Deerfoot Church of Christ Bulletin 2 4 2018

1. February 4, 2018
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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 8:00 AM
Worship 10:00 AM
Bible Class 5:00 PM
Wednesdays:
7:00 PM
SHEPHERDS
John Gallagher
Rick Glass
Sol Godwin
Skip McCurry
Doug Scruggs
Darnell Self
Jim Timmerman
MINISTERS
Richard Harp
Tim Shoemaker
Johnathan Johnson
Ray Powell
THESEVENTHWORD
(Luke23:46)
Intro:
A.Thiswasthelastofthesevenstatementsspoken
fromthecross.
B.ThesewordsspeaktousofhowJesus_______
andhowHe_________.
I.JesusDiedasheLived.
A.Thisfinalwordwasa___________.
B.TheprayerlifeofJesuscaughtthe____________
ofHisdisciples.
II.ThisPrayerWasaQuotationfromtheOldTestament.
A.BrotherHaroldHazelippointedoutthatabout
_____________ofallthatJesussaidintheNew
TestamentwasaquotationfromtheOld
Testament.
B.Jesuswasalwaysreferringpeoplebacktothe
_____________________.
C.Thisprayerwasnotanexactquotationfromthe
OldTestament.
D.FromPsalms31:5Jesusaddedtheword
__________.
III.ThisWordWasaPrayerofDedication!
A.Sometranslationsrenderthisas“Father,toThy
handsI__________myspirit.”
B.WhenJesus_____________________toGod
HecouldfallasleepwiththisprayeronHislips.
C.MaybeyouremembertheAllstatecommercials
fromyearsago.Theyreferredtothemselvesasthe_______
________people.
Conclusion:
A.Eachofusneedsto____________ourselvesto
God’shands.
B.HaveyoucommittedyourselftoGodbyyour
obediencetoHim?
10:00AMService
Welcome
290ILoveThyKingdom,Lord
288INeedTheeEveryHour
OpeningPrayer
TimShoemaker
444NailedtotheCross
Lord’sSupper/Offering
BobbyGunn
299IStandAmazed
ScriptureReading
LarryLocklear
291IKnowNotWhyGod’sWondrous
Grace
Sermon
380JustAsIAm
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5:00PMService
Lord’sSupper/Offering
SteveMaynard
DOMforFebruary
Washington,Wilson,Cobb
BusDrivers
February4DavidSkelton541-5226
February11MarkAdkinson790-8034
WEBSITE
deerfootcoc.com
office@deerfootcoc.com
205-833-1400
8:00AMService
Welcome
290ILoveThyKingdomLord
288INeedTheeEveryHour
OpeningPrayer
DarnellSelf
444NailedtotheCross
LordSupper/Offering
LesSelf
299IStandAmazed
ScriptureReading
DenisWilliams
291IKnowNotWhyGod’s
WondrousGrace
Sermon
380JustAsIaM
ElderoftheWeek
8AMSolGodwin
10AMJimTimmerman
5PMDougScruggs
BaptismalGarmentsfor
February
MonaJenkins,ElizabethCobb
A Church That Could Care Less
Someone has observed that in a world that couldn't care less, Christians are people who
couldn't care more. True enough. But consider this twist. Maybe Christians should be people
who couldn't care less! A number of years ago I ran across a short article that reported the
bulletin of a church in a small town carried this message on the front page: "The Church
That Could Care Less." Turning the page, the message continued, "We could care less
where you come from. We could care less where you've been. We could care less what you
have. The thing we really do care about is you, and so does God." Wow! What a great twist
on a great truth! In an uncaring world, Christians are to be people who love and care.
