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January 14, 2015 Volume XXXV - Number 2

“I Hope You Know” I Surrender All

Would there ever be a reason you would walk off your job? For some reason, men like Peter, James, John, and Matthew walked off their jobs. They had to have a reason. There had to be something they saw and believed in, something which caused them to think they should. For in that moment, that something was Jesus. You cannot see Jesus if you are not looking for Jesus! You cannot commit

to something greater than you if you do not believe that something greater exists. The humble spirit and the open heart hears the call of the Lord and believes His way is the better way. Has Jesus lost His appeal? I’m not content to believe anything remotely close to that notion! I am convinced however, we’ve lost our appeal as Christians, when we present to a world merely a Christian spin on the same life they’re living, and don’t give them a living example of convicted and contrite hearts, who could blame those who want little to nothing to do with the Lord? You cannot surrender to Jesus if you are convinced your life is just as good as others who have sinned and have surrendered to Jesus. The phrase “I surrender all” may not be something we think of as a lifestyle, but it is one needed to live as a life for the Lord. Surrender is to cease resistance to an enemy or an opponent, and submit to their authority. When in darkness and sin, we are enemies against our Lord Jesus Christ, when we surrender, and cease to resist Him, we finally find the blessing He intends for our lives and for our eternity. Surrender becomes our salvation. Through this year, our challenge to all who come our way will be to surrender all to our Lord Jesus! To go somewhere you’ve never been, you want to follow someone who’s been there, because that someone knows the way. Do you know the best way to get there? You ask, can I follow you? Some 36 times in the new testament, Jesus, and Jesus alone, utters the phrase or a form of the phrase, “Follow me.” Why not? He’s been here and He’s going back there.

Some way, some how, we all have a boat of Luke 5, we need to pull ashore and leave it there in order to follow Jesus. Some may have a boat of lifestyle, something that is keeping you from seeing Jesus. Maybe it’s your life from paycheck to paycheck, and you always blame the bills and never blame your behavior. Maybe it’s your life from person to person, waiting for the right person to come along and bring the value and meaning to your life you so desperately want, but lack the confidence to see, you already have it because you were created in the image of God. Maybe it’s your life from pain to pain, because you refuse to forgive your enemies of the past, and so you always find pain in today and the pain tomorrow, when Jesus is ready to help you forgive others because of how He has forgiven you. Maybe it’s your life from problem to problem, always fighting, fighting with your spouse, fighting with your boyfriend or girlfriend, fighting with your kids, fighting with strangers, or just mad at the world and to be honest, you cannot figure out why. I hope you know, following the Lord Jesus Christ and surrendering all to Him and His will can bless your life now and in eternity .

When they pulled their boats to shore, they forsook all

and followed Him” (Luke 5:11). They had just had the greatest day of fishing, the largest catch of their life. It was not like winning the lottery, it was not enough to allow them to retire, but they certainly would have been inspired to keep fishing, if they could fish like that often. Jesus called them to another life another work, and they left everything they had ever known, and followed Jesus.

A GREAT WAY TO START THE NEW YEAR! We had a huge crowd for the first Junior High Fireside of the

new year. We had our study over Matthew 13:44-46 as we discussed what are we willing to “sell it

all” for. Thanks to Jim & Leslie Hudgins and Chris & Jenny Teet for hosting the night! Thanks to Griffin

Elkins and Colby Shelton for helping with the games too!

I HOPE YOU ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE of the

Monthly Bible Studies. Matthew & Cissy Dotson and Derek & Rachel Newsom lead these at their homes.

It is just an hour a month, but it is a deep study into scripture and one that you will benefit from greatly.

Thanks to the Dotsons and Newsoms for their love and example for our Youth Ministry and these

young people! SPARKS & INTERMEDIATES bowling and

games is this Saturday at Thunder Ally. The bus will

leave at 12:00 noon for an afternoon of fun. Plans are to be back by 4:00. Cost will be $4-$8 for

bowling depending on one or two games, shoes will be free. Also, you might want to bring some extra

for a snack and games you want to play. Any parents that would like to join us, we would love to

have you go! A BUSY TIME IS ALREADY BEING PLANNED,

LORD WILLING… Just looking over the calendar

from now until July and I get a little dizzy. Besides the monthly times together plus Firesides, Prayer

Breakfasts, Bible Study, Lighthouses, and Sparks & Intermediate get-togethers, we have some big

times together coming your way. The Senior Spotlight/Senior High Retreat and the Lad & Dad

Retreat in February. The Father & Daughter Retreat in March. The Junior High Retreat in April. Senior

Sunday, the Fireside Finale and The Cincinnati Blast

in May. Four weeks of Meribah plus VBS and Daycamp in June. Finally, the Mission Trip out West

for 10 days in July. Sounds tiring, but worth every minute! How and Why do we do it? It is always

about Proverbs 27:17. Sharpening one another as we strive to mold our lives around the example of

Christ. There is not a thing we do in the Youth

Ministry that does not promote that and have a definite purpose behind each. I continue to

challenge you to, keep Praising the great and glorious God we serve. Keep Applying our love to one another and to those who are lost. Keep

Teaching others who Christ is through your example and

encouragement to study. Keep Heightening your personal relationship with God to understand the need to “Surrender All!” In other words...

follow His path, -Craig

January 14

lighthouse Hudgin’s & Teet’s

5:00-7:00

January 15

Jr. & Sr. High

Prayer

Breakfast Lighthouse

7:00-7:30

January 17

Sparks &

Intermediates

Bowling & Games

Thunder Ally

12:00-4:00

January 18

Family Fiesta

Film Fiasco &

Fellowship 5:00

January 23-25

20/30 Retreat

Chattanooga

January 25 Sr. high Fireside

T.B.A.

