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says, “How can I unless
someone explains it to
me?” (Acts 8:30-31) The
Eunuch invites Philip to get in
and sit beside him. Philip joins
the Ethiopian Eunuch and
helps him to understand
Scripture. Who are the peo-
ple in your life that God
needs you to sit beside and
guide? There are Ethiopian
Eunuchs all around us, but
none of them will change if
we do not get up and go
and sit beside and guide.
Sharing the Gospel message
of salvation and general Bibli-
cal truth with people can be
scary and difficult. In our
twenty-first century world
we see dramatic moral ero-
sion and moral decay all
around us! That is why the
Lord needs us to get up and
go and sit beside and guide.
Do like Philip and tell the
Jesus story because that is
how the door gets opened
for outsiders to become in-
siders.
IHS,
Josh
A Practical Guide for Shar-
ing the Gospel
Sharing the Gospel message
of salvation and general Bibli-
cal truth with people can be
scary and difficult. In our
twenty-first century world
we see dramatic moral ero-
sion and moral decay all
around us! It can be easy to
see individual people who are
living in sin or groups of peo-
ple living in certain sinful life-
styles and think that they are
our enemy. But our real en-
emy is Satan who clouds peo-
ple’s minds and convinces
people that they are right in
what they are doing - even
when they are one hundred
percent wrong. Times change
and moral depravity increases
- but man’s greatest need is
still the same it has always
been. Man needs Jesus and
His saving power and he
needs someone to share the
Gospel message of salvation
and general Biblical truth.
The account of Philip and the
Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 8:26
-39 provides for us a practical
guide for sharing the truth
with people. Here is the first
lesson that guides us in know-
ing how to share the truth
with people. You have to get
up and go! An angel of the
Lord challenges Philip to go
and meet this Ethiopian
Eunuch. The Ethiopian
Eunuch believes in the God of
Israel and he is reading the
Old Testament Book of
Isaiah, but he does not under-
stand what he is reading. The
Holy Spirit directs Philip to
go to this chariot and stay
near it. This account would
not even be recorded in the
Bible if two simple things had
not happened. First - God
told Philip to get up and go.
(Acts 8:26) Second - Philip
got up and went. (Acts 8:27)
Who are the people in your
life that God needs you to get
up and go to? So often in our
lives we do not have an issue
with understanding God’s
prompting in what He wants
us to do. The issue comes in
us getting up and being re-
sponsive to what God is
prompting us to do.
So - we have to get up and
go. And then we have to sit
beside and guide. Philip im-
mediately got up and went as
he was told. He gets to the
chariot and hears the man
reading the Book of Isaiah.
Philip asks him “do you un-
derstand what you are read-
ing?” The Ethiopian Eunuch
Minister’s Notes
T H I S
I S S U E
Ministers Notes
Josh Head 1
Ryan’s Renderings
Ryan Christman
2
Volunteer
Schedule
3
Calendar of
Events
4
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Youth
Minister
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special need or
needs special
arrangements
for home com-
munion during
the month,
please contact
Pastor Josh
Head or Travis
Mayton.
T H E C H R I S T I A N C A L L E R
Youth
Happenings
August 9 All Youth, Back to School Party at Riverfront Park at
5:00 P.M. Details to be announced.
August 26 Konnect begins. Dinner will be served at 6:00.
September 19 Kids City, trip to Black Bear Falls, more details to
follow.
Prayers for July
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Volunteer Schedules for August
WEEKLY 08/02/15 08/09/15 08/16/15 08/23/15 08/30/15
Greeter Edna McNamer Mary Burgess Judy Harmon Jessica Lairres Pernia Martin
Nursery during
Sunday School Cherlyn Brown Jenny Ross Pat Ramsey Cherlyn Brown Jenny Ross
Nursery during
Church Linda Brown Joy Ramsey Linda Brown Joy Ramsey Linda Brown
Pastoral Prayer &
AM Communion Travis Mayton David McKissack Jeff Brown Larry Laymon Travis Mayton
PM Communion Jeff Brown David McKissack Frank Mee Jeff Brown David McKissack
Projection Travis Wolfe Larry Laymon Kevin Mee Tony McKissack Larry Carver
Sound Board Larry Carver Kevin Mee Tony McKissack Larry Carver Kevin Mee
MONTHLY
Communion
Clean - up Pernia Martin
Elevate Jr. Cherlyn Brown
Elevate Pat Ramsey
Fellowship Meal
Hostess Cherlyn Brown
Marquee
up keep Fred & Joy Ramsey
Jessica
Lawson, Jennifer
Lawson, Louise
Lawson, Shirley
Mayton, Becky
Mayton, Conny
Mayton, Travis
McKinney, Larry
McNamer, Edna
Mee, Bess
Mee, Josh
Niles, Cindy
Odell, Denny
Pearch, Ann
Roberts, Jeff
Robinson, Sharon
Snyder, Barbara
Snyder, Evelyn
Unspoken
Prayer
Adkisson, Dee
Anderson, Ed
Baker, Liz
Clark, Dugan & Rachel
Collins, Ed
Christman, Kristin
Davidson, Betty
Davidson, Gary
Davidson, Pam
Eble, Jay
Ellis, Nick
Gary, Lola
Gilley, Carrie
Hill, Effie
Hodge, Donna
Howe, Ray & Linda
Hyden, Marlyn
Webb, Terry
Wright, James
Families of
Families of Service Men in
Chattanooga Shooting
Harmon, Dub
Hixson, Lois
Kelley, Bessy
Laughlin, Betty
Military Men & Women
Wolfe, Betty
T H E C H R I S T I A N C A L L E R
The value of
persistent
prayer is
not that He
will hear us
but that we
will finally
hear Him
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Numbers for July 2015
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contributions are going.
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Pray Continually
Answer: Cherubim with a flaming sword
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August 2015
*Jim West **Jason & Kandie Stafford
*Andrew Laymon
*Isaac Brown
*Adam Conner **Michael & Vicki Henry
*Lucy Carver
*Jacob Brown
*Corey Burgess *Ronnie Powell *Melanie Head
*Kerry Ramsey
*Madison Mee
*Jennifer Walker
**Travis & Becky Mayon
*Olivia Hardie
Sonshine Sisters 12:00
Elder’s Meeting 7:00
Fellowship Dinner 6:00
Board Meeting 7:00
*Amanda Ooten
Back to School Party
For all Youth at
Riverfront Park
5:00
Konnect begins
Dinner served at
6:00
Noisy Can Offering