TOO MANY TO COUNT

One day Abraham Lincoln summoned to the White House a surgeon in the Army of the Cumberland from the state of Ohio. The major assumed that he was to be commended for some exceptional work.

During the conversation, Mr. Lincoln asked the major about his widowed mother. “She is doing fine,” he responded.

“How do you know,” asked Lincoln?

“You haven’t written her. But she has written me. She thinks that you are dead, and she is asking that a special effort be made to return your body.”

At that point, the Commander and Chief placed a pen in the young doctor’s hand and ordered him to write a letter letting his mother know that he was alive and well.

Oh, the blessings that we take for granted. Oh, the wretchedness of ingratitude. It was Shakespeare who worded it more appropriately than ever we could. He wrote: “Blow, blow, thou winter wind. Thou art not so unkind, As man’s ingratitude.”

Thank God for His marvelous providence in granting manifold blessings to the ungrateful many! Try this simple math project: start counting your blessings one by one for just two days. You will be surprised what God is doing in your life. Are you ready to receive? Are you ready to count? If so, then be ready to rejoice.

“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits: who forgives all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from destruction, who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies, who satisfies your mouth with good things” (Psalm 103:1-5).

Special Days

Happy Birthday, July!

Kiera Oyola 1 Donna Wirt 2

Ashlynn Wedge 5 Janelle Okiyi 5

Charles Swabb 8 Karla Anthony 9

Michael Ambrose 10 Danny Gauvin 10

Shannon Anthony 16 Wayne Marbury 20

Lauren Comeaux 22 Niles Wedge 22

Katie Wedge 26

Happy Anniversary, July!

Brice and Bailey Wilson 5

Chris and Shelby Neal 12

Josh and Jessica Endy 12

Eric and Karla Anthony 18

Troy and Denise Crayton 26

WOODBRIDGE

CHURCH OF CHRIST

13815 Surrey Drive

Woodbridge, VA 22191

703-494-5721

July 22, 2018

Elders

Eric Anthony Ernie Maiwald

Michael Neal Lee Porter

Tim Wertz

Deacons

Perry Comeaux Jason Cottoner

Keith George Dan Medina

Niles Wedge

Minister

Ernie Maiwald

Associate Minister

Keith George

The Woodbridge elders recommend the following

Bible translations for our public worship and study:

New King James Version, King James Version and

American Standard Version, 1901

PSALMS CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

I T S O H S W L L A M B S D U E ALIVE NOISE

T H E N T Q U A L I F I E I N N COMELY PEOPLE

T O T R E O M I T T S T G U N N COUNSEL PLACE

S H A E S V V A R E S T H H E G DELIVER SAFETY

H E G I T E A B O U R T V H T M EFFECT SING

H O N I W I S E R G U S T A O Y HEARTS SOUL

H O R O R P A T H R E A L U I N HEATHEN SPAKE

B A R S Y P C W T S E E T I O N HEAVENS STRINGS

B L A C E O U T S H T H S U M S HORSE TRUSTED

D A R K U S E D L P A R K I K E HOST TRUTH

C E A N Y E T O E X A E I R O T KING UPRIGHT

M O S T C T O L D L L K O N C N LOOKETH VAIN

E E M A C K E A L P I W E E G G MERCY WAITETH

L M L E E R N F O A L V F I N S MIGHTY WATERS

S P A T L I N E A I G F E I L D MOUTH WORKS

P U H N N Y P A U S E D K R A T NAME WORLD

ROMANS CHAPTER TEN

S G

T H R A S N S T E H B V T R A H ACCEPT GREAT

S N L E E G V N S T R O E M G S ALTAR HOSTS

E U I D H E N N A A S H R N D I AMONG INCENSE

O S R E P T R O T E T A I D H E BLIND JACOB

D U N M R O O L M I M S W C E D BORDER MALACHI

B N A E T E A R E A I E A B A R BREAD MEANS

B G I N C A H N B R C L E E O S BROTHER NEITHER

N O E L C N B W E P A U R D T A BROUGHT PEOPLE

T S C C B R I A S M R B R S O R BUILD PRIESTS

M R E A O G R C T N U I O S I M BURDEN REGARD

P P I U J E A H O D U H E T E F CORRUPT RISING

T E G B G G E M O R F F A S A D CURSED SNUFFED

U H O A U R R O O L R S F T T E DOORS THEREOF

T E R P E I R E O N O U H E O S EDOM TORN

N D M O L S L C A V G E P S D L FATHER WASTE

O E F Y G E K D E T R D M T A R FLOCK WHEREIN

Services Sunday Morning Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Daily Bible Readings

Bible Class Schedule for the Week

Notes:

1. Please arrange for a substitute if you are unable to perform an assigned

duty.

