Church of Christ Northwest Where Friends Learn

to Live Like Jesus

7722 North Allen Road Peoria, IL 61614

Phone: (309) 693-2426

Our Vision…

is to glorify and honor our Lord

and God with our lives, by

bringing people to Christ and

membership in His family and by helping to

develop Christ-like maturity in each member,

equipping them for service in the

church and in the world.

March 24, 2019

Tuesday Morning Men’s Bible Study

@ Kennedy’s WILL RESUME IN

APRIL 2019

Wednesday Morning

Galena Park Adult Bible Study

10-11:30 AM David Spillman

Revelation

Special Ministry

Food Pantry

Next Date: April 9th

12:30-1:30 PM

Email: cocnw@comcast.net

Website: www.cocnw.org

Fax: (309) 693-0266

Sunday 9:30 AM

Bible Study (all ages)

Worship Services

Sunday 10:30 AM

3:00 PM @ Galena Park

Wednesday Evening:

Small Group Bible Studies @ 6:30 PM

Campbell’s: “Biblical

Sexuality”

Kennedy’s: Meeting @ the Meyers’

“Jesus answered, “It is written:

‘Worship the Lord your God and serve him only.”’

Luke 4:8 (NIV)

WE ENJOY WHAT WE WORSHIP,

AND, WE WORSHIP WHAT WE ENJOY!

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MISSION MILESTONES

Reminder: Start getting your backpack of goodies ready for your

adopted child, as their will be a missionary trip sometime this early

summer. If you have questions, see Terry Hargrove.

Mar 24th — Dale Montgomery, Sam Hipp Mar 28th — Luke Eyler, Jake Goble Mar 29th — Sharon Law Mar 30th — Brad Wilke

What Did You See in the Mirror? by Joe Chesser

Before you left home this morning to go to work, school, church

or just to the gym for a workout, my guess is that every one of you took a look at yourself in a mirror. We all do. Well, maybe kids don’t, but they’re probably not reading this anyway. What did you see? What were you looking at? Hair and/or makeup? Clothing zipped and buttoned and free of lint or stains? After all, when you leave the house you want to look presentable no matter where you are heading.

Mirrors will help you with that. Mirrors will accurately reflect all of these things … and more if you are looking. When you looked in the mirror this morning, what did you see regarding your spiritual condi-tion? Did your face reveal anything about your attitudes or your state of mind? What did you see concerning your heart?

I’d say most of us never gave such things a thought. I’m guessing that you are like me. When I look in a mirror in the morning I’m not thinking about spiritual matters. But whether we do it at that moment or some other moment during the day, all of us need to consider what we look like spiritually every day. James suggests that we use the Bible like a mirror to see what we look like (James 1.22-25). For this to be effective we need to trust the mirror to give an accurate reflection and trust our-selves to make whatever corrections we need to make.

Sometimes we would prefer to have a mirror like the Evil Queen in the story of Snow White. We don’t really want to know the truth; just show us what we want to see, tell us what we want to hear. Or like the Pharisee in Jesus’ parable in Luke 18, we would rather be confi-dent in our own righteousness than face the truth of God’s word. Neither of these stories had a good ending.

Instead, we need to daily look at God’s mirror, the scriptures, and make a clear and honest evaluation of how we match what we see there. As James said, “Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror and, after look-ing at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives free-dom and continues to do this … he will be blessed in what he does” (James 1.23-25).

Let your morning look in the mirror at home remind you to take a daily look at the mirror of God’s word. Check your attitudes and ac-tions. Check to see what’s missing and what needs to be changed. You will be blessed!

FOODSHARE CAN-A-THON

Food pantries throughout the area are sponsoring a can-a-thon drive to bring in food items that are needed by the community. We have been asked to participate.

We need each family that can, to bring in a bag filled with canned fish or meats, peanut butter, soups, and

various canned vegetables and fruits.

Brown bags will be made available no later than March 24th. You can use your own bags if you want. The bags are to be filled and brought in no later than March 31st. We will stack them in our PANTRY COLLECTION BOX located in the hallway. As it fills, items will be removed and placed in our pantry storage area. THANKS for helping feed those in need! If you have questions, see Rebecca Prichard.

COMPASS KIDS’ EVENT

We are sending a HUGE THANK-YOU TO Ms. Barb, and Ms. Kendall for their efforts with out Compass Kids. I heard things like “That was the best cake I ever ate!” to “Look at all these neat things we learned how to make!” Ladies you made a special connection with the kids and those parents who had a couple hours to themselves!

