Greeters for Today

Door 1 Jackie & Ravinell Morris

Door 2 Tim & Cindy Noel

and Ethan

Door 3 Brian & Carla Oatts

and Lexy

Door 4 Larry & Joan Oatts

Van Drivers If you need a ride, please call the

church office.

Southside Church of Christ 529 Country Club Lane Hopkinsville KY 42240

Sunday Morning Worship December 10, 2017

Song Director ............ .......... Scott Cowan Prayer ....................... .......... Ed Staley Prayer ........................ .......... John Wheeler Announcements ........ .......... Bill Duvall Scripture Reader ....... .......... Mike Dougherty Speaker ..................... .......... Bryan Dill Sermon ……………. ...... …...Letting Go of Pride

Dismissal Prayer ........ .......... Robert Chilcutt

Teaching Children’s Worship – Gerame & Tressy Wells

Helpers—Ethan Noel and Hope Jones

Communion to Shut-Ins Tim Noel and Wes Parker

Wednesday Evening Prayer— 12/13

Terry Dodson

Sunday Evening Service Song Director ............ .......... Ricky Hunt Opening Prayer ......... .......... Gerame Wells Speaker ..................... .......... Bryan Dill Sermon Topic ............ …Prove Your Teaching Dismissal Prayer ........ .......... Freddy Farmer

Canaan’s Kids — David & Lindsey Howell

Sunday Morning Worship December 17, 2017

Song Director ............. ......... Scott Cowan Prayer ........................ ......... John Wheeler Prayer ......................... ......... Marvin Maxwell Announcements ......... ......... Bill Duvall Scripture Reader ........ ......... Mike Dougherty Speaker ...................... ......... Bryan Dill Sermon… .................... Letting Go Of Security

Dismissal Prayer ......... ......... Raymond Perry

Teaching Children’s Worship – Gerame & Tressy Wells

Helpers—Tate Wells and Connor Gary

Communion to Shut-Ins John Wheeler and Scott Cowan

Wednesday Evening Prayer— 12/20

Ed Staley

Sunday Evening Service Song Director ............. ......... Scott Cowan Opening Prayer .......... ......... Mike Medeiros Speaker ...................... ......... Bryan Dill Sermon Topic ............. Prove Your Maturity Dismissal Prayer ......... ......... Roy Staley

Canaan’s Kids — David & Lindsey Howell

Phone: 270-885-8392 Fax: 270-885-7615 Email: southsidecoc@hesenergy.net

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Welcome!

If you are visiting with us today please feel free to participate. We will sing and pray to the Lord and express our

adoration 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 left 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 Cecelia Hostilo Dec. 5 Theresa Cannon Dec. 10 Tressy Wells Dec. 10 Allison Delahunt Dec. 11

Anniversaries Roy & Dana Staley—Dec. 10

David & Sara Whisenant-Dec. 10

Ushers for December Foyer—Brad Dougherty, Blake Cowan and Tim Bridges

Side Door Ushers: Wes Parker and Seldon Dixon

Serve Communion in December Preside Gerame Wells

Ed Staley Greg Perry Tyler Perry Brian Oatts Wayne Simpson Logan Scott Luke Luttrull Wade Perry

Nursery Attendants: Carrie Stallons and Skylar Ray

Baby Nursery Attendants: tammy cowan and Judy Thomas

Elders Scott Cowan Pete Harry

Duane Moore Wesley Parker

Ed Staley John Wheeler

Minister Bryan Dill

502-320-0007 pbc23@yahoo.com

Associate Minister Walter B. Edwards

270-881-0871

Youth Minister Scott Wilson 615-430-1875

scott.wilson@hesenergy.net

Counselor

Ann Vander Linden 886-3089

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 Bible Class 6:30 PM

Internet Home Page www.southsidehopkinsville.

com

To be honest, I would rather not write this post, but it needs to be written. It needs to be written because

this problem plagues nearly every Christian family in the world. In nearly every one of our families there is some-

one who at one point pledged his or her allegiance to King Jesus by being baptized, but is now living in shameless

rebellion to Christ. Should we just mind our own business? Should we rebuke them? Should we shun them? How

would Jesus want us to handle these situations?

