Deerfoot Church of Christ 7 12 2020

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July 12, 2020
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 8:15 AM
Bible Class 9:30 AM
Worship 10:30 AM
Worship 5:00 PM
Wednesdays:
6:30 PM
SHEPHERDS
Michael Dykes
John Gallagher
Rick Glass
Sol Godwin
Skip McCurry
Darnell Self
MINISTERS
Richard Harp
Tim Shoemaker
Johnathan Johnson
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Scripture:Isaiah55:6-9
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10:30AMService
Welcome
SongsLeading
DougScruggs
OpeningPrayer
ChadKey
ScriptureReading
DavidSkelton
Sermon
LordSupper/Contribution
CanaanHood
ClosingPrayer–Elder
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5PMService
OnlineServices
5PMZoomClass
DOMforJuly
JohnathanJohnson
BusDrivers
NoBusService
Watchtheservices
www.deerfootcoc.comorYouTubeDeerfoot
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9:00AMService
Welcome
SongLeading
DavidHayes
OpeningPrayer
RandyWilson
Scripture
JackSelf
Sermon
LordSupper/Contribution
DenisWilliams
ClosingPrayer
Elder
BaptismalGarmentsfor
July
SharonSelf
NoBusService
Local Missions
With Mission Sunday approaching, it is essential to discuss the local efforts in this community. With
Covid-19, it has been very challenging to navigate our regular activities to reach the neighborhoods around
us, and I pray we will be able to conduct every event this year. In the meantime, we are focusing on things
we can do to reach out.
House to House Heart to Heart (H2H): If you are unfamiliar, this is a publication produced by the
Jacksonville Church of Christ for local partnering congregations. They send their magazine articles to our
neighbors, with our information, making this an outreach of the Deerfoot congregation. I spoke with one
gentleman who attended our “Pizza with Santa,” he explained that he, “reads every issue” and decided to
come. He and I have continued to study, but he is heavily involved in the church of the Highlands. I know I
would never have been in contact with him without H2H. We have produced a letter and additional Bible
study material to supplement this month’s issue. We have been provided the contact information of those
receiving the publication in our area, and we plan to call them to start the conversation. Please pray for our
efforts in this.
Be Kind Series: Our Morning Message has been a short-recorded devotional every morning from Mon-
day to Friday since March. These have meant to be fun and positive in hopes that our neighbors will be en-
couraged during these challenging times. Our prayer is that this encouragement will lead to seeking out our
recorded services on Sunday and Wednesday. Several individuals we have contacted through sharing our
morning messages have begun to watch and even share our Sunday services. These short videos are helping
people hear the Gospel in this community. We use Facebook ads to boost one of these messages a week,
and it appears as an ad in 5 different area codes within 30 minutes of our building. This has helped raise
some interest in our community. The money spent is $25 a week, and it ensures that those with Facebook
are at least seeing the message appear. It is like digital door-knocking.
Billboard: We are in the process of renting out a billboard on Chalkville Mountain Rd. We will be using
the simple, and yet powerful statement we have been sharing in this community since March: “Be Kind.”
You can help: Utilizing billboards and Facebook ads is expensive, yet both give us a local outreach. At
this time, we actually get more views from each of you sharing, commenting, and even liking the morning
messages. This leads to a global outreach! Some of the places I know of are Belize, South Africa, India,
Scotland, New Zealand, Australia, Cambodia, Italy, and France, just to name a few. Please consider sharing
these messages daily and engage with those of your friends who comment. This tells Facebook to
“organically” share the videos with more people for free! Please pray for our efforts to start conversations
about the Gospel with our neighbors. We are reaching out in 2020, and I thank you all for your efforts.
In Him,
Richard Harp
Ourweeklyshow,Plant&Water,isnowavail-
able.YoucanwatchRichardandJohnathan
everyWednesdayonourChurchofChrist
Facebookpage.Youcanwatchorlistentothe
showonyoursmartphone,tablet,orcomputer.
