Order of Worship forMarch 31, 2019

Volume 50 Number 12

WEEKLY SCHEDULESUNDAY

Bible Class 9:00 – 9:50 a.m. Morning Worship 10:00 - 11:15 a.m.Evening Worship 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

MONDAYKaring Kitchen 6:00 p.m.

TUESDAYTuesday Lunch Bunch 8:00 a.m.-12 p.m. Clothing Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAYFood Distribution 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. Evening Bible Study 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Food Distribution 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

THURSDAYClothing Distribution 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

SERVING TODAYCommunion

Clifton Lindsey Phil MartsPhilip Matthews Jim McDonaldLee Mink Samuel MinkCody Mitcham Adam Montgomery

Pick Up Attendance Cards

Tucker Keen Tyler KeenJett Monahan Koen Monahan

Jude Everson

GreetersInfo Center

Jeff & Robyn HortonMain Doors

Bill & Barbara WhiteEast Doors

Jay & Debbie Bynum

SoundA.M:

Shaun Stamps & Chris ReynoldsP.M:

Shaun Stamps & Jay Culpepper

Children’s CareNursery

Stacy TurnerToddlers

Lisa Snell & Bailey HammondShuttle DriverGaylan Seagler

Safety TeamA.M. North Door

Kelly Monahan

A.M. WorshipStan Clark

P.M. Worship Danny Snell

Wednesday, April 3rdRob & Candace Hilliard

Save the Date!Women’s Retreat

“The Heart of a Woman”May 4th

WelcomeSong #508 A Wonderful Savior David KeenSong #790 Lord, Take ControlSong #77 Glorify Thy NameShepherd's Prayer David HammondSong #221 Jesus, Name Above All NamesCommunion - Bread Pete LeungSong #222 There's Something About That NameCommunion - CupSong #354 I Gave My Life for Thee (v.4)ContributionSong Let Us AdoreSermon: "To Whom Shall We Go?" Bill AllenSong #490 It Is Well with My SoulClosing Prayer David Cannefax

5:00 P.M. AssemblyWelcome/Announcements Donnie CarnathanSong #103 He Has Made Me Glad Davy CarterSong #457 How Firm A FoundationPrayer Fred WingateSong #452 Standing on the PromisesSong Ancient WordsSermon: "From Judges to Kings" Bill AllenSong #915 Trust and ObeySong #449 Thy WordClosing Prayer Tom Clark

BILL'S BLOG Bill Allen, Preaching Minister

Donnie’s DeskDonnie Carnathan, Benevolence Minister

OUR APPROACH, OUR JUDGMENTS, AND OUR ACTIONS!In Luke 7, we read the story of Jesus eating at a Pharisee’s house. A woman came to that house to see Jesus. Let’s look at Luke’s account of that meeting and see what we can learn that will help our own spiritual lives. Behold, a woman of the city, who was a sinner, when she learned that he was reclining at the table… brought an alabaster flask of ointment, and standing behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair and kissed his feet…(7:37-38). Like this woman, we need to approach God with humility. We should never forget that we all come to God as sinners, we all come to God as debtors, and we all come to God in need of a savior. As the story continues, the Pharisee makes a judgment about the woman and earns a rebuke from Jesus. Jesus said, You gave me no kiss, but from the time I came in she has not ceased to kiss my feet (7:45). We should never be like that Pharisee and hinder someone from coming to Jesus because we felt we were better than them. We need to be careful of our judgments. As the encounter ended, Jesus said that the woman’s sins, which were many, were forgiven because she loved much. Jesus told her, Your faith has saved you, go in peace (7:50). Like the woman, we need to grow our faith and live in peace. Jesus will make a difference in our lives only if we open our hearts to Him. The world is in need of more peacemakers today. Peace with God leads to peace with mankind. Peace with mankind leads to a better world. Humility, fair judgments, and faithful love helps.

Davy’s Diary Davy Carter, Outreach Minister

Throughout His life, Jesus was constantly inviting people. We certainly see this in the gospel of John.

• John 3—To Nicodemus: “Come to me and be born again of water and spirit.” • John 4—To the woman at the well: “Come to me for living water and true worship.” • John 5—To the invalid by the pool: “Come to me and be healed.” • John 6—To the crowd He miraculously fed: “Come to me for the bread of life.” • John 7—To those at the Feast of Tabernacles: “Come to me all who are thirsty for rivers of living water.”

