WELCOME - Bob Payne

SONG LEADER - Tom Jones

How Great Thou Art - # 76

To Love Someone More Dearly - # 636

PRAYER - Don Brooks

SCRIPTURE READING Romans 10:8b-13

Love Divine - # 140

He Loves Me - # 386

THE LORD’S SUPPER - Ben Bradshaw

WEEKLY CONTRIBUTION CHILDREN’S TIME - David Chenault

Come, Let Us All Unite to Sing - # 121

The Love of God - # 122

SERMON - Bob Payne “The Power of God’s Love”

2 Corinthians 5:14-17

Love Lifted Me - # 453

I Will Sing the Wondrous Story - # 509

PRAYER - Peyton Chenault

“Depart in Peace” (Luke 2:29) Please silence all cell phones and pagers.

CCLI # 290723

Welcome to South Main!

You’re invited to be a part of our family as we worship God, encourage one anoth-

er, and grow spiritually together.

When we meet together, we sing, pray, study the Bible, partake together in the

communion of the Lord's supper, and en-joy great family fellowship.

A fully staffed nursery is available. Ask an usher for assistance.

During AM services, we offer signing for those who are hearing impaired.

Weekly News Bulletin February 14, 2016

South Main Church of Christ 402 South Main ~ P.O. Box 1597

Henderson, TX 75653-1597 (903) 657-1408 ~ FAX (903) 657-1409 Website: www.southmainchurch.com Email: office@southmainchurch.com

Bible Classes for all ages: Sundays 9:30 am

Worship Assembly: Sundays 10:30 am and 5 pm Wednesday Evening Classes: 6:30 pm

South Main Shares…

Happy Birthday Melanie Taylor, Ashleigh Sugg, Lynna Chenault, Melissa Hunt!!!

Happy Anniversary Greg & Robin McAdams, Roy & Mary Dorsey, Tom-my & Sandra Goode!!!

New Member Congratulations to Stefanie Nicks who was baptized into Christ last Sunday morning! Stefanie’s address is 1719 Aspen, Henderson, TX 75652

Contact Info Please proof your contact information on the sheets lo-cated in the foyer. Your information will appear in the directory as seen on this list. Thank you!

Directory Photos If you were unable to have your picture taken, we urge you to please submit a photo to be included in the directo-ry. You can either bring an original picture by the office, or, you can email a copy. Please have your photos sub-mitted by Thursday, February 18th.

Bob’s Thoughts...

A Place of Rest

“There remains therefore a rest to the people of God. For we who have believed do enter into rest.”

Hebrews 4:3, 9 God has spoken; there remains a rest for His people. God looks out for His own. He has prepared a place for us - a place of rest. And what kind of place is this place of rest? It is the place of His abiding pres-ence. The Old Testament described this rest as a land flowing with milk and honey where God would abide with His people. This is indicative of God’s loving care and bountiful provision. God’s rest was also described as a place of victory and peace. In spite of treacherous enemies, insurmountable obstacles, and adverse circum-stances, God still provided rest for His people. As it was then, so it is now, but on such a more personal scale. The first rest was external and primarily physical. But the rest that now remains for the people of God is eter-nal and primarily spiritual. Jesus explained to His disciples that while He had been with them as an external presence, He would soon be within them in a spiritual presence (John 14:16-20). He also called this a rest unto your souls in Matthew 11:29. So! How do you enter into this glorious rest that remains for His people? By Grace thru Faith of course (Ephesians 2:8-10). It will be an obedience of faith and not a faith in our obedience. It will be because of what He has provided for us; not for us only, but, for all those who will express their faith in Him by doing His will. There is a place of quiet rest, near to the heart of God! What a precious promise for all believers, for we who have believed, do enter into rest!

Have a Great Week,

Bob

Assignments, Etc…

Greeters Sunday, February 14th: Don & Glenda Brooks, Pat Brack, Karen Pritchard, Gary Holland Sunday, February 21st: Tommy & Sandra Goode, Jim & Donna Smith, June Craig, Janelle Roberts

Nursery Attendants Sunday AM, February 14th: Sharon Brown, Karen Pritchard, Carol Sory Sunday AM, February 21st: Regina Sugg, Ashleigh Sugg

Food Committee February: Debbie Zimmerman, Lowetta Baade

Communion Preparation February: Ann Bradshaw, June Craig

Communion Clean-up February: Ann Bradshaw, June Craig

Housecleaning Hannah Ebarb, fiance’ of Alden Dorsey, is available for housecleaning. If interested, contact Hannah at 903-646-9291.

The Family Life…

LTC News We will be having an LTC work day on Sunday, Febru-ary 28th from 12:30-3:00pm. Lunch will be provid-ed. Parents - we would love to have your participation on this day if you are able to stay. We will be working on various challenges and it is important that ALL LTC PARTICIPANTS make plans to attend!!! Please let Da-vid or Elisabeth know if you are unable to attend.

The practice schedule for LTC Sign Language is: Level 1 - Wednesdays @ 5PM, Levels 2 & 3 - Wednesdays @ 4PM

Save the Date This year’s Eastern European Mission’s dinner is scheduled for April 7th in Tyler, TX at K.E. Bushman’s Center.

