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Another way to spend time in the word
The Lord gave the children of Israel instructions on what their king should not do. Then the Lord said what the king must do, “Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one before the priests, the Levites. And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, that his heart may not be lifted above his brethren, that he may not turn aside from the com-mandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel” (Deuteronomy 17.18–20).
The Lord wanted the king of Israel to have his own copy of the Scrip-tures, and he would write it out him-self. Doing so would make him more aware of the Lord speaking to him and how he should and should not conduct himself as a king.
He would learn to fear the Lord; he would know what the Lord wanted done; he would keep himself humble before his brethren, giving him a long reign as king.
When was the last time you wrote out Scripture? Get away from the computer, get paper, find a writing in-strument, and write down one of the Psalms. See what it does for you. DR
The disciples wanted to serve the Lord
The twelve disciples got things wrong often, like we do, but they also got things right, like we do also. One time they argued about who was greatest among them, but watch what they did on the night before Jesus died, and what He told them to do, “Now on the first day of Un-leavened Bread, when they killed the Passover lamb, His disciples said to Him, ‘Where do You want us to go
and prepare, that You may eat the Passover?’ And He sent out two of His disciples and said to them, ‘Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him. Wher-ever he goes in, say to the master of the house, The Teacher says, Where is the guest room in which I may eat
the Passover with My disciples? Then he will show you a large upper room,
furnished and prepared; there make ready for us” (Mark 14.12–15).
Jesus had evidently already worked out the arrangement for that Passover, and the disciples
did not know of the arrangement. However, they wanted to serve Him. They wanted to prepare the Passover. This was not slapping together a few sand-wiches, but required a great deal of work and care. However, they loved Jesus, they loved Israel, and they were thankful to God for Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. DR
Our History:
The Savage Street Church of Christ began on March 4, 1923
at 6th and H Streets. After sometime on Evelyn Street, we moved to our present location
on March 20, 1960
March 12, 2017
SAVAGE STREET Church of Christ
10:30 Service
“The Story of the Bible Leads to Jesus”
Acts 7
6:00 service
“Persecution Only Spreads the Gospel”
Acts 8
March Activities
The 26th: Potluck The 29th: Singing
August Activities
14th–18th: Vacation Bible School
Serve the Lord in your work by working hard for Him.
(Diligent Hands)
Colossians 3:23-24 Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for peo-ple. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.
2 Timothy 2:6-7 And hardworking farm-ers should be the first to enjoy the fruit of their labor. Think about what I am saying. The Lord will help you understand all these things.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Proverbs 6:7-8 Though they have no prince or governor or ruler to make them work, they labor hard all summer, gather-ing food for the winter.
Proverbs 12:24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor
Proverbs 20:13 If you love sleep, you will end in poverty. Keep your eyes open, and there will be plenty to eat!
2 Thessalonians 3:10 While we were with you, we gave you the order: “Whoever doesn’t want to work shouldn’t be al-lowed to eat.”
Proverbs 12:24 Diligent hands will rule, but laziness ends in forced labor.
1 Corinthians 10:31 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.
Revelation 2:2-3 I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
John 5:16 But Jesus an-swered them, “My Father has been working until now, and I, too, am working.”
ou
r B
ible
cl
asse
s av
erag
e 99
%,
she
will
lik
ely
beco
me,
ac
cord
ing
to th
e w
ill o
f God
, wha
teve
r she
asp
ires t
o be
. In
2015
, af
ter
sittin
g do
wn
ever
y bo
y an
d gi
rl, s
he w
on th
e an
nual
Bib
le
Bee
con
test
am
ong
all
of t
he c
hild
ren
on t
he t
hree
cam
puse
s. In
cide
ntal
ly,
she
was
one
of
the
child
ren
that
the
gov
ernm
ent
atte
mpt
ed to
rem
ove
from
our
cam
pus i
n M
ay 2
016.
G
od h
as b
less
ed C
athy
and
I so
rich
ly, a
llow
ing
us to
be
a pa
rt of
this
gre
at w
ork.
As
I sa
t int
ervi
ewin
g Sa
ndiy
ah I
ant
icip
ated
th
e da
y w
hen
I w
ill b
oard
a f
light
in
Indi
a an
d he
ar, “G
ood
mor
ning
! My
nam
e is
San
thiy
ah a
nd I
am h
appy
to b
e yo
ur p
ilot
for o
ur jo
urne
y ov
er to
Che
nnai
toda
y!”
ca
mpu
s. H
e w
as a
lso
one
of th
e ch
ildre
n se
nt o
ut la
st y
ear b
y th
e go
vern
men
t fr
om t
he D
AI
cam
pus.
By
God
’s g
race
and
our
pe
rsis
tenc
e, w
e ha
ve h
im b
ack.
He
has
grea
t re
spec
t fr
om h
is
youn
ger
brot
hers
. He
ofte
n le
ads
in t
he w
orsh
ip s
ervi
ce a
nd i
s ca
pabl
e of
teac
hing
and
pre
achi
ng. H
is y
oung
er s
iste
r al
so li
ves
on th
is sa
me
cam
pus.
