March 31, 2019

Schedule of Services:

Sundays @ Meadows Cof C (9195 Dishman Road):

Morning Worship 9:30 AM Bible Class 10:45 AM

Evening Worship 5 PM

Monday Night Bible Study @ 9195 Dishman Road:

6:30 PM

Tuesday Ladies Bible Class @ 9195 Dishman Road:

9:30 AM Fellowship / Class

Wednesday Night Devotional & Bible Class @ 9195 Dishman Road:

6:30 PM

Senior Living Services: Spring Creek Nursing Rehab 2660 Brickyard Road (Bmt.)

Sundays @ 2 pm / Jerald Bass

Lucas Place Sr. Living 2910 Toccoa (Beaumont)

Sundays @ 3:30 pm / Mike Culver

Church Mailing Address: Meadows Church of Christ

P.O. Box 5126 Beaumont, Texas 77726

409-892-7063 Office 409-892-6420 Office 409-892-7068 Fax

On the web: Meadowschurchofchrist.com

All bulletin requests must be submitted to the office by 10 AM on Thursdays to be published in the following Sundays bulletin. Requests can be made by phone

409.892.7063 or email to meadowschurchofchrist@aol.com

Vol. 3 No. 13

Meadows Church of Christ Leadership Information:

Elders: Derrell Hart (409) 769-0099, Donnie Landrum (409) 842-3236, Brad Mansfield (409) 781-3987, Carl Sundgren (409) 658-0027

Deacons: Jerald Bass, Bobby Case, Joey Case, David Owens, Daryl Phelps, John Scott

Pulpit Minister: Rick Walker (303) 359-9160 email: rickwalkerpreacher@gmail.com

Welcome Station Workers Sundays AM & PM

3/31 … Jackie Smith, Reba Riggs

4/7 … Margie Tinsley

Martha Richardson

4/14 … Brad & Vicki Mansfield

4/21 … David & Connie Owens

Meadows Church of Christ serving Southeast Texas

Attendance & Contribution:

Sunday AM Worship 3/24 . . . . . . . 172 Sunday Bible Class 3/24 . . . . . . . 104 Sunday PM Worship 3/24 . . . . . . . 75 Wednesday PM 3/27 . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Online & Weekly Collection for 3/24: $10,004.95

2019 Weekly Budget: $9,900.00

Meadows Family:

Bettie Bibb (Heart A-fib issues) John Davis (Health)

Raye Dorrell (Kidney disease)

Eva Garza (Health) Barbara Hood (Health issues)

Frances Howard (Rec from hip repl)

Frankie King (Health) Steve Lyle

(Health issues) Vicki Mansfield (Health)

Ron Miller (Bonne Vie Rehab for 3 weeks to gain strength) Erskine & Alexis Reliford

(Health issues) Connie Ruppart

(Heart issues) Shirley Sturm

(Heart issues / stress test) Royce & Betty Whitehead

(R=Summer Place rm # 118B Rehab)

Jerry Whitten (Breathing issues)

Members Unable to Worship With Us:

John & Jane Beard Floyd & Georgia Guillory

Ed Hart Hubert & Dot McCray

Dianne Nevils Sherry Reagan

Jerri Stroud

Our Friends & Family:

Terry Ayres Rebecca Burch

Steve & Gloria Bean Margaret Clark

Kobee Cohen Gary Corzine Vel Dickerson

Joan Estes Grey Gallier

Sharon Hood / Cancer Yvonne Kenner

Esaw Peavy Ray Russell

Cristy (Runnels) Stanford Robert Tankersley

Ray & Cindy Tyrone Robert & Shirley Watkins

Whitney Underwood

Prayer Warrior List

Birthday’s this Week...

4/2 James Coatney 4/2 Darline Harrell 4/4 Kevin Barry 4/7 Doug Smith

April 2019

Food Committee Head: Jayma Delaney

Linda Landrum, Vicki Mansfield, Rinda Phelps, Cathy Henley, Reba Riggs,

Terry Stevens, Caralee Thompson, Linda Thompson,

& Courtney Boullion

Anniversaries:

4/5 Hubert & Dot McCray 4/6 Duane & Tami Browning

“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth ”

“Be Perfect . . . !”

