March 3, 2013

7259 Sheldon Road Tampa, Florida 33615-2328

Voice: (813)886-3946 Fax: (813) 888-8719

www.tampachurch.org

TODAY—Hayward Brooks

-L2L Puppet Practice 12:30-

5:00PM Retreat House

Mar. 5—Tutoring 6:30PM

Mar. 6—NLBS 10:00AM F-2

-Keith’s Kitchen 6:15PM

Mar. 10—L2L Puppet Practice

12:30-5:00PM Retreat House

Mar. 11-15—Spring Break

Hillsborough County

Mar. 13—NLBS 10:00AM F-2

-Keith’s Kitchen 6:15PM

Mar. 14—Disney Day Hills. Co.

Mar. 19—Tutoring 6:30PM

Mar. 20—NLBS 10:00AM F-2

-Keith’s Kitchen 6:15PM

Mar. 24—L2L Puppet Practice

3:30-7:30PM Retreat House

L o o k i n g A h e a dL o o k i n g A h e a d

Mar. 25-29—Spring Break

Pinellas & Pasco Counties

-Disney Day March 28

Mar. 29-31—L2L Convention

Apr. 7—Spring Fling

Fellowship Meal

Blood Mobile 11:00AM-2:00

Apr. 19-21—Youth Retreat

Apr. 20—TYM Golf Tourna-

ment 1:30PM Eagles Golf Club

May 4—Westchase Food Sale

Jun. 1—Tampa Youth Missions

Auction & Talent Show

Jun. 8—Senior Night

Jun. 17-29—Honduras Trip

On the Horizon

Family News

Thanks again for helping us surpass our goal of $2800 at our Honduras Valentine Fundraiser Dinner last month!

Look at what some of our talented members put together.

The Cooks

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Notes of Thanks… Be sure to check the

bulletin board for “Thank You” cards.

Home Bound… Please take time to

pray for, visit or call our home-

bound members: Toni Carver

Keith and Marylyn Lupton

Shirley Mills

Evelyn Sutton

Serving Far and Away…

Michael Birt, Stephanie Birt

Davy Brogan, Reed Gibbs,

Dave McGhee,

Marc Venditti, Tara White

Attendance Cards… Members & Guests, please fill out an at-

tendance card for your family and drop in the

collection plate.

Our Missionaries…

Honduras: Esteban Portilla

Haiti:

Perceviel Jackson Jackie Pierrot

No Food or Drinks… As a reminder,

please DO NOT bring anything other than water

or snacks for small children into the auditorium.

The New Birth

My bone marrow transplant doctor said to me on Aug. 16, 2013, this is your new

birthday. I smiled and said ok. Well, on Feb. 26, 2013 the light bulb finally came

on. I’m not this slow on most things. They gave me four days of high dose chemo,

killing cancer cells and my immune system, and then planted my sister’s stem cells

in me. So, he said you have a new birthday; you have started over. Well, I need to

ask does that mean I go back home and let someone take care of me for 18 years.

Anybody want me? I’m now six months old but I’m tall, dark and____!

Jesus our Lord said in Jn. 3:3-5, most assuredly I say unto you, unless one is born

again he cannot see the kingdom of God. Nicodemus said to him, how can a man be

born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be

born? Jesus answered, most assuredly I say to you, unless one is born of the water

and the Spirit he cannot enter the kingdom of God. Since we must enter the king-

dom of God to be saved the new birth is important. Mk. 16:16 says, he that believ-

eth and is baptized shall be saved.

These two present the same idea, he that is born of the spirit is the same as he that

believeth. He that is born of the water is the same as he that is baptized. What do

I do with all of this? I must Hear the word of God, Mk. 12:29-30, then Believe

Rom. 10:17, Repent of my sins Acts 2:38-38, Confess Rom. 10:9-15, be Baptized

Matt. 28:18-20. Start over today we will help you.

~Hayward

”A Better Story: Project One”

The Youth Group is collecting new, used, or partially used gift cards for Project One

of A Better Story. The gift card industry is a $60 BILLION-a-year industry. It is esti-

mated that 10-15% of those cards are NEVER used and only benefit corporations.