Mission Statement The South Main Church of Christ is a loving and caring group of believers who accept the joy and

responsibility of carrying out the earthly ministry of Jesus Christ.

With the help of God we will: Seek and Save the Lost

Teach the Kingdom of God Help those who are in need

Announcements…

Midweek Manna Wednesday Night Meals begin at 5:15 PM in the Fel-lowship Hall. The menu for Wednesday, February 17th is: Sloppy Joes, green beans, baked potato squares, cherry crumble cake. Please sign the list if you plan to eat. Adults: $4, Children (ages 5-12): $2, (4 & under): Free Address Updates Pat Brack is settled into her new apar tment. Her new address is 102 East Ragley, Henderson, TX 75654. Her phone number remains the same. Erendira (Yin) Lopez’s address is 112 Standish, Hen-derson, TX 75654. Arms of Hope Grocery Items The Arms of Hope grocery truck will be here the week of March 21-25. Requested items are mustard, ranch dressing, canned chicken, cake frosting, and toilet pa-per. You can also make an online donation to help with the expense of perishable food items such as dairy, produce and meats. This can be done on their website Armsof-Hope.org. Men’s Retreat A men’s retreat is scheduled for March 11-12 at Lone Star, TX. Anyone interested in attending, please sign the sheet on the table in the foyer. For more information, see David Chenault or Bobby Davis. Open Carry Prohibited As of January 1, 2016, a new law went into effect in Texas that allows holders of handgun licenses to carry them openly. The South Main elders, however, have de-cided to exercise our rights under the law to prohibit open carry of handguns on the church proper ty. We are in the process of ordering the appropriate state mandated signage officially announcing this prohibition. Concealed carry by license holders will continue to be permitted. Thank you for your consideration.

The Elders HomeFront Center With our return to the auditorium, we will have the HomeFront Center back in full swing and need some hosts to help greet people, handout donuts and cookies, and help them find what they need. If you are willing to help on Sundays (10-10:30am & 10 minutes immediately following service) and have al-ready been trained, please let me know as soon as possi-ble. If you have not been trained and would like to occasion-ally serve as a host (or you would like a refresher!), we will have a training session on Wednesday evening, Feb-ruary 17th, 5:45-6:15pm, in the HomeFront Center.

Thanks! David

Volunteers – Adults: If you can help out with manning the Red House an hour or two each week, please let David know!

This Month’s Item:

COOKIES

Red House Hours Monday - Wednesday

3:30 - 5:00 PM

Shopping List

Red House Cookies

Resource Room Elmer’s Glue

Elders: Bobby Davis: ........................ ..bobbydtxu222@gmail.com Tommy Goode: .................... cacawuate_sandra@msn.com Ray Hall: ................................ gilbertrayhall@hotmail.com Tom Jones: .................................... tomsyl@suddenlink.net

Pulpit Minister: Bob Payne: .................................. bpayne1@suddenlink.net

Family life Minister: David Chenault: ............ dchenault@southmainchurch.com

Children’s Minister: Elisabeth Sabella:…………...elisabeth.sabella@gmail.com

Church Secretary: Reneé Hampton: . . ………..office@southmainchurch.com

Office Manager: Ben Bradshaw:…………………..ben@bradshawsales.com

Church Treasurer: Ken Sabella: ............................. kentexasbank@yahoo.com

Building Maintenance, Grounds and Housekeeping: Dicky Harris

Deacons:

Chuck Ashmore

Ben Bradshaw

Don Brooks

Richey Glasgow

David Gravley

Roy Hunt

James Rowell

Jody Sory

Jamie Sugg

Neitra Gutierrez had a biopsy on Wednesday morning. Becky Hampton had good test r esults from a re-cent biopsy. David Roberts was taken by ambulance to ETMC - Tyler Friday morning. Our Nation

Please continue to pray for: Rex Berry, Ada Cowart, Dan Cummings, Bonnie Davis, Patsy Fergerson, Law-rence Ferrell, Bob Ferrier, Bo Green, Leonard Gunz, Oleta Hahn, Torin Hart, Bruce Hobbs, Larry Hunt, Roy Hunt, Louise Jones, Punk Jones, Linda Kristof, David LaFever, Ron Largent, Les Lewis, Carolina Maxwell, Blake McAdams, Dean & Teresa Myers, Joanie Nations, Mike Nations, Denise Perkins, Jeanette Quinn, Katie Ramon, Maddie Ramon, Sophia Robin-son, Margie Rushing, Don Sample, Tom Taylor, Roy Vinson, Lauren Williams, Wayne Womack

Each prayer request will be posted for two weeks unless the church office receives an update.

Pray for Our Armed Forces Justin Blue, Sloan Brown, Ross Clayton,

Logan Commins, Brandi Davis, Steven Hodges, Joshua McKay,

Chad McMurray, Jonathan Sanders, Cleve Sexton, Scottie Tillison, John H. Tucker

South Main Prays…

RECORDS AS OF 02-07-2016

Sunday Bible Classes ................... .115 Sunday A.M. Worship.................. .192 Sunday P.M ..................................... 49 Wednesday P.M. Classes ................ 87

Offering ……………………....$9,456 Weekly Budget ...... ………..….$7,357 YTD Offering .... …………….$43,920 YTD Budget ....... ……………$44,140 Above (Below) YTD ................ ($220)

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