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Bulletin - July 18, 2010

Sunday, July 18, 2010

23- "Our God, He Is Alive"

23- "Our God, He Is Alive"

            Welcome-Announcements-Invocation

                                      Rick Wall

            Children's Caring and Sharing

797- "Lord, We Come Before Thee Now"

            Prayer: Marion Davis

334- "'Tis Midnight, and on Olive's Brow"
            Lord's Supper Comments: Tom Elford

            Offering: 77- "Glorify Thy Name"

            Attendance Cards/Children's Bible Hour

464- "Because He Lives"

            Lesson

909- "There's a Fountain Free"

412- "Jesus, Hold My Hand"

            Closing Prayer: Mitchell Galbraith

 

WEEKLY EVENTS

July 19th-Boy Scout meeting @ 6:30 p.m.

July 20th- Craft Class @ 11:45 a.m.

July 20th- Singing at Valley Care @ 6:00 p.m.

July 21st- Mid-Week service @ 7:00 p.m

 

MARK  YOUR  CALENDAR

July 23rd- Area Wide Singing in Exeter.

July 25th- Teen Devo after evening service.

August 14th-Men's Breakfast

August 15th- Monthly Ministry Meeting at 5:00 p.m.

August 1st-7th-Yosemite Bible Camp

"A Hero for the Lord" I will be pure, faithful, loyal, true and brave.

October 1st-3rd- Ventura Youth Rally

October 10th-Exeter Church of Christ celebrating 100 years.

October 15th-17th- Porterville's Family Encampment.

 

GUESTS LAST SUNDAY

 Wilma Adkins and William-Ben Brade, John Kane- Evan Estrada-Joyce Johnson- Reed and Kayla

Passmore

 

NEWS

 

Shane will be our speaker this morning and evening in Marshall's absence.

 

The next Area Wide Singing will be hosted by the Exeter congregation on July 23rd at 7:00 p.m. A flyer is posted on the bulletin board.

 

Benefiting Relay for Life: Terri Jetton is selling VIP coupon books as a fund raiser for Porterville's "Relay for Life." The cost is $20.00. There is a list on the bulletin board with several Porterville vendors as well as discounts for prescriptions at local pharmacies. If interested see Terri.

 

Cookies-Cookies--Cookies are needed for camp. Remember they need to be store bought. If you would like to donate funds towards cookie dough that will later be baked at camp see Kim Melvin or Gail Bronson.

 

Staff and Campers of YBC, if you need anything taken to camp on the trailer have it at the church building on Friday, July 30th between 8:30 a.m.-2:00p.m. It will be loaded in the evening.  

 

Mark your calendar for October 15th-17th for this year's Family Encampment. More details will follow closer to date.

 

Erin Bullough, the granddaughter of Bill Banks and the niece of Joel and Pat Coppinger, will begin work with the A.I.M. (Adventures in Missions) program. If you would like to help Erin with her mission work a flyer has been posted on the bulletin board with more information.

 

Next Sunday Brother Grady Billington will be here representing Yosemite Bible Camp to accept funds from the Children's Caring and Sharing

 

Thank you

Church of Christ,

Thank you for the cards, telephone calls and e-mails.

Love and prayers to all,

Carol Ambrosini

 

 

 BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES:

July 18th:

            Donnie Moore

           

July 19th:

            John Garrett

            Frank and Donna Maravilla - 30 years

 

July 20th:

            David and Kim Melvin - 19 years

 

July 21st:

            Shona Olmos

            John and Karen Garrett - 32 years

 

July 22nd:

            Stacy Zeller

 

BEWARE OF WHAT YOU WANT
READ:
Exodus 20:1-17

You shall not covet. -Exodus 20:17

Sometimes I wonder why God didn't list the Ten Command­ments in reverse order, since the 10th commandment correlates to the first sin-desire. Eve's sin wasn't simply her desire for a piece of fruit; it was the desire for knowledge that Satan told her would make her like God (Gen. 3:5). Eve's covetousness caused her to violate both the first and tenth commands that God later gave to Moses.
When we don't covet, we pretty much eliminate our reasons to dis­obey the other commands. Wanting what isn't ours causes us to lie, steal, commit adultery, murder, and refuse to honor our parents. We refuse to rest because we can't get what we want in 6 days of work. We misuse God's name when we use it to justify something that we want to do. We make gods out of wealth and relationships because we don't want to have to put all our trust in God. I have a hard time coming up with sins that don't involve some form of covetousness. Yet because it's the last in the list, we tend to think of it as being the least important. But it's not. When we stop sin while it is still in our hearts and heads, we avoid making others the victim of our sin, and we avoid many of the serious consequences of sin.
 
When you covet someone else's things, thinking that they're better than your own, just remember that God's gifts to you were designed for you and you alone.

Contentment is realizing that God has already given me all I need.

 

 

Prayers Needed

 

Charlene Cannon continues to improve and is being cared for by a nursing staff.

 

Marshall Brookey's sister, Jewel, fell last week. She was admitted into a hospital in Little Rock. She was released is and under the care of in-home nursing and therapy.

 

Charlene Dunlavy's daughter, Connie Moore, was admitted into a San Francisco hospital with a possible stroke.

 

Doug Griffis' sister Dorcie, in Hathorn Nevada is  in serious condition and not expected to live.

 

Little Jackson Ulloa, the Brumley's new grandson, is doing much better and was scheduled to come home on Friday.

 

Virginia Wells had in/out surgery on her wrist on Monday and is experiencing pain.

 

Glinda Wheaton, Mary's daughter, is ill at this time and in need of prayers.

 

ATTENDANCE

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Bible Class: 39         

Morning Service: 132

Evening Service: 47

Budget: $4,153.35             

Contribution: $2,646.00

Under Budget: $1,507.35

Year to date under budget: $20394.76

Weekly average: $3,424.97

 

 

 

 

 

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