THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT SYCAMORE 1144 Crescent Dr.

Cookeville, TN 38501 Telephone: (931) 526-5427 Care-Line: (931) 526-1454

Website: www.sycamorecoc.com Email: office@sycamorecoc.com

Worship with us at any of our services:

Sunday Worship ......... 9:00 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. Sunday Bible Study .. 8:00 a.m. & 10:15 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study ................. 7:00 p.m.

ELDERS

Randy DeBord ........................ 931-400-1892 Dale Garrett............................ 615-347-9531 Bobby Pruett .......................... 931-510-9626 Donnie Roberson ................... 931-267-1595 Charles Vaughn ..................... 931-261-9413

DEACONS

Barry Daniel * Jeremy Fox Meiklejohn McKenzie * John Allison

Bob Pharris * Casey Fox John Meadows * James Gravelle

Jesse Gilliam * Tommy Lee * Kevin James Jimmy Loftis * Garrett Shepherd * Victor Kline

Ryan Mattson * Steve Tillman Bryan Street * Wayne Moss

Tim Chambers * Randy Thompson

PULPIT MINISTER

Steve Reeder……………………..319-4432 YOUTH & FAMILY MINISTER

Kevin Daughrity…………………..261-4889 CAMPUS EVANGELIST

Scott Jefcoat ................................ 252-7671

WIFI INFORMATION

Login……………………….Sycamore Guest Password……………….welcomesycamore

Schedule of Elders’ Meetings September 30…………………..Bobby Pruett October 7……………….....Donnie Roberson October 14…………………...Charles Vaughn If you ever have any needs, questions, desire to be a part of the church family, or just need prayers, the elders would be glad to meet with you. Call the elder above who will be the chairman of that meeting. Phone #’s are listed above.

Volume 32 September 24, 2020 Issue 39

Bible Bowl Virtual After 41 years of hosting Bible Bowl, Sycamore hosted its first ever Bi-ble Bowl Virtual! All numbers were not turned in, but we did have 29 congregations who registered. This included 368 participants and 107 teams. Many more were involved, but we do not know the final tally. We thank all those young people from Sycamore who toughed it out through the quarantine time to participate this year: Maya Shepherd Jaycee Mangrum Taelor Ray Haylee Greenfield Shelby Barker Archer Shepherd Logan Jefcoat Chloe Reeves Alex Rush Sadie Mattson Drew Mattson Owen Jefcoat Tanner Shepherd Lauren Greenfield Ashley Thrasher Carter Mattson Luke Jefcoat Roman Ray Molly Jefcoat Ellie Shepherd

Our Young Achievers were Haylee Greenfield, Chloe Reeves, Lauren Greenfield, and Roman Ray. Our 5-Year Participants were Sadie Mattson, Archer Shepherd, and Ashley Thrasher. Our 10-Year Partici-pant was Tanner Shepherd. We are very proud of ALL our young people who studied God’s Word so diligently for Bible Bowl! We thank Don Fox for organizing the committee to coordinate this event this year. We thank Horace Burks and Gary Fox for doing our questions. We thank Kevin Rush and Ryan Mattson for setting up the online virtual Bible Bowl. It was a different year, but another great year for Bible Bowl!

Marriage Retreat There will be a meeting for all those attending and any others who are interested on Wednesday night, Sept. 30, in the large classroom upstairs (first classroom past nursery). We will meet after our worship time. This annual retreat to enrich our marriages is November 13-15. The place is the gorgeous Winshape Retreat in Mount Berry, GA. The cost is $400 per couple, which includes lodging and ten meals. A $50 deposit is due to reserve your spot. The rooms are limited, so first-come first-serve. See Kevin for questions.

Secret Sisters We would like to thank Jackie Perry and Nancy Matthews for organizing our Secret Sisters! They did an excellent job! Jennifer Daughrity and Libby Daughrity will now be overseeing this ministry. It is time to begin another one! This is such a fun and uplifting ministry of which to be involved. Blank forms are located in the foyer, and there's a box availa-ble to turn the form in once you have it completed. The deadline to turn the form in is no later than Sunday, October 11. See Jennifer or Libby for questions. Please consider taking part in Secret Sisters!

Ministry Leaders If you missed the meeting, please contact Kevin on the details. We do

need any revisions to the Ministry Book by October 11. Kevin

**Phil Thomas is at home recovering from surgery. **Brenda Fox, step-mother of Casey Fox, will be undergo-ing surgery soon.

