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Here and There
by Wes Price
We hope you brought your adventurous spirit with you to worship this morning. As we announced last Sunday, today we will assemble in the Community Room for the worship service. It will call for each of us to have a double measure of patience as we work through the minute details to have everything work “with decency and order.”
The men who are called on to serve at the table will meet this morning following Bible class in the church office to discuss the arrangement and order of distributing the emblems. The important thing to remember is that this is new to all of us and our object is to make sure that everyone gets served the communion.
There will be several concessions that each of us will have to make in order to make the best of this new arrangement. We appeal to all of you to help us accomplish a smooth transition so that we do not do a disservice to our worship in spirit and truth.
We will be interested in hearing from you if you have some constructive criticism about how we can make the service better. Thank you for your spirit of patience as we work through these next few weeks to smooth out the difficult spots.
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It was a great joy to have David and Paula with us last Sunday and to hear two excellent messages. It you were not here, you would be blessed to ask for a copy of these two lessons on tape.
David gave us the following names and ask that we keep these in our prayers that they will come to accept the truth of the gospel and be baptized soon. The names are: Kim, Fred, Patty, Santo, Tekesia, Meagan and Jean. Each of these are at a strategic point in their progress in faith and we want to petition God to help
David and Paula were to return to Connecticut this past Tuesday.
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Roger gave us an update on McKenna’s kidney problems and we are pleased that the tests are behind her. We are hoping that medication will be the solution to her problem and that no surgery will be necessary. Please keep her in your prayers.
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We will have the privilege of having Doyle Kee and Barbara Kee with us next Sunday. He will be giving us an update on the work in Switzerland and all of the other French speaking nations with whom he is associated. Perhaps no other missionary has as broad an influence in spreading the gospel in foreign lands.
We will let him have the combined Adult Bible Classes together in the Community Room and then he will preach for us at the morning worship.
Please pray for their safe travel.
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Following the afternoon worship, we will have a “Sack Supper” in our Fellowship Hall and it will be a special birthday treat for Fay Hartsell who will be celebrating her 97th birthday on Monday, October 10. Please make your plans to be with us and let’s show this dear saint how much we love her for her faithfulness to the Lord.
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Join Phil Sanders on Sunday Morning, October 9, for his discussion on Messianic Prophecies, on Channel 27, KDFI-TV at 7:00.
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PRAYER LIST
The Owens’ granddaughter, McKenna, had tests last week and the results show she has a condition called kidney reflux.
Rita Harrison – Methodist Central – ICU.
Wanda Maloy – is to have throat surgery at
Baylor Hospital October 26th.
Agnes Nelson’s nephew-in-law, Rick Wallace, was scheduled to have surgery; keep Rick and his wife, Sissy, in your prayers.
Muriel McMillion had tests this past week. She should have the results this week.

Address for Mary Jean Calvert
Arbor House, 8025 West Virginia
Dallas, TX 75237
Phone: 972-298-1331

Larry Armstrong; Jack and Oleta Armstrong; Addie Bennett; Elaine Birkhead; Charlie and Nadine Brown; David and Mary Jean Calvert; Betty Choate; Dr. “J” Coats; Jim and Ada Couch; Tom Duvall; Ruby Faas; Virginia Flanagan; Doris Henry; Bill Hinton; Ed Horn; Becky Howe, Jacob’s niece; Mary Catherine Jayroe; Nancy Lindley; Mark Locke; Sylvia McMillion; Daselle Mitchell; Billie Morgan; James and Ann Schoolfield; Bobbie and Vince Muirhead; Lula Murray; Rick Ramsey; Dan Sherbit; Elvira Solis; Nancy Spurgeon; Treva Traylor; Stan White; Fran Womelsdorff; Marie Works.

