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Brad SeeversSenior Minister(740-550-9882)

David TinglerAssociate Minister

Glen ShadyYouth Minister(740-438-5257)

Sunday Services

1st Worship8:00 a.m.

2nd Worship10:30 a.m.

Bible School9:15 a.m.

Evening Worship6:00 p.m.

The Christian Messenger Fifth Avenue Church of Christ

115 W. Fifth Ave.Lancaster, OH 43130

740-654-0626 –

e-mail: [email protected] www.myfacc.com

March 15, 2011

Potluck Dinner

and

Movie Night

Wednesday

March 23, 20115:45pm

Men’s Golf League Interested?

Call Brad @ 740.550.9882



SPIRITUAL STATISTICS (March 13, 2011)

Sunday School 78

First Morning Worship 77

Second Morning Worship 84

Total Morning Worship 161

Evening Worship 43

Family Reunion (3/9) 56

Weekly Budget $ 4,471.00

Budget Received $ 6,101.95

Youth Camp $ 5.00

Book Nook $ 16.00

Choir Cantata $ 60.00

Keenagers $ 185.00

Nancye Pumpelly Memorial $ 50.00

Imogene Stalder Memorial $ 125.00

Hazel Anderson Memorial $ 75.00

Van Fund $ 85.00

SERVING SCHEDULE – MARCH 20, 2011

At the Table Fred Griffith & Patrick WersellServing 1

st

Dale Rose, Ray Ayers,Jerry Baker, Dan Brown

At the table 2nd

Fred Griffith & Tom Puckett

Serving 2nd

Dale Rose, Taylor Dean, Don Taylor,Nick Hinson, Patrick Hinson

Pastor of the Week Fred Griffith

PM Deacon Dale Rose

Offering Counters Team #3

COMMUNION PREPARATION1

STWorship Donna Cupler

2nd

Worship Donna Cupler

GREETERS

1ST

Worship Dan and Janet Brown

2nd

Worship Jim and Bev Puckett

NURSERY

Sunday School Laura Wersell & Courtney Beiter

2nd

Worship Julie Stuck

Preschool Helper Ruth Andrews

Early Elementary Helper Norma Holtom

Upper Elementary Helper Marg Shumaker

6-8th

Grade Helper Mike Cooper

Visitor Center 1st

Worship Shirley Marsh

Visitor Center 2nd

Worship Cindy Cox

SECURITY

1st Worship David Will

Bible School Bill Kelly

2nd

Worship George Lambert

Evening Worship Paul Hoagland

LADIES BEAN SUPPER and

MOVIE NIGHT

THURSDAY, MARCH 17TH -

5:30PM

Beans and corn bread will beprovided. All ladies should bring a

dessert to share! We will be watchingthe movie “The Blind Side”.

All ladies are welcome!

CENTRAL OHIO

BEAN DINNER

FOR MEN AND BOYS

THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2011

Beans served 5:00 – 7:00pmSpecial Music 6:00 – 7:00pm

Worship Service – 7:00pm

Guest SpeakerMark Scott, Academic Dean

Ozark Christian CollegeVans will leave the church parking lot

at 5:00pm!

Looking ahead to

Easter Sunday! Services!

Sunrise Service – 7:00am

Easter breakfast – 8:00am

Sunday School – 9:15am

Morning Worship – 10:30am

There will be no Evening

Worship.



I had to laugh when I heard the story of two men who one day approached the legendary Britishpreacher, C. H. Spurgeon, and told him, “Spurgeon, we have reached sinless perfection.”

“Really? he asked.

“Yes,” they said, “We’re absolutely perfect.”

Spurgeon was holding a pitcher of water at the time, and he proceeded to pour it on their heads.

When they began to react like any other sinners would, he found out just how perfect they were.

You see, the people who walk around claiming to have reached sinless perfection are victims ofone of the most powerful yet subtle sins – pride. None of us will reach sinless perfection in thislife. In all of human history, Christ alone has been sinless.

“ If we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves,and the truth is not in us.” I John 1:8

Granted, something dramatic happened when we received Christ. Before we were Christians,we were under the control and power of sin. We went along with whatever our sinful natures

dictated. But in Christ we were changed. The Bible says we became new creations in Christ; oldthings passed away and everything became new (IICorinthians 5:17).

But that isn’t to say we still don’t struggle with sin or that we’ll have no lapses. When we fall, wecan go at once to Christ for cleansing, according to His promises in 1John 1:9.

However, if we’re sinning habitually and persistently and without sincere confession,something’s terribly wrong.

Because Jesus Christ is our righteousness…step forward confidently in the freedom from sinthat Jesus Christ has won for you. “Go and sin no more” (John 8:11)

Have a great week. I hope to see each of you this Sunday.

Brad Seevers, Eph.3:20-21

The Lord ’ s promise to His people … If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins

and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. I John 1:9



PRAISE TEAM PRACTICEWednesday at 7:30 pm

FAMILY REUNIONWednesday, March 16 - 6:30pm

FACILITY MANAGEMENT MEETINGMonday, March 21 – 7:00pm

CANTATA PRACTICE

Sunday, 7:00pm

Saturday, April 30th - 9:00amMary Alice Coats speaking

Concert by Lancaster High SchoolSwinging Gales Jazz Band

(Mark your calendar)

If you would like to have “The ChristianMessenger” e-mailed to you,please be sure to turn your

e-mail address in to the office.