Mar 24th — Brent & Lana Hubbard

SAVE THESE DATES !!

VBS Work Dates are: May 4th (9AM—2PM), June 1st (9 AM-2 PM) and June 15th (9AM-until we are finished). VBS is the evenings of June 24th — 27th. BE SURE TO MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

Vol. 17, Issue 12 PRAYERS NEEDED EXTENDED PRAYER LISTING

Jerry & Deb Bane Members Health

Mark Buettner Friend of B. Meyers Pancreatic Cancer

Carrie’s 8-yr old son Friend of C. Schiele Terminal Illness

Harold Clark Cindy DeVore’s brother COPD/Lung Cancer

Linda Cotrell Member Lung/Breathing Issues

Kathy Dalton K. Trowbridge’s daughter Shrinking Kidney

Shirley Darnell Former Member Serious Eye

Problems

Scott Eisenbarth Kyle’s brother Liver & Lung

Cancer

Pat Haines Member Lupus

Mark Hall G Park Bible Study Severe Depression

Matthew Doty Horne Nephew-Grant & Burton Addiction/Depression

Carol Humes R. Humes’ Mother Recovering

LaDonna Clark Hunter Cindy DeVore’s sister Lymph & Lung

Cancer

Walt Koch Member Parkinson’s

Betty Meyers Member Continued Healing

Gene Muehring Member Cancer — recovering

Ray Muehring Gene’s Brother Prostate & Bone Cancer

Lynn Molleck Friend of N. Goble Stage 4 Cancer

Lori Prichard T&R Prichard’s daughter Conversion disorder

Ronnie Polston Brother of L. Cotrell Cancer Surgery

Judy Powell Cindy DeVore’s cousin Cancer

Rachel K. Juers’ Co-Worker Baby born w/tumor

Josh Retzer Grandson of B/C Sunkin Addiction

Becky Sharp Spillman Cousin-I-L Brain Tumor

Carol Sunkin Member Shoulder/Back

Margaret Thomas Galena Park Resident Signs of COPD

Wally Son of K. Routh’s friend Recovering from heart

transplant

Brian West Father of Delayne Needs

Encouragement

Delayne West 12-year old Brain Cancer

Trish Veytia Member Depression

HEARTS ON FIRE Calendar

No Sunday Night Youth Group on March 24th and March 31st due to Spring Break travel

The Family of Elizabeth Clark White (sister of Jim Clark) as they mourn the loss of their loved one. John Lee (Katie Myers father) nerve pain in face. Cliff Myers (father of John Myers) needs healing after surgery. Marsha David (Jeff Goble’s aunt) diagnosed with cancer. Mike Ahten recovering from neck surgery that fused two levels. Those victimized by the flood waters in Nebraska. The Family of Maurice Hall (Karel Muehring’s uncle) as they mourn his passing. Barb Juers looking for a job. Marilyn, Tim and Margaret (friends of Linda Delgado) all struggling with health issues. Virginia Jones (correction: grandmother of Chad Hirst, Jake Hirst, and Courtney Stivers) has pneumonia. K (child know to Kat DeVore) suffering with alcohol poisoning. Cecelia (infant child known to the Rouths) born prematurely with partial dead bowels — still hospitalized. Alabama Tornado Victims and Families as they mourn their losses. Diane Yaeger (friend of Meyers) diagnosed with cancerous tumor at back of brain. Shut-Ins: Texie Ray, Eleanor Richey and Linda Cotrell. Our military. Christian men & women suffering with PTSD. Our nation for unity. Our president, judges & elected officials—wisdom to make Godly decisions. Our police as they struggle to do their job. Unsaved souls (you supply the names). Those who have left the fold and need a helping hand to find their way home. Our college students. Our enemies. Those being persecuted for being Christians. Those who persecute others — may their hearts be changed! Our young! The families of the victims of the many school shooting throughout our nation. Those dealing with earthly disasters. Victims/Families of violence and terrorism. Our Bible study groups. Our volunteers who give of their time and talents providing much needed services. Those Traveling. Those being persecuted and killed because of their Christian faith. Praises/Thanksgivings/Updates: Wally is doing better since receiving his new heart, but will remain hospitalized.

