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Order o
f Worsh
ip
Welco
me - Tim
Shoemaker
# 9 - A
Wonderful S
avior
# --W
onderful, M
erciful S
avior---
Prayer - S
teve Maynard
# 726 - W
e Saw The
e Not
Lo
rd’s S
upper/O
fferin
g
Merrill M
ann
# 53 - A
t Calvary
# 732 - W
e Praise The
e, O God
Scrip
ture - R
andall Jo
hnson
S
erm
on - Jo
rdan G
ray
# 722 - W
e Have Heard The
Joyful S
ound
A
nnouncem
ents
Shepherd’s P
rayer
Nurse
ry A
ttendant
AM Andrea & Mike Neal
PM Grace Dowling
& Liz K
eith
D
OM fo
r January
Cobb, Collins, G
unn Baptism
al G
arm
ents fo
r January
Donna
Shoemaker / Karen W
hisenhunt
Bus D
rivers
1/10 Steve Maynard / 1/ 17 Don Young
January 10, 2016
Greeters 1
/ 17/ 1
6
8:45 - 9
:05
9
:45 - 1
0:05
Office
Sol & Elle
n Godwin O
ffice Alan &
Margie Eng
land
Room 113 Darnell &
Sharon Self R
oom113 Terry & Janet Malone
Room108 Gerry & Maxine Wilson R
oom 108 David & Martha
Lybrand
1
2:45 - 1
:05
Office
Roy & Susan Hayes
Room 113 Fra
nk & Yvonne
Montgomery
Room 108 Butch &
Bev Key
The Roebuck
REMINDER
WELCOME TO THE
ROEBUCK PARKWAY
CONGREGATION
We want to extend a warm
welcome to any guests that
have come our way today.
We hope that you enjoy our
worship. If you have any
thoughts or questions about any
part of our services, feel free to
contact the elders at
CHURCH INFORMATION
400 Roebuck Parkway
Birmingham, Al. 35206
205-833-1400
www.thegospelspeaks.com
blog.thegospelspeaks.com
SERVICE TIMES
Sundays:
Bible Class 9:00 AM
Worship 10:00 AM
Worship 1:00 PM
Worship 5:00 PM
Wednesdays: 7:00 PM
SHEPHERDS
Ron Cobb
Thurman Crawford
John Gallagher
Rick Glass
Sol Godwin
Merrill Mann
Skip McCurry
Ancel Norris
Darnell Self
Jim Timmerman
MINISTERS
Jordan Gray
Johnathan Johnson
Ray Powell
Tim Shoemaker
Jesus: The Savior
Scrip
ture R
eadin
g: T
itus 3
:3-7
I. W
ord
s are funny th
ings
A.
Word
s mean
________________ th
ings to
________________ p
eople.
You k
now
som
ethin
g ju
st by listen
ing to
a perso
n’s v
ocab
ulary
.
B.
The ap
ostles, th
e Holy
Spirit, an
d th
e marty
rs were all co
mm
anded
to o
r
com
mended
for th
eir _________________.
C.
One su
ch p
eculiarity
of relig
ious la
nguage in
volv
es the p
hrase “g
ettin
g
_____________.”
II. G
etting w
ell and g
etting sa
ved
A.
The w
om
an w
ith th
e hem
orrh
age an
d th
e blin
d b
eggar w
ere both
___________ _
_________. (“sav
ed” in
the o
rigin
al Gree
k)
B.
Jesus sa
ved
the w
om
an w
ho w
as a sinner an
d to
ld h
er to “G
o in
peace.”
Where d
oes Jesu
s send sa
ved
sinners?
_____________________
C.
For Z
acchae
us, salv
ation m
eant g
etting se
t free from
his _
_____________.
III. Jesu
s' savin
g p
rocla
matio
n o
f Jubilee
A.
Jubilee w
as a m
anifestatio
n o
f God’s _
_____________ in
Israel, as all bro
-
ken
ness an
d lo
ss was resto
red.
B.
Wheth
er Israel obeyed
the la
w o
f Jubilee o
r not, it sto
od fo
r a visio
n o
f
________________.
C.
The h
ope o
f Jesus’s d
isciples o
ften b
egin
s as a drea
m o
f life w
ithout
_______________; it g
row
s into
a realization th
at C
hrist is th
ere in o
ur
_______________, o
ffering etern
al salvatio
n.
Serm
on b
y Jo
rdan
Gra
y
Where Will I Be In Another Year?
With the end of a calendar year there is always a tendency to look back-- and
to look forward. Evaluations are made in regards to our financial status, our
career pursuits, and other important matters. Surely it is appropriate to evalu-
ate our spiritual welfare.
Ask yourself this simple question : If I keep doing what I am presently doing,
where will I be in another year?
1. Will I be a stronger Christian because I am doing things that will help me
grow in Christ (2 Peter 3:18)? Or will I be weaker as a result of continuing to
ignore the most important things in life?
