OFFICE HOURS: Minister: Mon. - Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 12 p.m. Secretaries: Mon. - Thurs. 8:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Elders (760) 949-3386

Darryl Darden ~ To Be Announced Duane Morris ~ To Be Announced Tony Rose ~ Office Administration, Finance Rory Shannon ~ To Be Announced Jake Tess ~ Savior’s Kids

Deacons (760) 949-3386

Steve Bliss ~ Song Leader, Friends & Family Day, Singing Glenn Dubose ~ Exterior Maintenance & Security Will Hoff ~ Care of Widows/Widowers, Elderly Chris Schow ~ Interior Building Maintenance Gerald Thomas ~ Benevolence Program Mark White ~ Greeters and Ushers

Sunday Morning Service Communion -

Joe Zammit

Wilfred Scott

Steve Thimmes

Mike Shankln

David Crump

Garrett Kelly

Mark Gruwell

Charles Hamilton

Building Unlock/Lockup ~ TBA

Baptismal Clothing Assistants

Kim Cimuchowski

For your convenience we have a nursery available, however we ask

that you attend to your own children.

Ministers

Eric Cimuchowski ~ Involvement Minister Darryl Darden ~ Pulpit Minister Carlos Orrala ~ Spanish Minister

Last Week’s Statistics

AM Bible Class (incl. Spanish Ministry)……… AM Worship (incl. Spanish Ministry)………… PM Worship ……………...……………… Wednesday Evening Bible Class ……………... Mid-Week AM Bible Studies ………………….

130 321 N/A

49 20

Budget $ YTD Budget $ Contribution $ Special Contributions $ YTD Contribution $ Teen Fund $ Missions Fund $ Scholarship Fund $ Kids for Kids $

7,778.00 396,678.00

6,768.00 169.00

368,956.35 8,202.94

12,360.54 1,184.19

139.00

Preparation & Clean-up of

Lord’s Supper

Wednesday Morning Bible

Class

ALL bulletin items must be turned in by Tuesday morning, prior to publication to

ensure your space. ALL calendar items must be turned in by the third

Sunday of each month prior to the new month.

Greeter Schedule 2nd Sunday

N. Door - Elwanda Sylvester & Jasmine Darden W. Door - Charles Sample

E. Door - Mel Turner

Staff

Billy Caldwell ~ Auditorium Seating Cindy Hoff ~ Secretary Leisa Pond ~ Bookkeeper Danelle Tess ~ Secretary Quentin Tess ~ Auditorium Seating Coleen White ~ Janitorial

Ministries and Coordinators 49er's- Meet & Eat Floyd Davis

Audio Visual Steve Thimmes

Children’s Bible Hour Mark & Maura McClellan

College Age Tim Hoff & Meliny Pond

Grief Support Cal Yingling

Historian Kasie Schow

Interior Decoration Christine Peel

Kitchen Trisha Cantu & Vicki Brown

Ladies’ Ministry Sibtha Hale

Men’s Ministry Anthony Hale

Military Bob & Connie Hoogerwerf

Missions Will Hoff

Nursery Lynn Rose

Out-of-Town Bulletins Bonnie Klockenteger

Overhead Projection Coord. Jim Quinn

Recyclables Trisha & Rene Cantu

Savior’s Kids Jake & Danelle Tess

Teacher Workroom Nina Sutton

Youth Group Mark & Renee Gruwell

Youth Group Duane & Renee Morris

Education Team: Gil Allan, Eric & Kim Cimuchowski, Sue Darden, Leisa Pond,

Travis & Linda Smith, Jim & Barbara Woods

Website: vvchurchofchrist.org Email: office@vvchurchofchrist.org

Given to Hospitality Introduction. The main noun hospitality translated in the New Testament means "love of strangers" (philoxenia, philos, loving, and xenos, a stranger). One example of hospitality is seen in the case of Abraham. Abraham saw three men (strangers) and he "ran to meet them" and begged them to enter his dwelling

for refreshment and food (Gen. 18: 1-5). It turned out that these "men" were angels, sent by God (Ibid.). The writer of Hebrews wrote, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares" (Heb. 13: 2).

America is not given to hospitality. Many Americans are so busy living their own lives that little thought is ever given to hospitality. Restaurants and an abundance of hotels have also, in general, replaced biblical hospitality. Too many will not "give the time of day to a stranger." The stranger in our society has become an enemy and person to avoid. The "good Samaritan" is another good example of one who expressed love to a person whom he did not know. The Samaritan "had compassion" on the destitute stranger (Luke 10: 33, 30-37). He bound his wounds and brought him to an inn, "and took care of him" (vs. 34). Jesus' lesson is, "Go, and do thou likewise" (vs. 37).