**Missy Martin has ongoing health issues.

**Vera Cumby is at home recovering from a mild heart attack. **Elma Allison will have more tests and then will begin radiation and chemo treatments for lung cancer. **Tim Chambers, Anna Burgess, and Charlotte Pierce have shingles.

**Josie Sparks requests prayers for a family friend, John Ivin. He is 90 years old and has Covid virus.

**Chris Dial, son-in-law of Larry & Patsy Copeland, has lymphoma cancer. He has other health issues as well and will be undergoing gallbladder surgery soon.

Those with ongoing health issues are: James Stafford, grandfather of Evan Stafford, Vernon and Bobbie Locke, Anna Burgess, Judy Chambers, Mary Judd, Cathy Cantrell, Maggie Dyer, Rita Grissom (Cedar Hill’s Health Care), Lane Spivey, Donald Pierce, Debbie Cumby, James Gore (Bethesda Health Care), Janice Holland (Cedar Hill’s Health Care), James Loftis (Bethesda Health Care) Those battling cancer are: April Jones, Mable Lee, Fred & Pauline Birdwell (parents of Andrea Fox), Jerry Johnston (father of Jenny Whitson), Sheila Pippin (sister of Larry Copeland), Elma Allison, Lynn Smith (friend of Bruce Bean), Tyler Ford (nephew of Tracy Mabry), Jim Ashley, Wayne Wilborn (brother of Patsy Copeland), Samuel Grandell (2 year-old nephew of Sara Scoles), Khristine Garrett (daughter-in-law of Dale Garrett), Paul Cagle (father of Bart Cagle), Doris Castell (niece of Glendora Castell), Bobby Randolph (friend of Joe Moceri), Loran Breckinridge (cousin of Peggy Brittingham & nephew of Glendora Castell), Glenda Copeland (mother of Larry Copeland), Lakelan Barham, cousin of Joe Moceri, Penny Sells, (granddaughter of Louise Goodwin)

Sympathy

Sympathy is extended to Frankie Milton and family in the passing of his mother, Jewell Milton. Her funeral was last week. Sympathy is also extended to the family of Sammy Webb. He was known by many here at Sycamore and was the associate minister at Smyrna Church of Christ.

Mask Only Service

On Sunday morning and Sunday night in the small fellow-ship room in the new building, we will live stream both services for those who are wanting to wear masks during the whole service.

Baby Gift Card

Seth & Morgan Cagle are expecting a little boy in Octo-ber. We would like to help them celebrate their little blessing by showering them with a gift card. Money may be given to Robin James or Kristen Reeves by Oc-tober 11 You may mail in or drop off money to the church office. Make sure to indicate it is for them.

Meals

Anita Jennings had wrist surgery on the 9th. If you would like to take her a meal following her surgery, please contact Mary Alice Thomas.

90th Birthday

Marjorie Brewer, sister of Mary Alice Thomas, will be celebrating her 90th birthday. If you would like to send her a card, her address is: Stone Pear Pavilion, 125 Fox Lane, Chester, WV 26036.

New Address

Please make the following change to your church direc-tory. Jerome & Abbi Kline, 1730 Clemmons Rd, Cookeville, TN 38501

Online Directory

We now have 252 families in our online directory. Did you know that you can upload a new photo and sub-mit family information changes via the app? Members who provide an email address have full access to the app and website. If you see a member listed without their email, try to get that to Ryan Mattson, and he can get them fully functional.

Sycamore Family Reunion Postponed

Due to the issues with the virus situation, the elders have decided to postpone the Sycamore Family Reun-ion until the spring. The new date will be announced in the coming weeks.

Sunday Night Service

Alex Rush will be bringing us the lesson this Sunday night. Sycamore is so blessed to have so many talented young people. Hope you can join us!

New Nursery

The nursery has been moved to its new location in the new building. Simply exit the front of the auditorium and go through the doors to the new building. It is the first room on your left.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!

28 Linda Daniel 1 Bill Bybee 29 Emily Rich 3 Penny Bileyu 30 Tim Chambers 4 Pam Barnhart 31 Jim Perry 5 Jimmy Smith

Servants of Christ

Service Wednesdays

We resume our after-school activities on Sept. 30. We will have our Workforce interviews & eat Zaxby’s. Bring $7 for your meal.

Fall Kick-off Packets

See me for your packet of calendar, brochure, directo-ry, forms, etc. Please turn your forms in by Sept. 27.

Family Movie Night

Teens & their families are invited to watch “I Still Be-lieve” in the new gym, 6:00-9:00pm. We will order piz-za & have snacks. The cost is $5 per person. Sign up by Sept. 30.

