MORNING WORSHIP*
Today
Neal
Wertz
Czarnowsky
S. Thompson
Lake
White
Smith
Wedge
Announcements
Song Leader
Prayer
Preside @ table
Assisting
Assisting
Assisting
Prayer
Next Week
Kowa
Long
S. Thompson
Wertz
Caples
Wedge
J. Thompson
Kent
EVENING WORSHIP*
Announcements
Song Leader
Prayer
Communion/ Prayer
Neal
Wertz
Czarnowsky
S. Thompson
WEDNESDAY BIBLE STUDY*
Announcements
Song Leader
Invitation
Prayer
Neal
Wertz
E. Anthony
P. Anthony
****Brothers: If you cannot serve please contact a
Deacon or an elder by Saturday evening.
If you are serving, please meet in the foyer
five minutes prior to services.
Prepare Communion
Lockup
August
Wedge
White
September
Lake
Wertz
October
Maiwald
Anthony
Reminders
Please take a moment each week to look over this list, to keep
abreast of activities of the congregation.
Ladies’ Breakfast
Sat. 9/5
9:00 am
OC Buffet
Men’s Breakfast
Sat 9/12 8:00 am
OC Buffet
Elder/Deacon Mtg
Sat 9/12 9:30 am
Building
Helpful Email Addresses:
Church: www.woodbridgechurchofchrist.com
Minister: preacher@WoodbridgeChurchofChrist.com
Bulletin: grace1faith2@msn.com (for the next two
weeks please call Karla Anthony-703-590-4688
to place items in the bulletin)
WOODBRIDGE
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Special Days
August
Happy Birthday!
Roger Elliot
29
Chelsea Long
29
Steve Keen
30
Oleana Gauvin
31
Ametha Carr
31
Happy Anniversary!
Wilbert and Nancy Davis
22
Ernie and Melissa Maiwald
26
Suggested Daily Bible Reading for
Last Week (Due to Bulletin Error)
Sunday
Aug 9
Isa 54-58
Monday
Aug 10
Isa 59-63
Tuesday
Aug 11
Isa 64-66
Wednesday Aug 12
Jer 1-3
Thursday
Aug 13
Jer 4-6
Friday
Aug 14
Jer 7-9
Saturday
Aug 15
Jer 10-13
Suggested Daily Bible Reading
For This Week
Sunday
Aug 16
Jer 14-17
Monday
Aug 17
Jer 18-22
Tuesday
Aug 18
Jer 23-25
Wednesday Aug 19
Jer 26-29
Thursday
Aug 20
Jer 30-31
Friday
Aug 21
Jer 32-34
Saturday
Aug 22
Jer 35-37
Important Safety Notice
Teachers: After using the space ehaters in your classrooms
downstairs, in winter as well as the summer when the air
conditioning is too cold, please remember to turn off and unplug
the heaters after each use.
Men who lockup: Please double check to see that these heaters
are unplugged.
13815 Surrey Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22191
703-494-5721
Aug 16, 2009
Elders
Eric Anthony Dale Kowa Michael Neal
Charles Swabb
Ed Wiggins
Deacons
James Long Tim Wertz
Minister
Ernie Maiwald
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
God Desires People Who Are Optimists
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.
Good News
The elders are happy to announce that the Dennis
family, Joe and Lesha, with children Shannon, Jessica
and Caleb, wish to place themselves under the oversight
of the elders here at Woodbridge. This is happy news
indeed. Please make this addition to your directory:
18300 Johnson Rd.
Triangle VA 22172
Be sure to greet them this morning.
Joe is in the Air Force.
Thank You Notes to:
1. Katherine Wertz-for the lovely flower
arrangements in the auditorium/foyer.
2. Ernie and Melissa Maiwald-for the
renovation of the sign at the entrance to the
building property. (Be sure to notice the
sign as you leave the property.)
We have all heard the question “is the glass half empty or half
full?” An optimist will say it is half full while a pessimist will say
it is half empty. Let me tell you about two friends, one was an
optimist the other a pessimist. The optimist asked the pessimist,
“isn’t this a bright sunny day?” The pessimist replied, “Yes, but if
this heat spell doesn’t stop soon, all the grass will burn up.”
Two days later, the optimist asked the pessimist “isn’t this
rain wonderful?” The pessimist replied, “Well if it doesn’t stop
soon, my garden will wash away.” The next day, the optimist
invited the pessimist to go duck hunting. The optimist wanted to
show off his new registered hunting dog that could do things
that no other dog could. The pessimist looked at the dog and
said “looks like a mutt to me.”
At that moment, a flock of ducks flew over. The optimist shot
one of the ducks and it fell into the middle of the lake. He
snapped his fingers and his new dog ran after the duck. The dog
ran on the water, picked up the duck, and ran back on the water.
The optimist took the duck from the dog’s mouth, turned to the
pessimist and asked, “What do you think of my dog now?” The
pessimist replied, “Dumb dog—can’t even swim!”
Brethren, this story reminds me of a biblical story. When the
soldiers of Israel saw the giant Goliath, they thought to
themselves, “He is so big that we can never kill him.” In fact in 1
Samuel 17:11, 24 we read “…they were dismayed and greatly
afraid.”…when they saw the man, they fled from him, and were
sore afraid.” That was pessimism at its best. When David saw
Goliath, he thought to himself, “He is so big that I cannot miss
him.” David said these great words to Saul “Let no man’s heart
fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this
Philistine” (1 Samuel 17:32). Optimism at its best, David knew that
with God no one could lose. With God in your life the only way to
live is as an optimist.
Ernie
New
For Our Prayers-Aug 16, 2009
 Idalia Long’s mother is not doing well and is in critical
need of prayers
 Sue Bilbrey fell last week while gardening but a trip
to the ER showed that she was not injured.
 Coleen Wertz is undergoing medical tests.
Continued Prayers:
 Coleen Wertz’ mother
 Kay Bradley (Roger Merritt’s sister)
 The Wertz family
Continued Prayers:
 Those who are protecting our country, serving in
harm’s way all over the world
 The leaders of our nation, and all nations around
the world, that peace may prevail
Special Request:
There may be those who are in need of prayer but do not
wish to share their difficulties in a public way. Please
remember these nameless ones.
Continued prayers for our members:
Marjorie Kowa
Bobbie Girard
Will Davis
Alwilda Merritt
Colleen Wertz
Sue Bilbrey
Christine Liddell
Steven Dalton
Deb Neal
Peggy Shields
Katherine Wertz Betty Perez
James Roberson
Naomi Hunt
Bible Poser
What do the jewels jasper, sapphire, chalcedony,
emerald, sardonyx, sardius, chrysolite, beryl, topaz,
chrysoprasus, jacinth and amethyst represent?
Last Week’s Answer
What animal did Goliath compare himself to when
he saw David approaching him?
A dog (I Samuel 17:43)
[Answer for August 9
The one chapter Old Testament book is Obadiah.]
Notice
Last week’s bulletin had many errors in assignments,
Bible readings and Poser question and answers. Please
accept apologies for this. (With this week the bulletin
will try to correct that and should be back on track.)