Whatever your need today, Jesus’ invitation still stands: “Come to me.”

Growing Faithful FamiliesDanny Snell, Family Life Minister

Bible ClassJoin us for Bible Class this Sunday @ 9:00. The Spring Quarter will encompass a study from Ecclesiastes, Luke & a series on Life’s Big Questions.

March – Chasing the Wind-EcclesiastesMar. 31… What’s the Point? – Eccl. 11:9-12:14

April – To Seek and to SaveApril 7… What Love Really Looks Like – Luke 10:25-27April 14… Priceless in His Sight – Luke 15:1-32April 21… Death Could Not Hold Him – Luke 23:26-46; 24:1-12April 28… Seek and Be Found – Luke 19:1-10

Thoughts on Serving in the Kingdom…“7 Laws of Service in the Kingdom” (conclusion)

Six…The servant never hesitates to honor others who serve well. Scriptures on this abound: I Timothy 5:17; Philippians 2:29, and I Corin-thians 16:16 are examples. Why: Because this is what love does.We must not miss the irony here. We do not seek recognition, but we must be prompt in giving appreciation. I imagine the implication of that would therefore be, we should not value the appreciation when it is given. If we were to do so, we might become too dependent on it. And the servant who needs to be appreciated is setting himself up for disappointment.

Seven…The servant looks to his Master for recognition and reward. “To his own master a servant stands or falls” (Romans 14:4).Our Lord has told us what to expect. “Well done, good and faithful ser-vant. You have been faithful over a few things; I will make you ruler over many” (Matthew 25:41,23). So many other texts prepare us for the moment when the Lord makes things right. “You will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous” (Luke 14:14). And “Henceforth, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge will award to me on that day. And not to me only but to all those who love His appearing” (2 Timothy 4:8).

Michael Winner quotes, “A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.” Sadly, this seems much like our world today…too many chiefs, not enough Indians.

The great apostle Paul reminded the Philippian brethren that unity (teamwork) is accomplished through hu-mility. Hear these words from Phil. 2:3-4: “Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowli-ness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.”

The thought “it’s my way or no way” is arrogant and thoughtless. I guess there really is “more than one way to skin a cat”. Hebrews 10:24 gives us all some great advice. “And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works.”

W E KIDS Donni Cook, Children’s Education Coordinator

WE ARE MOVING….Parents, please help your children get to their classes during the coming weeks. Due to remodeling, we will be making several classroom changes during the coming weeks to accommodate the needs of the remodeling crews. Thanks for your patience and understanding!Upcoming Event: Baby Blessing Day & Easter Egg Hunt – April 14, 2019 Looking for Great People! Seeking teachers for the following classes: *Gr. K-2 Sunday A.M. (June-Aug) | *Gr. K-2 Wednesday P.M. (June-Aug) | *Sunday AM Worship / BLAST (May/June & Sept/Oct) Please see Donni if you are willing to teach our WE Kids in one of these areas or contact her at donnicook@gmail.com or 903.539-4101. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL – June 9-12 – WILLIE’S REDNECK RODEO To prepare, watch episodes of Duck Dynasty with your children! They will need to know the characters! See Donni if you need access to the Duck Dynasty episodes. Copies are available to check out. CAMP DEER RUN – PEE WEE CAMP July 15-18 Guarantee your child’s spot by registering by APRIL 15 at www.campdeerrun.com Miss Donni

Italiano Bunco!!April 4th FLC

Ladies - join us at 6 p.m. for Italian dinner and Bunco.

Sign up: APP or Information Center.

LTC Practice Schedule Sundays, Mar. 31 & Apr.7

FLC & LighthouseLunch Provided in FLC

1:00 p.m. Puppets 2:00 p.m. Drama 3:00 p.m. Chorus 4:00 p.m. Bible Quiz

March 31st, April 7th: LTC Practice in the lighthouse and FLC. Lunch will be provided for all participants and coaches in the FLC then practice will begin at 1:00 pm. March 31st: Teen Devo in Lighthouse from 5-6 pm. April 14th: Baby Blessing and Easter Egg Hunt for Families with Young Children LTC Practice to start at 1:00 after the Easter event is over. Over the next few weeks contact David Keen or Donni Cook to help with the Setup and Tear Down for this event.April 19-21st: LTC Convention in Dallas. May 3rd-5th: Spring High School Camping Retreat June 2nd: Senior Graduation Sunday Luncheon June 17th-22nd: Impact @ Lipscomb for 6th-12th grade. July 6th-13th: Nebraska Mission Trip July 24th – 28th: Middle School R.O.P.E. ExperienceIf you’re new or not connected to our student ministry, please download the Band app and search for WESM, and also please email dkeen@westerwin.org. Also follow us on Facebook under West Erwin Student Ministries.

