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by Wes Price

12/02/07

This is the count-down to our annual Holiday Party. If you have not made reservations for the party, please do so by Wednesday of this week. My goal is to have every able-bodied member of the Jefferson Boulevard church present for this great event. We have some who have paid extra so that any who think they cannot afford to attend will be covered. All you have to do is tell me and we’ll make sure you can come. No one else will know and those who paid extra so others could come won’t know either. Joe Hancock is excited about coming to be our entertainment, so we’ll have a delicious meal and a fun time listening to his singing and playing. DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT MISSING IT!
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Mack Lyon’s lesson on Sunday morning, December 9, will be “Forgiveness.” Everyone needs to be forgiving at times. Likewise every soul knows his frequent need to be forgiven of offenses to God and other people. Therefore, this message ought to have universal appeal. Be sure you hear it. Join Mack on Channel 27, KDFI-TV at 7:00 a.m.
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Our Ladies and Men’s Bible Classes will continue through Tuesday, December 11, and then will be dismissed until January 8. This will provide us extra time to get ready for the biggest family event of the year.
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Our “Friendspeak” program is still struggling, but we have not missed a single Sunday without at least one student. We are praying that others will join us for this good effort tonight. I’m sure the holiday last week affected our attendance since we were missing some of our more regular students. Keep this effort in your prayers.
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Quite frequently I include an article written by Lewis Hale of the Southwest church in Oklahoma City in our bulletin. Let me share a most recent one with you: It’s entitled, “A Way Out.”
He writes, Recently I heard Mack Lyon the “Search” program. He read from some of the documents of our early history of Thanksgiving proclamations. He did so to show that forefathers were profuse in their references to God and to Divine Providence. He had a powerful lesson.
As l listened to brother Mack, it occurred to me, There’s more than one way to skin a cat.
Our leaders in government have made a concerted effort to remove God from our lives. They have banned prayer in public schools. Bible reading is not allowed. Cities are not allowed to have a cross displayed on public property. Public offices cannot have a display of a plaque with the Ten Commandments. The list goes on and on.
But, what if school superintendents and principals and maybe even the
teachers, should decide that in classes they will have a reading of those documents. I have a feeling it would be very difficult to prosecute anyone for reading those in

MEN TO SERVE
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Morning Service
Prayers for Lord’s Supper & Giving – David Calvert

Tom Dipprey David Johnston
David Gonzales Richard Perkins
Jimmy Mooney Terry Crossland
Afternoon Service
James Schoolfield Ben Perkins

PARKING LOT MONITORS
Sunday, December 2, 2007
A.M. Dan Talbott
P.M. Richard Perkins
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Jimmy Mooney

PRAYER LEADERS FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 2007
Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec. 16 Dec 23 Dec 30
Vernon Percival Paul Lawrence Tom Dipprey Roger Jackson C.B.Henry
Steve Kloetzli Ben Perkins J. Armstrong Richard Perkins D.Gonzales
Charlie Brown J. Schoolfield V. Percival Paul Lawrence D. Johnston
Jacob Locke David Calvert Dan Talbott J. Schoolfield Tom Duvall

Prayers for Communion Service – David Calvert
Serving at the Communion Table – December, 2007
A.M. Service
Tom Dipprey David Johnston
David Gonzales Richard Perkins
Jimmy Mooney Terry Crossland
P.M. Service
James Schoolfield Ben Perkins
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A list of Parking Lot Monitors for the Month of December is under “Reflections”.

classrooms. Maybe you should suggest that to your school.
Christmas is only a little over four weeks away, believe it or not. It is too commercially profitable for God-haters to remove. I think it is here to stay. It is too bad that money has to be the motivation for leaving some things alone.
If Christians do not actively speak up to put god back into people’s lives, who will? You have a voice, make it heard.