Ple
ase
cont
inue
to p
ray
for a
ll of
our
chi
ldre
n, a
s Sa
tan
seek
s to
de
stro
y th
ese
grea
t wor
ks. “…
Gre
ater
is h
e th
at is
in y
ou, t
han
he th
at is
in th
e w
orld”
(I Jo
hn 4
:4).
SAN
DIY
AH
S
andi
yah
is o
ne o
f the
girl
s we
have
rais
ed a
t Dev
a A
nbu
Illam
. Fr
om ti
me
to ti
me,
I si
t with
the
child
ren
to a
sk a
bout
thei
r pla
ns
for t
he fu
ture
. Thi
s six
teen
-yea
r-ol
d, a
fter c
ompl
etin
g he
r Bib
le
educ
atio
n an
d se
cula
r stu
dies
, pl
ans t
o be
an
airli
ne p
ilot,
a lo
fty g
oal f
or a
girl
in In
dia.
C
onsi
derin
g th
at h
er g
rade
s in
SATU
RD
AY
H
AIR
CU
T
On
each
of o
ur c
ampu
ses,
we
are
bles
sed
with
old
er b
oys
will
ing
to
be th
e Sa
turd
ay b
arbe
r. It
save
s us
m
oney
, an
d pr
ovid
es e
xper
ienc
e fo
r ou
r bo
ys s
trivi
ng t
o le
arn
a ne
w p
rofe
ssio
n. T
he o
lder
boy
is
Peris
otha
man
, a c
hild
on
our D
NI
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SLET
TER
FRO
M
DO
N A
ND
CAT
HY
IVER
SON
This
12
foot
jum
ping
snak
e wa
s rec
ently
pul
led
from
the
ceili
ng
of t
he o
ffice
at
our
Din
digu
l Ev
ange
lism
Sch
ool.
The
snak
e ch
arm
er c
harg
ed $
7 to
ret
riev
e hi
m fo
r us
. Whe
n Ar
okiy
adas
s at
tem
pted
to b
arga
in, t
he sk
illed
cha
rmer
thre
w h
is c
atch
to th
e gr
ound
and
we
quic
kly
agre
ed t
o th
e pr
ice
he h
ad a
sked
. Le
sson
lear
ned:
Nev
er n
egot
iate
with
the
snak
e ch
arm
er!
F E
B R
U A
R Y
2
0
1
7
wee
kend
, in
his
atte
mpt
to
esta
blis
h th
e Lo
rd’s
chu
rch
in
Kup
pam
. Sin
ce m
y in
itial
con
tact
with
him
, mor
e th
an te
n ye
ars
ago,
he
has
taug
ht s
core
s of
eva
ngel
ists
in v
ario
us s
choo
ls a
long
th
e Ta
mil
Nad
u/A
ndre
Pra
desh
bor
der.
God
con
tinue
s to
ble
ss
this
mig
hty
war
rior.
554
BAPT
ISM
S A
ND
9 N
EW C
ON
GR
EGA
TIO
NS
Sol
omon
’s l
ates
t gr
oup
of m
en h
ad a
phe
nom
enal
las
t ye
ar
(201
6),
as 5
54 s
ouls
wer
e ad
ded
and
nine
new
con
greg
atio
ns
wer
e es
tabl
ishe
d. T
his
mig
hty
soul
-win
ner
spen
ds l
ong
hour
s w
ith
his
stud
ents
, ou
tsid
e of
cl
ass,
usin
g th
e m
en
as
oppo
rtuni
ties,
teac
hing
th
em
how
to
es
tabl
ish
faith
ful
cong
rega
tions
. Sol
omon
is
also
one
of
the
mos
t hu
mbl
e m
en I
ha
ve e
ver m
et, a
nd is
qui
ck to
rem
ind
all t
hat G
od is
the
one
who
gi
ves t
he in
crea
se (I
Cor
. 3:6
). FI
FTEE
N D
ENO
MIN
ATI
ON
AL
PREA
CH
ERS
A
s I
prep
ared
to
leav
e In
dia
at t
he e
nd o
f 20
16,
Solo
mon
co
ntac
ted
me
to a
sk if
I w
ould
com
e an
d te
ach
for a
day
am
ong
15 p
reac
hers
, al
l co
min
g fr
om v
ario
us d
enom
inat
ions
. H
e ha
d al
read
y be
en te
achi
ng th
em fo
r 8 m
onth
s. H
e ex
plai
ned
how
they
ha
d ha
d ve
ry li
ttle
form
al tr
aini
ng in
the
Bib
le a
nd w
ere
aski
ng
for
help
to s
treng
then
thei
r kn
owle
dge.
Tho
ugh
I w
as u
nabl
e to
at
tend
, I r
eque
sted
Aro
kiya
dass
and
San
than
araj
to s
pend
a d
ay
with
thes
e m
en. A
fter l
earn
ing
mor
e ab
out t
he L
ord’
s chu
rch
and
the
nece
ssity
of b
aptis
m, a
ll fif
teen
men
wer
e ba
ptiz
ed a
t the
end
of
the
day.
