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November 20,2011

November 21st, 2011

New Requests: James Wilson

Continuing Requests: Jerry Love, Jason Cox, Scott Sullivan, Ellen Moore, Marie

Drexel, Star Johnson, Edith Westfall, Donna Jamison

Cancer Patients: Lanny Cooper, Earl Cooper, Joe Hewlett, William Jordan, Paul

Roberts, Stacy Pingleton, Andrew Grigson, Angie Bussell, Tara McCann

Kathy Sower, Alex Mason, John O’Cull, Ruth Hurst

Elderly and Shut Ins and their Families: Maxine Soards, Carrie Edington, Helen

Dixon, Ina Hurst, Sammy Ginn, Gardena Ginn, Flora Wells, Charles Riley, Donald

Lykins, Sr., Lance O’Cull, Joe Hardy, Emma Jordan, Wilson Moore, Malcolm Roe,

Mary Swearingen, Mitch Hickle, Carol Wills, E. V. Holder

Our Web Prayer Requests, Our Troops, Unspoken Needs, Missionaries, the

“Lost”, the Emotionally, Physically and Spiritually Troubled

 

Sunday Night Bible Study—Bible Prophecy

 

Birthdays November 21 Robin Sullivan

November 24 Henry Mefford

November 27 Michelle Hime

A Thanksgiving Prayer


Dear Father in Heaven


Please lend me Your ear


‘Cause I’ve got a prayer


You’ll be happy to hear.


Lord, there’s no request list


This time when I pray


I just want to give thanks


This Thanksgiving Day.


First, I want to thank You


For gifts from above:


Your unending mercy,


Your undeserved love.


And thank You for sending


Your Son down to earth,


For now those in Jesus


Can have second birth.


Lord, thank You for saving


Your children from Hell,


And giving Your Spirit


Who comes to indwell.


And thank You for choosing me


To be Your own,


For now that You’re in me


I’m never alone.


Lord, thanks for forgiving me


When I’m untrue,


And last, but not least, Father,


Thank You for You!


–Connie Cook

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1Peter 1:3

 

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July 3, 2011 Bulletin

July 4th, 2011

Prayer Request

New Requests:  David Howard Family,  Jean Kamer,  Wade May Family,  Chuck and Lana McCann
Continuing Requests: Donna Elkins,  Ashley Osman,  Jason Cox,  Steve Fetters,  George Carver,  Courtney Comeaux,  Harry Board,  Joe Mefford
Cancer Patients: Tammy Doyle, Lanny Cooper,  Earl Cooper, Maurice Kennedy, Steve Harris,  Wanda Barker
Elderly and Shut Ins: Maxine Soards, Carrie Edington, Helen Dixon, Ina Hurst, Leland Roberts, Sammy Ginn, Gardena Ginn,  Flora Wells, Charles Riley,  Donald Lykins,Sr.,  Lance O’Cull,  Malcolm Roe
Our Troops, Unspoken Needs, Missionaries, the “Lost”, the Emotionally, Physically and Spiritually Troubled”

Birthdays/Anniversary

July 4 – Jeanna Melton

July 6 – Gary Vergne

 

Reminders

Sunday Night Bible Study

Vacation Bible School – July 20, 21, 22 – 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Socks and Underclothes for Ready Fest – July 24

 

 

Jesus on the 4th of July

We gather ‘round to celebrate
On Independence Day
Pay homage to our country
As the children run and play.

With barbecues and picnics
And fireworks in the air
The flag we own is proudly flown
To show how much we care.

The stars and stripes spell freedom
She waves upon the breeze
While bursts of colors can be seen
Above the towering trees.

This is all quite wonderful
We revel in delight
But God above in divine love
Has brought this day to light.

With just a stroke of liberty
A touch of His great hand
He gave democracy to us
And helped this country stand.

The stripes upon our stately flag
Were touched by His sweet grace
Each star of white that shines so bright
Reflects His loving face.

So as you turn to face the flag
For battles that were fought
Be filled with pride for those who died
And freedoms that were bought.

But don’t forget to thank the One
That gives the bright display
The reason why we paint the sky
On Independence Day

 

Remembering Independence Day

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died.

Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned.

Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured.

Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.

These patriots signed, pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners; men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.

Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships “blasted” to the bottom of the ocean by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr, noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children gone. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.

Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.

Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: “For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”

They gave you and me a free and independent America. The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn’t fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time and we fought the British imposed government, for the right to govern our own country!

Unfortunately, many Americans take these liberties for granted — but we shouldn’t. Please take a few moments (at least) to remember the price paid for your freedom. Publicly and privately remember the patriots who gave so much, for you and me.

Remember: freedom is never free!

Lets never forget there’s a lot more to the 4th of July holiday than fireworks, picnics, and baseball. At least one day a year, lets show some true patriotism for, this great country, the United States of America.

Help show your appreciation for our freedom and independence, by sharing this messages with as many people as you can.

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March 06 2011 Bulletin

March 6th, 2011

Prayer Request

New Request:  Kevin Duff,  Helen Ginn,  Noretta Bloomfield

Continuing Request:  Lance O’Cull,  Alexandrea Mason,  Barbara Jordan,  Stephanie Thornton,  Nancy King,  Parker Adoption

Cancer Patients:   Tammy Doyle,  Deena Taylor,  Lanny Cooper,  Jay Iery,  Earl Cooper,  John Warren,  David Howard,  Bonnie Ferguson,  Justin Brown,  Maurice Kennedy,  Chief Little

Elderly and Shut Ins:   Maxine Soards,  Carrie Edington,  Helen Dixon,  Ina Hurst,  Leland Roberts,  Sammy Ginn,  Gardeana Ginn,  Don McCann,  Malcom Roe,  Flora Wells,  Delores Pepoon,  Charles Riley,  Debbie Kegley,  Emmy Hamilton

Our troops,  Unspoken Needs,  Missionaries,  the “lost”,  the Emotionally,  Physically and Spiritually Troubled

Birthdays/Anniversary

March 7 – John and Jacqui Cordle

March 13 – Melvin Wills

Reminders

Tonight Bible Study – Genesis Chapter 16

Ladies Meeting – 6:00Pm – Thursday – Chapter 2 – Melissa – Hostess

 

Who And Why Is God?

When did God begin to rule?
It was ‘ere eons old;
Before He set the firmament
And formed earth’s veins of gold. 

He was King before He molded man,
Or even shaped the stars,
‘Ere a cloud He placed in clear blue skies,
Or set the oceans in their bars.

When did my God begin to be?
When spoke  He the angel’s laws;
Or threw Satan out of paradise,
Or made the thunder pause?

In the beginning He began,
He always and ever was
Father, Son and Spirit, He,
Why was He?  Just because!

It is not for man to know His ways,
Or ask of Him a reason,
For God was always, and forever is,
And man is for just a season.

He need only say to sinful man
I AM the great I AM.
Never has there been another God,
Nor another sacrificial Lamb.

All you have and all you are,
You owe it all to me.
Just believe in all I say,
For my truth will set you free.

You need not know when I began,
Or even why or how;
Just simply bow the humble knee
And begin to worship me just now.

~ Joyce Guy ~

 

 

No More With Me

“I’m sorry. Please forgive me! I don’t mean to hold you up,” he said as he struggled to get off the escalator.

I’ll admit to it. There have been times when walking or driving behind an older person I’ve gotten impatient and upset. I’ve huffed and zoomed around them because I was in a hurry to get nowhere.

Perhaps I’m more aware of it now because I see myself there one day soon. Today I saw myself in this old man’s shoes and it caused me to slow down, stop and ask for his forgiveness.

He was about five or six people ahead of me. I was in a hurry and saw him as an obstacle. I’ve seen people get off the end of an escalator and stop dead in their tracks, gather their things and suddenly there’s a pile up of angry people behind them. You can’t stop an escalator full of people behind you. Like the Energizer bunny, they keep on goin’.

This man was well aware of the challenge. He tried desperately to step aside. Fumbling with his small packages, struggling to gain his footing, you could see how troubling this was for him. “I’m sorry. Please forgive me! I don’t mean to hold you up,” he said as he struggled to get off the escalator.

