HOW to ENSURE the CHURCH WILL NOT GROW THEME for 2018: “BE TRANSFORMED” Romans 12:1-2
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Volume 68 No. 8 February 25, 2018 Elders Evangelists Steve Delaney Ethan Schulte THEME FOR 2018: “BE TRANSFORMED” Romans 12:1-2 Bill DeWees Charlie Neal Prison Minister Michael Williams Ricky Lomax HOW TO ENSURE THE CHURCH WILL NOT GROW Deacons by Neal Pollard David Belisle Jeff Figurelli Talk Up Big Plans And Follow Through With Inactivity. This will build frustration and Steve Blount Brian Foster Craig Brown Aaron Hutson discouragement. Satan fears not the plan, but rather the working of it. Phillip Brown Adam Killion Make No Plans For The Future: Just Accept The Status Quo. Just hope that the future will Troy Buttrey Mike McDaniel take care of itself. Buy into the “is/ought” fallacy (“The way it is, is the way it ought to be”). Bob Comer John McDavid Adam Currence Rudy Peoples Do Not Practice Church Discipline. Let the disorderly walk unchecked. Let all members see Lavelle Davidson Jason Scarbrough how nonchalantly bad or grossly negligent behavior is treated. Philip Davidson Jason Smith Levi Dodd Lance Winders Under-appreciate The Leadership. Do not pray for the elders, actively seek to help them, encourage them, express appreciation for them, submit to their authority, or respect them. Just SCHEDULE OF SERVICES expect them to be without flaw or feelings. Do Not Actively Enlist. Allow a small nucleus of folks to do the brunt of the work. Leave Sunday AM Bible Study-9:30am Worship-10:30am the majority of the members in the dark as to how and where to be involved. Ignore the fact that Sunday PM Worship-6:00pm people must be personally invested to be faithful. Wednesday PM Bible Study-7:00pm Get Into The “Change Extremes”: “Nothing Is Sacred” Or “Nothing Is For Transportation Call: Changeable.” Departing to the left or right will kill the church, whether its identity or effectiveness. 642-7751 & leave message Buy into every new fad that comes along or suspect and oppose any change which may scripturally www.ewcofc.com improve the life and work of the church. www.eastwood-coc.org Make Personal Preferences And Opinions Binding. Equate personal discomfort with E-mail us at: doctrinal sin. Take presumptuous positions, supposing there is biblical foundation without finding [email protected] such. Allow the nay-saying of one or two thwart effective, soul-winning, and needed programs. Live Radio Broadcast-10:30am Have No Follow-up Program For New Christians. Let them make their own way to heaven AM 1000, 97.5 FM after the water of baptism dries. Have no Bible study follow-up, fellowship mechanism, or other Charter–Channel 195 effort to integrate and educate these spiritual babes. Sunday @ 9:00am Maintain An Unchallenging Budget. Do not risk offending non-sacrificial members. Make Daily Mini-sermon email: plans by sight, not by faith. Do not make ambitious financial goals as a congregation. [email protected] Be Distant And Unloving With One Another. Confine association and fellowship to the HEAR THE GOSPEL ON CABLE building, and that in passing. Stay out of each other’s homes. Do not visit. Do not build friendships TV AND SATELLITE EACH with those of like faith. Do not be involved in one another’s lives. SUNDAY Take “Christ” Out Of Christianity. Be secular and worldly. Fail to be distinctive to a world Charter Cable: desperately seeking something different from itself. 6:00am In Search of the Lord’s Way- Ignore The Small And Voiceless. Be it children, elderly members, or the sick and shut-in, Channel 15 6:30am Fabric of Family- let them fall through the cracks of inattention. Treat singles, new Christians, and weak, struggling Channel 16 members as second-class citizens of the Kingdom. 7:00am In Search of the Lord’s Way- It is easy to arrange things in the local congregation so that the church fails to grow. But, Channel 13 7:30am Preaching the Gospel- the Lord wants His body to grow. The early church grew (Acts 6:1, 7; 9:31). A growing church Channel 13 reflects a church on fire for the Lord’s mission (Mat. 28:18ff) and in focus with the Lord’s desire (2 8:00am Good News Today- Channel 13 Pet. 3:9). May we overcome these church-shrinking tendencies and build a great church! WBBJ-TV/CBS-Charter Channel 708 7:00am A Bible Answer SERMON TITLES Dish TV & Direct TV-Channel 30: February 25th AM: “Which Is The First PM: “Who Is My Neighbor? 