Deerfoot Church of Christ 8 23 2020

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August 23, 2020
WELCOME TO THE
DEERFOOT
CONGREGATION
We want to extend a warm wel-
come to any guests that have come
our way today. We hope that you
enjoy our worship. If you have
any thoughts or questions about
any part of our services, feel free
to contact the elders at:
elders@deerfootcoc.com
CHURCH INFORMATION
5348 Old Springville Road
Pinson, AL 35126
205-833-1400
www.deerfootcoc.com
office@deerfootcoc.com
SERVICE TIMES
Sundays:
Worship 9:00 AM
Worship 10:30 AM
Online Class 5:00 PM
Wednesdays:
6:30 PM online
SHEPHERDS
Michael Dykes
John Gallagher
Rick Glass
Sol Godwin
Skip McCurry
Darnell Self
MINISTERS
Richard Harp
Tim Shoemaker
Johnathan Johnson
IKnowThatGodIs
Scripture:Jonah3:1–5
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10:30AMService
Welcome
SongsLeading
StevePutnam
OpeningPrayer
ChadKey
ScriptureReading
BillReed
Sermon
LordSupper/Contribution
DennisWashington
ClosingPrayer
Elder
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5PMService
OnlineServices
5PMZoomClass
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JohnathanJohnson
BusDrivers
NoBusService
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9:00AMService
Welcome
SongLeading
DavidHayes
OpeningPrayer
RandyWilson
Scripture
EvanHarris
Sermon
LordSupper/Contribution
JamesPepper
ClosingPrayer
Elder
BaptismalGarmentsfor
August
DialDangar
NoBusService
Spiritual Time Machine
Time Travel. It is the stuff of magic and mystery. Hollywood has covered the
topic so much that I am no longer in flux over the capacity for the time space contin-
uum. That made no sense in reality, but because of television, you might have followed what I was saying.
We know that people cannot go back in time, but if they did, they’d better not meet their younger self in the
process. They might just cease to exist. That makes sense in my mind, but in reality, it is only in the mind
where this exists.
Have you ever allowed your mind to time travel? Maybe to a conversation you wished you had not ruined?
Maybe to an event you would alter? All this being said, we can waste away thinking about what we would
do differently.
God knows our past, our present, and our future. This means we can and must leave the past in His hands.
We must leave our past and our future in His hands.
While we wait, we just might groan like the rest of Creation.
“For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21
that
the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the
children of God. 22
For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of child-
birth until now. 23
And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan
inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies” (Romans 8:20-23).
If we wait for the Lord, we have a hope that is real! It is not the stuff of magic and mystery. It is tangible
and real, yet it is a hope we do not have to see. We do not need a machine to take us to this hope in the fu-
ture or take us back to a time when we were hopeless.
“For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25
But
if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience (Romans 8:24-25)
So how do we wait? What do we do? Well, God has provided a system. A means by which we can navigate
our past, present, and future.
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the
Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows
what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. And
we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according
to his purpose” (Romans 8:24-28). Prayer is our spiritual time machine.
Ourweeklyshow,Plant&Water,isnowavail-
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everyWednesdayonourChurchofChrist
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2. Weekly Purpose:
$16,830.00
Contribution
$ 16,313.32
Contribution YTD:
$558,724.00
Purpose YTD:
$538,560.00
Average Weekly YTD:
$17,497.00
Mission Sunday:
$103,457.00
Week 34
Prayers
Stephanie Theoret
Vera Bonner
Nancy Clements
Terry Davidson
Jean Dickerson
Margie England
Audrey Gammage
Mike Godwin
Kim Green
Jim Holcomb
Randy Johnson
Christi Key
Lucille Large
Nancy Locklear
Frances Love
Judy Marlow
June Moore
Rita Morgan
Alan Nordgren
Sue Nordgren
Ruby Norris
Anne Powell
Donna Shoemaker
George Shoemaker
Eric Stark
Nell Thomas
Johnny Tucker
Becky Tuggle
Gayle Varner
Barbara Whisenhunt
Billy White
Maxine Wilson
Friends & Family
Timothy Zimmerle ( Hazel Zimmerle’s
son)
Jim Spears ( Brother of Nancy Locklear)
Luke Spears ( Father of Nancy Locklear)
Becky Hunt Smith ( Granddaughter of
Fran Chaney)
Carolyn Lewis (William Lewis’ Mother)
Helen Owens ( Mother of Mike Owens)
Alfred Rowe ( Grandfather of Mary Harp)
Jason Judd (nephew of Rick & Marilyn
Glass)
Linda Luitze (Linda Murray’s Grand-
mother)
Ruby Hamric (Former member)
Joe Carfora (Friend of Randy Reed)
Shelley Taylor (Niece of John & Freida
Gallagher)
Cheryl Judd (Marilyn Glass’s sister)
Kim Wills (daughter-in-law of Patt Wills)
Mike Malone (cousin of Terry Malone)
George Coffell (Friend of Chuck & Robin
Spitzley)
Missy Choate (Niece of Eunice Spitzley
& Priscilla Choate)
Charlie Waggner (Connie Scruggs’
Uncle)
Michelle West & Maxezine Cantrell
(Friends of Robin Spitzley)
Josh Vernon (Husband of Amy Taggart
Vernon)
Jane Ricks (Asked for Prayers)
Annie Palmer (Niece of the Sugitas)
Jean McKee (Mother of Roy Hayes)
Tricia Shikle (Shelane Marlow’s Mother)
Galen Lilja (Father of Janice VanHorn)
Asher Collar (Great nephew of Sue Ad-
ams & Robin Groom)
JoAnn Craig (Grandmother of Brian
Berryhill)
Jennifer Cather (Daughter of Dangars)
Brianna Bulger (Sue Adam’s niece)
Betty Trull (Sister of Sandra Singer &
Sue Rawls)
Lucas Adkinson (Grandson of Billie & Mark
Adkinson)
PANTRY ITEMS:
August
Canned Soups & Stews
Canned Meats
Canned Fruit
Please no boxed items
Cans Only
Hospital / Rehab List
Jean Dickerson -St. Vin. D
Margie England– Home recovering
Kim Green– Recovering at home
Nancy & Larry Locklear– Recovering at home
Judy Roeder– St. Vin. Blount
Nell Thomas– St. Vin E.
