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JUNE 16, 2013
church of Christ of Grand Junction
Real Life News & Notes
Memory Verse For June— Ephesians 6:2
“Honor your father and mother.”
A Relevant, Serving, Growing Family of Jesus followers
Outreach Minister John Cooper
Home: 241-4075 Cell: 216-5782
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Visitation Minister Hunt Zumwalt Cell: 210-8960
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Youth Minister Brian Peacock
Cell: 1-806-392-6692 [email protected]
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Preaching Minister
Doug Clayton Home: 523-1654
Cell: 201-3470 [email protected]
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Church Office
Office: 970-245-4210 Fax: 970-245-4211
Father’s Day, Camp, France and Honduras As you can see from the title, “Father’s Day, Camp, France and Hondu-ras”, we have a lot going on around here and elsewhere. First, let me say, “Happy Father’s Day” to all of our fathers. You men are so very important to your children, your grandchildren and your wives. When Paul wrote to the Thessalonians he listed some traits important to healthy fathering…”For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting and urging you to live lives worthy of God, who calls you into his kingdom and glory.” (I Thess. 2:11,12). Fathers, may we encourage, comfort and urge our children to live lives worthy of God. Second, our prayers are with all who will be attending Colorado Chris-tian Youth Camp this week on the Grand Mesa. May the counselors, teachers, crafters, game & recreation leaders, kitchen staffers, camp nurse and all the other staff members have good health, good attitudes and plenty of sleep (well, some sleep anyway). May we who lead, lead these young people in the way of the Lord. May the campers see Jesus more clearly and let Him guide them in their lives. God bless you all! On Thursday of this week six of our number will be leaving for a week long work of getting a youth camp ready for operation in the southern part of France. John & Holly Cooper, David & Stephanie Cooper and Mike and Pam Hurd will continue the arduous task that several of our members have also been involved with several years ago. Two years ago the above mentioned six were accompanied by Melva Wilbanks, Carolyn Deberry and Cuba Omahundro. Four years ago Gabe Wilkins participated. You can ask any of them about this unique work. Over 400 campers and staff attended this camp in France last Summer. It is having a great impact for good in French speaking Europe. One other prayer concern- our own Dr. Mike Hughes left Friday for a week medical mission to Honduras. May we pray for his safety and success as he helps these very needy people. God be with you Mike.
In His love and service, John Cooper
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No Youth Article this week and no meeting in the Pit on Wednesday due to Youth camp on the Mesa. See you next week.
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Medical Equipment Coordinator
Ed Riddle is giving up his job as medical equipment coordinator. The job includes maintaining, repairing, cleaning, inventory and numbering medical equipment. It is a vital responsibility and many ill and disabled people have benefitted by the church hav-ing this equipment available for check-out. A very big thank you to Ed for doing this and he will be ready to train anyone inter-ested in taking over this ministry. Check with him for more de-tails.
Kirah Lucero Visitation
Kirah Lucero, a church member from Montrose is in St. Mary’s with a difficult pregnancy. She’s in Room 622. She would ap-preciate visitors. A c-section is scheduled for June 24, 7:30 AM. Also, 2 year old Alysssa, daughter of Larry & Kirah, is having neu-rological issues. The doctors will perform tests on June 26-28. Give Kirah a visit and keep the family in your prayers for a safe delivery and that the little girl will recover her health.
Creative Christian Fine Arts & Crafts Guild
The Guild will meet Sunday (June 16) at 1 PM in the fellowship hall. Bring your projects to work on. Everyone is welcome. Also, Since there are 5 Sundays in June, the Guild will not meet again until the first Sunday in July.
Agape Postponement
Due to such a busy June that has been filled with all kinds of activity and the 4th of July coming up, we are postponing our 5th Sunday Agape meal on June 30.