7:00-9:00

January 28

Lighthouse Hughes

5:00-7:00

January 30

5th Quarter Fellowship Hall

After game-11:30

COMING SOON!

Feb 27-Mar 1 Senior

Spotlight/

Senior High

Retreat

January Events….

..January 18th… Scholarship Committee Meeting January 18, 2015 4 P.M. in the Library. ...Jan.18

Family Fiesta Film Fiasco Fellowship

January 18, 2015 5 P.M. Worship

Dinner Served at 6 followed by family movie …Jan. 23-25 20/30’s Retreat

Coming In February….

FEBRUARY SERIES GUEST SPEAKERS, DINNER EACH

WED. IN FEBRUARY MORE DETAILS TO COME...

I Surrender

All…

Weekly Challenge:

Sunday Matt. 19:16-30

Monday Matt. 10:27-39

Matt. 16: 24-28

Tuesday Mark 2:1-17

Wednesday John 10:1-30

Thursday Matt. 26: 36-75

Friday Luke 22: 39-71

CONTRIBUTION $11,497.30 BUDGET

$ 12,651.oo Camp Meribah

$ 151.51

The following are recovering from surgery or dealing with an illness: Al Baltz, Pauline Jimerson, Margie Copley, Rachel Bradley, Barbara Baker, James Dawes, Sheryl Elkins, Martha Leath, Roger Dotson, Amanda Mathis, Richard Tate, Amanda Cannon, Henrietta Rochelle, Jeff Denton.

...Francis McClanahan has been very sick at home the past few days. She is improving. ...Rachel Bradley has returned home. ...Jean Swaw was able to return home to Tulipwood. ...David Jimerson is in St. Thomas Mid-Town. ...Tonya Oliphant is in Vanderbilt

Hospital with pneumonia. ...Pearl Cagle, sister of Guy (Janet) Barber, suffered a stroke and is in ICU at St. Thomas Mid-Town. ...Coleen Williams spent one night in St. Thomas Mid-Town due to a problem with her heart. ...Melvin Roberson is recovering from surgery for a blood clot in his arm. ...Ricky Nash, father of Eric (Brandy) Nash, is in VA Hospital in Nashville due to an infection in his arm. ...Amanda Mathis will be having surgery Thursday. ...Marie Landon, of Humphreys County, sister of Margaret Forrester, has been diagnosed with cancer.

Home: Willie B. Coates, Sammye Elrod, Jean Plemmons, Demetria Barner, Martha Jo Wallace, Floyd Powell, Stephen Church, Charles Minick, Lula Mae Gilliam, Edward Loveless, Margaret McCord, Dorothy Easley, J.W. & Sue Roder, Troy Parks.

Hey kids ! It’s Time For Bible

Hour ! Every Sunday Night

at 6:00 P.M.

Bible Stories, Songs, Puppets

January Theme: Humility Zacchaus

Hungry Hound Pantry Item :

Soup Ages: 3 Years - 3rd Grade

See You there!

Sympathy

Thank You

Memorial

Nursing Home Residents: Life Care Center: Mable Taylor, Nellie Kalosis, Minnie Sue Baker, Helen Hudgins, Lorraine Loveless, Lucy Noles, Stella Greer, Pauline Tilley, Paul Litton, Elsie Mathis, Thelma Chessor, Lillian Bradford. Hickman County Nursing Home: Ruby Wells, Lucille Breece Dickson Nursing Home: James Clifton Thornton

Area Events

Please Pray For:

...We express our sympathy to the family of Francis Johnson who passed away. She was the mother-in-law of Susan Dotson’s brother, and a close friend of Coleen Williams. ...We express our sympathy to the family of Tina Willis who passed away. She was the daughter-in-law of Gene Morris. ...We express our sympathy to the family of Mary Lee Barber who passed away. To her daughters Debbie (David) Bates, Linda King, Lorinda Halstead, and son Lester Hinson, Jr., we express our deepest sympathy.

...a Memorial has been given to the

Mable Dunn Mission Fund in memory of Mary Jeanette Lowe, sister-in-law of Judy Rogers, by Doug & Maxine Shepherd.

...Friday night singing at the White Bluff Church of Christ January 16, 2015. 7 P.M. ...Columbia Avenue Church of Christ invites you to their Annual Fellowship Meeting Sunday, January 18, 2015. Speaker: Kenneth Fleming, Jr. Sunday School : 10 A.M. Worship: 11 A.M. Followed by lunch. Sunday Evening Worship: 2:30 P.M.

The Family of Tom Mayberry writes: “Bobby Mayberry and Louise Bates wish to say “Thank You” to everyone that called and sent cards when we lost our brother Tom Mayberry. The gift of wind chimes are a wonderful remembrance of his life.”

It was You who set all the

boundaries of the earth; You made

both summer and winter.”

~Psalm 74:17

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