Mike Godwin– Meadow View Rehab.
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By Tim Shoemaker
A Successful Church
Many years ago when I was a student at Freed-
Hardeman College (now University) we had brother Mid
McKnight as our guest speaker in chapel. He told of an
article that he had read in the newspaper that had the
headline, “Millionaire Reveals Secret to His Success.”
Brother McKnight said that he read the article with excite-
ment not because he hoped to become a millionaire but
because he was eager to see if the reason was Biblical
as he believed it must be. The secret was summed up in
three words – “and then some.” The man said that all his
life he had lived by that motto. When the teacher gave
them homework he did all that was assigned “and then
some.” Thus he was always prepared for the next class.
He followed this motto in his first job working after
school. He did everything his boss told him to do “and
then some.”
After graduation from college he and a friend
went into business together. They split up the responsi-
bilities for their business and each had his share to do.
He said that he did everything that was on his list “and
then some.” “That,” he said “was the secret to his suc-
cess.” Brother McKnight said, “Sure enough that was a
Biblical principle. In the great Sermon on the Mount Je-
sus said, “And whoever compels you to go one mile,
go with him two” (Mt. 5:41). If the church is to be suc-
cessful we have got to be willing to go the extra mile. Our
failures too often are due to the fact that we want to get
by on the bare minimum. When people ask “Do I have to
do this?” in reality they are wanting to do the least
amount of work possible. It’s the old attitude of “If I don’t
have to do it then I won’t.”
If the church is going to be successful there are
certain things that we need to do. As an example, for a
church to be successful the absent need to show up. No
church can be successful if the members have so little
interest in doing the will of God that they don’t even at-
tend the services of the church. So many times they ask,
“Do I have to attend all the services of the church?” Usu-
ally this is a sign of heart problems. It seems that they
don’t want to do any more than they absolutely have to.
This is one of the lessons we see the parable of the Ten
Virgins. In this parable five were wise and five were fool-
ish. What made the foolish virgins foolish? There are
several things that may be pointed out but one of them
was the fact that they tried to get to heaven on a mini-
mum of effort. They only brought enough oil for their
lamps; they brought no extra. Some people want to go to
heaven with a minimum of effort. They do not want to do
even one thing more that they have to do. Thomas Didy-
mus was absent on a Sunday evening and he missed
seeing the resurrected Christ. Jesus has promised us
that “where two or three are gathered together in My
name, I am there in the midst of them” (Mt. 18:20).
-to be continued
GUESTS
Deerfoot Church of Christ
Thank You
Thanks to Deerfoot Church for
the many prayers and cards sent to
me after the passing of my sister. I
appreciate the thoughtfulness and
kindness.
May God continue to bless you all,
Betty Tucker
Thank You for all the Birthday
wishes and money.
I love each of you
Ruby Norris
Summer Series
August 26 Richard Harp (Deerfoot)
Focus Forward
SYMPATHY
We extend our sympathy to Judy at
the passing of her husband, Conrad
Roeder. Also to their daughters
Dawn (David) Taylor & Heather
(Brian)Johnston. Extended family
Sue & Jim Holcomb, Kerry & Dawn
Tanner and Gina & Kerry Heaton.
His service was Friday in Trussville.
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We extend our sympathy to Rhonda
Hodges at the passing of her great
uncle, James Sherbert Hodges. This
was the uncle of Rhonda’s Father,
William Hodges. His services was in
Oxford.
New Total
103,457.12
If you missed your opportunity to
give on Mission Sunday, you can
still give your check to one of the
Elders or mail to Deerfoot.
Job Opportunity
Jefferson Christian Academy is
looking for After School Care
teachers. Hours are 3 pm –6 pm.
They are in need of substitute
teachers for Monday thru Friday.
Volunteers are also needed
If you are interested please call
205-956-9111
Our new Sign
Look for our new sign on Chalkville
Mountain road. This sign will remain up
for a couple of months to advertise our
Congregation
THANK YOU