www.magnoliachurchofchrist.com

Ministers DC Brown

(281) 961-1501

dcbrown@magnoliachurchofchrist.com

Nick Schroeder

(936) 697-3449

nick@magnoliachurchofchrist.com

Shepherds Scott Carpenter

Bill Rogers

David Singletary

Jim Smith

Deacons Bubba Burnett - Finances

Lee Coleman - Grounds & Technology

Steve Hasley - Helping Hands

Tony Langley - Mission

Gerry Luther - 1st Impressions & Bridges

Nathan Matthews - Worship

Committee Chairmen Richard Dean - Benevolence

Keith Ferguson - Buildings

Nick Schroeder - Fellowship

MORNING WORSHIP

EVENING WORSHIP

ASSEMBLY TIMES

Welcome:

Song Leader:

Prayer:

Communion Prayers:

Offering Prayer:

Scripture Reading:

Message:

Benediction:

David Singletary

John Butts

Arthur Carpenter

Jim Smith

Bobby Simmons

Lee Coleman

DC Brown

Lawrence Morrow

Announcements/Prayer:

Song Leader:

Communion Prayers:

Evening Lesson:

Closing Prayer :

David Singletary

Dion Massey

Gerry Luther & Bubba Burnett

DC Brown

Tom Fikes

Sunday Bible Class:

Sunday Worship:

Evening Worship:

Wednesday Bible Study:

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

5:00 PM

7:00 PM

SUNDAY ADULT BIBLE CLASSES

Auditorium:

Annex Classroom:

Annex Meeting Rm:

Fellowship:

Library:

Romans

Respectable Sins

Young Adults

Hebrews

New Christians

Lonnie Ritchie

David Singletary

Scott Carpenter

DC Brown

Morris Fridie

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Things That Are Challenging - Not Impossible

Among many great topics that were dealt with at Red River Family Encampment 2018 was the growing concern about teaching truth to those in our culture who are a part of Generations Y and Z. You know Generation Y by the more familiar term: millen-nials. Time marches on and the millennials are aging. Those now coming into adulthood, Generation Z, are made up of young people born in 1995 or later.

The concern is that the pervasiveness of modern culture may have rendered as useless the teaching techniques that have

empowered previous generations to develop their faith in the authoritative, inerrant and infallible word of God. Relativism, an unhealthy dose of skepticism, multiculturalism and pluralism are among the “isms” that work to keep our youngest adults from accepting the Bible as inspired and authoritative.

What can be done about it? That’s the question that seems to be without answer.

One of the keynote speakers illustrated the problem to a group of preachers in a round table discussion by stating where he teaches Bible at the university level, not a single student of the Freshmen class of those who are currently pursuing a degree in Bible could name even one Restoration leader. Admittedly, that is disturbing. Surveys that demonstrate the growing lack of confidence in the Bible were reviewed. The observation was made that those three pillars of hermeneutics (commands, exam-ples and necessary inference) that gave tremendous success to the American Restoration Movement are no longer considered practical or efficacious in teaching logical interpretation of the Scriptures.

Invited to participate in this discussion, I listened to the oral review of the challenges we face and couldn’t help but thinking that it is not really a new challenge. At the risk of being simplistic (and that was certainly implied by one brother when I spoke up), these are not new problems.

I don’t believe that Satan has finally stumbled onto the perfect recipe to produce a cultural malaise that will once and for all eradicate the Scriptures from our daily lives. I don’t accept the premise that God’s word is somehow neutered by modern

philosophy. I believe the challenges our young adults face are identical to those of previous generations. If the advent of 24 hour social media has complicated the burden of getting the message out, we simply need to increase our efforts in the home and in the life of the local church. There was a time when I, as a young adult, would have been challenged to name three or more leaders of the Restoration Movement even though I grew up in a strong Christian home. There was a time, again as a young adult, that someone had to teach me the rules of logic so that my confidence in Scripture would have the solid founda-tion that it does.

