VOL. 26 NO 20 MAY 18, 2016 in 2016

GREAT OAKS COLLEGE-AGED SERVING THIS SUMMER – The summer months bring many unique opportunities for serving God, and several of our college-aged young people will be setting off to serve in various places this summer. Here are the ones we know about…please be praying that God will work through them, and let us know if there are others!

Keeley Baskin will go on two mission trips: 10 days in Peru and 10 days in Belize. Cate Craft will spend a month as an Intern with the “Let’s Start Talking” outreach min-

istry in Argentina. Shelby Duke will be a youth intern for the young ladies at the Bellevue Church of

Christ in Nashville, TN. Hunter Jackson will be a youth intern at the Goodlettsville, TN Church of Christ. Shelby Morrison will be a Camp Counselor at Charis Hills in Sunset, TX, a kids camp

for those with learning and social difficulties. Morgan Pledge will be a counselor at Ganderbrook Christian Camp in Raymond,

Maine, from June 22-August 13.

Seth Turner will be a youth intern at the West End Church of Christ in Knoxville, TN.

SUNDAY IS OUR

NEW MEMBER

SUNDAY,

INCLUDING A

BILINGUAL

WORSHIP

SERVICE AND A

POTLUCK LUNCH Bring some food to share,

and invite someone to

come with you!

Our new interns will be here on

Sunday. Welcome to

Great Oaks! Ben McGreevy Amelia Smith

Prayer Requests Wanda Coats radiation treatments began on May

17th.

Julie Kelly will undergo knee replacement surgery

on Wednesday, May 18th.

John Beville was attacked by a dog. He had a mild

heart attack along with several bad cuts and bruis-

es. The hospital discovered some heart issues, so he

had a heart cath Tuesday morning. He is feeling better

and hopes to go home soon.

Elizabeth, sister of Carren Marvin. She is raising

two autistic boys, and just had major knee surgery. She

is having a hard time keeping the pain under control

Richard Marvin, father of Steve Marvin. Richard is

doing well following his surgery.

Gina Ward, daughter of Teresa Waller, is now at

home.

Larry Scott has requested prayers for his 73 year

old mother-in-law, Mae Wiles. She has kidney stones.

She is in severe pain, has Alzheimer's, is bed-ridden,

and cannot speak.

Don Cox, father of Stephanie Shores. He was taken

to the E.R. yesterday with an extremely high fever. His

fever was caused by an infection in his artificial hip. He

will have surgery today. 109 Indian River Drive, Hunts-

ville, AL 35811

Can you bring food for VBS?

Children’s meals:

Packaged cookies

Little Debbie Treats

Juice boxes

Small individual chip bags

Fruit and applesauce cups

Adult meals: (Please sign up on lists outside Aarek’s office)

Desserts

Soups

GREAT OAKS VBS

Lifting up the King

June 5-8

Decorating Needs

red, purple, or orange fabric & tulle fabric

white Christmas lights

Tiki torches

battery operated tea lights

We will return all these items to you when VBS is over.

Please mark clearly with your name and put in

Kelly Ward’s office.

Responding to the Invitation

Sunday, May 15th Tikayla Dismuke cam e forw ard asking for prayers.

She would like to be a better example to her brother and sis-

ter. Please remember to pray for and encourage Tikayla this

week.

VBS scheduled work-nights/ work-days

Friday, May 20-6 p.m.

Wednesday, May 25-after services

Tuesday, May 31-all day Wednesday, June 1-all day

Friday, May 20th

at 6 p.m. Teachers are decorating their rooms, lobby and

hall decorations will

need to be traced out

and cut, costumes need

to be taken out of stor-age and organized, etc.

Can you come out and help us?

May 21 FHU

May 22 Interns Start

Youth Devo

May 25 6th Grade induction

VBS Worknight

May 27 Ultimate Youth Rally

May 29 Garage Singing

Bilingual Service and New Member

Potluck Sunday, May 22

HOpeWorks Breakfast

Saturday June 11

at 8:30

If you’re inter-

ested in

taking this trip

with the

college-age

group, let

Colton know.

We plan to

hike between

10-15 miles.

Leaving Fri-

day morning

at 6 and get-

ting back Sun-

day after-

noon.

Ladies Retreat Friday, September 30th-

Saturday, October 1 At “The Lake House”

in Mountain Home, Arkansas

We’ll carpool, or you can drive separately.

See Karen Baskin or

Jen Farmer for more details.

