FAMILY NEWS May 19, 2019

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Adult Classes Sermons

Joined Auditorium Class: Arpoika Daniels

AM: Arpoika Daniels—Unity

Single Adult Class: Jack Mattingly, Sr. PM: Arpoika Daniels—Christ: The Head of the Church

May 26 – The Godly Heart

A person is godly when he

takes God and His will seri-

ously in thought and in behav-

ior. David asked God, “Create

in me a clean heart, O God,

and renew a right spirit within

me” (Psalm 51:10). We too

need a clean heart.

Daily Bible Reading

Sunday 2 Samuel 16-18 & Romans 1:18-32

Monday 2 Samuel 19-20 & Romans 2

Tuesday 2 Samuel 21-22 & Romans 3:1-20

Wednesday 2 Samuel 23-24 & Romans 3:21-31

Thursday

1 Kings 1-2 & Romans 4

Friday 1 Kings 3-5 & Romans 5

Saturday 1 Kings 6-7 & Romans 6

I don’t need everyone to hear me say I’m a Christian, but I need everyone to see Christ

in me.

“I no longer live, but Christ lives in me.” Galatians 2:20

Pick Up Day Change

The pick-up day for the collected groceries for

Hope Harbor has been changed to Thursday, May 30th. A list of requested items can be found on the kiosk in the foyer. Please place all donated items in the box provided in the foyer.

YOUTH

In Our Hearts:

Please keep Sarah Parks in your prayers as she begins her mission work in Austria. She will be gone for 11

weeks!

Beverly Ramsey, Russell Wiloughby, cousin of Justin Thomas, Maria Martin, Alvis Campbell, John Daniels, Dava Clark, Vic Richardson, Noah Branscum, Ted Criswell, Gayle Hadley, Sharon Smith’s son, Carl Smith, Fred and Velma Baxter, brother and mother of Debbie Crane, William McDonald and Betty Boggs, son and daughter of the late Bill McDonald, Shirley Carson, sister of Wayne Max-well

Let’s remember the shut-ins: Norma Johnston, Sue Lofton, Jerry Sullivan, George Howell and Wanda McCarty

Moving Up: All grade school Bible class students will promote to their new grade level classes on Sunday,

June 2nd.

Fellowship Luncheon: Next Sunday, May 26th, will be our last Sunday of the month potluck luncheon follow-

ing morning services. Group 1 will be in charge. We will have a brief devotional following our meal and there

will be no evening services.

Building Security: There are several openings left on the sign up sheets to open and close the building for wor-

ship times during the month of June. If you can help during the month of June please sign up!

Teacher Needed: We are still in need of someone to teach the 1st & 2nd grade Sunday morning Bible class.

Please see Steve Johnson if you are able to serve this need.

A Look Ahead

Influence

I realize that the word “influence” has been used

countless times in every area of our lives; school

days, work environments, sports teams, community

service organizations and religion.

I do believe that we have been called to be the

light in a dark world and salt of the earth but what

does it truly mean to be an influence in our commu-

nity?

We will try to tackle this question next week.

This and That

COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECT

We will have a Community Service

Project at the softball field in Seminole, with

“A League of Their Own”. We would love

for our entire church to show up in record

numbers to support this event on Monday,

May 20th at 6:00pm. All youth need to be

there at 5:30pm.

CHURCH SUMMER CAMP

We will be going to Lariat Creek

Christian Camp on June 2nd thru June 7th.

Please get an application on the Kiosk in the

foyer if you are in 4th thru 12th grade and turn

back in to Ed Marshall by May 15th. All

adults that will be going, please let me know

by May 15th.

Friends & Brothers & Sisters, Thank you for your kind expressions of sympathy for me and my family at Connie’s passing. Your cards and calls have sustained me. I’m thankful he is at peace now with no more pain. To those of you that attended the service, the family was most grateful, and we lean on God to carry on.

In Christian Love, Beverly Ramsey, Tracy Lucas & family

The Wednesday Morning Ladies Bible

Class has dismissed for the Summer. Class

will resume in the Fall.

Trending: . . . Building Security: May: Doyle Wolfe, Bob Griggs, Paul Alexander . . . Youth: May 20th, “A League of Their Own” service project; Lariat Creek Christian Camp June 2nd - 7th . . . Pot Luck: Sunday, May 26th Potluck Luncheon, Group 1 in charge . . . Food Pantry: Spaghetti & Spaghetti Sauce . . .

