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OUR PRAYER REQUEST

Pace-maker put in on Monday,

November 18th

at St.John Hospital

Neil Richey, Shreveport, LA

Via Bulletin Digest

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS John Murray’s cancer has progressed and

there is a new chemo the doctors have

prescribed for him. He received 2 units of

blood on Thursday to help with his fatigue

and it will also boost his blood count. He

will start the new intravenous chemo

program on August 20th

. Please keep John

in your prayers.

Pam Howard is home after being

hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital in

Tulsa. She needs plenty of rest.

Ronda Moss is now home. The results of

her heart tests came back good.

Charles Finney was taken to Hillcrest

Hospital with high blood pressure.

OTHERS TO PRAY FOR

Bess Brooks, Carl Best Sr., LaVerne

Boren, Carol Downs, Jeanetta Clark, Judy

Coppedge, Craig Coppedge, Sue Finney,

Lauren Graves, Luke Graves, Ronald

Hamm, Carol Hall, June Hester, Bradley

Monett, Carolyn Nelson, Carol Reiner,

Beverly Stout, Brannon Scrivener, Betty

Stafford, Billie Stafford, Janet Sharp,

“JESUS WEPT”

John 11:35 In some churches, Jesus is held up as a

miracle worker, someone beyond our grasp.

We may think, “how in the world can we,

sinful men and women, ever identify with

Jesus?” He was a miracle worker and never

sinned. We may come away with the idea

that He’s too different from us.

But God came to earth in the flesh to

identify with us. There are times when we

see the human attributes of Jesus. We see

Him thirsty and hungry. We see Him angry

and then there is that famous memory verse

of Vacation Bible School students, “Jesus

wept.”

Scholars suggest many reasons why

Jesus wept at the grave of Lazarus. He was

either sad at the passing of a friend, upset at

the lack of faith on the part of Mary and

Martha, or he was upset that sin entered the

world and brought heartache to people He

loved. Whichever you believe, the fact

remains, Jesus cried just like you and me.

He actually felt the same feelings we do at

times.

When you go to God in prayer over any

matter, remember that He knows how you

feel. God is not aloof and far off. He has

connected with mankind on a close personal

level through Jesus and He wants to step into

your life to personally connect with you.

Brian Humek, Euless, TX

PRAYER REQUEST

BIBLE TRIVIA -Question of the week

What substitute sacrifice did God provide when Abraham

was told to harm Isaac? Genesis 22

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Write your name below. Then cut or tear this out and turn into the office. __________________________________

Congratulations to: Drew Dunham, Joel

Dunham, and Gracie Vivion for answering last

week’s trivia question correctly!

COMING EVENTS February 28 - VBS Meeting (after evening

services)

March 3 – Craft night for the ladies- 6:00p.m.

March 8 – Power of Prayer – 6:00 p.m.

March 8 – Love Meals served

March 14 – Ladies’ Night Out – 6:00 p.m.

March 15 – Tuesday Night for the Master – 6:00

p.m.

March 19 – Men’s Breakfast – 7:30 a.m.

March 20-23 – Chouteau Hills Church of Christ

Gospel Meeting-( Details are on a flyer on the

bulletin board)

March 25-26 – LTC

BIBLE READING PLAN FOR 2016

February 28 – March 5 - 2 Cor. 1-13, Gal. 1-6

Regina Kropp – Feb. 28

IN NEED OF OUR PRAYERS/

ENCOURAGEMENT Health Concerns/Long Term Illnesses Payton Stanley is now home and is improving.

Robert O’Rear, Jr. will be having a complete

abdominal reconstruction surgery on Feb. 29.

Jerry Falling, a former member here and cousin of

Mary Hardy, is in the hospital in Colorado being

treated for bone cancer. He is not doing well.

Robert Jackson, son-in-law of Charles Finney, is in

Hillcrest Hospital with heart issues.

Lynn King had hernia surgery on February 24.

Lelia McNickle has asked that we keep her family in

Mississippi in our prayers as they deal with the loss of

a loved one.

Jerry McCoy has requested prayers on behalf of

Jeanne Gregory who is in the hospital in Tulsa having

tests run.

Tom VanGundy is making preparations for a new

treatment for his pain.

Barbara Pittman, sister in law of Linda Pogue, is

scheduled for surgery on February 25.

