The Visitor » The Visitor – March 9, 2008

Here and There
by Wes Price

The smell of natural gas in our patio area has been part of our conversation for a long time. We assumed that it was the gas meter located in the alley on the east side of our building. Well, surprise, surprise. The gas company came out on Tuesday and announced that the leak was not the meter, but somewhere in our gas lines. So……..
we are experiencing the first of the inconveniences such an event can bring upon us. Our worship service will be conducted in our Community Room and there will be no morning Bible study classes.
Our telephone committee is to be thanked for alerting all to this change and we thank them for their diligent efforts.
We don’t know how long it will take the plumbing company to repair our leak, we will be prepared to do this again next week if necessary. We’ll keep you posted. Thanks for being patient with us over this matter.
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Next Sunday morning, March 16, regardless of where we meet, we will be blessed by having one of our missionaries preach at the morning worship service. Cy and Stephanie Stafford will be with us for a long over due visit and we are looking forward to having them with us. Please don’t miss next Sunday.
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A number of the oil paintings Lucille Reid donated to the church have been purchased, but there are still several available. Why don’t you look them over, you might find one to your liking. If you want to purchase it, you get to decide the amount you want to give and make your check out to the Jefferson Boulevard Church.
Lucille has now moved to her new home and the address is
1248 Westmount, Apartment 141, 75211. You can reach her for the time being on her cell phone at 469-463-3807. She is very grateful for the help the church has given her in this move.
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Be sure and join Mack Lyon, In Search of the Lord’s Way Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. on Channel 27, KDFI-TV.
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“ONE CHURCH OF CHRIST”

Perhaps many of you read in the Oklahoman, Saturday, February 3, 2008, where Benedict XVI defended the doctrine that the “one Church of Christ….subsists in the Catholic Church” alone. This created a stir among those who are pushing ecumenicity. Why? After all, this is nothing new. For a long, long time the Roman Catholic Church has advocated that there is “one true Holy Catholic Church” and they are it.
I, for one, hold no resentment toward any religious group who claim to be the one and only true church. What is wrong with thinking Christ has a true church and you are a member of it? Mormons believe this of themselves. So do those who call themselves Jehovah’s Witnesses. Ask a Baptist if he believes the Baptist Church is the one true church of the Bible. He may tell you there are saved people in other churches but that does not mean he believes they are a true church.
The document which Benedict defended describes non-Catholic Christian churches as defective and says Protestant denominations are not even churches “in the proper sense.”
The church Jesus built is called the “one body” with Christ as its head. Ephesians 1:22-23;4:1-6. He is the Savior of that one body, Ephesians 5:23. He bought it with his own blood, Acts 20:28. He adds all saved people to it, Acts 2:47. It alone is the one true church. Since there is a true church, I should concern myself with identifying it and doing whatever it takes to become a part of it.
Lewis G. Hale

Prayer List
Doris Henry – Lennwood – New Room – # 304
Carolyn Glidewell is home and doing well after shoulder surgery Monday.
Marcus Brown, grandson of Nadine & Charlie Brown, had knee surgery and is recuperating. He is a student at Pepperdine University.
David Peeler – Tremont Nursing Home – Room 1129 – 972-661-1862.
Rick Ramsey will have surgery for cancer in his kidney.
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Ada Couch, Vernon & Arline Swanson, Oleta Landin, Jean Lovell’s son-in-law, Charles Hoffman, Susan Walden (granddaughter of Evelyn Dillon), Lula Murray, Jimmy Mooney, Betty Choate, Doris & C.B. Henry, Carmen McMillion, Dorothy Mooney, Marjorie Moore, Vertie Lee Stanley, Carol Patterson, Mary Perkins, Nancy Spurgeon, Catherine Coronado, Urbanell Cox, Lucille Reid, Bonnie Hinton, Joe Benedick, Treva Traylor, Oleta Armstrong, Jennie Wright, Billie Morgan, Naomi Sanchez, Myrtle Brunton, Bea Dipprey, Ruby Faas, Lois Rodriquez, John & Lillian Rowland, Ida Smith, Nell Tubbs, Holly Lee, Weldon Siler, Mildred Sala, Catherine Jayroe, Faye Shuffield, Geraldine Hurley, Oleta Rogers, Dr. J & Dorothy Coats.
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Friendspeak Program is now at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday. This is to encourage the students to visit our worship service at 5:00 p.m.
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Men’s & Ladies’ Bible classes Tuesday, March 11 @ 10:30 a.m.
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New Address: Lucille Reid – Mill Run Apts – #141 – 1248 Westmount Dallas, TX 75211 – (off Ft Worth Ave.) Same Phone # 469-463-3807
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Love & sympathy to Alma Faye Price on the death of her brother, John Morlan, in Hawaii last week.
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You are invited to see our weekly bulletin on the church’s web site. Go to jeffersonblvd.org
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VITAL SIGNS: Mar. 2
Bible Study 66
Morning Worship 86
Afternoon Worship 51
Offering $4,454.00
Budget $3,410.46
Wed. Feb. 27 43

Reflections
by Jack Armstrong
We were so happy to have some folks back who have been out. Vertie Lee Stanley along with Connie and Vertie Lee’s care give, Fayelyn Watson & Mary Ruth Percival. We were also glad to have another Beverly Hills Church of Christ member, Marie Works, there with Royal Smith and Bro. & Sis. Bell. Remember even though a lot of our old members have moved off or passed away, we are gaining new members all the time in large part because of your friendliness and Bro. Wes & Alma Faye’s hard work. You know we’ve always heard, when God closes a door he always opens a window.
We want to tell Daselle Mitchell how sorry we were to hear about the loss of her nephew. Our hearts go out to you in your loss.
Bro. James Curry called me last week and said the brand new Clark Road Church of Christ opened its doors for worship on 2/17/08. I believe they are located at 250 N. Clark Road in Duncanville. We wish the church great success and pray they grow in number and spiritually as we’re sure they will under their fine leadership. I’ve know James Curry for many years and think he is a fine Christian example for us all, and David Recton is a fine preacher of the Gospel.
We had 60+ for our Sunday evening service which is around 2/3 of our congregation and that’s good! Thanks a lot to our dear friends over at Beverly Hills for coming over to be with us, and what a joy it is to have them.
On 2/24/08 Bro. Paul Lawrence asked the Lord to remove the obstacles from folks lives that were blocking them from attending all the services our elders have designated us to attend. Not only are they hurting themselves, but other weak Christians who might be looking to them for examples. We must remember, we are the only Bible some folks will ever see. You know what’s right isn’t always popular, and what’s popular isn’t always right!
I didn’t mean to get into Bro. Wes’ business but Paul’s prayer said a lot about what folks need to really think about, and take appropriate action for their own soul’s sake as well as those around them.
Sylvia & Muriel McMillion said that Carmen is doing so well she may be able to be home real soon, and they are preparing things at home to make it safe for her. Those are two of the most dedicated daughters that I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing, and what wonderful examples they are of how Christian daughters should act.
Well folks, guess that’s all for this time, and we’ve sure enjoyed visiting with you. We pray all is well with all of you who can’t be with us, we love you and miss you.
Maybe the warm weather will come soon and clear up some of the illnesses and more folks will be in the fold.
Remember ….
“Choice, not chance, determines our destiny”
Semper Fidelis
(Always Faithful)