Church: Thank you so much for turning out and making our Mission Trip Fundraiser night a success. We received total pledges of $2,795. WOW! The bidding wars were fun and profitable! A big THANK-YOU to Jill Humes for furnishing all those dessert

goodies! And, thanks to all our teens for their willingness to serve! Ryan

EASTER EGG HUNT

Sunday, April 14th is our annual Easter festivities for kids ages tiny through 5th grade. There will be a light lunch and some fun activities followed by an egg hunt.

PLEASE donate individually-wrapped candies and things (stickers and such) that can be placed inside a plastic egg. Donations can be placed in the box labeled EASTER. If you have questions, please see Susan Moreland.

Church: Life has been somewhat of a struggle for both Don and me these last few months, but your kindness has made it bearable. Thanks so much for the visits, calls, dinners, flowers, and most importantly your prayers. We are somewhat better and looking forward to the day we are back with you. In Him, Don & Joyce Taylor

GOD IS LISTENING — ARE YOU PRAYING?

Deacons

Tom Flanagan Terry Hargrove

Rick Meyers Alan Moreland

Treasurer

Douglas Staley

Elders

Rick Hipp

Dean Kennedy

Terry McWhirter Cell: 309-231-9362

Minister David W. Spillman Cell: 309-219-2860

HOF Director Ryan Martin

Cell: 281-253-6794

Ministry Assistants

Meta Kennedy (MWF)

Betty Meyers (TT)

PH: 309-693-2426

Date Mar 17

Bible Study Attendance 83

Worship Service Attendance 128

EEM — Funds Collected To Date (for the purchase of Bibles)

$ 20,878

Shults-Lewis Children’s Home

Coins in the weekly contribution + $10 of each Dining Tour Book!!!

$ 81.29

Last Wk. Year-to-Date

2019 Budget $ 4,800 $ 52,800

2019 Contribution $ 3,923 $ 44,572

Acknowledgement: Some clipart/photo images may have been taken from "Images (c) FaithClipart.com".

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Apr 07th—We-Are-One Ladies Luncheon Apr 09th—Pantry (Serving from 12:30-1:30 PM) Apr 14th—Easter Program (after service) Apr 19th—Good Friday Apr 19-20th—LTC @ Indianapolis Apr 21st—Easter Sunday

SUNDAY ADULT BIBLE STUDY CLASSES ORDER OF WORSHIP

Challenge: Pray daily for our entire church family (by name)!

See something that needs to be fixed — Please report it to the office. Thank you to Tom Flanagan and others for taking such good care of the building!

Worship Leader: Aaron Campbell

Children Sing: Ryan Martin

Songs: Lord Reign in Me

Shine, Jesus, Shine (pg. 290)

Prayer: Aaron Campbell

Scripture Reading: Douglas Staley (I Corinthians 13:1-13)

Song: Faithful Love (pg. 18)

Communion: Rick Meyers

Ryan Stivers, Eric Punzal, Sam Hipp, Phillip Staley

Offering

Songs: Unto Thee, O Lord (pg. 794)

Seek Ye First (pg. 555)

Sermon: Ryan Martin HOW WILL THEY KNOW?

Song: They’ll Know We Are Christians

HOF Announcements: Ryan Martin

Shepherd’s Time: Dean Kennedy

Song: Walking Down Heaven Road

Greeter: Sandy Birch

Facilitator: Gary McWhirter

Nursery Attendant: Kristin Campbell

Communion Preparation: Muehrings

ADULTS—AUDITORIUM A study of the book of James

Facilitators: Aaron Campbell & Terry Hargrove

ADULTS—Fellowship Hall Being A Healthy Family & Raising Godly Children

Rick & Meg Hipp, Facilitators

Giving Changes Everything!

Hearts on Fire Sunday School Classrooms

Glimmers Birth—3 Upstairs—Room 7

Sparks Ages 3-Pre-K Upstairs—Room 6

Embers Kindergarten-Grade 2 Upstairs—Room 10

Flames Grades 3-5 Upstairs—Room 9

Heat Grades 6-8 Downstairs—Room 13

Blaze Grades 9-12 Downstairs—Room 16/17

If each person (110 people) gave $1.44 more each week, we would have an additional $8,237 in 1 year; that is $ 3,437 more than 1 week’s budget and $ 9 more than our current shortfall! $1.44 per week for 52 weeks totals $ 74.88. Let us consider all that He has provided us!

PANTRY NEWS

Tuesday, April 9th is our next service date. Please help out, if you possibly can. This is a loving act of service! We served 36 families in March. See the article in this bulletin about 2019 Foodshare Can-A-Thon and how you can help.