I suddenly saw this in a whole new light. It was like I was watching my future. I felt sorry for him. I felt sick to my stomach because this man was apologizing to everyone, when we should have been helping him and calming his fears.

One by one, people zipped around him. I heard a few angry comments whispered as one lady passed by him.

I saw me.

By the time I got to him he was just about steady on his feet.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know there was more,” he said.

“No, sir. No more with me,” I said. This really hit me hard. I realized right then how sad it was that the world was in such a hurry. That, of course, included me. But…no more with me. Count me out.

This wonderful man paid his dues. For whatever time he had spent on this earth, he most likely walked many rough roads and too many important miles. Now he should be apologizing for moving slower?

My heart ached as I looked into his eyes. I wished that I could see what he had seen all those years. His face weathered from life itself, was creased and wrinkled. The small soft pockets under his eyes and the gentle lines that curved up and around them told me he had many happy moments, too. Those were traces left behind from laughter and a smiling, happy man.

“My friend, can I help you with those things?” I asked.

Hesitant at first, he finally said, “Well, yes, thank you!”

I placed my hand under his left arm and walked with him a safe distance away from the rush of people.

“So what are you shopping for, sir?”

“Oh, just a little something for my neighbor. She’s a young mother raising kids on her own. She’s always so nice to me. I thought a box of candy for Mother’s Day…” he said, stopping suddenly as he searched his inside pocket of his sport coat.

“Do you need something?” I asked.

“Oh, no. Here. I think I have it right here. I always carry them with me,” he said. Then pulling out a hand full of papers he shuffled through them and handed me a business card that read:

“John A. Pomicter
Friend to all…enemy to no one!
I said a prayer today and you were the answer. Thank you!”

“That’s for you,” he said. “Thanks for stopping to help an old man.”

“My friend, you helped me. I discovered that I was unhappy with the world and I was part of the problem. Now I’ll be part of the solution. No more with me!”

“Then this was meant to be,” he said smiling.

“You know God sends me gifts every day and always at least one special person. You were my gift for today! Let’s go get some chocolates, my friend.”

Written By Bob Perks

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February 27 2011 Bulletin

February 27th, 2011

Prayer Request

New Request:  Stephanie Reis Thornton,  Diana Jane Wilson Parker

Continuing Request:  Anna Sullivan,  Luke Greene,  Lance O’Cull,  Alexandrea Mason,  Barbara Jordan,  Linda Abrams,  Joe Mefford

Cancer Patients:   Tammy Doyle,  Deena Taylor,  Lanny Cooper,  Jay Iery,  Earl Cooper,  John Warren,  David Howard,  Bonnie Ferguson,  Justin Brown,  Maurice Kennedy,  Chief Little

Elderly and Shut Ins:   Maxine Soards,  Carrie Edington,  Helen Dixon,  Ina Hurst,  Leland Roberts,  Sammy Ginn,  Gardeana Ginn,  Don McCann,  Malcom Roe,  Flora Wells,  Delores Pepoon,  Charles Riley,  Debbie Kegley

Our troops,  Unspoken Needs,  Missionaries,  the “lost”,  the Emotionally,  Physically and Spiritually Troubled


 

Birthdays

March 1 -  Brittany Wolfe

March 5 – Kelly Nolen

 

 

 

Reminders

Tonight Bible Study – Genesis Chapter 14

 

A Happy Celebration

Even though this world is in turmoil and pain,
The true child of God has everything to gain.
The Father said, in this world ye shall tribulation,
but soon we will have a happy celebration. 

In Him we can have comfort, joy, and peace,
His great love for us will never cease.
Fight the good fight and run in this race,
We are kept strong by the Father’s saving Grace.

Many are weak, their battle worn and weary,
but it’s no time for the saints of God to be dreary.
We knew this day was drawing near,
but the Word of God said not to fear.

We must keep the faith and hold our heads high,
The one we’re looking for will appear in the sky.
He’s coming for those who look for Him,
we must stay alert and keep our lamps trimmed.