Amen! Lewis Hale
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PRAYER LIST
Oleta Landin’s Room Number and Direct Phone Number have changed.
Her Room Number is 1021A – Direct Phone Number is 214-413-4046.
Doris Henry – Lynnwood – Room 604
Jo Morris is still having serious eye problems. There is slight improvement.
Sylvia McMillion – Sylvia is doing well after having knee surgery.
Lois Campbell, a dear friend of Edna Faye Johnston, had breast surgery
Wednesday and is home, and doing well.
Carmen McMillion’s Room Number at Grace Presbyterian has changed.
Her Room Number is 220.
Morris Miller, brother-in-law of Fran Womelsdorff, is in poor condition at
Hilltop Haven in Gunter.
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Ada Couch, Carol Patterson, Mary Perkins, Catherine Coronado, Nancy Spurgeon, Urbanelle Cox, C. B. Henry, Lucille Reid, Marjorie Moore, Bonnie Hinton, Joe Benedick, Treva Traylor, Oleta Armstrong, Addie Bennett, Jennie Wright, Billie Morgan, Naomi Sanchez, Magdalena Gonzalez, Myrtle Brunton, Bea Dipprey, Ruby Faas, Laura Wood, Ed Horn, Nell Tubbs, Lois Rodriquez, John & Lillian Rowland, Ida Smith, Holly Lee, Weldon Siler, Mildred Sala, Catherine Jayroe, Faye Shuffield, Geraldine Hurley, Oleta Rogers, Dr. J & Dorothy Coats, Paul Tomaszewski.
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NEWS & NOTES
Remember the Friendspeak Program this evening.
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Men & Ladies’ Bible Classes – Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
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VITAL SIGNS: Nov. 2 5
Bible Study 55
Morning Worship 85
Afternoon Worship 36
Offering $3,065.00
Budget $3,651.00
Wed. Nov. 21 46
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HOLIDAY PARTY
Saturday, December 8th at 2:00 p.m.
Please call the church office to make reservations
Deadline – Wednesday, December 5, 2007
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The December Calendar is on the table in the foyer.

REFLECTIONS
by Jack Armstrong

Well, for the second time this year I rushed out and brought all of our plants in because of a threat of freezing weather, and as I did so I thought to myself, things like this cause us to react right now, because we know the outcome if we don’t make a move before it’s too late. Why can’t folks see this in their lives, the way they live each day, live so they will be prepared for the most important day of our lives, “Judgment Day”!
Get the young ones up and get ready for church service on Sunday a.m., Sunday evening, and Wednesday evening and sit with them and read the Bible together and pray together. Not just at meal time, but at other times when they are all together. Oh, how I look back and wish me and mine had done more of it. It’s something I think should just be a part of our natural way of doing things. The order of our lives as I see it should be, Lord, Family, and Country, in that order. The reason I am pointing this out is so our young folks will not make the same mistakes we did and always put our Lord first in everything they do!
In other places we’ve gone to worship I’ve heard folks come out and make the sad statement, “I just didn’t get a thing out of that sermon, or out of that service”! Or, I thought he never would get through, he just carried on and on (and maybe he was only 5 or 10 minutes past what they thought he should preach). People with an attitude like that, need to have an attitude adjustment.
It was so good to see our dear friends, Cloyce and Kay Jurecka there with us last Lord’s day, 11/18/07. When I see them I always thing of our sweet departed Estelle Mclarty who was such a dear friend to us all.
To me this is one of the best holidays we have in the year. Lots of family together, lots of good food, lots of football, and a chance to remember those who are less fortunate than us in our prayers and deeds.
We were all so happy last week to have Don Hartbolt come to be baptized into Christ and to join the fold here at JBCoC. Let’s all make him feel welcome and get to know him better.
Semper Fidelis
(Always Faithful)
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Parking Lot Monitors – December, 2007
Date A.M. P.M.
Dec 2 – Sun Dan Talbott Richard Perkins
Dec 5 – Wed Jimmy Mooney
Dec 9 – Sun Steve Browning David Calvert
Dec 12 – Wed David Johnston
Dec 16 – Sun Jimmy Morris Ben Perkins
Dec 19 – Wed Willie Wright
Dec 23 – Sun Josh Whitaker Charlie Brown
Dec 26 – Wed Vernon Percival
Dec 30 – Sun Steve Kloetzli Roger Jackson