Order of Worship

Our Weekly Schedule

SUNDAY Bible Class 9 a.m. Morning Worship 10 a.m. Evening Worship 5 p.m.

MONDAY Karing Kitchen 6 p.m.

TUESDAY Tuesday Lunch Bunch 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Clothing Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY Food Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m. Evening Bible Study 7 p.m. Food Distribution 6:30-7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY Clothing Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Believe | Connect | Serve

March 12, 2017 Volume 48 – No. 11

Welcome/Call to Worship - Deuteronomy 10:12-14 Donnie Carnathan

Song #3 Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah Gary Ables

Song #47 Holy, Holy, Holy

Song #777 Father, Hear the Prayer We Offer

Prayer

David Cannefax

Song Above All

Communion Ira Wilson

Song #669 Take My Life, and Let It Be

Contribution

Song #250 The Great Redeemer

Scripture Reading Romans 12:1-2 Colby Chandler

Song #695 None of Self and All of Thee

Message: "You Christians are Strange." Bill Allen

Song #662 All to Jesus I Surrender

Elder's Prayer

Jay Bynum

Song #676 Living for Jesus

5:00 P.M. Assembly

Welcome/Call to Worship Donnie Carnathan

Song #43 All Things Praise Thee Davy Carter

Song #85 All Things Bright and Beautiful

Prayer

Clifton Lindsey

Scripture Reading 1 Peter 2:11-12 Myron Granberry

Song #894 Beulah Land

Song #122 The Love of God

Message "Setting Your Heart on Things Above - and Below"

Bill Allen

Song #864 Where the Gates Swing Outward Never

Song #859 When All of God's Singers Get Home

Dismiss

Tom Hale

Serving Today

COMMUNION James Gullion

David Hammond Ralph Henderson

Jeff Horton James Hughes Michael Hurley

Kevin Keele Odie Kennedy

GREETERS Info Center:

Glynn & Fran Starnes Main Doors:

James & Connie Sublette East Doors:

Harold & Shirley Denman W. Erwin Doors:

Davy & Sonja Carter

PICK UP CARDS

Jude Everson Jett Monahan

Koen Monahan Aaron Browning Chase Browning

SOUND Terry Frick &

Cody Mitcham

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY Nursery:

Diane Weathers & Amy Christian

Toddler: Marsha Richardson &

Evan Kingsbury

Bill’s Blog

BY BILL ALLEN

By Danny Snell Family Life Minister

DonnieCarnathanBenevolenceMinister

It’s a common characteristic to want to be liked, accepted, appreciated. Few if any of us really want to be left out, to feel like we’re out of place, that we just don’t belong.

And yet we know that this world is not our home, and that our hope is clearly in heaven.

Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus… For, as I have often told you before and now tell you again even with tears, many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ. (Phil. 3:12-14, 18-20)

So do we turn our backs on this world, and no longer care about anything that’s going on here? Of course not. Many are “enemies of the cross of Christ” here in this life, and because of that they make us their enemies as well. Yet we continue to do exactly what God did: love the people of this world so much that we seek to help them in their current struggles and share with them the way of salvation through the One who gave Himself for us and them.

Paul could say those things to the Philippians in chapter 3 because he had already told them this in chapter 1:

I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. (Phil. 3:20-21)

And he tells us to live the same way. No matter what.

Whatever happens, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. (Phil. 3:27)

