Jerry McNic er

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,

Teresa Stafford, Don & Katy Vickery.

DIM, DULL,& UNINTERESTING An old Peanuts cartoon shows

Charlie Brown, Lucy, and Schroeder lying on their backs looking up at the clouds. Schroeder thinks he sees the likeness of Beethoven, conducting his fifth symphony in the clouds. Lucy sees George Washington, leading his men across the Delaware. “And what do you see, Charlie Brown?” they ask. Charlie Brown answers, “I was gonna say a ducky and a horsy.”

Popular culture likes to portray Christians as Charlie Browns – dim, dull, uninteresting. In most movies Christians are portrayed as trouble-makers because we just don’t understand things or see things the way other, more enlightened people see them. It’s easy to feel ordinary, intimidated, inferior, stupid, ugly and out of fashion when we don’t “fit in.” Swimming upstream or walking the “straight and narrow” has never been easy.

But look at how God sees us: “How great is the love the Father has

lavished on us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are. The reason the world does not know us is that it does not know Him. Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when He appears, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:1-2).

What a privilege and honor it is to be sons and daughters of God, with full rights of inheritance. God’s love transforms people. In His Kingdom worldly perspectives don’t matter much. Someday we will stand side by side with Jesus and look God in the face as He says, “Well done good and faithful servant.”

Now that’s not too dull is it? Charles North, Abilene, TX

PRAYER REQUEST

COMING EVENTS October 13 – Love Meals

October 19 – Ladies’ Night Out – 6:00 p.m

October 20 – Power of Prayer -6:00 p.m.

October 20 – Tues Night for the Master – 6:00 p.m.

October 28 – Trunk or Treat(after services)

October 31 – Tom and Brenda Coats are hosting a

devo and wiener roast for 4th

-12th

graders and

their parents at 5:30 p.m.

November 7 – Great Days of Service

October 24 – Fish Fry – 6:00 p.m. J.E. will supply the fish. There is a list on the

bulletin board for you to sign under the dish you

plan to bring.

NOV. 1 – FRIENDS AND FAMILY DAY

It’s time to invite your friends and

family to our services! Fliers are

available in the foyer.

BIBLE READING PLAN FOR 2015

OCTOBER 11-17 - Psalms 15-27

New address for Glenn/Clarissa Downing:

1266 NE 4418 Rd.; Salina OK 74365

Benjamin Reist – October 14

Tom Coats – October 15 Chris Martin – October 16

D.J. and Rachel Castoe – October 12

Chester and Jo Reta Thompson – October 17

IN NEED OF OUR PRAYERS/

ENCOURAGEMENT Health Concerns/Long Term Illnesses Jerry McNickle’s endoscopy dilation went great.

Biopsy report is due in about ten days.

Keith Martin’s eight hour surgery was on

Monday. He is scheduled to be released on

Thursday. Reports will follow.

Michael Pogue has been hospitalized with colitis.

OUR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS

Louis Gabbard – VA Center in Claremore

Laverne Boren – Nursing home in Texas

Colonial Terrace-Pryor

Carol Reiner, Sue Finney, Sammie Casey

Oliver Elliott-Autumn Woods- just south of Wood

Manor

Avondale Cottage– Pryor

Edith Radschweit

Cancer/Cancer Treatment Colt Rowland Charles Finney

Harley Turner Barbara Pittman Monty Stipes

Others to Pray For

Judy Coppedge, Don Foster, Micki Franks, Derek

Hanes, Cope Hawkins, Martha Johnson, Lynn King,

Russell Parish, Teresa Stafford, Payton Stanley, Gertrude

Teague, Don and Katie Vickery

NOTICE

Hope Harbor grocery truck will be here

Monday, October 12. Be sure to bring

your donated items by this Sunday.

