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!

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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……. .157 Morningside Assisted Living Room 111, 350 Volunteer Bob & Theresa This week’s contribution………...$7641 Drive / Paris Comer Weekly Budget…………………..$8472 Billy Bucy Sr.: involved in an accident, suffering a FOOD PANTRY concussion; 85 Puryear-Crossland Road / Puryear 38251

Beef Stew, Ham, Spam, vienna sausages, tuna, and Fred Grosbeier: Plumley Rehabilitation room 41 in the north Pasta sauce (i.e. Spaghetti sauce / Alfredo sauce), jelly, hall; 3075 Guthrie Rd. / Paris Mac & Cheese, canned vegatables Jessie Brown: Paris Healthcare room 209; Eiffel Gardens A2 / Paris TN 38242 FUTURE WORSHIP LEADERS If unable to serve, please contact Lance Winders @ 336-2421. Bob Swayne: Plumley Rehabilitation Room 70; 422 Participants in the A.M. service are asked to please meet Whitehall Circle / Paris in the library following the second bell. Jimmy Wynn: biopsy last Wednesday; 16970 Hwy 69 N /

SUNDAY A.M. FEBRUARY 25 MARCH 4 Cottage Grove TN 38224 Announcements Charlie Neal Michael Williams Song Leader Philip Davidson Adam Currence Mark Brown: home; 101 Crestview Circle / Paris Opening Prayer Jon Davidson Alan Shaffer Scripture Reading Donald Drinkard Harrison Hutson Closing Prayer Michael Williams Steve Delaney Jerry Fuqua: cancer treatments; 403 Royal Oak / Paris

Lord's Supper Presiding Steve Delaney Charlie Neal Lottie Smith: home; 219 Ellis Drive / Paris

East Side John McDavid Jason Smith Frank and Ruth Parker: home; 1114 Chickasaw / Paris Jerry Crouch Craig Brown Silas Winders Levi Dodd Blake Morton Adam Killion Michael Dicks: (brother in law of Marty Olive and Reba Crouch) in critical condition in Murray, due to complications West Side Jerry Olive Troy Buttrey of the flu and double pneumonia. Titus Winders David Belisle Charlie Morton Jason Scarbrough Norma Bradley: (Stephanie Winders mother) chemo; 23585 Nursery Ned Morris Jerry Peale Hwy. TT / Versailles, MO 65084

Balcony Clay Durham Bobby Barton Reece Killion Zach Golson RESPONSE Charles Backer Joe Millraney Betty Cate responded to the invitation, Sunday, February 18th.

Alternates Bob Sadler Charles Clark Billy Bucy Micah Sutton Charles Hill responded to the invitation, Wednesday, February Ronald Brown Daniel Williams 22nd.

Overhead Projector Harrison Hutson Aaron Hutson NEW ADDRESS SUNDAY P.M. FEBRUARY 25 MARCH 4 Ammie Beal and Leah Manning Song Leader Philip Davidson Adam Currence Opening Prayer Stan Wilson Brian Foster 1008 Curtis Street Scripture Reading Rudy Peoples Patrick Peale Paris, TN. 38242 Lord’s Supper Jimmy Wynn Steve Durham Closing Prayer Dan Patterson Max Henry WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 28 MARCH 7 VITAL NEED FOR VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE Song Leader Zach Golson Ethan Schulte COMMUNION TO LINDA GARDNER-PLEASE Invitation Ethan Schulte Craig Brown Closing Prayer Herman Jackson Edwin Carrington RESPOND. Contact an Elder or Nancy Pilkenton

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ANNOUNCEMENTS DATES TO REMEMBER

Baby Tea: Today, February 25th, Baby Tea for Tandye Scearce from 2:00— February 27: Mighty Oaks Trip, Murray’s Sirloin Stockade @ 3:30 P.M. at Danette Delaney’s home. The Scearces are expecting a baby boy. 11:00 A.M. March 1: TNT Bible Study 9th-12th grade @ 6:00 P.M.- FIA Team 4: will meet at the home of Steve and Patsy Blount; 160 Sunrise 9:00 P.M. Drive / Paris March 2: Dorcas Sleepover 6:00 P.M. multipurpose room March 4: Morningside Singing @ 2:00 P.M. Deacons Meeting: Today, February 25th after evening services. New Members & Family Additions Photo

Lads2Leaders: tomorrow, February 26th in the small auditorium. Girls Song Opportunity Leading group will meet with Evonne Williams and Molly Jackson a6:30 March 10: Youth Rally at Walnut Grove, Ky. Bus leaves at P.M.—7:30 P.M. 7:45 A.M. Speaker-Josh Manning March 11: HC Healthcare Singing @ 2:00 P.M. Photo Opportunity: March 4th, after A.M. service in the large auditorium. March 11-18: Spring Gospel Meeting Please meet on the front pew to have pictures taken of any new members March 18: Eiffel Gardens Singing @ 2:00 P.M. since our last directory. This will also be available for members with new additions to their home. If you have questions, see Donna Davidson. March 25: Deacons Meeting after P.M. Service

Spring Gospel Meeting: March 11th-14th, at East Wood, with speaker: LADIES CORNER James Malone, from Jonesboro, AR, serving as the preacher for the Washington Avenue Church of Christ. James and his wife Kimberly have LIVE HAPPY - PSALM 119:1 been married since 2003 and have four children: Anderson (12), Tucker (10), by Donna Wittlif Aubrey Claire (8), and Graham (4). I read a story that happened during the 1700's. A family was in Sunday Bible Study– 9:30 A.M. church, and their ten-year-old daughter got the giggles. In spite of Sunday Morning Service—10:30 A.M. her parents' warnings and threats, she couldn't stop laughing. The Fellowship Meal—11:45 A.M. family was kicked out of the church and could never return. Who Sunday Evening Service—6:00 P.M. knows what happened to that little girl when they got home. Monday—Wednesday Service 7:00 P.M. For some reason, our ancestors, and even some of us today, believe We are in need of blank thumb drives with a minimum storage capacity of 7 that church is a place for solemn, dreary faces. Perhaps it is because Gigabytes. Please see Jason Smith for details. we see God that way. But think about it. Is God happy? I believe that He is. He is not happy in the sense that most people think of happy, as having good fortune that keeps them smiling. Our God is happy in that He is content.

Most people think of happiness as getting their way and having what they want. If that doesn't happen, they are sad. However, sadness is the result of sin. True sadness comes when we disobey God and reap the consequences.

When we are God's children, we can have joy and be truly happy. I'm not saying we should get the giggles during worship service. Things should be done decently and in order. We should show proper respect for our God and for those leading the worship.

Let's not have any sour faces. Let's show the joy and happiness we feel because we belong to God and we can rest in His love and care. Nothing external can take that joy from us