This week's bulletin - Northside Church of Christ

Northside Church of Christ
6329 Dr. MLK Jr. St. N., St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Volume XXXV, January 11th, 2015
www.cocnorthside.com
Remember In Prayer
Northside Congregation: Rosemary Fairchild; Lucretia Riley;
Family of Charlotte Merrell; Mitch Moore; Teddy Jacobs (heart
tests); John Elliott; Harvey Ray; Jay Floyd; Lili Latoza; Donna
Smith (mini-stroke); Louise Fairchild; Betty Gay; Bradley Holt;
Carla Murray; Rebecca Creger (tests on Monday); Charles &
Jackie Williams, Anita Jordan (out of town 1/17 – mid March);
Floyd family
Shut-Ins: Cherrie Bour; Susan Jacobs (Gracewood); Ginger
Matusovic (Shore Acres); Chiquita Brown (Palm Terrace)
Friends and Family:
Iva (friend of Karen Hale); James
(Rebecca Creger's son); Cody Ganoe (6 yr. old with leukemia);
Eva Watkins (Anita's mother); Robert Wilson (Betty Perry's
brother); Louis Green (Molly's nephew); C.J. McKinney; Joyce
Gilmore (Anne Langford's step-sister, cancer); Kevin Penick
(Paul's brother-in-law); Mickey Hughes (Anne's cousin); Judy
Jones (Rebecca Creger's sister-in-law); Robert Knox (Lori's
brother, diagnosed with cancer); Bobby Williams (Lori's son in
TX); Kenny Headley (Kadie's nephew); Sheila Knight (Kadie's
friend); Annabella (Floyd's niece); Sandy Fuentes (Lois' mother);
Rebecca Weller (Linda Hadsock's niece); June & Ed (Ruth Ann's
aunt and uncle); Anthony Burgess (Molly's son, recovering from
shoulder surgery); Bro. Glen Greer (recovering from knee
replacement surgery); Cindy Royal (friend of Donna-Marie); Tom
(Pat Ledford's brother, hospital in Tampa); Ace Nincehelser and his
children (Heather's cousin in Columbus OH. His wife passed away
very suddenly. She was only 40 years old); Nicole Browning
(Rebecca Creger's neice)
Announcements & Upcoming Dates to Remember
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Jan. 17th , 9:00 am, Ladies breakfast and Bible class. Please
bring your Bible, lesson book and a breakfast item to share.
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Jan. 17th, 2:00 pm, Bridal shower for Rhonda Jordan. See
Heather Pryor for gift suggestions.
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Jan. 31st. 9-noon, Work party at the building. Coffee, juice and
muffins at 8:30.
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Jan 31st in the evening, there will be a memorial service for
sister Charlotte Merrell. The congregation will be proving a
meal for the family and friends. The specific time of the serve
TBA.
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Sunday Feb. 1st in the morning service brother Ron Clayton of
Church of Christ India Missions will be here to make a
presentation about the ongoing work in India. We will have a
fellowship meal after morning services.
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Saturday Feb 7th, 6:00 pm all are invited to the wedding of
Curtis Miller and Rhonda Jordan. Please RSVP if you plan to
attend. Call 727-303-2692 or tell Rhonda in person.
Brother Mitch Moore's new address is: 1129 6th Ave. N.E., Arab,
AL 35016
Please continue to help with meals for Teddy Jacobs. See Paul,
Ron or Ted for more info. on what is needed.
There is a NEWSPAPER RECYCLING DUMPSTER at the east
end of the parking lot. If you want to help the India mission, please
put your newspapers in the green dumpster.
Any teens interested in attending Winter Camp at CFBC on Jan.
16-19, please see the flyer on the bulletin board in the foyer.
Y.E.S youth rally in Valdosta will be in February. If any teens are
interested in going there is a flyer in the foyer.
Cleaning the building for this week: Smith Family
When People Mistreat You
I could quote the verse long before I really felt the impact God
intended for it to have in my life. It was several years ago, when
we lived in Birmingham, that one of my children’s Bible classes
was memorizing short phrases from the Bible. The teacher asked
for my help and I readily responded. Decades have passed, but I
distinctly remember those six words of Paul and the impact they
had on me. What were those words? “Be ye kind one to another”
(Eph. 4:32).
The Bible demands kindness. We are told to be kindly
affectionate to each other (Rom. 12:21); to be kind and forgiving
(Eph. 4:32); to put on kindness (Col. 3:12) and to give all diligence
in adding kindness to our faith (2 Pet. 1:5-7).
The Bible illustrates kindness. The lives of those saints of old
show what kindness is, and we are amazed as we read about them.
Joseph was kind to his brothers who sold him as a slave (Gen.
50:21); Moses was kind to the seven daughters of Reuel who were
mistreated by the evil shepherds; David was kind to the crippled
grandson of evil King Saul (2 Sam. 9); and the good Samaritan
was kind to that stranger, beaten and bleeding, whom he saw
beside the road. As we read these stories, we are amazed at how
differently these saints reacted from the way we would have
reacted!
It is so easy to be kind to some people. When people show
kindness to us we readily respond kindly to them. Jesus described
it in these words, “For if you love those who love you, what
reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?”
(Matt. 5:46). The measure of our kindness is not determined by
how we treat those who are kind to us.
It is so hard to be kind to some people. Those words of Jesus
follow His words about how we should deal with our enemies,
with those who curse us, with those who hate us and those who
despise us, with those who out of spite take advantage of us and
persecute us. We are to love them, bless them, do good to them and
pray for them. Here is the measure of true kindness. It is
manifested in how we treat people who are rude to us in the market
place, to co-workers who mistreat us, to family members who
aggravate us and to all those whose agenda seems to be to hurt us
with words and deeds. Here is the measure of true kindness.
Kindness is not what we do, it is what we are. The reality is that
if we wait until the moment of conflict with unkind people to
decide what to do, we will likely respond unkindly. Kindness is a
trait of heart, not an artificial action. Kind people do not have to
decide to act kindly. This is their automatic response! It is who
they are.
God help us to be kind one to another!
Dan Jenkins