Deerfoot Church of Christ weekly bulletin

1. September 25, 2016
Greeters10/2/16
7:45-8:059:45-10:05
FrontDoorThurman&JudyCrawfordFrontDoorSol&EllenGodwin
SideDoorMerrill&SandraMannSideDoorRick&MarilynGlass
4:45-5:00
FrontDoorJohn&FriedaGallagher
SideDoorDarnell&SharonSelf
DEERFOOT
NOTES
WELCOME TO THE
DEERFOOT
CONGREGATION
We want to extend a warm wel-
come to any guests that have come
our way today. We hope that you
enjoy our worship. If you have
any thoughts or questions about
any part of our services, feel free
to contact the elders at
elders@deerfootcoc.com
CHURCH INFORMATION
5348 Old Springville Road
Pinson, AL 35126
205-833-1400
www.deerfootcoc.com
office@deerfootcoc.com
SERVICE TIMES
Sundays:
Worship 8:00 AM
Worship 10:00 AM
Bible Class 5:00 PM
Wednesdays: 7:00 PM
SHEPHERDS
Ron Cobb
Thurman Crawford
John Gallagher
Rick Glass
Sol Godwin
Merrill Mann
Skip McCurry
Darnell Self
Jim Timmerman
MINISTERS
Jordan Gray
Johnathan Johnson
Ray Powell
Tim Shoemaker
Fasting
ScriptureReading:1Corinthians6:12
ACultureThing?
Ourmoderncultureisgenerallybentagainstfastingbecausewedisdaintheasceti-
cismofthe_______________________andbecausewe’vebeentrainednotto
denyour_______________whatevertheywant.
Biblicalfastingwascross-cultural,spanning1,600yearsof_____________and
_____________cultures.ThecommondenominatorwasGod’s_____________.
FastingintheNewTestament
JesussaidHisdiscipleswouldfastwhenthe_________________wastaken.He
assumedHisfollowerswouldfast,saying,“_________youfast,”placingitinthe
samecontextasprayingandcharitablegiving.
TheearlyChurchfastedwhensending__________________andwhenappointing
_______________.
WhatIsFasting?
Essentially,fastingispurposelyabstainingfrom__________and/oranything
____________inordertoobtainsomething_______________.
FastingpromptsadeepercommunionwithGod.Jesustellsfastingdisciplesnotto
act_____________,andinfact,they’renot_____________.They’renourished.
Fastinghelpsuskeep_____________cravingsfromcallingtheshots.Asself-
denialisacentralelementofChristianity,fastingtrainsthefleshtounderstandthat
“_______”means“_______.”
CONNECTION GROUPS
10:00AMService
SteppingintheLight
Welcome-TimShoemaker
PierceMyEar
216-HeLeadethMe
OpeningPrayer-BobCarter
268IGaveMyLifeforThee
Lord’sSupper/Offering-
TimShoemaker
449-NoneofSelfandAllofThee
433-MyJesus,AsThouWilt!
WhereHeLeads,I’llFollow
ScriptureReading–LarryLocklear
Sermon
401-LiveForJesus
Nursery-EuniceSpitzley
AnnTownley
5:00PMService
Lord’sSupper/Offering-PhilGray
DOMforOctober
Malone,Maynard,Scruggs
BaptismalGarmentsforOctober
BrendaParrish,NancyClemens
BusDrivers
September25DonYoung
October2VanPowell
NEWWEBSITE
deerfootcoc.com
office@deerfootcoc.com
205-833-1400
8:00AMService
180-GodisLove
499-OtobeLikeThee
Welcome
238-HolyHolyHoly
OpeningPrayer
JamesPepper
BeautifulLamb
Lord’sSupper
BobbyGunn
22-AllTheWayMySaviorLeadsme
230-HideMe,OMySavior
756-WhenWeAllGettoHeaven
Scripture
JerryOakes
Sermon
770-WhileJesusWhispers
Nursery-
Randy&EmilyWilson
All Connection groups will meet for the first time on Thursday, October 6 in the
fellowship hall at 7 pm. This will be a Mexican pot luck dinner. Please bring
your favorite Mexican casserole or salad, drinks and desserts. Jordan Gray will
be our speaker. If you have not signed up please call the office and we will add
you to the list.
