SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER- IMPACT HOUSTON 2014

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1 ELDERS Curtis Burnett Bob Chambers Larry Cochran Craig Hayes Bob McNicol Scot Ruska David Wilkins DEACONS Rick Alcon Fred Bitting Steve Carman Doug Cleghorn Sam Dooley Keith Guerra Jim Guthrie, Sr. Dwight Marpel J. R. Marquez Wayne Moss Tony Ohlhausen Grant Thomas Camden White Jim White Kyle Whittenberg MINISTERS Walter Lane David Nestor Anthony Favors MISSIONS Patinya Thitathan Megk Srisuthum Thailand Bheki Mamba Swaziland African Christian College Swaziland Moses Dlamini Swaziland Wayne Sharp Yankton, South Dakota SPAGHETTI DINNER FUNDRAISER- IMPACT HOUSTON 2014 Saturday, May 31st, 2014 from 6-8 P.M. Silent Auction from 5:30-7:30 P.M. Cost is $15.00 for ALL tickets. All proceeds will go to Impact Houston Mission Trip to take place June 13th-21st, 2014 *Make all checks payable to Netherwood Park Church of Christ. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY 1st Service 8:30am Bible Class 10:00am 2nd Service 11:00am Evening 5:00 pm WEDNESDAY Bible Class 7:00 pm (Wonderful Wednesday) THURSDAY LADIES CLASS 9:30am web May 18, 2014 Vol. 46, No. 20 Welcome Good Morning Hello Pleased to have you with us These are the words we often hear as we come through the doors as we enter the house of worship each Sunday. (Or we expected to hear.) I want to say thanks to all our brothers and sisters who have been very faithful in greeting our members and guests each Sunday as they come in. Without them and others, people would not feel welcome. So please look around every Sunday and if you see someone you don t know just say I have not met you and give them your name, and ask are you a member or I have not met you before. This is not a very hard thing to do. We do it all the time in our daily life but, this is especially important when we greet each other and more important when we greet visitors to make them feel welcome in our services. I have had the privilege of being asked a few years ago, to organize greeters for our services. I would like to encourage you to think of becoming a greeter. It will allow you to meet more people and make them feel welcome. Our greeters are assigned to a team and do not serve more than one Sunday a month. We currently have five teams headed by a leader. Those who serve as leaders are: Nancy Clements, Maggie Frame, John Franklin, Pat Gay and Randy Dupuy. At the present time we are in great need of greeters to serve at the start of the second morning worship. They would only need to be at the doors fifteen minutes prior to the start of the service and stay at least fifteen minutes after the start of the service. So if you attend the second service, and would like to join the greeters of Netherwood, please contact me or one of the Team Leaders and tell them you would like to become a greeter. They can let me know, and I will see that you will be assigned to one of our great teams. In addition to greeters, we have a need to have people to assist Angie Carter with the Welcome Booth in the Lobby. I also want to encourage you to contact her so she can take a rest sometimes and also have someone to fill in when she is sick or wants to go out of town. So please give her your name. If you have any questions, please contact me and I will answer your questions. Again this is a very important part of our worship service. Fred Bitting That all may know we are disciples of Jesus Christ. John 13: 34-35

2 Responses We rejoice that Celeste Estrada was baptized on Sunday, May 11th. Helpers are needed for the nursery during Wednesday night services. See Tylitha Paden if you would like to help. VBS at Mountainside Church of Christ is June 2nd-4th. Look for registration forms at: upcoming-events/ Looking for a Bible Class? Check this one out. Why We Believe What We Believe taught by Britton Pruitt in the East Fellowship Hall We rejoice that Lawrence Mitchell was baptized on Sunday, May 11th. Netherwood News. For over 44 years we have served at-risk children in Albuquerque, New Mexico and we are looking for a married couple who are faithful members of the Church of Christ to come and work as Houseparents. Benefits included. If you are interested, send your cover letter of interest and your resume(s) addressed to our Executive Director, Everett White. Please send to the address: sroberson@acch4kids.org or look us up on our website: The Albuquerque Christian Children s Home needs your spare change. Please pick up a can from the display by the Children s Home bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall. Thank you for your support. The deadline to turn in your cans is Friday, May 30th. Children s Worship will be held during morning services today for children 2 years old through Kindergarten. The Singles Potluck is today following 2nd service in the Fellowship Hall. The Tuesday evening Ladies Bible Class is studying an overview of the Minor Prophets on Tuesdays in the Church Fellowship Hall at 5:30 pm. Any questions, please contact Kathryn Lewis or Kathy Dooley. Singles Bible Study is Thursday, May 22nd at 6:30PM at the home of Nancy Clements. The Singles will be going to Shelton Ranch for Memorial Weekend on May 23rd. See Nancy Clements or Laurel Wilkerson if you have any questions. The church office will be closed on Memorial Day, May 26th. Aluminum Recycling is Sunday, June 1st. Netherwood Park's Weird Animals VBS will take place Saturday, June 7th. Registration forms are available to be picked up in Journeyland. The Singles will be going out to lunch on Sunday, June 8th following 2nd service. See Laurel Wilkerson if you have any questions. Ladies of all ages are invited to coffee on Monday, June 9th at Flying Star on Wyoming and Paseo at 7:00PM. The Book Club is reading The Witness Wore Red by Rebecca Musser. We will meet in the Library on Friday, June 13th at 6:30PM. All Ladies are invited to The Glorieta Ladies Retreat from September 26th-28th in Glorieta, New Mexico. For more details look for the flyer on the bulletin board by the workroom. There are many people today that struggle with, "Why we believe what we believe about the Bible?" and "Why do we believe what the Bible says anyway?" This class will help answer some of the questions that are lingering in people's minds regarding God, Jesus and the Bible. We will also discuss the process of deductive reasoning to help us answer some of the tough questions we are faced with as Christians. Comments and suggestions for the elders can be ed to: elders@netherwoodpark.com THE RECORD 05/11/2014 1st Service 212 2nd Service 283 Total 495 Sunday Bible Class 299 Wednesday Evening 117 Ladies Class 20 Contribution $13,905 Budget $14,100 YTD Contribution $633,049 (7/1/13) YTD Budget $644,440 (7/1/13)

