ELDERS William Berry Dave Domingue

Tom Loftis Steve Stout

Email Address: wrcoc@wrcoc.com

Office Number: (478) 922-3056

MINISTER Tim Childs

Sunday Morning Bible Study 9:00 am

Sunday Morning Worship 10:00 am

Sunday Night Worship 5:00 pm

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 pm

Ladies Tuesday Morning Class 10:00 am (September—May)

1947 Watson Blvd. Warner Robins, GA 31093

Website: www.wrcoc.com

The Reflector August 20, 2017

The Future Is Now

It is an exciting time to be part of God’s family at Warner Robins! Good things are oc-curring on a weekly basis. Bible studies are being set up and conducted. In His time, God will produce the harvest. People are obeying the gospel of Christ. Individuals and families are placing membership with a desire to serve the Lord alongside us. We want to welcome Rob & Connie Wilson into our church family. This couple recently moved here from Ohio for Rob’s employment, and they have a son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter in the area. They are happy, and so are we. God is definitely blessing our work together in this place, and all honor and glory truly goes to Him. Without Him we are nothing. Without Him we can accomplish nothing. But, with Him, all things are possible (Matthew 19:26). God can change and save any-one. God can change and save you; God can change and save me; God can change and save our neighbors. Let’s leave no stone unturned. Let’s give everyone the same opportunity to know the Lord and enter the kingdom of heaven. We must not write anyone off thinking they are not worthy of God’s gift of grace, or that they’d only re-ject it if given the opportunity. The power is in God’s seed. Let’s not get in the way of God doing His work! He wants to use you and He wants to use me. Brethren, the best is yet to be! It is time to rise up and build. We can’t afford to wait any longer for a more convenient season to be about the Lord’s business. Let’s all in-vest everything we possibly can into the Lord’s work: Our prayers, our energy, our skills, our time and money, but first our hearts. Let’s be like our Macedonian brethren before us who first gave themselves to the Lord ( 2 Corinthians 8:5). We have no idea what God can accomplish through us when we all fully surrender to Him and allow Him unfettered access and complete use as His chosen vessels. Brethren, the future is NOW. Let’s rise up together and BUILD! God loves YOU and so do I. - Tim

The church library is availa-ble Mon-Fri, 9AM-3PM. Our librarian is Peggy Maddox. Link to use for searching: http://wrcc.mysurpass.net. Ladies’ Bible Class will resume on September 12th. Love Bears Ministry: If you have any unused supplies or templates, please bring them back and put them on the counter in the inner foyer. New Members: Please wel-come Rob & Connie Nelson into our church family. Gift Card Wedding Shower for Alanda & Derek Neal, Aug. 20th @ 3:30 PM in the fellowship room. Cards from Lowe’s Home Improvement, Target or Walmart please. Sunday Night for the Sav-ior, Aug. 20th after evening service. Bring finger-foods or desserts and drinks. Love Bears Ministry Meet-ing Aug. 27th @ 3:30 PM in the fellowship room.

Youth Group Parent Meet-ing Aug. 27th @ 4 PM in Room 300. WR Rehabilitation & Nurs-ing Center Singing Aug. 27th after evening service. Join us & bring your children. Ladies’ Night Out Aug. 28th @ 6 PM in the fellowship room, catered by J’s Smokin’ BBQ. Cost is $8 per person. An attendance count is need-ed for food planning. If you plan to attend, please sign up on the sheet provided on the bulletin board or call Sherry Lazzaro. Annual Labor Day Fish Fry Sept. 3rd @ 11 AM. A sign-up sheet is posted on the bulle-tin board. Please contact Eddie Hicks or Howard Moore for more information. Sunday Night for the Savior Sept. 10th in the fel-lowship room following even-ing service. Bring finger-foods, desserts and drinks.

TOPICS FOR SUNDAY: Sunday Bible Class: Auditorium: Dave Domingue-John 20 Fellowship Room: William Berry-Acts 12 AM Scripture Reading: Psalm 8:1-9 AM Lesson: “The Great Eclipse” AM Scripture Reading: James 2:14-17 PM Lesson: Speaker: Adam Chalmers “Faith & Works” The Elders request one of the following versions be used for scripture readings: King James, New King James, English Standard Version, or New American Standard Version

Attendance-week of Aug. 13 Sunday Bible Class: 152 Sunday AM Worship 233 Sunday PM Worship 108 Wednesday PM: 100 Finance Contribution: $ 6,039.35 Weekly Budget: $ 6,971.48

NURSERY DUTY 8-20-17

Infant AM Nancy Kerr Toddler AM Sarah Lester Carol Kessinger PM Meshaun Walicek

THE WARNER ROBINS REFLECTOR

David Whitehead has been put under Hospice care.

J.D. Story had knee replace-ment surgery. He is home from the rehabilitation center and doing well.

Jenelle Story is having breath-ing and AFib difficulties.

Trina Cohenour will have eye surgery

Trina Cohenour will have eye surgery to remove scar tissue on Aug. 22nd in Atlanta.

