Elders Scott Cowan Pete Harry

Duane Moore Wesley Parker

Ed Staley John Wheeler

Minister

Terry Alan Jones

Associate Minister

Walter B. Edwards

Associate Minister Phil Dunn

Youth Minister Scott Wilson

Counselor

Ann Vander Linden

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Missionaries Ricardo Alvarado

Costa Rica Allan Lopez

Panama Dorian Flynn

Africa

Sunday Services Bible School 9:00 AM

Worship 10:00 AM

Evening Worship

5:00 PM

Wednesday Services Ladies’ Bible Class

10:00 AM

Bible Class 6:30 PM

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Seeing Christ in Others We sing ‘let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me’ and we try to effec�vely preach that

‘you are the light of the world’ and that as such you should reflect the glory and image of

Christ in your life for others to see. This is so true and sums up one aspect of what I believe

that life is all about – for us, God’s people, to become more and more Christ like every day

that we live.

However, that is only one aspect of what life is about for us. Another and equally

important part of the Chris�an life is that we should be looking to see Jesus in everyone we

meet. This we are taught in Ma*hew 25:31-46 in the scene of the great judgment in which

people’s eternal des�ny is determined by how they did or did not show love to others be-

cause in either doing so or not doing so, they did or did not show love to Christ. I realize as

do you that this is not at all easy to do. If we are honest with ourselves, there are people

who annoy us, raise our blood pressure, make us angry, fill our hearts with malice; and when

we are dealing with them, it is really hard on us to look for or to see Jesus in them.

The Bible teaches that man is created in the image of God. This means that every

person, every single individual, who lives now or ever has or ever will live, carries something

of the image of Christ in them. It may be hard to see in some people, but it is there. When I

look, I need to look to see Jesus. While in jail for non-violent civil disobedience as part of the

Montgomery bus boyco*, Mar�n Luther King wrote his famous sermon “Loving Your Ene-

mies.” In it he says “we must recognize that the evil deed of the enemy-neighbor, the thing

that hurts, never quite expresses all that he is. An element of goodness may be found even

in our worst enemy…and evil in the best of us.” We tend to forget that last part, that there is

evil in the best of us, enough evil that without God’s love and forgiveness we all deserve to

be lost in Hell. I want to forget about or overlook my evil and focus on the evil of my enemy,

my agitator, my protagonist. Thus, I become blind to any goodness in them.

The truth is that we are all complex, fallible beings, capable of doing wrong to others

and to ourselves. Fear, pain, aliena�on, greed, lust, envy and many other sinful mo�ves

cause all of us from �me to �me to fall short of our best true selves. If we can realize this

about ourselves, perhaps we can take a step forward and realize this is true about the fail-

ures of others—even those failures that alienate us from them.

Much of the gospel is about the radical difference in how Jesus treated people com-

pared to how the Jewish leaders and even the disciples treated others. The adulterous wom-

an, the woman at the well, the sinful woman who anointed Jesus, Zacchaeus, the man born

blind, and many others are people who came into contact with Jesus and were treated with

grace and dignity rather than a judgmental aCtude. Why? The answer was in how Jesus

looked at them. As he said of Zacchaeus, “he, too, is a son of Abraham.” Jesus saw him as

created in his own image, a child of God. This is how we need to look at others because just

like us they are made in the image of God. Once we see others as “the enemy”, as

“worthless”, or as “deserving punishment”, then we become judges who also condemn our-

selves because we are deserving of the same. May God help us to see the beauty of Jesus in

everyone we meet.

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January 17th Lesson—Jesus Chooses 12 Apostles

January memory verse: "Rejoice in the Lord always. Again,

I say rejoice." Philippians 4:4.

Please begin working on the Quarterly Goal of memorizing the 12 apostles: Peter, Andrew, James, John, Phillip, Bar-tholomew, Thomas, Matthew, James, Thaddeus, Simon &

Judas.

Sign up sheet to host devo�onals is

on the bulle�n board in the Wel-

come Center. Please put your

name on the list and Sco* will con-

tact you to schedule!

