THE CHURCH OF CHRIST

AT SYCAMORE 1144 Crescent Dr.

Cookeville, TN 38501 Telephone: (931) 526-5427 Care-Line: (931) 526-1454

Fax: (931) 525-1004 Website: www.sycamorecoc.com

Worship with us at any of our services:

Sunday Worship ......... 9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. (Summer - DST) 6:00 p.m. Sunday Bible Study .. 8:00 a.m. & 10:15 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study ................. 7:00 p.m.

ELDERS Randy DeBord ............................... 528-9082 Dale Garrett................................... 858-4844 Sam Masters ................................. 498-2121 Bobby Pruett ................................. 528-8724 Donnie Roberson .......................... 528-1665 Charles Vaughn ............................ 498-2803

DEACONS Tracey Barker * Tim Chambers

* Barry Daniel * John Meadows * Wayne Moss * Bob Pharris * Casey Fox * Casey Rich

* Marc Robinson *Jeremy Fox * Tim Saylor * Jesse Gilliam * Tommy Lee

* Jimmy Loftis * Garrett Shepherd * Ryan Mattson * Steve Tillman

PULPIT MINISTER Steve Reeder……………………..528-6195

SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT MINISTER Kevin Daughrity…………………..261-4889

YOUTH MINISTER Ross Garrison…………………….235-8512

CAMPUS EVANGELIST Scott Jefcoat ................................ 252-7671

COUNSELING Mike Palk ..................................... 528-6167

Schedule of Elders’ Meetings August 16………………...Charles Vaughn August 30…………………..Randy DeBord September 13………………..Dale Garrett

If you ever have any needs, questions, desire to be a part of the church family, or just need prayers, the elders would be glad to meet with you. Call the elder above who will be the chairman of that meeting. Phone #’s are listed above.

Volume 27 August 6, 2015 Issue 32

Building Stronger Families

Sycamore has a growing number of young families who are raising their children with the prayer that they will be faithful to the Lord and produc-tive in society. What a daunting task! We must all work together. There are no perfect parents. There are no perfect parenting methods. But, there are some God-given fundamental principles that will enhance our parental skills. Scripture records in Ephesians 6:1-3, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ’Honor your father and mother’, which is the first commandment with promise: ’that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.’ And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.” Chil-dren, it is one thing to “obey” your parents, and another thing to “honor” them. Parents, it is one thing to “train” your children, and another thing to “provoke” them. Parents who lose the respect of their children, will even-tually lose their children. Children who feel provoked to “come to church”, will eventually not come at all. Yes, you can be too strict, and, yes, you can be too lenient. But, children must be loved. If asked, most children will tell you that their Mom and Dad loves them. But, when asked if they feel loved, many will say “no”. Children must know and feel loved by their parents. This is the foundation for the home, but can be a difficult one to build. We will be offering a parenting class on Wednesdays in the fall quarter for all those parents who are interested. So whether you have a toddler, teen-ager, or even planning on having children in the near future, we would love to have a room full of eager parents. One of the books we will look at is Gary Smalley’s book, The Key to a Child’s Heart, which gives insights on a child’s self-esteem and how to properly love and discipline your children. It will be a discussion-oriented class, in which we can learn from each other. If you are interested in taking this class, please sign the list in the vestibule.

Family Day Upcoming! Family Day is Sunday, August 30! It will be an incredible day of worship and fellowship for the whole family! We are so blessed to have Kirk Brothers from Freed Hardeman University coming to speak for us. There will be a catered meal at TTU afterwards, along with some fun and competitive fam-ily games. Our theme for the year is Sharing Our Story. Kirk’s message will be Sharing Our Story with All People. He will also be teaching a combined adult Bible class. Kirk has a lot of passion for God and a great knowledge of the Scriptures. We are really looking forward to Kirk being with us! Please not only invite your family and friends to Family Day, but make a diligent effort to bring someone with you! Get busy calling all that you know! It will be a wonderful day as we worship God and celebrate the family!

Men’s Retreat Men, go ahead and mark your calendars for this special weekend on Febru-ary 5-7. We will be heading to Cedars of Lebanon State Park in Lebanon, TN. David Shannon will be our guest speaker. The cost is $30. We will chal-lenge our men to become more passionate men of God, and more moti-

vated leaders in the church and in the home! Don’t dare miss it! Kevin

*Haskell Allen, father of Pat Boone and Judy Mead-ows, is at home and has serious health issues.

*Jason Ray had hernia surgery on Aug. 6th. *Ray Pryor is at CRMC. *Jimmy Daniel is at CRMC. *Bill Walker, father of Kevin Walker, is at CRMC and will be going to Vanderbilt for heart surgery.

*Jimmy Griffith, grandfather of Ross Garrison, is cur-rently at Rain Tree Manor in McMinnville.

*April Jones, daughter of Donnie & Rose Roberson, is receiving chemo treatments.

*Dick Reed is at home continuing his dialysis. *Frances Bybee is home recovering from knee surgery. *Bob Pharris will have a throat and chest scan on Aug. 17th. He will have those results on the 18th.

