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Here and There By Wes Price
Reservations are coming in to fill us up for the Holiday Party. If you have not signed up yet, please do so this week by Wednesday so we can have an accurate count for the caterer. We want everyone to come. We’ll enjoy good food, good fellowship and good entertainment. Bring a friend if you have one (little humor, what?) Saturday afternoon, December 12, at 2:00 P.M.

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We were saddened to learn that both Vernon and Mary Ruth Percival were injured in an auto accident on Monday morning. Mary sustained no broken bones but was bruised heavily. Vernon suffered a broken sternum and was in the hospital for a couple of days. We hope that by the time you are reading this that both will be at home and doing well. —————-
Some more sad news greeted us in a conversation with Mary Taylor’s daughter Mildred on Wednesday. Mary suffered a fall at her residence. The doctors have determined that a bone in her leg was broken but decided not to do surgery because her condition is so poor. She is now under Hospice Care and Mildred ask that she have no visitors at the present time. She said she would let us know when and if her mother could have visitors in the future. Please keep this dear lady in your prayers. She has been one of my favorites for many, many years —————-
On Sunday, December 13, join Mack Lyon and Phil Sanders at 7:00 A.M. on Channel 27, KDFI-TV for their regularly scheduled lesson. This lesson will be on WHO IS YOUR LORD? What rules your life? Everyone chooses a master to obey. Some become slaves to their desires and some to the world, but the best Master is our Lord Jesus Christ. The most crucial choice you will make is who will be your master and Lord. —————-

The Men’s and Ladies’ Bible Classes enjoyed a delightful birthday celebration last Tuesday in honor of Ann Schoolfield on her 80th birthday. Special thanks to Betty Thornton and Rita Wood for their planning and providing the refreshments.
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THANK YOU!
To Tuesday morning Bible Classes for the lovely 80th birthday party last Tuesday. Thanks to Rita Wood and Betty Thornton for hosting the party. Thanks to all who gave me cards, gifts, and flowers. I appreciated so much the outpouring of love. THANKS, THANKS, and THANKS. Yours truly, Ann Schoolfield
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PRAYER LIST
Vernon and Mary Ruth Percival are both home after a car accident on Monday morning. They still need our prayers for a complete recovery. Mary Taylor is now under Hospice Care at Victoria Gardens, Allen, TX – Room 607A. No Visitors at this time.

Lisa Pedford had foot surgery and is doing well.
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Remember all on the prayer list: R. C. Bell; Addie Bennett; Dr. “J” Coats; Urbanelle Cox; Ruby Faas; Gloria Garcia; Magdalena Gonzalez; Bill Hinton; Lewis Hinton; Ed Horn; Mary Catherine Jayroe; Jean LaPine, Nancy Lindley; Pat Mercer; Dorothy Mooney; Billie Morgan; Lois Rodriquez; Nancy Spurgeon; Treva Traylor; Augustina Vasquez; Fran Womelsdorff, Marie Works.
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VITAL SIGNS: November 29, 2009 Bible Study 53 Offering $2,396.00 Morning Worship 73 Budget $3,410.46 Afternoon Worship 35 Wed. Eve. Bible Study 11/25 41
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Ladies’ & Men’s Bible Classes will meet at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8 to fill stockings.
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REMEMBER – Make your reservations 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.

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“FELT NEEDS”
I keep hearing more and more about “felt needs”. To listen to some folks, you would think that the main business of the church is to meet people’s felt needs. I have yet to see a clear-cut definition of that term but I get a general feeling for it. It seems to me they are thinking in terms of what people perceive their needs to be. There are some problems with this. In the first place, my real needs may be poles apart from what I perceive them to be. Are we wise enough to know what we really need? A child often thinks he needs something that would actually be a detriment to him. He may think he needs that hot coffee pot or a hot curling iron, until he gets it! Preachers who preach from the text of scripture are often criticized as not addressing people’s needs. You may hear someone say, “Here people sit hurting because of serious family problems and there the preacher stands talking about how to properly understand the Bible.” This attitude assumes that when God gave mankind the scriptures, he did not give us something adequate to help man where he is. I am committed to the view that the Bible furnishes us completely unto every good work. 2 Tim. 3:16-17. And that the Spirit has revealed to us everything that pertains to life and godliness. 2 Peter 1:3. The Bbile may not deal in specific terms with a specific problem, but it does give us the basic principles upon which we can work out every problem we have. If it is a marriage problem, I can find in scripture everything it takes to make a happy marriage. But if marriage partners are not willing to live by the teachings of the word of God, no amount of counselling will save that marriage. A preacher cannot do mass counselling from the pulpit. He may accomplish little even in the privacy of his office with just the parties present who are involved in some problem. What is he to do? Preach the word? Lewis G. Hale