THE BLUFF CITY CHRISTIAN (USPS 059-120)

PUBLISHED BY THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, POPLAR BLUFF, MO

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2018 THE BLUFF CITY CHRISTIAN Vol. 72 - 13

Thursday Women

Thursday, August 23rd 6:00 p.m. at Fazoli’s

Men’s Fellowship

Thursday, August 23rd 6:00 p.m. at Hayden’s Drive-In

Upcoming Opportunities SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship & Children’s Church MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3: Labor Day - Church Office Closed THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6: Next Issue of The Bluff City Christian SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship & Children’s Church TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11: 5:30 p.m. Day Care Board Meeting THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: 6:30 p.m. Worship Meeting 7:00 p.m. Board Meeting SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 16: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship & Children’s Church SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23: 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship & Children’s Church THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27: 6:00 p.m. Thursday Women at Dexter BBQ 6:00 p.m. Men’s Fellowship at Colton’s

Serving Schedule for August 26, 2018

Worship Leader

Doris Chlastak Children’s Moment

Doris Chlastak Communion Prayer

Steve Fowler Offertory Prayer

Pat Fowler Van Driver

George McCall/Mark Richardson Communion Preparation

Gene & Anne Roberts Diaconate

Rob Blackwell, Carlos Hicks, Jim Hillis, LuWanna Forister,

Shirley Kearbey

Only one issue of The Bluff City Christian in August.

Next issue will be Thursday, September 6th.

Serving Schedule for August 19 2018

Worship Leader

Kay Gilbreath Children’s Moment

Kathy Richardson Communion Prayer LaVerne Matthews Offertory Prayer

Jack Childress Van Driver

George McCall/Mark Richardson Communion Preparation

Gene & Anne Roberts Diaconate

Marion Parks, Stan Pinkston, Carol Swafford, Linda Casey,

Kim Wagganer

Serving Schedule for September 2, 2018

Worship Leader: Ed Lewis

Children’s Moment: Pastor Frank

Communion Prayer: Kathy Richardson

Offertory Prayer: Mark Richardson

Van Driver: George McCall/Mark Richardson

Communion Preparation: Stanley & Carol Pinkston

Diaconate: Marion Parks, Stan Pinkston, Carol Swafford,

Linda Casey, Kim Wagganer

Makayla Hostetler

By: Steve & Pat Fowler

Sunday School Perfect Attenders

July 2018

Pastor Frank Margie Champion Doris Chlastak Gail Doss Pat Fowler Kay Gilbreath Gleta Gorman Ed Lewis Jack Maxwell George McCall

Eva Kay Smith

SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION

Poplar Bluff schools are back in session on August 16th. Students are excited and a lot of the times not paying attention to traffic. Let’s try to make it as safe as pos-sible this school year by watching out for them and decreasing our speed. Bus drivers have a huge responsibility keeping our kids safe. Let’s give them a hand by keeping an eye out for those buses.

THE BLUFF CITY CHRISTIAN Published Weekly Except in August By

THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Located at Main & Davis St. Mailing Address: 1601 N. Main Office Ph. 785-6466

Entered as periodical matter October 16, 1945, at the Post Office at Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901, Under the Act of March 3, 1897 SUBSCRIPTION-$10.00

CIRCULATION-180 Minister ...................................................................................... Rev. Frank Chlastak Music Director ...................................................................................... Bill Clanahan Organist…………………………………………………………………Mary Holley Youth Director ...................................................................................... Bill Clanahan Secretary……………………………………………………………… Linda Everett Custodians .......................................................................... Kenny and Kay Gilbreath Web Site ............................................................................. www.firstchristianpb.org E-Mail Addresses: ......................................................... church@firstchristianpb.org

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ATTENDANCE REPORT July 22, 2018

ATTENDANCE: Worship ....................................... 29 Children’s Church ......................... 0 TOTAL WORSHIP .................. 29 SUNDAY SCHOOL Elementary A/B ............................. 0 Homebuilders ................................ 5 Men’s Class ................................... 4 Total .............................................. 9

ATTENDANCE REPORT July 29, 2018

ATTENDANCE: Worship ...................................... 45 Children’s Church ........................ 1 TOTAL WORSHIP .................. 46 SUNDAY SCHOOL Elementary A/B ............................ 0 Homebuilders ............................... 7 Men’s Class .................................. 7 Total ........................................... 14

SIGNS ALONG THE WAY 200 years before Jesus arrived on the scene, the Ro-man Emperor Aurelian initiated something called the "bread dole."

This meant that grain could be supplied to the poor for half price. The dole quickly became a political tool to be used by tribunes to buy voters. If Jesus were not careful, this whole thing of giving bread could quickly degenerate into a tool to win friends and influence people. He would become as just another demagogue. Bread can be used as a weapon. There are those in our own government that have advocated that very thing. If nations withhold oil from us, then we withhold bread from them. On the surface feeding the world's hungry sounds like such an ide-al thing, but when this whole issue is examined it becomes much more complex. In the novel The Brothers Karamazov, a fictionalized scene takes place between an old church Cardinal who is engaged in the Span-ish Inquisition with Jesus, who supposedly has now come back to earth. The crooked old cardinal chastises Jesus for missing his golden opportunity in the desert when he did not give bread to the people. "Mankind would have run after you, grateful and obedient, though forever trembling with fear that you might withdraw your hand and they would no longer have loaves. You did not want to make men slaves but here too your judgment was too high for all men are slaves." The temptation to give bread to the world was the greatest that Je-sus ever experienced, because I am certain that his great compas-sionate heart melted at the sight of those who were hungry, so many of whom were children. With the snap of a finger it could have been done. But Jesus understood the ramifications of this and did what he had to do by refusing to fall into that tempting trap. May we not be tempted to fall in that trap also. Jesus said to them, “I am the Bread of Life. Come every day to me and you will never be hungry. Believe in me and you will never be thirsty.” John 6:35 See you in church! Pastor Frank

Looks who’s having a Birthday in

Fran Turpin 3 Jan Duffy 10 Gene Roberts 17 Guy Vincent 19 Marion Parks 21 Doug Jackson 22 Matt Richardson 28

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At Home Trent Albright, Wilma Brown,

Carl Grobe, Roger Grobe, Cathy Matthews Haggerty,

Betty Jackson, Anne Roberts, Ramona Sutton, Anita Wakefield,

Josephine Wren

Black River Medical Pauline Hearne

Oakdale Bettie Linn, C.M. Wilson

Rivermist Residential Care Wilma Burwell

Westwood Hills Irma Brannum, Room 4A

Children’s Hospital, St. Louis Chandler Voyles

[Names will remain on our Prayer Concern list until the Church Office is

notified to remove them.]