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Laurelwood Church of Christ On-line Bulletin
Volume 1, Issue 3
Call to Worship
The Lord reigns; he is robed in majesty.
Your throne, O God,
is established from of old;
You are from everlasting.
Your decrees are very sure.
Holiness befits your house,
O Lord, for evermore.
Amen.
Announcements
 Unable to partake?
Communion is available to those forced to stay at home due to illness or inability to come to church. Please call either Amanda or Rick to make arrangements.
Special Collection - January 26th
There will be a special collection for the Rinne family on January the 26th. The Rinne’s need the money to keep their medical insurance for their family. Extremely important especially in light of Leah's medical condition. Consider how you can support them.
Pot Luck and Congregational Meeting next week. Please bring enough food for your family plus a little extra for visitors. We will be discussing this year’s activities and some concerns.
Last week to verify that your information on the directory and the phone list is correct.
If it is not please make any corrections.
Ways you can serve:
Coordinate the Ladies Breakfast in February
Coordinate the Cleaning List
Prepare Communion in June, August, September, or November.
All in the Family
 Prayer Requests
Dave Michael, whose Mother passed away this week.
Mike Lovelace, whose father passed away this week.
Bill Peoples whose recovery could be a couple of months and it is believed that he has a ruptured disc.
Sara Manning- whose elderly aunt is in a nursing home with very poor health.
Charlie Hopkins-friend’s of Dean and Sandy Oden-who is diagnosed with cancer and also is suffering with Hodgkin’s disease.
Kim & Jerry McIntosh who are facing a few tribulations in their life at this moment.
The Rinne Family as they continue to go through additional challenges with the health of their family.
Listening Hearts at Laurelwood:
You can now email your prayer requests to church staff; write to listeninghearts@laurelwoodchurch.org
Your request will be kept confidential and NOT be published in the bulletin unless you specify otherwise.
1 Timothy 2:1
First of all, ... I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions,
and thanksgivings be made for all ...
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Family Gatherings
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1-12-03
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Family Finances
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1-12-03
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Sunday Bible Study:
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41
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Last Week:
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$ 603
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Sunday AM Worship:
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57
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Last Month’s Average:
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$1,608
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Sunday PM Worship:
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18
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Budget Goal:
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$1,692
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Wednesday:
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19
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2002 Weekly difference
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($ - 251)
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Know Him, Love Him, Share Him
Know Him...
Encouragement from John and Brenda. Thought for your journey:
Stop Giving In and Start Giving.
Giving in belittles the other person; giving affirms. Giving in takes away; giving bestows. Giving in says, “I tolerate you”; giving says, “I love you.” Giving in causes resentment; giving brings happiness and joy. James S. Woodroof
Love Him...
Pint-Sized Pulpit
After three ghosts have visited him on Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge finds it difficult to return to sleep. For as he says to the fourth and final ghost, “Of the spirits that visit me tonight, it is you spirit I fear the most.” The Ghost of Christmas Future has the power to show Ebenezer things that will be.
The future is unknown. We live both in trepidation and in anticipation of what will be. As a parent, I am anxious to see the young men my sons will be. the young woman my daughter will be. As a parent, I am slow to want them to grow up too quickly, for a world that will not love them like their parents do. As individuals, we live in fear of losing our incomes, in fear of losing loved ones, but also in anticipation of earning the rewards of labor and the promise of new life. The past can be revisited, the present is tangible, but the future....
Scrooge fretted constantly over his wealth, but did not seek to please God and ease the burdens of his fellowman. He invested his wealth in himself, but did not invest himself in others. When The Ghost of Christmas Future came to him, he was in terror of death, and in remorse of his life.
I wonder how many people on this earth, in our wealthy nation today, have all the income they want, but are sick of their life and afraid of losing it. I wonder how many of us could face an encounter with the Future this morning. But instead of pointing to a grave marker with your name on it, the ghost of the future would point to the living markers we will all leave behind. You see the Ghost of Christmas Future, the Ghost of Giving future, is the present and abiding Spirit of Christ.
Is he not here today pointing to the children? Look at them now in the present. In a few short years the ones we can whisk off the floor into our arms will be driving, dating, working, wedding, mating. Hopefully in that order. Some of us who are parents will find that we are grandparents in this decade. Would not the ghost of giving future point to the children?
But would the spirit of Christ stop with our children? Would he not point to our own faith, the living marker we leave with others? Surely he would take us outside this building and into the streets, into our own neighborhoods, into our work places and play places and begin pointing at friends, co-workers, loved ones! Would he have us not give the gift of salvation to those whom we give gifts at Christmastime?! How sad to give a child visions of sugarplums, X-Box, and cash but not give them hope and peace and a vision of a future with the living God!
I wonder how many of us could face an encounter with the Future this morning
In His Grace...For His Service,
Daniel
Serve Him...
Communion:
January: Tammy Cerquoni February: Diane Peoples
Nursery
Today:Tammy Cerquoni/ Lauren Next Week:Stacey Williams/ Julie
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not menEph 6:7
Laurelwood Times
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Sunday
Bible Study: 9:30am
Worship: 10:30am
Evening Worship: 6:00pm
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Wednesday
Mom’s Group: 10:00am-12:00pm
Mid-week Service: 7:00pm
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Refrigerator Reminders
Upcoming Events:
1/26/03 - Next Sunday - Potluck
1/28/03 Men’s integrity group. Meeting at the church building @7:45.
TEENS
1/31/2003 “Come Play in the Snow ” at Shawnee Mountain Youth Trip
See Daniel for details.
2/15/2003 Winter Youth Rally at Camp Manatawny. See Daniel for details
4/12/03 Community Egg Hunt. Make sure you keep Saturday, April 12th free to support the Community Egg Hunt. (RD 4/19/03)
Contacts:
Office: 856.782.1100
Emergency: In the event of an emergency, contact Rick Boyle 856.662.2742 856.986.4876
Minister: Daniel Oden 856.419.4004
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