MARCH 29, 2020 | VOLUME 53 | ISSUE 10

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Lori Bailey; Whitney Brummett; Bernice Reed’s son-in-law-Richard Cardenas; Sher-

ry Chance; Tim Culp’s father-Danny Culp; Erin Burke’s friend-Lisa Cunningham;

Gracie Flanagan’s Grandmother-Nellie Dela Serna; GiGi Blount friend, Jayne Fer-

nandez; Foree Grove; Ron Hudoba; sister-in-law of Peggy Burke-Brenda Rowan;

Gerald Starns; friend of Diana Mayhew-Kimberly Stokes; friend of Nancy Branstet-

ter-Paul Stuckey; friend & coworker of the Burke’s & Stokes-Sandra Watkins.

Battling Cancer

Eileen Adair, Joy Arey, Gerald Barton, Donna Bomfalk, friend of Erin Burke,

Nancy & Gina Branstetter, Richard Blount & Parents, Carole Broyles, Tommy

Carpenter, Terry Casey, Marcey Croker, Sherry Culp, Bob Dreher, Lorrie Eig-

nus, Betty Flowers, Amanda & Lisa Fowler, Louise Friday, Deavyn Gordon, Tim

Gore, Dale Guillory, Harley Hammond, Nalin Hayter, Lanny Henrichson, Chris-

tine Jennings, Billie Johnson, Steven Jones, Janet Kervin, LIVEBEYOND, Gerry

Lynn, Alvin Marrero, James Massey, Mary Miller, Brook Morrow, Raymond

Mysinger, Frank Pigors, Jadynn Pollard, Calvin Porter, Bernice Reed, Brandon

Reed, Larry Renfrow & Family, Mike Ritter, Joyce Rogers, Bobby Rowan, Curtis

Salter, Stephen Smith, Christopher Thomas, Jim & Linda Thomason, Lara Tuck-

er, Karl Vinson, Bruce Williams

The whole world as we battle this world wide virus, Shannon Burke in the loss of her father, Kenneth Sparks 3/12, Bryan O’Bannon & Emma Burgess as they began their life together as husband & wife March 21, 2020, Derek & Jessica Willis in the birth of their baby boy-This makes Randy & Tammy Grandparents! Mary Miller had an injection in her hip 3/10 and is recovering, Jim Thomason restarts therapy 3/15, Tammy Adair’s shoulder/neck, Gerald Starns went through radiation fine last week and was great to see him at service Sunday; Our Nation & President be guided by God, Pray Without Ceasing for Each Oth-er, Minister Search, Love Our Neighbor, Deny Self & not be Mere Human, Love Church, Our Child of Prayer Program, Our Building Program, Prayer Tent Minis-try, Have Hearts of Thanksgiving, Excitement and Enthusiasm for the Lord, That We Know God’s Word & Live It & Put it into Practice, All of Us as we strive to be better Servants for the Lord, Share Our Lord, Love one another, Strengthen one

another, Forgive one another.

Prayer Needs & Requests

Continual Prayers

The next virtue is kindness. It would seem that love and kindness are basically talking about the same thing. There is a slight difference in the two. The story of the Ethiopian Eunuch is a good example of kindness.

“Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king's son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud. But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, while he was in the king's palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin; and Ebed-melech went out from the king's palace and spoke to the king, saying, My lord the king, these men have acted wick-edly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern; and he will die right where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city. Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take thirty men from here under your authority and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cistern before he dies. So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went into the king's palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. Then Ebed-melech the Ethio-pian said to Jeremiah, Now put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes; and Jeremi-ah did so. So they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, and Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guardhouse (Jer 38:6-13).”

It was charity or love that motivated Ebed-Melech to retrieve Jeremiah from the well. But notice how thoughtful he was. Jeremiah would have been an old man by this time. The ropes used to pull him out would have been very uncomfortable So Ebed-Melech brought some worn out rags and clothes with him to put under Jeremi-ah’s arms before pulling him out. That is kindness. It is that unnecessary but beautiful extra we do for others. Love is expected, kindness often is not. It is the sort of

You Who Are Spiritual (Part 6) By John D Telgren

You Who Are Spiritual (Part 6)…..Continued on p2

ANYONE NEEDING HELP, PLEASE CALL CHURCH OFFICE.

Sunday Sermon information on pages 2 & 4 of newsletter.

thing that melts hearts. It evokes a tear. It is warm. It is indeed a most beautiful virtue.

Can you see why Paul commands in Galatians 6:1 that those who are “spiritual” restore a fallen one with a spirit of gentleness. A person can think he is acting out of love and yet be harsh, abrasive, and even repulsive. That may wind up having the opposite effect upon one we are trying to get unstuck from the mud. As a matter in fact, Paul in his exposition on love in 1 Corinthians 13 says that it is kind. You can’t separate kindness from love.

