wifi password: WESTSEVENTH 931-388-6514office@w7church.orgw7church.orgWest 7th Church of ChristWest Seventh Street Church of Christ

405 West 7th Street Columbia, TN 38401

June 16, 2019Welcome, Guests! We are honored that you joined us and hope that you will be blessed by your time with us. Register - Guests, as well as members, are asked to register their attendance as the pads are passed down each row. Attended Nursery is provided for children younger than two years of age. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.Quiet Bags for children are available at the coat rack and a Cry Room is located in the Foyer.

Gluten Free Communion is available in the foyer.Hearing Assistance is available; see an usher for assis-tance.Information Center has details about ministries, classes, and more. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.

Sunday Mornings Worship 9:00 Coffee Fellowship 10:10 Bible Classes 10:30

EldersBill AlsupTom AndersonJohn CornKerry Couch Wade DenneyJerry DugginMike KeslerJohn LawJohn M. Smith

Staff Barry EnglandRandy OwensAlex Quintero Haley Schmidt Tucker Vincent

Office - 388-6514Marriage/FamilyPreachingSpanish SpeakingChildrenStudent

505-2282 615-351-6239540-230-8713

840-0445 619-0544

731-613-1876388-6125698-2236388-5841

Spanish SpeakingSunday Morning Worship 9:00 Morning Bible Classes 10:30Wednesday Eve. Bible Classes 7:00

Wednesday Evenings Bible Classes 7:00

Sunday Evenings First & Third- SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDIES Group meets in Chapel @6 Second- CONNECT Meets in Teen Center @6 Fourth- HOME DEVOTIONALS Group meets in Chapel @6

Please return full coin boxes and checks to the office or Bill Alsup by June 23.

Today9:00 a.m. Worship Worship in Spanish10:10 a.m. Fellowship10:30 a.m. Bible Classes

Striving to be completely committed followers of Jesus

TonightSMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDIESOr join the group in the Chapel @ 6

Meet at various times or join the group meeting in the Chapel at 6:00 p.m. There will not be a meal.

BIBLE BOWLBible Bowl will meet the first and second Sundays of each month. James and Jennifer Thomas and Zach and Abby Whitworth will lead this group. Sign up at the Information Center to submit practice questions over a chapter in Acts. There are still a few chapters that need to have questions written.

VBS will be July 14-17. Help is needed for the skits. All ages are needed for both speaking and non-speaking parts. Contact Lisa Couch at 931-626-2305 or lisacouch@charter.net if you can help. Empty paper towel rolls are needed for preschool crafts. Please place these in the box at the Information Center.

June 19 Gregg Lee Compassionate Confrontations: Do you want to get well? June 26 Doug Couch The Day Abraham Saw the Cross July 3 Singing (followed by Ice Cream Social) July 10 Ron Harper Walking by Grace July 24 Jim Selbe Rely on Your Instruments July 31 Ben Diles The Math of God - How Love, Faith & Obedience are all the same thing

Lessons will be streamed live on Facebook and recorded for CDs and DVDs.

SYMPATHYTo Paul Harrelson and family on the death of his mother, Eula Grace Harrelson. Her funeral was May 23 in South Carolina.

TWEENS SMALL GROUP BIBLE STUDYThe Tweens will meet at Steve and Vickie Cofer’s house Sunday, June 16, for Small Group Bible Study. Drop off at 4:30 p.m. and pick up at 8:00 p.m.

1109 Roseland Dr. Columbia, TN 38401ESTATE SALE

There will be an estate sale at Ann Phoenix’s house on June 21 and 22. All proceeds will benefit the church.

102 Sunset Dr., Columbia, TN

Friday, June 21, 4:00 - 7:30. Open to West 7th members only.

Saturday, June 22, 8 - 2.Open to the public.

TRAFFIC PATTERN ON WEST 7TH STREETConstruction has begun on West 7th Street. As construction progresses, different lanes will be closed at various times. This project is scheduled to last just over a year.

