WEEKLY WORDS OF WESTWOOD

February 26, 2017

ELDERS

Byron Chambers (931) 668-8093

Dr. Jeff McKinley (931) 473-9453

Jim Priestley (931) 808-8175

Jim Welch (931) 668-3964

DEACONS

Jerry Blankenship Terry Boyd

David Britton Terry Connor

Jerry Davenport Tim Deason

Tommy Foster Clint Gribble Aubrey Haley John Hanson

Dale Jaco Tim Jennings

Glenn Mitchell Kirk Mullican John Rasori

Michael Simpson Curtis Triplett

STAFF

Pulpit Minister: Richard O’Connor

Youth Minister: Brett VanZant

Family Life & Counseling Minister:

Dr. Eben Gilbert

Secretary: Pat McClarren

Assistant: Glenda Kell

MISSIONS

Baja, Mexico Romanian

Boyd Christian School McMinn. Hs. Authority

TN Children’s Home New Pathways for Children

Orphan’s Lifeline Int’l Dominican Republic

MORNING WORSHIP

Song Leader: Dr. Jeff McKinley

Song #611 Heavenly Sunlight

Welcome: John Hanson

Shepherd’s Reading: Jim Welch

Song #524 I Know Whom I Have Believed

Song #113 His Grace Reaches Me

Prayer: Jeff Golden

Song #327 All Because of God’s Amazing Grace Lord’s Supper Preside: Danny Jones

Prayer: David Hall, Kelly Hillis

Serve: Sam Martin, Joe Martin

Serve: Devin Mason, Dale Bell

Nursery: Bunker Brock

Alternates: Adam Wood, Tim Woodlee,

Carl Surles

Song #431 Break Thou the Bread of Life

Offering & Children’s Food Offering

Children Dismissed for Wonder’s Worship

Song #874 Walking Alone at Eve

Sermon: Richard O’Connor

Song #291 The Great Physician

Elders Appointment and Recognition

Announcements & Prayer: Michael Simpson

Song #864 Where the Gates Swing Outward Never

Nursery Attendants: Caroline Crabtree,

Nancy Golden

Serve Coffee: Mark & Darla Seymour

Raintree: Jimmy Priestley and Tommy Foster

-EVENING WORSHIP-

PLEASE REMEMBER TO CALL LIFE GROUP NUMBERS IN TO THE CHURCH OFFICE!

WELCOME Visitors, please sign a visitor’s card and send it to the center aisle. One of our young men will pick it up.

A nursery is available for young children. Ushers in the back will gladly assist you.

SUNDAY MORNING

Nursery thru the 6th grade classes are on the 2nd floor.

Grades 7-12 Location: Teen Room

Young Professional Location: Room 214 Teachers: Dr. Jeff McKinley, Jason Cripps, Neil Helton

Young Adult Location: 207 Teacher: Terry Connor Topic: Christian Parenting

Adult Location: Auditorium Teacher: Morris Womack Topic: Philippians

Adult Location: Room 108 Teacher: Eben Gilbert

Young At Heart Location: Room 104 Teacher: Richard O’Connor Topic: Book of John

SUNDAY EVENING

Ages 2 & 3 yrs. Location: Room 201 Adult - Life Groups WEDNESDAY EVENING

Primary classes are the same as Sunday mornings. Adult Location: Auditorium Singing Location: Room 207 Young At Heart Location: Room 104 Ladies Class Location: Room 108

Westwood Church of Christ

God. People. Serving.

LIFE

GROUP

What Can I Do for Them? Typically, when talking or studying about elders we try to

uncover their responsibility to God and the church. That is

surely an important part of the their work. But today, on

the occasion of our appointing three new shepherds, I’d like

for us to think about our responsibility to the elders.

Pray for them! This should simply be part of our daily

routine. Pray for the health of the elders and their fami-

lies. Pray for them to have wisdom, discernment, good

judgment and understanding (Colossians 1:9).

