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Southeast Family, When the initial battles in the Revolutionary War broke out in April 1775, few colonists desired complete independence from Great Britain, and those who did were considered radical. By the middle of the following year, however, many of the colonists had come to favor independence, thanks to growing hostility against Britain and the spread of revolutionary sentiments. On June 7, when the Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House (later Independence Hall) in Philadelphia, the Virginia delegate Richard Henry Lee introduced a motion calling for the colonies independence. Amid heated debate, Congress postponed the vote on Lee’s resolution, but appointed a five-man committee – including Thomas Jefferson of Virginia, John Adams of Massachusetts, Roger Sherman of Connecticut, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, and Robert R. Livingston of New York – to draft a formal statement justifying the break with Great Britain. On July 2nd, the Continental Congress voted in favor of Lee’s resolution for independence in a near unanimous vote [the New York delegation abstained, but later voted affirmatively]. On that day, John Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that July 2 “will be celebrated by succeeding Generation, as the great anniversary Festival” and that celebration should include “Pomp and Parade…Games, Sports, Guns, Bells, Bonfires and illuminations from one End of this Continent to the other.” On July 4th, the Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence, which had been largely written by Jefferson. Though the vote for actual independence took place on July 2 nd, from then on the 4th became the day that was celebrated as the birth of American independence. Now for a bit of trivia. Who were the two men that served on the five -man committee to draft what we now know as the Declaration of Independence who both died on a 4th of July? Not only did they die on the 4 th of July, they died on the same 4th of July in 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Need another hint? They both served as President of the United States. The two men were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. We thank God for the men we know as Founding Fathers for their visionary leadership, their courage, and their willingness to stand against tyranny and fight for freedom. We owe a great debt to these men, and I pray that in our day, we will be people of fortitude and courage willing to provide and follow visionary leadership.

PPlleeaassee pprraayy ffoorr MMiissssiioonn MMuusskkooggeeee YYoouutthh CCoommmmuunniittyy PPrroojjeecctt wwhhiicchh ccoonnttiinnuueess tthhrroouugghh TTuueessddaayy,, JJuullyy 1100tthh.. The movie “I Can Only Imagine” will be shown Sunday, July 15th during the 6 pm service. This Christian drama film is based on the story behind the best-selling Christian single of all time. The film tells the story of Bart Millard, the lead singer of MercyMe who wrote the song about his relationship with his father.

July 4, 2018

CHURCH SCHEDULE

SUNDAY: Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:30 am, 6 pm Youth Praise Team 6 pm

WEDNESDAY: Youth Praise 6:15 pm Kid’s Summertime 6:30 pm Worship 6:30 pm

CChhiillddrreenn’’ss MMiinniissttrryy SSuummmmeerr EEvveennttss!!

JULY 12th

River Co. Water Park 4 pm – 8 pm, Adults $4/Kids $3. JULY 17

th Lunch @ Chick-Fil-A

10:30 am – 1 pm. Bring lunch $$. JULY 19

th Honor Height Park

5 pm – 7 pm, Splash Pad fun!

TThhee LLOORRDD ’’SS SSUUPPPPEERR

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1100::3300 aamm sseerrvviiccee..

..

Giving Ourselves Daily to What Matters Most

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JULY 1, 2018 Sunday School 239 Morning Worship 293 Tithes/Offerings $9,903

LADIES BREAKFAST will be served in the Fellowship Hall Sunday, July 22nd at 9:30 am during Sunday School.

2511 E Hancock Muskogee Ok 74403 918.683.1447

www.sebcmuskogee.com sebcmuskogee@gmail.com

CCOOOOKKIIEESS && CCAARREE!! On August 5th at noon the 1st - 6th graders will meet for pizza in the Fellowship Hall and will bake cookies and deliver them to our shut ins. Parents, you are encouraged to enjoy your afternoon and pick up your child at 3 pm. Be sure to sign your child up in the Children's Pod.

