410 South College • Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74464 • 918-456-3414 • Volume 7, No. 11 - November 2008

David Deffenbaugh

PulpitMinister

The SOUTH COLLEGECHURCH of CHRIST BULLETIN

Somethinghappenedinthisyear’s“FallClassic”(that’stheWorldSeriesforallyoubaseballuninitiatedreaders)thathasneverhappenedbefore.Agameintheseries(ithappenedtobegame5)washaltedinthemiddleofthecontestduetoweatherconditionsandpostponedtobecompletedonalaterday.Atthiswriting,theystillhavenotresumedplay.Justthreeandahalfinningsareneededtocompletethatgame.Ifoneoftheteamsemergesthevictor,theserieswillbeover.Iftheotherteamswins,itcouldtaketwomoregamestodecidethewinner.Thishasneverhappenedbefore.Thebaseballworldisinlimbo. Finishingwhatyoustartisanimportantspiritualprinciple.PaulrebukedtheGalatianChristiansbecausetheyhadstartedwell,butstoppedintheirspiritualjourney(Gal.1:6;5:7).Theyneededtogetgoingagain.OneofthegreateststatementsmadebyJesuswas His final one from the cross. “It is finished” (John 19:30). He hadcompletedthatwhichHehadcometodo. Theremayyetbespiritualgoalsortasksinyourlifethatneedtobecompletedbeforethisyearends.Youmayhaveatsometimeremovedyourselffromtheracethatisourspirituallife(Heb.12:1). No matter the circumstance, we all need to finish what we havestarted. Let’stakeaquicklookbackonourFriendsandFamilyDay.Wasn’tthatagreatday?Wehadsomanyvisitorswithus,itjustwasn’tpossibletogetaroundtothemall.Iknowwehadsomewhohavenowattendedseveraloftheseannualeventsinarow.WehadalargegroupwhowerewithusafterhavingspentthepreviouspartoftheweekendataretreatatBurntCabin.Ialsoknowthatsinsewehadourdayoneweeklaterthanwehavehadintherecentpast,manyofourmembershadalreadymadepreviousplansthat

tookthemoutoftown.Itwasagreatdayandwethankeveryonefortheireffortsinhelpingtomakethedayasuccess. Iamgreatlyencouragedbyyour response toour third-Wednesdayserieson“EquippingtheSaints.”Iencourageeveryoneto be present on November’s third Wednesday (the 19th) as we’ll be participatinginagiftsandministriessurvey.Thisisanexercisetohelp you to think more specifically about what your ministry in the churchmightbe.Don’tsay,“Well,Idon’thaveaministry.”Ifthatisthecase,youareeithernotaChristianoryouarenotintheLord’s

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TEENCONNECTIONS

NOVEMBER 9TH

Worship: 5:00 pmMeal: 6:00 pm

Speaker:Zach Shaffer

Teens from all over Northeastern Oklahomawill be here to worship and share a meal with

us. Please plan to come for a veryuplifting evening.

We need lots of brownies and cookies. Please bring a batch and leave them in the kitchen

Sunday morning. Thanks!

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Tyrel Hatfield

YouthMinister

Just in case you didn’t know italready -wehaveagreatbunchofkidshere at South College. On October �5,ouryouthspentsometimeinserviceforsome families that needed an extra lift.First, they headed out to the Kennedy’stodoa littleyardworkandpondmain-tenance.Forthosethatdon’tknowwhatpondmaintenanceentails, askBob. AllI know is that we scraped alot of mossoffofthatpondanditstillhadalotonitwhenweleft.Ithinkwedidaprettygoodjobthough. Next,ouryouthheadedover tothe Waldroop’s where our youth helpedcleanup,youguessedit,moremoss.Thistimeitwasonthenorthsideofthehouse.Wearethinkingaboutgoingintothemossbusiness. Our youth also got to flex their musclesandmoveplantsandrocks. Itwasnice to spendsome timewith theKennedy’s and theWaldroop’s.Weappreciatethesefamiliessomuchandallthewonderfulcontributionstheymaketothiscongregation. A big thanks to the Sisco’s forhostingapartyforouryouththismonth.Youaregracioushosts! Just a reminder, for all thosefamilies with children ages 4 - 3rd grade. Please consider coming to our FamilyCamp-In, scheduled for November 14.Thiswillbeagreateveningtobetogetherand enjoy some time with our children.For more information, please see pagethree. Wewould like forourparents tocometoourplanningmeetingNovember3rd. The meeting will be held at 6:30pm inthefellowshipbuilding,RmA5.