Fall Retreat

Due to a virus case, the retreat has been postponed until Oct. 30-Nov. 1. The place is still Fall Creeks Falls State Park. The theme is “Faith Over Fear”. The speak-er is Lonnie Jones. The cost is $60, which includes lodg-ing, 4 meals, long-sleeve t-shirt & ropes course. Oct. 18 is the deadline to pay.

Kevin

“...joined & knit together by what every joint supplies…”

With SOC getting started back up with the Fall Se-mester, we will be following new TTU guidelines about events held on and off-campus. You will need to wear masks if you are inside our buildings and also use doors that are specifically for ENTER and EXIT only.

Sept. 28—Monday Night Refuel speaker—Matt Jones—7:30pm Memorial Gym on Campus

September 29—Tuesday Lunch from 11:00am—1:00pm—The meal will be Italian. Sign the list on the bulletin board or contact/see June Garrett if you would like to help prepare food or serve.

October 1—Game Night - SOC House starting at 7:00pm

October 7—Singing after class from 8:15-8:45pm

October 16-18—Fall Retreat at Camp Discovery in Gainesboro

Scott

Audio Visual Volunteers Needed

We need help running the new sound and video sys-tem for worship services. At every service we will need one person running the projector, one person running the sound system, and probably another person starting and ending the live stream. Please let Kevin Rush know if you would be willing to help with this!

Polishing the Pulpit Media Library

Sycamore has purchased an online resource that is accessible to the whole congregation .Go to watch.polishingthepulpit.com and you can view doz-ens of lessons from the most renown speakers in the brotherhood. Many of these are taken from past years of this annual lectureship in Pigeon Forge. It is a tre-mendous resource that is available to all our members. Please take advantage of these lessons that can teach great biblical principles and challenge your faith.

Mowing & Landscaping

We need several men to be on the landscaping list for the building. Ideally every week, 3 or more men would oversee the landscaping; which will include mowing, trim-ming, blowing off sidewalks and the parking lots and litter removal. At this time, this job may not require three men, but as the building process nears completion, 3 would be a good number. Weather permitting, we would like to see this done on Fridays or Saturdays. Please sign up on the attached link or see Kevin Rush if you have any ques-tions. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Sk8RkLQUylYB0L5rG2bvUTFoniQuQAffcbccWXoXVYM/edit?usp=sharing

Men’s Trap Shoot

All men of the congregation are invited to a Trap Shoot on October 24. Sign up on the bulletin board in the foyer if you plan on attending. More details later.

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Morning Worship

If you are unable to serve, please contact : Bruce Bean-528-7570

Call to Worship Randy DeBord Lead Singing Horace Burks Read Scripture Hunter Vetter Closing Prayer John Allison

Presiding Over Communion: Tracey Barker

Evening Worship If you are unable to serve, please contact Jimmy Loftis at 528-3265

Announcements Barry Daniel Lead Singing Mike Greenfield Read Scripture Shelby Barker Opening Prayer Bart Cagle Closing Prayer Joey Cross

Presiding Over Lord’s Supper: Tim Chambers Larry Copeland

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 If you are unable to serve, please contact Casey Rich (931) 260-0304

SPECIAL PRAYER SERVICE

Sisters In Service Ladies with last name beginning with O-T are asked to bring individual snacks for CRMC ICU waiting room this week. Please place snacks in the basket at the back of the auditorium.

For The Record

September 20, 2020 A.M. Worship 284 P.M. Worship 128 Wed. Bible Class 170

Contribution $15,874

Sunday, October 4, 2020

Morning Worship

If you are unable to serve, please contact : Bruce Bean-528-7570

Call to Worship Dale Garrett Lead Singing Josh Gravelle Read Scripture Brad Cavender Closing Prayer Larry Copeland

Presiding Over Communion: Bart Cagle

Evening Worship If you are unable to serve, please contact Jimmy Loftis at 528-3265

Announcements Tim Saylor Lead Singing Weston Sharp Read Scripture Matt Donegan Opening Prayer Wayne Moss Closing Prayer Justin Douglas

Presiding Over Lord’s Supper: Jimmy Daniel Gary Fox

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 If you are unable to serve, please contact Casey Rich (931) 260-0304

SPECIAL PRAYER SERVICE

Sisters In Service Ladies with last name beginning with V-B are asked to bring individual snacks for CRMC ICU waiting room this week. Please place snacks in the basket at the back of the auditorium.