As issues concerning the attitudes of Generations Y and Z towards biblical interpretations were being agonized over I observed, and unfortunately it was out loud, that when I teach patterns of Biblical authority to new Christians, or to unsaved but inquisi-tive young adults, they get what I am saying. When young adults reach out to God, He reaches out to them with His holy word. He does not, nor is there a need to, issue a revised edition of the Scriptures every 25 or 50 years in which the timeless truths are restated to conform to current patterns of logic. He leaves it to you and I as parents, as friends and as family to simply

explain the truth. It is no more than what Priscilla and Aquilla did. It is no more than what Eunice and Lois did. It is what Elijah did with Elisha. It is what God wanted every Hebrew mother and father to do in their own homes with their children. If we can explain, in ways that are effective, how to do everything else in life, we can explain why men and women of our generation can have confidence in the truthfulness of God’s word.

Signed, Not That Worried - DC

Prayers for the friends and loved ones of our church family: Billy Dickerson, Linda Ritchie’s brother (heart issues) Tommie Sue Wacbod, Ethel Mitchell’s friend (cancer)

Ada Etheridge, Barbara Loving’s sister (health & life struggles)

Hadley Daniel, Jean Lowery’s great granddaughter (Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia)

Lee & Melissa Roberds, Charlene Ware’s son & daughter-in-law (Melissa-procedures/MD Anderson)

Eion, Terry Woodson’s relative (life threatening seizures)

Roger Brass, Maggie Polk’s brother (cancer treatments)

Mason Walton, Ann Skelly’s infant great grand nephew (serious health issues)

Tori Reece, Nia Matthews friend (life struggles)

Bob & Kitty Mobley

Nancy Morrow

Cliff & Barbara Purvis

Jack & Katheryn Bullock

Jimmy & Charlene Ware

Evelyn Stalcup

Reina Butts

Rick, Sherry & Macy Damazio

Charlotte Smith

Paul Miller

Frances Poehl

Jerry & Janice Walker

Rosemary Lunt

Wilma Davenport

Louise Hairgrove

Diane Flanagan

Walter Polk

Barbara Loving

Connie Matics

Langley Family

PRAYER REQUESTS

Our Active Military :Cody Damazio, Ricky Damazio, Matt Gilley, Dillion LeBlanc, Sarah Luker, & John Neidrich

EVENTS & UPDATES

Elder in Charge for JuLY - David Singletary (281.802.8613)

Guest Speaker: Larry Keele on Wednesday, July 11

Game Night: Ice Cream Churn-Off on July 13 in the fellowship room

Guest Speaker: Nathan Harper on Wednesday, July 18

Men’s Breakfast: Saturday, July 21 at 7:00 a.m. in the fellowship room

Guest Speaker: Thomas Reed on Wednesday, July 25

5th Sunday Potluck: Sunday, July 29 (No PM Assembly)

DAILY BIBLE READING

Monday 9 - Amos 1-5; Tuesday 10 - Amos 6-9; Wednesday 11 - 2 Chron 27-28, 2 Kings 16-17; Thursday 12 - Isaiah 9-12, Micah; Friday 13 - Isaiah 13-17; Saturday 14 - Isaiah 18-22

RECORDS YOU HELPED MAKE

July 1, 2018 Sunday Bible Class:

Morning Worship: Evening Worship:

Wednesday Bible Study:

108 154 52 40

Contribution: Budget: Over/(Under) Budget:

$8,875 $8,020 $7,143

YOUTH UPDATE

UPCOMING EVENTS

Preacher Training Camp - July 15-20

EWES Camp for Girls - July 29-August 3

Back2School Bash - August 11

Family VBS will be Sunday, August 12

- Wednesday, August 15, 7PM

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS & EVENTS

Summer Series

July Speakers July 11 - Larry Keele

July 18 - Nathan Harper July 25 - Thomas Reed

Game Night Ice Cream Churn-Off on Friday, July 13. We moved the event from August to July since it would have fallen on the same weekend as Impact Houston. We hope to have lots of good entries for the ice cream. We will get the sign-up

sheets into the foyer for both competitors and judges in the next few weeks. Start thinking of recipes and experimenting on your families!

Dorcas Ministry Cancelled for July & August. Will resume September 8th at 9:30 a.m.

Men’s Breakfast Saturday, July 21 at 7:00 AM in Fellowship Rm

The Dell triplets are HERE! Phyllis Lynn, Dakota Paige, & McKenzie Marie

Let's shower the Dell family with baby girl gifts. A basket will be in the foyer place your gifts in over the next 2 weeks.

We get the gifts to Heath & Jessica before the girls come home. Contact Cheryl with any questions.