Those to Serve Wednesday Evening, October 29, 2014 Announcements ...............................................Steve Allen Lead Singing .................................................... Bernie Hall First Prayer ................................................... Dickie Luttrell Read Scripture ........................................Chase McWhirter Dismissal Prayer ........................................... Tyson Hobbs Sunday Morning, November 2, 2014 Announcements ....................................... Ronny Cornelius Lead Singing ......................................................... Gary Gill First Prayer ..................................................... Royce Jones Read Scripture ............................................... Don McAlpin Preside at Table .................................................... Ben Hall Serve Congregation ....................................... Dick Shelton Serve Congregation ................................. Landon Rodgers Serve Congregation ...................................Harold Burgess Serve Congregation ..................................... Howard Black Dismissal Prayer ............................................... Ronny Clift Greeters ...........................................Teddy/Patsy Bodiford Greeters ............................................Brad/Shannon Leslie Nursery Attendant ................................................ Carol Gill Sunday Evening, November 2, 2014 Announcements ....................................... Ronny Cornelius Lead Singing ............................................. Terry Delashmit First Prayer ........................................................ Lynn Sipes Read Scripture ..................................................Brad Leslie Preside at Table ................................................... Ben Hall Dismissal Prayer ………………………………….Abe Jeter “Key Men” for November Sunday AM (Open) .............................................. Jeff Scott Sunday AM (Close) .......................................Rickey Tigner Sunday PM (Open) ........................................... Gary Byers Sunday PM (Close) ........................................Danny Lucas Wednesday PM (Open) ............................... Gilbert Shelby Wednesday PM (Close)............................... Gilbert Shelby Prepare Lord’s Supper .................................... Carl Gibson Coming Events Don’t forget to “fall back” one hour on your clocks this Saturday night, November 1, before going to bed! Our annual Thanksgiving meal will be Thanksgiving Day, November 26, in the annex at 1pm. Family Matters Tayler Tigner will be having surgery on Tuesday, November 4, please keep her in your prayers. Gayle Hobbs is undergoing chemo treatments, please keep her in your prayers. David Barkley is undergoing treatments again and is in need of all our prayers at this time. Betty Hill is still dealing with several health issues. Ron Donaldson is now home and recovering from his surgery, please keep him and his family in your prayers as he has a long road of rehab ahead of him. Community Matters Ann Murray, sister of Harold Burgess, now has a new phone number (901-438-9036) and new address: Bailey Manor Room 7A 113 Medical Center Blvd. Fayetteville, TN 37334 Audrey Box, father of Carla Kuhl, is slowly improving following gall bladder surgery last week. Jan Webster is now home from the hospital and improving. Tom Eslinger, brother in law of Carolyn Ash and Bud Stewart, has been diagnosed with cancer. Please keep him and his wife, Brenda Stewart Eslinger, in your prayers. Roy Brumbelow is some better after having a severe allergic reaction recently. Prayer List Sandra Gordy, Paul Thompson, Melba Stewart, Sandi Brien, Max Betts, Rebecca Carter, Dale Wyman, Troy Sipes, Kenton Lancaster, Rhonda Jones, Benny Luker, Jimmy Vaughn, Juanita Cox, Sandra Hulsey, Odis Bizzell and Thomas White. Remember our service men & women in your prayers. Remember our missionaries in your prayers. Daily Bible Reading Schedule Sunday, Nov. 2...………………….........................Num. 9-11 Monday, Nov. 3 .............................................. 2 Chron. 10-13 Tuesday, Nov. 4 ........................................................ Ezra 4-7 Wednesday, Nov. 5.............................................Isaiah 29-32 Thursday, Nov. 6 ........................................................... Micah Friday, Nov. 7 ............................................................... John 7 Saturday, Nov. 8 .......................................................... 