Encourage Them! If we are not careful, we as members,

can treat the elders as a “complaint department” . Always

telling them what we don’t like but never approaching with

an encouraging word. Change that starting today (1 Thess.

5:11).

Love Them! The shepherds at Westwood all love the

church. It is seen in their actions and heard in their words.

Let’s be sure we love them as well. Loving them means be-

ing kind and forgiving, helping them and uplifting them (1

John 4:11).

Help Them Serve with Joy! Hebrews 13:17 reminds us to

help our elders so that they can serve with “joy and not

grief”. Living lives that imitate Jesus will ensure our shep-

herds serving with joy!

We are proud to welcome Tim (Beth) Deason, Terry (Patty) Boyd and Glenn (Vickie) Mitchell to the leadership

team here at Westwood. May God bless them, and our pre-

sent shepherds, deacons, and ministry staff to always seek

the kingdom first and lead as the Chief Shepherd leads us!

God is Good All the Time! Richard

Winterfest Thoughts... Winterfest was awesome again this year. It is always

such a blessing to have a weekend to go and to be

renewed through this retreat. This year we had 35 teen-

agers including Westwood teens and their friends. We

also had 15 adults go and 1 kid. So this year we took 51

to Winterfest. Trips like this are not possible without such

great adults and without great attitudes and coopera-

tion from our teenagers. I want to thank all of them for

making it a special weekend. We spent the weekend

focusing on IDENTITY. I hope that our students and

even our chaperones were able to refocus on their

true identity as children of God.

Brett’s

Broadcast Richard’s

Reflections

C.S. Lewis is a name many of us recognize. He was a teacher at Oxford and Cambridge, an ex-

pert in Medieval and Renaissance literature, a writer of science fiction and children’s books. He

was also a brilliant Christian Apologist with several published works on the topic. Lewis was a

devout atheist until his middle thirties when he became a devout believer. Incidentally, he died

on the same day in 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated.

As part of Lewis’ case for the Christian Faith, he wrote on the question of “Who is Christ?”

Lewis reasoned that when Christ claimed to be God, He was either telling the truth, or He was insane, or He was a liar.

Lewis insisted that Christ was not insane and He was not a liar. Therefore, His claims must be the truth. This logical

argument is sometimes known as “the Trilemma.”

Jesus made some unique claims about Himself. Jesus said, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). “And he who sees

me sees Him who sent me” (John 12:45). “And Jesus came and said to them All authority in heaven and on earth has

been given to me” (Matthew 28:18).

Like Lewis, we cannot afford to ignore Christ’s claims.

Eben’s

Essentials

...COMING SOON...

ANNOUNCEMENTS THANK YOU! Thank you for all your support with Don! He spoke highly of Westwood, and he had spoken of how much his church family had helped him through all his troubles throughout the years. Words cannot ex-press how thankful I am of everything you all have done for Don. It is truly appreciated. Please continue to pray for me during this time. I am having a hard time coping with his passing. Love, Sarah Young

All ladies of the congregation are invited to a Baby Tea in honor of Sam & Alisha Byford, on Sunday, March 5th, from 2-4pm in the Fellowship Hall. They’re expecting a baby girl, Jaclyn Georgia-Grace, and are

registered at Ashley’s Attic, Walmart, and Target.

MEN: Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 18th, for Guys’ Night Out. More information at a later date.

Due to our Food Pantry being so low, we are planning a Food Drive on Sunday, March 5th, to replenish our pantry shelves. Please bring a bag or box of groceries with you as you come to worship on this day. There

will be someone to help unload the groceries. Suggested items: instant potatoes, canned fruit, canned meat, sugar, peanut butter, beef stew, chili, cereal and oatmeal

