Assignments
Morning Worship*
Announcements
Song Leader
Prayer
Preside @ Table
Assisting
Assisting
Assisting
Prayer
Today
Anthony
Clubb
Caples
Kent
Wertz, E
Marbury
Medina
Gauvin
Next Week
Kowa
Dennis
Davidson
Comeaux
Wertz, T
Anthony, P
Dykman
Merritt
Evening Worship*
Announcements
Song Leader
Prayer
Communion/Prayer
Anthony
Clubb
Caples
Kent
Kowa
Dennis
Davidson
Comeaux
Evening Worship*
Announcements
Song Leader
Invitation
Prayer
Anthony
Dykman
Dennis
Wertz, T
Special Days
Dennis
Kowa
Dennis
Anthony, E
Gauvin
Neal
5
Jesse Okiyi
5
Marilyn Kent
6
Joe Bilbrey
8
Christine Comeaux
10
Roger Merritt
13
Marion Hall
23
Christine Liddell
27
Sue Bilbrey
30
WOODBRIDGE
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Happy Anniversary May!
Wayne and Kennetha Marbury
5
Joe and Lasha Dennis
6
Brian and Marilyn Kent
8
Lenny and Linda Skutnik
14
13815 Surrey Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22191
703-494-5721
a Crow
May 6, 2012
Bible Readings
*** Brothers: If you are serving, please meet in the foyer
five minutes prior to services. If you are not
able to serve at a particular service contact
Tim Wertz at 703-878-7695.
May
June
July
Prepare Communion
Wertz, E.
White
TBD
Lockup
Happy Birthday May!
Doris Williams
4
Travis Barrett
TBD
May 6: Ps 89/96/100-101/105/132
May 7: 2Sam 7; 1Chron 17
May 8: Ps 25/29/33/36/39
May 9: 2Sam 8-9; 1Chron 18
May 10: Ps 50/53/60/75
May 11: 2Sam10; 1Chron 19; Ps 20
May 12: Ps 65-67/69-70
Elders
Eric Anthony
Dale Kowa Michael Neal
Charles Swabb
Ed Wiggins
Deacons
Glen Clubb
Joe Dennis
Lee Porter
Niles Wedge
Tim Wertz
Minister
Ernie Maiwald
Reminders
Please take a moment each week to look over this list, to keep
abreast of activities of the congregation.
Mens Breakfast
5/12
8:00
OCB
Elders/Deacons/Prch’r Mtg 5/12
9:30
Building
Helpful Email Addresses:
Church: www.woodbridgechurchofchrist.com
Minister: preacher@WoodbridgeChurchofChrist.com
Bulletin: grace1faith2@msn.com
Assignment scheduling changes: secmom3@verizon.net
You Took My Parking Space, cont’d
Later as the congregation prayed, the visitor stood up,
and his appearance began to change. Horrible scars
became visible on his hands and on his feet. Someone
from the congregation noticed him and called out,
“What happened to you?” The visitor replied, as his hat
became a crown of thorns, and a tear fell from his eye,
“I took your place…”
S
Services
Sunday Morning Bible Study
9:30 am
Sunday Morning Worship
10:30 am
Sunday Evening Worship
6:00 pm
Wednesday Bible Study
7:30 pm
The Woodbridge elders recommend the following
Bible translations for our public worship and study:
King James Version, New King James Version and
American Standard Version, 1901
For our Prayers-May 6, 2012
WHY IS AUTHORITY SO IMPORTANT?
Welcome, Visitors!
Thank you for coming to worship with us today. You are
our honored guests. We are a Bible church with Bible aims
relying on God’s word as our only authority We invite you
to join us in worshipping through:
o singing (Eph 5:19)
o praying (I Tim 2:1-2)
o studying (II Tim 4:2 )
o giving (I Cor 16:2)
o remembering our Lord’s sacrifice through
communion (Acts 20:7).
We want to have a record of your visit. Please complete
the visitor’s card that is in the pew before you and place it in
the collection basket or hand it to one of our members.
If we can be of service to you, in any way, please let us
know. And please visit with us again soon. We look
forward to seeing you.