August 2, 2020

2. Weekly Purpose:
$16,830.00
Contribution
$ 17,254.00
Contribution YTD:
$471,311.00
Purpose YTD:
$454,410.00
Average Weekly YTD:
$17,455.00
Mission Sunday:
$99,001.00
Week 27
Prayers
Stephanie Theoret
Vera Bonner
Nancy Clements
Terry Davidson
Jean Dickerson
Margie England
Audrey Gammage
Mike Godwin
Kim Green
Jim Holcomb
Randy Johnson
Christi Key
Lucille Large
Nancy Locklear
Frances Love
Judy Marlow
June Moore
Rita Morgan
Alan Nordgren
Sue Nordgren
Ruby Norris
Anne Powell
Donna Shoemaker
George Shoemaker
Eric Stark
Nell Thomas
Becky Tuggle
Gayle Varner
Barbara Whisenhunt
Billy White
Maxine Wilson
Friends & Family
Harold White (Bro-in-Law of Pam String-
fellow & Janet Snow)
Jason Judd (nephew of Rick & Marilyn
Glass)
Linda Luitze (Linda Murray’s Grand-
mother)
Ruby Hamric (Former member)
Joe Carfora (Friend of Randy Reed)
Shelley Taylor (Niece of John & Freida
Gallagher)
Cheryl Judd (Marilyn Glass’s sister)
Kim Wills (daughter-in-law of Patt Wills)
Mira Perry (co-worker of Katherine Keith)
Mike Malone (cousin of Terry Malone)
George Coffell (Friend of Chuck & Robin
Spitzley)
Missy Choate (Niece of Eunice Spitzley
& Priscilla Choate)
Charlie Waggner (Connie Scruggs’
Uncle)
Michelle West & Maxezine Cantrell
(Friends of Robin Spitzley)
Josh Vernon (Husband of Amy Taggart
Vernon)
Greg Clayton (Jeff Clayton’s brother)
Jane Ricks (Asked for Prayers)
Annie Palmer (Niece of the Sugitas)
Ana Thomas (Sis-in-Law of Kenny &
Pam Rachel)
Jean McKee (Mother of Roy Hayes)
Tricia Shikle (Shelane Marlow’s Mother)
Galen Lilja (Father of Janice VanHorn)
Kaitlin Peltz (Brad Hagerman’s niece)
Rosalyn Anthony (Friend of Debra Domi-
nic)
Asher Collar (Great nephew of Sue Ad-
ams & Robin Groom)
JoAnn Craig (Grandmother of Brian
Berryhill)
Jennifer Cather (Daughter of Dangars)
Brianna Bulger (Sue Adam’s niece)
Betty Trull (Sister of Sandra Singer &
Sue Rawls)
Lucas Adkinson (Grandson of Billie & Mark
Adkinson)
Our prayer list is updated monthly.
PANTRY ITEMS:
July
Canned Soups & Stews
Canned Meats
Canned Fruit
Please no boxed items
Cans Only
Hospital / Rehab List
Margie England– Rehab, @ Aspire
George Shoemaker –Recovering @ Home
Kim Green– Recovering at home
Nancy Locklear– Recovering at home
Dot Mitchell– Fell
Jim Williamson –Recovering at home
Mike Godwin– Meadow View Rehab.
3 weeks to Mission Sunday
August 2, 2020
Please mark your calendars
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By: Tim Shoemaker
YOUR FEET CAN BE BEAUTIFUL
Has anyone ever compliment you
on your feet? Paul talked of those individuals who had
beautiful feet. He wasn’t speaking of the physical appear-
ance of those feet but of their involvement in work and
service to God. He told the Roman brethren, “For who-
ever will call upon the name of the Lord will be
saved. How then shall they call upon Him in whom
they have not believed? And how shall they believe
in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall
they hear without a preacher? And how shall they
preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written,
HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO
BRING GLAD TIDINGS OF GOOD THINGS” (Rom.
