AREA EVENTS

Ladies Retreat: Sept. 18-19, hosted by the Bridgeport church of Christ, being held at Jackson’s Mill, Weston, WV. See bulle-tin board for registration information. Gospel Meeting: Sept. 25-26, Washing-ton St. church of Christ, St. Albans, WV Ladies Tea: October 10th , 6th & Wash-ington St. church of Christ, Marietta OH, Tammy Hatfield, 2 pm Friends & Family Day: October 11th, 6th & Washington St. church of Christ, Mariet-ta, OH, Tim Hatfield, 9 am

SUNDAY AM July 5 July 12

Announcements Meredith Cameron

Song Leader Smith McIntire

Opening Prayer Dean D. Jones

Scripture Kidder J. Kupfner

Lord’s Supper Capel Oblisk

Usher Duncan R. Cook

Usher Houser Kidder

P.A. System ~ AUDIO McIntire McHenry

P.A. System ~ VIDEO Oblisk T. Jones

SUNDAY PM July 5 July 12

Announcements West Hamm

Song Leader Je. Eaton Barclay

Opening Prayer Egnor Lyons

Scripture Heaney D. Miller

Lord’s Supper Kv. Grose Ferrebee

Usher Merrill Egnor

Usher Vaughan Cox

P.A. System ~ AUDIO Barclay J. Isaacs

P.A. System ~ VIDEO Ferrebee Heaney

July 5, 2020

NORTH END CHURCH OF CHRIST

SERVING IN THE MILITARY

Joseph Banfield (son-in-law of Kirk & Mary Malone)

Shawn Blair (grandson of Karen Blair)

Paul Cascell (son-in-law of Mark & Candy Berry)

Emily & Sarah Collins (nieces of Eva Cook)

Chandler Hamilton (grandson of Jeff & Mary Smearman)

Nicholas Linville (grandson of Jim & Dianna Kerns)

Dustin Miller (brother of Chris Miller)

Nate Ruble (son of Patty Ruble)

Shane Suttles (member at North End)

Josie Thomas (sister of Jen Miller)

Aaron Wright (grandson of Grace Wells)

OUR RECORD Week of

June 28th

2020

Average

Sunday a.m. Worship 67

Sunday Bible Class —

Sunday p.m. Worship 47

Wednesday Bible Class —

MISSIONS

Congregational Mission Efforts

Chimala School

of Preaching Chimala, Tanzania

Greenville Church of

Christ Greenville, OH

Andy Robison

WV School of Preaching

Search TV Edmond, OK

Jim Waldron

India

West Virginia

School of Preaching

Moundsville, WV

OUR GROWTH FOR 2020

Baptisms..………………………………..4 Request for prayer, Restored………….0 Placed Membership…………………….4

July 12 - Prepare Your Heart

July 19 - Christ Is Our Hope

July 26 - A Friend To Jesus

In Search of the Lord’s Way, WTAP-Sunday, 7:30am

Sunday Morning Worship - 9:30 am Bible Classes - 10:45 am

Sunday Evening Worship - 6:30 pm Wednesday Bible Study - 7:00 pm

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1301 West Virginia Avenue Parkersburg, WV 26104

304-422-0489 or 304-422-0567 Office Hours: Tues. — Fri. 9:00 am — 2:00 pm

~ Web: www.northendchurch.com

Email: churchofchristnorthend@gmail.com

If you are unable to serve call Dave Butterfield at 304-482-8917

SERVICE ASSIGNMENTS

No Cheap Repentance

Sin has a cost. That’s a concept we should be careful not to forget. If we do committing sin becomes much less of a big deal. (At least in our own minds). I think this is a reason why Israel’s law commanded a thief to give back more than he stole. Think about it: if you steal something, but you give it back, then no harm done, right? Well . . . except you stole something, and there was a price to that. “The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to his neighbor” (Exodus 22:9). You had to give twice as much as you stole to make it right. In some cases even more than that.

When you really understand sin has a cost you’re done with cheap repentance. Imagine this common scene: one sibling whacks another (accidentally or otherwise) and then mom says: “you tell your brother you’re sorry!” So the offender mumbles out “sorry” and then stomps off. That is really cheap repentance. A child who is con-science-stricken over their offense will take much more time and effort making it right. I’m talking hugs, offers to play whatever the other kid wants, that sort of thing.