A VBS Thank You: The Starfish: Once upon a time there was a writer who used to walk along the beach for inspiration. One morning he was walk-ing along the shore and as he looked down the beach he saw a human figure moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself to think of someone who would dance to the dawn of a new day. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer he saw that it was a young girl and she wasn't dancing but instead she was reaching down to the shore and picking something up and very gently throwing it into the ocean. As the man got closer he called out, "Good Morning! What are you doing?" The young girl paused, looked up and replied, "Throwing starfish in the ocean." "But why?" asked the man. "The sun is coming up and the tide is going out, if I don't throw them back in they will die" she answered. "But there are miles and miles of beach and star-fish all along it. You can't possibly make a difference" said the man. The girl listen politely, then bending down, picked up an-other starfish and threw it carefully into the sea past the break-ing waves and said, "It made a difference for that one." by Loren Eiseley To the buyers, suppliers, crafters, and teachers; the singers, the gamers, the skitters, and preachers; the cooks and the painters, and the great decorators; and all of the others in between ... YOU MADE A DIFFERENCE in the lives of many children last week at VBS. "Well done, thy good and faithful servants" With love and appreciation, Lesa Brassette
Honored to Serve the Lord’s Table in June
Mike Hurd Dane Jennings
Joe Jones Matt Jones
Isaac Lavadie Daran Mahoney Lucas Matthews
Eric Moore
For the Record June 16, 2013
Attendance 239 Average Attendance, 1st qtr. 265 Contributions #6,022.00 Budget $6,208.96
Communion Preparation—June
Tom & Kathy Deister
The Gloryland Way #535
Call to Worship Assembly Children's verse— John Cooper Announcements— Ron Wilson Song Leader— David Cooper
Meet and greet
Hark the Gentle Voice #907 Blessed Be Your Name—Screen
Shout Hallelujah—Screen
There is Power In The Blood—#903
The Lord's Supper— Sandy Harris Amazing Grace (and covers me)
Offering—Sandy Harris
Children dismissed Father, I Adore You #53
Sermon— “Arrows In A Quiver: Courageous Fathers” - -Doug Clayton
Father God—Screen
Shepherd's Blessing—Rick Wilkins
Order of Worship
ANNOUNCEMENTS
PAGE 3 Special Prayer Requests Items of Interest
Continue to pray for the following and their families:
Those who have recently lost loved ones. Marutzky and Gehrett families especially at this time. EARL DUBOSE….father of Shelda Briggs, in rehab at Palisade, after broken hip surgery from a fall…and dealing with a progressive neurological disease . Her mom is recovering from surgery to remove a skin can-cer. MARGIE DAVIS….pray for her as she deals with can-cer. ALLEN TURNER….pray for successful surgery and a complete recovery. KIRAH LUCERO… on bed rest with pregnancy (not due until July.) TIM NELSON’S MOTHER…she is on hospice care. VERLYN MATHEWS…continued healing of his broken bones and other health issues. MARY CATHEY… for her health and for her peace and a good transition from her home to an assisted living residence. PAUL CATHEY….for healing from cancer surgery KALEA VEJRASKA…7 yr old with brain tumor, AMBER…breast cancer VICKEY LASLEY…cancer, pray God’s will be done. JILL…Mary Ann Rayside’s neighbors neice…diagnosed with bladder and uterine cancer. Pray for her heal-ing and for comfort and peace for her and her family. AMANDA MARTINEZ and family…convulsions, await-ing diagnosis, pray for them to find the problem and it will be treatable. Pray for comfort and peace for the family. VINCENT PARRA—Pray that he recover strongly and fully from osteosarcoma. TEDDIE GOODNER—Pray that she recovers quickly from sinus surgery. BRYCE SANBURG & family—Bryce’s mother passed away .