Dear Southeast Family, July 11, 2018

The thought came to mind on a trip back to the office from a lunch appointment of having a guest writer for our newsletter article from time to time. When I got back to the office a mailing was on my desk from In Touch ministries and inside was an article written by Dr. Charles Stanley. The following article is from the pen [or the keyboard] of Dr. Stanley. “Worship” It’s interesting that something so foundational in the church is fraught with confusion and contention. Most of us call our Sunday gatherings ‘worship services,’ but do we really know what that means? If someone asked you to describe worship, what would you say? The word itself is derived from the Old English term weorthscipe, which means to proclaim God’s worth back to Him. It’s an expression of our devotion, adoration, gratitude, and praise for the Lord, based on who He is and what He has done. Now, this means we must have some knowledge of God and His works before we can proclaim His worth. To better understand this concept, think of yourself as an empty milk bottle that is being slowly filled with truths about God. Wouldn’t you agree that you can pour out in worship only what you have received and applied to your life? What would happen if your bottle was already filled with worldly things, or no scriptural truths had been poured in during the past week? How much could you pour out in praise to God? Although emotions are involved, genuine worship is not merely a feeling of closeness to the Lord. Jesus said, ‘God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth’ (John 4:24). It’s not a matter of outward ceremony but of a heart that is occupied with the Lord. Furthermore, in order to please Him, worship must be grounded in truth as revealed in His Word. He is not exalted when we come to praise a god of our own making, whether from our imagination or based on misinterpretation. As you prepare for worship…consider how you can express devotion to God with your thoughts, attitudes, words, songs, and deeds. After all, it isn’t just a Sunday thing – it’s an everyday lifestyle of adoration.”

CHURCH SCHEDULE SUNDAY:

Sunday School 9:30 am Worship 10:30 am, 6 pm Youth Praise Team 6 pm

WEDNESDAY:

Youth Praise 6:15 pm Kids Summertime 6:30 pm

Worship 6:30 pm

JULY 8, 2018 Sunday School 236 Morning Worship 289 Evening Worship 134 Tithes/Offerings $22,132

TThhee LLOORRDD ’’SS SSUUPPPPEERR

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Meeting this Week Finance Committee

4:15 pm, Sunday Conference Room.

Business Meeting

6:30 pm, Wednesday July 18, 2018.

LADIES BREAKFAST will be served in the Fellowship Hall Sunday, July 22nd at 9:30 am during Sunday School.

The movie “I Can Only Imagine” will be shown Sunday, July 15th at 5 pm. This Christian drama film is based on the story behind the best-selling Christian single of all time. The film tells the story of Bart Millard, the lead singer of MercyMe who wrote the song about his relationship with his father.

SSOOUUTTHHEEAASSTT BBAAPPTTIISSTT CCHHUURRCCHH

CChhiillddrreenn’’ss MMiinniissttrryy SSuummmmeerr EEvveennttss!! JULY 12

th River Co. Water Park, 4 pm – 8 pm.

Adults $4/Kids $3. JULY 17

th Lunch @ Chick-Fil-A, 10:30 am – 1 pm.

Bring lunch $$.

JULY 19th

Honor Height Park, 5 pm – 7 pm. Join us for Splash Pad fun!

TTIIMMEE CCHHAANNGGEE –– 55PPMM!!!!!!

GGooooddTTiimmeerrss –– SSeenniioorr AAdduullttss River City Players & Dinner

Thursday, July 19th Leaving from the church at 5 pm.

Must have pre-purchased a ticket!

will be cooked and served by the Deacon Body next Sunday, July 22

nd during Sunday School at 9:30 am in the

Fellowship Hall. Liz Mabry will share her testimony. Children and youth will meet in their usual classes. The men will meet in the auditorium. Thursday, August 2

nd at 11 am in the

Fellowship Hall to discuss their mission projects for the next year. Ladies, you will have the opportunity to choose the projects where you would like to serve. Please bring a finger food item for lunch.

KKEENNYYAA MMIISSSSIIOONN TTRRIIPP CCoommppeell OOuuttrreeaacchh

IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall OOrrpphhaannaaggee

JJuullyy 2299tthh

-- AAuugguusstt 1100tthh

Pray for our Mission Team

and those they will meet as they share the Gospel

of Jesus Christ.

GGOOOODDTTIIMMEERRSS River City Players

and Dinner Thursday, July 19

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If you signed up, meet us at the church. We

are leaving for Tahlequah at 5 pm.

