THE BINDING CORDS

of Thomaston Road Church of Christ

Office: 478-757-9435 Fax: 478-757-9487 Information@trcocetc.org Trcocfamily.org

Volume XIII September 4, 2016

Number 30

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MEN PRIVILEGED TO SERVE

MORNING: September 4, 2016

WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENT Dave Sparrow

SONG DIRECTOR Letson Mccoy

OPENING PRAYER Scott Maxwell

SCRIPTURE Todd Van Etten

SERMON Rob Robinson

CLOSING PRAYER George Turner

EVENING

WELCOME & ANNOUNCMENTS Dave Sparrow

SONG DIRECTOR Mac Oppy

OPENING PRAYER Mark Ashurst

SERMON Rob Robinson

CLOSING PRAYER Bryan Rogers

EXTENDED SINGING Mac Oppy

TO WAIT ON THE LORD TABLE

MORNING

Presiding: Al Kunkle

Bill Harvey Dalton James

Dennis James David Bivins

George Dempsey Harold Turner

Larry Camp Ronnie Camp

EVENING

Serving: George Dempsey and Harold Turner

If unable to serve, please call Ted Keith

GREETERS: Walter and Faye Calhoun and Kevin and Donna Keiser

NURSERY ASSIGNMENTS

MORNING: Mary Oppy and Kari Brooks

EVENING: Terrie Purser and De’Ron Rogers

ALTERNATES: Judy Bell and Andrea Bivins

TODDLER TIME: Hannah Belcher

COMMUNION: Kathryn Miller

BAPTISMAL GARMENTS: Kathryn Miller

DEACON DUTY: Benjy White and Gates Winters

CARE BUILDING HELP 8/31 ............................ .T Behel, L Imlay, D/K Anderson 9/4 .................................................................... .CLOSED 9/7 .................................. .M Gore, D/M Pace, J Bowling Check board in hallway to see when you are scheduled for May/June

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Thomaston Road’s Annual Ladies Day And Tea

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

Speakers are:

Laura McCoy who will speak on “Intimacy with God Through Prayer” Scripture: Mark 1:35

and

Savannah Long

LABOR DAY PICNIC

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Hamburgers, hotdogs, and tea will be

provided. If you plan to attend, you need

to sign the list by this Wednesday, August

31. Then bring side items, other drinks if wanted, and desserts.

Eating time is 12 noon with activities like volleyball, basket-

ball, and field activities after the meal (or you may bring table

games). If you have any questions, contact Letson McCoy.

CHRONICALLY ILL AND CANCER MEMBERS: Tammy Behel, Bobby Collins, Geames Guyton, Dennis Hancock, Joel Heard

MEMBERS Randy Bowling, home taking another antibiotic and feeling much better Betty Brittle, at Zebulon Park Rehab, room 231, recov-ering from hip replacement Ronnie Camp, pulmonary fibrosis Bobby Collins, will see surgeon to get port inserted for chemo treatments to start August 31 or following week Ted and Cathy Hyde, traveling to Turkey and Greece for the next two weeks Jeanine Maxwell, neck surgery has been postponed Millard Purser, will have neck surgery September 12 Terrie Purser, shingles are better Beverly Sparrow, recovering from knee replacement Tara Stokes, outpatient surgery to remove hardware from her back surgery Joni Van Etten, medical decisions to be made about a cyst Sherese Wilson, may have to have surgery

CONTINUED FAMILY CONCERNS: Julie Carroll family, Grace Dawson, Dene Judd, Buck and Carol Herring, Tom & Lavern Horton, Dennis James, Willodean Peter-man, Howard Uptagrafft, Courtney Wilson, Ben Wil-son, Shaun Wilson FAMILY AND FRIENDS Laverne Heath (Vicki James’ aunt), under hospice care Doris Hutcheson (Debbie Wallen’s aunt), healing from an arm that was broken in 3 places Alice Marshall (Betty Bivins’ mother), under hospice and will be moving to live with her son Grayson Strickland (Harold Turner’s nephew), chemo for lung and brain cancer

CONTINUED PRAYER LIST: Pat Brooks (Debra Anderson’s mother), Mary Bedenbaugh (Julie Carroll’s mother); Evelyn Booker (Daniely’s daughter); Shelby Faulkner (friend of

Melissa Bray), Barbara Hallford (Cindy Bray’s mother); Gene Imlay (Glen’s brother), George Raines (Ellena Daniely’s brother); Roy and Nina Robinson (Rob’s mother and father); Loriette Sutherland (Andrew’s mother), Amanda Wilcox (Geames and Nancy Guyton’s daughter), Melba Woods (Kelly Anderson’s mother)

PRAYER CONCERNS NEWS AND NOTES

CARE BUILDING

Canned Meats

Please contact Karen Hancock if you will not be

able to help at your appointed time.