Adolf Hitler is known as one of the cruelest men ever to come to power, but what many don’t know is that he did not win his position as head of the German state by military force, but by constitutional means. In 1933, the aged President Hindenburg en-trusted Hitler with the chancellorship, and soon the German Parliament turned over to him the full power of the government. How could this happen? First, money. In 1921, the German mark fell to 75 to the dollar. By the beginning of 1923 it was 7,000. Second, the French occupation of the Ruhr. When a nearly bankrupt Germany defaulted on payments of timber (part of the repara-tions demanded in the treaty that ended WW1 in 1919), the French occupied this bor-der state and thus cut off 80% of Germany’s coal and steel supply. With this new blow to the German econ-omy, the fall of the mark continued until the currency became worthless. Hitler promised to fix these ills; he promised “work, freedom, and bread,” but what he de-livered was something differ-ent. Peter said there are peo-ple in this world peddling freedom (like Hitler did), and when they get victims to buy in, they find slavery instead, and then they find it next to impossible to get away.

The devil will promise you freedom from restraint, but we should understand that restraint is often beneficial for us. If all restraint is bad, why do we put guardrails on our roadways? When we have small children who can’t yet understand the dangers of electricity, we put safety covers on our electrical outlets. The devil would like to convince us that freedom is simply life without constraint––a lie that he tried to press upon Eve in the garden. He loves to

parade in front of us all the pleasures that accom-pany sin. When he sells a prospect on instant gratifi-cation of fleshly desire, he always takes care to con-ceal the true price of his wares. The devil will prom-ise you any liberty that attracts you, but he will de-liver none of them, because he himself is among those delivered “into chains of darkness, to be re-served for judgment” (2 Peter 2:4).

The Lord, on the other hand, delivers true freedom. Peter reminds us of how God delivered Noah from a

sinful world (2 Peter 2:5) and Lot from wicked Sodom (vv 6–8), and he assures us that God still knows how to deliver the godly (v 9). We can choose to let God set us free from sin through obedience to Him (vv 17–18), or we can choose to continue to obey the lusts of the flesh and prolong our bondage as we enjoy our independ-ence from God (vv 19–20) and anticipate the pay-ment of sin’s wages (v 21–23). If we wish for the free-dom that the Lord offers, Paul says that we must

obey our new master and be delivered over to Him (Romans 6:17) and present ourselves as instruments for His service (vv 12–14). The freedom that the Lord offers is genuine. Will you accept it?

Would you be free from your burden of sin? There’s wonderful power in the blood! -Roby Ellis

Counterfeit Liberty

While they promise them liberty, they them-selves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a person is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage. For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowl-edge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the begin-ning. For it would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. But it has happened to them according to the true prov-erb: “A dog returns to his own vomit,” and, “a sow, having washed, to her wallowing in the mire.” 2 Peter 2:19–22

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ORDER OF WORSHIP AND OTHER DUTIES

In Charge of Services Jim Hardin (405-380-7335) (If unable to serve please contact the one in charge for the month)

Minister Arpoika Daniels

(cell) 405-625-2323

Youth Minister Edward Marshall

(cell) 405-600-5416

Administrative Lynn Grimes

(office) 405-382-0548

Elders: Jack Mattingly, Sr. (home) 382-2893

(cell) 380-2510

Syd Morgan (home) 382-3404

(cell) 380-7406

Mike Vanlandingham (home) 382-1919

(cell) 380-2284

Deacons: Jon Cloud, Ken Crane, Jim

Grimes, Ed Hardin, Clint Jackson,

Steve Johnson, Steve Lashley, Ed-

ward Marshall, Wayne Maxwell, Dan

Reynolds, Bob Swearingen

Sunday Bible Study 9:30 am

Worship 10:30 am

Evening Worship 5:00 pm

Wednesday Ladies’ Class 9:30 am

Devotional 6:00 pm

Bus Driver: Ken Crane

405-808-8394 (Please call if you need a ride.)

Heritage House Delivery: Jim & Donna Hardin

Nursery:

Suzanne Hardin

South North

Edward Marshall—Bread Cup—Jim Hardin

Clint Jackson—Offering Bob Griggs

Dan Reynolds Jim Grimes

Kieran Marshall Alan Morgan

PM: Wayne Maxwell Leonard Mayfield

Bible Class Greeters:

South: Larry & Janet Waddell

North: Paul & Sue Alexander

Worship Greeters:

South: Will Stafford & Doyle Wolfe

North: Betty Smith & Myrtle Wylie

Welcome: AM Syd Morgan

PM Bob Swearingen

Prayers:

AM Opening: Jon Cloud

AM Closing: Ted Mann

PM Opening: Nuben Barton

PM Closing: Kenny Brewer

Scripture Reader: Bob Swearingen

Song Leader: Steve Johnson

Church of Christ at Seminole, 12040 Hwy 99 N, Seminole, OK 74818-1723, 405-382-0548.

E-Mail: office@churchofchristatseminole.org Web-site: www.churchofchristatseminole.org

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