Sol
omon
con
tinue
s to
wor
k w
ith th
ese
brot
hers
, and
th
ey m
eet t
oget
her f
or w
orsh
ip a
nd b
reak
ing
brea
d on
the
Lord
’s
Day
. I
am
exh
ilara
ted
and
exci
ted
as I
ant
icip
ate
the
futu
re f
or th
is
area
of A
ndre
whe
re th
ese
men
wor
k. L
ord
will
ing,
we
will
hav
e a
prea
cher
trai
ning
sch
ool h
ere,
and
hun
dred
s of
con
greg
atio
ns
will
sprin
g up
in d
ecad
es to
com
e. G
od is
gre
at!
PH
OTO
BEL
OW
: Sar
avan
an, a
long
with
his
wife
, sta
nd w
ith n
ine
sist
ers w
ho h
ave
just
enr
olle
d in
our
new
Sat
urda
y sc
hool
s for
ladi
es.
L
adie
s, w
heth
er l
ivin
g in
Ind
ia o
r A
mer
ica,
are
som
e of
the
m
ost
pow
erfu
l so
ul-w
inne
rs a
mon
g us
. Fo
r se
vera
l ye
ars,
we
have
bee
n ex
perim
entin
g, tr
ying
to d
esig
n a
prog
ram
sui
tabl
e to
tra
in t
hese
lad
ies
and
mul
tiply
the
ir ta
lent
s. Th
is n
ew p
rogr
am
was
the
focu
s of
a re
cent
pla
nnin
g m
eetin
g am
ong
nine
ty o
f our
pr
each
ers a
nd te
ache
rs in
Tam
il N
adu.
W
e ar
e cu
rren
tly b
egin
ning
thi
rteen
Sat
urda
y pr
ogra
ms
for
ladi
es. E
ach
sist
er m
ust c
omm
it to
pro
mpt
ly a
ttend
for
two
full
year
s. Th
e m
ater
ials
use
d w
ill b
e th
e sa
me
as w
e ha
ve ta
ught
to
the
men
in
the
Kin
gdom
Bui
lder’s
Pro
gram
, in
clud
ing
wee
kly
exam
s, m
emor
y ve
rses
an
d m
anda
tory
ev
ange
lism
on
al
l Sa
turd
ay a
ftern
oons
. T
hese
stu
dent
s re
ceiv
e no
sup
port.
We
prov
ide
thei
r lu
nch
as
wel
l as
bus
far
e fo
r th
eir
trans
porta
tion
($2
per
Satu
rday
). Th
e m
axim
um n
umbe
r of
stu
dent
s al
low
ed in
eac
h pr
ogra
m is
nin
e,
and
we
antic
ipat
e ap
prox
imat
ely
100
ladi
es w
ill e
nrol
l.
A
gre
at p
art o
f the
suc
cess
of t
his
wor
k ca
n be
attr
ibut
ed to
the
fact
tha
t ou
r pr
each
ers
are
self-
supp
orte
d, o
r su
ppor
ted
by t
he
Indi
an b
reth
ren,
mak
ing
the
chur
ches
sel
f-su
stai
ned.
The
regu
lar
cam
paig
ns,
in w
hich
the
eva
ngel
ists
rec
eive
app
roxi
mat
ely
$5
per d
ay to
cov
er tr
ansp
ort a
nd s
uppl
emen
t the
ir lo
ss o
f wag
es, i
s ch
eris
hed
as a
spe
cial
opp
ortu
nity
. Lor
d w
illin
g, m
ore
than
400
m
en w
ill p
artic
ipat
e in
the
wee
k-lo
ng M
arch
eve
nt.
The
tota
l cos
t for
the
cam
paig
n w
ill b
e ap
prox
imat
ely
$15,
000,
a
very
rea
sona
ble
amou
nt c
onsi
derin
g th
at g
ener
ally
, mor
e th
an
1,20
0 so
uls
are
adde
d ($
13 p
er e
ach)
. A
dditi
onal
ly,
thou
sand
s m
ore
amon
g th
e bi
llion
s of w
orsh
ippe
r of i
dols
of s
ilver
and
gol
d w
ill le
arn
of th
e Tr
ue a
nd L
ivin
g G
od w
ho c
reat
ed th
em. T
his
is ou
r job
as s
ower
s: p
lant
ing
and
wat
erin
g.
W
e w
ork
very
har
d to
est
ablis
h ne
w C
hris
tians
and
hel
p th
em
grow
in th
eir f
aith
. Fro
m w
hat w
e ca
n as
certa
in, m
ore
than
90%
of
all
bapt
ized
ove
r the
pas
t fou
r yea
rs a
re st
ill se
rvin
g fa
ithfu
lly.
Ple
ase
do n
ot th
ink
we
are
boas
ting,
but
allo
w u
s to
“gl
ory
in
the
Lord
” (I
Cor
. 1:3
1) fo
r the
mar
velo
us w
orks
He
has
wro
ught
. R
ejoi
ce
with
us
an
d co
ntin
ue
to
pray
fo
r th
e m
any
new
op
portu
nitie
s in
2017
.
