Sunday Mornings Worship 8:00 Coffee Fellowship 9:10 Bible Classes 9:30 Worship 10:30

wifi password: WESTSEVENTH 931-388-6514office@w7church.orgw7church.orgWest 7th Church of ChristWest Seventh Street Church of Christ

405 West 7th Street Columbia, TN 38401

January 7, 2018Welcome, Guests! We are honored that you joined us and hope that you will be blessed by your time with us. Register - Guests, as well as members, are asked to register their attendance as the pads are passed down each row. Attended Nursery is provided for children younger than two years of age. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.Quiet Bags for children are available at the coat rack and a Cry Room is located in the Foyer.

Gluten Free Communion is available in the foyer.Hearing Assistance is available; see an usher for assis-tance.Information Center has details about ministries, classes, and more. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.

EldersBill AlsupTom AndersonJohn CornKerry Couch Wade DenneyJerry DugginMike KeslerJohn LawJohn SimmonsJohn M. Smith

Staff Barry EnglandRandy OwensAlex Quintero Haley Schmidt Tucker Vincent

Office - 388-6514Marriage/FamilyPreachingHispanicChildrenStudent

505-2282 615-351-6239540-230-8713

840-0445 619-0544

731-613-1876388-6125

698-223381-8869388-5841

Hispanic AssembliesSunday Morning Bible Classes 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30Wednesday Eve. Bible Classes 7:00

Wednesday Evenings Bible Classes 7:00

Sunday Evenings First & Third- HOME BIBLE STUDIES Group meets in Chapel @6 Second- SUNDAY NIGHT CONNECT Meets in Teen Center @ 6 Fourth- HOME DEVOTIONALS Group meets in Chapel @ 6

See details about

Sunday’s schedule!

The first Sunday in January will begin with a special morning message about sharing in the mission in 2018. Home Bible Studies resume, giving us an opportunity to study further.

There will be one worship service at 9 a.m. with Bible classes at 10:30.

PRAYER REQUESTSherry Davis asked for prayers at the second service Sunday, December 31.

CONGRATULATIONSTo Scott and Dawn Liggett on the birth of a grandson, Robert Brown Gar-rett. He was born December 15 and weighed 7lbs. 8oz. Caleb and Rachel Garrett are the proud parents and Raymond Wallace is the proud great grandfather.

SYMPATHYTo John H. Church and family on the death of his father, Herbert Church. He passed away December 30. The funeral was January 3.

THANK YOU NOTEThank you for all of the calls, prayers, cards, and visits during my recovery from heart surgery. Please continue to remember me in your prayers. Al Smith

MID WEEK MEALThe Wednesday night meals will re-sume January 17.

SPANISH CONGREGATIONAL SINGINGEveryone is invited to the Area-Wide Congregational Singing in Spanish on Friday, February 2. Supper will begin at 6:00 p.m. and the singing will be from 7:00-9:00. Help is needed to host around 250 for this event. If you can help set up the gym, run sound/PowerPoint, serve food, provide food, clean up, ect., please contact Alex or Katie Quintero or Jade Anderson.

Today

8:00 a.m. One Worship Service Hispanic Worship9:10 a.m. Fellowship9:30 a.m. Bible Classes

TonightHOME BIBLE STUDIES

Or join the group in the Auditorium at 6.

Jan. 7 - Apr. 1 3:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Call the church office for more

information.

January 10 - April 46:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Call the church office for more information.

MEN’S MISSION TRIPWe are planning a trip to Mission Lazarus in Tommy Hemphill’s honor on April 2-April 8, 2018. If you are interested in going, please sign up on the Service Station bulletin board or see Mike Forsthoff asap. A decision on making the trip will be made on Mon-day, January 8.

NICARAGUA MISSION TRIPThere will be a medical & evangelis-tic mission trip June 1-8 to Nicaragua Christian School in León, Nicaragua. General workers, doctors, nurses, den-tists, pharmacists, etc. are needed. There will be a meeting for those inter-ested on January.14, at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel.

Community Wide Worship at CA

A new class for young married couples begins January 7. Barry England & Tyler Sells will lead the class. Meet in Room 111 (office hallway) Sundays at 9:30 a.m.

Striving to be completely committed followers of Jesus

Recovering | at home | extended illnesses:

Family & Friends: Kerry Couch’s mother - Verna Lee CouchJeanine Denney’s mother - Jean JollyKim Forsthoff’s mother - Reba AyersMike & Sharon Greene’s daughter - Peggy PoeGeorgia Henry’s sister-in-law- Patricia ArySue Jones’ sister - Annie Lee WhitwellDelores Lee’s sister - Janet RodenmeyerTesha Marchal’s granddaughter - McKenzie BruensAlex Quintero’s father - Juan QuinteroBeth Robinson’s mother - Gaynor PerdueTracy Robinson’s father - Guy BarberBeverly Simmons’ brothers - Chris & Mike ShankleChuck Simpson’s mother - Peggy SimpsonTod Trulove’s mother - Joan TruloveDee Westmoreland’s mother - Bonnie JeffcoatOlivia Whiteside’s aunt - Martha WhitesideTerry Wilson’s stepsister - Ramona GramsasGreg Yokley’s mother - Martha BelewDeborah Young’s father - John Spence

Pray without ceasing...Reported sick this week:Juanita Martin is under hospice care at NHC-Maury

Regional. No visitors, please.

Marguerite Porter has been discharged from MRMC.

Bettie Pogue’s daughter, Melanie Semore, is undergoing treatments for a cancer that has returned.

Bettie Pogue’s son-in-law, Michael Semore, is having severe back issues and suffering from Parkinson’s.

