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Here and There

Thank you for your generous comments about the Sunday morning lesson where we combined our thoughts about the resurrection along with those of the Lord’s Supper. It seems to me that the religious world makes with too much pomp and ceremony on the day they call “Easter” (a word which by the way does not appear in the original text of the Bible) and so we simply wanted to illustrate the quiet and less spectacular way in which we observe the Lord’s Supper.

It is distressing to learn that along with other changes that many of our larger congregations are making, including resorting to the use of instrumental music, they are also beginning to observe the Lord’s Supper on other days of the week except the Lord’s Day. And why shouldn’t they? If it’s all right to change on other key doctrinal matters, why worry, just do it any old way you want. BUT, there will be an accounting for the capricious way we treat worship and God has said that he will not accept all worship simply because we want to call it that. Jesus commented about that when He said, “In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrine, the commandments of man.”I’m thankful we don’t “celebrate Easter” and Christmas in this church. They are never mentioned as special days of celebration in the Scripture and if we are to be true to the book, we must look upon them as a man-made effort to satisfy himself with being in sync with the denominational world. Good luck on the judgment day!

- – - – - – - – -A special word of thanks to our dear sister Dorothy Foster. In her last will and testament, she designated a large donation to the Jefferson Boulevard church. We thank Jacqueline Bost, her daughter for sending us the check last week. We will put it to good use and it will be designated for missions, since this was Dorothy’s special interest. If you want to correspond with Jacqueline Bose, her mailing address is:Jacqueline Foster Bost, Ar. Nacoes Unidas, 8341/74-C, 05423-000 Sao Paulo – SP – Brazil. I know that she and Bryan will enjoy hearing from you.

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As many of you know, Louise Gerner has been away from us for the past several weeks taking care of her sister during a serious time of illness. Her sister, Laura Gerner Wood, is a cancer patient but this past week also underwent a gall bladder removal operation. Her address is Louise Gerner, C/O Gerald Gerner,Route 3, Post, TX 79356.

- – - – - – - – -Grady Theobalt is staying with his son, Ricky, who lives in Mansfield. You can drop him a card at6801 Wooded Court, Mansfield, TX 76063. We hope he will soon be able to be back in his own home and back with us at church.

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We now have a new supply of calling cards for your use when you visit others in the hospital or make courtesy calls. They are on the front seat in the auditorium. Let’s put them to good use, especially in our efforts to share the House to House newspaper.- – - – - – - – -

On Sunday morning, April 15, Mack Lyon’s lesson will be “Seven Things God Hates.” He writes:“The Bible says, “God is Love.” Therefore some of us may be worshiping a mental image of a god who does not “hate”. However, God specifically says there are seven things He does hate. What are they? Shouldn’t His children hate them, too? Join him at 7:00 a.m. on Channel 27, KDFI-TV.- – - – - – - – -