WEEKLY WORDS OF WESTWOOD

February 19, 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 #779 I Love You, Lord

Welcome: John Hanson

Shepherd’s Reading: Psalm 23 Jim Welch

Song #117 God Is the Fountain Whence

Song #189 Master, the Tempest Is Raging

Prayer: Bob Deason

Song: In Christ Alone Lord’s Supper Preside: Danny Jones

Prayer: Glen Cannon, Clint Gribble

Serve: Kirk Mullican, Paul Moore

Serve: Kenneth Mason, Paul Moore

Nursery: Alex Stinson

Alternates: David Simpson, Billy Roberts,

Corey Morris

Song #222 There’s Something About That Name

Offering & Children’s Food Offering

Children Dismissed for Wonder’s Worship

Song #480 Blessed Assurance

Sermon: Richard O’Connor

Song #904 Have You Been to Jesus?

Announcements & Prayer: Michael Simpson

Song #615 He Keeps Me Singing

Nursery Attendants: Julia Noblin and Ellie Noblin

Serve Coffee: Thomas & Debbie Cantrell

Raintree: David Britton and Eric Golden

-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

MINISTRY

Healthy Families

We all desire for our families to be healthy - healthy physically,

mentally and spiritually. At Westwood, our shepherds have that

same desire for our church family. So, they provide opportunities

for our souls to be fed with the word of God. This morning we will

be fed by our worship together and our Bible class time. This after-

noon they have provided opportunities for us to grow closer as a

family and to God through our Life Groups.

Our shepherds also believe in healthy marriages – so we have been

having a Marriage Enrichment class during the month of February.

You can access those lessons via our church website

(www.westwoodchurchofchrist.com) and click on the “resource”

tab. We are also planning a “Couples Retreat” at HY Lake on

March 10-11. (More information below)

Coming up in March our Family Life Minister, Eben Gilbert, will be

teaching a “Parenting Class” on Monday night, March 13th. This

will be a great benefit for our families. Brother Eben is a tremen-

dous asset to our church and you will be blessed by this class.

I’m grateful to elders who care about the life of our families as

much as ours here at Westwood. So, avail yourself to these oppor-

tunities to be healthy!

God is Good All the Time!

Richard

Late Night Thoughts... It’s about 10:15 on Wednesday night as I write this. I’m

sitting at home thinking about how AWESOME God is. In

ministry, sometimes you go through different seasons.

Sometimes you go through seasons of indifference.

Sometimes you go through seasons of pain. Sometimes

you go through seasons of frustration. Then, sometimes

you go through seasons where God is alive and active

in a BIG BIG way. I believe we are in that season at

Westwood right now. Something awesome is happen-

ing with our youth group and our entire church family.

God’s spirit is showing up in incredible ways. A week

ago Karagen Hillis was baptized into Christ by one of

our senior leaders Sawyer Hall. Tonight, God placed it

on Wesley Pepper’s (a first time visitor) heart to be bap-

tized. This is an awesome season. Right now I’m trying

to figure out how to possibly fit a few more teenagers

who want to go last minute into rooms for Winterfest

when there really isn’t room, but God will provide. He

always does. I am so excited about Winterfest. We

have about 35 teenagers and 16 adults all making the

trip to Gatlinburg. It will be one of our biggest groups to

go on a trip since I’ve been at Westwood. God is at

work right now at Westwood and I’m blessed to be

able to get out of the way and let Him shape our lives.

God is good all the time and all the time God is good.

Brett’s

Broadcast Richard’s

Reflections

Our beliefs are powerful motivators. What happens to us does not determine our emotional and behavioral re-

sponse as much as our mental evaluation of what has happened. Cognitive psychologists think that A (what hap-

pens to us) does not directly cause C (how we feel); rather B (what we believe and think about A) is responsible

for C (how we feel).

Irrational (i.e., self-defeating) beliefs cause maladaptive emotions and behaviors. They had best be disputed and

replaced with rational (i.e., self-fulfilling) beliefs for more adaptive emotions and behaviors. One powerful irrational belief is, “I must be

accepted and approved of by certain others in order to feel good about myself.” Change the “I must” to “I want” and leave off the ending

and you have a rational belief. The emotional and behavioral consequences of “I want”, are healthy, while the consequences of the de-

manding “I must” are unhealthy.

This is reminiscent of the inspired wisdom of Galatians 6:4 as translated by J.B. Phillips, “Let every man learn to assess properly the value

of his own work and he can then be rightly proud when he has done something worth doing without depending on the approval of oth-

ers.”

Eben’s

Essentials

ANNOUNCEMENTS Congratulations to Wesley Pepper, upon his baptism into Christ on Wednesday, Feb. 15th. Wesley was baptized by Sawyer Hall.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION: Westwood’s bulletin and previous week’s sermons can be accessed at the church website at http://www.westwoodchurchofchrist.com under the “Resources” heading. WINTERFEST: Remember in prayer those returning home from Gatlinburg this afternoon. Plans are to re-turn by 2pm. LADIES: Remember the Ladies Bible Class every Thurs-day morning at 9 in room 108. Kim O’Connor is your teacher.