*Greg Frittz, cousin of Fran Daniel, has an inoperable brain tumor. He lives in west Tennessee.

*Wayne Mahaney, cousin of Connie Vaughn & Robin Meadows, is at home under hospice care.

*Clara Way has ongoing health issues. *Marvon Huddleston, Eudelle Roberts, and Virgil Medlin are at Morningside Assisted Living.

Sympathy

Sympathy is extended to the following families in the passing of their loved ones: to Bobbie Locke in the passing of her cousin, Jimmy Haggard, to Joseph Cross in the passing of his grandfather, Billy Cross, and to Vicki Young in the passing of her aunt, Kathleen God-frey.

Remember in Prayer

Carol Tillman asked for our forgiveness for anything she has done or said, and wants to be a better exam-ple for her family. She wants us to pray for her. We appreciate Carol for her desire to be a stronger Chris-tian. Please take time to encourage her. Carol’s ad-dress is: 6352 Turkey Creek Rd. Cookeville, TN 38506.

Welcome to the Family!

We are excited to announce that Dereck Robinson has talked with our elders with his desire to be a working part of the Sycamore family. Dereck and Victoria “Kline” Robinson were married a couple of weeks ago. Their address is: 3800 Gainesboro Grade Apt Q-1, Cookeville, 38501. Phone: 319-9433.

Mini Bible Bowl Mini Bible Bowl is scheduled for August 9th, following morning service. Lunch will be provided. There is a sign- up sheet on the counter in the vestibule. See Cindy Rush with any questions.

Haiti Mission Trip Meeting We urge everyone to consider making one of these trips in the next nine months. We will be offering a trip Octo-ber 3-11, January 9-17, and April 2-10. The cost is ap-proximately $1200. Full passports are required to make the trip. We will do everything we can to get the costs down for each person, so please don’t let money deter you from coming to find out about this trip. There will be a meeting about all these trips this afternoon at 4:30pm in the old auditorium for anyone interested in going. If you have any questions, please see Brad Whitson.

Pick Up Your Directories &

Directory App Available for Smart Phones

If you have not picked up your new directory, please pick one up in the vestibule. Also, to get your directory pic-tures, addresses, and phone numbers on your smart phone, you can download the Portrait Café App. Search for TPC directory. The Sycamore password is 1356. De-tailed instruction sheets are in the vestibule or see Emily Rich. This is a great app to use!

Meals for the Pharris Family

If you would like to help with the purchase of restaurant gift cards, please give money to: Mary Alice Thomas, Gina Key, or Judy Meadows. This will be more conven-ient due to Bob’s diet.

Thank You Card

“Dear Sycamore family, Thank you so much for all the visits, calls and cards. I appreciate all of you so much.” Love Alberta Hall

Keeping in Touch

Sycamore is a very busy congregation with many won-derful opportunities to serve! There are two ways that you can be in touch with what’s going on. You can call our Care Line (526-1454) which updates daily our sick and bereaving we need to pray for. Then there’s our website sycamorecoc.com in which you can get details of our ministries as well as a calendar of all our upcoming events. If you have any questions, please let one of the elders or staff know. We appreciate all of you who are active in the Lord’s church at Sycamore!

12 Cathy Hill 15 Kailee McCowan 12 Gina Key 15 Taylor Street 13 Tracy Mabry 16 James Gore 14 Brenda Gilliam 17 Mary Alice Thomas 14 Jaxon Whitson

Service Wednesday—Our next Service Wednesday is August 12 . We will be working with WBS and eating at Dairy Queen. Prayer Breakfast—Our next prayer breakfast is August 13, at Chick-Fil-A at 7am for all High Schoolers. Reward Trip—On August 14-16 we will be attending the Creation Museum in Cincinnati. Cost is $55. There will be a meeting for all those attending Wednesday, Aug. 12, after class in the old auditorium. Encounter—Our next Encounter will be Aug. 23 after pm services. Tailgate—Youth Horizons will be tailgating the Upper-man vs. CHS football game Friday, August 21. We will have food and games before the football game. RUSH—It is September 18-20 and is a youth rally for all high-schoolers at FHU. Cost is $30.

Ross

Servants of Christ Christian Student Center

on the campus of TTUwww.ttusoc.com

“...joined & knit together by what every joint supplies…” Eph. 4:16

Sisters In Service

Ladies with last name beginning with T-Z are asked to bring individual snacks for CRMC ICU waiting room this week. Please place snacks in the basket at the back of the auditorium.

GROW Ministry

Our Class of the Week is Kevin’s Fellowship Room An-nex class. We urge you to mail a card, make a phone call or make a visit to someone who needs encourag-ing! Your words could change someone’s life!

