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WELCOME - David Chenault
CALL TO WORSHIP - Ray Hall
PRAISE LEADERS Stephen Hampton, Chris Cummings
Victory in Jesus - # 470 We’re Marching to Zion - # 869
PRAYER - Dodd Vinson SCRIPTURE READING
Psalm 138
Listen to Our Hearts - # 810
A Common Love - # 705
THE LORD’S SUPPER - Tom Jones
WEEKLY OFFERING
KIDS PRAISE - Elisabeth Sabella
The Greatest Commands - # 448
Our God, He Is Alive - # 23
SERMON - Bob Payne
“The Victory of Faith”
I John 5:1-5
Wonderful, Merciful Savior
Jesus Is Coming Soon - # 712
SHEPHERD’S CLOSING THOUGHT
Tommy Goode
CLOSING PRAYER - Ben Bradshaw
“Depart in Peace” (Luke 2:29) Please silence all cell phones and pagers.
CCLI # 290723
Welcome to South Main!
You’re invited to be a part of our family as we worship God, encourage one anoth-
er, and grow spiritually together.
When we meet together, we sing, pray, study the Bible, partake together in the
communion of the Lord's supper, and en-joy great family fellowship.
A fully staffed nursery is available. Ask an usher for assistance.
During AM services, we offer signing for those who are hearing impaired.
Weekly News Bulletin October 18, 2015
South Main Church of Christ 402 South Main ~ P.O. Box 1597
Henderson, TX 75653-1597 (903) 657-1408 ~ FAX (903) 657-1409 Website: www.southmainchurch.com Email: [email protected]
Bible Classes for all ages: Sundays 9:30 am
Worship Assembly: Sundays 10:30 am and 5 pm Wednesday Evening Classes: 6:30 pm
South Main Shares…
Happy Birthday Dicky Harris, Coy Powell, Margie Brown, Carol Sory, Peyton Pritchard, Rafe Whiteside, Toni Whitehead!!! Happy Anniversary Keith & Margie Brown!!! New Arrival Jonathan & Hayley Fredenburg are proud to announce the arrival of their son, Lane Ed-ward Fredenburg, born Friday, October 9th, weighing 7 lbs 0 oz. and meas-uring 20 1/2 inches long. Congratulations also goes to Becky Hampton, grandmother and Gyp & Margaret Hampton, great-grandparents. Congratulations Congratulations to Jaxon Goode on being named Opti-mist Club Boy of the Month for October!!!
David’s Thoughts...
Hearing is done with the ears. Listening is done with the heart.
Having just finished the powerful sermon on the mount, Jesus is approached, quite unusually for the time, by a man with leprosy. He is man, no doubt, moved by the revolutionary words he just heard.
"Heal me," he asked. Jesus took compassion on the man and, affirming his own willingness, cleansed him of the rotting flesh and white ashen skin.
The commander of a hundred soldiers pleaded with Jesus to simply say the word and heal his servant who was lying par-alyzed and in pain. Jesus was amazed by the man's depth of faith and said the word.
A gentile woman with a demon-possessed daughter cried out to Jesus, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David!" But Jesus ignored her incessant pleas until his disciples pressed him for a response. After she begged for only the smallest of grace, his compassion shined through and his tone changed. "Madam, your faith is great!" he exclaimed and healed the Canaanite girl.
In each case, Jesus turns not only his ear to the pleading person, but freely opens his heart to the cry for help and in the process, hears a proclamation of faith that stirs his compassion. Last week, our parenting class practiced "active listening" skills. In this intentional process, several spouses heard their husband or wife speak like never before. Perhaps for the first time they were listening with their hearts and not just hearing with their ears. When we read scripture, participate in the fellowship of singing, take in a devotional thought or a sermon on a Sunday morning, are we simply letting the words land on our ears like rain falling on a window--drops which quickly run down and are gone? Or do we turn our hearts to the words of God like hot sand in a refreshing shower. When we do, we allow each drop to be soaked up and go deep, slowly turning our lives in a moist and fertile soil where the Spirit's seed germinates before bursting forth into new life. Choose your metaphor: Sheep and shepherd, children and father, slaves and redeemer. This is how God listens to us. This is how we should listen to Him.
David
Assignments, Etc…
Greeters Sunday, October 18th: Tommy & Sandra Goode, Jim & Donna Smith, June Craig, Janelle Roberts Sunday, October 25th: Roy & Peggy Hunt, Bobby & Neva Davis
Nursery Attendants Sunday AM, October 18th: Sharon Brown, Karen Pritchard, Carol Sory Sunday AM, October 25th: Regina Sugg, Ashleigh Sugg, Christy Vinson
Food Committee October: Karen Pr itchard, Sandra Goode
Communion Preparation October: Kathy Davis, Neva Davis
Communion Clean-up October: Kathy Davis, Neva Davis
Help with Midweek Manna October: Carol Sory, Sharon Brown
Announcements…
Midweek Manna Wednesday Night Meals begin at 5:15 PM in the Fel-lowship Hall. The menu for Wednesday, October 21st, is French toast, sausage casserole, sticky buns, fruit. Please sign the list if you plan to eat. Adults: $4, Children (ages 5-12): $2, (4 & under): Free
LTC LTC will be here before we know it! Great job to all our kids who have been teaching in our younger classes. A few reminders: There will be an LTC meeting on Sunday, November
8th, following AM services in the MBP. - PLEASE try to be there!