“Well, nobody’s perfect” was how I used to excuse my misbehavior when I was younger. Now if we use “perfect” as a synonym for “sinless,” then (with the exception of Jesus) I was correct. But the Bible uses “perfect” to mean more than just being sinless. Let’s look at three other Bible usages for this word.

Sometimes the word “perfect” is used to mean “mature.” In Matthew 5:48, Jesus says, “Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” Jesus had just told us how the Father, “…causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends His rain on the righteous and the unrighteous,” v. 45. Thus, a person who is perfect/mature will demonstrate their maturity by treating all people the same. For that is what God does and thus it is what we should do too!

On other occasions, “perfect” is used to mean “complete.” When speaking to the Corinthian church about miraculous gifts, Paul writes, “For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away,” 1 Corinthians 13:9-10 . We understand in order for something to be “complete,” all of its parts must be in placed (jigsaw puzzles, bicycles, engines, etc.). Notice that whatever is now complete/perfect is made of its various parts. So if we have all “knowledge” (see 2 Peter 1:3) and all “prophecy” (see Revelation 22:18-19), then the “perfect” which now has “come” (1 Corinthians 13:10) is the “complete word of God.”

The third usage of “perfect” is one which means “suitable for a purpose.” When discussing God’s purpose for trials, James writes, “Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect result, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing,” James 1:2-4. When we don’t have access to our tools, haven’t all of us used knives in the place of screwdrivers and shoes in the place of hammers? They “sort of” work. But they are NOT fit for that purpose. Yet to make our lives fit for God’s purposes, He uses various trials to prepare us to be suitable/perfect for what He has in mind for us.

Therefore, it is possible for us to be “perfect,” if we are growing in our maturity in Christ, if we are complete regarding the pieces of our lives, and if we are being made suitable for God’s purposes! Now understand, not

one of us “has arrived.” We must continue to grow in each of these areas so God can make us “perfecter” (as you can see, I still have a ways to go in my English vocabulary – but that will be an article for a later bulletin).

Rick Walker

Blessings in Disguise

There was a single survivor of a shipwreck who was thrown upon an uninhabited island. After a while he managed to build a crude hut in which he placed the things he had salvaged from the sinking ship. He prayed to God for deliverance and anxiously scanned the horizon each day to hail any ship that might chance pass by. One day, upon returning from a hunt for food, he was horrified to find his hut in flames. All that he possessed had gone up in smoke. But that which seemed to have happened for the worst was, in reality, for the best. In God’s infi-nite wisdom, his loss was for the best - that for which he prayed. The next day a ship arrived. “We saw your smoke signal,” the captain said. Can we not take our seeming calamities and look for God’s best in them? In the face of trials and disappointments, we should remember the assuring words of Paul to God’s children: “And we know that all things work together for

good to those who love God, to those who are called

according to His purpose” (Romans 8:28). Author Unknown

“The happiest people I know are those who lose themselves in the service of others”

Current Events & Activities:

The Candles 4 U group celebrated with Mildred

Campbell for her birthday last Tuesday morning. We love you Mildred!

