November 4, 2012
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The Gospel Messenger
Broad Street Church of Christ
1213 Broad Street
P.O. Box 2603
Phenix City, AL 36867
broadstreetchurch.com
Bible Classes - 10:00 A.M.
Morning Worship - 11:00 A.M.
Contact Us
Jeremy Green, Minister
Evening Worship - 1:30 P.M.
(334) 614 – 1503
Wednesday Night - 7:00 P.M.
broadstreetchurch@gmail.com
Prayer Requests
Attendance (Week of October 28th)
Nellie Glenn McLendon, the cousin of
Shelby Brown, passed away last week
in Josie, AL.
Bible Study – 31
Lynn Brooks continues to need our
prayers as she deals with heart trouble.
Nina Churchwell, the young cousin of
Hope Cobb, was hit in the head
playing softball last week and suffered
multiple skull fractures. She is at home
recovering.
Ann Tomlin will have her gall bladder
removed November 29th at East
Alabama Medical Center.
Don Meadows, the son-in-law of Max
Carter, fell and broke his leg last
week. He is now at home recovering
from surgery.
Jeremy and Karla Green are out of
town on their honeymoon! Thank you
to everyone who came to the wedding!
Continuing Prayer List
Louie Mattocks II, Ellen Culberson,
John Gilchrist, Armetha Johnson,
Mary Miles, Lynn Brooks, Carl
McManus, Emma Boyd, Libby
Russell, Faye Johnson, Maudie Rae
Lucas, Patty Flowers, Joe Regan,
Faye Chapman, Sandy Thrash,
Mildred Jackson, Cecil Langston,
Richard Redmond, Wesley Mcdonald,
Bill Ainsworth, Fran Whaley, James
Finley, Anderson Comer, Carl
Clayton, Kile Hussey Jr., Matthew
Martin, Ken Sullivan, Heath Brown
Morning Worship – 60
Evening Worship – 34
Wednesday – 28
Contribution – $955
First Sunday Singing
The next first Sunday singing will be
held TODAY at 2:30 P.M. at the
Phenix City congregation on Hwy 80.
“Guest” Speakers
Today – Jerry Green, Merv Prince
Nov. 11th – Daryl Curd, Merv Prince
Gospel Meetings
The Rose Hill congregation will host a
meeting TODAY – Wednesday
featuring Dorian Flynn as the guest
speaker. They will meet each evening
at 7:00 PM.
The
Warm
Springs
Road
congregation will host a meeting
TODAY - Wednesday featuring
Frank Chesser from Montgomery, AL
as the guest speaker. They will meet
each evening at 7:00 PM.
The McCartha Drive congregation
will host a meeting November 11th –
16th. They will meet each evening at
7:00 PM, and Jeremy will speak on
Thursday, November 15th. Let’s all
try to attend these meetings!
“I Remember Elvis”
“You ain’t goin’ nowhere ... son. You ought to go back to drivin’ a truck.” These
were the “wise” words of Jim Denny, manager of the “Grand Ole Opry,” as he fired
Elvis Presley after his first performance on September 25, 1954. How could Denny
have been more wrong? The amazing popularity of Elvis Presley, even after his
death, is mind boggling. Has there ever been an entertainer who has had such
enduring popularity? Elvis has his fans among grandmothers and teenagers, and
everyone in between. He is the “King of Rock & Roll.”
I was living in Memphis, his hometown, at the time Elvis “died.” (Surveys show
that a sizable minority of people believe that Elvis is still around. I don’t believe he
is.) When Elvis was living, people often went to his Graceland estate, to try to catch
a glimpse of him. They also wrote messages on the walls outside, in the hope that
he would read them. Showing my brother some of the sights around Memphis one
afternoon, we stopped at Graceland. We amused ourselves by reading the messages
written on the walls. Most professed undying love and devotion to Elvis, or some
such sentiment. There was one message that really caught my eye however,
because it was decidedly different from the others.
This unusual message was perhaps more caring, and indicative of more real love
than the other messages. The message was short and simple. It merely said, “Elvis,
obey Acts 2:38.” I don’t know that he ever read the message. But the universal
gospel of deliverance preached by Peter and the other apostles on Pentecost almost
2,000 years ago is a gospel message that has no less urgency and applicability
today than it did when first given. When Peter said, “Repent, and be baptized every
one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38), he really did mean it. “Every one of
you” meant every one of them, and every one of us (including Elvis).
For those who obey Acts 2:38, "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and
not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8).
- Bob Prichard (Oxford, AL Church of Christ)
We are so glad that you are here with us today. Our service today will be to
praise and worship God and to encourage and uplift us to face another week in
this world. We will sing, pray, and meet around the Lord’s Table to remember
what our Savior did for us so long ago. We will also give of the many blessings
that God has given us to do the work He has given us to do. We will study from
His Word a lesson that will hopefully be applicable to your daily life. If there is
anything we can do to help you, then please let us know. If you are a visitor,
please fill out a visitor’s card or sign the guestbook in the front of the building so
that we have a record of your visit, and give us an opportunity to meet and
greet you after services.
Order of Services
November 4, 2012
Announcements
Song (#148) Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah
Song (#102) Fairest Lord Jesus
Opening Prayer
Contribution – (#159) I Gave My Life for Thee
Song (#449) Hallelujah, What A Savior!
Partake of the Lord’s Supper
Song (#446) We Praise Thee, O God
Message
Song (#683) Let Him Have His Way With Thee
Closing Prayer