Recovering | extended illnesses | homebound:

Family & Friends: Kerry Couch’s mother - Verna Lee CouchMarynelle Criswell’s brother - Nelson AlsupJeanine Denney’s mother - Jean JollyDonald Dugger’s mother - Donna DuggerSteve Estep’s sister Cathy TudorGeorgia Henry’s sister-in-law- Patricia AryOlivia Howell’s husband - Kirby HowellJenny Johnson’s mother - Carole ChildersDavid & Linda Kirk’s daughter - Rebecca Kirk BuchananTesha Marchal’s granddaughter - McKenzie BruensCelia Owens’ mother - Judy BrayBettie Pogue’s daughter - Melanie SemoreBettie Pogue’s son-in-law - Michael SemoreAlex Quintero’s father - Juan QuinteroBeth Robinson’s parents - Bill & Gaynor PerdueTracy Robinson’s father - Guy BarberBeverly Simmons’ brothers - Chris & Mike ShankleChuck Simpson’s mother - Peggy SimpsonTod Trulove’s mother - Joan TruloveDee Westmoreland’s mother - Bonnie JeffcoatJoe Westmoreland’s uncle - Don WestmorelandOlivia Whiteside’s aunt - Martha WhitesideAriel Wilson’s grandmother - Linda BlasingimSam & Jean Worley’s son - Steven WorleyGreg Yokley’s mother - Martha BelewDeborah Young’s father - John Spence

Tucker Vincent615-504-0680

tucker@w7church.org

Sunday a.m. Worship 458 9:00 408 Spanish Speaking 20

Poplar Estates 9 The Bridge 21

Sunday Bible Classes 333

Sun. Evening Gatherings 146 The Bridge 16Wednesday Bible Classes 185

Budget $19,376 Contribution $17,300

Church Record

Discipling l Equipping l Serving l Loving

Faye BellDiane CampbellTennie ChaffinRamona CherryJeanette ColeElizabeth CraftEmma DavisSarah DuncanRuby DunnGeorge FreelandArmando Galicia

June GaskillMadolyn HarperGeorgia HenryMary HuntFaye JacksonBill JerniganSue JonesGeorge KnoxFrances Lee Dolores LoveEva McMahan

Robin MillerTerry NorthcuttMarie OswaltMarguerite PorterDoris RomineSammy SaltersBlanche SmithMichael TerryMolly WattsJuanita Westmoreland

Haley Schmidt 901-573-8055haley@w7church.org

Preparing to Marry:Hunter Cary & Chamberlain Green June 22Lucas Lay & Traci Colvin July 20

Pray without ceasing...Reported sick this week: Jane Hawkins is recovering at home from a broken shoulder.

Sara Duncan is in MRMC, room 665. She fell on June 12 and broke her hip and will have surgery.

Good Morning!

I hope you’ve had a great week. Just a few things this morning:

If you are going with us to Senior Impact, you will have a health form in your email that will need to be filled out this week. Also, your payment for Impact is due when we leave on Monday.

If you signed up for our Mission VBS, I’m glad you’re going! We’re going to have a great week working on outreach to those at Standing Stone. We will lead a VBS and it’s going to be awesome. Look for more details coming soon.

That’s all for today - have a great week! -Tucker

(Messages are available at w7church.org, itunes, YouTube, Facebook or order a free CD at the Information Center.)

Nursery - a.m. ........... Willie & Kathy RobinsonVan Driver - a.m.......................................TBAVan Driver - p.m............................Troy Rubert

Order of WorshipSong Leader...................................Eric Karkau

Shout HallelujahPrayer..........................................Rob JohnsonScripture...............................Christian Shrader

