Last Sunday English worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Last Sunday class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Contribution last week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,502.00

Numbers of Interest:

Numbers do not tell us everything. Nor are they the final answer. But we can learn from what we see and what we can measure.

Our prayer is that this box will constantly show a growing church.

Worship & Class

Schedule

Coffee is hot by 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship (English) 9:00 a.m. Sunday Classes (English) 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship (Spanish) 11:00 a.m. Sunday Classes (Spanish) 11:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Westview Church of Christ

4151 W. 20th Street

Greeley, CO 80634

Phone: 970-330-3716

office@westviewcoc.org

Birthdays & Anniversaries:

8/6 - Willie Masser

8/6 - Doug McEntire

8/6 - Eleanor Valdez

8/10 - John Locke

8/12 - Steve & Rena Sebold

www.westviewcoc.org

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Servers for Worship

Today (August 6th) Next Week (August 13th)

Scripture Reading Steve Adams Jakob Crowell

Prayer Tom Lininger Marchel Morningstar

Serve Communion:

Comm. Prayers Ken Clark Randy McCrain

Contrib. Prayer Troy Wallace John Locke

Michael Bevel Scott Moellmer

Christopher Chitwood Kim Hegarty

Joshua Chitwood Johnny Martinez

Stefen Gomes Erik McCrain

(August 20th) (August 27th)

Scripture Reading Elijah Rutz Todd Zwetzig

Prayer Randy Rowe Steve Sebold

Serve Communion:

Comm. Prayers Doug McEntire Dustin Smith

Contrib. Prayer Kurtis Rutz Kyle Rutz

Cory Newton Leonard Thompson

Dennis Quesenberry Dean Weber

Roy Moore Guy Wohlfahrt

James Pascoe David Barton

Nursery Attendant

Today: Tracy Morningstar

August 13th: Connie Seaman

August 20th: Whitney Rutz

August 27th: Cameron Rutz

September 3rd: Carol Wells

September 10th: Audrey Rutz

September 17th: Carol Wohlfahrt

September 24th: Tracy Morningstar

If you are unable to serve on the designated day

please contact the church office.

Lobby Greeters

Today: The Morningstars

August 13th: The Newtons (C&K)

August 20th: The Pascoes

August 27th: The Rowes

September 3rd: The Rutzes (K&W)

September 10th: The Rutzes (K&C)

September 17th: The Sebolds

September 24th: The Smiths

The Purpose From here to heaven… Following God wherever He leads us.

August 6, 2017

Today’s Order of Worship

Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing

For the Beauty Of the Earth

We Will Glorify

Meet & Greet

He Has made Me Glad

Elder Blessing & Prayer

Holy Ground medley

Scripture Reading:

Romans 11:33-36

Sermon

God, would you explain yourself?

God Will Make a Way

‘Tis Midnight and On Olive’s Brow

We Remember Christ’s Sacrifice

Contribution Collected

Hear, O Israel

(Honduras Children’s Collection)

Prayer

Amen

WELCOME VISITORS!WELCOME VISITORS!

We are thankful you are with us today as we worship our God and Savior. Our prayer is that you will encounter Him today.

A nursery for small children is available in the east hall off the lobby.

What will you experience at Westview?

Praise through song. It is the tradition of our heritage to sing a cappella (without instruments) as we encourage everyone to be involved in uplifting praise.

We value the Bible. You will hear God’s Word read and all sermons will give the utmost respect and priority to Scripture.

We share the Lord’s Supper every week remembering Christ’s sacrifice that provides us forgiveness as we celebrate our salvation through Him.

We do not expect our guests to give financially to our work. We depend on the generous and godly giving of all Westview members to provide the funds needed to implement God’s plans for this church.

We invite you to stay for Bible classes following our worship time. We hope you have been blessed today!

Only one more week left to gather

school supplies for the kids at the

Transition House and there are still and there are still

names that need to be assigned! names that need to be assigned!

Whitney has the list—please talk

to her to be given a name. It’s a

wonderful opportunity to help

these families and children!

We need all labeled backpacks

with school supplies in the church

office by next Sunday, the 13th.

Thank you!

Sunday Morning

Classes (10:30 a.m.)

8 a.m. Study

Cleansing the Inside of the

Cup/New Creation Series Taught by Vern Rutz & James

Pascoe in room #15

Adult/Teen

Textual Study

I Corinthians Taught by Tom & Randy

Fellowship Room

Adult/Teen

Topical Study

Thrive? Survive? Revive?

God’s Plan For His Church Taught by Terry in Room #14

Children’s Classes

6—24 mos. Room #8 (purple)

2 & 3 yr. olds Room #9 (purple)

4 yr. olds—6th grade Room #10 (blue)

Wednesday Night

Classes (7:00 p.m.)

