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November 3, 2019; Volume 96, Number 44

SAVAGE STREET Church of Christ

Our History:

The Savage Street Church of Christ began on March 4, 1923 at 6th and H Streets. After sometime

on Evelyn Street, we moved to our present location on March 20,

1960. Join us in 2023 when we celebrate our 100th anniversary!

Sermons for Today

10:30 Service:

El Elohe Israel: God, The God of Israel Genesis 33.20

6:00 Service:

From God To Man: The Old Testament

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Jesus invites everyone

Does Your Soul Need Rest? Matthew 11.28

Do you labor to overcome temptation? Are you burden with a load of guilt?

What does your soul need more than rest?

Jesus invites you

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. – Philippians 4.6–7

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2 Peter 3:3-4

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Think Magazine (September 2019)

Features:

•Stop Compromising Scripture

•Can We Squeeze the Big Bang into the Creation Account

•Were Adam and Eve Real People?

•What Does Evolution Do to the Scheme of Redemption?

•Exploding Evidence from Mount St. Helens

Articles:

•The Dynamics Of Mustard Seed Faith

•The Bumper Sticker Says It All

•Have Mercy on Me, O God

•Spiritual Things Not More Important Than Physical Things

•Christian Runner

•What Does the Church Jesus Built "Look" Like?

•Transgenderism

Articles:

•Has the Bible Been Transmitted To Us Accurately?

1. Is The Old Testament Still Reliable?

2. Is the New Testament Still Reliable

3. The Quaran Compared

•Balaam's Talking Donkey: A Fable?

Christian Courier (October 2019)

Articles:

•In The News

•Restoring the Church of Christ

•Bible Questions and Answers

•A Church Problem

•"This is My Blood"

•Who Else Is Ready To Answer The Macedonian Call Today?

Other Information:

•In The News (Deep Fake Videos Expose Human Weakness To Believe What They Want To Believe)

•Website Report

Reason & Revelation (October 2019)

We have an abundance of back issues of these magazines on the second shelf of the table under the foyer bulletin board. The recent issues are on the table next to the mail boxes. Please feel free to take them home, cozy up with a blanket, make a cup of hot chocolate and dive into some good reading. Above is a list of the points of interest in each magazine. Enjoy!

Most Recent Magazine Subscriptions

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The CHALLENGE of Africa

God’ Solution to Save the World "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Amen. (Matt. 28:18-20)

WANT TO SCHEDULE A CHIMALA MISSION PRESENTATION?

When I am home, I try to schedule appointments to give presentation reports to supporting churches or churches that may be interested in learning more about the work.

If you would like for me to visit, please contact me by email, phone or text!

howellferguson@gmail.com

Also you may call or text me at (731) 267-4935.

Special 8-Page Issue for September and October As a boy growing up in Memphis, I remember occasions when a missionary would come to visit our congregation. It was always an enjoyable time for me as I listened attentively to the missionary describe the works and events they experienced. The pictures were intriguing. I had never been to those places that seemed so distant and foreign. I wondered why the missionary speaking looked so thin. In my young and naïvely impressionable mind, I imagined that they had not been eating too well. After all, they were missionaries in a foreign country where people ate insects, worms, snakes, cats and green slimy stuff, so I thought. Being thin, therefore, fit the mental picture imprinted in my mind. It was only later when I began making such trips myself that I realized missionaries ate basically the same things I ate here at home. Oh yes, if you want to eat bugs you can probably find people who will serve you some. And I have been known to take the little smelly fish off my bowl of rice! In my travels visiting churches and giving presentations, I wonder what little boy or girl out in the audience might be listening to the report and captured by the pictures. Will they one day be given the opportunity to go to a foreign mission field for the cause of Christ? What impression about the Lord’s command to take the gospel to the world and make disciples, are we in the Lord’s

church making on our young people? Are we creating dreams in these impressionable minds that will one day take our places deciding about the church’s future and evangelistic duties? Several of you reading this newsletter have been to Chimala and know how foreign mission work can get in your blood. You have seen the hundreds of people whose lives are touched by the mission’s influence every day. Without going yourself, the next best thing we can do to help you understand is write about Chimala in our publication. In the tradition of Chimala newsletters of the past, we are presenting in this issue the larger eight-page edition of the Challenge of Africa. This format allows us much more space to inform you of the great works that are occurring at the Chimala Mission and the current needs. As you can imagine, running a mission with 700 children and over 200 employees working at the preaching school, hospital, schools, and estate is quite a colossal task and expense. The difference in this particular issue is we decided to combine the months of September and October into one newsletter to save overall publication costs. Moreover, it allows us to make a big push towards informing you the readers of the current status and needs of the mission. We hope you will feel informed and moved to help. Howell Ferguson—Stateside Coordinator

This Issue Stateside Coordinator P.1

School & Hospital Needs P.2 Quest to Train Preachers P.2

Stateside Emeritus P.3 Fruit From CSOP Efforts P.4

This Month’s Question P.5 Chimala Mission Needs P.6

Memorials P.7 Primary School Graduates P.8

A WORK OVERSEEN BY

3740 Atlanta Highway Montgomery, AL 36109

(334) 272-2561 www.dalraida.org

SEPTEMBER—OCTOBER 2019 | VOL 1 NOS 9—10

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OTHER NEWS If you would like to receive the bulletin as a PDF, please see Rebekah Calvert. If you would like to have your announcement run in our bul-letin, please place it on the secretary’s desk before Friday morning or email it to Rebekah Calvert: Novesker@gmail.com If you would like a CD of sermons or adult classes please see Don.

