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OUR PRAYER REQUEST

Pace-maker put in on Monday,

November 18th

at St.John Hospital

Neil Richey, Shreveport, LA

Via Bulletin Digest

OUR PRAYER REQUESTS John Murray’s cancer has progressed and

there is a new chemo the doctors have

prescribed for him. He received 2 units of

blood on Thursday to help with his fatigue

and it will also boost his blood count. He

will start the new intravenous chemo

program on August 20th

. Please keep John

in your prayers.

Pam Howard is home after being

hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital in

Tulsa. She needs plenty of rest.

Ronda Moss is now home. The results of

her heart tests came back good.

Charles Finney was taken to Hillcrest

Hospital with high blood pressure.

OTHERS TO PRAY FOR

Bess Brooks, Carl Best Sr., LaVerne

Boren, Carol Downs, Jeanetta Clark, Judy

Coppedge, Craig Coppedge, Sue Finney,

Lauren Graves, Luke Graves, Ronald

PRAYER REQUEST

COMING EVENTS

September 23 – Card Ministry – 5:00 p.m.

September 23 – Small Groups meet

October 4 – Feed the Football Team

October 6 – Ladies’ Day – Miami, OK

October 6 – Movie Night

October 7 – Card Ministry – 5:00 p.m.

October 8 – Ladies’ Night Out – 6:00 p.m.

October 9 – Love Meals

October 14 – Singing to shut-ins

October 21 – Card Ministry – 5:00 p.m.

October 21 – Elders/Deacons Meeting

October 27 – Great Days of Service

October 31 – Trunk or Treat

BIBLE READING PLAN FOR 2018 September 23-29 - 2 Chronicles

NOTICE: The elders have committed $1,000

for Disaster Relief on the East Coast. If you would like to add to this fund, please give your donation to one of the elders or D.J. by October 7.

Freddie Vivion – September 23

Gary Boren – September 23

Jo Reta Ramsey – September 25

Kendall Odle – September 27

John and Sammie Stafford – September 30

Eutaw and Debbie Ragland – September 25

IN NEED OF OUR PRAYERS/

ENCOURAGEMENT Health Concerns/Long Term Illnesses Brenda Forrest remains in Hillcrest with severe

health issues.

Dutch Longenbaugh is recovering from back

surgery and may require surgery on a broken

ankle.

Judy Coppedge has a very serious foot issue.

ON-GOING SERIOUS ILLNESSES Cancer/cancer treatments : Charles Finney, Keith

Martin, Leslie McCarthy, Pat Crowell, Doyle

Downing, Gabriel Crabtree, Colt Rowland, Patsy

Carroll, Sherry Worley

Seizures – Payton Stanley, Cathy Nations

Jeff Mitchell - kidney disease

Gertrude Teague – heart problems

Zach James – awaiting heart transplant

Candy McBride – kidney disease

Dallas Madole – foot injury

SYMPATHY We extend our sympathy to Kendall

Odle and her family in the loss of her mother,

Freda Odle. Her services were September 18.

We also need to remember Vivian

Finnell at this time. Her sister passed away

in New Mexico this week.

Congratulations! Julie Gidney gave birth to a baby boy on

September 18! This means a new great

grandson for Don and Pat Stafford, and a

grandson for John and Jennifer!

LITTLE BLESSINGS

Many are the gifts and favors

That we harvest every day.

Never knowing they are blessings

That are graced upon our way;

That are favors of the Lord,

For our Christian faith and duty

And devotion to accord.

Little blessings, gifts and favors

That enrich our daily life

And enhance our strength and courage

To endure the woes of strife.

Gifts of love, too rife to notice-

That are blessing every day,

To protect us and endure us

At our labor and our play. Author Unknown

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SERMON TOPICS FOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2018 Sunday AM - “Jesus’ Message to Laodicea” (Revelation 3:14-22) Sunday PM “ Are You Listening to God?” (James 1:22-24)

SERMON NOTES:

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YOUTH NEWS

Bible Quiz Question What is the only debt Paul said we should have? (Answer in Romans 13.) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Congratulations to Gracie, Makenzie, and Hunter Vivion for answering last week’s trivia question correctly! Memory Verse: Romans 14:1, “Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.”

