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farleycoc@att.net / www.farleycoc.com Vol. 25 No. 19 May 7, 2017

Farley church of Christ

MARK’S MESSAGE

PRAY BELIEVING Little Johnnie was saying his bedtime prayer a week before his birthday. In a loud

voice he listed all the things that he wanted. His mother said “don’t pray so loudly John-

ny, the Lord is not hard of hearing”. Johnny replied “maybe He isn’t, but grandma is.”

We may sometimes find ourselves praying like Johnny. We ask God, but make other pro-

visions. I’ve heard it said “Pray as if everything depended on God and work as if every-

thing depended on you.” God answers prayers, but He also expects us to do our part as

well.

Our prayers also need to come from righteous lips because: “He hears the prayers

of the righteous” (Prov 15:29). Prayers are kind of like skyhooks – if we get enough fas-

tened in up there we will have something to hang on to when the world is jerked out

from under us. We must pray believing and God will answer our prayers. He may an-

swer, “NO” He may answer “YES” He may answer “MAYBE” and He may answer

“LATER”. Whichever way He may answer us we need to understand that our Father in

heaven is eager to hear and answer our prayers in a positive way those who are His chil-

dren. He knows what’s best for us.

God also urges us to be persistent in our prayers. He wants us to keep asking. Je-

sus told a parable about an uncaring judge who finally ruled in favor of a poor widow

simply because she wore him out with her persistent pleas. He told that parable to teach

us that we “ought always to pray and not give up” (Lk 18:1). God is not unjust or uncar-

ing like that judge, but we are to be persistent like that widow. God never gets tired of

our asking, however, we must pray believing! Remember great things happen because

of prayer!

Mark

Farley Family Special Concerns

CONTINUING PRAYER LIST Inez Burnett, Helen Dye, Ernie Lawson, Murril Martin, John & Donna Ash

SICK and PRAYER LIST Bernard & Barbara Meeks are in need of our prayers, Jimmy Lodge was released from Huntsville Hospital and is now back in Madison Manor, Donna Ash was admitted to the Hospital Tuesday due to her atrial fibrillation. Her doctor changed her medication to see if that would help. She was able to go home that same day, Tammie Glover (Joan’s sister) has been in Huntsville Hospital for the last week with various health problems, Diane Wood has been sick this past week with the flu, Stephen & Cassie Welsh have been sick this past week with a stomach virus, Lera Taylor has been struggling with bronchitis, but is doing some better, Terry Cloud (Don’s brother) was sent to a lung specialist recently and is awaiting results, Shirley Merrell had a fall last week. She didn’t break anything but has been really sore, William Thomas Peeden (Jeanell’s grandad) is awaiting results from a recent biopsy from the mass found on his lung, Danny Franklin (Lisa Merrell’s husband) is still recovering from his recent hernia procedure, Jeanelle Peeden has requested prayers as she goes through some difficult times, Steve & Michelle Sisk (Westa Carlton’s friends) are not doing well and have requested our prayers, JW Skipworth (John’s dad) is not doing well. His dementia is progressing

FRIENDS AND RELATIVES Shirley Largen (Bill ’s sister-in-law), John Maples (Dorothy’s brother) Pearline Montgomery, James Embler (Judy Brown's father), Joe Nave (Stefanie’s father), Tracy Whitehurst (Susan’s cousin), John Watts (friend of Wesley Key), Wayne Ikard, Tammi Glover (Joan’s sister), Brendly Adkins (Bill Largen’s niece), Amy Motes (Sheila’s grandson’s aunt), Patrisha Loyd (Austin & Micah Carlton’s friend), Renee Hill (Pat’s sister), Terry Cloud (Don’s brother), Alice Largen is in critical condition stage 4 cancer, Larry & Bambi Rhoades (Ash’s family)

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Farley News and Events THE DORCAS COMMITTEE—has been hard at work! Last week they delivered 82 blankets and 38 preemie caps

to Huntsville Hospital Neonatal Unit. We thank them for their hard work in the kingdom. Keep up the good work!

BAPTISM—We rejoice with Danny Franklin in his new birth! Sunday before last Danny obeyed the Gospel and was immersed in water for the forgiveness of his sins. We are so happy for him and Lisa!

RESTORATION—Many prayers were answered recently when Lisa Merrell/Franklin was restored. We are so glad to have her back here at Farley!

NEW MEMBERS—Welcome Danny & Lisa Franklin to the Farley family. We welcome them with open arms and open hearts!

CARE PROGRAM—Care group 1 will meet tonight after evening worship in the annex.

QUARTERLY ANNEX FINANTIAL REPORT—The contribution overage for the first quarter of 2017 was $307.05. I know that this isn’t a significant amount but sometimes it’s more than others. Don’t forget that everything above our budget goes to our annex! We will continue to plug away!