Gospel Meetings/Singing

Singing - Carthage Church of Christ - Aug 7 beginning at 7-pm Monterey Church of Christ - Aug 9-12 - nightly at 7pm speaker: Jack Honeycutt McClellan Ave Church of Christ - Aug 16-19 - nightly 7pm speaker: Shobek Deathrow

We are getting ready for another fruitful year with the SOC Campus ministry! Move-in Day for New Stu-dents is August 20th. Typical of every year, we will have several events the first few weeks of school to get the new students involved early. We need your help to make these events run as smooth as possible. So if you are interested, here are a few ways to help. Sign up in the foyer to help with any of the follow-ing…

August 20 - Make cupcakes. We already have the mix and icing. August 21 - Make homemade cookies and brownies. August 25 - First $3 Tuesday meal of the semester August 26 - Pot-luck type meal before service for SOC students

Scott

Ladies Day

Algood Church of Christ - Aug 22 - Topic: Growing in Love Speaker: Becky Honeycutt - Registration begins at 9:00am All ladies of any age are invited to attend. East Main Church of Christ - Sept 19 - Topic: Remover the Rocks and the Brook Stops Singing - Speaker: Donna Faughn - Registration begins at 8:15am Oakwood Church of Christ - Sept 12 - Topic: Strength of the Christian Woman - Speaker: Dr. Carolyn Tucker - Reg-istration begins at 8:30am Complete details for these events are posted on the bul-letin board.

Need Readers!

As adopters of Sycamore Elementary School, one of the ways we assist them is through their reading program. We read to a whole class or to individual students who need help reading. It is a wonderful way to reach out to this school. Please let Kevin know if you would like to help.

Service Opportunities for This Week

Service Opportunities for Next Week

Sunday, August 9, 2015 Morning Worship

If you are unable to serve, please contact Casey Rich at 260-0304

Call to Worship Barry Daniel

Elder Prayer Bobby Pruett

Lead Singing Marc Robinson

Read Scripture Roy Cravens

Announcements Don Fox

Closing Prayer Joseph Cross

Presiding Over Communion: David Carter

Serving Lord’s Supper: Bruce Bean, Paul Bellamy, Brian

Berry, Donald Cantrell, Clay Daniel, Jimmy Daniel, Stanley

Birdwell, Rick Brittingham, Jim Cobb, Jerrie Flatt, Cody

Fletcher, Kelly Fletcher, Bryann Fox

August Ushers: Jeremy Fox, Wayne Moss, Tommy Lee,

Garrett Shepherd

Evening Worship If you are unable to serve, please contact Jimmy Loftis at 528-3265

Announcements Don Fox

Lead Singing Keith Terrell

Read Scripture Gary Fox

Opening Prayer Adam Elrod

Closing Prayer Casey Fox

Presiding Over Lord’s Supper: Jesse Gilliam

Assist: Hulon Fox & Jeremy Fox

Taking Lord’s Supper to Shut-Ins August 9, 2015

Anna & Joey Brown (709 Buffalo Valley Rd)—Paul, John

& Paul Zoodsma

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 If you are unable to serve, please contact Jeff Massey 870-273-2650

Announcements Don Fox

Devotional Garrett Shepherd

Lead Singing Tommy Jones

Prayer Billy Loftis

AUGUST

VAN DRIVERS

Sunday Morning - Paul Zoodsma, Sr. - 510-1140

Sunday Evening - Barry Daniel - 260-6621

Wednesday Evening - Meiklejohn McKenzie - 252-3088

Sunday, August 16, 2015 Morning Worship

If you are unable to serve, please contact Casey Rich at 260-0304

Call to Worship Gary Jett

Elder Prayer Donnie Roberson

Lead Singing Horace Burks

Read Scripture Rob Gaw

Announcements Barry Daniel

Closing Prayer Jeffery Massey

Presiding Over Communion: Jimmy Loftis

Serving Lord’s Supper: Ed Fox, Brent Hollows, Bill Julian,

Jimmy Key, Rex Ledbetter, Billy Loftis, John Allison,

Fletcher, Casey Fox, Dannie Jackson, Donnie Mathis, Ryan

Mattson, Jerry Maynard, Carlie McCowan

August Ushers: Jeremy Fox, Wayne Moss, Tommy Lee,

Garrett Shepherd

Evening Worship If you are unable to serve, please contact Jimmy Loftis at 528-3265

Announcements Barry Daniel

Lead Singing Horace Burks

Read Scripture Jerome Kline

Opening Prayer Meiklejohn McKenzie

Closing Prayer Frankie Milton

Presiding Over Lord’s Supper: Jim Perry

Assist: Mark McCowan & John Meadows

Taking Lord’s Supper to Shut-Ins August 16, 2015

Anna & Joey Brown (709 Buffalo Valley Rd)—Kevin

Daughrity & Sam Masters

Wednesday, August 19, 2015 If you are unable to serve, please contact Jeff Massey 870-273-2650

Announcements Barry Daniel

Devotional Evan Stafford

Lead Singing Joseph Reeves

Prayer Jason Ray

For The Record - August 2, 2015 A.M. WORSHIP……..…………………………………………………435 P.M. WORSHIP……..………...………………………………………190 A.M. BIBLE CLASS.….………………………………………………..205 WED. BIBLE CLASS.…..……..………………………………..…….187 CONTRIBUTION….……….……………………………………$13,240