UP-COMING EVENTS October 6 – Movie Night

October 7 – Tri-State Youth Services October 27 – Great Days of Service

October 14 – Singing to shut-ins

March 26, 2017

Email: pryorcoc@sbcglobal.net

Web: www.pryorchurchofchrist.com

Phone: (918) 825-2539

CARD MINISTRY MEETS

SEPTEMBER 23 - 5:00 P.M.

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Bible Class – 9:45 a.m.

Worship – l0:35 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Bible Class and Devotional – 7:00 p.m.

MINISTER

D.J. Castoe, Pulpit Minister

ELDERS

Carl Best Tom Coats

Don Stafford Freddie Vivion

DEACONS Darrell Applegate Jay Martin

Rick Howard Jerry McCoy

MISSION WORKS OUTSIDE OF

PRYOR Hope Harbor Claremore, Ok

Ghana Outreach Ghana, West Africa

Tent City & Last Water Village Papua, New

Guinea

Church of Christ

605 South Coo-Y-Yah

Pryor, OK 74361

Bible Study……………………………………...96

A.M. Worship………………………………….138

P.M. Worship……………………………………65

Contributions……………………………….$4,464

Budget…………………………………........$3,450

Budget-Up-Date…………………..…….....+$2,681

LORD’S TABLE

Prayers: Jack Freund

Carl Best Jr. David Stanley

Chris Martin Craig Coppedge

SUNDAY NIGHT LORD’S TABLE

Kody Ramsey / Tom Coats

PRAYERS

Gary Risner J.E. Casey

Tom Coats Darrell Applegate

SUN ROOM DUTY

Carl Best Sr.

ASSIST DURING SERVICE

Jerry McCoy / Dutch Longenbaugh

SOUND BOARD OPERATORS

9/23 Drew Dunham 9/30 Joel Dunham

SONG LEADER ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rick Howard D.J. Castoe

VAN DRIVER

John Howard

COMMUNION GREETERS

Lynn & Cammy King Lynn & Cammy King

BAKE BREAD

9/23 Donna St. John 9/30 Pam Howard

September 23, 2018

REMEMBER: LIFE IS HARD

Last Saturday afternoon, I was in Owasso with Rachel and Teddie. There were

some stores that all three of us wanted to go to. There were things we wanted to look at and

there were things we wanted to buy.

We went out and enjoyed a nice lunch, just the three of us. We talked and we

laughed. We looked at the things we wanted to look at and bought some of the things we

wanted to buy.

It was a great day with my girls. It was the kind of day that I love to have with them.

But as much as I was enjoying my time with them, my mind was somewhere else. While we

were out having a good time, enjoying one another’s company, there were people who were

dealing with hard trials of life.

Before we went to Owasso, I had been at Hillcrest Hospital visiting a friend. She

had been intubated the day before and she didn’t even know I was there. I spoke with her

husband who told me she was doing better than she was the day before.

While out in Owasso, I had received a message from Kendall Odle telling me when

the visitation was for her mom, where it was going to be, and that I needed to be ready to

speak at her service.

I was out having a good time with my girls and there were others who were hurting.

A husband was at his wife’s side at the hospital, as he has been for the last 45 days. A

daughter was having to get used to the reality that her mom had passed from this life.

Sometimes our lives can be going so well that we forget that life is hard. I think this

is why Paul admonished us in Romans 12:15 to, “Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn

with those who mourn.”

Life is hard, but with our brothers and sisters in Christ we will get through it! Take

time this week to rejoice with those who are rejoicing, but also take some time this

week to mourn with those who mourn! Both of these things are greatly needed!

D.J. Castoe