For the Record May 15 Week 2016 Avg 2016 Goal

Wed (May 11) 290 286 325

Bible Study 313 323 350

Sun AM 425 500 525

Sun PM 203 260 325

Contribution $ 15,933 $15,701 $16,500

Building $ 400

Balance on new building $134,123

Nursery Attendants

Babies AM Sami Jo Gore/Melissa Mescher PM Theresa Nabors/Blake Warne

Toddlers AM Lynn & Bobbie Kyle PM Maddie Barnett/ Monnie Matthews

Deliver LeBonheur Baskets - May 23

Annette Knox

SCHEDULE:

Sunday Bible Study 9AM

Sunday Worship 10AM & 5 PM

Wednesday Bible Study 7PM

PHONE: (901) 372-4449 FAX: 377-3039

SPANISH: 417-3786 (ELIAS ROQUE)

MINISTERS/CELL NUMBERS:

Pulpit - Tim Alsup 201-1341

Youth-Aarek Farmer 574-0192

College/Young Adult-Colton Shannon 652-0153

Spanish-Elias Roque 615-477-1982 ELDERS: Kenny Harris, Larry Jackson,

Lynn Parrish, Mark Pledge, Don Hutson,

Mickey Barker, Dick Deising, Michael Wil-

liams

SECRETARIES: Brenda Amon/Kelly Ward

WEBSITE: www.greatoaks.org

on Facebook: Iglesia de Christo Great Oaks

WORKS SUPPORTED:

♥ Voice of Truth International

♥ Tennessee Children’s Home

♥ Potter Children’s Home

♥ Memphis School of Preaching

♥ Focus Press/Brad Harrub/Nashville

♥ Church in Mezhevaya, Ukraine

♥ Church in Kraz, Ukraine

♥ Church in Zimbabwe/Noah Gonzo

♥ Church in Costa Rica/Joaquin Rojas

♥ Church in Cambodia/Andrew Hayes

♥ Church in Cusco, Peru/Gary Reaves

♥ Church in Brazil/Randy Short

♥ Operation Ukraine/Columbus, MS

♥ Church in San Luis Potosi, Mexico

OTHERS TO SERVE MONTH OF MAY

Ushers: Cliff McKinney, Noel Martin, Rob Matthews, Bill Bush

BACKUPS: Dave Jackson, Mike McBride, Ryan McDaniel, Mike Milligan

(please meet in library 15 minutes before every service)

Greeters: Monnie Matthews, Melissa Mescher , Peter & Yvonne Welch - main,

Cole & Becky Traywick - Ed./Gym, Cliff & Regina McKinney- Brunswick,

Bill Bush - new building, James Carden/Larry & Barbara Baker- back up

Lock Building: Will Alvarez

Sound System: AM: TBA PM: TBA Back-up: TBA

Prepare Communion: Shar lene Hillis/Dorathy Scott

Video Streaming: AM Bryan Hulen (Don Turner ) PM: Ryan Barker (Br ian Olive)

Announcements: Mark Pledge (back up-Michael Williams)

Lord’s Supper: Mickey Barker*, Ryan Barker, Vladimir Carey, Seth Key,

Steve Ritter*, Griffin Ritter, Michael Shirley, Aarek Farmer

YOUTH TO SERVE

Attendance Card Collection

Youth Side Center Section Nursery Side

AM: Carter McKay David Danley/Joseph Thomas Morris Montgomery

PM: Manuel Reyes Charlie W yatt/David Danley Israel Ordonez

Restock Pens/Attendance Cards/Straighten Songbooks

Communion Cup Collection- 5th GRADE

Jack Gallaher

Morris Montgomery Israel Ordonez

SERVING – May 22, 2016

Songs: AM - Colton Shannon PM - Josh Warne

Communion Devotional: TBA

Prayers: AM Opening: TBA AM Closing: TBA

PM Opening: John Irby PM Closing: Chris Shumaker

Scripture Reading AM: TBA PM : Vladimir Carey

Presiding Elder Mark Pledge Back-up: Michael Williams

Visiting the Visitors - May 22

Food: Arinne Alsup Visits: Tim & Arinne Alsup

Dylina Orozco Manuel Reyes

Emily Saenz

Isabelle Skelton Joseph Thomas

Maria Vicente

There will be no Thursday Ladies Prayer Group

meetings during the summer.

The meetings will resume in the fall.

We have 13 pre-K students

graduating from our

Mother’s Day Out program tomor-

row! Thanks to Kathy Hubbard and

our teachers for another great year!

The gym will be closed tonight after services to al-

low the MDO staff to prepare for the graduation

tomorrow.