Southeast Family, This morning I was reading Psalm 119 and there in the ninth section of this great chapter we find some verses that have always kind of reached out and grabbed me. The psalmist writes in verse 67: “Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep Your word.” Then in verse 71 he writes: “It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn Your statutes.” It is clear the psalmist has a supernatural perspective. He looks at “affliction” [trials, tribulations, hardship, life storms] from a positive perspective rather than as a negative. He views his affliction as working for him rather than against him, which is so counter to how we typically view affliction. Yet the psalmist sees his “affliction” as blessing. How does he do that? The psalmist looked at his affliction through spiritual/biblical lenses. He states that “before I was afflicted I went astray.” Before the affliction had come he wandered from the straight and narrow path that leads to life. He didn’t walk in the will of God. He disobeyed the counsel and instruction given to him in the Word of God. Yet after the affliction, he kept the Word. God allowed or brought affliction to rescue this believer who’d gone astray. The affliction caused this man of God to repent and return to the Lord and live in obedience and faithfulness to Him. That is a good outcome! No wonder the psalmist viewed affliction in a positive light. Now be sure not to miss this. The affliction itself was in all likelihood not good. It may have been downright awful. Yet what the affliction accomplished in the life of the psalmist was good. The affliction was able to bring about a good result because of a proper response on the part of the psalmist to the affliction. He responded to the affliction with a heart that was yielded to God Himself. Notice again what the psalmist writes in verse 71: “It is good for me that I was afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.” The psalmist came to realize there were some things he’d never had learned about God and His statutes had God not permitted or brought the affliction. There are just some things we will never learn about God outside the crucible of suffering. This past Sunday night we watched the movie “I Can Only Imagine.” The song by that same title is the best-selling Christian single of all time, yet it was birthed out of a great deal of affliction. We can allow afflictions to make us callous, bitter, resentful, or angry. Or we can allow affliction to move us closer to Jesus, to a greater reliance upon Him, a firmer focus on Him, more of a yieldedness to Him, and a lifestyle of greater obedience to Him. I encourage you to allow affliction to accomplish its greater purpose in your life. If you will, it will produce for you an eternal weight of glory (2 Corinthians 4:16-18).

2511 E. Hancock Muskogee OK 74403 918.683.1447 sebcmuskogee@gmail.com www.sebcmuskogee.com

CCHHIILLDDRREENN’’SS MMIINNIISSTTRRYY

Parents, bring your kids and meet us in Honor

Heights Park on Thursday, July 19

th

for SPLASH PAD FUN, 5 - 7 pm.

AAWWAANNAA KKIICCKK OOFFFF is scheduled for

Wednesday, August 22nd!

JULY 15, 2018 Sunday School 225

AM Worship 276

Tithes/Offerings $9,764

CHURCH SCHEDULE

SUNDAY: Sunday School 9:30 am

Worship 10:30 am, 6 pm

Youth Praise Team 6 pm

WEDNESDAY : Youth Praise 6:15 pm

Kids Summertime 6:30 pm

Worship 6:30 pm

If you would like to go to the Owasso Baptist Children's Home annual BACK TO SCHOOL STYLE SHOW on Saturday, August 4th, please contact Ruth Roberts or Cindy Buckskin for more information.

July 18, 2018 SOUTHEAST BAPTIST CHURCH

Giving Ourselves Daily to What Matters Most

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-- DDeeaaddlliinnee tthhiiss SSuunnddaayy.. SSeeee BBrroo.. SShhaannee!!

SScchhooooll MMiissssiioonn PPrroojjeeccttss -- AAuugguusstt 1144tthh

.. MMoorree iinnffoorrmmaattiioonn ccoommiinngg ssoooonn!!

CCOOOOKKIIEESS && CCAARREE!! On August 5th at noon the 1st - 6th graders will meet for pizza in the Fellowship Hall and will bake cookies and deliver them to our shut ins. Parents, you are encouraged to enjoy your afternoon and pick up your child at 3 pm. Be sure to sign your child up in the Children's Pod.

COMFORT FOR KIDS will meet Wednesday,

July 25th, 10 am in Room A4 of the Adult Area.

The BUILDING & GROUNDS COMMITTEE

will meet Sunday, July 29th, at 5:30 pm in the Conference Room.

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!!

GGOOOODDTTIIMMEERRSS KKEENNTTUUCCKKYY TTRRIIPP -- If you have signed up for this trip, your

final balance is due on Sunday, August 5th.

