April 7, 2013

Volume 13, Number 15

A r e We the O ne ?
And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples and said to Him, "Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?" Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed is he who is not offended because of Me" (Matthew 11:2-6).

There was an advertisement in the newspaper for a car that I thought I might want to purchase. I went to the dealer and asked to see the car. The salesman told me that he did not know where it was located on the lot and proceeded to direct me to other cars under the pretense of looking for that car. I think they call such a technique the Old Bait and Switch. I left the car lot, a bit perturbed. Shortly after arriving at home, I received a call from that salesman. He had searched and found my phone number. He wanted me to return to the dealer and look at another car. I plainly told him that I would not ever return to his place, or ever buy a car from him. I explained that I had been looking for something, and he did not have it. Further, his dishonest actions had only turned me even more against him. Now, that dealership will probably sell a lot of cars to a lot of people. Some people are glad to look at just about anything. Some will be open to several options, as long as the price is right. Many are not. Guests come through our doors by invitation or by curious searching. They may even check the Looking for a Church Home section of the visitors card. Others will not even make it to the building for a visit. In every case judgments are made. They are looking. They want to find something. Will they find it in us. Are we the one they are looking to find? Jesus pointed his inquirers to two things. He called on them to see the benevolent actions given to those who had obvious needs. He also noted that the gospel was being preached. It was then their choice. We can do the same, and be the one they should be looking to find. Russ
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Keep These In Prayer

Terri Scott will be starting to have dialysis soon. Jo Hutton has started treatment for a serous cancer on her lips. Pat Overturfs father is very ill and requesting our prayers. Stick & LaQueta Nelson have both been quite ill. Riley Baldwin continues having surgeries about every six weeks.

Daily Bible Reading

April
7. Leviticus 8-10; Hebrews 9 8. Leviticus 11-12 9. Leviticus 13; Hebrews 10 10. Leviticus 14; Hebrews 11 11. Leviticus 15-16 12. Leviticus 17-18; Hebrews 12 13. Leviticus 19-20; Hebrews 13 14. Leviticus 21-22; Revelation 1

Homebound or Limited:
Lorella Wilson Aline McDaniel Don & Jo Hutton Keena Lusk

Brothers Keeper
Group #1will meet at the church building on Saturday, April 27, at 5:30 PM. Check with Darrell or Lindsay MacDonald for more information. Group #2will meet at the church building following evening service on Sunday, April 28. We will post a menu list soon. Check with Paula Dyer for more information.

Happy Anniversary
Horace & Betty Phillips - 4/19 Phan & Sang Tran\Chung 4/19 George & Pat King - - - 4/26

Happy Birthday
Sue Murray - Becky McDougal Anderson Berry Geoff Parker - Fred Holland Ian McMasters Chuck Cox - Kailyn Jolliff J. R. Downs - 4/10 4/16 4/18 4/22 4/25 4/26 4/27 4/27 4/28

Change for Children Keep your change can in an obvious place and drop change in it as often as you have some.

One Faith One Fellowship One Family

Sp ri ng 2013
Meet and Greet: Make sure to meet and greet any guest near you.

Lets make our Guests feel very welcome when they are with us.
Visitation Update Group #2 will be in charge of making visits

this week. See Horace.

Sermons on iTunesIf you have iTunes on your smartphone, tablet,

or computer, you can listen and download weekly sermons. Go to iTunes and search Southern Ridge SerSpotlight on Missions mons. This Week: India Preaching School & EPIC (Ever Present Orphanage School: in Christ). The youth (Continued from last week.) from our congregation Widows: 15 widows stayed at the home will be participating with last year. They help in taking care of the those in other congregachildren while also learning a trade. Wid- tions as we conduct a ows in India are treated poorly. gathering here on April Orphanage: The Orphanage was started 19-20. Volunteers from in 1992 by the Cox family. It began with 20 our membership will be children. Currently there are 71 children in needed to help conduct the home with another 30 on the waiting this program. See Josh. list. Each child is provided with physical, spiritual, educational and medical care. The orphanage is fully supported by Southern Ridge. Printing Press: Paper is a very scarce commodity in India. So, the school began to print its own material. By doing so they were able to reach millions of Indians by printing work in the Indian dialects. They print tracts, books, booklets, correspondence courses, special year planners and calendars. These items are used in the training classes, etc., and they are now printing at the rate of about 3500 copies a month.

The Sentinel April 7, 2013

Scheduled to Serve Next Week (4/14/13)

Order of Service
Announcements & Scripture: Genesis 22:6-8 Song 501 O Worship the King Song 500 O Thou Fount of Every Blessing Prayer Song 645 The Old Rugged Cross Comments Lord's Supper Collection Song 226 How Great Thou Art Sermon: WorshipPractical Practice Acts 20:7-12 Song 356 Jesus is Tenderly Calling Song 293 Ill Live for Him Prayer OEP Update
Darrell MacDonald Keith McDougal Walter McFadden Dwain Thacker Randy Vance Ministers Russell Dyer

Announcements
Horace Phillips

Greeters
Horace & Betty Phillips Jerry & Joretta Doyle Joe & Talsie Downs

Lord's Table (am) Prayers: Blue Suarez

Alex Suarez Dewayne Ross Kevin Keenan Randy Vance Chuck Cox Chris Scott Jim Skaggs Max McDougal Darrell MacDonald Dan Jolliff

Lord's Table (pm) Prayers (am)

Bill Sherman Donal Ruminer Sunday

Dwight Andrews

Prayers (pm)
Hubert Nelson

Schedule of Services Bible Study Worship Worship

Wednesday 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 5:00 PM 7:00 PM
Deacons Michael Berry Joe Downs Bill Fleming Brian Jaworsky

Bible Study
Elders Kevin Keenan Horace Phillips Roger Scott Bill Sherman

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