OUR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS Laverne Boren – Nursing home in Texas

Colonial Terrace-Pryor

Carol Reiner, Sue Finney, Sammie Casey

Shady Rest, Apt.C-10

Oliver Elliott

Avondale Cottage– Pryor

Edith Radschweit

Cancer/Cancer Treatment Colt Rowland Charles Finney Eric Yoder

Harley Turner Monty Stipes Barbara Pittman

Keith Martin

Others to Pray For Harold Anglin, Carl Ayers, Cathy Boren, Cathy

Bryant, Judy Coppedge, Robert Downs, Don Foster,

Louis Gabbard, Taylor Kegley, Deloris Lane,

Delores Martin, Juanita McNickle, Kody Ramsey ,

Bill Rasnic, Teresa Stafford, Joe and Beverly Stout,

Chester Thompson, Gertrude Teague, Don and Katie

Vickery

CONGRATULATIONS Shiloh Johnson and Kendall Odle

Valedictorians of the Pryor High School Class of 2016

Tanner Franks State FFA Degree– Top 10% Class of 2016 Adair High School

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COME WORSHIP WITH US

SERMON TOPICS FOR FEBRUARY 28 Sunday AM – “Stay Strong “– Joshua 9 Sunday PM – “Satan, Our Real Enemy”– Ephesians 6: 10-20

IF IF you are impatient, sit down quietly and talk with Job. IF you are getting weak-kneed, take a good look at Elijah. IF you are a get along, go along man, read the book of Daniel. IF there is no song in your heart, listen to David. IF you are getting sordid, spend a while with Isaiah. IF you are getting cold and heartless, get the beloved disciple John to put his arms around you. IF your faith is low, read the words of Paul. IF you are getting lazy, listen to James. IF you are losing sight of the future, climb up the stairs of Revelation and get a glimpse of the promised land! Bulletin Digest

Email: pryorcoc@sbcglobal.net

Web: www.pryorchurchofchrist.com

Phone: (918) 825-2539

VBS MEETING

FEBRUARY 28

(AFTER EVENING SERVICES)

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Bible Class – 9:45 a.m.

Worship – l0:35 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Bible Class and Devotional – 7:00 p.m.

MINISTER

D.J. Castoe, Pulpit Minister

ELDERS

Carl Best Tom Coats

Gary Risner Don Stafford

Freddie Vivion

DEACONS Don Foster Rick Howard

Louis Gabbard

MISSION WORKS OUTSIDE OF

PRYOR Hope Harbor Claremore, Ok

Ghana Outreach Ghana, West Africa

Tent City & Last Water Village Papua, New

Guinea

Church of Christ

605 South Coo-Y-Yah

Pryor, OK 74361

Bible Study…………………………………….68

A.M. Worship………………………………...126

P.M. Worship…………………………………..68

Contributions……………………………...$3,155

Budget…………………………………......$3,400

Budget-Up-Date…………………..……........-$76

LORD’S TABLE

Prayers: James Hays

Marlow Jones John Howard

David Stanley Jack Freund

SUNDAY NIGHT LORD’S TABLE

Carl Best Jr. / Eutaw Ragland

PRAYERS

Jeff Lair Jack Freund

Tom Coats Don Stafford

ASSIST DURING SERVICE

Charles Longenbaugh/Don Stafford/

Darrell Applegate

SOUND BOARD OPERATORS

2/28 Chris Martin 3/6Jerry McCoy

SONG LEADER ANNOUNCEMENTS

James Hays Jay Martin

VAN DRIVERS

Don Stafford / Darrell Applegate

COMMUNION GREETERS

Freddie and Toni Vivion Vivions

BAKE BREAD

2/28 Jill Stanley 3/6 Toni Vivion

1/3 Toni Vivion

February 28, 2016

QUIT THROWING STONES

In John 8, we find the story of the woman caught in the very act of adultery. They

brought this woman before Jesus trying to test Him to see what His response would be to this

woman’s situation. The teachers of the law said that the Law of Moses demanded that they

stone this woman for her behavior, but they asked Jesus what he thought should happen to her.

The text tells us that Jesus bent down and wrote something on the ground with his

finger. Just so you know, no one knows for sure what Jesus wrote. But the teachers of the law

kept questioning Him so He straightened up and said to them, “If any of you is without sin, let

him be the first to throw a stone at her”. When the people heard this statement from Jesus the

text tells us that they all started to go away, beginning with the older ones until no one was left

there to condemn the woman.

This section of scripture is a beautiful picture of Jesus’ grace, mercy, and forgiveness

toward a woman who was caught in the very act of adultery. She never denied that she had

been caught doing what the teachers of the law said she was doing. But even though she was

guilty and even though she deserved punishment, Jesus showed her grace.

I believe one of the things that would help the church in 2016 and beyond is to stop

throwing stones. The teachers of the law could easily see the sin of the woman, but failed to

notice their own failures. This is something that the church as a whole has been guilty of as

well. While I have no doubt that the world we live in is full of sinners, I also know that the

church is made up of sinners as well. That is the reason we need Jesus Christ. We don’t need

Jesus because we are perfect, we need Jesus because we are imperfect.

Let’s stop throwing stones. Let’s stop tearing down our church family and the world

we live in. Let’s make sure that everything we say and do is for the edification of the body of

Christ and the leading of the world to Jesus. D.J. Castoe