Assignments
Morning Worship*
Announcements
Song Leader
Prayer
Preside @ Table
Assisting
Assisting
Assisting
Prayer
Evening Worship*
Announcements
Song Leader
Prayer
Communion/Prayer
Special Days
Today
Next Week
Neal, M
Dennis
Caples
Kent
Porter
Wedge
Wertz
Clubb
Anthony, E
Wertz
Comeaux
Lake
Anthony, P
Caples
Clubb
Dennis
Neal, M
Dennis
Caples
Wedge
Anthony, E
Wertz
Dennis
Lake
Midweek Bible Study *
Announcements
Neal, M
Anthony, E
Song Leader
Dennis
Various
Invitation
Anthony, E
Dennis
Prayer
Caples
Comeaux
*** 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.
Aug
Sept
Oct
Prepare Communion
Wedge
TBD
TBD
Lockup
Neal
TBD
TBD
Reminders
Please take a moment each week to look over this list, to keep
abreast of activities of the congregation.
Ladies’ Breakfast
Sat 9/3
9:30 am
OCB
Men’s Breakfast
Sat 3/10
8:00 am
OCB
Elder/Deacon/Pr’cher Mtg
Sat 3/10
9:30 am
Building
Helpful Email Addresses:
Church: www.woodbridgechurchofchrist.com
Minister: preacher@WoodbridgeChurchofChrist.com
Bulletin: grace1faith2@msn.com
Assignment scheduling changes: secmom3@verizon.net
Happy Birthday August!
Roger Eliot
29
Olena Gauvin
WOODBRIDGE
CHURCH OF CHRIST
31
Happy Anniversary August!
Wilbert and Nancy Davis
22
Ernie and Melissa Maiwald
26
Happy Birthday September!
Alonzo Carr
2
Kaitlyn Ramos
7
Beatrice Okiyi
9
Rosalyn Brown
12
Robert Lake
14
Lee Porter
15
Marshal Maiwald
18
Elder Ramos
21
Glenn Clubb
25
Denise Porter
27
Christopher Neal
29
13815 Surrey Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22191
703-494-5721
Happy Anniversary September!
Niles and Katie Wedge
9
Elder and Kaitlyn Ramos
14
Joe and Sue Bilbrey
21
Daily Bible Readings
Aug 21
Jer 41-45
Aug 22
Jer 46-48
Aug 23
Jer 49-50
Aug 24
Jer 51-52
Aug 25
Lam 1:1-3:36
Aug 26
Lam 3:37-5:22
Aug 27
Ezek 1-4
A Few Inspirational Quotes
 Make time for the quiet moment, for God
whispers and the world is loud.
 Don’t let the thought of defeat itself, defeat
you.
 Often times in life you will wake up in a dark
place. It’s up to you to turn on the light.
 Calm seas don’t make skilled sailors.
Aug 21, 2011
Elders
Eric Anthony Dale Kowa Michael Neal
Charles Swabb
Ed Wiggins
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Deacons
Joe Dennis
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
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.
Recipe Deadline!
The deadline for recipes for the 4th edition of our church
cookbook is:
Wednesday, August 24!
This seems a short time but we need to get the book mailed
off right away if we are to get books back in time for
holiday gifts.
Please give your recipes to Patty Wiggins, Gayle Swabb ,
Karla Anthony or Melissa Maiwald this morning/evening or
Wednesday night. You can also email recipes to Patty at:
grace1faith2@msn.com . It would be nice to have at least
one recipe from every family. (We have many recipes
from past members.)
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
IMMERSED
Last week we looked at the word Baptism and that if one wants to
be saved they have to be baptized without question. However a question
asked by many. Are we to be immersed in water or is sprinkling or pouring
enough as many religions practice? Well let’s look to the scriptures and
see what we read.
Once again there is no question when one looks to the Word of
God; NewTestament baptism was always an immersion in water. The
Greek word for “baptism” (batisma) clearly means to immerse or to
plunge. There is no other meaning to be found anywhere in the Greek. It
consists of the process “of immersion, submersion, and emergence” (Vines
Complete Expository Dictionary, pg. 50). All reputable sources, without
exception, give immersion as the common and primary sense of the word.
There is no indication whatsoever that sprinkling or pouring was practiced
in the early church.
Baptism was always a burial. Notice the words of Paul “Therefore
we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ
was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also
should walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4) and “buried with Him in
baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the
working of God, who raised Him from the dead” (Colossians 2:12). Now
think about this, just as a dead body is completely buried in dirt, the person
that is to be baptized is also to be completely buried in water.
Think about John. He baptized many people in Aenon. The
bible is very clear why he chose this place. “Now John also was baptizing
in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there and they came
and were baptized” (John 3:23). This verse confirms for all that baptism
was an immersion in water. Sprinkling and pouring for baptism could have
been done anywhere whether there was much water or not. So one may ask
where did sprinkling and pouring come from if it is not found in the bible.
The answer is very simple from men after the completion of the New
Testament, Men decided on their own that sprinkling and pouring was
sufficient even though Christ never authorized it.
Brethren, I am sure that everyone would agree that the dead are
buried, not the living. However many denominational churches
erroneously teach that those being baptized are already alive spiritually
(i.e., saved). Therefore they bury living people! The truth is, however, we
are buried in the watery grave of baptism dead in sin and rise up and made
alive (Colossians 2:13). Are you saved in the way Jesus prescribed? That is
the one and only way, immersed in water washing away your sins.
Ernie
For our Prayers-Aug.14 2011
Update:
 Ernie’s grandmother has been moved from rehab to a nursing
facility.
Continued Prayers:
Lenny Skutnik, Crohn’s Disease
Sharon Ragan, Crohn’s Disease
Paul Dykman, Russell’s father
Mark Caples, post surgery
Joseph Comeaux, Perry Comeaux’s father (heart)
Vilet McDorno, friend of Olena Gauvin (stroke)
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
 Those who serving in harm’s way throughout the world.
 Our young adults who are in college, home and
away: Trenda Maiwald
Mandie Neal (PT Doctorate)
Philip Anthony (fire fighter training)
Catie Wordham
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Special Request:
Remember those who are in need of prayer but do not
wish to share their difficulties in a public way.
Continued prayers for our members:
Marjorie Kowa
Alwilda Merritt
Deb Neal
Peggy Shields
James Roberson
Bobbie Girard
Colleen Wertz
Christine Liddell
Betty Perez
Patty Wiggins
Will Davis
Sue Bilbrey
Joe Bilbrey
Katherine Wertz
Ed Wiggins
Pray for Those Who Serve this Church:
Elders, Deacons, Minister, Teachers and Song Leaders
Note: Remember their families also. Each of the above
need the support of their families to help them perform
their duties and obligations to the congregation to the
best of their abilities.
Special Prayer Request:
 This coming week-end there will be many of our number
Traveling: Pray for their safe return
 School starts next week. Pray for our young people who
will begin their studies. There are many negative factors
in our schools these days. Our young people will need to
stand firm against them. Prayers will enable them to stay
true to the standards we have set for them.