While we are waiting for Jesus to come back,
don’t mess around and get on the wrong track.
Satan is busy he’s after your soul,
always remember that heavens your goal.

Who said it was easy to follow the Lord’s way,
It will be worth it all to hear Him say,
enter thou into the Joys of the Lord,
I’ve prepared a place for you, now we’re all together in one accord.

by Mary Eldridge

 

 

 

First Church of McDonald’s

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.   Matthew 5:6 

Kurt Garland is a skinny guy — but don’t be fooled by his trim appearance. He’s aggressive on a basketball floor. (“The guy’s all elbows!” says a friend who guarded Kurt once) and a fount of seemingly endless energy when pounding the drums for his church’s worship band.

Kurt’s favorite fuel for all that energy is burgers and fries. This kind is hungry all the time. He’s always happy to eat your leftovers and has no trouble eating a meal too big for most guys twice his size. As a young teacher, he often left a sign in the middle-school cafeteria saying, “Please leave all uneaten sandwiches for Mr. Gar- land.”

“I’d feast on roast-beef day!” says Kurt, “None of those kids liked the sandwiches, so there was always plenty left for me.”

With such a healthy appetite, Kurt thought he’d found the perfect job; manager at a local McDonald’s! “Anything left over at the end of the day was fair game. I never went home hungry.”

Unfortunately, Kurt also had unhealthy appetites. “I was a pretty hard person,” he admits. “Drank a lot. Did drugs.” He hungered for something more in life, something deeper. He tried to fill that hunger through partying, but he wasn’t satisfied.

That was when he noticed something at work — strange people working with him. He confronted his coworkers. “What makes you so different? You’re joyful, you’re happy. You don’t cuss, you don’t drink, you don’t really care about peer pressure. Why are you so different?”

These strange people had only one explanation: Jesus. They were Christians, and during shifts at work they befriended Kurt and told him more about Jesus Christ.

Kurt was interested but unwilling to make a change. Still, he found something very attractive about these Christians. They all started spending time together after work, building friendships beyond McDonald’s.

One night they were relaxing, hanging out at a friend’s house. The conversation turned to Jesus, and eventually one friend asked Kurt if he wanted to become a Christian.

The hunger burned inside Kurt’s soul. He desperately wanted what these people had, but he wasn’t sure Jesus was truly all they said he was. He mused for a minute, “OK. I’ll try Jesus for thirty days and see if it changes me.”

Two decades later, Kurt laughs when recalling the “Jesus trial period.” Obviously, I kept on going. It was a very exciting time for me. It reached a point where I was actually telling customers at McDonald’s about Jesus — I almost got fired for it!”

Each day of that thirty-day trial (and each day since it), Kurt found him- self irresistibly drawn to the Bible. He read it and asked many questions of his Christian friends. During that time he discovered more about Jesus. Jesus Christ truly was the nourishment his spirit had been craving for so long. “I felt an overwhelming peace during that time. I was loved by God, and it didn’t matter what else people thought.”

Twenty years later this skinny guy with a giant appetite still remembers how he ate at McDonald’s for fuel but found nourishment for his soul in the Bible.

For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:33-35

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February 20 2011 Bulletin

February 20th, 2011

Prayer Request

New Request:  Anna Sullivan,  Bree Walker,  Donald Bradford,  Alexandrea Mason

Continuing Request:  Luke Greene,  Andrew Scott,  Lance O’Cull,  Shannon Gilbert

Cancer Patients:   Tammy Doyle,  Deena Taylor,  Lanny Cooper,  Jay Iery,  Earl Cooper,  John Warren,  David Howard,  Bonnie Ferguson,  Justin Brown,  Maurice Kennedy,  Chief Little

Elderly and Shut Ins:   Maxine Soards,  Carrie Edington,  Helen Dixon,  Ina Hurst,  Leland Roberts,  Sammy Ginn,  Gardeana Ginn,  Don McCann,  Malcom Roe,  Flora Wells,  Delores Pepoon,  Charles Riley,  Harold Applegate

Our troops,  Unspoken Needs,  Missionaries,  the “lost”,  the Emotionally,  Physically and Spiritually Troubled

Birthdays

February 20 – Wilma Mefford

February 26 – Grace Wills

Reminders

Tonight Bible Study – Genesis Chapter 12

Your Motive

What motive’s behind; What you’re working for?
Is it the praises; That you so adore?