Matthew 8:12-14This Is My Father’s World - 669

FatherI Come to the Garden Alone - 805

Communion............................Randy DavidsonBlue Skies and Rainbows - 851

OfferingParadise Valley - 527

Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - 122My God and I - 417

Message ....................................Randy OwensJust As I Am - 380

Shepherd’s Blessing....................Wade DenneyI’ll Fly Away - 824

TONIGHTSmall Group Bible Studies

Or join the group in the Chapel at 6:00. No meal

Adult Classes 10:30-11:15

Room 212 (College & Yg Prof.) Celebration of Discipline

Room 306 (Young Marrieds) Survey of the Bible

Room 214 (Young Families) Gospel of Mark

TV Studio (Homebuilders) James

Fireside Room Gospel of John

Auditorium Practical Lessons for Everyday Christianity

Chapel Psalms

Room 307 (Spanish Speaking Class)

Wednesday Adult ClassesSummer Series AuditoriumSpanish Speaking Room 307

Song leader......................................Bill Alsup Prayer.............................................Sonny LeeVan Driver...............................David Esslinger

Introduction: It can be stressful to be a father. Jacob experienced many of the pressures that father’s face today.

The pressure of _________________________________Be ________________Be _____________Be ______________

The pressure of __________________________________Be ________________Show __________________Don’t always be ___________________Be _________________

The pressure of ______________________________________

The pressure of ____________________________________

The Blessing (Gary Smalley & John Trent)

1. _________________ __________2. _____________ ________3. __________________ ________ __________4. _____________ __ ____________ ___________5. ____ ___________ ______________

Conclusion: “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” John 15:13 ESV

Open:

• W

hat is a favorite childhood mem

ory with your father?

• H

ow does your fam

ily usually celebrate Fathers' Day?

Dig: Scripture &

Discussion

Last week w

e studied Joseph as an example in the Bible of som

eone who

released the past. Spend a few m

inutes reviewing the story of Joseph's

life - childhood, his brother's feelings/treatment, his tim

e as a slave/servant and his role in Egypt.

• H

ow could (grow

n) brothers be so full of hate for Joseph? Can you

understand their feelings? What about their actions?

• W

hen the brothers faced Joseph's questioning in Egypt, their guilt quickly cam

e to mind. Read G

enesis 42:21-23. Why?

• A

fter Joseph forgave them, he sent them

to retrieve their father with

the message, "D

o not quarrel on the way." (G

enesis 45:24) Why

would he need to say this to grow

n men?

Review the lessons to learn from

Joseph:•

Choose to forgive.

M

ark 11:25•

Hold the guilty accountable; place blam

e where it belongs.

M

atthew 5:23-24 M

atthew 18:15

• Release the right to retaliate.

Romans 12:19

• Focus on G

od's providence. G

enesis 50:20•

Restore trust as it is merited.

Jeremiah 17:9

• Express kindness to the offender. Rom

ans 12:20-21

Jacob experienced many of the pressures that fathers face today. Review

the pressures he faced and discuss w

ays the family can help fathers today.

• Th

e pressure of ______________________________________

• Th

e pressure of ______________________________________

• Th

e pressure of ______________________________________

• Th

e pressure of ______________________________________

Read Genesis 48:1-11 and describe this scene. W

hat was Jacob w

anting to com

municate? W

hat was Joseph w

anting? How

would you react if

you were one of the grandsons? W

ere all expectations met?

Reflect: M

ake It Real

When are you m

ost likely to be forgiving, like Joseph?

When is it hard for you to forgive?

Are you able to focus on G

od's providence when you have been m

istreated or w

ronged? What keeps you from

seeing God at w

ork and not releasing the past - like Joseph did?

What w

ould you say is the best part of being a father?

What w

ould you say is the hardest part of being a father?

God com

mands us to honor our father and m

other. That is easily done

when there is a good, healthy relationship. G

od also comm

ands us to forgive, but that can be especially challenging w

hen family fails us. W

hat advice w

ould you give to someone w

ho has a strained relationship with

their father, mother or siblings?

God show

s us the good and the ugly in families in G

enesis. We learn

about the scheming w

ays of Jacob and the amazing grace of Joseph.

Within these fam

ilies we see the strong faith and obedience - as w

ell as failures. W

hat do you appreciate about how G

od reveals this in the Bible?