News and Notes
Guest Speakers
Thanks very much to Daniel Courington for teaching and preaching for
us this past Sunday morning in Tom’s absence. It was good to have
him and Mandi along with Mandi’s parents with us. Thanks also to
Heath Blair for doing a fine job at the evening service. Thanks as
well to Chris Dowdy for teaching the adult class on Wednesday
night. Please continue to keep the Highway 9 Gospel Meeting in your
prayers.
Reports
The latest India Mission Report from Jim Waldron and also the latest
report from Gospel Broadcasting Network are on the table in the
lobby.
Needed for Soldiers
Single soldiers returning from war are in need of linens, towels,
toiletries, etc… See Amy Stigers for details.
Ladies’ Bible Class
The Ladies Bible Class will meet for the last time this year on
December 12th. After the class the ladies and their husbands will
have a luncheon at the home of Charis Dickson. The class will
resume on January 9th, 2008 with Kim Gott teaching the class.
Visitation
Our Visitation Meetings are at 6:30 p.m. every Thursday night. This
is a good opportunity to make visits with those who need our
encouragement.
Beacons of Light
Those in the “Beacons of Light” need to bring their gifts for
Childhaven by Wednesday, December 12th. The gifts will be wrapped
that night after Bible Class. The gifts will be delivered to
Childhaven on Saturday, December 15th.
Holiday Meal
We will have our Holiday Meal on Sunday, December 16th. The ladies
decided to have the meal after our morning worship services that day
instead of after the evening service. Make your plans to join us
and prepare your favorite dishes as we enjoy good food and a time of
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Area Events
New Year’s Singing
at Fairview Road church of Christ
Sunday, January 6, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
Wedding Announcement
Cindie Marie Morris-Cruse
and
Justin Michael Wood
request the honor of your presence
at their marriage
on Saturday, the twenty-second of December
two thousand and seven
at six o’clock in the evening
Cultural Arts Center
Corner of Broad and Fifth Streets
Gadsden, Alabama
Gospel Meeting
Highway 9 Church of Christ in Piedmont
December 2nd – 5th with Tom Hodge
Topic- “A Christian Can Know…”
Nightly
at 7:00 p.m.
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SACRED PLACES
The cover article for the
November 28, 2007 issue of U. S. News & World Report is “Sacred
Places”. Several articles survey sacred places from around the
religious world – the Egyptian temples at Karnak, Ayers Rock in
Australia, the Ganges River in India, Mecca, the Western Wall in
Jerusalem and many other places. The series of articles shows clearly
that man is a worshiping creature. Besides the legendary sacred places
of history, an event like 9/ll or the establishment of the Viet Nam
Memorial prompts homemade shrines to be established.
Most of us have places that
are special to us for various reasons. I have more than once been
humbled as I found myself in the presence of especially striking
examples of our God’s creative power, or in seeing demonstrations of His
power to change human hearts.
“The LORD reigneth; let the
earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. Clouds and
darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the
habitation of his throne. A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his
enemies round about. His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth
saw and trembled. The hills melted like wax at the presence of the
LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. The heavens
declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory” (Psalm
97:1-6).
Although man has required
sacred places to be close to God, Jesus came so that we might worship
God anywhere. He told the Samaritan woman at the well:
“Woman, believe me, the hour
cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem,
worship the Father. Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we
worship; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is,
when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in Spirit and in
truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit: and
they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (John
4:21-24).
-Bob Prichard
Oxford Church of Christ
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In Our Prayers
Sick at home: Peggy St. John, Mattie Peace, Dot
Miller and Gail Clough; Patricia Whitson, daughter-in-law of Alberta, is
now back at home and is doing better.
In the Hospital: Keith Dowdy, father of
Chris Dowdy, is in Riverview Medical Room 618 after having a pacemaker
implanted on Monday, Dec. 3rd.
Shut In: At Home- Frances Wesson, Martha
Phillips, Katie Pendley and Ruby Brown
Coosa Valley Healthcare: Canolia Bone –Rm 20
Meadowood -Walter Thompson -Rm 107
Prayer Requests: Canolia Bone; Katie Pendley;
William & Ruby Brown; Amy Stigers and Anna Sanders and their families as
Robert and Gary are in Iraq; Rodney Lambert, Pat’s father, needs a lung
transplant; Peggy St. John; Martha Phillips; Kevin Edmondson; Dot
Miller; Missy Lambert, sis-in-law of Pat, has cancer and her condition
has worsened; Matthew Rosenbaum; family of Calvin Grimes; family of
James Bullard; family of Aaron Lothridge (Mr. Lothridge was a neighbor
of The Halls)
In the Military- Mack Johnson, William
Gregory, Jared Jacobs, Jeff Brewster, Steven Whitehead, Randy Brown,
Johnny Matherne, Jeff Erwin, Bill McCarver, Stan Gunter, Kevin Latta,
Allen Yancey, Gary Sanders, Robert Stigers, Danny Moss, Josh Jones and
Gary Brown who is a contractor in Iraq
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Happy Birthday
Dec. 9 – Jaime Fazekas
Dec. 9 – Christopher Densmore
Dec. 10 – Brad Dickson
Dec. 11 – Fred Duke
Dec. 15 – Shon Pendley
Dec. 16 – Sonya White
Dec. 17 – Bob Freeman
Dec. 22 – Abby Dickson
Dec. 22 – Kelvin Ferguson
Dec. 22 – Tara Statom
Happy Anniversary
Dec. 16 – James & Deana
Pendley
Dec. 22 – Ed & Jean Lewis
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A Thought or Two…
Life is fragile – handle with prayer.
If prayer does not remove the mountain, then
climb it.
If we hem in both ends of the day with prayer,
it won’t be so likely to unravel in the middle.
-copied
God’s Word
1 John 2:1-6 NKJV
1 My little children, these things I write to
you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an
Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our
sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we
keep His commandments.
4 He who says, "I know Him," and does not keep
His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
5 But whoever keeps His word, truly the love of
God is perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him.
6 He who says he abides in Him ought himself
also to walk just as He walked.
Weekly Programs
Radio: Sun. at 8 AM - WAAX/570
With Ronny Johnson
TV: "In Search of the Lord's
Way"
with Mack Lyon
Sunday at 7:30 AM - Channel 11
"Preaching the Gospel" with James
Watkins
Sunday at 7 AM - Channel 11
Jerry Jenkins -
Thursday at 7 PM
Channel 5
Earl Barnett - Sunday at 6 AM
Channels 4 & 9
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