Remember to keep track of your service hours! The holidays are a great time to do an individual service project, as well.
If you are an LTC participant and have an idea for a drama script, please submit your idea and script to me, Elisabeth Sabella, before the November 8th meet-ing.
Thank You Dear South Main Family, We would like to thank you all for the calls, cards, food, visits, and prayers on our behalf at this difficult time in our lives. The floral spray was so beautiful and we know “Nana” would have loved it.! We truly appreciate Bob, David & Tommy for their help with the Memorial ser-vice. You are all a special blessing and we so appreciate your love and continued support of our family these past sever-al years. May God richly bless you all!
Love, The Family of Jo Phillips
Melanie & John Taylor
The Family Life…
You are invited to a
Wedding Shower Honoring
Kristin Alexander
Daughter of Mark & Susan Roskos
TODAY @ 2 - 3:30 PM at the home of Rosemary Payne
1302 Stadium Henderson, Texas
Registered at: Target, The Container Store,
Best Buy,& Amazon.com
Volunteers – Adults: If you can help out with manning the Red House an hour or two each week, please let David know! This Month’s Item:
PUDDING Any brand, any flavor! You can drop them off in the foyer.
Red House Hours Monday - Wednesday
3:30 - 5:00 PM
If you would like to ride the bus, please add your name to the sign-up sheet.
Elders: Bobby Davis: ........................ [email protected] Tommy Goode: .................... [email protected] Ray Hall: ................................ [email protected] Tom Jones: .................................... [email protected]
Pulpit Minister: Bob Payne: .................................. [email protected]
Family life Minister: David Chenault: ............ [email protected]
Children’s Minister: Elisabeth Sabella:…………[email protected]
Church Secretary: Reneé Hampton: . . ………[email protected]
Office Manager: Ben Bradshaw:…………………[email protected]
Church Treasurer: Ken Sabella: ............................. [email protected]
Building Maintenance, Grounds and Housekeeping: Dicky Harris
Deacons:
Chuck Ashmore
Ben Bradshaw
Don Brooks
Richey Glasgow
David Gravley
Roy Hunt
James Rowell
Jody Sory
Jamie Sugg
Maudie Foster has been placed in Hospice Care following a stroke last Sunday morning. Debra Goode, sister -in-law of Tommy Goode, is un-dergoing a change in treatment due to the cancer spread-ing and an increase in pain. Les Lewis’ surgery went well and he is now recuper-ating at home. Carolina Maxwell, fr iend of Joyce Johnson, will begin chemo & radiation treatments soon following her recent surgery to remove a brain tumor. Maddie Ramon, great-niece of Tommy Goode, had heart surgery Friday morning in Austin. Wayne Womack, fr iend of Joyce Johnson, is hav-ing tests due to health issues. Our Nation
Please continue to pray for: Lowetta Baade, Rex Ber-ry, Burke, Leslie & Mitchell Brack, Bob Brown, Lisa Corbell, Ada Cowart, Dan Cummings, Bonnie Davis, Patsy Fergerson, Lawrence Ferrell, Bob Ferrier, Maudie Foster, Robert Gentry, Richey Glasgow, Oleta Hahn, Roy Hunt, David LaFever, Ron Largent, Dean & Teresa Myers, Joanie Nations, Mike Nations, Miriam Nations, Denise Perkins, Janette Quinn, Katie Ramon, David Roberts, Jim Rushing, Margie Rushing, Don Sample, Tom Taylor, Lauren Williams,
Each prayer request will be posted for two weeks unless the church office receives an update.
Pray for Our Armed Forces Justin Blue, Sloan Brown,
Logan Commins, Brandi Davis, Steven Hodges, Joshua McKay,
Chad McMurray, Jonathan Sanders, Cleve Sexton, Scottie Tillison, John H. Tucker
South Main Prays…
RECORDS AS OF 10-11-2015
Sunday Bible Classes ..................... .92 Sunday A.M. Worship .................. .179 Sunday P.M ..................................... 82 Wednesday P.M. Classes ................ 91
Offering ……………………....$6,817 Weekly Budget ...... ………..….$7,075 YTD Offering .. …………….$286,255 YTD Budget ..... ……………$290,063 Above (Below) YTD ............. ($3,809)