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240 White Avenue Phone: 731-989-5161 FAX: 731-989-9822 Henderson, Tennessee 38340 E-mail: office@hendersoncoc.com website: www.hendersoncoc.com News: 731-989-TELL (8355) July 27, 2017

STATISTICS

July 16, 2017 Bible Study ........................................................................................... 424 Sunday a.m. ......................................................................................... 527 Sunday p.m. ……………………………………………… ...................... 365 Wednesday .......................................................................................... 364 Contribution ............................................................................... $16,557

July 23, 2017 Bible Study ........................................................................................... 439 Sunday a.m. .......................................................................................... 571 Sunday p.m. ......................................................................................... 330 Wednesday .......................................................................................... 553 Contribution ............................................................................... $15,321

KNOWN AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

1 Drew Lofton 2 Lennox Culberson 2 Tony Moody 3 Valerie Butterfield 3 Ardell Robinson 4 Stacey Clark 5 Mark Morrison 5 David Sweeney 6 Gil Lamb 6 Bill Moore 6 Katelyn Phillips 7 Phyllis Hester 8 Ethan Hardin 8 Debi Myers 9 Larry Bloomingburg 9 Eryn Hardin 9 Ann Woods 9 Arika Young 10 Emily Weekley 11 George Hale III 12 Wayne Williams 13 Jon Hardin 13 Lisa Kincade 14 Tresa Carter

14 Todd Humphry 15 Whitt Deffenbaugh 15 Ethel Wade 16 Christopher Canaday 16 Shane Robinson 16 Helen Wade 18 Nathan Greer 18 Clint Hopper 18 Amy Maness 19 Ed Adams 19 Brenda Knight 20 Henry Black 20 Becky Duplain 20 Jill Sanderson 20 John Weekley 20 Dot Williams 21 Beverly Hardin 21 Kealeigh Judd 21 Ann Lowe 22 Alex Bolton 22 Kevin Coleman 22 Ann Cook 22 Anthony Moody 23 Philip Shull

24 Jim Cartwright 24 Harper Deffenbaugh 24 Isaac Ellis 25 Clint Coleman 25 Joe Jett 25 Kim Scott 25 Rhett Young 26 Rickey Cosbey 26 Matt Wallace 26 Carter Welch 27 Betty Bush 27 Seth Frye 27 Amanda Koronka 28 Vicky Barber 28 Charlotte Canaday 28 Sullivan Irwin 28 Kia Lopez 28 Cooper Thompson 30 Jim Sanderson 30 Leah Shull 31 Ashley Buckley 31 Daniel Scott 31 Kasey White

KNOWN AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES 1 Kent & Kristen Rush 1 Doug & Sharlene Thompson 4 Ken & Lynne Golson 4 Jason & Summer Judd 5 Ed & Ella Adams 6 Randall & Bonnie Hendrix 9 Bobby & Jerra Leek 10 Brian & Kay Butterfield 10 Ron & Edna Butterfield

10 Paul & Tricia Johnson 10 Spence & Julia Lofton 10 Kippy & Debi Myers 11 David & Shannon Chasteen 11 Gil & Marcia Lamb 11 Larry & Kim Roberts 13 Joe & Beverly Hardin 13 Allen & Leah Shull 14 Chad & Sandy Thompson

15 Kermit & Debbie Lofton 16 Larry & Becky Cyr 16 Jason & Melanie Shelton 17 Dane & Carrie Burns 17 Larry & Judy McKenzie 25 Richard & Barbara England 26 Randy & Janice Mount 30 Barry & Jean Smith

Tuesday August 1

Chester County Schools resume

Wednesday August 2

Deadline to register for Right Time/Right Talk with Jonathan Harrison

Sunday August 6

Youth Day with Reed Swindle

Tuesday August 8

Sew Sisters, 9-noon

Wednesday August 9

Ladies Bible Class, 10AM

Thursday August 10

Senior Oasis Luncheon, noon

Billy’s Bylines

Billy Smith

Bucks For Bill’s Bus! This Sunday, July 30th, will be another special, record-breaking day for our church family. As you know, at Bill’s encouragement, our elders committed to purchasing a brand new 29-passenger bus that has already taken our youth group to Atlanta, a mission trip to Michigan, and served our Oasis members on a couple of good trips. It promises to be another great blessing in our work for the Lord. With this being a fifth Sunday, our entire contribution will go toward the $33,000 balance for the bus. Our elders are challenging us to do what we are fully capable of doing, of reaching the goal and retiring this debt as quickly as the bus was purchased. The Lord being our Helper, we can and should do this! The contribution will take place in two phases. First, the order of worship will be adjusted to emphasize our need to give more to the Lord and His work. Roy’s lesson will be presented prior to the Lord’s Supper, followed by our usual offering. Second, while we sing two hymns, our children will be invited to bring their special gifts to the front, one of the most touching scenes we will experience this year. This precious group has been saving their coins for a couple of months and will generously give what they have, resulting in another amazing total. From their example, let us also give what we have. The one who gives the most to the Lord receives the most (2 Cor. 8-9). It is a law of nature that God has placed in creation, that the more we give the more we receive. What we need to do is trust in the promise and wait for the promise to be fulfilled. Generous giving leads to abundant receiving! Remember, “a little child shall lead them” (Isaiah 11:6).