HAPPY ANNIVEFRSARY Jerry & Bettye Haston, 65 yrs.—02/27

Roy & Nell Chisam, 65 yrs.—03/04

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Today: Will Byford Thurs.: Aubrey Haley Clint Gribble Sawyer Seymour Mon.: Byron Chambers Fri.: Wendy Beaty Tues.: Lucas Griffith Sat.: Phil Buckner Lacey Griffith Laura Carter Lindsey Williams Harry DeBoard Michael Simpson Tyler Jakes Maverick Smith Wally McClarren Wed.: Louise Locke Charis Wells Kaye Worzek

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS Our deepest sympathy is extended to Brett VanZant and family upon the death of his grandmother, Flossie Blevins, who passed away on Sunday, Feb. 19th, in Millington, TN. Her service was held on Friday, Feb. 24th, in Millington, TN

IN THE HOSPITAL: Robert Cope—St. Thomas Rutherford

Hannah Davis (sister of Linda Davenport, G.B. Greene, Joyce Pirtle & Kaye Worzek) - St. Thomas River Park Rehab room #250 recovering from hip surgery

Billy Hawkins (husband of Janell) - St Thomas River Park #120 recovering from hip replacement.

Mike Southard (cousin of Kathy Thomsen) - Cookeville Regional Hospital ICU

J.W. Whitaker—St. Thomas Midtown ICU

REMEMBER: Tammy Blake (friend of Janet Cantrell), Eugene Bond (brother of Janie Phifer), Tina Boston, Graylin Brock (Nevis mission trip March 11th), Jacob Cantrell (recovering from eye surgery), Larkin Cantrell, Paul Cantrell, T.J. & Alex Cantrell (in the process of adopting a child from India), Melvin Childres (friend of Sue Allison), Robert Cope, Francis Cum-mings, Kara Deason (mission), Earl Dove, Andy Dunn, Jim Eisler, Mike Glenn (father of Mindy Jaco), Robert Green, Jerry Gribble, Joyce Griffith (mother of Brent), Eloise Hillis (mother of Teresa Cope), Alan Jakes, Chizo Jones, Phyllis Jones, San-dra Jones, Don Kelsey, Annette Wilson Kilgore, Tara Lee, Elisa Cooper Luna, Lori Mason (daughter of Bob & Norma Deason—Graves Disease), LeeAnn Miller (waiting on test re-sults), Kirk & Tonya Mullican (requested prayers for their fami-ly), Avery Nixon, Debbie Pearsall, Amber Pirtle (granddaughter of Joyce), Bobby Prater (Afghanistan), Doyle Prater, Geneva & Wayne Prater, Doyle Pryor, Bob Reed, Lin-wood Smith (uncle of Dianne Gillespie and Ava Gregersen), Rad Spivey, Shawn Stewart, Angie Surles, Bill Underwood, Dan Vickers, Emma Walker, Dinah Wanamaker (sister of Carla Craven), Paul Williams (nephew of Larry Williams), Rob Wilson (nephew of Anne Madewell & Elizabeth Stubblefield), Alexis Wirth (sister of Cal York) and Cal York

TREATMENTS: Becky Bost, Staphna Gay, Carolina George (friend of Sheri Garrett), Sid Hudson, Tim Jennings, Nickla Lewis, Laura Prater (aunt of Linda Hale and grandmother of Laura Fults), Notie Ramsey, Dale Randolph, Eileen Southard (sister of Kathy Thomsen), Teresa Stubblefield, and Brian Wynne (friend of Glenn Mitchell)

Continue to remember shut-ins, mission workers, military personnel & their families, and the leaders of our nation.

