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March 23, 2016 Volume XXXVI - Number 12

“I Hope You Know”

How is your prayer life? When you think about your prayers and your prayer life are you the Psalmist who says, “O Lord, our Lord, how excellent is Your name in all the earth, Who have set Your glory above the heavens” (Psalm 8:1)? Or are you the Psalmist who says, “How long, O Lord? Will Your forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me” (Psalm 13:1)? You see, the truth of the matter is both of these Psalms were written by the same man, David, and both these attitudes, both of these positions are held by us at any given moment. In life, there are the times when we think we could not be closer to God, His peace, His presence, and His provision are next to us and we are glad. Then there are those times when God is believed to be distant, disconnected, and we believe we are doomed. It’s the same heart, just in different positions in life, and we can all understand. Hear these words…the manner of prayer by our Lord was never meant to become the replacement of the vain repetitions of the prayers of the hypocrites. They were to reshape the way we prayed, the way we poured out our hearts to the Lord.

According to Christianity Today’s website, “A Seattle man [was ordered to] shut down his "Pay for Prayer" website and three other businesses, and return as much as $7.75 million to consumers who paid for prayers. Attorney General Bob Ferguson led the charge against the Washington state based company. The agreement calls for Benjamin Rogovy to pay back money to approximately 165,000 customers who were victims of deceptive business practices that violated Washington's Consumer Protection Act. A Rogovin-owned for-profit website, the Christian Prayer Center, told visitors that prayer requests would be sent to "thousands" in a kind of Internet prayer circle. ‘Local churches and small group prayer lists have been a wonderful way to share the blessings of prayer, but these methods are limited in their ability to rally the true power of thousands of voices all praying in agreement,’ said the site. ‘The Internet has enabled us to

Key to our understanding and use of prayer is to see it though the eyes of our Lord and His life. He saw it not as a commodity to be peddled, but a constant to be placed at the center of one’s relationship with the Father, hence His insistence, “In this manner therefore, pray…” (Matthew 6:9). Those who would desire to take the beauties of God’s spiritual gifts and reduce them to nothing more than a wholesale item, only contribute to the burgeoning resentment for Christianity. When our lives as people of faith have met each day’s challenges with the Lord’s grace and guidance we are certain to rely upon the power found in His gift of prayer. Never did our Lord move through a moment in His life, where prayer was not at the center of His days, so much so, His disciples wanted Him to teach them how to pray (Luke 11:1). From our Lord we know that in moments of our greatest choices and our grandest challenges, prayer is the rock to which we cling for our stability and safety. It is the rock that the Psalmist extols as the one which is “higher than I.” I hope you know, when we have hedged our life in prayer, our God’s help through all of heaven will support our days.

build a massive congregation to lift all your prayer requests to a whole new level.”

On-line Booking for: Camp Meribah And

Dotson Alumni Lodge Book With Us Today !

One Of The Prettiest Places In Middle Tennessee,

Camp Meribah and Dotson Alumni Lodge

Sunday 9am / 6pm

Wednesday 7pm Visitors Welcome

WE HAD A FANTASTIC SENIOR HIGH

FIRESIDE Sunday night in the Lighthouse. We enjoyed a delicious meal and a

wonderful evening. Our devo continued in the book of John as we looked more at

Discipleship and the “Risk vs Reward.” We

ended the evening watching the finalized video from the retreat. Thanks to Jim,

Leslie, Lexi, Dakota and Houston Hudgins and Chris, Jenny, and Grady Teet for

hosting. The video is available on our youth webpage or see me for a copy of it and the

hypnotist video too!

THE LAD 2 LEADER & LEADERETTE CONVENTION is this weekend! If you have

already spoken to Mike & Janice Brown about going, you will be meeting after

services on Wednesday. This is an

important meeting in preparation for the weekend.