Eve
ry t
ime
I st
and
besi
de o
f So
lom
on I
am
rem
inde
d of
his
grea
t fa
ith
and
love
fo
r ou
r Lo
rd. T
his
man
is
poss
ibly
the
m
ight
iest
eva
ngel
ist I
hav
e m
et
in m
y lif
e. M
ost r
emem
ber
him
as
th
e fif
ty-m
ile-b
icyc
le-m
an,
as h
e us
e to
rid
e hi
s bi
cycl
e fif
ty m
iles e
ach
way
, eve
ry
MA
RC
H
SOU
L-W
INN
ING
C
AM
PAIG
N
With
gr
eat
eage
rnes
s, ou
r br
othe
rs
antic
ipat
e th
e M
arch
ca
mpa
ign.
It
is
a w
onde
rful
op
portu
nity
for
sac
rific
e, f
ello
w
ship
an
d gr
owin
g th
e Lo
rd’s
ch
urch
.
7,3
00
SO
UL
S
Is th
e G
oal f
or 2
017!
111
NE
W C
ON
GR
EG
AT
ION
S
Wer
e es
tab
lishe
d in
201
6
Our Mission Works Outside of
Josephine County, Oregon
Don Iverson’s India Work
ou
r B
ible
cl
asse
s av
erag
e 99
%,
she
will
lik
ely
beco
me,
ac
cord
ing
to th
e w
ill o
f God
, wha
teve
r she
asp
ires t
o be
. In
2015
, af
ter
sittin
g do
wn
ever
y bo
y an
d gi
rl, s
he w
on th
e an
nual
Bib
le
Bee
con
test
am
ong
all
of t
he c
hild
ren
on t
he t
hree
cam
puse
s. In
cide
ntal
ly,
she
was
one
of
the
child
ren
that
the
gov
ernm
ent
atte
mpt
ed to
rem
ove
from
our
cam
pus i
n M
ay 2
016.
G
od h
as b
less
ed C
athy
and
I so
rich
ly, a
llow
ing
us to
be
a pa
rt of
this
gre
at w
ork.
As
I sa
t int
ervi
ewin
g Sa
ndiy
ah I
ant
icip
ated
th
e da
y w
hen
I w
ill b
oard
a f
light
in
Indi
a an
d he
ar, “G
ood
mor
ning
! My
nam
e is
San
thiy
ah a
nd I
am h
appy
to b
e yo
ur p
ilot
for o
ur jo
urne
y ov
er to
Che
nnai
toda
y!”
ca
mpu
s. H
e w
as a
lso
one
of th
e ch
ildre
n se
nt o
ut la
st y
ear b
y th
e go
vern
men
t fr
om t
he D
AI
cam
pus.
By
God
’s g
race
and
our
pe
rsis
tenc
e, w
e ha
ve h
im b
ack.
He
has
grea
t re
spec
t fr
om h
is
youn
ger
brot
hers
. He
ofte
n le
ads
in t
he w
orsh
ip s
ervi
ce a
nd i
s ca
pabl
e of
teac
hing
and
pre
achi
ng. H
is y
oung
er s
iste
r al
so li
ves
on th
is sa
me
cam
pus.
Ple
ase
cont
inue
to p
ray
for a
ll of
our
chi
ldre
n, a
s Sa
tan
seek
s to
de
stro
y th
ese
grea
t wor
ks. “…
Gre
ater
is h
e th
at is
in y
ou, t
han
he th
at is
in th
e w
orld”
(I Jo
hn 4
:4).
SAN
DIY
AH
S
andi
yah
is o
ne o
f the
girl
s we
have
rais
ed a
t Dev
a A
nbu
Illam
. Fr
om ti
me
to ti
me,
I si
t with
the
child
ren
to a
sk a
bout
thei
r pla
ns
for t
he fu
ture
. Thi
s six
teen
-yea
r-ol
d, a
fter c
ompl
etin
g he
r Bib
le
educ
atio
n an
d se
cula
r stu
dies
, pl
ans t
o be
an
airli
ne p
ilot,
a lo
fty g
oal f
or a
girl
in In
dia.
C
onsi
derin
g th
at h
er g
rade
s in
SATU
RD
AY
H
AIR
CU
T
On
each
of o
ur c
ampu
ses,
we
are
bles
sed
with
old
er b
oys
will
ing
to
be th
e Sa
turd
ay b
arbe
r. It
save
s us
m
oney
, an
d pr
ovid
es e
xper
ienc
e fo
r ou
r bo
ys s
trivi
ng t
o le
arn
a ne
w p
rofe
ssio
n. T
he o
lder
boy
is
Peris
otha
man
, a c
hild
on
our D
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This
12
foot
jum
ping
snak
e wa
s rec
ently
pul
led
from
the
ceili
ng
of t
he o
ffice
at
our
Din
digu
l Ev
ange
lism
Sch
ool.
The
snak
e ch
arm
er c
harg
ed $
7 to
ret
riev
e hi
m fo
r us
. Whe
n Ar
okiy
adas
s at
tem
pted
to b
arga
in, t
he s
kille
d ch
arm
er th
rew
his
cat
ch to
the
grou
nd a
nd w
e qu
ickl
y ag
reed
to
the
pric
e he
had
ask
ed.
