Last Sunday English worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Last Sunday class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Contribution last week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,71900

Numbers of Interest:

Numbers do not tell us everything. Nor are they the final answer. But we can learn from what we see and what we can measure.

Our prayer is that this box will constantly show a growing church.

Worship & Class

Schedule

Coffee is hot by 8:00 a.m.

Sunday Worship (English) 9:00 a.m.

Sunday Classes (English) 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship (Spanish) 11:00 a.m.

Sunday Classes (Spanish) 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Westview Church of Christ

4151 W. 20th Street

Greeley, CO 80634

Phone: 970-330-3716

office@westviewcoc.org

Birthdays & Anniversaries:

5/15 - Marchel & Tracy Morningstar

5/17 - Jason Clark

5/18 - Emmett Morningstar

www.westviewcoc.org

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Westview’s wireless network password:

9703303716

Servers for Worship

Today (May 14th) Next Week (May 21st)

Scripture Reading Doug McEntire James Pascoe

Prayer Randy McCrain Randy Rowe

Serve Communion:

Comm. Prayers Roy Moore Kyle Rutz

Contrib. Prayer Marchel Morningstar Kurtis Rutz

Kim Hegarty Dennis Quesenberry

Johnny Martinez Joshua Chitwood

Erik McCrain Christopher Chitwood

Scott Moellmer Elijah Rutz

(May 28th) (June 4th)

Scripture Reading Steve Adams Tyler Wallace

Prayer Todd Zwetzig Ken Clark

Serve Communion:

Comm. Prayers Dustin Smith Tom Lininger

Contrib. Prayer Guy Wohlfahrt Troy Wallace

Cory Newton David Barton

Steve Sebold Michael Bevel

Leonard Thompson Fred Birdwell

Dean Weber Tyler Colbeth

Nursery Attendant

Today: Whitney Rutz

May 21st: Cameron Rutz

May 28th: Carol Wells

June 4th: Audrey Rutz

June 11th: Carol Wohlfahrt

June 18th: Tracy Morningstar

June 25th: Connie Seaman

July 2nd: Whitney Rutz

If you are unable to serve on the designated day

please contact the church office.

Lobby Greeters

Today: The Birdwells

May 21st: Billie Ann Adams & Eldene Burrows

May 28th: The Clarks (J&K)

June 4th: The Clarks (K&K)

June 11th: The Crowells

June 18th: The Durans

June 25th: The Hegartys

July 2nd: The Liningers

The Purpose From here to heaven… Following God wherever He leads us.

May 14, 2017

WELCOME VISITORS!WELCOME VISITORS!

We are thankful you are with us today as we worship our God and Savior. Our prayer is that you will encounter Him today.

A nursery for small children is available in the east hall off the lobby.

What will you experience at Westview?

Praise through song. It is the tradition of our heritage to sing a cappella (without instruments) as we encourage everyone to be involved in uplifting praise.

We value the Bible. You will hear God’s Word read and all sermons will give the utmost respect and priority to Scripture.

We share the Lord’s Supper every week remembering Christ’s sacrifice that provides us forgiveness as we celebrate our salvation through Him.

We do not expect our guests to give financially to our work. We depend on the generous and godly giving of all Westview members to provide the funds needed to implement God’s plans for this church.

We invite you to stay for Bible classes following our worship time. We hope you have been blessed today!

Today’s Order of Worship

Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah

All Hail the Power Of Jesus’ Name

Hosanna!

Meet & Greet

Our Prayer Concerns

Sanctuary

Hear, O Israel

Sermon

The God of the Covenant:

From this all things flow

Ancient Words

I Stand Amazed

We Remember Christ’s Sacrifice

Contribution Collected

Above All Else

(Honduras Children’s Collection)

Prayer

Scripture Reading:

Psalm 97:9-12

Our God, He Is Alive

Is there a “Christian” Sabbath? #13

Commentary from a common Terry

Stop. That is what the Hebrew word for Sabbath means. It is the word Sabat and it means to stop or cease from what one is doing. When God “rested” on the seventh day in Genesis one, it was not because He was tired or worn out from all that creation work. It meant that He stopped what He was doing. So when God gave the Jews a commandment to “keep the Sabbath day holy” in Exodus 20 and reiterated it in Deuteronomy 5, He was telling them to “stop” what they normally do. This was not only to rest physically, but to remove one’s self from the typi-cal day’s demands. They were to even make sure the servants and animals rested. Their time with God on that day was not to be intruded upon by the profane – the things of the world. Stop. That’s the intent of the Sab-bath. In Hebrews 4:9, the writer said that believers enter a Sabbath rest. At least ten times in the first eleven vers-es of Hebrews 4 the writer stresses the “rest” God has made available to His children in the new covenant. But what is that rest? Is it heaven? Is it a day each week in the Christian age like it was in the Law of Moses age? Is it Sunday? What is it? If we ignore why the Hebrews writer wrote all this, considering the teaching of the first three chapters of the book, we are simply not practicing good Bible study methods. It is tempt-ing to grab that verse and extrapolate (remember that word?) a conclusion from it because we want that conclu-sion. It’s what Biblical academicians call eisegesis. Eisegesis is when the reader places his or her own assump-tion or agenda into the text being stud-ied. It is a tainted study, then, from the start. Instead, we set our goal to study through exegesis. Exegesis is the Bib-lical study practice of allowing the text