1 John Shut-ins Addie Sain, Bolivar Assisted Care Living, 631 Nuckolls Rd. Bolivar, TN 38008. Louise Doyle, Room C24, Pine Meadows HealthCare, 700 Nuckolls Rd., Bolivar, TN 38008. Dorothy Cornelius, Southern Oaks Assisted Living, 558 White Ave. Henderson, TN 38340. Pat Mills, 2965 Devonshire Cove,Germantown,TN 38139 Frances C. Johnson, McArthur Manor, 119 Bryan Ave., Ste. B-20, Manchester, TN 37355. Mary Davis, Rm. C-14, Pine Meadows Healthcare, 700 Nuckolls Rd., Bolivar, TN. 38008. Mary G. Bevill, McNairy County Healthcare Center, Hwy.64 Bypass, P.O Box 0349, Selmer, TN. 38375. Georgia Mae Yopp, Magnolia Manor Retirement Home, 242 Magnolia Ave., McKenzie, TN. 38201. Vadeen McKeown, Magnolia Manor Retirement Home, 242 Magnolia Ave., McKenzie, TN. 38201. Lillian Eason, Kennington Pointe, 6301 Village Grove Dr. #307, Memphis, TN 38115. Betty Hill, 2788 Hines Gin Rd.Selmer,TN 38375 Clarence George, 327 Kennedy Dr. Middleton TN 38052. Ruby McKeown, 2795 Kirby Whitten Pkwy. Apt. 321, Bartlett, TN 38134. JEFF’S JOTTINGS Thanks to everyone who helped with our Trunk or Treat and Chili Supper this past Sunday night! A special thanks to those who decorated the inside and to those who helped make the “haunted trail” a great success! Monday’s for the Master will meet again November 10 at 6:30 pm for snacks and coffee and also a short devotional before making visits and sending cards at 7 pm. Our item of the week is sugar. Our Q & A box is in the lobby, feel free to put your questions in any time. We answer them the fourth Sunday night each month. Our Young Adult Devotionals for the rest of 2014 are covered: Cody & Molly Street- November. William & Janet Durham- December. This one will also be our annual Ornament Swap! WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED? 1. Hear the Word of God-Romans 10:17. 2. Believe the Word of God-Mark 16:16. 3. Repent of sins- Acts 17:30-31. 4. Confess Christ- Romans 10:9-10. 5. Be Baptized to wash away sins -Acts 22:16; 1 Peter 3:20-21; Mark 16:16. 6. Live a Faithful Life- Revelation 2:10. Trick or Treat? As a boy, “Trick or Treat” night ranked second on my list of favorite holidays behind Christmas. I loved dressing up and wearing those plastic masks that would make your face sweat, give you no peripheral vision, and would always have to be taped to hold the elastic band to the mask where I had ripped it through the plastic hole (Remember?). The only down side about Trick or Treat was when someone would drop an apple in your bag. An apple! Are you kidding me? Who wants an apple? Well, one year when I returned home and spread my candy out of the floor to “categorize” it (did you do this?), I discovered that someone had given me an apple, and before I could take a bite, my mom said, “Don’t bite into that apple. I want to cut it up in wedges just to be safe.” As it turned out, when my mom sliced up the apple, she found a wood screw had been inserted in hopes of injuring the person who took a bite. But now, here’s why I tell you this story. I didn’t go Trick or Treating outside of my neighborhood. I didn’t go to strangers’ houses. I just went where I was known. But who would have thought that someone I knew and trusted would try to harm me or any other child in the neighborhood? In a similar vein, who would think that people whom we know and trust might mislead us when it comes to our spiritual well-being? The point that I am making is not to “distrust” everyone, but rather to “verify” everything by what the Bible teaches. That’s the only way we can be sure that we are safe (1 Thessalonians 5:21). Remember, we can be harmed by the malicious spiritual advice of others, but we can also be just as harmed by the misguided, but well-intended advice of friends. –Steve Higginbotham PEOPLE & CHALLENGES Why is it that so many people take the challenge to run in a marathon, but won’t enter the race of faith (Hebrews 12: 1-2)? Why is it that so many people develop the skill of self-control to engage in an athletic contest, but fail to develop that skill when it comes to their spiritual life (1 Corinthians 9:27)? Why is it that so many people can read for hours in books that are difficult to read as well as interpret, yet neglect reading the Bible, which was intended to be read and understood (Ephesians 3:4; 2 Timothy 3: 15)? Why is it that so many people can take individuals they have hired and mold and shape them with wisdom and understanding in a workplace, but fail miserably in raising their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4)? Why is it that so many people want to take on extra responsibility in community service projects and social clubs, but have little or no desire to be involved in the work of God and his people (Titus 2: 14)? -by Lance Cordell Why is it that so many people are willing to sacrifice years of their lives to stay with one company and yet are ready to walk away (within a few years) from the one person they chose to spend their life with (Genesis 2:24)? Why is it that so many people spend great amounts of time to figure out puzzles and