WELCOME - Bob Payne

SONG LEADER - Tom Jones

We Will Glorify - # 578 Jesus Is All the World to Me - # 590

PRAYER - Ben Bradshaw

SCRIPTURE READING Matthew 27:57-66

We Saw Thee Not - # 342 Low in the Grave He Lay - # 344

THE LORD’S SUPPER - Roger Gunz

OFFERING

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today - # 345 I Believe in Jesus - # 356

LESSON - Bob Payne “He Is Not Here - He Has Risen”

Matthew 28:1-10

Live for Jesus - # 594 There Is Sunshine in My Soul - # 549

CLOSING PRAYER - Ray Hall

“Depart in Peace” (Luke 2:29)

Please silence all cell phones and pagers. CCLI # 290723

Welcome to South Main!

You’re invited to be a part of our family as we worship God, encourage one anoth-

er, and grow spiritually together.

When we meet together, we sing, pray, study the Bible, partake together in the

communion of the Lord's supper, and en-joy great family fellowship.

A fully staffed nursery is available. Ask an usher for assistance.

During AM services, we offer signing for those who are hearing impaired.

Weekly News Bulletin April 20, 2014

South Main Church of Christ 402 South Main ~ P.O. Box 1597

Henderson, TX 75653-1597 (903) 657-1408 ~ FAX (903) 657-7613 Website: www.southmainchurch.com Email: office@southmainchurch.com

Bible Classes for all ages: Sundays 9:30 am

Worship Assembly: Sundays 10:30 am and 5 pm Wednesday Evening Classes: 6:30 pm

South Main Shares…

Happy Birthday Sylvia Jones, Terry Gage, Carson Craig, Christie Fer-gerson!!! Happy Belated Birthday to Rita Cathey!!!

Ladies Luncheon Kim Taylor is hosting a salad luncheon at her home on Tuesday, April 22nd, following visitation. Kim’s address is 311 N. Evenside. Bring your favorite salad and come join the fun.

Yardwork/Carpet Cleaning If you need your yard mowed or your carpets cleaned, call Jim Taylor at 903-812-2627. Kid’s Praise We need helpers for Kid's Praise. If you would like to volunteer for one quarter at a time (that’s only 6 Sundays per quarter), please sign the list in the foyer.

FOCUS Group Schedules

Group Where When/Time

Bradshaw MPB Sun, Apr.27 @ noon

Cummings Fellowship Hall Sat, Apr. 26, 10 AM

Bob’s Thoughts…

The Resurrection Can Lift You Up

Philip was born with Down’s syndrome. He attended a third-grade Sunday school class with several other eight-year old boys and girls. Typical of that age, the children did not readily accept Philip with his dif-ferences. But because of a creative teacher, they began to care about Philip and accept him as part of the group, though not fully. The Sunday after Easter, the teacher brought in some L’eggs pantyhose containers, the kind that look like large eggs. Each child received one, and then was told to go outside on that lovely spring day, find some symbol for new life, and put it in the egg-like container. Back in the classroom, they would share their new-life symbols, opening the containers one by one in surprise fashion. After running around the church property in wild confusion, the students returned to the classroom and placed their containers on the table. Surrounded by the children, the teacher began to open them one by one. After each one, whether a flower, butterfly, or leaf, the class would “ooh” and “ahh.” Then one was opened that was empty. The children exclaimed, “That’s stupid. That’s not fair. Somebody didn’t do their assignment.” Philip, the down’s boy, spoke up, “That’s mine.” “Philip, you don’t ever do things right!” One of the students lashed. “There’s nothing there!” “I did so do it,” Philip insisted. “I did do it. It’s empty! The tomb was empty! Silence followed. From then on, Philip became a full-fledged member of the class. He died not long afterward from an infection most normal children would have shrugged off. At the funeral, this class of eight-year olds marched up to the front, not with flowers, but with their Sunday school teacher, each to lay in the casket an empty pantyhose egg. Philip knew, in his short life, what many of you and I know. The greatest sym-bol of hope and new life is the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

- Continued on Page 3

Assignments, Etc…

Greeters Sunday, April 20th: Tommy & Sandra Goode, Jim & Donna Smith, June Craig, Janelle Roberts Sunday, April 27th: Roy & Peggy Hunt, Betty Tin-ney, Bobby & Neva Davis Nursery Attendants Sunday AM, April 20th: Neva Davis, Kathy Davis, Mevane Dorsey Sunday AM, April 27th: Sandra Goode, Darla Goode, Whitney Goode

Visitor Center April: Maudie Foster May: Karen Pritchard

Communion Preparation April: Heidi Bradshaw, Sylvia Jones May: Kathy Buckner

Communion Clean-up April: Heidi Bradshaw, Sylvia Jones May: Tommie Vinson, Melanie Taylor

Food Committee April: Karen Pr itchard May: Sandra Hall

The Family Life…

RED HOUSE ITEM This week's item is: CHIPS - any brand, any flavor. Thanks for all the snacks you have provid-ed! Keep it coming!