That's $6-9 BILLION dollars in unused gift cards in the bottom of your purse or

depths of your wallet.

We want to help some local organizations by collecting these gift cards and donat-

ing them to use for supplies, rewards for children, feeding the homeless, and assist-

ing the elderly. It is our guess that everyone in our congregation has one, (if not

more) partially used gift card in their possession that will never be used (C'mon, are

you really going to remember that $0.75 unused Wal-mart card?). This may not

seem like it will make a difference, but that unused change adds up.

There will be teens in the lobby for the next few months collecting gift cards--gas

cards, coffee cards, sports cards, online cards, etc. You name it and we'll collect

them and donate them to a non-profit that can use them. Ask your co-workers, ask

your classmates, ask your family to mail them in. I'd bet we could stop any person

in the world and they'd have a leftover card on them they'd be willing to donate.

Don't worry about the amount, what's left on them, or where they can be used--

we'll take care of that! Please help us make Project One a success.

~Matt

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Keith’s Kitchen…

Keith’s Kitchen is an op-

portunity to support our

work in Honduras. Each

Wednesday at 6:15PM

Keith prepares a deli-

cious meal. The teens help with the

dessert, drinks and clean-up. All

proceeds go to the accounts of stu-

dents who help. There is no set fee

but your generous checks should be

made to Tampa Youth Missions.

Dessert this week: Greaves, Rozier,

McDaniel.

Thank You…

Have you noticed how

nice the Butterfly Garden

looks? We thank Alex

Squires for trimming back

all of the over-growth and getting

rid of the weeds. Good job Alex, it

looks great!

Background Checks…

The Northwest Tampa Church of

Christ requires all staff and voluntary

personnel who teach, lead, super-

vise, chaperone, or interact on be-

half of the church, submit to a back-

ground check for the safety of our

youth and compliance with require-

ments of our insurance company.

Please turn in your information

sheet to Tonia; she will enter the

information and immediately shred

the document (for privacy con-

cerns). Your cooperation is appreci-

ated.

Family Picture Board…

Take a minute, gather your

family and go to Room #3

before or after services

and let Tonia take your

picture. It only takes a minute.

On the Horizon... In Our Prayers… Our Northwest Family:

Health Issues: Ingrid Albert, Hayward

Brooks, Pat Flanigan, George Forcht,

Clay Haskins, Bonnie Hites, Greg

Hutchison, Matt Ingram, Liz Kirkhart,

Marylyn Lupton, Earnestine Mar-

shall, JoAnn Maute, Shirley Mills,

Rama Patterson, Evelyn Sutton, Vicki

Taylor.

Out of Work or Personal Struggles:

Chris Daniels, Faulk family, Joy Hix,

Ilion family, Vera Matthews, Tom

Moore family, Richard Trexler, An-

drew Van Buren, Curtis Walker,

Margo Yager.

Death in Family: Carla Haskins, John

& Faye Marincin

Our Extended Family:

Angela, mother of Chris Steiner,

heart problems, Brittany, daughter of

Susan Corbell, personal struggles.

Charles, son-in-law of the Reid’s, de-

ployed. David & Maria, Donna

Coyle’s family. Heather, daughter of

Tom & Beverley, health. Jaclyn, niece

of Donna Coyle, healing. Baby J,

awaiting liver transplant and other

health issues. Juana, mother of

Teresa Chewning, health, Leslie,

friend of Robin Dunaway, heart prob-

lems. Jean & Corine, family of Faulk,

Snelling, & Gwen Patterson, Jean’s

medical issues and their efforts to

relocate to Tampa area. Melvin, fa-

ther of Connie Eckstine, health. Noah,

grandson of Connie Eckstine’s friend,

upcoming aorta/esophagus surgery.

Peggy, daughter-in-law of George &

Marlene, cancer. Sharon, daughter of

Cody Corbell, medical issues. Sue,

mother of Patricia Sengul, brain infec-

tion. Tara, daughter of Joy Hix, per-

sonal struggles.

Please provide the office with updates for those on the prayer list.