THANK YOU Thank you so much for the Treats for Teachers. It always brightens our day. Jefferson Elementary Staff

THANK YOU We would like to apologize for taking so long to write this card. As many of you know, we have been having continued medical problems with Payton, sometimes requiring hospital stays. Yet, we didn’t want to not say thank you. We so gratefully thank you for all help, love, and support we have received. Once Payton’s health improves we will come attend services with you. God bless you all.. Forever grateful,

The Stanleys, Robert, Stephanie, and Payton

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COME WORSHIP WITH US SERMON TOPICS FOR OCTOBER 11

Sunday AM – “ Speaking Truth in Love,”

Ephesians 4:15

Sunday PM – “Of God or of Satan”

1 John 3:7-11

LET JESUS CARRY THE LOAD

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28 If you haven’t learned already, Christianity can be a rollercoaster ride of highs and lows. Sometimes we will be on top and things will be going good for us. At other times we could be in a rough spot maybe from a death in the family or temptations may just seem too much to handle. Everyone will struggle at some point in their life, but Jesus says when we get weary He can provide rest for us. It is so easy to forget sometimes that Jesus is walking right there beside us and if we lean on Him, He can carry the heavy load for us. As humans we want to do things on our own and try and feel that we did things by ourselves. That may be the case for a few small things but we can easily become overwhelmed. Jesus will be there for us if we choose to lean on Him. We should also never forget that when times seem like they are easy and we are on top of our “rollercoaster” ride that we should praise God for that as well and still look for His guidance. Jedda Bragg, Winnsboro, TX

Sometimes the Lord calms the storm; Sometimes He lets the storm rage and calms His child. Bulletin Digest

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Email: pryorcoc@sbcglobal.net

Web: www.pryorchurchofchrist.com

Phone: (918) 825-2539

TUESDAY NIGHT FOR THE

MASTER

OCTOBER 20 – 6:00 P.M.

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…………………………………....95

A.M. Worship………………………………..122

P.M. Worship………………………………….79

Contributions……………………………..$3,620

Budget………………………………….....$3,400

Budget-Up-Date…………………..……...-$2,094

LORD’S TABLE

Prayers: Gary Risner

Chris Martin Jay Martin

Wendell Kropp Darrell Applegate

SUNDAY NIGHT LORD’S TABLE

J.E.Casey/Eutaw Ragland

PRAYERS

Tom Coats Freddie Vivion

Don Stafford Rick Howard

ASSIST DURING SERVICE

Carl Best Sr. / Freddie Vivion / Jerry McCoy

SOUND BOARD OPERATORS

10/11 Mike Dunham / 10/18 Chris Martin

SONG LEADER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rick Howard Carl Best Jr.

VAN DRIVERS

Jerry McCoy/Carl Best Jr.

COMMUNION GREETERS

Lynn & Cammy King Lynn/Cammy King

DEVOTIONALS BAKE BREAD

10/14 Wayne Richardson 10/11 Melora Hays

10/21 Carl Best Jr. 10/18 Donna St. John

October 11, 2015

HUMBLED I like to think of myself as a pretty good fisherman. I have been fishing with my dad

since I was about 3 years old. When I was growing up, I didn’t know there was anything else

to do on a Saturday except to get up before daylight and fish until late into the afternoon. But

when J.E. Casey asked me if I wanted to go fishing with him last Thursday, I knew I was

going to have to bring my “A” game. Don’t let any fisherman tell you that they don’t keep

track of how many they catch. Don’t let them tell you that they don’t want to catch more than

the person they are fishing with!

When we got to J.E.’s fishing spot about 5:30 last Thursday morning, it didn’t take

any time for him to start reeling in fish. I bet he had me down 10 nothing before I ever even

got a good hit. I wasn’t too surprised though, because I was fishing a new spot and really

fishing in a different way than I’m used to fishing. But with the help of J.E. and some of the

other guys up at the dock, I was able to catch quite a few before the morning was over. But I

wasn’t able to catch as many as J.E. did! To add insult to injury, my dad humbled me on

Friday morning by catching far more than I did, even though we were fishing in my boat!

It is good to be humbled at times. We live in a world that is full of pride. We have

pride in our possessions. Many have pride in their homes. Many have pride in their jobs. But

many times we fail to remember that the things we have pride in can be taken away from us in

a moment’s notice. Paul wrote in 2 Corinthians 10:17,”But,’Let him who boasts boast in the

Lord.’”

I have been humbled many times through the years but the thing that humbles me most

is the thought of Jesus Christ coming to this world and facing pain and humiliation of the cross

for my sins. This week, I challenge you to take some time to read through the crucifixion

accounts and see if you can read them without being humbled. Jesus was willing to come and

pay the ultimate price for our sins. I can’t think of anything else that is more humbling than

that!

D.J. Castoe