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HERE AND THERE by Wes Price
We are pleased this morning to have Doyle and Barbara Kee with us for the morning worship service. Doyle will be giving us a report on their missionary work at the Bible class hour and then preach at the morning worship. I am always glad to have this faithful couple with us for a visit. Or course, we are privileged to recall fond memories of Cecil Ethridge since he was Barbara’s brother. We hope that Arta will bless us with her presence as she usually does when they come along with Cecil’s brother Gary who has visited with us recently. Let’s give them a warm welcome!!
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All of Jefferson Boulevard church’s members are invited to join us this afternoon following the services to a “sack supper” in our Fellowship Hall. Bring a sack lunch with perhaps an extra sandwich for a guest and let’s enjoy a period of fun and fellowship. Drinks and dessert will be provided.
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We have several bottles of hand disinfectant located in several locations around our building. May I urge you to use these frequently after you finish shaking hands with others who come in. That will help us maintain a more sterile environment and hopefully cut down on the incidence of flu.

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I still have copies of Perry Cotham’s book, “Beyond the Sunset,” available for anyone who might be interested. They will make an excellent gift for you to give someone. They are $8 per copy. ————

IN SEARCH OF THE LORD’S WAY will present a lesson entitled, “Does It Matter What We Believe?” on Sunday morning, October 18, on Channel 27, KDFI-TV at 7:00 a.m. A most penetrating question, don’t you thnk? Some say it really doesn’t matter so long as you love Jesus. Most people think one doctrine is a good as another, and what you believe doesn’t matter to God. But is this so? Could it be that God cares what we believe and practice? Join brother Mack and Phil and hear their answers to these most important questions.
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In Need of Our Prayers
Bob Marks, our missionary in Australia, will have day surgery October 19.

Edna Faye Johnston –Select Specialty, Room 125 – 800 Kirnwood Dr. DeSoto, TX 75115 – Phone 972-780-6500. Her condition is improving. Her pneumonia is now under control.

Mary Ruth Percival will be confined a couple of weeks for her broken foot to heal. Laney Cluff, great-granddaughter of Edna Faye Johnston; Dr. “J” Coats; Urbanelle Cox; Ruby Faas; Gloria Garcia; Magdalena Gonzalez; Rita Harrison; Bill Hinton; Ed Horn; Mary Catherine Jayroe; Nancy Lindley; Pat Mercer; Dorothy Mooney; Billie Morgan; Lula Murray; Agnes Nelson; Nancy Ramsey, daughter of Jean LaPine; Rick Ramsey; Lois Rodriquez; Nancy Spurgeon; Vertie Lee Stanley; Mary Taylor; Treva Traylor; Augustina Vasquez; Fran Womelsdorff, Marie Works.

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Special Prayer Request:

Addie Bennett requests your prayers for her grandson-in-law. He is in Baylor in Dallas – critical condition.

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VITAL SIGNS: October 4, 2009 Bible Study 47 Offering $3,960.50

Morning Worship 69 Budget $3,410.46 Afternoon Worship 39 Wed. Evening Bible Study 09/30 34

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REMEMBER THE SACK SUPPER THIS EVENING after worship we will have a sack supper! All are invited to attend and bring your sack of food! Drinks & dessert will be provided. ================================ REFLECTIONS by Jack Armstrong I was talking to my son Jack on Saturday, Oct. 3 about having to get home and write my column for next week and he said he went on the Internet and found that the Visitor goes way back to the start on the Internet. It never ceases to amaze me at all these modern contrap- tions and electronic ways of doing things and checking on stuff. I can even remember when we used to all gather around in one room to listen to my uncles crystal set radio and think boy! What a great thing! Now we have little tiny telephone camera bearing all types of pictures, world news, sporting events, stock market updates and you name it they’ve got it. Oleta and I have trouble bringing back messages that folks send to us, and I wouldn’t dare try to do anything else without contacting one of our grand- daughters first. Our daughter Cindy has said she is going to give us a computer so we can stay in the loop of things, but first she says she has to get some software for it. I just hope that we still have the wits to operate the thing when it comes. My son Larry brought us a real dandy copy printer and I think I’ve just about got it figured out, except the fancy fax machine part, but I’ll figure it out one of these days. I took some cards from Charlie Brown last Lord’s day and called some of the folks who were available and really enjoyed it. Folks if you haven’t been taking some of the call or visit cards from Charlie you’re missing out on a real rewarding experience because our sick and shut-ins really enjoy the calls and cards and especially the visits if you are able and they are able to have company. I admire Charlie and Nadine so much for the great job they do in this program. We also would like to tell Jacob and Joyce and all who do the volunteer work at the hospitals how very much we appreciate what they do. It’s things like these that show people around us what Christianity is all about. See you next time the Good Lord Willing. Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful)