Tecumseh, OK October 4, 2020

Our Elders

Michael Kelsey (405) 403-6097

Eddy Parker (405) 598-2291

Pat Swafford (405) 765-9002

Our Ministers

Erick Henson (Pulpit)

(580) 677-1557

Dan Fredman (Associate)

(918) 855-2483

Austin McCrickard (Evangelism)

(417) 912-1266

Philip Wolke (Youth)

(405) 317-4322

Our Deacons

• Brett Byrum

• Johnie Fredman

• Stacy Gingrich

• Robby Kinsey

• Jay Madden

• Keith Patterson

• Jeremy Pearman

• Gary Stapp

Elders’ Corner

Hello and welcome to worship!

C.H. Spurgeon poignantly stated it this way: "A good char-acter is the best tombstone. Those who loved you, and were helped by you, will remember you. So carve your name on hearts, and not on marble." We were blessed to have known Don Rousey. Don will be missed dearly in this church. He carved his name on each of our hearts. He had been such a great part of this family for a long time. He was a deacon here for thirty years. That means he did a whole bunch of serving in this congregation. He set a great example for us in many ways. He was a family man. He showed us how to love our families. He showed us the example of what it means to be friendly. He never met a stranger. Everyone who knew him would call him their buddy. He made you feel important. Don was also someone who never held a grudge. Some of us can be guilty of that at times. When someone has wronged us, we want to stew over what they did to us until it makes us mis-erable. Don didn’t let the circumstances of wrongs done against him bring him down. There is something there to learn from Don. Don showed us how to work hard. Before Don retired, he worked for the telephone company. He was a vol-unteer fireman and he owned a car wash. Yet in all that, he still worked hard for the church as a servant of the church. He showed us how to work hard for our families and how to work hard for the Lord and His church. Don taught us hones-ty as well. Don’t we wish there were more honest people in the world like Don was. We ought to learn from Don and his honesty. Lastly, but certainly not the last of things we can learn from Don’s life, was that he was faithful to the Lord. May we learn from Don and be faithful to the Lord. Judy and Mary wanted me to tell people that 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 described Don very well. This says a whole bunch for a wife and daughter to describe him this way. “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way, it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.” I hope at the end of my life, this can be said about me. Don left us some great examples to live by. May we do the same. Keep the family in your prayers.

10/4 Songs of Praise @ 3:45p

10/4 Spur

10/5-9 Meals for Homebound

10/6 Ladies Bible Class @ 9:30a

10/8 Men’s Conf Call @ 9p

10/10 Billy & Kaylie’s Wedding @ 5p

10/11 AWTG - Ada Southwest

10/12 Columbus Day

10/13 Ladies Bible Class @ 9:30a

10/15-16 Fall Break

10/15 Food Distribution Setup

10/17 Food Distribution @ 9:30a

10/18 L2L Practice

10/18 Elders & deacons meet @ 3:45

Proverbs

The book of Proverbs is full of great bits of wisdom providing guidance and en-couragement along with warning and insight. There are so many pearls to be found in King Solomon’s inspired book that if you are a person who highlights scripture, you might have the entire book colored!

We encourage you to read this book often. Go to it in times of distress and worry. Seek its wisdom in times of deci-sion and thought. Rejoice in it when you are happy and on an easy path. Share it with your family and friends.

How blessed we are to have God’s Word at our fingertips!

“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own under-standing. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6

Pat, Michael and Eddy

BOOKS OF THE MONTH FOR

October

Colossians, Philemon

And Philippians.

Family Prayer Name :

Highland church of Christ

905 E Walnut

PO Box 129

Tecumseh, OK 74873-0129

Phone: (405) 598-3514

info@hcoct.com

Attendance Last Week:

Bible Class: 105

Daily Bible Readers: 27

Sun Worship: 147

Sun PM: 87

Last Sun PM (Corrected to 89)

Schedule of Services

Sunday:

Bible Study 9:30 am

Worship 10:30 am

Evening 5:00 pm

Wednesday:

Health (Members): Charles Wilcox, good results, pain subsid-

ing; Luke Swafford, shoulder surgery; Tom Austin, back sur-

gery; Robert Britton; Kurt Shirey, home; Jim Hayes; Ione Ar-

nold; Angie Sack; Janice Carr; Dee Banta; Tami Lawson.