David Keen, Youth Minister

Veterans & current military personnel who are members of West Erwin:

There is a questionnaire on the long table in the foyer. Please fill one out for

our records and for a special publication for our members.

F e r v e n t Nancy Crawford will facilitate a study entitled “Fervent” by Priscilla Shirer

with our Wednesday Night Ladies Class beginning April 10th. Books are available today in the foyer for $10.

Please have the 1st chapter read by our first class.

Prayer and Care(See our app for updates)

Our love and sympathy is extended to former member Elizabeth Sillavan in the loss of her father last week. She mentioned that he always felt blessed by viewing our streaming wor-ship services on the internet each Sunday.

Church Family: Stan Mallory | Kalli Huff | Sylvia Tharpe | Fred & Sara Powell | Elmer Miles | Carolyn McCune | Gladys Williams | Shirley Chandler | Bud Cawyer | Joyce Allen | Frank Debenport | Michael Etchelecu | Chris Reynolds | Ralph Henderson

Friends & Family: Holly Parish, daughter of Ron & Jean | Dianna Bickford, friend of Jay Culpepper | Linda Mart’s cousins: Mallory Cox, Holt Price | Harold Yancey, uncle of Sharon Hammond | Buddy Schweitzer, brother-in-law of Tim & Gayle Holt | Henry Lewis | Pete Leung’s brother, Paul Williams | Rachel Huff’s sister, Rebecca Albright | Former WE mem-ber and mother of Grant Knight, Jan Knight | Donny Ingram’s uncle, David Ingram

If you wish a name added to the ‘friends and family’ list please email the church office at office@west-erwin.org. Include their name and relationship to you, and make sure you update us on their progress.

Our Records for March 24, 2019

Bible Class 230 Worship a.m. 397 Worship p.m. 127

Contribution Assembly $20,297.65 Online $1,662.15 Weekly Budget $28,899.40 Building Fund $779,410.53

West Erwin Church of Christ420 West Erwin St. Tyler, TX 75702 903.592.0809 Fax 903.592.0860 Offices closed on Fridays.

www.westerwin.com www.facebook.com/WestErwin office@westerwin.orgLive stream of Sunday services from:

http://wechurchofchrist.christianworldmedia.com or our West Erwin APP.

The Elders of West Erwin are available to meet with our members at mutually agree-able times for counsel, questions and general information. You may make an appointment with one or more of our elders by seeing them at any of our church meetings or by a phone call at the numbers listed below:

Jay Bynum 903.839.3133 Ken Culpepper * 903.752.7801David Hammond 903.279.1055Gaylan Seagler 903.566.1958Wade Weathers 903.839.9797David Wicks 903.534.9568

*Chairman of the Elders elders@westerwin.org

If you want to help drive the bus and you currently have or are willing to ob-tain a CDL, contact

Morris Hallman for information.

Also, if you are interested in driving the shuttle around

the church property to pick up members for worship on Sun-days please contact

Jay Bynum. (No CDL

is necessary.)

“To Whom Shall We Go?”

Introduction: Much of what Jesus said and did drove peo-ple _________ from following Him.

A. “Do you _________ to get well?”

John 5:1-18, 28-29 Luke 6:1-11; 2 Cor. 5:1-10

B. “____ ______ the bread of life.”

John 6:1-15, 32-36, 51-60, 66-69 Matt. 4:1-4; 26:26-30; 1 Cor. 11:23-26; John 8:24; 14:6

C. “Let anyone who is thirsty _______ to me and drink.”

John 7:21-24, 30-38, 45-52 Matt. 7; 11:28-30; John 4:7-15; 3:1-12; 19:38-42

Conclusion: “No one ever spoke the way _______ man does.” (John 7:46)

Do ____ want to get well? To whom shall ____ go?