to lead the reader to the conclusion intended by the scripture. This is a much more honorable handling of scripture. Now back to the “Sabbath rest” of Hebrews 4:9. The writer has spent three chapters establishing one domi-nant principle. Jesus is superior. He is superior in every way when compared to the old Law of Moses. His audience was retreating to the old law, abandon-ing Jesus and the gospel truth of his sacrifice in the process. He is our Apostle. He is our High Priest. (Both found in 3:1) In the first two chapters, the writer stresses that Jesus is superi-or to angels. Why is this important? The old Law of Moses was given through angels. He’s superior to the method of deliverance. In every way he is superior. So why, then, are they going back to an inferior, replaced system? Why are they depending on their own works, their own actions, and their own effort before depending on Jesus and the grace that comes through the mag-nificent final sacrifice of the cross? There is certainly no rest in that deci-sion. In fact, it becomes even more burdensome to approach God through that philosophy. It is then that the writer stresses the Sabbath rest available to the be-liever. The practices of the old Law have stopped. You can rest from such labors. That, I believe, is the exegetical conclusion about the Sabbath rest in Hebrews 4. He is assuring his readers they can stop, through Jesus, such practices. They can rest from such labors. But I’m not finished – there’s more next week.

Love one another,

Sunday Morning

Classes (10:30 a.m.)

8 a.m. Study

Cleansing the Inside of the Cup/New Creation Series

Taught by Vern & James Pascoe Room #15

Adult/Teen

Textual Study

I Corinthians Taught by Tom & Randy

Fellowship Room

Adult/Teen

Topical Study

Full-Grown: Making Spiritual Maturity Our Goal

Taught by Terry in Room #14

Children’s Classes

6—24 mos. Room #8 (purple)

2 & 3 yr. olds Room #9 (purple)

Pre-K Room #7 (red)

Kindergarten Room #6 (yellow)

1st—3rd grade Room #10 (blue)

4th—6th grade Room #11 (green)

Wednesday Night

Classes (6:30 p.m.)

Adult & Teen Study

The Apostles: Ordinary or Extraordinary?

Children’s Classes

3 and under in room #8 Teacher: LaNelle Newton

4 yr. olds—6th grade in room #10 Teacher: Audrey Rutz

Men’s Coffee this Tuesday from

6:00—8:00 in the fellowship room.

It’s a great way to start the day!

Kirkendalls with us next week

We will host Daniel & Brooke Kirkendall and their two children next weekend, the 19th—22nd

as we discuss the possibility of them serving Westview as our family minister. Currently they

work with the church in Lagrange, Georgia. We know you are praying diligently about this

entire process. We will combine our two Sunday morning classes next week and meet in the

fellowship room. Daniel will be teaching the class. We trust God will guide us to the right

family and the right family to us.

Congratulations to Dustin &

Angannette Smith on the birth of

their new baby girl, Stella Kahlia.

She was born last Thursday,

May 11th, and weighed 7 lbs. 10

oz. and was 20.5 inches long. Also,

congratulations to Aimie Floyd, the

proud aunt! Continue to pray for

Dustin, Angannette, Sterling, &

Carter as they bond with Stella and

look toward finalizing the adoption

in the coming month.

VBS Volunteers Needed!

Our hope is to host our annual VBS on June

12-16, four weeks from tomorrow. We are in

need of help as we have several spots to fill.

We are asking you to pray about your possible

involvement in this effort. It does take some

work, but it is also a chance to sow God’s seed

in young lives and then allow God to develop

their growth. If you have already determined

that you will not be involved, please reconsider.

For more information, check with Cameron

Rutz, Terry, or one of the Elders. We appreciate

your help and are counting on several commit-

ments over the next week. Thank you.

TRC Baby Bottle Campaign begins today!

The Resource Center for Pregnancy & Personal Health’s annual Baby Bottle Campaign begins

today. Please take a baby bottle from the lobby and fill it with your loose change, cash, or check

(made out to TRC). This is a VITAL fundraise for the center. They are doing incredible work in

our community. Leave filled bottles on Whitney’s desk. We need ALL bottles returned by June 18th

(Father’s Day) - even if they are empty or only partially filled. If you’d like more information on what

TRC does, please talk to Whitney. Thank you for supporting such a wonderful ministry!

Northern Colorado

Christian Camp dates:

July 9th—15th

We HOPE TO have more details

and registration info soon!