Joyce Cox had cataract sur-gery Aug. 14th for her right eye and is doing well.

Michael Taylor has hypoglyce-mia and vertigo difficulties.

Lynelle Meadows is recuperat-ing from shoulder surgery and still experiencing pain.

Sheila Holloway is recuperat-ing from PRK surgery on her eye.

Emily Webb is recuperating from a broken foot.

Brenda Borum is recuperating from shoulder surgery.

Sally Walker is recuperating from back surgery.

Tommy Moore, the nephew of Lois Thompson in OK, is recu-perating from a heart attack.

Adam Walicek had surgery in Colorado for an abscess in his neck and is doing well.

Kati Pelham, Bill & Betty Lew-is’ granddaughter, is recuperat-ing from complications with her blood during childbirth.

Robin Kessinger, the father of Luke Kessinger, is having health issues.

Carlos Tartar, Edith Edwards’ brother is recuperating from open heart surgery.

Kaye Collins, the mother of Carol Kessinger, is recuperat-ing from a hip replacement.

Joyce Swafford, the mother of Sherry Lazzaro, has had her kidney cancer return.

Mark Allen, Annie Pearl Allen’s son, is recuperating at home from surgery for an infection in his foot. He is still on antibiotic treatment.

Jerry Franklin, Missy Jenkins’ father, is having radiation treat-ments for prostate cancer.

Charles Knight, Rosemary Knight’s brother, is struggling through cancer treatments.

Sympathy to the family of:

Ronald Cherry, the nephew of Lois Thompson, who passed away recently in Muskogee, OK.

Please see the Extended Prayer List for others in need of prayer. (Please let the church office know of any needed changes/updates.)

CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER LIST

Summer Series 2017 The Family of God

Wednesday Nights in the Auditorium @ 7:00 PM

Date: Topic: Speaker:

August 23 Family Finances and Honoring God Tom Loftis

August 30 The Sustainer of Christian Families - Fellowship David Smith

Your elders meet every Sunday at

3:00 pm in this building.

If you wish to meet with them ,

please let them know.

God’s Plan of Salvation - * Hearing of the gospel: Rom. 10:14-17, Acts 10:33 * Believe Jesus Christ is the Son of God (faith): John 8:24, Rom. 10:8-17 * Repenting of my sins: Luke 13:3, Acts 2:38 * Confess Christ: Rom. 10:10, Matt. 10:32-33 * Baptism for the remission of sins: Acts 2:38, Rom. 6:3-5 * Live faithfully unto the Lord daily: Matt. 10:22, Rev. 2:10

Where Bible Studies/Lessons can be seen on Cable TV & the Internet Gospel Broadcasting Network www.gbntv.org Tue. 5:30 am & Fri. 11:30 am GBN app (on smartphone) or www.gbntv.org/live-feed.aspx at 7:30 am daily & Thursday 7 pm

In Search of the Lord’s Way-Cable TV Internet: www.searchtv.org Cox: Sunday 7:30 am channel 3, & 7:00 am on 9 Watson Cable: Sunday, 7:30 am, channel 6 GBN: Sunday 8:30 am & 8:00 pm; Mon-Fri 11 am/pm Direct TV, Sunday, 7:30 am, channel 367

Getting to Know Your Bible Cox Cable—Macon, GA: Tue. 1:00 pm—Channel 18 Thur. 8:30 am—Channel 18 Sat. 6:30 am—Channel 18 Analog TV: Channel 88.6

The Elders’ Edification Counting the Costs

On 14 August 2017 we completed the land purchase for the site of our new building. Many thanks are extended to all involved but especially to God our Father for His providential guid-ance. But, there is still much work to be done. Luke 14:28 speaks of counting the cost to build a tower, but this is really a metaphor for the cost of discipleship. These costs are two-fold. First, we must put God first before all others, even our own family (Luke 14:26). Second, we must carry our own cross (Luke 14:27). Luke writes, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me” (Luke 9:23). When someone took up a Roman cross, it was a one-way journey leading to an agonizing death. Christians carrying their cross are also on a one-way journey. Having died to self and the old way of life, they are now voyaging toward an eternal home. It is not an easy life. Putting God before self – seeking his will before my own – that is a sacri-fice. But our sacrifice does not compare to the one Jesus took in our place. All that we do pales in comparison. Yet, there is much we can do – much He expects us to do. One thing He expects from us is to lead someone we know to Him. Soon, we will be introduc-ing an easy three-step Bible study called Back to the Bible. This material leads our study in an easy to use method so that anyone can sit at your kitchen table and learn with you. The first study examines the source of religious authority. The second studies our Lord’s church. And third focuses on our need for salvation. This is what it’s about. Our new building is certainly needed to meet current and future needs.

But its purpose is to help save souls. Like the Back to the Bible material and other ministries, it is just another tool to help others to know Christ and grow in Him. It is about filling the build-ing up with growing Christians. It is about growing together.

The Elders