TYM Golf Tournament…

Our Annual Tampa Youth Missions

Golf Tournament is on Saturday,

April 20 at The Eagles Golf Club lo-

cated at 16101 9 Eagles Drive,

Odessa, FL 33556. Registration

sheets are located on the main bulle-

tin board so make your plans now as

the $75 fee (donation) is due by April

14. Partial teams will be combined

to make foursomes for Best Ball

(Shot Gun Start). Tee Time is 1:30

after 12:30 registration. The tourna-

ment will be followed with dinner at

the Eagles Clubhouse Restaurant.

F@H Corner…

Take time every day this week, as a

family, and discuss a story

from the Bible. Approach it

from a different angle each

day and find out how the

nature of God applies to each part.

GOD IS IN THE DETAILS !!!

Directory Update…

Brandon & Amy Foster

2306 Ring Road

Spring Hill, FL 34609

Honduras Items of the Week…

Personal care items such as combs,

brushes, lotion (only plas-

tic bottles) and soaps. We

will be collecting house-

hold items up until we go

on our annual mission trip to Hondu-

ras the last two weeks in June. The

ladies there have so little and are so

appreciative of anything we can

share with them.

Lost and Found Corner…

Please pick up your bibles and other

items from the Lost and Found area

in Fellowship-1.

S t a f f :

Matt Bancroft

Youth Minister

bancroft@tampachurch.org

Matthew Betz

Family Life Minister

matthew@tampachurch.org

Rick Bonk

Worship Minister

rbonk@verizon.net

Keith Boyer

Minister

keith@tampachurch.org

Tonia Boyer

Administrative Assistant

tonia@tampachurch.org

Shirley Daniel

Secretary

office@tampachurch.org

S h e p h e r d s :

George Forcht gforcht@tampabay.rr.com

886-7815

Tracey Gray traceygrayemail@gmail.com

727-474-2533

Bob Matthews bob@tampachurch.org

949-4515

Lewis Patterson lewis@tampachurch.org

926-5473

D e a c o n s : Richard Baldock

Mark Berry Rick Bonk Doug Cline

Gabriel Garcia Daniel Greaves Jacob Groves

John Marincin Chip Price

Mick Whelan Don Williams

Assembly Schedule

Sunday Worship 9:00AM Bible Class 10:15AM Small Groups (PM)

Wednesday Bible Class 7:15 PM

For the Record Kingdom Growth 2013

Baptized

New Members 2

Attendance Last Week

Bible Class 198 Worship 280 Small Groups 80 Giving

Contribution $ 10,924 Weekly Budget $ 10,500 YTD Contribution $ 81,070 YTD Budget $ 84,000 Specific Contribution YTD $ Mission Sunday Support $

Next Week

Hayward Brooks

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Worship Guide

#226—Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

#18—Faithful Love

Welcome

Opening Prayer: Tracey Gray

#129—Amazing Grace

Celebrating the Lord’s Supper

Presiding: John Swann

Giving Our Gifts Boundless Love

#68—Give Thanks

#113—His Grace Reaches Me

Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 13:11-14

Message: Hayward

“The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ”

#111—Grace Greater Than All Our Sin

*#985—When Morning Comes

*Parents of children in Praise Time and/or Kid’s Kingdom should leave to get their children during the final song.

Sunday Morning Adult Classes

Adult Class (Fellowship 1) The Life of Christ

Mark Berry

Adult Class (Fellowship 2) The 7 Churches of Asia

Jacob Groves

Adult Class (Auditorium) Jesus Talks With... Mauricio Perdigon

New Christians Class (Room #9) N C L B

Hayward Brooks

Wednesday Evening Adult Classes

Adult Class (Fellowship 1) Bible Buffet

Monte Betz, et al

Ladies Class (Fellowship 2) The Power of Prayer

Dorothy Rozier

Teens & Parents (Auditorium) A Better Story Matt Bancroft

*NWT Small Groups/Spring 2013

Marincin Palm Harbor/Clearwater Sunday 6:00PM K. Boyer Palm Harbor/Odessa Sunday 5:30PM Betz Lutz/Odessa/Land O’ Lakes Sunday 12:00PM Serving Our Savior Church Building Sunday 5:00PM Henthorne/Jaroch Various Locations Sunday 5:30PM D. Boyer/Bancroft Town ’N’ Country Sunday 5:00PM

*More information is posted at the sound booth.