Once David did something to offend God. To remedy this wrong he was told to go make an offering on someone else’s property. The owner of this property was also very eager to make things right with God, so he offered David a means of cheap repentance. He was willing to give David the land, his oxen, his farming equipment . . . basically everything he owned. But David refused the offer. He said: “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing” (2 Samuel 24:24). It seems God was pleased with this attitude. That very site later became the location of the temple.

When you do something wrong don’t try to get out of the situation as cheaply and pain-lessly as possible. God gave Jesus to suffer and die for our sin. What a costly sacrifice! How can we try to get away with the minimum when God gave it all? How could we offer to God only what costs us nothing? No, if you wrong someone make every effort to make it right. Give back twice as much as you took. You could even pull a Zacchaeus and give back four times the amount. Then you will be honoring Jesus by acknowledging that sin has a price.

Doug Wells, Camden Avenue church of Christ, Parkersburg, WV

Announcements

Cancelations: Due to health concerns our elders have decided to cancel Vacation Bible School and the clothing giveaway. Baby Shower: There will be a drive-in baby shower on July 10th at 6:30 pm in the North End parking lot for Amanda Ware. She is having a boy and is registered at Amazon and Baby List. If you would like to give on a gift, please see Becky Kidder, Amy Hanlon or Melissa Grose. Church Camp: With so many things being canceled this year it has been decided to have a social distancing church camp for our North End youth, middle school age and up. It will take place at the home of C.J. and Natalie Vaughan on July 16th beginning at 4:00 pm and continue through July 18th ending with a banquet that evening. Tents will be used to camp out in the yard. All food will be provided. If you plan to attend, please sign the list on the table in the foyer. If you have any questions see C.J. Vaughan or Kevin Grose. If you do not have a tent let one of them know and one can be provided for you. High School Graduates: We will honor our graduates on July 19th following the AM service. After our PM service there will be a reception for our grads in our multi-purpose room. You are invited to join them for cake and punch. Clothing Closet: Due to the cancelation of the clothing giveaway we are asking you to not bring clothing. There is so much to be sorted and Candy needs time to get this done.

Remember In Prayer

Greg Kupfner had hip replacement surgery on June 29th. The surgery went well and Greg is home recovering. Mildred Sutton was recently in the hospital after fracturing her knee. She is now at Worthington Care Center. Cards can be sent to: Worthington Healthcare Center Mildred Sutton Room 404 2675 36th Street Parkersburg, WV 26104 Norma Poole and Grace Wells are in care cen-ters and would enjoy getting cards. Their address-es are: Norma Poole Grace Wells Willows Center Kimes Nursing & Rehab 723 Summers St. 75 Kimes Lane Parkersburg, WV 26101 Athens, OH 45701 Sympathy: We extend our sympathy to Nancy Merrill at the death of her brother-in-law, Charles Tomlin. He passed away June 30th and his funeral was held in Woodsfield, Ohio. Brenda Corbin is in need of our prayers. She is a friend of Jeff & Mary Smearman. Clyde Starr, brother of Nancy Merrill, recently un-derwent surgery for cancer. Please keep him in your prayers.

Prayer List

Our Members

Mark Berry

Karen Blair

Dave Butterfield

Richard & Eva Cook

Donna Davis

Ethel Davis

Cova Ferrebee

Van Ferrier

Diane Fouss

Sharon Giffen

Ken James

Brad Kimes

Mary Malone

Helen May

Norma Poole

Sharon Pugh

Tony Rittenhouse

Mildred Sutton

Mary Rose Talbott

Grace Wells

Family & Friends

Jean Dye (Davis)

Bobby Fowler (Egnor)

Bernard Hoover (D. Kupfner)

Amy Lowe (D. Lane)

Cindy Ray (Smearman)

Gary Sawyers (Shockey)

Rebecca Scott (Egnor)

Fred Steed (Steed)

Kelly Ubbens (S. Miller)

Dearll Vincent (P. Kupfner)

Brent West (West)

James Whitehead (Smearman)

Kate Zhang (Haguewood)

Elders

Mark Berry

Bob Cameron

David Hamm

Randy Meredith

Harvey West

Elder Meetings July 5 - 5:00 pm July 21 - 6:30 pm

Deacons

Dave Butterfield

Ron Cook Harley Cox

John Duncan Ken Grose

Kevin Grose Jim Kerns

Josh Kupfner Dan Lyons

Dennis Miller Mike Oblisk Jim Ullom

C.J. Vaughan

Minister

Steven Haguewood steven@northendchurch.com

Secretary

Eydie McIntire Notary Public

churchofchristnorthend@gmail.com

Today’s Scriptures

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