Prayer List – Military
David Mutranowski, great-nephew of Betty Thornton, (David in danger in Afghanistan);
Kevin Bruce, great-nephew of Rita Wood, stationed
In Afghanistan.
List of service men in Agnes Nelson’s family.
Cpl. Gray, Timothy C.; A1C Meredith, Ryan S.
PFC Vincent, Nathan
(Addresses of the service men listed on the Prayer List are on the bulletin board in the foyer.)
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Vital Signs September 25, 2011
Offering: $2,692.00 Budget: $2,864.42
Bible Class 35 Morning Worship 48
Afternoon Worship 40 Wed, 9/21/11 32

SYMPATHY: We want to offer our much love
and sympathy to Cookie Rowe. Her sister-in-law, Donna Ware, passed away. Donna was the daughter of Virginia Yarborough. At this time the arrangements are pending. Cookie and her brother, Donna’s mother, and the rest of the family need our prayers.
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40 YRS AGO
Rhonda Gail Hinton
and
Richard Andrew Ramsey
on October 8, 1971
Said “I DO’…
and Still DO!
Please come help us celebrate our
40th Anniversary at an
Open House for our new address:
2526 Axminster
Grand Prairie, TX 75050
October 8, 2011
2:00 – 4:00
No Gifts, Please
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“Looking Forward”
When I read our Visitor each week I can’t help but notice Rick Ramsey’s name shows up on the page where it shows what the men do for our services, not only once, but several times each week. What a wonderful asset Rick and Rhonda are to this congregation.
I talked to Jo Morris the other day and she says she has good weeks and bad weeks like a lot of us, but just keeps on hanging in there, and doing the best she can.
I feel so guilty having to miss so much for the last month or so, and not carrying my weight, but Bro. Wes says just get straightened out, and quit worrying about it if there is nothing you can do.
It’s short this week, we’ll see you next time the Good Lord willing. Semper Fidelis

Here and There
by Wes Price

We were blessed with a large number of guests last Sunday as we usually are when
David Nelson comes to visit us from New Zealand. His local family clan are faithful to him in his ministry and their presence testifies to that fact.. We always appreciate having them join us for worship.
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Next Sunday, September 25, David Tarbet will be our guest for the morning Bible Study and Worship. All adults will meet in the auditorium for Bible study to give him an opportunity to report on his work there since he and his wife Paula began their work there last July. Please join us for an encouraging report on his work and for a challenging message from God’s Word.
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We congratulate the Hilton Terry Bible School of the Congo in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo in the dedication of their new classroom and dormitory building. We are pleased that we could join them in helping raise the funds for this project. It is also highly regarded by another of our missionaries, Doyle Kee. He was present for the dedication day on September 3rd. Join me in keeping this work in your prayers. A picture of the facility is on the bulletin board in the Community Room. Doyle Kee will be with us October 9th.
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It was my privilege to do the memorial service this past week for a dear friend and brother in Christ, Herschel Wilson. He and his wife, Rebecca (who preceded him in death a few years ago) became friends with us when we joined the Trinity Oaks church back in the late 70’s. Herschel was a TV camera specialist for KDFW for 37 years. Rebecca’s father-in-law, W.H. Bragg, was an elder of the Sunset church when I first came here in 1972. We extend our sympathy to Herschel’s son, Nelson, and two daughters, Marty and Beth. All of these and families are faithful members of the Lord’s church, a tribute to proper upbringing of Herschel and Rebecca.
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Join Phil Sanders on In Search of the Lord’s Way on Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. on Channel 27, KDFI-TV for the second in the series on baptism.
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Sunday, September 18, 2011
Prayers for Lord’s Supper and Giving
Tom Dipprey
David Johnston Ben Perkins
Dan Talbott Willie Wright
Serving from the Back
Jimmy Morris David Calvert

Afternoon Service
Rick Ramsey

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PRAYER LIST

Jack Armstrong is recovering from his fall.
Gilbert Barajas’ youngest daughter, Kitty
injured her left elbow.

Mary Jean Calvert moved to a new facility:
Professional Care Inc.
1008 Springbrook
DeSoto, TX 75115
Phone: 972-224-0606

Rita Harrison – Silverado, Room 401
3611 Dickason Dallas, TX 75219
Cell Phone Number: 214-766-3951

Tom Duvall – Laurenwood Rehab-Room 612.
Address: 330 W. Camp Wisdom, Duncanville,
TX 75116 – Phone: 972-298-3398.

