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Sunday Mornings Worship 8:00 Coffee Fellowship 9:10 Bible Classes 9:30 Worship 10:30
wifi password: WESTSEVENTH [email protected] 7th Church of ChristWest Seventh Street Church of Christ
405 West 7th Street Columbia, TN 38401
June 24, 2018Welcome, Guests! We are honored that you joined us and hope that you will be blessed by your time with us. Register - Guests, as well as members, are asked to register their attendance as the pads are passed down each row. Attended Nursery is provided for children younger than two years of age. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.Quiet Bags for children are available at the coat rack and a Cry Room is located in the Foyer.
Gluten Free Communion is available in the foyer.Hearing Assistance is available; see an usher for assis-tance.Information Center has details about ministries, classes, and more. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.
EldersBill AlsupTom AndersonJohn CornKerry Couch Wade DenneyJerry DugginMike KeslerJohn LawJohn M. Smith
Staff Barry EnglandRandy OwensAlex Quintero Haley Schmidt Tucker Vincent
Office - 388-6514Marriage/FamilyPreachingSpanish SpeakingChildrenStudent
505-2282 615-351-6239540-230-8713
840-0445 619-0544
731-613-1876388-6125698-2236388-5841
Spanish SpeakingSunday Morning Bible Classes 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30Wednesday Eve. Bible Classes 7:00
Wednesday Evenings Bible Classes 7:00
Sunday Evenings First & Third- HOME BIBLE STUDIES Group meets in Chapel @6 Second- CONNECT Meets in Teen Center @ 6 Fourth- HOME DEVOTIONALS Group meets in Chapel @ 6
“Serve one another humbly in love” Galatians 5:13 VBS July 8-11 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Meal at 7:30 p.m.Adult Class Speakers:
Sunday: Kerbe Lee Serve family - Exodus 2:1-10
Monday: Perry Henegar Serve friends- Mark 2:1-12
Tuesday: Porter KingServe neighbors - Acts 4:36-37
Wednesday: Phillip Young, Sr.Serve community - Acts 9
June 27 Gregg Lee The Power to Believe: A powerful story of faith (Mark 9:14-29) July 18 Taft Ayers Serve Like Jesus (John 13:1-17) July 25 Roy Sharp Full Barns - Empty Hearts (Luke 12:13-21)
Today8:00 a.m. First Worship9:10 a.m. Fellowship9:30 a.m. Bible Classes10:30 a.m Second Worship Worship in Spanish
TonightHOME DEVOTIONALSOr meet in the Chapel @ 6.
Striving to be completely committed followers of Jesus
BIBLE BOWLJames and Jennifer Thomas and Zach and Abby Whitworth will lead a group to the Bible Bowl competition on Sept. 8 in Cookeville. Interested 3rd - 6th graders can study Daniel and Ecclesiastes with the group on CONNECT nights. Formal sign-ups will be made at the request of parents via email and are due by July 1. Students in this age group that will not be able to attend the Bible Bowl are still welcome to join the class.
SUNDAY MORNING SPEAKERSBelow is the list of speakers for Sunday mornings while Randy is on sabbatical:
June 24 Phillip Young, Sr.July 1 James ThomasJuly 8 Perry HenegarJuly 15 Bill Hall
Lessons that help increase our faith, give us guidance and confidence, while living a Christian life and serving a loving God.
CONGRATULATIONS To Christian Shrader and Leah Drake who were married June 16. Their new address is: 3549 Campbellsville Pike Columbia, TN 38401
THANK YOU As we have returned home and try to get back to normal, we appreciate so much y’all bringing us the Lord’s supper while we were at NHC Maury. It meant more to us than you know. Thanks again. Donald & Donna Duncan
senior adult ministry
July 20: The PrimeTimers will go to dinner and a play in Lawrenceburg. There is more information on both trips and sign up sheets at the Information Center.
July 12: The PrimeTimers will visit the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. Grandchildren are invited to join us.
INFORMATION UPDATEIf your address, phone number, or email address has changed recently, please notify the office at 931-388-6514 or [email protected] so we can update the directory.
CARE PACKAGES DURING VBS WEEKCare packages will be put together during the week of VBS. Some of the care packages will be for soldiers, including our Charles Gibson. Other care packages will be for teachers at EA Cox. Supplies needed include body wash, shampoo, unscented baby wipes, bug spray and any school supplies (ex. markers, sharpies,and highlighters). Collection boxes are set up in the Information Center.
Welcome
David & Janet Bryant615-438-0416 (David)615-294-2009 (Janet)
COOKIES FOR VBSPlease bring cookies or desserts for VBS to the Family Center kitchen by Sunday, July 8.