2. Notify Tim Wertz and Karla Anthony of any changes.

3. Transportation. If anyone would be willing to help with transportation to

and from services on Sunday and Wednesday, please see Niles Wedge.

Helpful Contact Addresses: Church building:www.woodbridgechurchofchrist.com Minister: preacher@woodbridgechurchofchrist.com Associate Minister: churchofchristgospelpreacher@gmail.com Bulletin: obxchca66@gmail.com Facebook: WOODBRIDGE CHURCH OF CHRIST

For our Prayers New ➢ Coletta Lee-(Melissa Maiwald’s mom) Hip replacement on July 26. Update ➢ Dan Medina- recovering from his inspire device surgery. ➢ Vanessa Davis-Davis’s GGrand Kawasaki Disease. ➢ Assisted Living ➢ Gayle Swabb (Betty’s Place - Manassas) ➢ Charles Swabb (Betty’s Place – Manassas) Continued Prayers for Family and Friends: ➢ Sandra Lauriano (co-worker for Kennetha Marbury) cancer ➢ Lucille Goolsby (Sue Bilbrey's sister-in-law) cancer; hospice. ➢ Lenny Skutnik (Crohns) ➢ OT Martin (Ernie’s dad) Alzheimer’s ➢ Jesse Medina (Dan’s brother) pulmonary hypertension ➢ Johnnie Thompson (Perry Comeaux aunt) Long Term

Care ➢ Jan Dunlap (Linda Skutnik’s sister) ➢ Jean Long (Sue Bilbrey’s sister) brain tumor ➢ Angelica Garcia (friend of Linda Skutnik) acute

leukemia ➢ Sammie Thompson (Perry Comeaux’s cousin) cancer ➢ LaVetta Sterrett (Babara Frazier’s aunt) abdomen bleed ➢ David Jackson (friend of the Marbury’s) lung cancer ➢ Gerald Morningstar-(Sherry Wright’s dad) ➢ Gerrie Fleener- Recovering from knee replacement.

Continued prayers for our members

Bobbie Girard Alwilda Merritt Colleen Wertz

Deb Neal James Roberson Sue Bilbrey

Betty Caples Sherry Wright

Morning Evening

Epistles July 22 I Corth 7 - 8 I Corth 7 - 8

The Law July 23 Genesis 44 - 47 Genesis 44 - 47

History July 24 I Samuel 6 - 10 I Samuel 6 - 10

Psalms July 25 Psalm 33 - 35 Psalm 33 - 35

Poetry July 26 Job 23 - 24 Job 23 - 24

Prophecy July 27 Isaiah 62 - 66 Isaiah 62 - 66

Gospels July 28 Mark 3 - 4 Mark 3 - 4

Week of July 22 Sunday Lesson 156 2 Samuel 17

Wednesday Lesson 157 2 Samuel 18

Week of July 29 Sunday Lesson 158 2 Samuel 19

Wednesday Lesson 159 2 Samuel 20-21

Assignments

22 July 29 July

Announcements Porter Wertz

Song Pender Spiess

Prayer Z. Frazier Gauvin

Preside @ Table Dukes M. Frazier

Assisting M. Frazier Johnson

Assisting Gauvin Kent

Assisting George Lake

Prayer Comeaux Crayton

Evening Worship* 22 July 29 July

Announcements Porter Wertz

Song Leader Pender Spiess

Prayer Lake Caples

Communion/Prayer Dukes M. Frazier

Wed. Evening Worship 25 July 1 August

Announcements Porter Wertz

Song Leader Pender Spiess

Invitation Anthony Beauvais

Prayer Mike Ambrose Michael Ambrose

July August September

Prepare Communion George Johnson Lake

Building Lockup Wertz Anthony Maiwald

Mens Breakfast 8/11/18 8:00am OC Buffet EDP Meeting 8/11/18 9:30am Building

Welcome, Visitors!

Thank you for coming to worship with us today. You are our

honored guests. We are a Bible church with Bible aims relying on

God’s word as our only authority We invite you to join us in

worshipping through:

o singing (Eph 5:19)

o praying (I Tim 2:1-2)

o studying (II Tim 4:2 )

o giving (I Cor 16:2)

o remembering our Lord’s sacrifice through communion

(Acts 20:7).

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