You Who Are Spiritual (Part 6)…..Cont’d from p1 COMMUNITY OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES

NEXT PRAYER TENT

April 18th (Usually 3rd Saturday of the

Month)

9:30am - 12:30pm

Meet at the Tent

At CVS parking lot, Center and Pasadena Blvd

THE WHEELHOUSE MEAL

April 28th 10:00 am at Wheelhouse

Let Richard Blount know

if you can

pitch in and help.

(blountrichard@yahoo.com)

Weekly Bible Reading

Mar 29– Apr 4

Sunday 29 am Joshua 23-24

pm Luke 6:27-49

Monday 30 am Judges 1-2

pm Luke 7:1-30

Tuesday 31 am Judges 3-5

pm Luke 7:31-50

Wednesday 1 am Judges 6-7

pm Luke 8:1-21

Thursday 2 pm Judges 8-9

pm Luke 8:22-56

Friday 3 am Judges 10-11

pm Luke 9:1-36

Saturday 4 am Judges 12-14

pm Luke 9:37-62

PURPOSED CONTRIBUTIONS

Dear Church Family,

At this time were are conducting the Lord’s business as usual (as close to normal as we can). It is important we continue our contributions in a timely manner to do so. Options available are: Mail in your contribution (Snail Mail still works!)

Drop off Contribution to the Office Tithe.ly—Online Giving on our website: dpcofc.org Let each of us do our part to keep the Lord’s church in Deer Park viable. We will survive this with the Lord’s help and each making our

purposed contributions as usual. Thank you to those who have already made the effort.

God bless.

In Him,

The Elders

Bryan O’Bannon & Emma Burgess

were joined in Marriage

March 21, 2020

Still a great way to give

WE ARE STILL HERE

-If you need anything, call the church office.

-If you need communion for this Sunday, call.

-If you need groceries, call.

-Wednesday devotional is in your email.

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-If you miss live, it will be on website Monday under Current Sermons

all this he never gave up on God. When he was the son living at home, all looked wonder-ful and promising, then one day His brothers change his

Lets look at the story of Joseph in a nut shell. Everything was going pret-ty good, then it all changes. When the father sent Joseph to check on his brothers as they tended the flocks, the brothers saw him coming in the dis-tance. The brothers came up with a plan for his death. When he arrived, they captured him, stripped him of his clothing, and placed him in a hole. Then the brothers sold him to a caravan headed to Egypt. How bad can it get? Already he had been captured by his brothers, stripped, imprisoned, and sold as a slave. Ahead of him were attempts at adultery, lies, imprisonment, and people forgetting him and his kindness-all when he did nothing wrong! During

From Our Youth Minister —

JOSEPH

-TRUCK ROUTE- April 27-May 1, 2020

Supplies Requested:

PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY (Variety)

CHILD OF PRAYER PROGRAM

Our Kids need Prayer Partners.

If you want to participate in this

wonderful year round prayer

effort for our children, see Todd

Trusty and get the sheet for one

of our Youth.

Scheduled Nursery Workers

4/5 Rena’ Cable

4/12 GiGi Blount & Bella Guerrero

4/19 Ellie Burke

4/26 Erin Burke

If you are unable to be here on your scheduled date,

please get someone to take your place and let the

RESCHEDULED:

MORE

INFORMATION

TO COME.

CAMP BANDINA

July 12th— 18th

Theme: THIS LIFE

Registration Information Coming Soon

2 SAMUEL

life for the worst. Or did they? Years later he would get to tell his older brothers, "... You meant it for evil against me, but God meant it for good ..." (Genesis 50:20). God's bless-ings may involve suffering and trials. Looking at Joseph we can learn a lot of what we are going through now. Hope-fully years from now we can say you remember that virus thing, look what good has came from it, when glorifying God. I know its hard as so much has been taken out of the norm, but let’s look for the good. Have a blessed week. Todd

CHURCH OF CHRIST DEER PARK

P.O. Box 636

Deer Park, TX 77536

Church of Christ Deer Park

Invites you to

Sunday Mornings:

Donut & Coffee Fellowship 9:00 AM

Bible Class 9:30 AM

Morning Worship 10:30 AM

Children’s Bible Hour

offered for

3yrs to 3rd grade

during morning worship.

Sunday Evenings:

Evening Worship 6:00 PM

Wednesday

Bible Class 6:30 PM

We are located at:

617 Avon

Deer Park, TX 77536

Phone: 281-479-1010

E-mail: dpchurch.office@

sbcglobal.net

Website

www.dpcofc.org

March 29, 2020

Sermon Live Streamed on

Facebook at 10:30am,

Deer Park Church of Christ page.

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If you miss “Live”,

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Scripture: Daniel 1:3-9

“Development

in the Distance”

by Richard Blount

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Services at the Building Cancelled

until April 5th,

pending other

developments.

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