Sometimes congregations and Christians forget that. Some stray into believing the only thing
that matters in religion is being "right" about what we believe. We are constantly reminded
of the importance of being a "sound" church and preaching "sound doctrine." Let me as-
sure you, I have no desire to detract from that emphasis. In fact, one of the things that at-
tracted me more than thirty-five years ago, and which continues to thrill my soul to this day,
is the widespread desire and emphasis in many churches of Christ to "buy the truth, and sell
it not" (Proverbs 23:23a). Congregations and Christians who have no desire or concern to be
"sound" are in great danger of drifting away from the truth into fables and false doctrines
(2 Timothy 4:1-5). What I want to take issue with in this article is the notion that a church
(or preacher or elder or any other Christian) is "sound" and pleasing to God simply on the
basis that it knows and believes and preaches truth in the absence of love. In 1 Corinthians
13:1-3 the apostle Paul uses the phrase "but have not love" three times to remind us even the
most extreme expressions of religiosity add up to a big fat zero if devoid of love. Read those
verses and you will be reminded that religious practice without love is also without profit. It
is possible to sing without the instrument, pray and preach and do the Lord's Supper and
give financially in a way that is outwardly true to the Word — and yet not profit spiritually
at all. Let me say it loud and let me say it clear — an unloving preacher, elder, Christian, or
congregation is not "sound" according to the Bible. If you're still not convinced, read Reve-
lation 2:1-7 where Jesus acknowledged that the church of Christ at first century Ephesus
was a hard-working, sin-hating, clean-living, Bible-believing, lie-opposing, teacher-testing,
truth-loving, doctrinally sound, untiring, persevering church that was stubbornly standing
fast for the truth. But there is a fly in the sugar-bowl! Jesus told this church, "Nevertheless, I
have this against you, that you have left your first love" (verse 4). He describes this congre-
gation as having "fallen" and calls on them to repent (verse 5). I'm not suggesting that we
love the truth less — I'm urging us to love people more. While a church may love without
fully practicing the truth, no church can fully practice the truth and not love.
DanGulley
Smithville Church of Christ

2. Wednesday Night Meal
Please sign up in foyer before Wed. so Kitty will know how much
food to prepare. Dinner is served at 6 pm. The cost is $5.00 each
February 7, 2018
Taco Salad, Brownies, Drinks
Weekly Purpose:
$16,138.00
Contribution
$14,741.00
Contribution YTD:
$66,741.00
Purpose YTD:
$64,552.00
Average Weekly YTD:
$16,685.00
Mission Sunday:
$91,719.00
Week 4
Prayers
Faye Bradford
Nancy Brown
Nancy Clements
Jean Dickerson
Donna Dickerson
Graydena Dillbeck
Libby Edgeworth
Marion George
Randy Johnson
Lucille Large
Frances Love
Glenn May
Mike McGill
June Moore
Bobbie Naish
Ruby Norris
Helen Richards
Anne Powell
George Shoemaker
Buddy Summers
Gloria Summers
Nell Thomas
Barbara Whisenhunt
Billy White
Friends & Family
Ashley Lybrand ( Dau-in-Law of David &
Martha Lybrand)
John Elton ( Friend of Chuck Spitzley)
Ryan Montgomery ( Donna Dickerson’s
son)
Don Caverno, Jr ( Brother of Suzanne
Johnson)
Harold White ( Bro-in-law of Janet Snow
& Pam Stringfellow)
Maclin Family & Sheila Harvey ( Friends
of Richard & Mary)
Kim Mullican (daughter-in-law of Alan &
Margie Enland)
Jean Smith ( Lisa Powell’s Mother)
Betty Gray ( Mother of Phil Gray)
Shirley Gann ( sister of Margie England)
John Wilson (Randy Wilson’s father)
Sherry Malone (Billy Sims’ Daughter)
Diedra Fields Sanderson (daughter of
Ron & Barbara Fields)
Wayne Peoples (Father–in-law of Kevin
Wilson our police officer)
Kathy Roy (daughter of Sol & Ellen)
Kelly Campbell (Niece of Nancy Brown)
Margaret Johnson (Friend of Bev Key)
Peggy Chaney (Sis-in-law of Charlie
Chaney)
Taylor Fricke (deployed to Mosul, Iraq)
Betty Trull (sister of Sandra Singer & Sue
Rawls)
Bob Plunk (Donna & Tim Shoemaker Bro
-in-law)
Natasha & Khloe Champion (Daughter &
Granddaughter of Don Champion)
Rachelle Taylor (Grand daughter -in-law of
Mona Jenkins)
Catherine Southhall & Charlotte Pow-
ell (Sisters of Linda Norwood)
Joe Norwood (Brother of Linda Norwood)
Charles Murrell (Cousin of Ellen Godwin)
Lucas Adkinson (Grandson of Billie & Mark
Adkinson)
Jason Smith (Former Member)
Leroy & Jean Owens (Parents of Jill Wil-
liams)
Tony Crumbley (former member)
Faye Powell (Ray’s mother)
***Our prayer list is updated monthly.
833-1400.