Is it for money, Or is it for fame?
Are all your talents; Gifts for your gain?

Why are you serving? Why are you giving?
Is it for Jesus; That you’re truly living?

Need now to hear; Your praises from peers?
To feel great inside, To fill up your ears.

Is it for blessing; From His hand above?
Is it because; He’s all that you love?

Give Him the glory, His honor, His praise,
Give of your talents, And give of your days.

He will reward you; In His own sweet way.
You’ll hear, well done; On that great final day.

What is the purpose; You live day to day?
Is it for others; That need shown the Way?

God surely loves us. He gave us His Son.
Our love is in weakness; Look, what He’s done.

Live to Him, it’s gain. Live to self, it’s loss.
All you live and breathe; Your motive be the cross.

by~ Susan Y Nikitenko ~

Presidents Day February 21st

In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was communicated through this book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man’s welfare, here and hereafter, are to be found portrayed in it. To you I return my most sincere thanks for the very elegant copy of the great Book of God which you present. – Abraham Lincoln on September 7th, 1864

Success In Spite Of Adversity

Nothing in the early life of James Cash Penney indicated that his name would one day become a household word in homes across the United States. Born in 1875, he grew up on a small farm in Kentucky. His father was a minister in the Primitive Baptist Church. Both parents were committed Christians who instilled a deep and abiding faith in their children.

While Penney was a teenager his minister father became the victim of church politics and was removed from his position. The ensuing financial hardship for the family meant that Penney had to leave school, taking a job to help support the family. He began to work as a clerk in a local store. Although he didn’t realize it at the time, this modest start was providential and would propel him into an illustrious career as a retailer.

After working in various stores, Penney was able to purchase a one-third interest in a dry goods store in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The date was April 14, 1902. Kemmerer was a small mining town of less than 1,000 people. Penney and his wife lived in a tiny attic apartment above the store. Their furniture consisted of a large empty dry goods box for a table and smaller boxes for chairs. When their first child was born, Penney’s young wife wrapped their infant in a blanket, allowing it to sleep under a counter while she stood beside it, working alongside her husband, serving their customers.

From that humble beginning J. C. Penney would eventually preside over 1,700 stores. He would lead the country’s largest chain of department stores, each one bearing his name. The influence of Penney’s godly parents became evident with the growth of his business, as he began to describe his chain as the Golden Rule Stores, based on the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:12: “Do for others what you would like them to do for you” (NLT).

Although his enterprise made him incredibly wealthy, Penney’s life was not devoid of setbacks and troubles. In fact, beginning in 1929, events took place that nearly cost Penney his life.

When the Great Depression struck the country, it came at a time of great financial vulnerability for Penney. While his stores continued to do well, Penney had been adding outside interests, and these were proving to be extremely costly. In order to finance these interests, Penney borrowed heavily. In addition, Penney was becoming a major philanthropist, giving generously to organizations and individuals. The Depression prompted banks to request repayment of his loans sooner than anticipated. Suddenly cash flow was tight, and Penney was finding it difficult to meet payment schedules. Constant and unrelenting worry began to take a toll. “I was so harassed with worries that I couldn’t sleep, and developed an extremely painful ailment,” he said.

Concerned about his deteriorating health, Penney checked himself into the Kellogg sanitarium at Battle Creek, Michigan, the Mayo Clinic of its era. There, Dr. Elmer Eggleston, a staff physician, examined Penney, declaring that he was extremely ill. “A rigid treatment was prescribed, but nothing helped,” Penney recalled. He was attacked by the twin demons of hopelessness and despair. His very will to live was rapidly eroding. “I got weaker day by day. I was broken nervously and physically, filled with despair, unable to see even a ray of hope. I had nothing to live for, I felt that I hadn’t a friend left in the world, that even my family had turned against me.”