TIMES FOR WORKERS

Sunday: 5:15 p.m./Wednesday 6:00 p.m.

People serving are listed in the bulletin, Sunday news-letter, church website, and quarterly posting on the bul-letin board in the hallway. Please check to see when you are put down to help.

PRAY FOR YOUR CHILDREN

Rob Robinson

We know how the Lord regarded Job to be a right-eous man, and how Job remained steadfast in his faith, though the Lord allowed Satan to test him se-verely. But one of the qualities of Job that God es-pecially admired was that he prayed for his chil-

dren. He had seven sons and three daughters. “Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, ‘It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.’ Thus Job did continually.”

We who are Christian parents should be just as diligent as Job to pray for our children. Let us pray for their health, their safety and their success in everything they undertake. Even more than that, let us pray, as Job did, for our children’s spiritual wel-fare. Following is the text of Paul’s account about how he prayed regularly for those whom he had led to Christ. It has been modified to make it a helpful example of prayer for our children. (Job 1:5, Colossians 1:9-14)

“My Father in Heaven, I pray for my children that ________ may be filled with the knowledge of your will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so that she/he might walk in a manner worthy of the Lord Jesus Christ, fully pleasing to him. It is my prayer that _______ would bear fruit in every good work and in-crease in the knowledge of God. May ________ be strengthened with all power, according to your glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy. I pray that ________ will always give thanks to you, his/her Heavenly Father, and that you would qualify him/her to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. I plead for you to grant ________ deliverance from the domain of darkness and transfer her/him to the kingdom of your beloved Son, in whom ________ will have redemption and the forgiveness of sins.”

LOVE IS KIND AND IS NOT JEALOUS

Letson McCoy

I don’t remember exactly where I heard the follow-ing phrase, but it is a great way to think about love. Someone once said, “Love is a behavior and not just an emotion. Love is an action.” What a great way to think of love! With this thought in mind, consider Paul’s words in 1 Corinthians 13:4 when he talks about love.

Last week’s article was on patience. Indeed, when we practice patience towards someone else, we are doing a good thing. However, there is more to true godly love. As Christians we must be kind. Solo-mon wrote the following, “Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.” Often we are called to be kind even when situations might de-serve a different attitude. Jesus told us to love our enemies and do good to them because He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men (Luke 6:35). Even to our brothers and sisters in Christ we are to have an attitude of kindness because we want to imitate our Father in heaven who is kind to each of us (Colossians 3:12-14). After all, it is part of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23)!

Also, love is not jealous. Genesis 4:1-8 reveals to each of us the devastating results that can happen when jealousy runs its full course. James tells us that disorder and every evil thing will be present where jealousy and selfish ambition exist (James 3:16). We must remember that God gives us all what we need. We can be content knowing that we have a God who will take care of us. Rather than being jealous, we can “seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you” (Matthew 6:33). Jealousy can be a struggle, but remember that we can over-come it by renewing our minds day by day and re-lying on God’s help (Romans 12:1-2).

Is there someone you need to be kind to this week? Maybe you did not practice kindness to someone when you should have. Ask for forgiveness and make up your mind to be kinder. Are you jealous of someone else? Don’t continue to let that fester in your life. Root it out and renew your mind day by day in what you have in Christ. When we are kind and not jealous, we will be walking closer to the model that Christ laid out for us, and this should always be our ultimate goal!

SEPTEMBER 4:

Deadline for turning in money for trip to Bible

History Center in LaGrange. Please give the mon-

ey/check to Walter Calhoun

Gloria Winters is hosting a baby shower for

Michelle Behel (Mason) and baby Weston from

3 to 5 p.m. at her home.

SEPTEMBER 5: Labor Day Picnic—see the front

of this bulletin for details.

SEPTEMBER 10: Bible History Center Trip for

Triple L and others. Leaving the building at 8:30 a.m.

(this is a time change, please note) and return

about 5:30 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 11: L.O.A.F.E.R.S. meal in the gym

following morning worship.

SEPTEMBER 25: Elders, Deacons, and Minis-

ters Meeting at 4 p.m.

OCTOBER 2: Baby shower for Jessica Fletcher

and baby boy at Rose’s Cottage form 4 to 5:30 p.m.

NEEDED: We need your son/daughter’s college ad-

dress so notes of encouragement can be sent to them

throughout the school year. Please email it to the of-

fice at faye.calhoun@cox.net. Thank you for your help

in this matter.

MARRIED: Heather (nee Nutt) and Ben Wilson

were married July 2, 2016. They and their children

(Jude Bowling and Raelyn Wilson) live at 105 Spring-

wood Drive, Warner Robins, GA 31088. Phone num-

ber: 478-923-4033.