2. Will I be a better Bible student? Will my knowledge of the word have in-
creased through regular and consistent study? Or, will I still be only wishing
that I knew my Bible better?
3. Will I have brought any lost soul to the Lord through a committed effort to
teach others? Will I have invited folks to visit the assemblies, or encouraged to
have a private Bible study? Or, will I only be giving lip-service to the whole no-
tion of personal work?
4. Will I improve in my ability to react to life’s provocations in a godly and
controlled manner? Will I be displaying more of the “divine nature” (2 Peter 1:4)
as I deal with people and problems? Or, will I still be easily provoked and often
fail as trails and temptations are placed before me?
5. Will I have broken that “bad habit” that has nagged me for so long? Or, will
I still be offering lame excuses and trying to convince myself that “I can’t”?
6. Will my example be stronger? Will others begin to recognize dependability
in me? Will I be constantly striving to do all I can as a disciple ( 1 Cor. 15:58)?
Or, will I be counted as only a “lukewarm” Christian (Rev. 3:15-17)?
7. If I keep doing what I’m presently doing, where will I be in another year?
Or, more to the point, where will I be in eternity?
-by Greg Gwin
Matt. 28 : 18-20
Tim Shoemaker
Wednesday Night Meal
Please sign up in foyer before Wed. so Kitty will know how much food to prepare. Dinner is served at 6 pm. The cost is $5.00 each.
January 13, 2016 Pancakes, Bacon, Fruit Salad, Orange Juice, and Milk
January 3, 2016 Sun AM 436 Sun PM 259
Total Goal for 2016 127
Local Work Goal 52
Belize Campaign Goal 30
Stateside Campaigns Goal
10
Know Your Bible Goal
35
Total Baptisms 127
New Families 1
Restored 5
Weekly Purpose: $17,200.00 Contribution $25,155.00
Contribution YTD: $ 25,155.00 Purpose YTD: $ 17,155.00
Average Weekly YTD: $ 25,155.00
Mission Sunday: $81,522.00 (Week 1)
Prayers Sherryl Adkins Carla Allison Steve & Nancy Brown June Cooper Dot Davison Terry Davidson Beth Goodwin Susan Goodwin Kim Green Mark Harley Jimmy Howell Pat Howell Patricia Irwin Annie Ivey Randy Johnson Willie Kemp Lucille Large Frances Love Glenn May Judy Mitchell June Moore Bobbie Naish Sue & Alan Nordgren George Shoemaker Helen Oakes Anne Powell Geiselle Shephard Buddy Summers Gloria Summers Don Taylor Mary Thomas Billy White Diann Watson Friends & Family Joel Bradshaw ( Jeannie Kelley’s Father) Catherine Reaves ( Friend of Judy Mar-low) Dennis Huddleston ( son-in-law of Judy Marlow Greig Copeland ( Patty Bowling’s brother ) Leon Norris (cousin of Ancel Norris, Carolyn Windham & Kay Carver) Pauline Fields (mother of Ron Fields) Ginger Born ( Madison, Ga. C of C) Ted & Martha Morris ( sister& Bro-in-law of Ancel Norris) Conner Wilson ( Great nephew of Sue, Judy, & Gina ) Aletha Ray ( mother of Malachi Ray ) Belle Coshatt ( sister of Milton Chandler) Yolanda Cummings ( Vannessa Powell’s sister) Chris Townley( Mother of Allen Townley) Lindsay Sharp ( cousin of Tonya Hayes ) Craig Luck (cousin of Sue Holcomb ) David and Joy Luck (Aunt and Uncle of Sue Holcomb) Bruce Windham (Brother in law of Carolyn Windham) Brenda Sidoti (Julie Kincaid’s sister) Tony Crumbley ( former member ) Tori White,( Margaret White’s daughter) Kathy Godwin Roy - (Sol & Ellen’s daugh-ter), Alvin Jenkins (father of Linda Carter & Patsy O’Rourke) Bobby Fuller (Mike McGill & Judy Mixon’s uncle ), Rollie & Faye Powell (Ray’s parents) William Hodges (Rhonda Hodges’ father), Harriette & Charles Byrd (Helen Oakes’ sister & brother-in-law), Margie Holt (mother of Patty Gammage)
****Our prayer list is updated monthly.
833-1400.
Our Honored Guests 1 / 3 / 2016
In Town : Stacy & NaTanya Marable, Melvin Thomas Out of Town: None
PANTRY ITEMS:
Canned Meat, Soups, Stews
In What Do You Trust?