NHC: Jerry Haston (Room 412), David Smartt (Room 101),Jo Stewart (Room 100), & Myrtle Hutchings (Rehab Room 106A)

Fannie B’s: Ruth Taylor (Emma Hoover’s sister)

Raintree: Faye Makepeace Church (Room 307), Llewellyn Griffin (Room 106), Carolyn McBride (Room 115), Morris Newby (Room 314)

Riverview Terrace: Frances Garrison (Room C3), Irene Stembridge (Room C4)

Webb House: Gertrude Krupa (Room 102), Howard & Louise Locke (Room 103), Clareta Wilcher (Room 104), Judy Moore (Room 108), Mertie Clemons (Room 303), Martha Hughes (Room 309), & Sue Smartt (Room 310)

NHC Murfreesboro: Mazzle Green

On the Lighter Side

First Job Reaching the end of a job interview, the Human Resources Officer asks a young engineer fresh out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, “And what starting salary are you looking for?” The engineer replies, “In the region of $125,000 a year, depending on the benefits package.” The interviewer inquires, “Well, what would you say to a package of five weeks vacation, 14 paid holi-days, full medical and dental coverage, company matching retirement fund to 50% of salary, and a company car leased every two years, say, a red Corvette?” The engineer sits up straight and says, “Wow! Are you kidding?” The interviewer replies, “Yeah, but you started it!”

511 Morrison Street, McMinnville, TN 37110 Phone: 931-473-8434 & 931-473-8435 Fax/Information Line: 931-473-4738 E-mail: pat@westwoodchurchofchrist.com Church Website: www.westwoodchurchofchrist.com Youth Website: www.westwoodyouthgroup.com

WEEKLY SCHEDULE Sunday Morning Worship: 9:30 Sunday Morning Bible School: 10:30 Sunday Evening Worship: 6:00 (until Life Groups resume) Wednesday Evening Bible Study: 7:00

SUNDAY’S RADIO BROADCAST

WCPI FM 91.3 at 11:00 AM and 11:00 PM WBMC AM 960 at 11:00 AM

Wi-Fi

Network: Westwood Public Password: Love1another ``````````````````````````````````

WESTWOOD DAY SCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN 3 yr., 4 yr. olds and Kindergarten

Monday—Friday (during school months)

WEDNESDAY, March 1, 2017 Announcements: Glenn Mitchell Devotional: Richard O’Connor Prayer: Bob Deason Song Leader: Dale Jaco Nursery Attendant: Glenda Rice

SUNDAY, March 5, 2017

-MORNING WORSHIP-

Welcome: Jerry Davenport Shepherd’s Reading: Byron Chambers Song Leader: Dr. Jeff McKinley Opening Prayer: Neil Helton Sermon: Richard O’Connor Closing Prayer: John Rasori Lord’s Table Preside: John Hanson Prayer: David Britton, Tim Jennings Serve: David Aycock, Ken Beck Serve: Jerry Blankenship, Pete Blankenship Lord’s Table Nursery: Andy Dunn Alternates: Larry Williams, Mark Seymour, Todd Noblin Raintree: Joseph Stotts and Jerry Blankenship Nursery Attendants: Nancy Garrison, Laura Carter Serve Coffee: Charles & Linda Hale

-EVENING WORSHIP-

IF UNABLE TO SERVE CONTACT:

Jeff Golden at 931-473-5684

MONTH OF MARCH: Prepare Lord’s Supper: Zac Sain Prepare Coffee: Ben & Linda Nixon PowerPoint: Leon Yoder Outside Sign: Brad Hillis Greeters & Positions 9:00 a.m. Front Doors: Bob Deason Auditorium Doors, Left: Dale Jaco Auditorium Doors, Right: Paul Moore Vestibule Top: Tommy Foster Ushers: Morris Womack, Carson Malone, Glen Cannon, Isaac Golden, Dillon Jones, Brooks Helton Pick Up Visitor’s Cards: Kaleb Bell, William Blankenship, Sawyer Seymour

For the Record Sunday, February 19, 2017

AM: 382 Bible Study: 280 LG: 209 Offering: $9,314.01

Family Life and Counseling Ministry Counselor, Dr. Eben Gilbert 931-507-3236 Counseling Services:

Individual Counseling

Counseling for children, teens and adults

Pre-marital Counseling

Marriage Counseling

Family Counseling

Grief Counseling

Anger Management

Personality Testing

Dependencies Counseling

Divorce Recovery

Seminars

All services are completely confidential

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