Health (Others): Miranda Barnes (Bud & Lori Deadorff’s

niece) surgery for brain tumor; Nathaniel Price (Jennifer

Stapp’s friend) hospitalized with temp after a liver trans-

plant; Susie Clark (Jimmie Young’s DIL); Kristy Swafford’s

mother; Dean Flowers (Steve’s dad) pneumonia; Tonya Kel-

sey’s brother (Clint) colon mass & SIL, car wreck; Linda

Brooke’s son, Jerry, oral cancer; Louie Hatler’s friend’s DIL,

Abagaill Mullen, heart; Carla Dame (Wilma Hixson’s niece);

Nolan Perry (Gary’s cousin); Selene Williams (Bob McKnight’s

granddaughter) breast cancer; Jack (Flossie Jorgenson’s

brother) ALS; Mandy Dodd (Lora Sprowls’ daughter); Jim Ar-

nold’s sister, cancer; Debbie (Burlison) Sehon (Gina Fred-

man’s aunt) ALS; Verlie’s sister-in-law; Bill Blochowiak (Billy’s

dad); Don & Sandra Stafford (Jimmie Young’s family); Debbie

Seaton (Claudia’s friend); Kent Taylor (Kristy Swafford’s

brother); Mark Miener (Verlie’s friend); Jim Perry (Verlie’s

friend); Xavier & Ray Grimmett Jr.

Our shut-ins: Retha Barnes; Mary Littleton; Connie Mack

Stubbs; Rosie Brightwell; James & Sheila Moudy; Audrey Sa-

vory; Mildred Boone; Ellen Childers, Rosie Brightwell.

Sympathy: Our hearts go out to Judy, Mary, Brian & Jenny

Lynn in the loss of our Don. Services were Thursday. Also,

please keep in prayer Tammy Austin and her family in the

loss of her aunt, Sharon Ellison, last Wednesday.

Other Prayers: Lauren Stephenson requests prayers; COVID-

19 cure; ladies at Mabel Bassett, our country and military,

especially our homegrown heroes: Emilee Grochow, Ryan

Willis, Austin and An drew Sack , Joshua & Caleb Kelsey,

Haden Burlison and Caleb Dahle.

***Please let us know if names should be added or deleted.***

Announcements

We can make our online con-

tributions 2 ways now

GivePlus+ Mobile

Available in app stores

or a link is on HCOCT.com

All services (Sunday & Wednesday) have resumed in the building. Please pick up your communion sets as you come in the door on Sunday morn-ings. A collection plate is also available at the back of the auditorium. If you are in the “high risk” category or prefer to social distance, please take advantage of our live-streamed services on YouTube.

Men’s Conference Calls are every Thursday night from 9-9:30p. The number for the call is (605) 313-5096. The code will be texted.

Ladies Video Bible Study on Zoom is on Wednesday nights now at 6:30p. Thursday classes have been suspended this quarter. Please email us at info@hcoct.com so we can send you the meeting ID and password.

Giving may be mailed to PO Box 129 or given online thru link at top right of www.hcoct.com. Or, go to the App Store or Google Play and search for “GivePlus Church”.

Online directory is located at https://servantkeeper.com/directory/hcoct/login (call office or reply to email for password). If you need anything or have prayer requests, please call or text the el-ders at elders@hcoct.com. If you have announcements for our bulletin, please call the office (598-3514) or your BK leaders. Stay safe and please check up on each other.

Songs of Praise will meet

this afternoon at 3:45p.

All ladies are invited to

sing along.

Spur will meet tonight following evening services. Girls will bring desserts and boys will bring drinks.

Homebound Meals will be

served next week.

October’s AWTG will

be in Ada (SW) on

October 11th. Leaving at 4p.

L2L practices will start at 2:00p on

October 18th. Please verify with your

coaches.

Elders & deacons will meet on October 18th at 3:45p.

We’ve posted thank you notes from the

Austin, Adams and Rousey families and

they’re posted on the bulletin board.

TODAY’S WORSHIP LEADERS

Privileged to Serve the Church Assembly

Preacher:……………….…………...……..…………………………………………..Erick Henson

Song Leader:…..……….............................................................Michael Kelsey

Opening Prayer Leader:.......................................................Adam Cole Sack

Closing Prayer Leader:......….....................................................Doug Hinson

Greeters:……Gary Perry, Torrey Hatler, Terry Banta, Kyle Stapp, Jay Madden

Announcements:……....……………….……..…...................................Eddy Parker

Serving at the Lord’s Table:…..…………………..…………………....….Bob McKnight

Scripture Reader:……...…........……..…...…...….…...……...……...…Jacob Madden

Sound Booth:………………….……………......Jarod & Ricci Smith & Frank Bourlon

Men, if you are scheduled to be on the table, please be here by 10:15; other-

wise, I will have to find a replacement. Thank you! Stacy

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