Mark your calendars Teen Connections -Nov 9th

Here at Tahlequah. Worship at 5:00, Meal at 6:00 - Zach Shaffer will be

speaking.Family Camp-In, Nov 14-15Youth Retreat - Nov 21-22

Doing goD’s willTyrel Hatfield

ImagineyouarestandingonthebanksoftheJordanRiver.YouandmanyothersfromtheareahavecometohearamancalledJohntheBaptist.Asyoulistentohiswordsaboutrepentanceandbaptism,yourealizetheneedtoobeyGod’scommands.YouandtheothersrushtoconfessyoursinsandbeimmersedintheJordanRiver.Then,youseeamanfromadistancewalkinguptoJohntheBaptist.Johnisexcitedtoseethenewcomer,butrefusestobaptizeHim.Youaskthosebesideyou,“Whywon’thebaptizethisman?Isn’tthisbaptism for all?” You hear this man speak of “fulfilling all righteousness,” and onceJohnagreestobaptizeHim,amarvelousthinghappens.TheheavensopenandtheSpiritofGoddescends,lightingHim.Couldthisbe?Atremendousvoiceannouncesfromtheheavens,“ThisisMybelovedSon, inwhomIamwell-pleased.”Yes,thisisthemanJohntoldyouabout!ThismanisJesus!ButwhatneeddidtheSonofGodhaveforrepentance? Jesushadnosinstobeforgiven,butthat’snotwhyHewasbaptized.As Jesus said, He was baptized to “fulfill all righteousness.” What does that mean?Simply,todoGod’swill.AlthoughJesushadnosin,HestillobeyedGod’swill thatallmenshouldbebaptized(Mark16:16). JesusshowedHisobediencetoGodandatthesametimesetapowerfulexampleforustofollow.InwhatwayscanyoubeobedienttoGod?

Parents: Discuss these topics with your children.For children: MindingMom&Dad(Colossians3:20)orLovingyourneighbor(Galatians5:14).For teens: Baptism.(Mark16:16;Acts2:38;Romans6:4;Galatians3:27;1Peter3:21)

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TheRiverHawkMenandWomen

hadseparatedevosthismonth.Theladies

metatJustinandKaylaNorwood’shome

andthemenattheStudentCenter.Thank

youKayla,forhosting.Itwasrefreshing

to have individual devos and be able to

worshipandstudytogether.

Our Retreat at Burnt Cabin is

scheduled for Oct. 31st - Nov. 2nd. Speak-

Tony Bradley

CampusMinister

erswillbeNathanLeeandKenTackett.

OurthemeisbasedonIJohn4:4,“Greater

isHethatisinyouthanhewhoisinthe

world.”We are planning a party Friday

eveningalongwithahayrideandcookout

Saturday.Aspecialthankyouinadvance

toTheresaMcLainandKarenBradleyfor

theirhelpinplanningandprep.

We are over half-way through

theFallSemesterandplanningcontinues

forourSpringBreakMissionTrip.Please

keepusinyourprayersaswecontinueto

planatripthatwillprovidetrainingforthe

studentsaswellasavaluableservicefor

thehostingcongregation.

PARENTS: Don’t miss ourFamily Camp-in!

Who: Forchildrenages4throughthe3rd grade. Hosted by their parents andvariousmembersoftheSouth

CollegechurchofChrist.

When: November14,beginningat6:00 pm (meal provided)

Where: AttheSouthCollegebuilding.

Cost: Thechildrenmustsaythe1�apostles,otherwisetheeventis

FREE!

PARENT PLANNING MEETINGMONDAY NOVEMBER 3 AT 6:30

Admit Onechildren must learn:

PeterAndrewJamesJohn

PhillipThomasMatthew

BartholomewJamesSimon

ThaddaeusJudas

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Edgar Lucero

HispanicMinister

The Hispanic congregation ispleasedtoannouncethatElizabeth García was baptized on October 19th. Please pray forournewsister inChristand forherfamilywhohasbeenattendingchurchonregularbasis. ThismonthofOctoberwewentforaGospelmeeting toOdessa,TX fora weekend. They invited me to be thespeaker.Itwasaverysuccessfulactivity.Oneteenagerwasbaptizedandmanywererestoredduringthelessons.Wehadawon-derful timewith thebrethrenover there.We are getting ready for our HispanicGospelmeetingcominguponNovember7, 8, 9, We will have people coming from different parts of the area.We will talkaboutitnextBulletin.