Adult & Teen Study

Words from a Rock:

The Letters of Peter Taught by Terry

Fellowship Room

Children’s Classes

3 and under in room #8

Teacher: LaNelle Newton

4 yr. olds—6th grade in room #10

Teacher: Audrey Rutz

Led into truth Commentary from a common Terry

One of the most controversial discussions of all things Bible is the Holy Spirit. There is something inher-ently mysterious about one called The Holy Spirit. And, growing up in a King James Bible environment, it was an even more abstract conversation. In the KJV, he’s The Holy Ghost. Now that didn’t really clear things up. 89 times he was The Holy Ghost. I’m not meaning to disrespect the KJV, but I am admitting that the word “ghost” made the teaching of the Spirit a little more challenging to grasp. For all the confusion, arguments, and various teachings, there he is, right in the middle of the Bible story. Over and over. Especially in the New Testament. He is seldom mentioned specifically in the Old Testament. In the New Testament, however, he’s a major character. With a purpose. Before I go any further, I need to make a statement of opinion, but I feel comfortable with it. When you think about it—our opinions are the things we think we are right about. It doesn’t mean we can’t change our mind, but it shows what we believe. So having said that, here’s one of my opinions: we are not required to understand the Holy Spirit before he can move and act effectively in our lives. He’s beyond our understanding. As is God. As is the total nature of Jesus. We were never meant to under-stand, through our own analysis and conclusions, the fullness of God, either in His separate parts or the unity of the Trinity nature of Him—Father, Son, and Spirit. Yet, there he is, not just a sup-porting role, but a starring role in the story of our faith walk. He is our suppli-er and facilitator of spiritual gifts (I Co-rinthians 12). He is proof, through his presence, of God’s faithfulness to us (Ephesians 1:13-14). He is a comforter and helper (John 14:16—depending on what version you read). He teaches us (John 14:26).

But here’s the action / trait of the Holy Spirit that most intrigues us and gives us hope in this world—God’s Holy Spirit leads us. I Corinthians 2:6-10, in summary, assures us that the Spirit reveals to us the hidden wisdom and will of God, He reveals these things to us “through His Spir-it….” (verse 10) There’s one more line in that verse that is extraordinarily exciting for us. The Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. Did you get that? The Spirit promised to us has access to, and knows completely, the depths of God. Just how deep is that? I have no idea. But when we’re told that God is going to guide and lead us through His Spirit, let’s make sure we understand that he (the Holy Spirit) is more than qualified to lead. Let me set the table a bit more about how God leads us through the Spirit. I will not teach that God’s Spirit takes over everything, shows us what’s best, and we really don’t have to do anything in the process. Far from it. He leads by ways we encounter truth and God’s will. Think of it this way. Someone tells you that you need to change the oil in your car every 80 miles. What? Or someone else says that you only need to change your oil every 40,000 miles. What? How do you figger it all out? Well, you listen to reliable resources. You read the manual. You talk to ex-perts in the field. You get input from people you trust whose cars seem to run well. In the same way, God has given us resources the Spirit guides us to and through to help us. More next week.

Love one another,

Guys: Men’s Coffee every Tuesday

morning from 6:00—8:00 in the

fellowship room. Jorge Orozco considered

to serve as a shepherd

The leadership asks

you to pray for the

next step in the lead-

ership development

at Westview as they

are recommending

that Jorge Orozco

become an Elder of the church. This is a

significant step in the development of the

Hispanic congregation. Pray for Jorge &

Lourdes as they consider this challenge

and that God will move effectively through

their continued work and service.

A big thank you to everyone who cooked met and provided all kinds

of goodies for our park cookout last week. We had a great turnout and enjoyed the time shared together!

Thank you to my Westview Family for the

beautiful wall plaque in recognition for serving

in the Children's Ministry. It has been the desire

of my heart to serve in this way. I love the chil-

dren and I love teaching. It is a way I learn and

grow in my time with the Lord. The Children's

Ministry is a very vital ministry and requires a lot

of volunteers for teaching, preparing classrooms,

ordering curriculum, etc. I do appreciate all of

those who serve in this Ministry and take on the

many areas of service. Thank you!

Audrey Rutz

The Monthly Prayer Night at the

Pascoe’s house will now be a

Monthly Singing Night. It will still

be on the third Thursday of each

month at 6:30.

Dunia is a U.S. Citizen!

Last Wednesday, Dunia Martinez

completed the process of becoming

a naturalized citizen as she passed

her final interview. We all congratu-

late her! Rufino's final interview is

Monday, the 14th. Pray for him and

the success expected on that day.

Caterpillars to Butterflies Back-to-School Pajama Party!

This Friday, August 11th 5:30—8:30 at the building

For young girls ages 4 and up.