In the previous two articles we noticed from Joshua 11 that Jabin and the Anakim had their trust in the wrong thing. Jabin was trusting in a league of na-tions with an army said by Josephus to consist of 300,000 foot soldiers, 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 chari-ots. However that league could not save him! The Anakim were trusting in their physical strength. They were giants that so many were afraid to fight. However they were driven out of the land by Joshua. The only one who had his trust in the right place was Joshua for Joshua placed his trust in the Lord. God had told Joshua, “Do not be afraid be-cause of them, for tomorrow about this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel. You shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire.” (Joshua 11:6 - NKJV) Forty years earlier the fear inspiring giants caused the Israelites to feel like “grasshoppers” but now Joshua trod them underfoot like so much grass in a field. So much for the giants. Joshua’s accomplish-ments are note worthy against such odds, it was possi-ble because he trusted God. When Israel finally en-tered the promised land, Caleb was an elderly man of 85 years. Caleb told the people on that day, “So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheri-tance and your children's forever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God.' 10 "And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years, ever since the LORD spoke this word to Moses while Israel wandered in the wilderness; and now, here I am this day, eighty-five years old. 11 "As yet I am as strong this day as on the day that Moses sent me; just as my strength was then, so now is my strength for war, both for going out and for coming in. 12 "Now therefore, give me this mountain of which the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakim were there, and that the cities were great and forti-fied. It may be that the LORD will be with me, and I shall be able to drive them out as the LORD said” (Joshua 14:9-12). “When the situation is hopeless …That’s the time for faith, for trusting in God! Actually there is no such thing as a hopeless situation for one who trusts in God… But the fact is that most of us turn to God only when we think the situation is hopeless. As long as we can find something in our circumstances on which to pin our hope we trust that possibility rather than God. Until we have used up all our options, and we can see no shred of hope in our circumstances ….Then, as a last resort, we may turn to God. Someone put it this way: ‘As long as we can think up possible answers – we depend upon human ingenuity – or luck – or coin-cidence – etc. Then, when alternatives are exhausted and there is nowhere else to turn…We give God His chance.’ How much better to trust God no matter what!
Please join us for a Baby Tea
In honor of Ashton McGill
Saturday January 30
1pm to 3pm
40 Mary Vann Lane
Trussville, AL 35173
Ashton and Baby Malie are
registered at Buy Buy Baby
Hospital List Mike McGill - St Vin. E.
Don Taylor - Birmingham Rehab.
Margie Holt - St. Vin D, RM 707 main
Wednesday Night Class
Winter Quarter
Room Change
Becoming God’s Friend-
David Skelton - Room - deaf chapel
Minor Prophets - Tim Shoemaker
Room 119
How To Teach Your Children
about God- Ron Cobb- Room 122
Mark your calendar
for our annual area wide
Singing.
February 5, 2016
7 PM TO 9 PM
Please bring finger foods, sandwiches, little
smokies, chip & dip, desserts, and drinks.
Invite all your neighbors and friends
WEE FOLKS
Wee Folks will resume TODAY January 10
Christians in Action
(CIA) Will resume on
January 12
Bring your favorite dish for
lunch and join us at 9:30 for
CIA Class.
Congratulations
To Brandon & Megan Rowell
At the birth of Charles Logan
Born on January 5, 2016
Proud grand mother is Sherryl Adkins and
proud great grandparents are Norman & Helen
Oakes.
CONNECTION GROUPS
WILL MEET AGAIN
STARTING FEB. 1, 2016
SIGN UP SHEETS ARE IN THE FOYER
UNTIL JANUARY 24. PLEASE CON-
SIDER SIGNING UP. IT IS A GREAT
WAY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.
LADIES TIME OUT
FOR ALL AGES
JANUARY 11
At the home of
Donna Shoemaker
4639 Fairfax Court
Birmingham, AL 35235
4 PM TO 6 PM
BRING FINGER FOODS AND DRINKS
SYMPATHY
To the family of Randy Wilson at the passing of
his uncle Dalton Wilson. His funeral was in
North Carolina.
SYMPATHY
To Edith Glenn at the passing of
her sister, Wanda VanGelder on
New Years Eve. She lived in
Idaho.
SYMPATHY
To Kay Carver at the passing of Johnny Carver,
This is Beverly Carver father. His funeral was
Thursday at West Concord.
Congratulations
To Duncan & Jackie Ward
At the birth of Audrey Ann
Born on January 5, 2016
Proud grandparents are Paul & Lucy Ward
and Mark & Lori Coggins. Proud great
grand parents are Jack & Joyce Taggart.
JANUARY YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENT
We are hosting the area wide youth devotional on Sunday, January 17.
We expect about 200 youth and adults from area congregations to visit us
during our 5 p.m. service. We will be providing a meal after worship, and
we need your help! If you can help provide any of the following items,
please sign the list in the foyer or let JJ or Nia know by Wednesday, Janu-
ary 13. Crock pots of chili
Crackers/Chips
Drinks
Desserts
All items need to be in the large fellowship hall kitchen after the 1 p.m.
service on January 17.
Thank you so much for the fruit basket
and sharing my birthday with lovely cards.
Thanks to each of you. May God Bless each of
you. Thank you,
Sister Lucille Large
We express our Sympathy to Ruby Norris at the
passing of her cousin Jesse Kelley. His funeral
was Wednesday in Florence.
Convention T-shirt - Available online
For the first time in L2L history, you can wear your convention t-shirt be-
fore convention! Order your 2016 convention shirts at the L2L online store