HoMinY PRison MissionI.INTRODUCTION:SinceourlastreportinMaythingsweregoingnormalandwell.WehadagoodmonthinJuneuntilthelastMondayofthemonththingstookaturnforthe worse. The first incident happened right after noon. Terry Finch and I were waiting intheChapelformembersoftheCASAclassbuttheydidn’tcome.AninmatehadbeenstabbedupbytheG&Junit.Laterthateveningtroublebrokeoutandanearmajorriotwasbroughtundercontrolbyanalertsecuritystaff.Sixteentroublemakerswerelockedupandtransportedelsewhere.Investigationrevealedcellphoneswereusedbyinmates and communications taking place with inmates in other Oklahoma prisonsand the same night trouble broke in other prisons resulting in seven being lockeddown.Somearestilllockeddownwithnoactivitiesbeingallowedonthecompound.At Conner things are slowly getting back to normal. Evening and weekend activi-tiesarestillshutdownbutwehavebeenabletoresumeNLBandCASAclassesandhave been able to retrieve most of our students who had started the courses andcompleted about half of the lessons.We are in hopes that we can resume worshipservices soon.Will you pray about this situation and for the Christian men there?II.BAPTISMS:Beforethelockdownwehadbaptized5mensincetheMay15reportand 10 men for the year. They were: Since June baptisms have been on hold for security reasons. We have at least 3 men waiting to be baptized.

III.NEWLIFEBEHAVIOR/CASASUBSTANCEABUSECLASSES:Laterthismonthwewillhaveenrollmentforanewroundof7regularNLB/CASAclasses.Inadditionthe new faith based unit is starting up which will involve 3 more classes. DOC officials want us to continue providing classes for the general population as well as thefaithbasedunit.OurteachingstaffinadditiontomyselfwillbeTerryFinchoftheParkPlazachurch,JimPinkston,BillHamrickandJerryO’ShieldsoftheGlenpoolchurch.IV.ARAREPRIVELIGE:Yesterday,Wednesday,October8,BillHamrickandIhadtheopportunitytoappearwithLeoBrownwhoisDirectorofChaplaincyandReligiousprogramingfortheOklahomaDepartmentofCorrectionsbeforetheBoardOfCorrec-tionsinOklahomaCity.OurmissionwastoupdatetheBoardmembersonNewLifeBehaviorprogramsinOklahomacorrectionalfacilitiesInpreparingforthemeetingIdidsomeresearchtoupdateinfomationonNewLifeBehaviorclassesofferedinOkla-homaprisons.

A. The first classes offered in Oklahoma prisons were by Bernie Glass at Howard Mcleod CorrectionalCenteratFarris,OkandmyselfatDickConnerCorrectionalCenteratHominyin 1988-89. Then we only had the skeletal outlines of the lessons. We had to provide the meat.B.WecurrentlyhaveNewLifeandCASAin�6OklahomaCorrectionalfacilitieswith91 volunteers from Churches of Christ going into these prisons to teach these classes.C.ThemostrecentoftheseistheadditionofateamfromtheFt.GibsonChurchintotheJessDunnprisonatTaftOklahoma.D.ThenextopeningforNLBwillbeaseminaronNovember1atBillJohnsonCor-rectionalCenterinAlva. E. NLB/CASA Courses are now being in 40 states.ThereceptionbyBoardmembersandDOCDirectorJustynJoneswasverypositive.Director Jones is definitely programs oriented and a strong advocate of what we are doing.ThanksandGodBless,BudTibbles

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church.BecauseinthebodyofChristtheLordhasgivengiftstoallandeveryoneasamemberofHisbodyhassomethingtocontributeintheirworkofservice.Ifthisisnottrueofourexperienceinthechurch,thenweneedtomadesomeadjustmentsandcorrections.Besureandbeapartofourthird-Wednesdayseries. Have you been to visit thechurch’s newly designed and formattedwebsite?Youshouldtakealook.Goto:www.sccofc.org.Takealookaroundandtake advantage of this fine tool. I recently attended the funeralserviceforagentlemanIhaveknownmyentirelife.Hehasbeenservingasanelderin the church in Neosho, MO when ourfamilymovedtothatcommunityandmydad filled the pulpit there. I have no mem-oryofthoseeventswhentheyhappenedasIwaslessthanoneyearold.Throughallofmygrowingupyears,IrememberDalewasanelder. WhenIcameback tomyhomecongregationaftergraduatingfromOklahoma Christian and began a year’swork as that congregation’sAssociateMinister,workingwithmydad,whowasstill filling that pulpit, Dale was an elder. Severalyearslaterwhenmybrother,John,becameanelderafterhavingservedsev-eralyearsasadeacon,Dalewasanelder.For44yearsDaleservedasanelderandfor47yearshetaughtBibleclass.TheLord’schurcheverywheredesperatelyneedsmorepeoplelikeDale.There’snoretirement.Thereisalwaysservicetorender.Heal-waysdidwhateverhecouldinakindandloving way. One of the finest things I’ve everheardsaidaboutanyChristianswassaidaboutDalebyaco-workerofhis.HesaidthatmorepeoplewouldbeinterestedinbecomingChristiansifmoreChristianswerelikeDale.Nicelysaid.