Recovering | at home | extended illnesses:
Family & Friends: Tom Anderson’s mother - Rubye AndersonBeau Burm’s uncle - Steven Williams Kerry Couch’s mother - Verna Lee CouchJeanine Denney’s mother - Jean JollyKim Forsthoff’s mother - Reba AyersJane Hawkins’ grandson - Justin HawkinsGeorgia Henry’s sister-in-law- Patricia AryOlivia Howell’s husband - Kirby HowellSue Jones’ sister - Annie Lee WhitwellDavid & Linda Kirk’s daughter - Rebecca Kirk BuchananEmily Lansdell’s father - Shelton BeairdTesha Marchal’s granddaughter - McKenzie BruensBettie Pogue’s daughter - Melanie SemoreBettie Pogue’s son-in-law - Michael SemoreAlex Quintero’s father - Juan QuinteroBeth Robinson’s mother - Gaynor PerdueTracy Robinson’s father - Guy BarberBeverly Simmons’ brothers - Chris & Mike ShankleChuck Simpson’s mother - Peggy SimpsonRachel Thomas’ father - William ParkerTod Trulove’s mother - Joan TruloveDee Westmoreland’s mother - Bonnie JeffcoatJoe Westmoreland’s uncle - Don WestmorelandOlivia Whiteside’s aunt - Martha WhitesideLinda Wilson’s friend - Shannon SchmarsGreg Yokley’s mother - Martha BelewDeborah Young’s father - John Spence
Pray without ceasing...Reported sick this week:Bob Parrett is in NHC - Maury Regional, room 1302.
Dolores Love as been discharged from St. Thomas Ruther-ford hospital following a fall. She has returned to:
Azalea Court Assisted Living D-6207 Commerce Dr. Smyrna, TN 37167
Juanita Westmoreland is at NHC-Columbia, room 114B.
Tucker Vincent615-504-0680
Good morning!
I hope you’ve had a great week!
Be praying for us as we are at Uplift this week. We know that God is doing great things in the lives of our students this week.
Make sure that your students are getting signed up for everything this summer. Guys and girls retreat is coming very soon and we still have our mission trip to staff. We need all the help we can get!
If you haven’t gotten to know our interns yet, they’re rockstars. Invite them out to lunch or dinner with your family sometime and get to know them!
That’s all I have for this week, see you soon! Tucker
Sunday a.m. Worship 484 8:00 222 10:30 203 Worship in Spanish 30
Poplar Estates 10 The Bridge 19
Sunday Bible Classes 314
Sun. Evening Gatherings 113 The Bridge 14Wednesday Bible Classes 168
Budget $21,000 Total Offering $18,745 YTD vs. Budget -$55,533
Church Record
Discipling l Equipping l Serving l Loving
Diane CampbellTennie ChaffinRamona CherryJeanette ColeElizabeth CraftSarah DuncanArmando Galicia
June GaskillGeorgia HenryMary HuntBill JerniganSue JonesFrances LeeEva McMahan
Robin MillerTerry NorthcuttMarie OswaltMarguerite PorterSammy SaltersMolly Watts
Haley Schmidt [email protected]
Preparing to Marry:Tucker Vincent & Baylie Farris Sept. 21
WednesdaySong Leader.................................Duane LeachPrayer...............................................Bill Alsup Van Driver...............................David Esslinger
(Messages are available at w7church.org, itunes, YouTube, Facebook or order a free CD at the Infomation Center.)
Adult Classes 9:30-10:15
Room 213 (College & Yg Prof.)New Look at Old Truths
Room 212 (Young Marrieds) Seeing the Unseen
Fireside Room (Young Families) Habits of a Loving Heart
Chapel (Homebuilders) Gospel of John
Family Center Acts
Auditorium Proverbs TV
Studio Gospel of Mark
Room 307 (Spanish Speaking Class)
TONIGHTHome Devotionals
See insert for devotional guide. Or meet in the chapel @ 6.
Van Driver - a.m............................Steve CoferVan Driver - p.m............................Troy RubertNursery - 8:00 a.m..................Julie Heffington
Deena TrimbleNursery - 10:30 a.m................ Judy Roberson Zakiyah Lawrence
Order of WorshipSong Leader...........................Marty DeJarnette
Step By Step - 970
Welcome.....................................Jim Carrigan
Porter KingScripture.......................................Steve Parrett
Jacob Hunnicutt2 Corinthians 4:17-18
Still Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus - 983
Prayer...................................Christian Shrader Bill Alsup
He Lifted Me - 221
He Is My Everything - 860
Communion....................................Eric Bryant
Joe Westmoreland
Thy Word - 895
Lord Speak to Me - 381
Message ...............................Phillip Young, Sr.
I Will Rise
Shepherd’s Blessing........................Mike Kesler
How much time do you spend each day preparing?
Four points for spiritual preparation:
Priority Matthew 6:33
Luke 12:34
Deuteronomy 6:5 Purpose Ecclesiastes 12:13
2 Timothy 3:16-17
Place Ephesians 1:22-23
Ephesians 4:16
Hebrews 10:24-25
Colossians 3:16 Practice Philippians 4:9
Ephesians 2:10
Are you prepared today?
Self-C
ontrol
Ask your kids, “O
reos or apple slices?” Sometim
es we have to m
ake some
very tough choices. It’s so easy give into the temptation to eat a w
hole pack of O
reos instead of eating something that’s healthy for our bodies
like apple slices. It’s also very easy to lose your temper, talk ugly about
other people, and say things that aren’t true. Does G
od want us to do these
things? God w
ants us to have self-control. What do you struggle w
ith w
hen it comes to self-control? H
ave children write their struggles dow
n.
Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit! Self-control is the ability to keep ourselves from
doing things that we shouldn’t do, or that w
ouldn’t be good for us or for people around us. Proverbs says, “like a city w
hose walls are broken through is a person w
ho lacks self-con-trol.”
Read Proverbs
25:28. A
sk w
hat this
verse m
eans to
them.
Self-control is a gift from G
od, and we can alw
ays ask him to
help us have more self-control. Th
e Bible also tells us that God
will not let us be tem
pted beyond what w
e can handle, and that he
will
always
provide a
way
out. Read
1 C
orinthians 10:13.
Read 2
Peter 1:5-7
and rem
ind your
children about
God
wanting
us to
make
every effort
to have
self-control. W
hen we w
ake up each day, we need to start our day out right w
ith prayer. Pray for all the good G
od will do through you that day. Pray for strength
to stay away from
evil. You get a clean slate every morning. Every day ask
God to help you control yourself. Just be prepared! W
hen we pray for
self-control, God w
ill give us every opportunity to do so. The best w
ay to G
AIN
self-control is to practice it! Have children put a large “X” over
their struggles and write the w
ord “PRAY” over it. Tell the children to put this paper beside their bed as a rem
inder to pray for self-control over the things they struggle w
ith before they get out of the bed each morning.
If using this guide in solitude, begin by thanking God in prayer for the
time to privately connect w
ith Him
and spend time in H
is Word. A
sk G
od to open your heart as you study. Write your answ
ers to the questions, using additional paper if needed.
If using this guide with others, begin by asking G
od in prayer to bless you as you share the experience together studying H
is Word. A
sk the Spirit to teach you H
is truth as you study. Discuss your answ
ers to the questions.
What are som
e of your favorite oxymorons? (for exam
ple: jumbo shrim
p, rubber cem
ent, etc.)
Read the text for these devotionals again - 2 Peter 1:1-10. For this devotional, w
e focus on adding to self-control to our faith. Some w
ould say the term
is a little misleading. Self-control sounds as though w
e are capable of controlling ourselves. Paul listed self-control as a fruit of the Spirit (G
alatians 5:23). If it is self-control, what does the Spirit have to do
with it? H
ow does the Spirit help you control yourself?
How
does this spiritual attribute differ from som
eone who does not follow
C
hrist, but is a well-m
annered, disciplined person?
How
often would those closest to you (fam
ily, good friends, co-workers)
say you exhibit the fruit of self-control?
___ Rarely ___ Sometim
es ___ Often ___ A
lways
Most do w
ell in some areas, but m
ay struggle in others. What is one
area where you excel in self-control? W
hat is one area where you need to
improve?
What can you do to add self-control to your faith?
If using this guide in solitude, begin by thanking G
od in prayer for the tim
e to privately connect w
ith Him
. Ask the Spirit to guide you into truth as you spend tim
e in the W
ord. Write your answ
ers to the questions, using additional paper if needed.
If using this guide with others,
begin by
thanking
God
in prayer for this opportunity to be together. Ask the Spirit to guide you into truth as you spend tim
e in the Word. D
iscuss your answers to the questions.
Read 2 Peter 1:5-11 together to get started.
This m
onth, our topic is self-control. Self-control is not an easy task. In fact, w
e live in a culture that doesn’t put much value on self-control. You can have
whatever you w
ant and as much of it as you can handle.
Read Proverbs 25:28
What is this verse saying? H
ow does a lack of self-control break dow
n our spiritual w
alls of protection?
Self-control is so important to our spiritual journey. W
e are called to live to a higher standard and if w
e are giving into every temptation w
e see every day at school, w
ork, or at the ball field, we are not dem
onstrating self-con-trol and it is going to dam
age us spiritually. How
ever, we can’t have spiritual
self-control on our own. W
e need Jesus’ help!
A preacher said this about self-control, “True self-control is not about bring-
ing ourselves under our own control, but under the pow
er of Christ.” Th
at’s how
this self-control thing works. Self-control is not about going to the gym
every day, counting calories, only playing so m
uch video games, getting your
homew
ork done on time every night, etc. Self-control is about us aligning
our life with Jesus so that H
is power is steering us into being m
ore like Him
.
If you want to be like Jesus, you have to w
ork on your self-control. In fact, H
e had the best self-control. Look what the H
ebrew w
riter says in Hebrew
s 4:15
He com
mitted no sin - displaying the ultim
ate power of self-control. If w
e w
ant to protect ourselves from the toll that sin takes on our lives, w
e have to not only em
ulate Jesus, but rely on His pow
er, through prayer, to lead us to w
hat real self-control looks like.
Make it real:
How
does self-control play a part in your life?
What are som
e ways you can rely on Jesus to help you have m
ore self-con-trol?
What is one specific thing in your spiritual life you have a problem
con-trolling? W
e all have a sin that we need to get under control. W
hat can you do this w
eek to live out self-control?