Pray without Ceasing. Before we say or do anything, we need to pray. We need to be like Epaphras, who

“struggled” in prayer on behalf of those he loved (Colossians 4:12). Are your prayers for your family members like

wrestling matches with God? Do you plead with God in tears that He “may perhaps grant them repentance” (2 Timo-

thy 2:25)? Pray for them, pray for yourself to know how to respond, ask others to pray for them, and ask others to

pray for you. Saturate the situation in prayer.

Love Them Unconditionally. Many of us have a skewed view of what love looks like. Some people think love

looks like enabling people or celebrating their behavior. Others think they are being loving when they are verbally

“putting someone in their place.” Listen very carefully to the words of 1 Corinthians 13:4-7:

Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist

on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with

the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

Love is unconditional, but it does not rejoice at wrongdoing. Love tells people the truth, but it is never arrogant or

rude. Love is always patient and kind. No matter how angry or sad your family member’s sin makes you, be com-

mitted to loving them. Ask lots of questions. Don’t assume you have everything figured out. Speak kindly. Be pa-

tient. Give the benefit of the doubt. This is what love looks like. Remember that loving someone is less about how

you feel and more about what you do and say.

Choose Your Battles Wisely. It is also incredibly important to define what it means to persist in sin. There will

always be personal convictions about which you disagree; things you think your family members are doing wrong,

because their behavior clashes with your culture, traditions, or inferences. Romans 14 and 15 teaches us how to

handle these kind of disagreements. Furthermore, your family members will make mistakes along the way, just

like you make mistakes. It is loving, and to your glory, to overlook people’s offenses (Proverbs 19:11). You don’t

have to “make a federal case” out of every little thing someone does wrong. What we are talking about here is

when a family member is unashamedly engaging in things like sexual immorality, idolatry, adultery, homosexual

behavior, theft, greed, drunkenness, abusive behavior, or extortion (1 Corinthians 6:9-10). In other words, when a

family member is on a path of spiritual self-destruction, that’s when something needs to be said and done.

Families Need Strong Fathers and Mothers. American culture has really distorted our view of the way fami-

lies are supposed to work. We have almost completely abandoned the idea of patriarchs and matriarchs. We tend to

believe that once a son or daughter reaches adulthood, they should be free to make their own decisions without

interference. My question would be, where did we get that idea? In the biblical culture, the head of the household

exercised a great deal of influence over adult family members (Acts 10:2; 16:15; 16:34; 18:8). Furthermore, adult

children were expected to honor and even obey their parents (Romans 1:30; 2 Timothy 3:2). As far as God is con-

cerned, parenting should not stop when a child becomes an adult. It changes, but it must not stop. (continued on

page 2).

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If you signed up to go on the Day Trip to Patti’s Restaurant and Badgett Playhouse to-morrow, Monday morning, please be at the church building by 9:20 a.m. The van will leave the church at 9:30. Please pay your money to the church office if you have not already done so.

Cooking with Devon (continued from page 1).

Joshua was an old man when he declared, “As for me and my house,

we will serve the Lord” (Joshua 24:15). We need patriarchs and matri-

archs who will have the boldness to spiritually lead their families, who

will admonish their children, who will exercise godly family discipline

when their children are living unruly lives, who will love their children

enough to say, “If you’re going to choose that lifestyle then you’re

choosing to separate yourself from this family.”

Take it to the Elders. At some point, parents – who have done

everything within their power to correct their children – may have to

take the matter to the elders of the church. Under the Old Testament,

God’s covenant people had to do the same (see Deuteronomy 21:18-

21). In that case, the discipline was far more severe; but for our chil-

dren’s own sake, we need to allow the community of Jesus to hold

them accountable. What an absolutely heartbreaking situation it

would be to have to go to the elders of the church and say, “I cannot

correct my son’s behavior. I need the church to join me in discipling

him.” But we must do this when necessary “so that his spirit may be

saved in the day of the Lord” (1 Corinthians 5:5). But remember,

whether the family member is being disciplined by the family or by the

church, we must never “regard him as an enemy, but warn him as a

brother” (2 Thessalonians 3:15). The goal is NOT punishment, but

repentance.