JEsUs anD THE EConoMYDavid Deffenbaugh

Economic and financial specialists talk about “economic indicators” that tell usthingsaregoingtogetbetterorworse.Idon’tunderstandthatstuff.AnindicatorIdounderstandisthatwhengasolinepricesgotuptoaround$4agallonitwasasthoughcivilizationasweknowitwascomingtoanend.Onewouldthinkwhenthoseverysamepriceswouldfalltothelowestlevelsinmany,manymonths(it’salreadybelow$�insomeplaces)itwouldbethegreatestnewsever.Wehardlyhearawordaboutit,though.That’sbecauseeverythingelseintheeconomyissobad.Nowthat,tome,isaneconomicindicator.

IfyouthinktheBibleisjustanoldbookthatdoesn’tapplytotoday,youeitherdon’tknoworhaveforgottenwhatJesussaidaboutinvestingandeconomicindicators.Really.Jesuswarnedaboutfallingstockmarketsandfailingcorporations.No,notinexactly those words. Instead He spoke about thieves, moths, and rust (Matt. 6:19-21). Those were the threats to financial investments in His day, just like corrupt corporation execsandpanic-drivenstockmarketshaveadevastatingeffectonmutualfundsand401K’s today.

Jesussaidthatamuchbetter,muchsaferinvestmentthantreasuresoneartharetreasuresinheaven.Justexactlyhowdoesoneinvestinheaven?What’sthetickersymbolforthatontheNewYorkStockExchange?HEAV?Let’sjustsaythisisauniqueinvestmentopportunity.There’snotanotherlikeit.Astockbrokerwon’tbeabletotellyouaboutiteither.TheBible,though,explainsitquiteclearly.

“… give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.” (Matt. 19:21).“…givetocharity;makeyourselvesmoneybeltswhichdonotwearout,anunfailing treasure in heaven,” (Luke 12:33).“…distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven” (Luke18:��).“…dogood, tobe rich ingoodworks, tobegenerous and ready to share,storingupforthemselvesthetreasureofagoodfoundationforthefuture”(1 Tim. 6:19). Usingone’searthlytreasuretocareforthoseinneedishowtreasures

arelaidupinheaven.Isthatreallyagoodinvestment?Let’stalkaboutreturnoninvest-ment.Howaboutworththatexceedsalltheworld’swealthcombined(Matt.16:�6)?Howabouta“weightofgloryfarbeyondallcomparison”(�Cor.4:17)?

Thisalsoservesasaneconomicindicator.Itisthelocationofourtreasure that identifies our heart’s home. We may say or claim or wish that our heart was in the right place. One sure-fire way to find out is to see where your treasure is going.Ourtreasurewillfollowourheart.Ifourheartisinheaven,sowillourtreasurebebymeansofhelpingpeopleinneed.Itisthatsimple.How’sthatforaneconomicindicator?

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Tyrel Hatfield, Youth & ChildrenTony Bradley, UniversityEdgar lucero, Hispanic

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MiSSiONAriESGeorge and Martha Tien - China

Bud Tibbles - Prison Ministry

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sYMPaTHY To...the family of Tom Quimby ; hewasburiedinOKCwithamemorialservicehere.…Tony & Karen Bradley onthepassingofhismotherWynellBradleyinStilwell…Bryan & Christie Sanders on thedeathofhergrandfatherinHeavener…Ignacia Kosterlitsky on the death of hergrandmotherJosieJumperinLawton

nEw MEMBERsTim Yaws, 17373 W 929 RdPark Hill, OK 74451, 457-4120(TimisthesonofSam&Joyce)

Helen Williams, 310 North StreetTahlequah, Ok 74464, 399-4244

CHangE oF aDDREssDean & Michelle Goss, 23831 S Mitchell Lane, Ft Gibson, Ok 74434, (worshipping with Ft Gibsonnow)

BaPTisMs…Shannon & Zabrina Andrews (5403 E 610 Rd, Locust Grove, OK 74352; phone is 918-598-3424)…Elizabeth Garcia (Hispanic congregation)…Phyllis McCollum, (1103 Rozell #4, Tahlequah, OK 74464, 257-0298

CongRaTUlaTions To …Dick & Joyce Higginbotham onthebirthoftheir first great-grandson, William Alton Barber on Sept. 30 in Denton, TX....Jeff & Alissa Lovett whoweremarriedOct.4inEdmond.AlissaisthedaughterofDavid&TanyaDeffenbaugh.