Koinonia

Bill Wade

How compassionate do you consider yourself to be? The word compassion in the dictionary is defined as, “a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.”

THE PIT

A man fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out. • A realist said, “That’s a pit, alright.” • A subjective person came along and said, “I feel for you down there.” • An objective person saw the man and said, “With so many pits and so many people in the world,

it’s only logical that someone would fall in.” • A religionist said, “We have a committee meeting next Thursday night at the church to work out a

process to get him out of the pit.” • A Pharisee looked into the pit and said, “Only bad people fall into pits.”

• A mathematician calculated how he fell into the pit and the speed of his decline. • A self-righteous man said, “You deserve that pit.” • A preacher said, “If you had listened to me, you wouldn’t be in that pit.” • A psychiatrist said, “Your pit is only in your mind.” • A psychologist said, “Your parents are to blame for your pit.” • A geologist told the man to appreciate and study the rock strata. • An evolutionist said, “Natural selection has destined you to be removed from the evolutionary

cycle. In other words, you are going to die in the pit so that you cannot produce any more pit-falling offspring.”

• An inspector asked, “Do you have a permit for that pit?” • A self-pitying person said, “You haven’t seen anything until you’ve seen my pit.” • An optimist said, “Things could be worse.” • A pessimist said, “Things will be worse.”

Jesus saw the man in the pit, took him by the hand, and lifted him out.

Everyone wants someone to care, but it starts with you becoming a compassionate person. Are you willing to work at becoming a compassionate person?

Youth Notes August 4th – Laser Tag lock-in @ Laser Quest in Nashville – cost is $35. We will leave Henderson at 8:30 from the church on Friday night and will return by 9:00 Saturday morning. Deadline to sign up is Sunday, July 30!! Connor Walters – We want to make sure that we thank Connor for doing an outstanding job with our youth group this summer as our intern. August 4th will be his last “official” day with our group, but we will be seeing a lot of him since he will be back at FHU in the fall. August 6th – Youth Day – our speaker for the day will be Reed Swindle, who is the preacher for the Foote Street church in Corinth, MS. At 2:30PM, several area youth groups will join us for some activities just for our teens. Reed Vega, Anna Vega and JoJo Perkins will be teaching break-out classes. Invite your friends!! This will be a great opportunity for us to do some outreach. August 18th – 5th quarter - this will be the first of several 5th quarters that we have this fall after the home football games. Invite your friends!! Food and drinks will be provided. The activity center will be open until midnight. September 15-17 – Fall Family Retreat – this will be different than our usual fall retreat. We are inviting all parents to join our group on our retreat. We have special speakers planned and look forward to a great weekend together. We’ll be going to Maywood Christian Camp for this retreat. Parents, make sure to go ahead and put this on your calendars!!

OUR PRAYER LIST

Please call the office (989-5161) with prayer requests. Keeping the prayer list updated is an ongoing effort. Please let us know if there are changes.

Members: Barbara Bell, Bob Brown, Ramona Burns, Richy Butler, Jim Cartwright, Joanna Cearley, Ben & Debby Flatt, Don & Linda Sue Gover, Glenn & Sylvia Harris, Shane Hesselrode, Hallie Hickman, Danny Jones, James Koronka, Stephen Lancin, Brandon Leek, Virginia McAdams, Janis McCall, Tommie Polk, Margaret & Buddy Record, Dorothy Redden, Trent Rhodes, Jonathan Sweeney