Tucker Vincent615-504-0680

tucker@w7church.org

If you’re signed up for Winterfest, the cost is $75/student. This covers two nights at a hotel, their ticket, and travel expenses. Payments will be due by February 7.

Tonight we are going to the Area Wide at Spring Meadows. We are going to be leaving the building at 4:30. Parents, I might need another van driver. Please text me if you can drive our other van. We will get back around 8:00. -Tucker

Sunday a.m. Worship 4998:00 23910:30 206Spanish Worship 29Poplar Estates 9The Bridge 16

Sunday Bible Classes 327

Sun. Evening Gatherings 80The Bridge 15

Wednesday Classes 152

Budget $21,000 Total Offering $26,917 YTD vs. Budget -$64,760****This shortfall has been erased due to Special Sunday contribu-tions designated for budget shortfall.

Church Record

Discipling l Equipping l Serving l Loving

Expectant Parents:Mark and Hannah Matzkiw

Gladys BrowningMarie DavidsonBetty DerryberryTennie ChaffinRamona CherryJeanette ColeElizabeth CraftCecil & Sarah Duncan

Armando GaliciaJune GaskillLola-Margaret HallGeorgia HenryMary HuntSue JonesFrances LeeDolores Love

Eva McMahanRobin MillerMarie OswaltSammy SaltersMolly WattsJuanita Westmoreland Haley Schmidt

901-573-8055haley@w7church.org

Van Driver - a.m............................Kyn Sartain Van Driver - p.m......................Zach Whitworth Nursery-9:00 a.m.......................Tina England

Katie Martin

WednesdaySong Leader...................................Dan ShiresPrayer............................................Eric Bryant Van Driver....................................Zach Kittrell

Order of WorshipSong Leader..................................Eric Karkau

Tucker VincentOn Zion’s Glorious Summit - 515

Welcome........................................Porter King

Scripture.........................................Rob CoferPsalm 37:1-6

Prayer........................................Jamie HubbellDays of ElijahCreate inMe

I Believe in Jesus - 267Communion & Offering..............Mark Turner

MedleyMake Me a Servant

Message.......... ....................................... EldersThe Greatest Command

Just As I Am - 380

Shepherd’s Blessing........................Bill Alsup

(Messages are available at w7church.org, itunes, YouTube or order a free CD at the Infomation Center.)

TONIGHTHome Bibles Studies

Or join the group in the Auditorium @6.

Adult Classes 9:30-10-15

Room 211 (College & Yg Prof. ) EcclesiastesRoom 111 (Young Marrieds) TBAFireside Room (Young Families) TBAChapel (Homebuilders) Galatians Family Center ActsAuditorium Bible StudiesTV Studio NT ChristianityRoom 307 (Hispanic Class)

Introduction

Discipling

Equipping

Serving

Loving

Conclusion

Open:

• W

e can all name a person (or several) w

ho have helped us spiritually. H

owever, can you also nam

e a ministry, congregation, or perhaps church

sponsored trip/event that impacted you signifi cantly in a spiritual w

ay? W

hat made it so m

eaningful to you?

Dig: Scripture &

Discussion

Th e morning lesson used the four com

ponents of our mission statem

ent to overview

the stewardship of G

od’s money. W

hile there is overlap, consider how

your contributions are used to carry out the mission of G

od.

DISC

IPLING

- Read Matthew

28:18-20. What is the signifi cance of M

atthew

closing his gospel with these w

ords of Jesus? Do w

e give enough attention to this com

mand?

EQU

IPPING

- Read Ephesians 4:11-16. Th e mission of the church goes

beyond making disciples, it is also about equipping those disciples. Paul

uses the word equip in this passage. Paul acknow

ledges that the power

source for equipping is God, but it is done through the church. (See also

Hebrew

s 13:20-21.) Discuss how

this happens.

SERVIN

G- Tom

mentioned the num

ber of times the phrase “good w

orks” appears in the Bible - did you catch the num

ber? Read the following

passages and summ

arize each in the blanks below.

Matthew

5:16 _______________________________________

Ephesians 2:10 _______________________________________

Titus 2:14

_______________________________________

Hebrew

s 10:24 _______________________________________

LOV

ING

- In 1 Corinthians 13:3, Paul writes, “If I give all I possess to the

poor and surrender my body to the � am

es, but have not love, I gain nothing.” Even godless people can be generous. A

nyone can be sacrifi cial for a good cause. H

owever, being a com

pletely comm

itted follower of Jesus has the

overriding component of love. W

hy is love “the greatest” as Paul says?

Re� ect: M

ake It Real

When do you feel m

ost connected/involved in the mission of our church?

Have you ever fi nancially helped som

eone go on a mission trip? H

ow did

that make you feel?

Have you ever had som

eone (or a church collectively) support you fi nan-cially to go on a m

ission trip? How

did that make you feel?

What happens w

hen a church emphasizes m

aking disciples, but not equip-ping? W

hat is the danger of a church focusing on equipping, but not evan-gelizing? D

iscuss.

When you give of your m

oney to the church, do you think of that as part of your w

orship to God? O

r is that done to support your local church? Why

does it matter how

you think about your giving?

Jesus taught that, “Where your treasure is, there your heart w

ill be also.” (M

atthew 6:21) If your fam

ily and/or close friends were to identify “w

here your treasure is” that is, w

hat is most im

portant to you fi nancially, what

would they list in order of priority?

___________________________

___________________________

___________________________

Meditation Scripture for the w

eek: “Comm

and those who are rich in this

present age not to be haughty, nor to trust in uncertain riches but in the living G

od, who gives us richly all things to enjoy. 18Let them

do good, that they be rich in good w

orks, ready to give, willing to share, 19storing up for them

selves a good foundation for the tim

e to come, that they m

ay lay hold on eternal life.”

1 Tim

othy 6:17-19