September 16, 2018; Volume 95, Number 37 SAVAGE STREET Church of Christ Our History: The Savage Street Church of Christ began on March 4, 1923 at 6th and H Streets. After sometime on Evelyn Street, we moved to our present location on March 20, 1960. Join us in 2023 when we celebrate our 100th anniversary! When Someone Offends You 10:30 service Jesus Increases As We Decrease Jesus Is Above All John 3.22 36 Page 1 6:00 Service The Goodness and Pleasantness of Unity With unity we can have our cake and eat it too! Psalm 133
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A Study of Atheism OCTOBER 19 @ 7:00 PM, THE 20TH @ 4:00 PM, THE 21ST @ 9:30 AM GUEST SPEAKER: RALPH GILMORE CHURCH OF CHRIST, 220 NE SAVAGE STREET, GRANTS PASS, OREGON 97526 541-476-3100 GrantsPassCofC@icloud.com GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com Page 4
PRAYERS: Pray that Desiree Davis and her family will find a place to rent. Pray for our Bible Teachers. Pray for our seminar that lot's of people from the community will come. Prayers of thanks about those who are hosting and putting so much effort into a day for our youth on Spectacular Saturday. What a huge blessing to our kids!! Pray for Botham Jean's family and friends. Botham Jean was a song leader at the Dallas West Church of Christ who was shot by the police by mistake. Pray that more families will come worship with us and become part of the Savage Street Family. Pray that babies and children will fill our classrooms. OTHER NEWS CALENDAR: September Activities: 26th: Singing 30th: Potluck 29th: Spectacular Saturday Youth Event October Activities: 19th-21st: Seminar 28th: Potluck 31st: Singing Pray for these caretakers and the shut-ins: Phil Friesen as he cares for Diana Jean Parker as she cares for Elzie Glenda Brazil as she cares for Mildred Jack Collier as he cares for Marie Cliff & Eve Hanson If you would like to receive the bulletin as a PDF, please see Rebekah Calvert. If you would like to have your announcement run in our bulletin, please place it on the secretary s desk before Friday morning or email it to Rebekah Calvert: Novesker@gmail.com If you would like a CD with any recorded sermons or adult classes please see Don. Spectacular Saturday Less than 2 weeks until Spectacular Saturday! It's not too late to invite some friends! Here are a couple other ways you can help out! 1) Sign up in the back foyer for needed food items. See Traci Peugh with food- related questions. 2) We're in need of some orange construction cones. Could you lend any? 3) Continue making those flour bombs! 4) We still need sofa pillows, sheer fabric material, water balloons, and 70s decor! THANK YOU! Foyer Bulletin Board There are seminars and other events going on outside of Josephine County hosted by other congregations. If you are interested the fliers are on the foyer bulletin board. 2018 Contribution Open & Close Building September Greeters Card Collectors Meet with elders & preacher The elders and Weekly Average... 3,277 Last Week September 9,... 2,680 Total After 36 Weeks... 117,972 September 16: Larry & Diane September 23: Gene Tomlinson Rebekah Calvert Jacob Noveske Billy Henshall preacher have regular meetings. You may come Mondays at 1:30 PM to Don s office. Call first. Or they can meet with at another time. Page 3
RUHL S RULES Doing Good Works: Take the visiting preacher out to eat. Forgiving vs Revenge Better to forgive and forget than to revenge and regret. Gene Miller First Official Act of the Continental Congress September 6, 1774, the Continental Congress made its first official act. The delegates had assembled in Philadelphia a day earlier and elected Peyton Randolph their president. Now they considered a motion by Thomas Cushing, a delegate from Massachusetts, that the daily sessions be opened with prayer. John Jay (a Congregationalist) and Mr. Rutledge of South Carolina opposed the idea, saying there were too many religious differences among the colonists for them to join in the same worship. Samuel Adams, also a Congregationalist, arose and said that he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from any gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his country. He suggested Jacob Duché, a highly respected Protestant Episcopalian. Since southerners considered the New England Protestants to be radicals, this was a wise move, as the Episcopalians were well established in OUR SHEPHERDS: Wayne Duncan Dan Calvert OUR PREACHER: Don Ruhl OUR DEACONS: Gene Tomlinson Michael Crisp, Jr. Carl Peugh OUR SONG LEADERS: Larry Amberg Phil Joseph OUR WEB SITE: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com CONTACT INFORMATION: 220 NE Savage Street Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 541-476-3100 GrantsPassCofC@iCloud.com WORSHIP AND CLASSES: Sunday Classes... 9:30 Worship... 10:30 Worship... 6:00 Wednesday Classes... 7:00 s o u t h e r n states. Page 3 The motion passed. The next morning Duché read the Collect (prayer) and the Psalm appointed for the day, Psalm 34, which opens: Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me. This seemed especially fitting to the delegates, who had just learned of a British attack on Boston. John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail, I never saw a greater effect upon an audience. It seemed as if Heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning. Adams continued, After this, Mr. Duché, unexpected to everybody, struck out into an extemporary prayer, which filled the bosom of every man present. I must confess I never heard a better prayer, or one so well pronounced, Episcopalian as he is. Dr. Cooper himself never prayed with such fervor, such earnestness and pathos, and in language so elegant and sublime for America, for Congress, for the Province of Massachusetts Bay, and especially the town of Boston. It had an excellent effect upon everybody here. Duché later switched sides, becoming a Royalist, and fled to England. Patriots denounced him as a turncoat. The Continental Congress appointed two chaplains in his place. After the Constitution came into effect, House and Senate continued the tradition of chaplains for their respective chambers. One of the best known of recent times was Peter Marshall. Dan Graves Our Mission Works Outside of Josephine County, Oregon Mountain States Children s Home, Longmont, Colorado Wayne Jackson & ChristianCourier.com, Stockton, California Caleb Parker Bear Valley Bible Institute Brad Harrub & Focus Press, Franklin, Tennessee Chimala Mission Hospital and Schools, Tanzania, Africa Don Iverson s India Work Don Patton s archaeological work, especially Noah s Ark