Rejoice at the First Sign of Repentance. Jesus’ story of the

prodigal son in Luke 15 is one of Jesus’ most referenced – and most

misunderstood – parables. The father in the story isn’t just a picture

of God, but a picture of how God’s people ought to respond when fami-

ly members repent. The father didn’t wait until the son had made his

way all the way home. He didn’t wait until the son had cleaned himself

up. He didn’t make his son prove his sincerity or go through a proba-

tionary period. No, when the father saw the son taking even the small-

est steps of repentance, he ran to meet him and threw a party! That’s

how we have to treat our family members. We have to be loving

enough to let them walk away in sin, if that’s what they choose to do.

But as soon as they take even the smallest step of repentance,

we must run to meet them in forgiveness and reconciliation.

Let’s take a moment right now and pray for the prodigals. Pray that

they come back home and that they receive a warm welcome while

they’re still on their way!

I love you and God loves you, Wes McAdams

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Walter Edwards is now at home and continuing dialy-sis. Wayne Gray was able to be at church last Sunday. Fred McLerran will have hip replacement surgery in January and is in a lot of pain. David Morrow will have the first of two shoulder surgeries on Dec. 19th. Amanda Ashby had surgery last week. Ricky Hunt fell and broke his leg. Sharon Lancaster will have eye sur-gery this week and will be undergoing tests. Remem-ber these also: Amanda Ashby, Paul Arvin, Denny Audas, Violet Berkley, Lena Bickers, John Burman, Frances Chenoweth, Darrell and Judy Batey Conley, Nancy Farmer, John David Foster, Joel Gardner, Peggy Grace, David Graham, Wayne Gray, Drayton Hatcher, Liz Herndon, Ann Hicks, Ricky Hunt, Alma Kennaday, Marsha Kelly Kingrey, Tara King, Wanda Lancaster, Mary Lou Laster, Jean Likens, Robin Mahoney, Russell Martin, Doris Medeiros, Ed & Barbara Moore, Ken-neth Morris, David & Jan Morrow, Dorothy New-comb, Dottie O’Nan, Malcolm Oatts, Junie Peterson, Betty Brame Richardson, Hester Rogers, Geraldine Simmons, Hope Thomas, David Turner, Ronnie Turner, June Ubelhor, and Earl Webb.

This week’s schedule:

Dec. 10—Colossians 1-4 Dec. 11—1 Thessalonians 1-5 Dec. 12—2 Thessalonians 1-3 Dec. 13—1 Timothy 1-4 Dec. 14—1 Timothy 5-6 Dec. 15—2 Timothy 1-4 Dec. 16—Titus/Philemon

If you would like to donate to Ricardo’s Christmas gift,

please give your money to the office staff or one of the

Elders by today.

The Deacons will be leading our evening worship

service on December 31st and will serve a meal after

our service. Bring board games and stay and enjoy fun

fellowship after the meal! Everyone is welcome to

stay as long as they like!

Thanks so much for the beautiful flowers, cards, food, and prayers during the loss of my step-mother, Betty Lou Stallons. God Bless! Ross Stallons & Family

A contribution has been made to the

Building Fund in memory of Ted Morris,

Mark Howell, Paul Hostilo, Ken Simmons

and Todd Hayes by Elizabeth Morris. A

donation has been made to the Building

Fund in memory of Todd Hayes by Adrian

& Theresa Cannon.

Cost is $40, held every year in Savannah, TN and is for

our High School Students only. Cost includes all meals,

registration and lodging which will be in church mem-

bers homes as usual. Great opportunity to learn practi-

cal lessons on reaching/rescuing friends and others.

Deadline to sign up is December 17, 2017. Let Scott

know by texting him.

CYC sign up time is NOW. CYC will be

held February 23-25 in Pigeon Forge.

Cost is $100 which includes everything

except snacks and t-shirts bought at the

convention. We have another awesome

cabin rented this year. Must sign up

and pay by December 17, 2017.