Our CLOTHING ROOM will be open on Tues-day, Feb. 21st, from 8-10am. Our Elders and Ministers will have a meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 22nd, following Bible study. Our Deacons will also have a meeting on

Wednesday, Feb. 22nd, following Bible study. MEN: Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 18th, for Guys’ Night Out. More in-formation at a later date.

The photographers will be here beginning Thursday, Feb. 23rd through Tuesday, Feb. 28th to make your picture for our new directory. Please remember your appoint-

ment time.

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 Fel-lowship Hall. They’re expecting a baby girl, Jaclyn Georgia-Grace, and are registered at Ashley’s Attic, Walmart, and Target.

THANK YOU! Thank you for honoring all couples for be-ing married 50 years +. The cups decorated by Kim O’Connor are beautiful. In Christian Love, Elizabeth & Hugh Stubblefield THANK YOU! You’ve made us smile! We will always cherish the gift you gave us. Thanks again. Love, James & Fran Ware

HAPPY ANNIVEFRSARY Kelly & Gaye Hillis, 48 yrs.—02/22

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Today: Jimmy Priestley Wed.: John Cunningham Tues.: Mertie Clemons Linda Hale Tommy Foster Fri.: Vickie Mitchell Alan Jakes Sat.: Kaye Connor

Our pantry is getting low on the following items: sugar, peanut butter, canned meats, canned fruits, beef stew, chili, cereal, and

oatmeal

REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

REMEMBER: Tammy Blake (friend of Janet Cantrell), Flossie Blevins—grandmother of Brett VanZant), Douglas Bond (brother of Janie Phifer), Eugene Bond (brother of Janie Phif-er), Tina Boston, Graylin Brock (Nevis mission trip March 11th), Jacob Cantrell (recovering from eye surgery), Larkin Cantrell, Paul Cantrell, Melvin Childres (friend of Sue Allison), Robert Cope, Francis Cummings, Kara Deason (mission), Earl Dove, Andy Dunn, Jim Eisler, Mike Glenn (father of Mindy Jaco), Robert Green, Jerry Gribble, Billy Hawkins (hip replacement surgery Feb. 22nd), Eloise Hillis (mother of Teresa Cope), Alan Jakes, Chizo Jones, Phyllis Jones, Sandra Jones, Don Kelsey, Annette Wilson Kilgore, Tara Lee, Elisa Cooper Luna, Lori Mason (daughter of Bob & Norma Deason—Graves Disease), Avery Nixon, Debbie Pearsall, Amber Pirtle (granddaughter of Joyce), Bobby Prater (Afghanistan), Doyle Prater, Geneva & Wayne Prater, Doyle Pryor, Bob Reed, David Smartt (father of Jason), Linwood 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 Wil-liams), 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, 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), Jo Stewart (Room 100), & Myr-tle 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, 420 University Blvd., Murfreesboro, TN 37130 (Room 251A)

On the Lighter Side From Dust to Dust

After church, Johnny tells his parents he has to go and talk to the minister right away. They agree, and the preacher greets the family. “Preacher,” says Johnny, “I heard you say today that our bodies came from the dust.” “That’s right, Johnny, I did,” he says.

“And I heard you say that when we die, our bodies go back to dust.” “Yes, I’m glad you were listening,” the preacher replies. “Why do you ask?” “Well you better come over to our house right away and look under my bed, ‘cause there’s someone either a comin’ or a goin’!”

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, February 22, 2017 Announcements: John Hanson Devotional: Rudie Thomsen Prayer: Tim Deason Song Leader: Glenn Mitchell Nursery Attendant: Kim Hollandsworth

SUNDAY, February 26, 2017

-MORNING WORSHIP-

Welcome: John Hanson Shepherd’s Reading: Jim Welch Song Leader: Dr. Jeff McKinley Opening Prayer: Jeff Golden Sermon: Richard O’Connor Closing Prayer: Michael Simpson Lord’s Table Preside: Danny Jones Prayer: David Hall, Kelly Hillis Serve: Sam Martin, Joe Martin Serve: Devin Mason, Dale Bell Lord’s Table Nursery: Bunker Brock Alternates: Adam Wood, Tim Woodlee, Carl Surles Raintree: Jimmy Priestley and Tommy Foster Nursery Attendants: Caroline Crabtree, Nancy Golden Serve Coffee: Mark & Darla Seymour

-EVENING WORSHIP-

IF UNABLE TO SERVE CONTACT: Tim Deason at 931-235-4830

MONTH OF FEBRUARY Prepare Lord’s Supper: Neil Helton Prepare Coffee: Wally & Pat McClarren PowerPoint: David Britton Outside Sign: John-Ross Rasori Greeters & Positions 9:00 a.m. Front Doors: Carson Malone Auditorium Doors, Left: Jamie Stinson Auditorium Doors, Right: John Cunningham Vestibule Top: Aubrey Haley Ushers: Joseph Stotts, Brad Hillis, Harold Hoover, John-Ross Rasori, Nate Newby, Wesley Jennings Pick Up Visitor’s Cards: Adam Triplett, Gavin Mason, Jack Byford

For the Record Sunday, February 12, 2017

AM: 407 Bible Study: 289 LG: 232 Offering: $ 8,554.00

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

WORSHIP ASSIGNMENTS CONTACT INFORMATION

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