Hospitality is required. One qualification for the overseers of local churches is "given to hospitality" (2 Tim. 3: 2). In fact, Christians in general are to be "given to hospitality" (Rom. 12: 13). Not only are Christians to be hospitable, but they are to cheerfully exercise hospitality (1 Pet. 4: 9).

A balance needed. One is to provide for one's their family (1 Tim. 5: 8). In so doing, we do not want to expose our families to those who would abuse our love. Hence, we must exercise some caution regarding "taking in strangers." Nonetheless, we should look for opportunities to express our love for others. It has been well remarked that "hospitality is a lost art that needs to be restored."

Sunday:

AM Bible Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:00 a.m.

AM Estudio Biblico (en Español)

AM Worship Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.

AM Servicio de Adoración (en Español)

Singing Practice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4:15 p.m.

PM Worship Assembly (in Auditorium) . . 5:00 p.m.

Tuesday Ladies’ Bible Class………………..10:00 a.m.

Wednesday: Bible Class………………..10:00 a.m.

Bible Class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m. PM Estudio Biblico (en Español)

Mid-Week Home Bible Studies

Wednesday @ the Allen’s Home . . . . 7:00 p.m. Thursday @ the Hook’s Home . . . . 5:30 p.m.

October 2, 2016

13150 Sycamore Street Victorville, CA 92392

760-949-3386

October 4th Spirit River Café @ 8:30 A.M. (16020 Apple Valley Rd., Ste B4, Apple Valley)

For more info, see Floyd Davis.

Harvest Festival Oct. 29th, 4pm-7pm

Ages 6th Grade & under

Come enjoy an evening of fun with

us. We will have carnival style games, bounce houses, crafts,

face painting and candy!

See Jake Tess or Mark McClellan with any questions.

Please start bringing in your candy now

and placing it in our barrel!

Protecting Our Country Near and Far

Jose Alvarado; Jeremy Armstrong; Matison Brown; Lisa Cantu; Zack Cantu;

Andre Canady; Robert Farrell; Keith Gillespie; Lorenzo Gonzoles; Anthony

Guess; Scott Hendrickson; Philip Kent; Sarah Moore; Christa Johnson; Rachael McClellan; Jamal Mitchell; David Owens;

Randy Scott; Rachel Smith; Jordan Wolverton; and Matthew Zammit.

City of Victorville Community Clean Up Day

October 22nd @ 8:00 am

Take pride in YOUR community! Come help clean up our Adopt-A-Street

(Cobalt). Waivers are available in the foyer.

TODAY is the last day to hand in your waiver to receive a FREE t-shirt. Please give it to Danelle Tess or Glenn Dubose.

The Wednesday evening class that normally

meets at the Allan home will meet at Larry and

Lois Allen’s on October 5th for the last class of 2016. After this date, the class

will be on hiatus until January.

3rd ~ Linda Moore

6th ~ Larry Kent

We have been truly blessed to have these two gentlemen serve our congregation as elders. As of today, they are officially retired. Please take a

moment to thank them for their service!

Please join us on the evening of Sunday,

October 16th

, after services, for a celebration in their honor.

*See the sign up sheet in the foyer to bring side dishes.*

All those attending are asked to

please register for this event on the

form in the foyer. Let’s have fun and

‘Dress to Impress’ in colors of tan and

gold. Flyers are available in the lobby

to take to invite friends and family

to this Ladies’ event.

Many years ago we used tea pot sets for our Ladies’ Day and several of the ladies of the

congregation bought the extras. We kept 12 sets and will be using

them for the upcoming tea in November. If you have a set we could ‘borrow back’

we would appreciate it. Thank you! ~Renee Morris

A very happy 95th birthday to Ken Hopkins on

October 1st!! May God bless you.

Address Change: Darryl, Sue and Jasmine Darden, 8920 PO Valley, Ft. Irwin, CA 92310

This is an open event for church and non church members to come play and encourage and just have fun. This could be a

great way to introduce co-workers, friends or neighbors to the church in a very relaxed way. Please join us and if you would like to help set up nets, show up early! This is a fun, non-competitive event. Please contact Kim Cimuchowski with any questions.