Alarmed by his rapidly deteriorating condition, Dr. Eggleston gave Penney a sedative. However, the effect quickly wore off, and Penney awakened with the conviction that he was living the last night of his life. “Getting out of bed, I wrote farewell letters to my wife and to my son, saying that I did not expect to live to see the dawn.”

Penney awakened the next morning, surprised to find himself alive. Making his way down the hallway of the hospital, he could hear singing coming from the little chapel where devotional exercises were held each morning. The words of the hymn he heard being sung spoke deeply to his condition. Going into the chapel, he listened with a weary heart to the singing, the reading of the Scripture lesson, and the prayer. “Suddenly something happened,” he recalled. “I can’t explain it. I can only call it a miracle. I felt as if I had been instantly lifted out of the darkness of a dungeon into a warm, brilliant sunlight. I felt as if I had been transported from hell to Paradise. I felt the power of God as I had never felt it before.”

In a life-transforming instant Penney knew that God, with His love, was there to help. “From that day to this, my life has been free from worry,” he declared. “The most dramatic and glorious 20 minutes of my life were those I spent in that chapel that morning.” The words from the hymn that spoke so eloquently and miraculously to J. C. Penney were “God will take care of you.”

The hymn God used to save J. C. Penney’s life was written by Civilla Durfee Martin. Not much is known about the hymn writer. She lived between 1866 and 1948, writing the hymn in 1904. The inspiration for the words may have come from 1 Peter 5:7 : “Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about what happens to you” (NLT).

The opening lines read:

Be not dismayed whate’er betide, God will take care of you; Beneath His wings of love abide, God will take care of you. God will take care of you, Through every day, o’er all the way;  He will take care of you, God will take care of you.

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February 13 2011 Bulletin

February 13th, 2011

Prayer Request

New Request:  Bill Scott Family,  Wilma Cooper Family,  Mike Murphy Family

Continuing Request:  Wanda Cox,  Lance O’Cull,  Shannon Gilbert

Cancer Patients:   Tammy Doyle,  Deena Taylor,  Lanny Cooper,  Jay Iery,  Earl Cooper,  John Warren,  David Howard,  Bonnie Ferguson,  Justin Brown,  Maurice Kennedy,  Erin Thomas,  Chief Little

Elderly and Shut Ins:   Maxine Soards,  Carrie Edington,  Helen Dixon,  Ina Hurst,  Leland Roberts,  Sammy Ginn,  Gardeana Ginn,  Don McCann,  Malcom Roe,  Flora Wells,  Delores Pepoon,  Charles Riley

Our troops,  Unspoken Needs,  Missionaries,  the “lost”,  the Emotionally,  Physically and Spiritually Troubled

Birthdays/Anniversary

February 13 – Betty/Willie Wills

February 17 – Scott Sullivan

February 20 – Wilma Mefford

 

Reminders:

Tonight Bible Study – Genesis Chapter 12

 

Minutes; Jesus Helping Hands Meeting February 10, 2011:

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM. at the church by the president, Karen Stafford. Pledges were recited and the meeting was opened with a reading and a prayer.

Old News:  approved to continue supporting Andy Martin, discussed cutting quilt blocks,  mentioned the ham dinner that will be in May and snack list for our meetings.

Ten members were present. Prayer request: Bill Scott,  Joe Mefford,  Anna’s brother,  Jenny’s brothers granddaughter,  Jay Iery,  Gracie,  Anna,  Maurice Kennedy,  Wilma Murphy Family,  Shirley’s new grandchildren’s process,  and Lance O’Cull and his family.

Circle prayer was offered,  Jacqui began our book study. She did an excellent job.  Next moth we will be studying chapter 2.   Karen Stafford  provided refreshments; everyone enjoyed both good food and fellowship.

The next meeting will be March 10

 

Valentine’s Day with Jesus

by  Marilyn Ferguson

Jesus does not send perfume
To linger in the air
Instead He sends salvation, sweet
To show how much He cares.

He doesn’t bring me candy hearts
In boxes of delight
Instead He always lets me know
I’m precious in His sight.

He doesn’t pass out pretty cards
Trimmed in shades of red
Instead He gave His life for me
His precious blood was shed.