Larry Armstrong; Oleta Armstrong; Addie Bennett; Elaine Birkhead; Charlie and Nadine Brown; David Calvert; Betty Choate; Dr. “J” Coats; Jim and Ada Couch; Ruby Faas; Virginia Flanagan; Doris Henry; Bill Hinton; Ed Horn; Becky Howe, Jacob’s niece; Mary Catherine Jayroe; Nancy Lindley; Mark Locke; Sylvia McMillion; Daselle Mitchell; Billie Morgan; Agnes Nelson’s nephew-in-law, Rick Wallace; James and Ann Schoolfield; Vernon and Mary Ruth Percival; Bobbie Muirhead; Lula Murray; Rick Ramsey; Dan Sherbit; Elvira Solis; Nancy Spurgeon; Sarah Tayim, friend of Cookie Rowe; Treva Traylor; Marie Works.

Prayer List – Military
David Mutranowski, great-nephew of Betty Thornton, stationed in Afghanistan;
List of service men in Agnes Nelson’s family.
Cpl. Gray, Timothy C.; A1C Meredith, Ryan S.
PFC Vincent, Nathan
(Addresses of the service men listed on the Prayer List are on the bulletin board in the foyer.)
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Vital Signs September 11, 2011
Offering: $2,404.75 Budget: $2,864.42
Bible Study 46 Morning Worship 64
Afternoon Worship 30 Wed, 9/7/11 30

SYMPATHY
We want to offer our love and sympathy to Estell Lee. Her cousin,
Bobby Scarber was killed in a car accident. The funeral was Friday in
Center, Texas.
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‘Twas a Sheep

‘Twas a sheep, not a lamb, that went astray,
In the parable that Jesus told;

‘Twas a grown-up sheep, that wandered away,
From the ninety and nine in the fold.

And out in the hilltops, out in the cold,
‘Twas a sheep that the good shepherd sought.

And back to the flock and back to the fold,
‘Twas a sheep that the good Shepherd brought.

If the sheep go wrong, ‘twill not be long,
Till the lambs are as wrong as they.

So still with the sheep, we must earnestly plead,
For the sake of the lambs today.

If the lambs are lost, what a terrible cost
Some sheep will have to pay.

Anonymous

Here and There
by Wes Price
Roger Owen has arranged this morning’s worship service to remember that terrible event that occurred 10 years ago in New York City, Washington, D.C. and Shanksville, PA. with the loss of 3,000+ citizens. This church called a prayer meeting on that day in 2001 and we have had a memorial on every anniversary of that date. I know you will find a comforting assurance that God has not abandoned this nation, although there is serious need to call Him back into the homes, businesses, government and society of these our United States of America, indeed into the hearts and minds of this nation’s citizens.
For whatever good it has been, this nation has been at war since 9-1-01 against a new kind of enemy. The terrorists who planned and carried out the air plane attacks launched us into a new kind of battle strategy. We now have thousands of troops in countries where this enemy resides and where it is difficult to recognize them. They do not wear a special uniform, nor fly a special flag and are well known for their ways of combat. So, we are confident that our prayers to God to bring all these points of conflict to an end, we must be patient on Him to do so. In the mean time, we will keep our vigil and continue our daily prayers for this nation, its leaders, its military and its citizens. We must somehow get our people back to where God can be found and urge Him to extend His grace in this country for its very preservation.
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Ladies and gentlemen, please don’t forget that our Tuesday morning Bible studies will resume this coming Tuesday morning, September 13 at 10:30. We hope you will want to come for some serious studies in God’s Word and the warm loving felowship that we enjoy being together. As usual, the Ladies will meet in the Community Room and the men will meet in the Fellowship Hall.
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Please join Phil Sanders and Mack Lyon on In Search of the Lord’s Way, on Sunday morning, September 18th for lesson number 1 on the subject of baptism. Phil writes,”In this program we’ll explore what the Bible teaches about Christian baptism from Matthew, Mark, Luke, John and Acts. We’ll seek the Lord’s way, the purpose, and the meaning of baptism as we inductively study through the New Testament.” Join Phil for this study on Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. on Channel 27, KDFI TV
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SYMPATHY
We want to offer our much love and sympathy to the family and friends of Pete Diamond. He is the husband of Sylvia and Muriel McMillion’s cousin, Carol. He passed away last Tuesday evening after a hard battle with brain cancer. His funeral will be Tuesday in Santa Barbara, California. Our thoughts and prayers are with Sylvia and Muriel and most especially with his wife, Carol.

