The Open Door“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in

and out, and find pasture.” _ Jesus Christ – John 10:9

Volume 16, No. 37 Published by Cedar Key Church of Christ

11 September 2016 Editor: David Binkley, Gospel Minister

Today’s Worship Plan

2 Corinthians 9:6-8 “...Whoever sows sparingly will also reap also sparingly and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.”… Please notice the offering box in the entranceway; where we cheerfully place our offerings in the collection box. Your contributions to God help us preach the Gospel here in Cedar Key, around the world and carry out works of benevolence to the glory of Christ our Lord.

Welcome Visitors and Members! We hope that your experience today will add something meaningful to your life in Christ Jesus. If you are new to the area and would like more information about this church, let us know. If you are just visiting our island community, then we hope to see you again.

Would you like to confess your faith in Jesus Christ and repent of your sins today? Come forward during the last song and we will assist you in obeying Christ as Lord – or let us know your desire some other time. We can arrange a time for your baptism into Christ. If you are a Christian and wandered away from home with the Lord, you may make your desire known and we will pray for God to forgive your sins, and fully restore you to Jesus Christ and joyful fellowship with other Christians.

Welcome and first Prayer…… Brent BrooksCongregational singing ........………Sermon: Why Will You Die? Lord’s Supper – Presiding …………… Ronnie TaylorLord’s Supper – Assisting ………… David CurryClosing Prayer ………………… Paul Lannuier Greeter ………………………………… Rachael Harris

Share the Good News! Free Bible studies and much more are available at our congregation’s web site Cedar Key Church of Christ. We also have the church’s weekly Bulletin on our web site.

Our thoughts and prayers are with everybody who still suffered from Hurricane Hermine.Huge thanks to the around the clock efforts to put our city back to normal. Those big old rubbage eating trucks were working at 6:30 this morning. At least that’s when I saw them.

WEDNESDAY EVENING CHURCH MEETING Our church meets for mid week

Bible study on Wednesday, 5pm. We meet together to study God’s Word, sign cards and have wonderful Christian fellowshi while having a snack, Please plan to come and enjoy true spiritual growth with brothers and sisters.

John Andrek! We wish you more years of abundant God’s blessings! (according to reliable source in Ukraine)

CK COC Food Pantry is working. We will have more requests because of the very bad storm and many people lost everything they had. We need to get the word out that we have received a large amount of good clothing for

adults and children.

We continue to have Ladies Bible class/brunch with Rachael Harris leading on Tuesday, September 13th at 10:30am. The topic is: “Becoming Women God Made

You to Be”.

Galina and Zhenya arrived safely to Slavynask, Ukraine for Zhenya to see his son and wife who he hasn’t seen for 1,5 year due to his cancer treatment. He wil resume his treatment upon return, God willing on September 27th, 2016. We appreciate your prayers. Galina and her Mama are still catching up on much talking since we haven’t seen her in 4 years! O man, how much I’m missing my partner! Galina sends huge hugs to Rachael and Lynne for feeding the preacher by leaving delicous food in the church fridge!

Bible question: In what book of the Bible is this common expression found: “escaped by the skin of my teeth.”

Why Will You Die?

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. (Hebrews 11:13 ESV)

Residents of Cedar Key are blessed that we had no loss of life due to Hurricane Hermine. As bad as all the property damages were, things could have been much worse if only a few circumstances were different. God has been good to us and for that we are very thankful. At the same time, it should be a wake up call regarding the uncertainty of our days upon this earth with friends and family.

You may not care to dwell on such a topic, but we can insure our future destiny by paying attention to our mortality. Let’s just consider how people die these days.

In prosperous countries like the USA, most deaths occur among people over the age of 70 and the causes are usually related to cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and chronic lung diseases. _World Health Organization statistics. Very few people die from taking selfies, but it does happen. more details: www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/index2.html

(Ezekiel 33:11) God is love. He desires for every soul to live in eternal love, peace and joy.

(Jeremiah 28:16) It is not consistent with common sense to ask people to pray for you or your loved one and then speak

negatively about the Lord. “…the prophet Hananiah died.”

(Matthew 21:28-32) Many will die eternally because they are too stubborn to repent even when they hear the truth.

(Matthew 25:1-13) Many souls will be lost in eternal darkness because they were unprepared to meet the Lord. Are you ready to meet the Lord Jesus Christ who died for you? DB

Remember in Prayers, Cards and Visits

Cancer: Danielle Beckham, Zach Brown, Mary Coleman, Sue Colson, Angela Daniel, Don Dillon, Sue Dillon, Janice Rogers Dutcher, Donna Bishop Eiland, John Fradella, Jr., Karen Falak, H.C. Henderson, Celia Hill, Judy Horn, Barbara Hynes, Evgeny (Zhenya) Kuznetsov, Thelma McCain, Jennie Pinto, Glen Polk, Sue Raymer, Susan Roquemore, Jimmie Stansfield (Brenda), Todd Wilder

Heart and Other Health Problems: Brian Bible, Gilbert Britton, CeCe Bullard, Charles (Bubba) Castell, Ken Chaffin, Joyce Corley, Kyoko Curtis, Tim Gilligan, Alyssa Henderson, Mackenzie Jones, Charlene Kimbell, Danny King, William Leith, Milton Lyons, Gina Martin, Patti Morgan, Phil Muldrov, Elaine Rains and grieving family of Joe Rains, Wesley Rains, Ann Richburg, Patsy Roberts, Tom Rooks, Rose Ellen Sheppard, family of Linda Telgen, Romig Voyles, Bruce Whitcavitch, Sr., our local Cedar Key children;

Military: Tyler Anderson, Zack Anderson, Tim Baxley, Daniel Beans, , Montana Beckham, Joseph Bishop, Matthew Brown, John Henry Collins, Quentin Collins, Chelsea Colson, Alan Crews, Jacob Crosby, Isaac Delaino, John Dusek, Thomas Felletier, Nick Gentry, Amber Haven, James Holland, Robby Ice, Adam Iovine, Crystal Jenkins, Nadya Jimenez, David Johnson, Tommy Lee, Josh Lloyd, Robby McCabe, Ian McNulty, Richard Moran, Shane Poole, Steven Poole, Richie Rain, Jonathan Roque, Matthew Roque, Clay Rowland, Jared Shewey, Brock Stone, William Clenton Wasson, Jerrett Westling,

Mission Work: Magadan, Russia; Nikolaev, Slavyansk, Kramatorsk, Donetsk Ukraine; Christians in Ukraine displaced due to the war with Russian supported separatists; Prison Ministries at Lowell & Hernando, Cedar Key Police, First Responders & Firefighters; President Obama, School children of Cedar Key; those in authority & PEACE. More boldness in our faith.

Our Record – 09/04/2016Sunday morning worship ............................ 23Sunday morning Bible studies ............................ 26Sunday evening worship ………………………………………. n/a

Tuesday Ladies Class ……………………….. 6Wednesday 9/07/2016 ……………........................... 5Contributions 9/04/2016 ………………… $1,420.00

Calendar of Opportunities Sunday: Bible classes 10:00 am

Worship assemblies 11:00 am & 5:00 pmWednesday: Prayer and Bible study: 5:00 pm

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