Southeast Family, Early this morning I read these insightful, instructive, and encouraging words penned by the great man of God and pulpiteer Charles Spurgeon: “He whose life is one even and smooth path, will see but little of the glory of the Lord, for he has few occasions of self-emptying, and hence, but little fitness for being filled with the revelation of God. They who navigate little streams and shallow creeks, know but little of the God of tempests; but they who “do business in great waters,” these see his “wonders in the deep.” Among the huge Atlantic-waves of bereavement, poverty, temptation, and reproach, we learn the power of Jehovah, because we feel the littleness of man. Thank God, then, if you have been led by a rough road: it is this which has given you your experience of God’s greatness and lovingkindness. Your troubles have enriched you with a wealth of knowledge to be gained by no other means: your trials have been the cleft of the rock in which Jehovah has set you, as he did his servant Moses, that you might behold his glory as it passed by.” None of us enjoy trials and tribulations. We don’t go looking for them, and would love to be able to avoid them, if that were possible. As you know, it is not possible. Jesus told us that in this world we would have tribulation, but to take heart because He had overcome the world (John 16:33). The half-brother of our Lord, James, in writing about trials and tribulations prefaces the discussion with “when you face” not “if you face” (James 1). But, as Spurgeon wrote, our trials can enrich us in ways that smooth sailing cannot. We learn more about our dear Lord, and frankly, we can become more like our Lord in times of trial than when everything seems to be going our way. Times of trial are opportunities for growth and development in our Christian life. For certain, trials themselves do not make us better. Our response in them makes all the difference. Trials can make us bitter, angry, resentful, and cause us to give up on God if we fail to keep our focus on Jesus in the trial. There have been many who have shipwrecked their faith through the years because they gave up on God in their trial. Yet there have also been many who have come through trial with their faith having been forged like iron because they clung more tightly to the Lord when things became difficult (Paul and Silas are one example). Did you know that several of our beloved hymns were written in the wake of trials and tragedies? Over the next few weeks, I want to share with you the stories behind some of our beloved hymns. Stay tuned.

CCOOOOKKIIEESS && CCAARREE On Sunday, August 5th at noon the 1st - 6th graders will meet for pizza in the Fellowship Hall and will bake cookies and deliver them to our shut ins. Parents, you are encouraged to enjoy your afternoon and pick up your child at 3 pm. Sign your child up in the Children's Pod or at the Information Center.

July 22, 2018 Sunday School 251 AM Worship 304 PM Worship 97 Tithes/Offerings $14,721

CHURCH SCHEDULE

SUNDAY: Sunday School 9:30 am

Worship 10:30 am 6 pm

Youth Praise Team 6 pm

WEDNESDAY : Youth Praise 6:15 pm

Kids Summertime 6:30 pm

Worship 6:30 pm

Coming in August… AAWWAANNAA KKIICCKK OOFFFF Wednesday, August 22nd

at 6:15 pm for 2 year olds – 6th

grades!

SOUTHEAST BAPTIST CHURCH

Giving Ourselves Daily to What Matters Most

July 25, 2018

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.. SSttuuddeennttss,, bbrriinngg ssnnaacckkss oorr ddrriinnkkss aanndd hhaanngg oouutt aatt SShhaannee && BBeetthh’’ss hhoouussee ttiillll 99 ppmm!!

YYOOUUTTHH FFLLOOAATT TTRRIIPP on the Illinois River in Tahlequah on Tuesday, August 7th. Sunday is the last day to sign up in the Youth Room or you need to see Bro. Shane.

BBAACCKK TTOO SSCCHHOOOOLL SSTTYYLLEE SSHHOOWW for the Owasso Baptist Children’s Home will be held in Tulsa on Saturday, August 4

th. If you would like to go, please see Ruth Roberts or Cindy Buckskin.

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-- AAuugguusstt 1100tthh

.. Pray for our Mission Team and those they encounter as they share the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a crusade, in the local churches, in the VBS for local children and the VBS at the orphanage.

TThhuurrssddaayy,, AAuugguusstt 22nndd at 11 am in the Fellowship Hall to discuss their mission projects for the next

year. Ladies, you will have the opportunity to choose the projects where you would like to serve. Please bring a finger food item for lunch.

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at 5 local schools. We will be grilling hotdogs and serving chips and

water to students and their families. Sign-up sheets will be available this Sunday in the front foyer for all those who would like to participate.

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BBUUIILLDDIINNGG && GGRROOUUNNDDSS MMEEEETTIINNGG Sunday, July 29th

, 5:30 pm, Office Area.