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