7:00am In Search of the Lord’s Way Commandment of All?” 7:30am Preaching the Gospel 8:00am Good News Today Page 2 The Mirror STATE OF THE YOUTH The Importance of Young People, Part 2 thinking creatively, young people are also incredibly insightful. There is certainly a benefit in consulting those by Ethan Schulte who have not yet been trained to think, “It has always been this way so it must continue to be this way.” In last week’s article, we looked at the importance of young people based on the fact that they will be the ones These are just three of the many ways that young to inherit the work and responsibilities that we currently people add value to our community and the church. They maintain. They will be the doctors who tend to those in are examples of energy and hope, they are capable of rising need of physical healing, they will be the politicians who to the occasion, and they often come up with solutions older create laws and policies that govern the land, they will be people would not have considered. They are not just the the scientists that advance our understanding of the world, church of tomorrow, they are the church of today, and they will be the teachers who educate future generations, deserve to be treated as such. they will be the spiritual leaders who share their faith and the gospel with the rest of the world. The fact that the future is held in the hands of young people requires that we make UPCOMING EVENTS every effort to love, teach, train, and encourage them to be all that they can be and all that God needs them to be. TNT (Thursday Nights Together): 9th-12th grades at Ethan Schulte’s home, every Thursday, @ 6:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M. However, if we only find value in young people for the roles they will occupy in the future, we do a great Youth Rally: Saturday, March 10th, at Walnut Grove, Ky. Leave by disservice to the abilities, skills, talents, energy and 7:45 A.M. 6th—12th grades. Josh Manning will be speaking. Sign- importance they have right now! up sheet on the Youth Bulletin Board. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE EXAMPLES. Though Timothy Youth Devotionals: was not a young person by our standards when Paul wrote, 3-6 grade after A.M. Service “Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the 7-12 grade after P.M. Service believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in Guys Bring Drinks, Girls Bring Desserts. purity. Till I come, give attention to reading, to exhortation, Pick-up time for 3-6th Gr. usually from 1:30—2:00 P.M. to doctrine,” (1 Timothy 4:12-13, NKJV), the command to be aware of your example applies to all of us. Young people 3rd-6th grade: @ the home Charlie & Jan Neal are heroes to the younger kids, influences on their peers, 7th-12 grade: @ the home of Zach & Paige Golson and sources of joy and energy for those who are older. The impact young people can have on others when they are a Dorcas Sleepover: Friday, March 2nd at 6:00 P.M. in the good example is immeasurable. multipurpose room. Pick up Saturday morning at 8:30 A.M. Bring a snack to share. YOUNG PEOPLE ARE CAPABLE. There are very few things that cannot be accomplished by a driven and determined young person. From our own experience, it is To join the Remind 101 EWYG Group for text updates: clear that they can prepare and lead an entire worship 1. https://www.remind.com/join/ewyg --- go to this link and follow the service all on their own. Young people, like all other instructions. people, will rise to the expectations placed on them. They 2. Text "@ewyg" to the number 81010. You should receive a welcome text from remind. If not, you did something wrong. This is a simple like to try new things and overcome challenges. If we really and easy way to communicate with parents and teens. want our young people to thrive as leaders in the future, we will trust that they are capable of handling important responsibilities while they are still young. BIRTHDAYS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTELLIGENT. The world is Neely Belisle March 3 constantly changing. The unique environment each new Evangeline Atkins March 5 generation grows up shapes how they think, process Ian Figurelli March 9 information, and formulate solutions. Rather than Emery Brown March 18 discounting how young people think as naïve, we ought to Ali Shaffer March 28 recognize the value of creative thinking. In addition to Volume 68 No. 8 Page 3 GREETER OUR ATTITUDE KEEP THE FOLLOWING IN YOUR PRAYERS February 25 Sunday AM Bible Study………….238 Melody Sawyers: gall bladder removed in Denver; 7156 W. Lori Backer Sunday AM Worship……………..269 Clifton Ave. / Littleton CO 80128 Jerry Fuqua Sunday PM Worship……………...163 Virginia Collins: Fell last Friday and broke her foot; March 4 Wednesday PM Bible Study…….