PRAYER LIST
Jack Armstrong fell and hurt his back He is
waiting on test results.
Sylvia McMilliion is doing well after having surgery to repair the small bone fracture supporting her eye. She is recuperating at home from the surgery and the many severe bruises.
Flora Garza’s daughter, Sarah Williamson had her baby 6 weeks early and the baby is in the Premie Care Unit at Baylor Hospital
Rita Harrison – Silverado, Room 401
3611 Dickason Dallas, TX 75219
Cell Phone Number: 214-766-3951
Tom Duvall – Laurenwood Rehab-Room 612.
Address: 330 W. Camp Wisdom, Duncanville,
TX 75116 – Phone: 972-298-3398.
Becky Howe, Jacob’s niece, is home under dialysis.
James and Ann Schoolfield continue to need our prayers.
Mary Jean Calvert remains at Grace Presbyterian Village – Room 1022B. Address:
Grace Presbyterian Village, 550 Ann Arbor,
Dallas, TX 75216.
Hershel Wilson – Charlton Methodist – ICU.
Sarah Tayim, friend of Cookie Rowe, in
critical condition – had brain surgeries Friday.

Larry Armstrong; Oleta Armstrong; Addie Bennett; Elaine Birkhead; Charlie and Nadine Brown; David Calvert; Betty Choate; Dr. “J” Coats; Jim and Ada Couch; Ruby Faas; Virginia Flanagan; Doris Henry; Bill Hinton; Ed Horn; Mary Catherine Jayroe; Nancy Lindley; Mark Locke; Daselle Mitchell; Billie Morgan; Agnes Nelson’s nephew-in-law, Rick Wallace; Vernon and Mary Ruth Percival; Bobbie Muirhead; Lula Murray; Rick Ramsey; Dan Sherbit; Ellvira Solis; Nancy Spurgeon; Treva Traylor; Marie Works.

Nancy Lindley is requesting prayers for a close family-friend whose 11 year old tried to take his life. His 19 year old brother (who is headed out in the Army) walked in and found him. The 11 year old is in ICU with brain swelling and infection (and family is in pieces).

Prayer List – Military
David Mutranowski, great-nephew of Betty Thornton, stationed in Afghanistan;
List of service men in Agnes Nelson’s family.
Cpl. Gray, Timothy C.; A1C Meredith, Ryan S.
PFC Vincent, Nathan
(Addresses of the service men listed on the Prayer List are on the bulletin board in the foyer.)
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Vital Signs September 4, 2011
Offering: $3,184.00 Budget: $2,864.42
Bible Study 51 Morning Worship 78
Afternoon Worship 32 Wed, 8/31/11 – 32
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What Can We Do?

What can we do in the face of such pain
To make sure what happened
will not be in vain?
How can we honor
the loved ones we’ve lost
And deal with
the grief of that ultimate cost?
We can make it a promise
to live every day
To the best of our power,
In our own human way,
To be kind to each other
and cherish what’s real –
Our family, our friends,
and the love that we feel.
We can cheer all the everyday heroes
we’ve met,
The stories and faces
We’ll never forget…

(Thanks to Nadine Brown)

Here and There
by Wes Price

We are pleased that David Nelson can be with us today for our morning worship period. It will be a joy to hear of the progress of the gospel by use of the college in New Zealand. We welcome, as usual, a large number of his family to be our guests and we know they and we will not be disappointed by his message.
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We had the sad/happy occasion to say goodbye to a dear friend this past week, Urbanelle Cox. While she was not among us at JBCoC all that long, she made a number of friends here. Of course, my wife and I got to know her when we served with the Trinity Oaks church before it merged with the DeSoto church several years ago. She was a faithful member of the Lord’s church which she loved dearly. And she loved to sing gospel music. For more than two decades, she sang with the Silver Serenaders, a choral group which became international in their performances.
She was an old maid school teacher and she would not be mad at me for telling you that. Being single, she had more children than any married woman could ever have in her role as a school teacher for over 50 years.
She lived these past several years in a extended care facility in Fort Worth where she could be close to her closest relatives, two cousins, Jon Brown and his sister, Pam McCain.
Music for the funeral was provided in part by two selections sung by the Silver Serenaders under the direction of Jim Palmer. And he led us in congregational singing as well. Now, you can imagine how beautiful the singing was with the large number of friends and relatives who came getting to sing along with the choral group.
My personal thanks to all of you who came. Urbanelle would have been proud.
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We received a report from David Tarbet this week, bringing us up to date on the work in Milford, Connecticut. I will post a copy of his report on the bulletin board in the Community Room. I think you will be impressed with what you see and read. ——————
We want to rejoice in the good news that Rick Ramsey received regarding his latest PET Scan. The cancer is in remission. Oh, Happy Day!
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Join Phil Sanders on In Search of the Lord’s Way on Sunday morning at 7:00 a.m. on Channel 27, KDFI-TV. His topic on Sunday, September 11, is “Not Too Hard.” It’s a lesson on the best selling book of all time, The Bible.
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The Church office will be closed, Monday, September 5 to observe the Labor Day Holiday.
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Prayer List