JOSHUABEFOREJERICHO;IT’SALLABOUTGOD!WeleftJoshualastweekwiththespiesthatRahabhid.Today,inclass,wewilllookat the battle for Jericho, but some good lessons can be learned from JoshuabetweenthatencounterwithRahabandthefallofJericho.First,welearnthat,It’snotaboutus!TheLordsaidtoJoshua,TodayIwillbegintoexaltyouinthesightofallIsrael,thattheymayknowthat,asIwaswithMoses,soIwillbewithyou(Jos.3:7).BeingexaltedbyGodsoundsprettygoodtome,butwhatever IdoinHisservice,theglorybelongstoGod.Weareonly“something”whenwearewithGod.Hegivesusourhope,Hegivesusoursourceofjoy,andHegivesusthereasontofeelgoodaboutourselves.Secondly,welearnthat,It’sallaboutGod’spower!...Thatthismaybeasignamongyou.Whenyourchildrenaskintimetocome,Whatdothesestonesmean to you? Then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut offbeforethearkofthecovenantoftheLord.WhenitpassedovertheJordan,thewatersoftheJordanwerecutoff.SothesestonesshallbetothepeopleofIsraelamemorialforever (Josh.4:6-7). Godwanted the Israelites to remember themiraculouswaytheycrossed theJordan.Hewanted themtorememberHispowerand therole itplayedintheirsuccess.Itisthesameforustoday.Thosemiraclesweremeantforour benefit too.Weneed to rememberwhatamightyGodwe serve.Weneed torememberthatHisSonconquereddeathforourbenefittoo!WeneedtorememberthatGod’spowerisatworkinustoday!Thirdly,welearnthatItisaboutwhatGodhasmadeus!Andthis isthereasonwhyJoshuacircumcisedthem;allthemalesofthepeoplewhocameoutofEgypt,allthemenofwar,haddiedinthewildernessonthewayaftertheyhadcomeoutofEgypt.ForthepeopleofIsraelwalked40yearsinthe wilderness … because they did not obey the voice of the Lord (Jos.5:4,6).Circumcisionwasawayof identifying thosethatwere ina covenantrelationshipwithGod(Gen.17)anditalsoarepresentedaremovaloftheirstubbornsinfulness(Lev..26:40-42, Deut. 10:16, 30:6). God wants His children to stand out in theworld. He wants His children to be different and recognizable to those seekingJesus.Ourobedienceto theGospelhasputusinablessedposition inlifeandweshouldusethatpositiontobringgloryandhonortoGod.Itisnotaboutus,butitisallabouttheonewholovesandprotectsus;God!

Bible Class Join us for Bible Class this Sunday @ 9:00. This quarter we begin a new study in our Bible Classes from Joshua & Matthew. The title of our study is “Conquering Faith & King of Kings". The lesson this week… “A Different Way of Doing Things" from Joshua 6:1-27. More on this in class this Sunday morning! Consider the following from Joshua 6:20 “When the trumpets sounded,the armyshouted, and at the sound of the trumpet,when the men gave a loud shout,the wallcollapsed; so everyone charged straight in,andtheytookthecity. ”

Leadership Training For Christ LTC Practices are listed in the Youth Ministry column. March 10 is the deadline for submitting Pre-Convention Events and Scholarship Applications. We will have all day puppet practice on April 2 and all day drama on April 9.

K id ’s Korner

Mar. 12th Devo in the FLC with the Christians hosting

Mar. 18th

Mystery Night TODAY is the deadline to sign up.

Bring money for dinner. Watch for more info on Remind 101

or talk to Mr. Turner. Mar. 19th

Small Groups meet. (No Devo)

March 26th Devo in the FLC with the Mitchams hosting

Marla Cannefax Children’s Coordinator

LTCPracticeSchedule

TodayDrama3p.m.Chorus4p.m.

NOBIBLEQUIZTODAY

WednesdayPuppets7p.m.

The Arms of Hope Grocery Run wi l l be picked up between March 20 and March 24!

We are collecting the following: l iquid dishwasher detergent & paper towels (8 count or larger).

Leave in your classrooms or at the Information Center.

April14-16

Wed.,March15th

NO MEAL WILL BE SERVED THIS WEEK DUE TO

SPRING BREAK.

You may sign up at the Information Center.

Thanks We really appreciate the concern shown us since my surgery. The food, calls, cards, and visits have truly shown the love at West Erwin. Being a part of this caring family is one of our greatest blessings! We love you all! Phil and Linda Marts

BLAST is now learning about God the Covenant-Maker. We are le arning that God made a cov enant w ith Abraham to bless His people. Our key passage is Rom ans 4:3.

VBS is June 11- 14 from 6-8 pm . Our theme is Loving God Inside Out where we wil l learn about different emotions such as anger, fear, d isgust, sadness and joy. We are looking for vo lunteers to help as group leaders taking kids to each station. Let me know if you are interested in helping out.

Camp Deer Run Day Camp: We are taking a group to Day Camp at CDR during Sess ion 1 – June 5-8. R egister onl ine at www .cam pdeerrun.com and let me know that your chi ld/children need transportat ion. I t wi ll be a fun week!

Rem inder: We hav e worship activ ity bags and notebooks for preschool – elem entary. They are located near our cry room outs ide the auditor ium doors.

Next Kids’ Night Out: Apri l 1st. Thank you to the Young at Heart for provid ing plastic eggs and candy (nut-fre e) for this event.

Marla

The Douglas Project

Wehaveaneedfor5volunteerstogoona2ndgradefieldtriponApril21stto the Planetarium (TJC) andCici'sPizza.Wewillbeleavingaround8:45andcoming back to Douglas around 2.We will need to turn in specificnames by April 3. Let me know ifyouareinterested.We still need additional peoplewho would serve as mentors. SeeDannySnellfordetails.

