PARTICIPATING IN WORSHIP SERVICES
Week of February 26th
AM:
SCRIPTURE READERPASSAGESONG LEADERFIRST PRAYERSERMONLORD’S TABLE-
“Where families build eternal homes”
February 26, 2012
LORD’S SUPPER PASSAGECOLLECTION PASSAGECLOSING PRAYER-
Lee Kelley
John 1.1-18
Tim Hamrick
Jonathan Smalley
“He Whom Betrayed Him”
Don Horne, Sam Dabbs
Jos Stringfellow, Tommy Dennis
Brian Kelley, Brad Stringfellow
Gen 22.1-10; Luke 22.17-20
2 Cor 8.1-7
Kolby Taylor
PM:
SCRIPTURE READER
PASSAGELORD’S TABLESONG LEADERFIRST PRAYERSERMONCLOSING PRAYER-
Lee Kelley
Isa 44.24-28
Don Horne, Sam Dabbs
Bill Perkins
Amos Rowe
Don’t Bet On It
Greg Bradley
WEDNESDAY:
SONG LEADERFIRST PRAYERINVITATIONCLOSING PRAYER-
Singing
Dale Hyman
Buc Chumbley
Alan Gill
MONTLY DUTIES:
SUNDAY ANNOUNCEMENTSWED. ANNOUNCEMENTSPOWER POINTDEACON IN BACKBUILDING LOCKUP-
Amos Rowe
Johnny Smalley
Michael Merritt
Keith Taylor
Sam Dabbs
Buc Chumbley cell-
Hueytown Church of Christ
256-777-1065 buchumbley@aol.com
Dial-a-Bible-moment 205- 491-5172
Stopping the Clock
“The marriage day was fixed, the wedding dresses were bought, the wedding tour
was planned out, the wedding guests were invited. The day came, but not the
bridegroom. He wrote a letter—’ ‘Which she received,’ I stuck in, ‘when she was
dressing for her marriage? At twenty minutes to nine?’ ‘At the hour and minute,’
said Herbert, nodding, ‘at which she afterwards stopped all the clocks. What was
in it, further than that it most heartlessly broke the marriage off, I can’t tell you,
because I don’t know. When she recovered from a bad illness that she had, she laid
the whole place waste, as you have seen it, and she has never since looked upon the
light of day.’
This excerpt comes from the classic novel, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.
One of the strengths of this was novel was Dickens ability to express the emotions
his characters were experiencing at a particular time. This is especially true when it
comes to Miss Havisham. It was on her wedding day that Miss Havisham learns
that she has been jilted by her fiancé, Campeyson. Her reaction to this terrible
shock was to literally stop the clock of her life. She stopped living. She closed all
the drapes to her home so that daylight could not enter the house. She never took
off the dress that was meant for her wedding. For the next fifty years she would
live in emotional ruin.
I’ve never known anyone to literally react the way Miss Havisham did. But I have
known people who have, in one way or another stop the clock in their life. People
who have had terrible things happen in their lives and their reaction to it was too
stop living.
The Bible speaks of one such person, Jacob. In Genesis 37.34-35 when Jacob was
told that his beloved son Joseph had been torn apart by a wild animal the divine
text says, “Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned
for his son many days. 35 And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort
him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the
grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.” Jacob was
determined to stop living and spend the rest of his years mourning for his son.
The Psalmist writes “The LORD is near to those who have a broken heart, And
saves such as have a contrite spirit.” When there is a God who can “make us to lie
down in green pastures” even after we have received a terrible blow, isn’t it
foolish to stop the clock and waste away our lives?
Buc
FAMILY NEWS
We are saddened- following the death of our friend and brother
Rusty Brassell this past week. Our sympathy and love is extended to
Linda and the children and Mrs. Ward.
Lee Dunn is in UAB-West Room 516 suffering with her feet and legs
bleeding due to blood sugar and blood thinner issues. She will go to
rehab facility early next week to gain strength and learn to walk again.
Macon Horne had a CAT scan yesterday to make sure things were
still progressing well after his surgery. He will receive the results this
Monday. If things look good from the CAT scan, Macon will have
hernia surgery this coming Thursday
Valerine Edmonds is battling macular degeneration and had a shot in
her eye on Friday.
Karen Christian is back at her home as of Thursday and the knee
therapy continues.
Rose Brown will have knee replacement surgery on March 27. The
family is making plans for Luther’s care while Rose is in the hospital
and during her rehab and therapy.
Carl Webb visited his Parkinson’s doctor on Thursday and nothing
new was determined
ELDERS CORNER
Learning To Lead and Learning To Serve will meet after services tonight
The younger children will have their Singing and Drill Class tonight also.
We will have a Devotional after services on Sunday March 4.
On Sunday March 11 (the day DST time changes), Joe Brooks from Athens
will be conducting Song Leading
Class @ 4 PM, we will Sing @ 5 PM and Worship @ 6 PM.
Brother Brooks will return Sunday March 25 and we will follow that same
schedule.
On Sunday April 1 our Gospel Meeting will begin with Kenny Chumbley
speaking @ 9:30 and 10:30 and 3:00.
Then we will Sing @ 4:00.
Brother Brooks visits are in response to requests from the Song Leaders and
to extend the Learning to Lead Class for the younger men and to also
Encourage us as a congregation to more fully participate in our Praise to the
Lord!
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SUGGESTIONS FOR DEACONS
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Remember: Tina Hicks, Lee Dunn, Jewell Henson, Sue Farr, Jack
& Jean Baughn, Luther & Rose Brown, Beulah Henslee, Valerine
Edmonds, Velma Whitehead, Denise Dunn, Laura Jean Phillips,
Thelma Mitchell and Bertha Gaut in their ongoing health issues.
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Learning to Lead and Learning to Serve Classes- will meet tonight
There will be a devotional on March 4
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Web site: on the Hueytown Web Site (hueytownchurchofchrist.org)
under the Resources tab there is a tab entitled Building Maintenance
Tasks. This tab lists all the repairs around the building and annex
which currently need to be completed. Please check this tab to see if
there is anything you could help complete.
Cahaba Heights meeting with Gary Henry Feb 26-29 @ 7 PM.
Remember- Sunday evening service change on March 11 at 6:00
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THEME FOR FEBRUARY FROM THE PROVERBS
supressing anger
MEMORY VERSE FOR THE WEEK
Proverbs 22.8 “He who sows iniquity will reap sorrow, And the
rod of his anger will fail.”
February Servant of the Month
Bill Bynum