** Rita Harrison ** See the next column.
Tom Duvall – Laurenwood Rehab-Room 612.
Address: 330 W. Camp Wisdom, Duncanville,
TX 75116 – Phone: 972-298-3398.
Becky Howe, Jacob’s niece, is home under dialysis.
Rick Ramsey – Oh, Happy Day! Rick had an excellent report – the cancer is in remission. James and Ann Schoolfield continue to need our prayers.
Mary Jean Calvert remains at Grace Presbyterian Village – Room 1022B. Address:
Grace Presbyterian Village, 550 Ann Arbor,
Dallas, TX 75216.
Hershel Wilson – Charlton Methodist – ICU.
Sarah Tayim, friend of Cookie Rowe, in
critical condition – had brain surgeries Friday.
Pete Diamond, the McMillion sister’s cousin who lives in California is in serious condition and not expected to survive. Pete, his wife, Carol, and all of their family need our prayers.

Alma Faye Price; Larry Armstrong; Oleta Armstrong; Addie Bennett; Elaine Birkhead; Charlie and Nadine Brown; David Calvert; Betty Choate; Dr. “J” Coats; Jim and Ada Couch; Ruby Faas; Virginia Flanagan; Doris Henry; Bill Hinton; Ed Horn; Mary Catherine Jayroe; Nancy Lindley; Mark Locke; Daselle Mitchell; Billie Morgan; Agnes Nelson’s nephew-in-law, Rick Wallace; Vernon and Mary Ruth Percival; Bobbie Muirhead; Lula Murray; Dan Sherbit; Ellvira Solis; Nancy Spurgeon; Treva Traylor; Marie Works.
Prayer List – Military
David Mutranowski, great-nephew of Betty Thornton, stationed in Afghanistan;
List of service men in Agnes Nelson’s family.
Cpl. Gray, Timothy C.; A1C Meredith, Ryan S.
PFC Vincent, Nathan
(Addresses of the service men listed on the Prayer List are on the bulletin board in the
foyer.)
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Sylvia McMillon – Meth Central Room No. not available when the bulletin was printed. Sylvia fell down the back steps Thursday evening. She had surgery Saturday to repair a small bone fracture in her right eye. She fractured her right wrist and has other small fractures. At a later date she will have dental work due to the fall.

** Rita Harrison is at the Silverado Assisted Living facility in Dallas. The room number, address, and Rita’s cell phone number is listed below:
Silverado, Room 401
3611 Dickason Dallas, TX 75219
Cell Phone Number: 214-766-3951
Silverado is at the corner of Oak Lawn and Dickason. Let’s all send a card or make a phone call as soon as we can.

Vital Signs August 28, 2011
Offering: $2,067.00 Budget: $2,864.42
Bible Study 39 Morning Worship 65
Afternoon Worship 32 Wed, 8/24/11 – 24
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Jesus
Whatever the question
He is the Answer (John 14:6).

Whatever the problem,
He is the Solution (Matthew 11:28-29).

Whatever the hurt,
He is the Healer (Luke 4:18).

Whatever the bondage,
He is the Liberator (John 8:32).

Whatever the burden,
He is the overcomer (John 16:33).

Whatever the need,
He is the Supplier (Matthew 7:7-8).

Whatever the sin,
He is the forgiver (Hebrews 10:12-17).