11/20/2009
The Visitor – November 22, 2009
HERE AND THERE
by Wes Price
Well, the holidays are upon us. Thanksgiving will be with us this week and then only a few short shopping days until the gift-giving season of Christmas. As we announced last Sunday, our church Holiday Party will be on Saturday, December 12, at 2:00 p.m. The menu remains the same as last year as does the price per plate, $12. If you can’t attend, maybe you can sponsor someone else who might not be able to afford the price. Please feel free to do so. We are still working on the entertainment and we’ll let you know when we have it set. The most important thing to remember, is be there and invite your friends to be your guests. We always enjoy having a host of friends to join us and we anticipate a good number this year as well.
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Some new items on the foyer table include the 1010 pocket calendars and the new edition of the ACTION, newsletter for World Bible School. Please help us to distribute the calendars by taking several. Use your imagination about how you can share them.
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Sunday morning, November 29, IN SEARCH OF THE LORD’S WAY, will feature a lesson on “TEACH US TO PRAY.”
Our Lord was a praying man. His disciples knew that. Once when they saw Him praying, they asked Him to teach them to pray. Like those 1st Century disciples, some of His 21st Century disciples don’t know how to pray, and some are not praying people. So…LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY.
Join Mack Lyon and Phil Sanders for a good lesson on prayer on Channel 27, KDFI-TV at 7:00 a.m.
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Please don’t forget to send a birthday greeting to Ed Horn on the occasion of his 90th birthday, December 5. His address is 6400 Jack Finney Blvd., Greenville, TX 75402. For those who can make it, friends are planning a party for him on that day, Saturday, December 5th, at the nursing home where he lives. It will begin at 4:00 p.m.
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The church office will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and there will be no Bible classes for the men and women on Tuesday, November 24th. Classes will resume on Tuesday, December 1. ============================================
PRAYER LIST
Lula Murray has been dismissed from the hospital.
SYMPATHY
We want to offer our sympathy and prayers for Elaine Birkhead’s son-in-law, Steve and his family. His mother, Theresa Chennault passed away.
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Remember all the others on the prayer list: R. C. Bell; Addie Bennett; Dr. “J” Coats; Urbanelle Cox; Ruby Faas; Gloria Garcia; Magdalena Gonzalez; Rita Harrison; Bill Hinton; Ed Horn; Mary Catherine Jayroe; Jean LaPine, Nancy Lindley; Pat Mercer; Cindy Mooney, Dorothy Mooney; Billie Morgan; Agnes Nelson; Mary Ruth Percival, Rick & Rhonda Ramsey; Lois Rodriquez; Cookie Rowe, Nancy Spurgeon; Mary Taylor; Treva Traylor; Augustina Vasquez; Fran Womelsdorff, Marie Works.
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VITAL SIGNS:
February 15, 2009
Offering: $2,966,99
Budget: $3,410.46
Morning Worship 83
Afternoon Worship 39
Wednesday Evening Bible Study, 11/11/09 37
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Please find below the address of the nephew of Betty Thornton that is stationed in Afghanistan.
LCPL Mutranowski, David N.
7TH ESB, Unit 42210
FPO AP 96427-2210
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LADIES’ & MEN’S BIBLE CLASSES
NO CLASS TUESDAY, NOV. 24
CLASSES WILL RESUME December 1.
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I Need a Guide
A. M. Burton
How often have you been somewhere and known nothing of your surroundings, wishing there could be someone to guide you through all the interesting places? Tour-guides are extremely valuable people when you want and need them. The Greek word which is translated “guide”, “leader”, and sometimes “teacher”, means someone “to lead on a way” or “to show the way”. In the majority of the cases in the Old Testament the “guide” is God. For instance, Exodus 13:21 states that “the Lord went before them (Israel) by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire…” There are numerous petitions asking God’s guidance and seeking His protective care. We all know the 23rd Psalm where we pray “He leads me beside still waters…He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.” (Psalm 23-2b-3b) Again in Psalm 31:3 David prays, “Yea thou art my rock and my fortress; for thy name’s sake lead me and guide me…” In the New Testament this word is used in much the same way in the sense of “leader”, “escort”, and “guide”. Jesus called the Pharisees blind guides in Matt. 23:16,24. These people made out like they were spiritual guides to the spiritually blind while they themselves could not see God’s truth for their own traditions. The Lord warned that not only would they miss the right way, but they would lead astray those who trusted in their teachings. Writing in Romans 2 he questioned, “if you are sure that you are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness…will you not teach yourself?” (Rom. 2:19,21) The great apostle went on to charge them with the same sins with which they were condemning others. And so the prophetic words of Jesus keep on being fulfilled when people do not study God’s Word with truth and diligence. “And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matt. 15:13-14) Christians must seek guidance from God through His Word by His Holy Spirit. John recorded, “when the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth…” (John 16:13) “But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.” (John14:26) If you seek guidance, seek the Word and the Spirit.
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REMEMBER – Make your reservation for the holiday party that is scheduled for Saturday, December 12th at 2:00 p.m. In our Fellowship Hall. Cost will be $12.00 per person. You can give your reservation to Ann Schoolfield, Rita Wood, Wes or Alma Faye.