Community Egg Hunt Saturday, April 20th 2-4 PM

* Egg hunt * Jumping Houses * Games * Face Painting * Refreshments

*** Complimentary Photos with the Easter Bunny

Prizes for children from Toddlers - 12 years old

PRIORITIES

If everyone was asked the same question “what are your priorities”, I feel sure that we would see many varying answers. Answers from a worldly standpoint and an-swers from Christians would definitely vary. In Colossians 3, Paul sets forth priorities for the Christian that will not only enhance the quality of life on earth, but will give us a proper perspective for eternity with God. First, we must set our hear t and minds on things above. “Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things” (Colossians 3:1-2). Second, we must put to death whatever belongs to your ear thly nature. “Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry” (Colossians 3:5). Third, we must rid ourselves of all evil practices. “But now you must rid yourselves of all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips” (Colossians 3:8). Setting our hearts on things above means striving to put heaven’s priorities into daily practice. Setting our minds on things above means concentrating on the eternal rather than the temporal. People, objects, goals, and other desires all compete for our priority. Any of these can quickly take first place instead of God. We must actively choose to give God first place in every area of our life. “But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” Matthew 6:33. To “seek first his kingdom and righteousness” means to turn to God first for help, to fill your thoughts with his desires, to serve, and obey him in everything. God must be our first and most important priority. God wants us to set priorities in our life, organize our time, then organize our tasks, so that they reflect those priorities while not allowing the little details to overwhelm us.

What is really important to you?

Brad Mansfield

Friends & Family Day

Saturday, April 27th

More details coming soon!

Lubbock Children’s Home Collection

Boys new jeans sizes 4-10

Pick up date is June 13th

Please drop them in the plastic labeled container right inside the

children’s classroom hallway. Thanks!

Sunny Glen’s Children’s Home

Grocery Run

Boxes of Facial Tissue

Pick up date: May 14th

Meadows Gospel Meeting Spencer Furby (Spkr)

Sunday, April 28th ~ May 1st

“Faithful Families”

Sunday Morning Worship: “Faith That Is Confident” Sunday Bible Class: “Faith That Is Personal”

A light meal will be served every night @ 6 pm Sunday 5 PM Service: “Faith That Seeks”

Monday 7 PM: “Handling Frustration with Faith” Tuesday 7 PM: “Faith That Lives” Wednesday 7 PM: “Biblical Faith”

Lamar Student Center Meal Wednesday, April 17th

If you can help serve or provide homemade Easter desserts (cookies, cupcakes,

treats, etc.), please sign up on the list at the welcome desk. The center has been averaging around 200

students / staff. Thanking you in advance for your help and support with this.

Meadows Meals on Wheels

Wednesday, April 10th

Shrimp Alfredo,

Green Salad, Rolls & Brownies

4 Cooks needed @ 1 PM

8 Deliverers needed @ 4 PM or 5 PM

3 People to make homemade brownies

@ home & drop off by 1 PM

Arms of Hope Children’s Home Grocery Run

Salad Dressing (check exp. dates)

Pick up date: April 29th

What It Means to be a Christian … As members of the body one carries out the will of Christ

the head (Colossians 1:18) As lights in the world one shines forth for Christ the light

of the world (John 8:12; Philippians 2:15) As a soldier one endures hardness for Christ the captain

of our salvation (Hebrews 2:10; 2 Tim. 2:3) As a sheep one follows Christ the shepherd (John 10) As a citizen one obeys Christ the king (Colossians 1:13) As a branch one bears fruit for Christ the vine (John 15)

If you used your Sunday Morning Sermon Application booklet from last Sunday’s sermon and would like to continue to get one each week, please sign the list on the welcome desk. You still have time to make up your mind. This weeks booklet is located on the welcome desk. The booklet is designed with daily (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday) applications to study that correspond with todays sermon. This will help you to remember the lesson as you apply it every day this week. He will only print up as many as needed each week. May we all grow stronger in God’s word.

VBS (Venture into Bible Stories) “Being Faithful Will Give Us Our Reward”

Sunday Night, April 28th @ 5 pm …... Noah “The Promise”

Monday Night, April 29th @ 7 pm ….. Joseph “My Brother’s Keepers”

Tuesday Night, April 30th @ 7 pm …... Moses “Following his Lead”

Wednesday Night, May 1st @ 7 pm …... Joshua “Seeing the Promise”

Something for the whole family. Spencer will be speaking to adults about being “faithful families”. The children will venture into Bible stories with crafts & fun time taught by adults & teens. Plan on joining us each night!

A light meal

will be served each night

@ 6 pm

Ages:

Birth ~

5th Grade

Items needed for Egg Hunt:

Plastic eggs (kind that can be filled)

Bags of individually wrapped

candy (NO nuts in the candy)

Sign up sheet for bringing home-

made cupcakes and/or cookies