Crafter’s Bee Saturday, March 26 -10:00am – 1:00pm

THE BOOK NOOK

The next meeting is Monday,March 28 at 6:30pm. The

book is “Paradise Valley” by

Dale Cramer… a tale of love,danger and redeeming faith.

This book can be purchasedin the church office for $10.

Our Prayer Requests

Jim Wheeler Millie Hoy Jim Cox Mrs. Garrett & family Anne ReedCatherine Later Ernestine Cox Deb Dobson Virginia Moore’s family Carolyn YoungDiane Williams Betty Lambert Mary Shaner Judy Smith Mabel StevensGeorge Andrews Cliff Byers Ryder McCort Dorothy Herman Gary Hoyt

Our Troops Mary Marsh Vicki Sargent Ted & Carol Nicolia Elanore AdrionJohn Swartz Midge Wilson Wanda Dickson Pam Brewer Barbara Benadum

Carolyn Grubb Myrtle Campbell Sharon Bloom Betty Hockman Mickey HavenJoe Lockhart Mike Swartz Dorothy Swartz Ben Watters Bessie Shumaker

Becky Alexander Jean Azbell Michelle Cupp Jean Ebert

April 24, 2011



SERVING SCHEDULE – MARCH 27, 2011

At the Table Mike Cooper, Dick Shumaker

Serving 1st

Larry King, Ray CoatsRalph Conrad, Don Gardner

At the table 2nd

Mike Cooper, Patrick Hinson

Serving 2nd

Larry King, Neal RudolphDale Thornton, Ned Tomlinson

Pastor of the Week Mike CooperPM Deacon Larry King

Offering Counters Team #4

COMMUNION PREPARATION

1ST


2nd


GREETERS

1ST

Worship Ray & Margie Ayers

2nd

Worship Linda Daubenmire, Norma HoltomNURSERY

Sunday School Shirley Marsh

2nd

Worship Marie Huffman, Kim Seevers

Preschool Helper Judy Gardner

Early Elementary Helper Brenda Hines

Upper Elementary Helper Cindy Cox

6-8th

Grade Helper Mike Cooper

Visitor Center 1st

Worship Mary Alice Coats

Visitor Center 2nd

Worship Kim Seevers

SECURITY

1st

Worship Dan Brown

Bible School Carmel Marsh

2nd

Worship Jim Puckett

Evening Worship Jim Puckett

BITS FROM BRO. DAVE

KEENAGERS RETREAT: Tuesday, April12, is the date for the annual spring“Keenagers Retreat” held at Round Lake

Christian Camp. The day begins with acontinental breakfast from 8:30 to 9:50am.There will be three speakers and two

workshops. The program concludes with abanquet at 4:45pm. The registration fee of$24, per person, covers meals and programif paid before March 25. (We will share thecost of gas for travel.) A sign up sheet isposted. Please take one of the registrationforms, complete it and return it to me alongwith your registration fee. (Checks shouldbe made to “Round Lake Christian Camp”.)

Our departure time, on April 12, is 7:00am.

SENIOR SAINTS: Last Sunday morningwe ran a video promotional for “Senior

Saints In the Smokies”which is held,annually, on the Johnson Bible Collegecampus. If you are interested in attendingplease see me regarding registration forms,etc. The date for departure is May 30(return on June 3.) It is not too early tobegin getting our registrations in.

WEDNESDAYS: We have groups meetingat 10:00am and 6:30pm for the study of ICorinthians. (The same material is coveredin each session.)

SUNDAY EVENINGS: On Sundayevening, March 20, we will begin a newseries of lessons based in the book ofProverbs. (The Lord’s Supper is available at

this 6:00pm service.)

April 17, 2011

Palm Sunday

Services

There will be acombined worship on

that day.

Sunday School at

8:45am

Worship at 10:00am

(Easter Cantata)

Evening Worship at

6:00pm



Food to Haiti, Part 1

Easter Special Offering: Lifeline Christian MissionGoal : One pallet of food for Haiti, $2000

We have an exciting opportunity ahead of us with our

Easter Special Offering. We are teaming up with LifelineChristian Mission to send two pallets of food to Haiti tohelp with their aid to that country. Each pallet costs$2000. The first pallet in this effort is going to besponsored by the missions committee. The committee isthen challenging the congregation to match this withfunding a second pallet which will cost $2000.

This is an organization that we have been supportingmonthly through the missions committee for years. Ontop of this, it is exciting to do a special project for anorganization that has had a presence in Haiti for longbefore the recent earthquake. We know that this issomething that will bless Fifth Avenue as much as thosein Haiti. Luckily there is a second step to this effort afterraising the money. Read here next week for details.

Children of God..."Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it."

-- Proverbs 22:6

Upcoming EventsMar. 18, 5:30-7:30 pm

Saint Patrick’s Themed

Elementary Party

Mar. 22, 6 - 8 pm

Jr/Sr High Progressive

Dinner

Mar. 26, 9am – 1pm

Jr/Sr High Sold Out

Retreat

Apr. 16-17

CIY: Believe (Jr. High

Conference). We will

leave on Saturday at

1:00pm and travel to

Anderson, IN for this

amazing weekend.

Prayer Concerns

Pallet of food to Haiti Upcoming Elementary Party

That God would raise up

workers from within the church

who are passionate about

working with young people

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