Less
on le
arne
d: N
ever
neg
otia
te w
ith th
e sn
ake
char
mer
!
F E
B R
U A
R Y
2
0
1
7
wee
kend
, in
his
atte
mpt
to
esta
blis
h th
e Lo
rd’s
chu
rch
in
Kup
pam
. Sin
ce m
y in
itial
con
tact
with
him
, mor
e th
an te
n ye
ars
ago,
he
has
taug
ht s
core
s of
eva
ngel
ists
in v
ario
us s
choo
ls a
long
th
e Ta
mil
Nad
u/A
ndre
Pra
desh
bor
der.
God
con
tinue
s to
ble
ss
this
mig
hty
war
rior.
554
BAPT
ISM
S A
ND
9 N
EW C
ON
GR
EGA
TIO
NS
Sol
omon
’s l
ates
t gr
oup
of m
en h
ad a
phe
nom
enal
las
t ye
ar
(201
6),
as 5
54 s
ouls
wer
e ad
ded
and
nine
new
con
greg
atio
ns
wer
e es
tabl
ishe
d. T
his
mig
hty
soul
-win
ner
spen
ds l
ong
hour
s w
ith
his
stud
ents
, ou
tsid
e of
cl
ass,
usin
g th
e m
en
as
oppo
rtuni
ties,
teac
hing
th
em
how
to
es
tabl
ish
faith
ful
cong
rega
tions
. Sol
omon
is
also
one
of
the
mos
t hu
mbl
e m
en I
ha
ve e
ver m
et, a
nd is
qui
ck to
rem
ind
all t
hat G
od is
the
one
who
gi
ves t
he in
crea
se (I
Cor
. 3:6
). FI
FTEE
N D
ENO
MIN
ATI
ON
AL
PREA
CH
ERS
A
s I
prep
ared
to
leav
e In
dia
at t
he e
nd o
f 20
16,
Solo
mon
co
ntac
ted
me
to a
sk if
I w
ould
com
e an
d te
ach
for a
day
am
ong
15 p
reac
hers
, al
l co
min
g fr
om v
ario
us d
enom
inat
ions
. H
e ha
d al
read
y be
en te
achi
ng th
em fo
r 8 m
onth
s. H
e ex
plai
ned
how
they
ha
d ha
d ve
ry li
ttle
form
al tr
aini
ng in
the
Bib
le a
nd w
ere
aski
ng
for
help
to s
treng
then
thei
r kn
owle
dge.
Tho
ugh
I w
as u
nabl
e to
at
tend
, I r
eque
sted
Aro
kiya
dass
and
San
than
araj
to s
pend
a d
ay
with
thes
e m
en. A
fter l
earn
ing
mor
e ab
out t
he L
ord’
s chu
rch
and
the
nece
ssity
of b
aptis
m, a
ll fif
teen
men
wer
e ba
ptiz
ed a
t the
end
of
the
day.
Sol
omon
con
tinue
s to
wor
k w
ith th
ese
brot
hers
, and
th
ey m
eet t
oget
her f
or w
orsh
ip a
nd b
reak
ing
brea
d on
the
Lord
’s
Day
. I
am
exh
ilara
ted
and
exci
ted
as I
ant
icip
ate
the
futu
re f
or th
is
area
of A
ndre
whe
re th
ese
men
wor
k. L
ord
will
ing,
we
will
hav
e a
prea
cher
trai
ning
sch
ool h
ere,
and
hun
dred
s of
con
greg
atio
ns
will
sprin
g up
in d
ecad
es to
com
e. G
od is
gre
at!
PH
OTO
BEL
OW
: Sar
avan
an, a
long
with
his
wife
, sta
nd w
ith n
ine
sist
ers w
ho h
ave
just
enr
olle
d in
our
new
Sat
urda
y sc
hool
s for
ladi
es.
L
adie
s, w
heth
er l
ivin
g in
Ind
ia o
r A
mer
ica,
are
som
e of
the
m
ost
pow
erfu
l so
ul-w
inne
rs a
mon
g us
. Fo
r se
vera
l ye
ars,
we
have
bee
n ex
perim
entin
g, tr
ying
to d
esig
n a
prog
ram
sui
tabl
e to
tra
in t
hese
lad
ies
and
mul
tiply
the
ir ta
lent
s. Th
is n
ew p
rogr
am
was
the
focu
s of
a re
cent
pla
nnin
g m
eetin
g am
ong
nine
ty o
f our
pr
each
ers a
nd te
ache
rs in
Tam
il N
adu.
W
e ar
e cu
rren
tly b
egin
ning
thi
rteen
Sat
urda
y pr
ogra
ms
for
ladi
es. E
ach
sist
er m
ust c
omm
it to
pro
mpt
ly a
ttend
for
two
full
year
s. Th
e m
ater
ials
use
d w
ill b
e th
e sa
me
as w
e ha
ve ta
ught
to
the
men
in
the
Kin
gdom
Bui
lder’s
Pro
gram
, in
clud
ing
wee
kly
exam
s, m
emor
y ve
rses
an
d m
anda
tory
ev
ange
lism
on
al
l Sa
turd
ay a
ftern
oons
. T
hese
stu
dent
s re
ceiv
e no
sup
port.