Our Honored Guests 1-28- 2018
In Town: Kasey & Sammy Clayton, Charlotte Pitts,
Cammie Powell
Out of Town: none
PANTRY ITEMS:
Peanut Butter & Jelly
Please no boxed items
Hospital / Rehab List
Kim Green– upcoming surgery on hip
June Moore—recovering at rehab. in Oneonta
Priscilla Newton had surgery on her leg
Terry Raybon– knee surgery had on January 31
Tim Shoemaker
ATTENDANCE FOR JANUARY 21, 2018
AM 370 PM 202
Upcoming Events for the Youth
Feb. 4 Local Devo – Hosted by Logan Family
Feb. 11—Golden Age Banquet
Feb. 18 Area Wide Devo
Ladies Time Out
February 5
4 pm to 6 pm
Deerfoot CoC
All Ladies are invited to attend our
Ladies Time Out. We will be having a
devotional and talking about our new
service project. Please bring some light
finger foods and drinks.
The Gap Between Knowing and Doing –
Part 5
For many people there is a gap between what
they know and what they do because they are trust-
ing in the future. They may have good intentions to
begin practicing what they know is right but their
intentions are to begin tomorrow. The danger is that
too many times that tomorrow never comes. James
warns us of the danger in postponing our doing
what we know we need to do. “Come now, you
who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to such
and such a city, spend a year there, buy and
sell, and make a profit; 14 whereas you do not
know what will happen tomorrow. For what is
your life? It is even a vapor that appears for a
little time and then vanishes away.” (NKJV) As
James points out, we have no assurance of tomor-
row. Therefore whatever we need to do we need to
do it now, not tomorrow. Jesus also taught that we
need to act now. “Therefore do not worry about
tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own
things. Sufficient for the day is its own trou-
ble” (Mt. 6:34).
There is also the delusion of the future holding
a more convenient time. Felix chose to ignore
Paul’s lesson about righteousness, self-control and
the judgment to come. His answer to Paul’s reason-
ing was to say, “Go away for now; when I have a
convenient time I will call for you” (Acts 24:25b).
When Paul stood before Agrippa and accounted the
appearance of Jesus to him and telling Paul that he
was being sent to his own people and the Gentiles
to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to
light. Paul’s response was, “Therefore, King
Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly
vision, 20 but declared first to those in Damas-
cus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the
region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that
they should repent, turn to God, and do works
befitting repentance” (Acts 26:19). Again Jesus
understood that what needs to be done, needs to
be done now. “I must work the works of Him who
sent Me while it is day; the night is coming
when no one can work” (John 9:4). Jesus knew
that His time here on earth was limited and He real-
ized the importance of not postponing our service to
God. Let us study God’s word to gain all the knowl-
edge we can, but let us also make sure we do what
He teaches us.
Wee Folks
Will be going to Sunrise Assisted
Living on February 11 @ 12:30
Prison Training
February 10 @ 8 am
Church of the Highland
If you teach in the Women's Work Release
this training is mandatory
LADS TO LEADERS
Lads to Leaders song leading
workshop will be from 9:15-9:45 on each 2nd and
4th Sunday from January to March (1st workshop
- 1/14). We will be meeting in the 3rd to 5th grade
classroom. Bring a song book with you.
Golden Age Banquet
Age 55 & up
SUNDAY, February 11
AFTER SECOND
SERVICE
Deerfoot Church of Christ
Sign up sheet in the foyer
BIBLES FOR BELIZE
We are in need of new Bi-
bles for Belize. Large print
are the most requested.
Most of the Christian Bible stores will match
prices.
World Bible School has the best price. $5 for
the Bibles plus shipping and handling.
You can go to
www.worldbibleschoolstudybibles.net and
order. These are not the large print but are
good Bibles.
Please call the Church office and check the
Church calendar before scheduling any event at
the building.
Area Wide Devo
February 18
@ Deerfoot Church of Christ
5 PM
Please bring desserts and chips
Sympathy
To Josh Reid (Jillian) and Ed Cooper
at the passing of Josh’s step father,
and Ed’s son-in-law, David Dojka.
PHONE NUMBERS / E-MAILS
Please update your phone numbers and e-
mails address or new address. List in the foyer
Thanks to all who worked hard to
make our area wide singing a
great success.