COOKOUT, KITE FLIGHT, & EGG HUNT IS SATURDAY. This is for the whole

family to enjoy some time together playing at Camp Meribah. We will begin at 12 noon

with lunch and games then plans to end the

day with an egg hunt for elementary school age and pre school. The day should end up

around 2. Hotdogs, drinks, and the fixings will be provided. All we ask you to bring is

chips and/or cookies. Also, if you would like

to supply some eggs or candy for hunting, please drop them off to the church office by

Friday. CAN YOU BELIEVE APRIL IS ALMOST

HERE? Be sure you have a calendar with all

the things coming up. Also, Senior packets will soon be going out in preparation for

Senior Sunday, May 1. Seniors and current college students, be sure you are working

on getting those applications in for the Centerville Church of Christ Scholarship.

Deadline is April 10!

IN JOHN 4:28 THE WOMAN AT THE WELL, left her waterpot. Her mission, her

reason for being at the well, she left it to spread the news of Christ. What is your

waterpot? What is keeping you from being

the type of influence you can be as a Christian? Don’t you think it’s time to leave

it and get busy sharing His message? follow His path, -Craig

MARCH 23

LIGHTHOUSE

5-7

Wayne & Jean

Qualls

MARCH 26

FAMILY

COOKOUT KITE

FLIGHT & EGG

HUNT

12-2 @ Meribah

MARCH 27-April 2

SPRING BREAK

April 7

PRAYER

BREAKFAST

7-7:30

Goodpastures host

April 10

JR HIGH

FIRESIDE

7-9

Bryce Hughes

April 11

BIBLE STUDY

6-7

Girls @ Newsom’s

Guys @ Dotson’s

April 12

L2L @ Tulipwood

6:30

April 13

LIGHTHOUSE

5-7

Jake Martin &

Madelyn & Sara

True

April 16

GOLDEN AGE

BANQUET

6:30

Hello from the hill. March has been a busy

month so far and with the mowing season

approaching, it does not look to slow down. I

want to thank James Sullivan, Phillip Allen

and Mike Goodpasture for their help with the

roof on the girls’ bathhouse. One down, two

to go on gett ing metal roofs

completed. Hopefully you are making plans

to be at Camp this Saturday for the Easter Egg

Hunt. I enjoy having groups using camp,

especially our church family. Camp is a

special place that is meant to be

shared. Come up and visit sometime.

Derek

From Derek…

CONTRIBUTION $ 12,629.50 BUDGET

$ 12,784.oo Camp Meribah

$ 227.00

Home: Mary Helen Barber, Fronia Nash, Georgia Moss, Alvitea Sunder, Martha Jo Wallace, Willie B. Coates, Sammye Elrod, Charles Minick, Dorothy Easley, J.W. & Sue Roder, Troy Parks.

The following are recovering from surgery or dealing with an illness: Bonnie Rummins, John Ed Hooten, Kari

Pitts, David Poff, Donna Lawhon, Amy Hill Bethea, Martha Minick, Calvin Cuthbert, Christian Schmid, Terry Johnston, Nathan Hubbard, Jack Lowery, Jace Conley, Richard Canady, Jack Cunningham, Carolyn Tidwell Jones, Gary Stone, De’Jay Sanders, Gabriel Roberson, Gerdi Beaman, Sheryl Elkins, Richard Tate, Henrietta Rochelle, Jeff Denton.

Please Pray For:

...March 26 Egg Hunt

at Camp Meribah ...March 27

Easter Sunday

...March 28-April 1 School System Spring Break DEVOTIONAL ON MARCH

30TH.

Thank You !

...Ladies’ Day at the Poplar Grove Church of Christ Saturday, April 9, 2016. Topic: Generations of Faith Speaker: Michelle Hayes Massey Registration begins at 9 A.M. Program begins at 9:30 A.M. ...26th Annual meeting of the Stand Cemetery Perpetual Care Association in the Shady Grove Community will be held at 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, April 16, 2016 at Roy and Joyce Cochran’s home located at 4205 Highway 50E in Shady Grove (at the corner of Highway 50 and Leatherwood Road) Please bring a covered dish for your family and plan to stay after the meeting to visit .

