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April 12, 2009
Here and There
by Wes Price

We want you to mark May 24 and 30 on your home calendars for special dates. On Sunday, May 24, Kevin Rhodes from World Bible School will be with us to prepare us for launching our own involvement in that good work. He will preach at the morning hour and present a DVD on World Bible School Work. At that service, we will be asking for all who will volunteer to become teachers in World Bible School. The amount of time you will invest each week will be approximately 1 ½ hours. Kevin will explain how the teaching program works and everyone who wants to can become involved. Then, on Saturday, May 30th, Mary Nell Kemper, a coordinator for WBS will be with us for a training program to show us how the teaching materials work and how we get personally involved. The training sessions will begin with a Pizza Dinner at 12:00 noon, followed by Mary Nell’s presentation.
These dates are very important to the future of Jefferson Boulevard church. We will be engaging students in foreign lands at first, but we will also begin advertising in our neighborhood to secure local students as well. We believe this will be a way we can expand our membership and bring local souls to the Lord.
Now, don’t discount yourself as a possible teacher until you hear Kevin and Mary Nell’s presentations.
One last request, please pray for us as we launch this new effort. This church has had a history of involvement in World Bible School in years past and there is no reason why we can’t reignite the flame and passion for lost souls.
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Join Mack Lyon and Phil Sanders Sunday morning, April 19, for a lesson on “Be Kind To One Another,” on Channel 27, KDFI-TV at 7:00 a.m. Perhaps the check-out person at the supermarket was having a bad day and was unnecessarily rude in response to your question about the price or the quality of the item you had purchased. Were you aware then, that your response was a test of your Christianity? We all can profit from this powerful lesson. ————–
Thanks to Linda Bridge for the donation of a family Bible to our Church Library. It was Mozelle Siler’s Bible. Mozelle Siler was her mother. I hope some of you will want to check it out for some serious Bible study. It has large print.
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WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP
We sometimes confuse worship and fellowship. Certainly our fellow-
ship with God can be worship. But, our fellowship with other Christians does not mean that we worship them.
Paul wrote to the church at Corinth and stated that in partaking of the Lord’s Supper we have fellowhsip with Christ. He said that in eating the bread we have fellowship with the body of Christ. In drinking of the cup (the fruit of the vine) we have fellowship with his blood. The word “fellowship” can mean to participate in, to share in, to have communion with. In eating and drinking the Lord’s Supper, we share his body and his blood.
Fellowship with the Divine is of prime importance. However, we must not discount the value of fellowship with other Christians. We need each other. We need to learn to lean on each other. We draw strength from each other.
It seems that many people attend worship and never have any other relationship with other members. It can become a cold, unfeeling, ritualistic experience. Even the sermon may become something to be endured rather than something to inform and edify us.
Pity the person who has never learned the joy and value of fellowship with other Christians. Such a person is living beneath his privileges.
Lewis G. Hale

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PRAYER LIST
Mildred Head – Baylor Hospital, John Bldg., Room 325.
Grady Theobalt – (For Rehab) Crestview Court Hall:Darcy Lane Room 407A 224 W. Pleasant Run Road, Cedar Hill, TX 75104.
Gloria Garcia, daughter of Magdalena Gonzales, Baylor, RM 219. is now conscious but the stroke caused paralysis on one side. She will be in rehab for a long while.
Dan Sherbit saw his cardiologist & he will have an angioplasty procedure & stints implanted on April 17 at 11:00 a.m. at Methodist Central.
It is good to note that Kerryn Cox is back with us and Mary Ruth Percival and Maurine Fleming are beginning to feel some better.
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Evelyn Dillon, Arline Swanson, Nancy Spurgeon, Jerri Locke, Catherine Coronado, Pat Mercer, Jimmy Mooney, Bill Hinton, Lois Rodriquez, Augustina Vasquez, Estell & Holly Lee, Carmen McMillion, Urbanelle Cox, Tom Dipprey’s brother-in-law, Mary Dunn, Mary Jean Calvert, Marie Works, Ed Horn, Larry Reynolds, Henrietta Pummill, Edna Faye Johnston, Mary Taylor, Dorothy Mooney, Ada Couch, Dorothy Jackson, Tommy and Treva Traylor, Jack & Oleta Armstrong, Mary Catherine Jayroe, Angie Sabedra, Vertie Lee Stanley, Bea Dipprey, Billie Morgan, Ruby Faas, Weldon Siler, Ida Smith, Joe Benedick, Marjorie Moore, Geraldine Hurley, Dr. J & Dorothy Coats, Nancy Ramsey (daughter of Jean LaPine), Lucille Reid’s sister.
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You are invited to see our weekly bulletin on the church’s web site at jeffersonblvd.org
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VITAL SIGNS: Apr 5, 2009
Bible Study 60 Offering $3,212.50
Morning Worship 80 Budget $3,410.46
Afternoon Worship 42 Wed., Apr.1 38

REFLECTIONS
by Jack Armstrong
Sometimes folks hand me little pages filled with some “good stuff” to put in my bulletin articles and following are some of them:
By Dorothy Foster from Philippians 4:13
I can do anything through Christ who strengthens me. The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called confusion, speed bumps called friends, red lights called enemies, caution lights called family. You will have flats called jobs. But if you have a spare called determination, an engine called perseverance, insurance called faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called success. Doesn’t that sound just like our dear friend?
From Ruth Manning back in June of 2003
For all negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for each one…
You say: “It’s impossible.” God says: all things are possible Luke 18:27.
You say: “I’m too tired.” God says: “I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28-30.
You say: “Nobody really loves me.” God says: “I Love You” John 3:16 and John 13:34.
You say: “I can’t go on.” God says: “My grace is sufficient.” II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 19:15.
You say: “I can’t figure things out.” God says: “ I will direct your steps.” Proverbs 3:5-6.
You say: “I can’t do it.” God says: You can do all things. Philippians 4:13.
You say: “I feel alone.” God says: “I will never leave you or forsake you.” Hebrews 13:5.

Remember this, from Royal Smith
We Love You, Wes (to the tune of We Love the Lord)
We love you, Wes, when you preach for us each week the words of God you so plainly speak. Your light shines bright, and it shows the path to life, we thank our God for you and your wife.
Chorus: We love you, Wes, you’re a true and righteous man. The world was blest the day your life began. We ask God’s care and love on you each day. And that with JBCoC you’ll stay.
Welcome back Wes & Alma Faye. Semper Fidelis