holt (parents of Patty Gammage) Pat England (aunt of Alan England)
You’re Invited
Decatur Hwy. Church of Christ Celebration in Song
Saturday, Jan. 18th, 2014 6-9pm A Cappella Singing Featuring:
The Foyer Boyz , The Ambassadors (Ensemble from Freed Hardeman), and Freed-Hardeman University Chorale.
Between each group, there will be a time of audience singing, with
refreshments following.
*Please take just a minute to com-plete a member input form as soon as possible to help with the planning
of our 100thAnniversary events. The forms, and box to place them
in, are in the foyers. The member input form can also be completed on-line by going to the
church blog at :
http://blog.thegospelspeaks.com/
*Also, for documents and mementos
that you may have, please give them
to Catherine Rogers. She will make a
record of each item and get it to the
proper subcommittee to use.
CIA (Christians In Action)
Let’s start off the New Year Right! All those who are available, are invited to attend our CIA Bible study group each
Tuesday morning at 9:45 for signing cards for the sick, 10:00 Devo, & 10:15 Bible
Study. Please join us for a time of fellowship & study of God’s word.
We will resume on Tuesday,
January 14th, 2014. All ages welcome.
Childcare will be provided. Available classes: Ladies Only Class - Donna McCurry Ladies & Men’s Class- Tim Shoemaker (NEW) Men’s Only Class-Brown Rogers We will have our monthly fellowship meal following our Bible study this day.
NEW Sunday Morning Class
Chuck Spitzley would like to Invite every-
one, who is interested, to attend a new class on Sunday morning at 9 am, In room 007, beginning TODAY, January 5th. The book that will be studied is titled,
“Deliver Us II” by Don Umphrey.
WEE FOLKS Each Sunday night at 5:00
YOUTH GROUP Next Devo - Jan. 26th @ Morris’ Area Wide Youth Retreat - Feb 28 - Mar 2 Details TBA
Sparks Next Devo TBA
Sympathy We extend our deepest sym-pathy to Daniel Courington and family, at the passing of
his grandfather, Wayne Courington. His funeral was Saturday in Jasper, Al.
We would like to give a warm
welcome from the Roebuck Parkway family, to Julius Daniels. After studying with Chuck Spitzley last Thursday, Julius decided to put on
Christ in Baptism. What a blessed way to start off the
New Year!
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