Area Events

Nursing Home Residents: Life Care Center: Helen Hudgins, Christine Sawyer, Larry Talley, Nellie Kalosis, Lucy Noles, Stella Greer, Elsie Mathis, Thelma Chessor Hickman County Nursing Home: Allene Worley, Eltie Davis, Lula Mae Gilliam NHC Dickson: Harold Choate West Meade Place: Jane Berryman 1000 St. Luke Drive Nashville, Tennessee 37205

Phillip Griggs writes: “Dear Church Family, Thank you so very much for the a c t s o f k i n d n e s s a n d thoughtfulness while I recovered from surgery. Being a part of the Christian family means so much. Thank you again.” Rick & Joyce Bruno write: To the Church at Centerville: Thank you for the prayers, visits, love and support shown to us during the extended illness and death of our beloved brother, Stephen Church. Steve loved you all, and was amazed at your love for him. Please keep us in your prayers as we adjust to life without Steve. May God bless you all, as He has blessed our family by bringing us to Centerville to know you all, too. Polly Lancaster writes: “I want to thank everyone for the pretty birthday cards and for the calls on my birthday. I am glad I have so many Christian love ones that care. With much love…”

...Geneva Bradley is in the local hospital in a swing bed. ...Sally Chessor is suffering with a broken clavicle. ...Martha Jo Wallace is in Maury Regional Hospital. She is improving. ...Reba Horner suffered a fractured bone in her hip and pelvis. She is at home recovering. ...Richard Canady, father of Vicki (Don) Chessor, is recovering at home.

Davis House Ribbon Cutting

Sympathy

...We express our deepest

sympathy to the family of Jacob Tenison (Allyson) 25 year old son-in-law of Ricky & Jan Brewer who was killed in a logging accident last Friday. Rick & Jan’s address is: 859 West Main Street, Hohenwald, Tennessee 38462

Ribbon Cutting for the Davis House Child A d v o c a c y C e n t e r Centerville location will

be on April 8 at 9:30. This will be the day the Centerville Office officially opens its doors to join the offices in Franklin and Hohenwald. We are blessed to be able to house these facilities on our campus. The purpose of Davis House Child Advocacy Center is to combat child abuse by coordinating services to children and their families in crisis and providing community education focused on prevention and early intervention. Services provided are Forensic Interviews, Child and Family Advocacy, Counseling, Court Support and more. Davis House assisted 505 children last year from Hickman, Williamson, Lewis, and Perry counties. Davis House works with families who are referred from the Department of Children Services, law enforcement and/or the justice system.

Remember those who are dealing with

an illness, in Nursing Homes and at

home with a card or a phone call.

Hjh Requesting Prayers

Gena Ghant has requested your prayers for the forgiveness of sin in her life.

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To Read Scripture March 27 Scott Miley April 3 Randy James

Elders’ Prayer March 27

Mike Goodpasture

Prayer Week of March 27

S.M.W. S.M.D Bob McDonald Clay Chessor

S.E.W. S.E.D. Marshall Spencer Patrick Allen

W.E.B.S. W.E.D. Don Luther Barrett Davis

If you are scheduled to serve in Worship and are unable, please secure your replacement

and contact one of the following:

Dorris Claud 931-729-2933 Lonnie Mayberry 931 -242-2644 John Bradley 931-994-7358

Wait on Table

4th Sunday Lonnie Gilliam

Right Side

Monty Dunn Ethan Horner

Jonathon Longworth Tyler Schmid

Left Side

David Brown Stephen Dotson Ethan Skelton

Brad Davis

Alternates Lincoln Smith Barrett Davis

Davis House Child Advocacy Center Hohenwald/Centerville, TN

– Child Forensic Interviewer

Davis House Child Advocacy Center, a non-profit organization, is seeking a part-time

professional to conduct interviews of children in the context of a child abuse

investigation.

Job Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree related to Social

Science, Education, Criminal Justice, Nursing, Psychology or other helping profession is required; Master's preferred.

A minimum of three (3) years of

professional experience working with

children and families is required. Has certification in Forensic Interviewing

or is willing to be trained in Forensic Interview Techniques as a condition of employment.

Job posting with full description and

requirements can be found at www.cnm.org under Non-Profit Job Postings. Letters of

interest and resumes should be sent to carolyn@davishousecac.org with “Forensic

Interviewer” in the subject line. No walk-ins or phone calls accepted. www.davishousecac.org