We
prov
ide
thei
r lu
nch
as
wel
l as
bus
far
e fo
r th
eir
trans
porta
tion
($2
per
Satu
rday
). Th
e m
axim
um n
umbe
r of
stu
dent
s al
low
ed in
eac
h pr
ogra
m is
nin
e,
and
we
antic
ipat
e ap
prox
imat
ely
100
ladi
es w
ill e
nrol
l.
A
gre
at p
art o
f the
suc
cess
of t
his
wor
k ca
n be
attr
ibut
ed to
the
fact
tha
t ou
r pr
each
ers
are
self-
supp
orte
d, o
r su
ppor
ted
by t
he
Indi
an b
reth
ren,
mak
ing
the
chur
ches
sel
f-su
stai
ned.
The
regu
lar
cam
paig
ns,
in w
hich
the
eva
ngel
ists
rec
eive
app
roxi
mat
ely
$5
per d
ay to
cov
er tr
ansp
ort a
nd s
uppl
emen
t the
ir lo
ss o
f wag
es, i
s ch
eris
hed
as a
spe
cial
opp
ortu
nity
. Lor
d w
illin
g, m
ore
than
400
m
en w
ill p
artic
ipat
e in
the
wee
k-lo
ng M
arch
eve
nt.
The
tota
l cos
t for
the
cam
paig
n w
ill b
e ap
prox
imat
ely
$15,
000,
a
very
rea
sona
ble
amou
nt c
onsi
derin
g th
at g
ener
ally
, mor
e th
an
1,20
0 so
uls
are
adde
d ($
13 p
er e
ach)
. A
dditi
onal
ly,
thou
sand
s m
ore
amon
g th
e bi
llion
s of w
orsh
ippe
r of i
dols
of s
ilver
and
gol
d w
ill le
arn
of th
e Tr
ue a
nd L
ivin
g G
od w
ho c
reat
ed th
em. T
his
is ou
r job
as s
ower
s: p
lant
ing
and
wat
erin
g.
W
e w
ork
very
har
d to
est
ablis
h ne
w C
hris
tians
and
hel
p th
em
grow
in th
eir f
aith
. Fro
m w
hat w
e ca
n as
certa
in, m
ore
than
90%
of
all
bapt
ized
ove
r the
pas
t fou
r yea
rs a
re st
ill se
rvin
g fa
ithfu
lly.
Ple
ase
do n
ot th
ink
we
are
boas
ting,
but
allo
w u
s to
“gl
ory
in
the
Lord
” (I
Cor
. 1:3
1) fo
r the
mar
velo
us w
orks
He
has
wro
ught
. R
ejoi
ce
with
us
an
d co
ntin
ue
to
pray
fo
r th
e m
any
new
op
portu
nitie
s in
2017
.
Eve
ry t
ime
I st
and
besi
de o
f So
lom
on I
am
rem
inde
d of
his
grea
t fa
ith
and
love
fo
r ou
r Lo
rd. T
his
man
is
poss
ibly
the
m
ight
iest
eva
ngel
ist I
hav
e m
et
in m
y lif
e. M
ost r
emem
ber
him
as
th
e fif
ty-m
ile-b
icyc
le-m
an,
as h
e us
e to
rid
e hi
s bi
cycl
e fif
ty m
iles e
ach
way
, eve
ry
MA
RC
H
SOU
L-W
INN
ING
C
AM
PAIG
N
With
gr
eat
eage
rnes
s, ou
r br
othe
rs
antic
ipat
e th
e M
arch
ca
mpa
ign.
It
is
a w
onde
rful
op
portu
nity
for
sac
rific
e, f
ello
w
ship
an
d gr
owin
g th
e Lo
rd’s
ch
urch
.
7,3
00
SO
UL
S
Is th
e G
oal f
or 2
017!
111
NE
W C
ON
GR
EG
AT
ION
S
Wer
e es
tab
lishe
d in
201
6
wee
kend
, in
his
atte
mpt
to
esta
blis
h th
e Lo
rd’s
chu
rch
in
Kup
pam
. Sin
ce m
y in
itial
con
tact
with
him
, mor
e th
an te
n ye
ars
ago,
he
has
taug
ht s
core
s of
eva
ngel
ists
in v
ario
us s
choo
ls a
long
th
e Ta
mil
Nad
u/A
ndre
Pra
desh
bor
der.
God
con
tinue
s to
ble
ss
this
mig
hty
war
rior.