MARK YOUR

CALENDAR!! Camp

Reedy dates for

2016 will be June

26-30th! Plan now

to a,end this fun week!

Dinner with the Deacons—Evening of January 31st

This event will be held in the Southside Family Center

Spiritual Retreat at Lake Barkley—February 5-7th

Valen6ne Banquet—February 13th

Sunday, January 24th, Southside will have a prayer

breakfast beginning at 7:30 AM and conclude prior to

our Sunday School classes at 9 AM. Coffee and

doughnuts will be provided. Our men will be leading

prayer but please bring your en�re family.

Growth Groups will resume

mee�ng on February 14th.

If you are scheduled to serve during our worship services

and would like to receive a reminder on your cell phone,

please sign up using the informa6on below. You will

receive a text message reminder of your assignment.

Contribu6ons have been made to the Building Fund

in memory of Dr. Dennis Swain by Bill & Sandy

Cornell, Leslie and Bri,ney Carroll, Ann Shelton,

Sara Nell and Jared Payne, Darrel & Judy Tongate,

Raymond & Elain Perry, Growth Group 7, Arthur &

Beverly Thomson, and Adrian & Theresa Cannon

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Kim Wheeler remains at Chris�an Health Center and

is improving. Kenda Jones had a procedure to break

up a kidney stone last week but doctors could only

break up part of the stone and she will have another

procedure in the future. Joel Gardner is now at Chris-

�an Health Center and is undergoing rehab following a

stroke. Earl Webb is in therapy and under home

health care. Remember these also: Granville Adams,

Paul Arvin, Denny Audas, Violet Berkley, Perry Boren,

Walter Boyd, John Burman, Frances Chenoweth, G.A.

Church, Elvadean Dunn, Rosie East, Nancy Farmer,

Mike Finley, John David Foster, Raleigh Garre,, David

Graham, Todd Hayes, Liz Herndon, Ricky Hunt, Mar-

sha Kelly Kingrey, Tara King, Mary Lou Laster, Jean

Likens, Russell Mar6n, Veachel Mar6n, Be,y McLer-

ran, Doris Medeiros, Barbara Moore, David & Jan

Morrow, Dorothy Newcomb, Charles & DoAe O’Nan,

Junie Peterson, Be,y Brame Richardson, Ken & Ger-

aldine Simmons, Sco, Su,on, Nina Tuggle, June Ubel-

hor, and Earl Webb.

This week’s schedule:

Jan. 18—Exodus 1-3

Jan. 19—Exodus 4-6

Jan. 20—Exodus 7-9

Jan. 21—Exodus 10-12

Jan. 22—Exodus 13-15

Jan. 23—Exodus 16-18

Jan. 24—Exodus 19-21

We rejoiced last Sunday

morning with Trent Wells and

his family as he was bap�zed

into Christ. Trent is the son of

Gerame and Tressy. Be sure

and tell Trent and his family

how happy you are for him!

We are looking for dona�ons for prizes for our Valen�ne's

Day Banquet on February 13th.

If you have a small business or specialty and would like to

help, we would greatly appreciate it.

Anyone wishing to donate an item for a prize, please see

Jennifer Sco*. There is no prize too small!

We can also take cash dona�ons and we'll shop.

I am happy to report that brothers Wes Parker and

Tommy Brooks transported 425 banana boxes of

clothes and shoes to be shipped overseas to our mis-

sionary work in Africa. We (Southside) provided 325

boxes and our brethren at Li*le River added 100 box-

es. Brother Freddy Farmer is our source for boxes and

we appreciate all of you who gave of your bounty to

help others whom we will probably never meet.

Thanks for your generosity. Isn’t it wonderful to

share! A word of thanks to sister Cathy Knight who

also helps in this effort. God bless you who shared of

your bounty. Walter

Greeters for Today

Door 1 Jesse & Elsie Lancaster

Door 2 John & Sharon Lancaster

Door 3 David & Barbara Lassiter

Door 4 Carey & Heather Laster

Jake and Ben

Van Drivers Next Sunday, Jan. 24—Freddie

Sweeney—270-886-9503

Sunday, Jan. 31—Cary Lu*rull—

270-889-8841

If you need a ride, please call the

church office.

