Local & Area Events

Tonight after evening services we will

have our annual

“Trunk or Treat”. We will gather in the an-

nex for hotdogs and then begin our “trunk or treat-ing”.

Kissimmee Ladies Day - Saturday,

November 1st at 8:30. Details and sign up sheet are on the bulletin board

in the foyer.

Our next Monthly Fellow-ship will be November 2nd. Our PM service will

begin at 1:00 pm.

Ladies Day for Orange Street - Sign up sheet for committees is on the bul-letin board.

Family Retreat - November 7 & 8

at Weekie Wachee youth camp. Please sign up - on the bulletin

board if you are plan-ning to attend.

SUNDAY MORNING

SONG LEADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Matt Faneuf

BIBLE READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dustin Hurn

OPENING PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Faneuf

SERMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . Terry Tribble

CLOSING PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank DeBord

SUNDAY EVENING

SONG LEADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Chambers

BIBLE READING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Antemesaris

OPENING PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mike Thompson

SERMON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Shawn Sullivan

CLOSING PRAYER . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carl Chambers

SUNDAY'S SERMONS

AM: Unity (Eph. 4:3)

PM: Shawn Sullivan (Student Preacher)

LST WK STATISTICS YR AVG

65. . . . . . . . . . . . SUN CLASSES. . . . . . . . . . . .76

82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUN AM . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUN PM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

69. . . . . . . . . . . . WED CLASSES. . . . . . . . . . . 78

$2,478.00. . . . . CONTRIBUTION . . . . $3,754.00

WEDNESDAY EVENING

SONG LEADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Carlton Hyde

INVITATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forest Antemesaris

SERVE LORD'S SUPPER IN NOVEMBER

Matt Faneuf Marvin Frazier

Greg Littleton Mike Thompson

Jim Hall

PREPARE LORD'S SUPPER

Rita Bauer / Sandy Callender

SERVING IN NOVEMBER

ANNOUNCEMENTS: . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .Bob Bauer

PICK-UP CUPS: . . . . . . . Trever West / Drew Stearsman

OPEN BUILDING: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frank DeBord

CLOSE BUILDING: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bob Bauer

We Invite You To Attend Any

Or All Of Our Services!

Sunday:

Bible Class . . . . 9:30am

AM Worship . . 10:30am

PM Worship . . . . . . 6pm

Wednesday:

Bible Class . . . . . . 7pm

Bob Bauer

Bob Faneuf

Matt Faneuf

Jim Hall

Scott Mathis

Frank Nabors

Daniel Stearsman

Chad Tagtow

Bob Bauer

Visit us online at:

www.orangestreetcofc.com

Sunday, Oct. 26, 2014 Volume XXXI- Number 43

by John Michael Kennedy

Keep your "To do" list out of your prayers - By pray-

ing over our upcoming tasks, our mind can often shift focus

onto tasks themselves rather than focusing upon God. Be-

sides, doesn't God already know our "to do" list for the day?

Have a "focusing word" - We can often follow a

thought trail in prayer for minutes on end, and once we come

to the end of the thought trail we wonder how we got so far

off track (then we waste more time back

-tracking to satisfy our curiosity!). Pick

a focusing word like "grace" or "love" or

"focus" and say the word to yourself

when you feel your mind wandering.

When (not if) you catch your mind wan-

dering, do not feel guilty, do not attempt

to revisit the thought chain to see how you got there, do not

give up your prayer session in despair. Say your focusing

word and return to your prayer. Random thoughts and distractions will run through

your mind. Let them pass on through and quietly return to your prayer.

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Make prayer a habit, but not a program - Time in God's presence

loses its joy when we try to make a prayer schedule (take this as a sug-

gestion, not a law from Moses). I see this happen in exercise too - peo-

ple say, "I'm going to run every day at this time," then the day comes

where they miss a run - they throw up their hands and say, "Well, I've

already botched it up! Might as well take the week off," and they never

run again for a month. Don't do this with God! Keep a schedule if you

like, but also keep prayer spontaneous.

Keep your prayers scripture-based - Ever lose your focus be-

cause you don't know what to pray? Pray the Psalms! Pray Jesus' prayer

in John 17! Pray the Lord's Prayer! Pick a prayer, or prayer-like verse

in scripture and spend all your time on it. You may find that your pray-

ers/thoughts on scripture distract you from work instead of your work

distracting you from prayer - imagine that!

Keep your prayers short - Sometimes it's the 3-word prayer that

God loves. Frustrated with somebody/

something? Take 5 seconds to move your-

self into the presence of God and pray

something like, "Lord, help me." Pray that

short prayer with intense focus. Then re-

turn yourself to that situation and see what

God does. Walking from your car to the

office? Feel a breeze on your face and the

sun warming you?' Go into the presence of

God praying something like, "Lord, thank

you." Better 3 words of sincerity than

3,000 words of fluff.

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Remember in

Prayer…

Wanda Greene,

Betty Thomas, Carol Tribble,

Kara Cox, Joe Shockley,

Tiffany Thrace, Bill Clayton,

Madeline Defosses, Leelah Torres

Shut In

Wanda Greene

Ken Skinner

Edward Owusu

Rose Molander

Nursing Home/Rehab

Juanita Murphy

PUMPKIN

A lady had recently been

baptized. One of her coworkers

asked her what it was like to be a

Christian. She was caught off

guard and didn't know how to an-

swer, but when she looked up, she

saw a jack-o'- lantern on the desk

and answered, "It's like being a

pumpkin." The co-worker asked

her to explain.

"Well, God picks you from the

patch and brings you in and wash-

es off all the dirt on the outside that

you got from lying on the ground in

the pumpkin patch. Then He cuts

off the top and takes all the yucky

stuff out from inside. He removes

all those seeds of doubt, hate,

greed, etc. Then He carves you a

new smiling face and puts His light

inside of you to shine for all to

see. It is our choice to either stay

outside and rot on the vine or come

inside and be something new and

bright."

Food Pantry Items Needed:

Mac & Cheese Treet

Green Beans Pork & Beans

Tuna Beef Stew

Corn

Peanut Butter

Spaghetti Noodles - Med Spaghetti Sauce Ramen Noodles

PAPER BAGS

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