554
BAPT
ISM
S A
ND
9 N
EW C
ON
GR
EGA
TIO
NS
Sol
omon
’s l
ates
t gr
oup
of m
en h
ad a
phe
nom
enal
las
t ye
ar
(201
6),
as 5
54 s
ouls
wer
e ad
ded
and
nine
new
con
greg
atio
ns
wer
e es
tabl
ishe
d. T
his
mig
hty
soul
-win
ner
spen
ds l
ong
hour
s w
ith
his
stud
ents
, ou
tsid
e of
cl
ass,
usin
g th
e m
en
as
oppo
rtuni
ties,
teac
hing
th
em
how
to
es
tabl
ish
faith
ful
cong
rega
tions
. Sol
omon
is
also
one
of
the
mos
t hu
mbl
e m
en I
ha
ve e
ver m
et, a
nd is
qui
ck to
rem
ind
all t
hat G
od is
the
one
who
gi
ves t
he in
crea
se (I
Cor
. 3:6
). FI
FTEE
N D
ENO
MIN
ATI
ON
AL
PREA
CH
ERS
A
s I
prep
ared
to
leav
e In
dia
at t
he e
nd o
f 20
16,
Solo
mon
co
ntac
ted
me
to a
sk if
I w
ould
com
e an
d te
ach
for a
day
am
ong
15 p
reac
hers
, al
l co
min
g fr
om v
ario
us d
enom
inat
ions
. H
e ha
d al
read
y be
en te
achi
ng th
em fo
r 8 m
onth
s. H
e ex
plai
ned
how
they
ha
d ha
d ve
ry li
ttle
form
al tr
aini
ng in
the
Bib
le a
nd w
ere
aski
ng
for
help
to s
treng
then
thei
r kn
owle
dge.
Tho
ugh
I w
as u
nabl
e to
at
tend
, I r
eque
sted
Aro
kiya
dass
and
San
than
araj
to s
pend
a d
ay
with
thes
e m
en. A
fter l
earn
ing
mor
e ab
out t
he L
ord’
s chu
rch
and
the
nece
ssity
of b
aptis
m, a
ll fif
teen
men
wer
e ba
ptiz
ed a
t the
end
of
the
day.
Sol
omon
con
tinue
s to
wor
k w
ith th
ese
brot
hers
, and
th
ey m
eet t
oget
her f
or w
orsh
ip a
nd b
reak
ing
brea
d on
the
Lord
’s
Day
. I
am
exh
ilara
ted
and
exci
ted
as I
ant
icip
ate
the
futu
re f
or th
is
area
of A
ndre
whe
re th
ese
men
wor
k. L
ord
will
ing,
we
will
hav
e a
prea
cher
tra
inin
g sc
hool
her
e, a
nd h
undr
eds
of c
ongr
egat
ions
w
ill sp
ring
up in
dec
ades
to c
ome.
God
is g
reat
!
PH
OTO
BEL
OW
: Sar
avan
an, a
long
with
his
wife
, sta
nd w
ith n
ine
sist
ers w
ho h
ave
just
enr
olle
d in
our
new
Sat
urda
y sc
hool
s for
ladi
es.
L
adie
s, w
heth
er l
ivin
g in
Ind
ia o
r A
mer
ica,
are
som
e of
the
m
ost
pow
erfu
l so
ul-w
inne
rs a
mon
g us
. Fo
r se
vera
l ye
ars,
we
have
bee
n ex
perim
entin
g, tr
ying
to d
esig
n a
prog
ram
sui
tabl
e to
tra
in t
hese
lad
ies
and
mul
tiply
the
ir ta
lent
s. Th
is n
ew p
rogr
am
was
the
focu
s of
a re
cent
pla
nnin
g m
eetin
g am
ong
nine
ty o
f our
pr
each
ers a
nd te
ache
rs in
Tam
il N
adu.
W
e ar
e cu
rren
tly b
egin
ning
thi
rteen
Sat
urda
y pr
ogra
ms
for
ladi
es. E
ach
sist
er m
ust c
omm
it to
pro
mpt
ly a
ttend
for
two
full
year
s. Th
e m
ater
ials
use
d w
ill b
e th
e sa
me
as w
e ha
ve ta
ught
to
the
men
in
the
Kin
gdom
Bui
lder’s
Pro
gram
, in
clud
ing
wee
kly
exam
s, m
emor
y ve
rses
an
d m
anda
tory
ev
ange
lism
on
al
l Sa
turd
ay a
ftern
oons
. T
hese
stu
dent
s re
ceiv
e no
sup
port.
We
prov
ide
thei
r lu
nch
as
wel
l as
bus
far
e fo
r th
eir
trans
porta
tion
($2
per
Satu
rday
). Th
e m
axim
um n
umbe
r of
stu
dent
s al
low
ed in
eac
h pr
ogra
m is
nin
e,
and
we
antic
ipat
e ap
prox
imat
ely
100
ladi
es w
ill e
nrol
l.
A
gre
at p
art o
f the
suc
cess
of t
his
wor
k ca
n be
attr
ibut
ed to
the
fact
tha
t ou
r pr
each
ers
are
self-
supp
orte
d, o
r su
ppor
ted
by t
he
Indi
an b
reth
ren,
mak
ing
the
chur
ches
sel
f-su
stai
ned.