Group 1
Gary Cosby -leader
Ron Fields - leader
Jeanette Cosby
Barbara Fields
Scott Crawford
Kathy Crawford
Teresa Bolin
Lauren Gray
Les Self
Amy Self
Ed Cooper
June Cooper
George Shoemaker
Marylou Shoemaker
Group 2
Kenny Rachal - leader
John Gallagher - leader
Pam Rachal
Frieda Gallagher
John Fisher
Diann Fisher
Brenda Parrish
Jim Timmerman
Lynn Timmerman
Roy Hayes
Susan Hayes
Edith Glenn
Julie Loranger
Group 3
Steve Putnam - leader
Phil Gray - leader
Patricia Putnam
Rebekah Gray
Greg Moore
Courtney Moore
Dennis Williams
Jill Williams
Jeannie Kelly
Carolyn Windham
Patt Wills
Alex Fricke
Holly Fricke
Group 4
Tim Shoemaker - leader
Donna Shoemaker
James Morris
Lynn Morris
Lon Thomas
Ryan Cobb
Elizabeth Cobb
Rhonda Hodges
Sue Adams
Rachel Sellers
Butch Key
Bev Key
Patti Gammage
Christy Gammage
Group 5
Barry Lewis - leader
Merrill Mann - leader
Kitty Lewis
Sandra Mann
Dave Evans
Donna Evans
Thurman Crawford
Judy Crawford
Cathy McGill
Mike McGill
Johnathan Johnson
Nia Johnson
Richard Sinard
Leslie Woodrow
Group 6
Bobby Gunn - leader
Amy Gunn
Gerry Wilson
Maxine Wilson
Jordan Gray
Pricilla Gray
Ruby Norris
Ancel Norris
Sol Godwin
Ellen Godwin
Horace Sanders
Robin Kincaid
Julie Kincaid
Group 7
Darnell Self - leader
Milton Chandler - leader
Sharon Self
Brenda Chandler
Butch Davison
Jackie Davison
Brad Hagerman
Brown Rogers
Catherine Rogers
Wanda Cobb
Ron Cobb
Group 8
Skip McCurry - leader
Randy Wilson - leader
Donna McCurry
Emily Wilson
Rick Glass
Marilyn Glass
Charles Whittington
Roberta Whittington
Norman Oakes
Helen Oakes

2. Wednesday Night Meal
Please sign up in foyer before Wed. so Kitty will know how
much food to prepare. Dinner is served at 6 pm. The cost is
$5.00 each.
September 28, 2016
Chicken Pot Pie, Steamed Broccoli, Drinks, Dessert
Weekly Purpose:
$17,200.00
Contribution
$17,025.00
Contribution YTD:
$691,177.00
Purpose YTD:
$636,400.00
Average Weekly YTD:
$18,680.00
Mission Sunday:
$122,158.00
(Week 37)
Prayers
Sherryl Adkins
Carla Allison
Steve & Nancy Brown
Nancy Clemens
Ed & June Cooper
Dot Davison
Terry Davidson
Libby Edgeworth
Ron Ellis
Marion George
Beth Goodwin
Susan Goodwin
Mark Harley
Patricia Irwin
Annie Ivey
Randy Johnson
Lucille Large
Frances Love
Glenn May
Patricia Robertson
Judy Mitchell
Greg Moore
June Moore
Bobbie Naish
Ruby Norris
Helen Oakes
Norman Oakes
Judy Roeder
Brown Rogers
James Pepper
Anne Powell
Geisele Shephard
George Shoemaker
Buddy Summers
Gloria Summers
Mary Thomas
Billy White
Diann Watson
Friends & Family
Larry Teston and Marie Wheeler
( Friends of Leanne Singer)
Angie Jones ( Niece OF Betty Aldridge -
Uab- P802)
Contance Thomas ( Grandmother of
Tonya Thomas)
Catherine Southall ( sister of Linda
Norwood)
Mary Lee Norwood ( Mother of Linda
Norwood)
Susan Hunter ( Friend of Robin Spitzley)
Glennis Tidwell ( Sister of Sharon Self)
Mike McMackin ( Elder at Tuscumbia )
Dorothy Thorne ( mother of Leslie Wood-
row)
Gary Kelley ( father of Scott Kelly)
Cathy Wagner ( sister in law of Connie
Scruggs)
Jack O’brian ( step father of Connie
Scruggs)
Melody Samborn ( Friend of Barbara
Fields)
Gregory Gray ( uncle of Lauren Gray)
Malvis Jo Wilson ( Brenda Parrish -
daughter -in-law’ mother)
Al Thompson ( Friend of Chuck Spitzley)
Jason Smith ( Former Member)
Kelly Campbell ( Niece of Nancy Brown)
Leroy & Jean Owens ( Parents of Jill
Williams)
Yolanda Cummings ( Vannessa Powell’s
sister)
Lindsay Sharp ( cousin of Tonya Hayes )
Tony Crumbley ( former member )
Alvin Jenkins (father of Linda Carter &
Patsy O’Rourke)
Bobby Fuller (Mike McGill & Judy Mixon’s
uncle ),
Faye Powell (Ray’s mother)
Harriette Byrd (Helen Oakes’ sister )
Our Honored Guests 9 / 18 / 2016
In Town: Hailey Dunlap, Vera Bonner, Steve & Libby
Foshee, Tara Adams, Charles Tuggle
Out of Town: William Kizer
PANTRY ITEMS:
Canned Fruit
Please no boxed items
The Unwearied Runner
In Isaiah the fortieth chapter Isaiah speaks to the
nation of Israel about God’s infinite power and wisdom
especially in contrast to the idols worshiped by the nations
around them. In addressing Israel Isaiah twice introduces
his comments by saying, “Have you not known? Have you
not heard?” (Isa. 40:21, 28). It is after the latter of these
two verses that we read, “Even the youths shall faint
and be weary, And the young men shall utterly fall, 31
But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their
strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles,
They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and
not faint.”There is a beautiful song (“Teach me Lord to
Wait”) that incorporates a portion of this Scripture. There
is much in this passage that we need to learn.