40 DAYS OF PRAYER—WE BEGIN 40 DAYS OF PRAYER TODAY! This is a time when we focus on specific peo-ple, ministries, and works in prayer as a church family. We are doing something a little different this year than we have in previous years. (1) You should receive a daily prayer schedule today. This schedule is divided into catego-ries to pray for each week. Pray with your family, your spouse and individually. (2) We have a prayer request box in the foyer for prayer requests. Write your request down on the provided paper and put them in the box. Our Shep-herds will be praying specifically for these request in our prayer meeting and privately (please indicate private or public on your request). (3) We will have a Shepherd guided prayer meeting close to the end of the 40 days. (4) We will have a PRAYER ENRICHMENT sermon series on Sunday night. (5) We will end the 40 days with a special prayer service conducted by some of the men of the congregation.

SUNDAY EVENING SERMON SERIES—PRAYER ENRICHMENT. Do you desire a meaningful prayer life? Is it your desire to leave behind a meaningless prayer life? During our 40 days of prayer on Sunday nights we will be studying how we can better understand prayer in order to enrich our prayer life. Come grow in your prayer life by studying this subject more in depth.

GRADUATION RECOGNITION DAY – On May 21st we will eat immediately after morning worship and recognize and honor our 2017 graduates. Our 2017 graduates are:

Rachel Gough—Brindlee Mountain High

Cliff McCutcheon—Brewer High

Luke Little—Elkmont High

Brandon Glenn—Grissom High

Cassie Welsh—Masters Degree in History from UAH Graduate School We are very proud of all our graduates and we wish them God’s guidance and blessings as they come to this milestone in their life. There will be a table set up in the annex on that day for gifts and cards.

YOUTH DEVOTIONAL—Will be after evening service at the Park on Chaney Thompson. This will be the last devo-tional of this school year. Our devotionals will resume after summer vacation.

WORLD ENGLISH INSTITUTE (WEI) - Training day is this afternoon at 3:30. Lee Allen from WEI will be our instructor. This is a new and easy way for anyone to reach lost souls with the gospel. How exciting! Even if you’re unsure, go ahead and come to the training session with no obligation.

Area Congregation Activities (See posted flyers for more details) East Huntsville Church of Christ will be having an Area Wide Prayer Service Monday, May 8th from 6-7 PM.

Maysville Church of Christ will be having a Gospel Meeting May 7-10.

Randolph Church of Christ will be having a Gospel Singing May 26th at 7:00 to celebrate 130 years in God ’s service as a congregation.

East Hill Church of Christ will be having a Truth in Love Lectureship May 10-14.

Gurley Church of Christ will be having a Gospel Meeting May 7-10.

Chase Park Church of Christ will be having an annual singing Friday, May 12th at 7:00.

Birthday/Anniversaries—May

Noah Carlton—2nd Joel Booth—14th Jacob Key—15th

Sunday Morning Worship Song Leader………….…………..John Carlton Opening Prayer…........................Austin Carlton Comments……..…...……….....John Skipworth Communion…………....Joel Booth, Steve Carl-

ton………….....Micah Carlton, Noah Carlton Bible Reading….............................. Don Wood Sermon……………..………….……Mark Little Closing Prayer….........................…Sean Gough Greeters……………...............Steve C, Robert N Visitor Cards……..............................Caleb Key Audio Visual………..........................Luke Little Count Contribution ………….…Gough, Wood

Sunday Evening Worship Song Leader……….....................Stephen Welsh Opening Prayer…..............................Joel Booth Sermon……………..........................Mark Little Closing Prayer………............……...Luke Little Audio Visual……………………...Wesley Key

Wednesday Evening Worship May 10th Song Leader……...........................Steve Carlton Devotional……….…...................Stephen Welsh Closing Prayer…..…....................Lindell Smith Audio Visual………….……….Micah Carlton

Elmcroft Service Service… .……...…………..….....John Carlton

Grandview Gardens Service……..……..……………....Steve Carlton

Those Serving in May Communion Preparation...........Sheila Spann Building Lock-up…….……..……Mark Little

WELCOME! We’re glad you’re here today. We hope you will find the worship to be in accordance with the word of God. For those in need of a nursery, ours is located in room 4. Please feel free to ask questions and come back and be with us anytime you have the opportunity. We have bible classes for all ages.

Regular Schedule of Services AM Bible Class……………...……………9:00 AM Worship…………..….……………..10:00 PM Worship………………..…………….5:00

first Wednesday morning of the month Pacesetters (55+) 10:00

Wednesday Evening Class……..………..7:00

Staff

(Elder) Lindell Smith……………...585-2244 (Elder) Sean Gough………………..498-0539

(Deacon) Murr il Mar tin……...…….829-9554 (Youth) Steve Car lton……………..880-0294 (Minister) Mark Little……………..431-3780

Our Record for week of

Apr 30, 2017 Sunday School……...……….……………….44 Morning Worship……………..…………….62 Evening Worship……………………………45

Offering……………..….……………….$3,421 Budget…………………….……………..$2,857 Wednesday Classes..…………...……………37

PULPIT PREVIEW AM—A Sermon in Prayer PM—Meaningless prayer to a Meaningful pray-er life