The
regu
lar
cam
paig
ns,
in w
hich
the
eva
ngel
ists
rec
eive
app
roxi
mat
ely
$5
per d
ay to
cov
er tr
ansp
ort a
nd s
uppl
emen
t the
ir lo
ss o
f wag
es, i
s ch
eris
hed
as a
spe
cial
opp
ortu
nity
. Lor
d w
illin
g, m
ore
than
400
m
en w
ill p
artic
ipat
e in
the
wee
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has
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us
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d co
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to
pray
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any
new
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portu
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2017
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rem
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his
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t fa
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and
love
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r ou
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man
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poss
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the
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portu
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ship
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d gr
owin
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2017 Contribution Open & Close Building
March Greeters Card Collectors Meet with elders
& preacher
Weekly Average 3,008 ..................
Last Week March 5 , 3,051 ...........
Total After 10 Weeks 30,084.........
March 12: Gene Tomlinson
March 19: Rick Calvert
No VolunteersJacob Noveske
Billy Henshall
The elders and
preacher have
regular meetings.
You may come
Mondays at 1:30
PM to Don’s office.
Call first. Or they
can meet with at
another time.
Prayers of thanks that Stewart Rhodes is home.
Phil and Diana Friesen request prayers, because they have been experiencing a lot of death and medical problems on both sides of their families.
Pray for Gloriann Duncan. She is at the Highland House recovering and receiving physical therapy.
Please continue to pray for Don Iverson’s work in India. The goal is to save 7,300 souls in 2017.
Continue to pray for our children in LTC as they study the book of Acts. Also pray for their teachers they are doing such a wonderful job teaching the kids.
Prayer Warriors. Pray without ceasing.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
OTHER NEWS If you would like to receive the bulletin as a PDF, please see Rebekah Calvert. If you would like to have your an-nouncement run in our bulletin, please place it on the secretary’s desk before Friday morning or email it to Re-bekah Calvert: [email protected]
VBS Countdown (5 months) Vacation Bible School will be August 14th through the 18th.
Thank you Thank you to all the teachers who signed up for the spring quarter.
Suggested Good Work Clean out your closet and donate gently used clothes and shoes.
Control Your Tongue When… You are angry, “A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated” (Proverbs 14.17).
The Wisdom of George Washington: On Morality and Religion “Observe good faith and justice to-wards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equal-ly enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.”
The Wisdom of Augustine: On Straying from God Augustine confessed to God, “Thus the soul commits fornication when she is turned from thee, and seeks apart from thee what she cannot find pure and untainted until she returns to thee.”
Church History 1899: Sam Jones preaches in Toledo, Ohio, where the mayor is also named Sam Jones. The mayor welcomes the publicity until the preacher says, “If the Devil were mayor of Toledo, he wouldn’t change a thing.” None-theless, Mayor Jones will be reelected by a wide margin. 1849: Newly-elected president of the United States Zachary Taylor refuses inauguration on Sunday out of re-spect for the Lord’s day but is inaugu-rated on Monday. 1805: President Thomas Jefferson in his second inaugural address requests prayer and recalls divine blessings. 1526: Zurich council decrees death by drowning to all Anabaptists. An-abaptists did not believe in infant baptism, but that only believers should be baptized.
The Questions the Book of Exodus Answers and Does Not Answer “In Exodus chapter one we know the name of the midwives but we don’t know the name of Pharaoh. And you
have to ask, ‘Why?’ And I think there’s an intentionality in that omis-sion because it is a story about who’s the God of the Exodus, not who is the pharaoh of the Exodus. And I think historians sometimes get too carried away either trying to answer the questions when and who, but they are not trying to answer the question the text is trying to answer for us, mainly, ‘Who is the God of the Exo-dus?’ That’s the question posed by Pharaoh and that is what the book of Exodus is trying to tell us…And there are close to ten times in the Exodus narratives where we’re told that God is doing this plague or doing this ac-tion ‘that you might know that I am the Lord’ or that the Egyptians might know that I am the Lord’ and in Exo-dus 9 ‘that the Earth might know that I am the Lord.’ So this is the agenda of the text. It’s not trying to answer all of the questions we modern histori-ans would like to have answered. But having said that, it doesn’t mean its not a historical document. It’s talking about real events and real people that took place somewhere around 34, 33, 3200 years ago” (James Hoffmeier in Patterns of Exodus, pages 313–314, emphasis in original).
Our Mission Works Outside of Josephine County, Oregon
Chimala Mission Hospital and Schools,
Tanzania, Africa
Wayne Jackson & ChristianCourier.com, Stockton, California
Brad Harrub & Focus Press, Franklin, Tennessee
Don Iverson’s India Work
Don Patton’s archaeological work, especially Noah’s Ark
Mountain States Children’s Home, Longmont, Colorado
OUR SHEPHERDS: Wayne Duncan Dan Calvert
OUR PREACHER: Don Ruhl
OUR DEACONS: Gene Tomlinson Michael Crisp, Jr. Carl Peugh
OUR SONG LEADERS: Larry Amberg Phil Joseph Kevin Michael
OUR WEB SITE: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com
CONTACT INFORMATION: 220 NE Savage Street Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 541-476-3100 [email protected]
WORSHIP AND CLASSES:
Sunday Classes 9:30 .......... Worship 10:30 ........ Worship 6:00 ........
Wednesday
Classes 7:00 ..........
RUHL’S RULES