Due to LTC, there will be no MS/HS Bible Class on Sunday, April 20th

Full Armor Christian Academy Full Armor Christian Academy presents Chris August, singer/songwriter, Saturday, May 17th @ 6 PM at First Baptist Church, Henderson. All seats are $20. Tickets are on sale at Full Armor. - Continued from Page 2 The Los Angeles Times printed an article back in Sep-tember ‘07 under the caption, “DID JESUS RISE BODI-LY, MOST SCHOLARS SAY NO!” The article was well written and drew an unmistakable conclusion. That conclusion is completely contrary to Biblical facts. To deny that Jesus was raised from the dead (the conclusion drawn by “most prominent Biblical scholars”) is to deny the plain truth of the Bible. The resurrection account is very simply and beautifully recorded in Matthew 28:1-9. Numerous appearances of Jesus after His resurrection are also recorded. The Bible relates appearances to Mary Magdalene, the other women, the ten apostles assembled in Jerusalem, the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, to the eleven apostles in Jerusalem, to the seven in Galilee, to Peter, James, and a number of others (MK. 16; JN. 20 and 21; Matt. 28: LK. 24). The apostles were witnesses of the resurrection. They had been with Christ before His death. They had seen Him during the trial, and some of them had seen Him die on the cross. Then after the resurrection these men asso-ciated with him for about forty days. They talked with Him, they touched Him, they saw Him. One of them, Thomas, doubted! Jesus invited him to touch Him. Place his hand in His side, and in the nail prints in His hands. Thomas responded, “My Lord and my God.” (John 20:28). Is it likely these men would have been deceived? They had known Jesus so well before His death, and, were per-sonally associated with Him after His resurrection. Is it likely they would have been deliberate deceivers? The only thing they had to look forward to for their testi-mony of His resurrection was peril, persecution, impris-onment, and death! Yet, all of these men went out and preached that Jesus had been raised from the dead. All but one of these died for this confession. Regardless of the conclusion drawn by John Dart’s “Most Scholars”, it seems more reasonable to believe that Jesus rose from the dead based upon the Biblical account. Why would these men choose to deliberately lie? What do you think? Have a devoted Lord ’s Day!

I Love You. Bob

Announcements…

Midweek Manna The menu for Wednesday, April 23rd, is: sour cream enchiladas, corn, salad, chips & salsa, and cookies. We need volunteers to help prepare, serve and cleanup. Members, please remember to sign the list in the foy-er if you plan to eat. Adults: $4 Children (4 & under): $3 Pathstones Fundraiser Friday, May 2, Pathstones, the counseling center in Longview where Chris Cummings works will have a fundraiser. Tickets are $25 which includes dinner pre-pared by a French chef and live entertainment. There will also be an auction (part silent and part live). All proceeds will go directly to Pathstones, that provides professional counseling from a Christian perspective at a fraction of the price of most other professional counseling. We would love to have you come out and show your support for Pathstones. If you are interested, you can purchase tickets at http://pathstones.org/jazz.html or you can re-serve your tickets through Chris Cummings.

EEM & Ukraine Update Please join us in prayer for Ukraine, Russia, the Europe-an nations and the U.S. to experience God’s peace. We are asking people all over the world to join together be-ginning April 1st and continuing through May 1st (The National Day of Prayer in the U.S.) to pray.

Join Us For A

Bridal

Shower

Honoring

Kali Bradford-Gunz

April 27, 2014 / 2-3:30pm

6170 US HWY 79 South

(Home of Mona Craig) Henderson, Texas 75654

Registered at Gift Gallery,

Dillard’s, & Target

Elders:

Bobby Davis:…………tennesseeroadwarrior@yahoo.com Tommy Goode: ................... cacawuate_sandra@msn.com Ray Hall: .............................. gilbertrayhall@hotmail.com Tom Jones: .................................. tomsyl@suddenlink.net

Pulpit Minister: Bob Payne: ............................... bpayne1@suddenlink.net

Family life Minister: David Chenault: ........... dchenault@southmainchurch.com

Church Secretaries: Sharon Brown & Reneé Hampton

email: ............................... office@southmainchurch.com

Office Manager: Ben Bradshaw: ...........................ben@bradshawsales.com

Church Treasurer: Ken Sabella: ........................... kentexasbank@yahoo.com

Building Maintenance and Grounds Dicky Harris: ............................... togharris@hotmail.com

Housekeeping: Dan Cummings, Dicky Harris

Deacons:

Chuck Ashmore

Ben Bradshaw

Don Brooks

Richey Glasgow

David Gravley

Wayne Hampton

Roy Hunt

James Rowell

Jody Sory

Jamie Sugg

H.D. Davis, Joe Davis’ father, will begin chemotherapy & radiation tomorrow. Ray Hall is doing better . Ben Harris is experiencing multiple health problems. Roy Hunt will begin r adiation treatments on May 7th. Please continue to pray for: Jacquetta Arbuckle, Rex & Pat Berry, June Chenault, Stephanie Crum, Bonnie Davis, Kathy Edwards, Patsy Fergerson, Bill Garrett, Debra Goode, Oleta Hahn, Hattie Harris, Bruce Hobbs, Johnny Jackson, Anne Kelt, David Lafever, Wanda Lambeth, Lau-ren League, David Marshall, Russell Miller, Dean & Teresa Myers, Denise Perkins, Don Sample, Patsy Thompson, Jim-

my Trimble, John Vance, Tom Vance, Seth Wakefield, Toni Whitehead, Tamara Vance Willer,

Each prayer request will be posted for two weeks unless the church office receives an update.

Pray for Our Armed Forces Justin Blue, Sloan Brown,

Logan Commins, Tina Commins, Brandi Davis, J C Hodges, Steven Hodges,

Dan MacKay, Joshua McKay, Kim McDuffie, Chad McMurray, Jonathan Sanders,

Cleve Sexton, Todd Sunday, Tony Sunday, Scottie Tillison, John H. Tucker

South Main Prays…

RECORDS AS OF 4-13-2014

Sunday Bible Classes………….....107 Sunday A.M. Worship ............. ….139 Sunday P.M . ………………………47 Wednesday P.M. Classes .... ………85

Offering .. ……………………..$7,120 Weekly Budget ...... ………..….$6,986 YTD Offering .... …………….$97,875 YTD Budget ..... ……………$104,790 Above (Below) YTD ............ ($6,915)