Southside Church of Christ

529 Country Club Lane

Hopkinsville KY 42240

Sunday Morning Worship

January 17, 2016

Song Director ............ .......... Paul Hos�lo

Prayer ....................... .......... Pete Harry

Prayer ........................ .......... Todd Perry

Scripture Reader ....... .......... Roy Staley

Speaker ..................... .......... Terry Alan Jones

Sermon Topic …… ...... ..........

Announcements ........ .......... John Lancaster

Dismissal Prayer ........ .......... Brian Oa*s

Teaching Children’s Worship – Taylor Gray

and Alden Gray

Helpers – Ben Laster and Connor Gary

Communion to Shut-Ins

Wes Parker and Tim Arvin

Sunday Evening Service Song Director ............ .......... Paul Hos�lo

Opening Prayer ......... .......... Wes Parker

Speaker ..................... .......... Phil Dunn

Sermon Topic… Soldiers, Athletes and Farmers

Dismissal Prayer ........ .......... Freddy Farmer

Canaan’s Kids — TBA

Wednesday Evening Prayer—1/20

Carey Laster

Sunday Morning Worship

January 24, 2016

Song Director ............. .......... Paul Hos�lo

Prayer ....................... .......... Duane Moore

Prayer ........................ .......... Mike Medeiros

Scripture Reader ........ .......... Roy Staley

Speaker ...................... .......... Terry Alan Jones

Sermon Topic …… ...... ..........

Announcements ........ .......... John Lancaster

Dismissal Prayer......... .......... Jimmy Stamps

Teaching Children’s Worship – Tyler & Liz

Perry

Helpers – Logan Sco* and Reagan Burgess

Communion to Shut-Ins

John Wheeler and Seldon Dixon

Sunday Evening Service Song Director ............. .......... Paul Hos�lo

Opening Prayer .......... .......... Pete Harry

Speaker ...................... .......... Terry Alan Jones

Sermon Topic……….

Dismissal Prayer......... .......... Ed Staley

Canaan’s Kids — TBA

Wednesday Evening Prayer—1/27

Roy Staley

Phone: 270-885-8392

Fax: 270-885-7615

Email: southsidecoc@hesenergy.net

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Disqualified

I have never qualified for anything that would compare to the Olympic Games. Through the

Welcome!

If you are visi�ng with us today please feel free to par�cipate. We will sing and pray to the Lord and express our

adora�on and thanksgiving for all the blessings He freely gives. We will have an offering this morning and we do not

want our visitors to feel obligated in any way. There is an infant nursery located through the double doors located to

the leW of the pulpit. The toddler nursery is located up the stairs in the foyer. A children’s worship is provided for

children ages 18 months through 4 on the second floor which will be announced during our service. Please turn your

cell phone ringers off during our service.

Birthdays Jeff Sisk Jan. 19

Beverly Fowler Jan. 19

Brian Hale Jan. 19

Caroline Noel Jan. 19

Dana Gary Jan. 20

Patricia Graham Jan. 22

Jonathan Thomas Jan. 22

Debbie Anderson Jan. 23

Luke Lu*rull Jan. 23

Mary Wilson Jan. 23

Ca�na Hale Jan. 25

Carla Oa*s Jan. 25

Ushers for January Foyer—David Lassiter, John Bruce and Bill Duvall

Side Door Greeters—Todd Perry and Tim Noel

Subs6tutes: Logan Sco*

Serve Communion in January

Preside John Wheeler Tim Bridges Tommy Brooks

Tyler Stallons Lester Buckner

Terry Dodson Robert Jones

Wayne Gray Cary Lu*rull

Ethan Noel Tucker Wells Subs6tutes: Tyler Perry and Logan Sco*

Nursery A,endants: Bobbie Aldridge and Teri Brooks

Baby Nursery A,endants: Janice Jones and Tammy Staley