November Activities:

3rd: LTC Meeting

17th: Special Contribution For The Bahamas

24th: Potluck

27th: Singing

December Activities:

13th: Adult Christmas Party

15th: Youth Christmas Party

25th: Singing

29th: Potluck

Please continue to pray for Dave Fitzwater; he is very weak and has lost a lot of weight. Also pray for Karen as she cares for him.

Pray for Chloe Thomason; she have been having stomach trouble.

Prayers for Chris Lentini; he has an inflamed lining around his heart. (Don & Kerri's son in law)

2019 ContributionOpen & Close

BuildingNovember

Greeter Card CollectorsMeet with elders

& preacher

Weekly Average 3,395 ..................

Last Week October 27, 3,381 .......

Total After 43 Weeks 146,003.......

November 3: Wayne & Gloriann

November 10: Paul & Dorothy

Nora McNeilNash Crisp

Orie Peugh

The elders and

preacher have regu-

lar meetings. You may come Mondays

at 1:30 PM to Don’s

office. Call first. Or

they can meet with

at another time.

PRAYERS:

LTC Meeting There will be a brief LTC meeting today after Sunday ser-vices.

Winter Teaching Quarter The winter teaching quarter is right around the corner in December. If you are planning to teach please sign up in the teachers supply room.

Free Kindling See Larry Amberg.

Reminder A special contribution will be taken up for the Bahamas on the 17th of November.

Opening & Closing The Building This is a friendly reminder to those who open and close the building. When you open the classrooms could you please turn on the heaters in the rooms so that the rooms are warm when the kids arrive. Thank You kindly!

Teachers Please remember to turn off the heat in your classroom and lock the door. Thank You!!

Mark Your Calendars The Amberg's are hosting an adult Christmas party on De-cember 13th, at 6:15.

Save The Date There is going to be a Youth Christmas Party on Sunday, De-cember 15th. Details to come!

CALENDAR:

Pray for these caretakers and shut-ins:

Phil Friesen as he cares for Diana Glenda Brazil as she cares for Mildred Jack Collier & Marie care for each other Cliff & Eve Hanson Dave & Karen Fitzwater Bob Andersen

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Our Mission Works Outside of Josephine County, Oregon

Chimala Mission Hospital and Schools,

Tanzania, Africa

ChristianCourier.com, Stockton, California

Brad Harrub & Focus Press, Franklin, Tennessee

Don Iverson’s India Work

Don Patton’s archaeological work, especially Noah’s Ark

Mountain States Children’s Home, Longmont, Colorado

OUR SHEPHERDS: Wayne Duncan Dan Calvert

OUR PREACHER: Don Ruhl

OUR DEACONS: Gene Tomlinson Michael Crisp, Jr. Carl Peugh

OUR SONG LEADERS: Larry Amberg Phil Joseph

OUR WEB SITE: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com

CONTACT INFORMATION: 220 NE Savage Street Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 541-476-3100 GrantsPassCofC@iCloud.com

WORSHIP AND CLASSES:

Sunday Classes 9:30 ............. Worship 10:30 ........... Worship 6:00 ...........

Wednesday

Classes 7:00 .............

Embrace Mercy and Truth Let not mercy and truth forsake

you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your

heart, And so find favor and high es-

teem In the sight of God and man.

– Proverbs 3.3–4 Wear what you want others to wear, that is be the kind of per-son that you want others to be with you, treating them as you wish for them to treat you. Two of those qualities to wear as clothing are mercy and truth. Deal with people in truth, but also show them mercy, for you know that you also want people to do the same with you. What is good for you is good also for others. If you make mercy and truth part of who you are, you will find both God and man treating you as you wished to be treated.

Why Some People Hate You They hate in you what they do not have or what they have not become.

Helping People “We cannot get people out of wrong by engaging in wrong with them. No one has to drink with a drunkard in order to cure him of his habit” (F. B. Sryley, Gospel Advocate, March 27, 1930).

Hold Your Tongue You know there are times to hold your tongue, but there are times when you need to make an extra effort to hold it, such as when someone has hurt you.

Marshall Keeble on Baptism “A man is not saved and then baptized. A woman doesn’t wash clothes because they are already clean. I've seen a lot of smart women, but not that smart. She washes the clothes because they’re dirty. Man is baptized because he’s dirty and

needs to be clean.” As Ananias said to Saul of Tarsus: “And now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord” (Acts 22.16).

Winning vs. Losing “The difference between win-ning and losing is most often not quitting.” –Walt Disney “And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. So the people fled from the Philistines. But he stationed him-self in the middle of the field, defended it, and killed the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory” (2 Samuel 23.11–12).

Call on the Name of the Lord O Lord, I call upon your name because I need you desperately in my life! (Based on Gen 4.26.)

RUHL’S RULES