I Need Your Help
I have been editing our weekly church bulletin for almost a year now. I do need the help of each of you in preparing it. In order to make sure that your articles and information get into the bulletin each week, I need to have it in writing (typed, hand-written or e-mailed) no later than 12:00 Noon on Friday before the Sunday you want it in the bulletin.
In this way I can make sure the bulletin is e-mailed to Johnnie Woods no later than noon on Saturday. She will make a copy and then she and her “helpers” will make sure that copies are made and folded. I e-mail a copy to James Thompson, who has served as our webmaster for quite a long time. I also send copies to Bro. Jared and to Diane Spriggs, the editor of the Baptist Trumpet.
I have said in the past that my aim in editing the bulletin is that it be inspirational and informational. I do include humor from time to time, because we need to take time to laugh. We do pray that you are encouraged as you read the bulletin. I trust that you are sharing it with family, friends and neighbors.
By the way, if you know of members of our church who are ill or shut-in and have a computer and an e-mail address, I will be happy to e-mail them a copy each week. So you see, our bulletin is a team effort. You become a part of the team by getting your information to me in a timely manner. Thank you so much.
–Phil Misenheimer
The Tithers Surprise!
The Christian who begins to tithe will have at least six surprises. He will be surprised:
- At the amount of money he has for the Lord’s work.
- At the ease in meeting his own obligations with the nine-tenths.
- At the deepening of his spiritual life in paying the tithe.
- At the ease of going for one-tenth to larger giving.
- At the prudent disposal afforded to a faithful and wise steward over the nine-tenths that remain.
- At himself in not adopting the plan sooner.
—Copied
There will be a choir for Morning Worship beginning today. Also the choir will begin rehearsals at 5:15 each Sunday evening.
“Don’t brag about what you are going to do tomorrow.
Somebody might ask what you did yesterday.”
A Note From Bro. Jared:
I thank you for allowing us the opportunity to go to this year’s BMAA Missions Symposium. It is my favorite conference sponsored by our association. For months, I have been praying earnestly that God would grow our church and use us to reach Northwest Arkansas for Christ. And there is nothing quite so challenging and encouraging as hearing the ways that God is working in other areas. Please join me in this simple prayer, “God grow our church and use us to reach Northwest Arkansas for Christ.” Be here tonight, as I share more about our part in missions work (here and around the world).
A Thank You Note
I want to take this means to thank our church for your prayers for me during my surgery. Thanks also for those who came to the hospital to be with me and my family. Please pray for my physical therapy at Health South and my complete recovery. —Darrell Barker
Both Knees are Needed!
A certain speaker recently declared at the outset of his lecture that he “received his moral training at the knee of a devout mother and across the knee of a determined father.” One wonders how many of the on-coming generation will be enabled to make such a statement. —Copied
Faith and Works
A man who ran a small ferry boat painted the word “Faith” on one oar and the word “Works” on the other. Most passengers ask him the reason. “Well,” is his reply, “to make a passage across the river you need both oars. See where ‘Faith’ without ‘Works’ takes us–”
He ships one oar and pulls with “Faith” only–round and round in a circle, while the stream drifts them out to sea. “Or try ‘Works’ without ‘faith,’” says he. “Well, you make just as little headway. And it’s just the same in the journey through earth to heaven!” —A. E. Richardson