First of all we are taught that there is the certainty of
weariness and decay for Isaiah tells us that “even the
youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall
utterly fall.” All physical life, in the very act of living tends
to decay and death. We may not like it but it is a reality of
life. If we are blessed with a long life we all will pass
through three stages, growth, maturity and decay. These
stages pass in rapid succession. Peter declared in his first
general epistle, “All flesh is as grass, And all the glory
of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers,
And its flower falls away” (1 Pet. 1:24).
Long before the forces of decay begin to work in the
natural life, labor, sorrow and responsibility make one
weary and ready to faint. Many people become “burned
out” and leave their work and that includes several
preachers. In the Bible we read of those who were faithful
men of God who became discouraged and were ready to
quit. Elijah was one such. Elijah had put his life on the line
in challenging the prophets of Baal to determine who was
the true God, Baal or Jehovah. It was Jehovah who an-
swered the prayer of Elijah and sent doe fire to consume
his sacrifice. The people responded by falling on their
faces and crying out, “The LORD, He is God! The
LORD, He is God!” Everything seemed good until Jeze-
bel threatened to kill Elijah and caused Elijah to flee for
his life. God came to Elijah and questioned him as to what
he was doing. Elijah then answered God saying, “I have
been very zealous for the LORD God of hosts; for the
children of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn
down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the
sword. I alone am left; and they seek to take my
life” (1 Kings 19:10). Elijah felt that all of his work and
been in vain, that he had made no difference and he was
ready to quit.
The same type of thing had happened to Jeremiah.
He had preached God’s word to the people to encourage
them to turn back to God but he was repaid by the people
trying to kill him, accusing him of being a traitor to his na-
tion. Again it seemed to Jeremiah as if all his labor for
God had been in vain and so he was ready to quit. In
Jeremiah 20:9 we read, “I will not make mention of
Him, Nor speak anymore in His name." But His word
was in my heart like a burning fire Shut up in my
bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could
not.”
-to be continued
Hospital List
Brian Ellis - UAB
Glennis Tidwell- St. Vin. E. Rehah. Rm. 755
( Sister of Sharon Self)
SYMPATHY
We express our sympathy to Anne Powell
at the passing of her sister-in-law, Ann
Case.
We express our sympathy to the family of
Jo McMunn. Her funeral was September
10 in Trussville.
Tim Shoemaker
BELIZE
If you are interested in going to Belize
on:
March 24- April 1, 2017
Please sign the list in the foyer. There is
a $100.00 non refundable deposit re-
quired to sign the list due to the high
cost of changing tickets.
This year’s retreat will take place October 7th and
8th at Chula Vista. The theme is:
Don’t Miss the Last Step.
Cost is $35 for four to a room
$40 for three to a room
$45 for two to a room
This cost includes Dinner on Friday and Break-
fast on Saturday. It will start with dinner at 6:00
pm. We will end before 11:00 am on Saturday.
Don’t miss this wonderful opportunity. There
will be a retreat meeting Sunday October 2nd in
the fellowship hall after the 5:00 pm Bible Class
to give additional information. Sign up sheets
are in the foyer. A bus will leave at 5:00 pm
from Deerfoot on that Friday.
Ladies Retreat October 7-8
At Chula Vista
Fall Festival October 29
At Deerfoot COC
Men's Retreat November 4-5
Youth Retreat November 11-12
September 18, 2016
Attendance AM 451 PM 279
Men’s Fall Retreat
Nov. 4-5
Sign up sheet in the foyer
We encourage all men to sign up
Wyndham Lakeside Resort Guntersville
Guntersville State Park Pre-Retreat Golf
BABY TEA
For Morgan Snodgrass
OCTOBER 2
2:30 PM -4:00 PM
FELLOWSHIP HALL
IT’S A BOY
Registered at Buy Buy Baby and Amazon
THANK YOU
My family and I want to thank you for the
cards, calls, visits and food during my recov-
ery from surgery. You’re a wonderful Church
family.
Thanks Marion George
LADS TO LEADERS
There will be a meeting for all the
teachers of the Lads to Leaders
program TODAY after the 5 pm
class. Bring a dish for a pot luck dinner.
SINGING
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Oct. 7 Chase Park Church of Christ
Oct. 14 Crestview Church of Christ
Oct 21 Margaret Church of Christ