He doesn’t hand out fancy gifts
Like we would send to mother
Instead He sends a message clear
To always love each other.

He doesn’t give me teddy bears
That whimper, “Please be mine”
Instead He gave His heart to me
I wear it all the time.

He doesn’t give me roses, pink
For all the world to see
Instead He gave eternal life
That’s good enough for me.

The History of the song: “It Is No Secret”

Back in the 50′s there was a well known radio host/comedian/song writer in Hollywood named Stuart Hamblen who was noted for his drinking, womanizing, partying, etc.

One of his bigger hits at the time was
“I won’t go hunting with you Jake, but I’ll go chasing women.”

One day, along came a young preacher holding a tent revival.  Hamblen had him on his radio show presumably to poke fun at him. In order to gather more material for his show, Hamblen showed up at one of the revival meetings.

Early in the service the preacher announced, “There is one man in this audience who is a big fake.” There were probably others who thought the same thing, but Hamblen was convinced that he was the one the preacher was talking about (some would call that conviction) but he was having none of that.

Still the words continued to haunt him until a couple of nights later he showed up drunk at the preacher’s hotel door around 2AM, demanding that the preacher pray for him! But the preacher refused, saying, “This is between you and God and I’m not going to get in the middle of it.” But he did invite Stuart in and they talked until about 5 AM at which point Stuart dropped to his knees and with tears,
cried out to God.

But that is not the end of the story. Stuart quit drinking, quit chasing women, quit everything that was ‘fun.’ Soon he began to lose favor with the Hollywood crowd.

He was ultimately fired by the radio station when he refused to accept a beer company as a sponsor.

Hard times were upon him.  He tried writing a couple of “Christian” songs but the only one that had much success was “This Old House”, written for his friend Rosemary Clooney.

As he continued to struggle, a long time friend named John took him aside and told him, “All your troubles started when you ‘got religion,’ was it worth it all?”  Stuart answered simply, “Yes.”

Then his friend asked, “You liked your booze so much, don’t you ever miss it?” And his answer was, “No.” John then said, “I don’t understand how you could give it up so easily.”

And Stuart’s response was, “It’s no big secret. All things are possible with God.” To this John said, “That’s a catchy phrase. You should write a song about it.”

And as they say, “The rest is history.”

The song Carl Stuart Hamblen wrote was “It Is No Secret.”

“It is no secret what God can do. What He’s done for others, He’ll do for you. With arms wide open, He’ll welcome you. It is no secret, what God can do….”

 

By the way… the friend was John Wayne. And the young preacher who refused to pray for Stuart Hamblen? …That was Billy Graham.


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Some Older Pictures from Aills Christian Church

January 19th, 2011

This is a picture of members of Aills Christian Church in the late 1930′s

 

 

 

This picture is of the Father’s on “Father’s Day”  in June 1945  “Donald Lee Stafford” is the baby and Callie Scott is holding him. And Thomas Gasaway is behind the man in the sailor uniform per grand-daughter Marsha Lewis Sweeney

 

This picture is of Doris Osman, Winnie and Lovell Vergne, John and Linda McLaughlin?

 

This picture is of Bea Vergne

 

Pictured standing:   Willie Wills,  and  Stuart Vergne;   crouched down   Donnie Stafford,  Larry Wills,  Ralph Stafford, Gary Vergne,  and  Jerry Love

 

From L. to R. Henry Mefford,  Loran Greene, Carmaleta Stafford (Miller),  not sure?,  not sure?,  not sure?,  Andy Cox, Dee Cox,  Martha Mefford,  Mike Wilson,  Melissa Mefford,  not sure? If you know who any of these are please comment.

 

Pictured: Beth Greene (Costner),  Andy Cox,  Henry Mefford,  Mike Wilson,  Loran Greene,  Ellen Greene (Moore), Melissa Mefford (Ginn),  Carmaleta Stafford (Miller),  Martha Mefford, Dee Cox,  Richard Vergne,   Jason Cox,  Michelle Stafford,  Eric Vergne,  Diana Wilson;   If you know any of these please comment.

 

 

 

 

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