Shut-in Members: Bill & Juanita Benson, Lurlene Hysmith, Mary Jones, Linnie Johnson, Ouida Reeves, Audra Rodden, Robbie Stanfill, Dot Williams, Molly Young Relatives: Betty Barber (Adam Cross/Mark Barber), Annette & William Barham (Brandon Barham/Annetta Burton), John R. Barham (Sylvia Arnold), Evelyn Brigman (Buddy Parsons), Holly Brock (Linda Gover), Joe Neil Brown (Kay Tignor), Steve Cole (Angie Burns), Carolyn Coleman (Kevin Coleman), Gabbi Cook (Margie Hatchett), Peggy Cotter (Joe Cotter) Mary Crosswhite (Joyce Morris), Chris Davis (Mike & Julia Bolton), Jade Embry (Brian & Brandi Welch), Jennifer Fetters (Bob & Betty Bush), Imogene Fitts (Julia Bolton), Willodyne Gibbons (Joyce Bloomingburg/Trish Johnson), Evelyn Griffin (Glenda Wiley), Randy Haltom (Imogene Haltom), Mark Harris (Sylvia & Glenn Harris), Jackie Hibbett (Lee Hibbett), Roy Hickman (Kevin Hickman), Allison Hill (Margaret Record), Sherry Hill (Richard West), Ever Johnson (Paul & Patricia Johnson), Betty Long (Kaylan Stewart), Marguerite McKnight (Ethan Hardin), Jack Milligan (Ann Lowe), Jane Neal (Valerie Trice), Daniel Osburn (Leah Shull), Mary Glenda Padgett (Ramona Burns), Billy Phelps (Michael Phelps), Jerry Pitchford (Doug Thompson), Barbara Ray (Carol Webb), Frank Sarver (Sandy Cotter), Jim Short (Trina Greer), Bruce & Gene Smith (Don Smith), Micke Smith (Micah Smith), Faye Stevens (Emily Marise), Fred Swindle (Connie Pritchard), Jerry Steele (Algene Steele), Vincent Todaro (Linda Hodges), James Weeks (Randall Hendrix), Mildred Wheeler (Sherry Thomas), Erin Williams (Clay Carpenter), Ralph Wilson (Jana Dugger)

Others: Buddy Baker, Julie Bender, Bryan Britt, Keith & Janice Brown, Kenny Brown, Claire Davis, Kathy Doughty, Pam Durbin, Joyce Elder, Micah Hart, Carolyn & Chad Henry, Dana Kirk, Bill Latham, Beth Lewis, Dan Lussier, Rhonda Lynn, Erin Morris, Erby Ann Murphy, Debra Owens, Vilma Preza, Rachel Reed, Daniel Ridinger, Don Alan Riggs, Kay Robinson, Jimmy Ruth, Joellen Tallent, Carol Wamble, Alisha Washington

Military: Alex Carpenter, Johnathan Cronan, Will Hodges, Blake Jaggars, Colton Jones, Brice Thompson and Mark Thompson

In Iraq: Matthew Smith

CONGRATULATIONS to Dale & Kathy Neal since the birth of a new great grandson, Miles Spain. Parents are Michael & Toni Spain; and to Bridget & Kyle Lamb since the birth of a daughter, Marigold Camille (7lbs & 12oz, 21in). Gil & Marcia Lamb are the proud grandparents!

WE EXTEND SYMPATHY to June Roland and family since the death of Ike Roland; to David Kea since the death of his uncle, Lamar Swain from Louisville, MS; and to Janis McCall, Julia Bolton and Sarah Ellis since the death of Randi Bulliner Rich. Randi was a niece to Janis and a cousin of Julia and Sarah.

FINANCIAL PEACE CLASS Do you want to control your money better and prepare for your future financially? Anyone interested in completing the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace class, please contact Michael or Jill Green for more details. The class will meet once a week starting in September for 11 weeks if we have enough interest.

WELCOME HOME to our Freed-Hardeman students on August 19. We will have a Henderson Church of Christ table set up on campus to welcome the students home. There will be a sign-up sheet at the Welcome Center to provide cookies/brownies and tea/lemonade. As always, thanks for your help!

THANK YOU NOTES posted on the bulletin board from Mary Collins & family and June Roland & family. NURSERY ATTENDANTS July 30: 10am Ally Rogers & Summer Judd; 5pm Susan White & Jill Sanderson August 6: 10am Nancy Smith & Ashley Hardin; 5pm Kim Vickery & Arika Young August 13: 10am Jana & LeighAnne Dugger; 5pm Jan & Meg Sharp August 20: 10am Kim Gott & Kim Posten; 5pm Cathy & Macy Maples August 27: 10am Donna Farris & Shannon Chasteen; 5pm Lauren White & Kelley Hickman

Our Ministers

Roy Sharp - Pulpit/Involvement Minister Billy Smith - Pulpit Minister

Bill Wade -Associate Minister Jared Gott/Bill Wade - Youth Ministers

Bruce Lewis - Senior Minister Lee Hibbett/Seth Stewart - University Ministers

Our Elders

Larry Bloomingburg Shawn Bolton Ron Butterfield Richard England Larry Gilliam Mike McCutchen Gary McKnight Stephen Morris Larry Oldham Barry Smith Charlie Smith Keith Smith Algene Steele John Sweeney

Our Deacons

Tony Allen Tim Anderson Mark Barber Bryan Black Mike Bolton Patrick Bolton Dexel Burns Bobby Bush Brian Butterfield Richard Cave Darryl Culberson Larry Cyr Jason Deffenbaugh Jason Elliott Paul Fader Kerry Gott Michael Green Jerry Hesselrode Tyrone Hopper Todd Humphry Bobby Hysmith David Jackson Ronald Johnson Scott Kimpel Dee Richardson Wayne Roberts Scott Rogers Tony Rush Wayne Scott Donald Shull David Sweeney J. D. Thomas Chad Thompson Joe Trice Tom Vickery Damon Welch Richard West Clay Young