Our Records Sept. 4 Bible Class 216 Worship a.m. 366 Worship p.m. 124 Wed. p.m. 207 Contribution $20,051.67 Weekly Budget $24,867.00*

420 West Erwin St. Tyler, TX 75702 903.592.0809

www.westerwin.com www.facebook.com/WestErwin office@westerwin.org

Live stream of Sunday services from http://wechurchofchrist.christianworldmedia.com

The Elders of West Erwin are available to meet with our members at mutually agreeable times for counsel, questions and general information. You may make an appointment with one or more of our elders by seeing them at any of our church meetings or by a phone call at the numbers listed below:

Jay Bynum 903.839.3133 Ken Culpepper 903.752.7801 David Hammond 903.279.1055 Gaylan Seagler 903.566.1958 Wade Weathers 903.839.9797 David Wicks* 903.534.9568

*Chairman of the Elders

elders@westerwin.org

Our Records Mar. 5 Bible Class 246

Worship a.m. 373

Worship p.m. 154

Wed. p.m. 155

Contribution $26,090.36 Weekly Budget $24,867.00 Building Fund $171,551.00

Minibus driver for Sunday & Wednesday:

Don Ingram 903.253.4600

Please call if you need transportation.

Welcome/Call to Worship - Micah 6:6-8 Danny Snell

Song You’re Worthy of My Praise Gary Ables

Song #309 In My Life, Lord, Be Glorified

Song #790 Lord, Take Control

Prayer

Song #382 Why Did My Savior Come to Earth?

Communion & Contribution

Song #664 Take My Life, and Let It Be

Scripture Reading

Song #619 A New Creature

Message: "The Life of Obedience" Bill Allen

Song #915 Trust and Obey

Elder's Prayer

Ken Culpepper

Song #535 The Glory-Land Way

5:00 P.M. Assembly

Welcome/Call to Worship

Danny Snell

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BENEVOLENCE CENTER NEEDS

18 Oz. cans of Chunky Soup 15 Oz. Cans of Peaches

Men’s Shoes

Prayer & Care Updates:

Fred Powell had back surgery last Tuesday. He is now in HealthSouth for rehab. Kalli Huff is home now. Jim Gipson will have back surgery Wednesday, March 15th at 9 a.m. at Mother Frances. Bud Cawyer has some nodules on his thyroid. They are doing some testing. Charlotte Cawyer has disc problems giving her severe back pain. Bitsy Berryman is in the Heart Hospital at Mother Frances. Tommy Parrish is now at Waterton – Room 105-B. Wanda Frick, mother of Terry Frick, has pneumonia and is in Mother Frances. West Erwin Family: Larry Moore | Stan Mallory | Bud & Charlotte Cawyer | Ira Groom | Pat Lewis | Kalli Huff | Clinton & Louise Culpepper | Elmer Miles | Forest McFadden | Brice Sustaire | Winona Shankle | Millie Tomlin | Joann Davis | Nella Ware | George Richardson | Ira & Esther Wilson | Charles Harris | Bob & May Helen May| Jess & Charlotte Hopkins | Ruby Cliver | Samuel & Kara Mink and the baby boy they are expecting, Samuel Cade | Tommy Parrish | Velma Lemons | Linda Boudreau | Linda Marts | Fred Powell | Jim Gipson Friends and Family: Annette VanNess, cousin of Davy Carter | Stephen Pettit, nephew of Melanie Murry | Sharon Garr, friend of Harold & Shirley Denman & Randy Turner | Raymond Shoemaker, brother-in-law of Elizabeth Shoemaker

“YouChristiansareStrange.”Introduction:Itshouldcomeasno_______________toChristiansthatattimes

othersthinkwe’re______________.

John15:18-25;16:33;17:13-19;1Peter1:1-2,13-16;2:9-25;3:8-22;4:12-19;1John2:15-17Matt.5:13-16;7:21-29;John13:1-17,34-35;Gal.5:19-26;Eph.2:10;4:17-5:20;Col.3:1-17;Titus3:8;Heb.13:15-16;James2:8-26;2Peter1:3-11;1John3:16-18;4:7-21Rom.12:1-8;1Cor.12;Eph.4:1-16

A.Somethinkwe’restrangewhenwe________________certainthings.

1Peter4:1-6

B.Somethinkwe’restrangewhenwe_________certainthings.1Peter4:7-11

Conclusion:Itshouldnotsurpriseuswhenpeoplethinkwe’restrange

becauseweseek___________gloryin__________________.

1Peter4:11b;Luke9:23-26;Rom.12:1;Col.3:17