3 Prayer Requests Order of Worship Sympathy Pray for Moses Dlamini who s sister passed away. He is one of our missionaries in Swaziland. Sick Joel Miller is sick. Cheri Miller is dealing with ear issues and is scheduled to see a neurologist and a heart doctor to determine the cause. Danny Coleman is still sick with pneumonia. Doug Buck has been diagnosed with three malignant tumors in his brain. He is in HealthSouth Rehab Hospital Room 120. He can have visitors, however, it would be best to go after 3:00PM due to his therapy schedule. Bud Alexander is awaiting results from CAT and PET scans that he had on the 15th. Ron Bland is dealing with neck pain. Carrie Candelaria s father, Paul Barnum, had a possible TIA. Jaden Reynolds has croup. Kylie Patton is scheduled to see a renal specialist. Daniel Saathoff is dealing with medical issues. Pray for Cantrell Mosley as she goes through her cancer treatments. Pray for Jana Hunt as she goes through her cancer treatments. Pray for Teresa Saathoff as she goes through her cancer treatments. Pray for Sylvia Strickland as she undergoes dialysis three times a week. Prayers Pray for all those who are traveling. Remember Courtney Rohrer, Evan Beach, Eric Cole, Shane Wilkerson, Joseph Allred and all our troops and their families. Thank You... My special thanks to Sheila, Patricia, Jan, and Jacob for being with LaNell during my knee surgery. Thank you all for your prayers, visits, calls, and cards it is encouraging to know you are concerned and supportive. I look forward to being outand-about and it seems I will miss no stage of recovery. Dave Wilkins May 18, He Has Made Me Glad Welcome Psalm Hear, O Israel Prayer 387 Tell Me the Story of Jesus 431 Break Thou the Bread of Life Lord s Supper/Offering 560 Living By Faith 432 How Shall the Young Secure Their Hearts? Scripture Reading Sermon: David Nestor 450 Give Me the Bible Announcements The Elders are in room 104 for those who would like to respond privately. Closing Prayer Sunday Evening at 5:00PM

4 The Implanted Word James 1:18-27 A. --- of the Word * The to bring about the new birth * When the word is in our lives and working B. _ the Word * does not end at the new birth * Avoid developing * Spend more time * A bad temper C. _ the word * for reception * Make to receive the word D. the Word * There is no benefit from only God s word. (J.J. Turner) * Exhibiting yourself as a doer pictures * Each one of us has a responsibility to E. in the word * Continuing in the word means more than (Luke 24:12; John 20:5, 11) * Verses 26-27: Lessons: 1. Listen to in His word 2. Spend time * The consequence of not doing this is

5 Wednesday, May 21st, 2014 Read John 11:45-53 and consider how the responses or the religious leaders including Caiaphas testify about who they say Jesus is. How are you similar to the religious leaders? How are you unlike the religious leaders? What is God saying to you in this passage? What are you going to do about it? Thursday, May 22nd, 2014 Read Mark 2:1-5 and consider what the actions of the men who brought the paralytic to Jesus said about who they thought Jesus was. In what ways do we need to be more like these men? Spend five minutes in silent meditation about who you believe Jesus is. Friday, May 23rd, 2014 Read Mark 8:27-37 and consider what Peter s response/ confession indicated about who he believed Jesus to be. How does your life echo Peter s confession? In what ways does your life not resemble the confession of Peter? Pray about these things today. Saturday, May 24th, 2014 Reread Mark 8: What is God saying to you in this passage? How are you going to respond? May 18, 2014 Netherwood Park Small Group Questions Intro Question 1. What is your reaction when you are around people who do the very things they tell others not to? Read aloud James 1: Why must we get rid of moral filth and evil in our lives before the word can be planted (deeply rooted) in us? How can we successfully weed out moral filth and evil from our lives? 2. Why is it so common for Christians to hear the word frequently but only infrequently (or selectively) do what it says? What can we do to help each other be more consistent doers of the word? 3. Why is the inability to control what comes out of our mouths such a good gage of our true spiritual life? What suggestions would you give to someone struggling with this problem? Application James cites taking care of distressed orphans and widows as evidence of pure religion: do you believe he intended that as an exhaustive list? Why or why not? If not, what behaviors do you believe could be added to the list today? Why?

6 Face to Face with Jesus: Who Am I? This Sunday will begin a new series entitled Face to Face with Jesus. In this series, we will look at different encounters that Jesus had with various people and see what these encounters tell us about Jesus and what these encounters tell us about who we are. This week, we will look at Jesus encounter with Peter when Peter confesses Jesus as the Christ. (Walter Lane) Monday, May 19th, 2014 Read Luke 9:18-20 and consider why Jesus asked His disciples this first question about who people said that He was. Didn t He already know? Why was this such an important question to Jesus? Why did Jesus ask His disciples who they thought He was? Wasn t the fact that they were already following Him a very clear indicator of who they thought He was? Pray today that you would understand the importance of daily being able to answer the question that Jesus asked His disciples about Himself. Who do you say that I am? Tuesday, May 20th, 2014 Read John 12:42-43 and consider how the actions of the religious leaders very clearly stated what they believed about who Jesus was outside of their belief in Him? Consider today the proclamations that you make about your faith in Jesus versus your actions in the name of Jesus. Do they match up or are there large disconnections between the two? Pray about these things today.