October 25, 2016 Volume 49 Issue 43

Ministry Team: Jill Crandall

Bruce Daughtry Tammy Frintz

Brian McGonagill Glen Moore

Eleanor Nelson Mark Schinnerer

Charlie Weatherford

DEACONS

Travis Crandall Johny Harris

Larry Mitchell Mike Owens Virgil Smith

Glenn Wells

SHEPHERDS

Barry McDowell

Jimmy Neatherlin

J. R. Stroble

Our Door is Open Anyone wanting to meet

with our Shepherds is encour-aged to contact any of the

elders to set up a time.

Sunday Services

Sunday Bible Class 9:00 am

Morning Worship 10:00 am

Evening Worship 5:00 pm

Wednesday Fellowship

Ladies Bible Class 10:00 am

Bible Class 6:00 pm

Sunday, October 30th

This next Sunday, October 30th we will be having our worship service at Fox and Lake. Classes will be nor-mal except they will end a little early to allow ample time for us to make our way over to Fox and Lake. Sunday night services will also be at Fox and Lake for 5th Sunday Singing with an Ice Cream So-cial to follow. Please bring your favorite ice cream or desert and join us. If you are wondering about your normal contribution, please use either one of the elec-tronic methods or catch up on your contribution the following Sunday or you can place your contribution in an envelope and give it to one of us elders. If you are moved by the Spirit to leave a contribution for Fox and Lake, I'm sure they would appreciate the generosity to-wards their own expenses.

We truly encourage your attendance this Sunday as a show of solidarity for the Churches of Christ in Carls-bad!

The Elders

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Announcements

The Youth Group will be hosting a Fall Carnival/Trunk or Treat on Saturday, October 29th from 5:00 pm to 8:00

pm. They are in need of candy dona-tions and trunks. There will be food, candy, games, and

a maze. Tickets are four for a dollar. This is a Building Bridges to our community event so invite your family, friends, neighbors, and anyone else you can think of.

Brian’s Corner

Women’s Higher Ground: No-

vember 3-6, 2016

Men’s Higher Ground: Novem-

ber 17-20, 2016

If you would like to participate in any of these

climbs, please go online to apply or contact:

Georgina Stroble in Carlsbad (575-361-

3462)

Mary Hughes in Carlsbad (575-887-5458)

Donna Canada in Artesia (575-748-1060)

Don Canada in Artesia (575-513-2632)

The website for Higher Ground is: http://

ltittle.wix.com/higher-ground .

Four Ways Envy Damages Your Life

“Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder (unrest, rebellion) and every evil thing” (James 3:16a AMP).

The number one thing that holds you back from God’s purpose and mission for your life is a very subtle sin. It’s not lust or pride or anger.

It’s not worry or fear or discouragement. In fact, you would proba-bly never even think of it because it is so insidious we don’t real-ize its damaging effect on our lives.

It’s envy.

When you envy other people, you are so fixated on what you don’t have and what you are not that you totally miss God’s plan for you.

You need to understand the four ways envy damages your life so that you can eliminate it from your life.

Envy denies your uniqueness. Psalm 139:13-16 says, “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb …. Your workmanship is marvelous .... You watched me as I was ... woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed” (NLT, second edition). Envy blinds you to your own gift-edness and uniqueness. But God didn’t make you to be like some-body else. God made you to be you.

Envy divides your attention. You cannot follow God’s purpose and focus on other people at the same time. You get a divided allegiance, and then you don’t get anything done in your life. Je-sus says in Matthew 6:24, “No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and be enslaved to mon-ey.”

Envy wastes your time and energy. Ecclesiastes 4:4-8 says, “I have also learned why people work so hard to succeed: it is be-cause they envy the things their neighbors have. But it is useless. It is like chasing the wind .... Here is someone who lives alone. He has no son, no brother, yet he is always working, never satisfied with the wealth he has. For whom is he working so hard ...? This is useless, too — and a miserable way to live” (GNT).

Envy leads to every other sin. Envy can destroy everything and everyone around you. The Bible says, “Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder (unrest, rebellion) and every evil thing” (James 3:16a AMP). At the heart of the problem is a prob-lem of the heart. Envy is a heart problem. Any time you envy you have gotten your worship misguided, because envy is a form of worship. It says, “I desire that. I want that. I love that. I want to live for that.” That’s called worship. And any time that item is not God, it becomes an idol. If you’re going to eliminate envy, you have to ask, “What am I worshiping? Am I worshiping God and his grace in my life? Or am I worshiping what I want from other people?”

Think about it…

In what small ways have you let envy creep into your heart? What have been the larger effects?

What can you acknowledge about yourself that will help you stop envy from blinding you to your giftedness?

How does your view of envy change when you consider that it is a form of idol worship?

On Saturday, November 5th at

8:00 am Sunset will be hosting a

Coffee, Donuts, and Cars Event.

The whole neighborhood will be

invited as this is an Building

Bridges Event. If you can help serve donuts

and coffee please sign the sheet that will go

around starting Wednesday, October 26th.

Also if you have a cool car bring it and be

apart of this event.

Come spend Thanksgiving with us this year! We will be having a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, November 24th. Keep watching for more details.

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Walter Carlson has been put on hospice care.

Vivienne Garner is undergoing medical testing. (1027 N 6th St)

Linda Harris will be seeing another spe-cialist this week. (5009 Siox Rd)

Elizabeth Juarez, Lorraine White’s sister is waiting on her test results.