Sips from the well (by Doug Clayton) Parable of Daddy
There was a Daddy who had many toys, gadgets, cool hobbies, and buddies to share them with. The Daddy worked hard all week but always found time for his toys after work and on weekends. The Daddy had a little boy. The little boy did not care about his daddy’s toys, gadgets, hobbies and buddies, they al-ways seemed to take daddy away from him. The little boy wanted his daddy to swim with him and watch him play T-ball, but Saturdays were for golf, mowing the lawn and watching sports on TV. The little boy wanted his daddy to read him bedtime stories and snuggle with him at night under the blanket with a flashlight, but the daddy was usually too tired from work and rarely had the patience for such routine. The little boy wanted to sit with his daddy in church. But Sunday was daddy’s only day to play with his own toys and friends. So, most Sundays the little boy went to church without his daddy. As years passed the daddy decided he wasn’t be-ing the daddy that he should. But, instead of spend-ing more time with his little boy wrestling on the floor, playing catch, building forts in the back yard, taking him fishing, reading him Bible stories and pray-ing with him in his Batman PJs, the daddy just began buying the little boy smaller versions of his own grown up toys to keep him busy and happy. The Daddy thought such gifts meant he was being a bet-ter father. The growing boy missed his daddy time but of course he liked all the new toys and soon be-gan to fill his time with them. The need for his daddy’s time, hugs, and attention once so important, now were not. The toys, time and friends that had been so important to the daddy now were not. As the daddy and the boy grew older, daddy de-cided he wanted a deeper relationship with his son. But, the young son had become content to spend his time with his ear buds in, alone in his room with his own gadgets, or hanging with his friends. Eventually this led the daddy to start taking his faith more seri-ously. But, by now the son decided his friends, eve-nings, and Sunday hobbies were more important to him than his dad’s new show of faith. They still lived under the same roof, saw each other most every day but there was no warm rela-tionship, no shared experiences, they were little more than strangers. The Daddy saw this with a heavy heart and regret. But, alas, it was too late, Daddy had reaped the seeds he had sown in the young life and heart of his little boy. As God looked down, tears dripped from His eyes in a gentle rain. Heaven was sad for what could have been, what should have been, what was lost, what was supposed to be but never was. God was heart-broken again and wondered what went wrong with so many of the daddies he had made.
Church of Christ of Grand Junction 2893 Patterson Road Phone: 970-245-4210 Grand Junction, CO 81506 Web: grandjunctionchurch.org
2893 Patterson Road
Grand Junction, CO 81506
Phone: 970.245.4210
Fax: 970.245.4211 Welcome to the church of Christ of Grand Junction! If you are visiting with us we want you to know how honored we are to have you. It is our desire to love God with all of our heart, soul, mind, and strength and to love our neighbors as our-selves (Mark 22:30,31). We are attempt-ing to share His love with others through following Jesus’ words , ―Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit‖ (Matthew 28:19). If you have any questions about anything that you hear taught or see prac-ticed we would be glad to share with you the reasons for the faith we have. Just speak with one of our shepherds or ministers or call 970-245-4210 and we will gladly assist you! COME WORSHIP WITH US
Sunday Morning Adult Classes—9:00 AM—9:45 AM
Curtis Fleming—————————-—————–Auditorium
Young Adult (Under 30)——————–—————-Room 207
Sign Language Class———————————–——Room 103
Sunday Morning Children’s Classes
Cradle Roll—Birth to 2 ———————————————--Nursery
2 & 3 yr. old——————————————————————-104
Pre KK, Kindergarten——————————————————205
1st & 2nd Grade———————————————————–—209
3rd thru 5th Grade———————————————————--208
Middle School—————————————————————-213
High School——————————————————————-203
Wednesday Evening Adult Classes—7– 8 PM
Dane Jennings - “Fruit of the Spirit”—————————Auditorium
Women’s Bible Class——————————————————--103
Wednesday Evening Children’s Bible Study
2 & 4 yr. old——————————————————————-104
Kindergarten 1st & 2nd—————————————–————-205
3rd thru 5th Grade———————————————————--208
All teens meet in————————————————————--203
Sunday morning worship begins at 10:15 AM
Mesa View Retirement Service Schedule Date Servant Team Study Text
Jun 16 Bob Heath, John Akers Gal. 6: 11-18
Matthew 17:20 (NIV)
I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.