10:13-15).
The feet are said to be beautiful because of the
message they bring. Perhaps Paul mentioned the feet
because so many of those who preached at that time
traveled by foot. The Battle of Marathon was fought on
the plains of Marathon in the year 490 B.C. between the
Greeks and the Persians. If the Persians won the Greeks
would see their way of life destroyed and themselves
become slaves. The people in Athens, 25 miles away
from the battle, waited anxiously to know the outcome.
Were their warriors able to stop the Persian advance? In
the distance they saw a runner bringing news from Mara-
thon. The man’s name was Pheidippides. He had run the
22 miles without stopping to bring the good news:
“Rejoice, we conquer”. And with those words he col-
lapsed and died.
Imagine how welcome, how beautiful to the peo-
ple of Athens was the sight of that messenger who
brought the good news of victory. Paul here is quoting
from Isaiah 52:7 in regard to God’s promise that Judah
would be brought back from captivity in Babylon and re-
stored to their own land. The messenger is seen in the
distance running, an indication of the joyful message he
is bringing. Such a sight was indeed beautiful to those
Jews waiting for that very moment in time.
The last words of Jesus before leaving this world
were, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to
all creation” (Mk. 16:15). The word gospel means “good
news.” The good news is the news of being released
from the captivity to sin. The world is enslaved to sin for
to whoever we yield ourselves to obey we become the
slaves of that which we obey (Rom. 6:16). Those Chris-
tians in Rome had been slaves of sin but they had
obeyed that form of doctrine that made them free from
sin. Whenever we involve ourselves in teaching the gos-
pel to others we are bringing good news to them that
they might be free from their sin that is destroying them.
In bearing the good news to them, our feet are beautiful.
Are your feet beautiful? Have you helped teach anyone
that good news?
Missions
2020
GUESTS
Deerfoot Church of Christ
Sympathy
To Karen (Ken) Shepherd and Hunter
(Ashley) Shepherd at the passing of
Karen’s father, and Hunter’s Grand-
father, Jim Banks. His funeral was
last Wednesday.
Thank You
Friends of Deerfoot Church,
Fred and I wish to thank you for the
cards of encouragement and good
wishes for Marion’s recovery of her
illness.
We also want to thank you for our
cards of sympathy and encouragement
since Marion’s passing. It goes with-
out saying we can use all the well
wishes and prayers that has been sent
our way.
We want you to know that Marion
loved each one of y’all.
Love through Christ,
Fred & Dot George
Summer Series
July 15 John McMath (Decatur
Highway COC) Relating The Story of
Jesus
July 22 Larry Acuff (Lithia Springs
COC, Lithia Springs, GA)
The Gospel Is For All
July 29 Kyle Butt (Apologetics
Press) God Is No Respecter Of Persons
August 5 Joshua Dykes (Deerfoot
CoC) Aim High
August 12 Joshua Posey A Walk By
The Riverside
August 19 Vance Hutton (Double
Springs CoC), It Was The Night Of The
Earthquake
August 26 Richard Harp (Deerfoot)
Focus Forward
Attention parents of
children ages 2 through
5th grade: we're plan-
ning a VBS-type morn-
ing on July 25! To
minimize health risks
and liabilities, it will
be outdoors and only
for our Deerfoot children. We'll have sta-
tions with all our usual VBS activities, and
we'll be practicing safe hygiene and the
best social distancing we can manage. Af-
ter months of virtual classes and having to
cancel almost all our activities, we hope
you'll join us for this morning of learning,
fun, and safe fellowship.
Please help us Celebrate
Nell "Nanny" Thomas's 92nd birthday
A drive through birthday celebration
in her honor at Deerfoot Church of
Christ. Saturday July 25th please
drive by anytime from 9 am to 11
am. Cards appreciated! Please feel
free to decorate your cars, make signs
and help us safely celebrate this mile-
stone with people she loves dearly!