Alex Mitchel will be seeing a genealogist soon. (1505 Lincoln Dr)

Aleice Mitchell will be seeing a specialist soon. (1505 Lincoln Dr)

Maragrita Toombs is fighting a bronchial infection. (407 S 10th St)

Keep the following people in your prayers as the heal: Cade Ballard, Shirley Crabb, Marshall Gates, Emma Harrington, Mike Harrington, Lorie Mitchell, Peggy Moore, and Eleanor Nelson.

The following people have cancer and need prayers for heal-ing: Carol Bryant, Becky Cunningham, Danny Espinosa, Zan-dree Griffin Stidham, Robert Stade, Larry Trower, and Dee Witherspoon.

Our shut-ins: Grace Autry, Bob & Velma Brown, Walter Carl-son, Pauline Crisman, Jo Hyden, LaRue Jackson, Wilma Kelly, Jo Legg, Lavonne Neatherlin, and Keith Tidwell.

Prayer Connection Cards: Rob Robertson, and Tommy Warren.

Prayer Requests

We extend our deepest sympathy to the family of Kathleen Bailey. She passed away Tuesday, October 18th in Lubbock TX. Her services were held on Saturday, October 22nd. She was Ray Bai-ley’s wife. Cards may be sent to Bob Bailey. (17208 Country Rd 1530, Wolfforth, TX 79382)

Wake Up!

This past week, my family has been

blessed by a visit from our cousins

from North Carolina. We have tak-

en them to the local museum, driven

them around town to show them our

sights, and we’ve shared things of

interest from our town. One after-

noon, we stopped and let the kids

walk down at the beach. We took the time to play in the

sand, touch the water, and watch the geese and ducks as

they swam in formation. As we watched the kids enjoying

themselves so much, my cousin asked if I brought them

there often. I took a moment to realize that this may

have been Koen’s first time at the beach – and she is two

years old.

How often do we find ourselves surrounded by beauty, but

living completely in the darkness that we have created for

ourselves? I find myself frustrated by the rut I’ve created

in my life, and I can’t seem to escape it; sometimes I’m

not even sure if I want to escape it. Yet, a new perspec-

tive wakes me up from the fog that I am living in. When I

allow myself to live in the dark, to live in that comfortable

rut, to live in the fog of life, I need someone to come in,

shake me, and wake me up to all that I am missing.

God sent many prophets to His people when they needed

to be shaken up, awakened from their spiritual sleep, and

brought back to His side again. My cousins helped me to

open my eyes to all that I had been missing. They helped

me to realize that there are many things in my life that I

have grown comfortable with, and I needed to see with

new eyes.

I believe that God has sent Sunset the Weatherfords for

much the same reason. Charlie’s lesson Sunday made me

realize that I have grown comfortable with our little

church family. I have found myself in a rut. My eyes

have been closed to all those in Carlsbad who need us,

who need Christ. I feel as if I have been shaken up,

awakened to all that I have been missing. I believe its

time for us to open our eyes to all that is going on in our

own little place here in Carlsbad, and let’s go out and

share Christ right here. Let’s be open to seeing our com-

munity with new eyes. Will you join me in going out into

our community, working together to spread the good

news, and allowing God’s light to shine through us in a

way that we haven’t in a long time? I don’t want to waste

any more time in the darkness, the rut, or the fog of life

that I have allowed for way too long.

Let’s wake up, and share God’s love in this place!

“The people walking in darkness have seen a great

light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a

new light has dawned.” Isaiah 9:2

This Week’s *Anniversaries & Birthdays

October 25th-Teresa Cox

October 26th-Gene Riggs

October 27th-Ron Roth, *Eugene & Jean

Santo

October 28th-Lola Thompson

October 29th-Marcia Hays

October 30th-Grace Autry, Bob Crisman

October 31st-J.C. Cunningham, Jeannie Houtchin, *Jim &

Marie Ryan, G.C. Thompson

Jill’s Corner

1308 W Blodgett

Carlsbad, NM 88220

Phone: 575-887-1278

Fax: 575-887-8078

sunsetchurchcarlsbad@gmail.com

www.sunsetchurch.org

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Sunday, October 30, 2016 - 10:00 a.m.

Speaker:

Brian McGonagill

Worship Leader:

Mark Schinnerer

Services will be held at Fox & Lake after Bible Classes are finished

here. Please come help fill their building.

Thank you for serving! If unable to serve during

worship, please call: Kelly Henry at 706-3304.

Sunset Church of Christ

Benevolence Ministry

Carlsbad Battered Families Shelter

Carlsbad Community Kitchen

Carlsbad Transitional Housing

Lakeview Chaplain

New Mexico Christian Children’s Home

Sunday Morning Bible Class 123

Sunday Morning 200

Sunday Evening 61

Small Groups

Wednesday, October 12th

Ladies Bible Class 21 Wednesday Services 98

Checks: $6,871.00

Bills: $316.00

Change: $4.40

Online Giving: $275.00

Total: $7,466.40

Average: $9,486.33

Weekly Budget: $9,845.00

Weekly + or (-) ($358.67)

Contribution & Attendance for Sunday, October 23rd

Communion Service Schedule:

November 6th-Cameron Wells

November 13th-Glenn Wells

November 20th-Alan Wood

November 27th-Brian McGonagill

December 4th-Ron Clem

December 11th-Dick Craig

December 18th-Bruce Daughtry

December 25th-Johny Harris