You Took My Parking Space
One day, a man went to visit a congregation. He got
there early, parked his car and got out. Another car
pulled up and the driver got out and said, “I always park
there! You took my place!
The visitor went inside for Sunday school, found an
empty seat and sat down. A young lady approached him
and stated, “That’s my seat! You took my place!” The
visitor was somewhat distressed by this rude welcome,
but said nothing
After Sunday school, the visitor went into the
auditorium and sat down. Another member walked up
to him and said, “That’s where I always sit! You took
my place!” The visitor was even more troubled by this,
but still he said nothing.
Cont’d on back
Brethren, the scriptures are replete with the expressions
of authority or as said in the scriptures "thus says the Lord." As a
rule, such language came from the prophets who were enforcing
and/or revealing the will of God. Jeremiah wrote, "Hear the word
which the Lord speaks to you...Thus says the Lord..." (Jeremiah
10:1-2).
The New Testament is no different, in that it also
requires the recognition of God's authority or what God has said
(1 Thessalonians 5:21; Galatians 1:6-10; 2 John 9-11). Requisite
authority is also indicative of the singularity of God's dealing
with man (cf. Ephesians 4: 3-6; Jude 3). God expressed His will
in three ways to man, by direct command (Acts 2:38), approved
example (Acts 20:7), and necessary inference (Matthew 22:32).
If our religious beliefs and practices are not authorized by direct
command, approved example, or necessary inference, they are
unauthorized and constitute lawlessness (see Matthew7:21-29).
The God of the Bible hates confusion and disorder (1
Corinthians 14:33). While He is a loving God, He is also strict (1
John 4:8; Romans 11:22). God requires our total love (Matthew
22:37). Involved in man's love of God is the keeping of God's
commandments (authority, 1 John 5:3). Those who do not obey,
that is recognize God's infinite authority, are stating with their
actions that they do not love God (John 14:15, 23-24). These are
just a few apparent reasons God views authority as important.
Brethren, the religious world at large has abandoned any
semblance of respect for the authority of God. Authority and
Lordship are tantamount (Luke 6: 46).
Ernie
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Catie Wordham will graduate from Northern Virginia
Community College next week with an Associates
Degree. She has been accepted to James Madison
University to study Dietetics and Nutritional Sciences
beginning this fall.
 Continued Prayers:
 Joe Bilbrey is in the VA Nursing Home in
Washington, D.C. He is enjoys receiving visitors and
cards
 Katie Wedges aunt (intestinal/kidney problems)
 Dorothy Ellis, Lasha Dennis’ grandmother (fall)
 Charles Nichols (speech and physical Therapy)
 Sid Hooks, Ernie’s aunt (stomach cancer)
 Ray Webb, Melissa Davidson’s father (Parkinson)
 Lenny Skutnik, (Crohn’s Disease)
 Sharon Ragan, Bobbie Girard’s daughter (Crohn’s)
 Joseph Comeaux, Perry Comeaux’s father (heart)
 OT Martin (Ernie’s dad)
 Jennie Cribb, Alwilda Merritt’s sister (post-polio
synd, COPD)
 Wayne Cribb, Alwilda’s nephew (Prostate cancer)
 Adrienne (cancer) and Harry (Parkinson’s) Sweet,
friends of Lee and Denise Porter
 The men and women who are serving in harm’s way
throughout the world, away from their loved
Our young adults who are in college, home and
away:
Trenda Maiwald (Art Institute of Washington)
Mandie Neal (PT Doctorate),
Catie Wordham (NOVA then JMU in the Fall)
Special Request:
There are brothers and sisters who need the prayers of
the congregation, as they undergo the misfortunes
of life. Please remember to include these nameless
ones when you petition God with other cares.
Continued prayers for our members:
Marjorie Kowa
Colleen Wertz
Christine Liddell
Betty Perez
James Roberson
Bobbie Girard
Sue Bilbrey
Joe Bilbrey
Katherine Wertz
Patty Wiggins
Alwilda Merritt
Deb Neal
Will Davis
Ed Wiggins