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THE MESSENGER
The Weekly Newsletter of the Mountain Home Church of Christ
August 16, 2015
FROM
FROMKEN’S
KEN’SPEN
PEN
Eddie Cloer of Searcy, Arkansas, who is the editor of the commentary series Truth for Today, has recently announced the beginning of an online Bible study program called “Truth for Today World Mission School.” This program is
designed to encourage church members to study the Bible in a systematic fashion. I have offered to serve as the “Dean”
for the program here at College and North, and will be taking many of the classes myself for the purpose of seeing exactly what students are seeing online and being able to answer questions as they arise, as well as send positive feedback to the school on areas of improvement. Under the title “Through the Scriptures,” the courses will eventually cover
every book of the Bible.
When the school begins September 1, the following courses will be offered:
THE NEW TESTAMENT COURSES—The Life of Christ, 1; The Life of Christ, 2; Matthew, 1; Matthew, 2; Mark; Luke, 1; Luke,
2; John, 1; John, 2; Acts, 1; Acts, 2; Romans, 1; Romans, 2; 1 Corinthians; 2 Corinthians; Galatians; Ephesians & Philippians; Colossians & Philemon; 1 & 2 Thessalonians; 1 & 2 Timothy & Titus; Hebrews; James; 1 & 2 Peter & Jude; 1, 2,
& 3 John; Revelation 1;Revelation 2.
THE OLD TESTAMENT COURSES—Genesis, 1; Genesis, 2; Exodus; Numbers; 1 & 2 Samuel; 1 & 2 Kings; Ezra, Nehemiah, & Esther; Job; Isaiah; Jeremiah, 1; Jeremiah, 2 & Lamentations; Ezekiel; Daniel; The Minor Prophets, 1; The Minor
Prophets, 2;The Minor Prophets, 2.
There will be a modest fee to cover the materials used in the course (the student will receive a copy of the Truth for
Today Commentary that covers the book of the Bible he/she is studying), and the student will need to commit to setting
aside some time each week to complete the assignments. However, that can be done on your own schedule.
Since our Sunday morning auditorium class has focused on “How to Study the Bible,” the announcement of this
opportunity is timely for those who have the desire to increase their knowledge of the Bible under a systematic method.
SHEPHERD’S CORNER….David Pitchford
Created in God’s Image
“So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him…” (Genesis1:27).
Many have attempted to define this perplexing phrase. What is “the image of God,” and what does it mean that humanity was created in that image? Does it mean, as some have suggested, that we are similar in spiritual orientation?
Or is it that, as others have proposed, we share the special image of God’s moral discretion? Or perhaps mankind
bears the divine image in the sense that we have been given a place of authority and dominion over his creation?
While each of the previous interpretations are reasonable, there is a deeper explanation of what God’s image is that
easily supersedes all other attempts. As is often the case, we must only allow the inspired text to interpret itself.
How does Scripture define the image of God in which man was created? Only one word is needed: Christ.
“...Christ, who is the image of God” (2 Corinthians 4:4).
“He (Christ) is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” (Colossians1:15).
“He was in the beginning with God; all things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that
was made” (John 1:2-3).
“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him” (Colossians 1:16).
The New Testament writers firmly believed that Jesus Christ was the definition of God’s image. Humanity was created in and through Christ. He is Creation’s beginning and end; our blueprint and our completion; our aim and our potential; our source and our destination; our start and our goal. He is the Alpha and Omega.
“So God created man in Christ, in Christ he created him…”
...Are you bearing his image?
Alan Pitchford
Eastridge Messenger
ARTICLES......ACTIVITIES.....
Sunday Mornings Room A-15
ORDER
OF WORSHIP
MORNING
WELCOME
Dick Young
SONG LEADER
Michael Lance
OPENING PRAYER
Ron Beck
SCRIPTURE READING
Richard Pyeatt
LORD’S SUPPER
Ethan Wright
LESSON
Ken Burton
“Everything is Under
Control — But Am I?”
Galatians 5:22,23
SHEPHERD’S PRAYER
Cameron Davis
CLOSING PRAYER
James Richey
EVENING
WELCOME
Frank Daniels
SONG LEADER
Andy Bell
OPENING PRAYER
Jerry Maleare
SCRIPTURE READING
Joe Messick
LESSON
Ken Burton
“More Than Conquerors”
Romans 8:31-39
SHEPHERD’S PRAYER
Cameron Davis
CLOSING PRAYER
Richard Byrd
“Running the Race
Set Before Us”
We are glad to have you with us today and
hope you will be blessed by having been
here. For your convenience, we have an
attended nursery downstairs for 2-yearolds & under and a training room in the
east foyer for small children. Please fill
out a visitor’s card and place it in the collection plate so we can have a record of
your attendance.
SUMMER SERIES
CONTEMPORARY MESSAGES
FROM THE ANCIENT PROPHETS
Wednesday, August 19, 6:30 p.m.
Speaker: Glen Elliott, Greenbrier
Topic: You Cannot Out-Give God! (Haggai)
Be sure to come and bring someone with you!
Aug. 16 & 23
A Runner to Emulate
Ethan Wright, teacher
A shower for Callie French and Micah
Tindall, will be Sunday, August 23,
at 2:00 in building B. They are registered at Target, J.C. Penney, Bed,
Bath & Beyond and Pampered Chef
(see Elizabeth Jones). All ladies are
invited to attend.
Members of Shower Team #5 are asked
to meet this evening following services
in the cry room.
Children’s Homes Food Barrel List
BBQ Sauce, Velveeta, Post-It Notes,
Windex
A work of the church
It is time to organize our 4 teams for the schools Weekend
Meal Program. We serve the Kindergarten, Guy Berry, and
Junior High. Each week a team packs meals for up to 75
kids, so that they will have some food over the weekend.
We need people to shop for the program, lead a team, and/
or help pack once a month. If you would be interested in
this service program, please sign up on the Family Bulletin
Board. If you have questions, please see Lynell Davis.
If you have a Bible question or a
suggestion for a Bible class topic,
please fill out one of the cards in
the foyer and place in the box.
Check out the
“Tree of Golden Deeds”
in the west foyer
 Ladies’ Day planning meeting will be
this
afternoon
at
4:15 in building B.
 If
you
apron
used
that
for
have
an
can
be
decorating
for ladies’ day, please
put
your
name
on
the back and bring it
to Jessie Camp.
Ladies’ Day ~~~ Saturday, September 12
“A Recipe for a Sweet Life”
Speaker: Amanda Ketchum /Mayfield, Kentucky
Sign-up lists are posted for those who plan to attend —
can help with food— or need a ride.
PRAYER LIST......NOTES......
Baxter Retirement Village
Mike Nash, Deidree Smalec, Danny
Phelps, Troy Massey
Care Manor
Jimmy Horton, Lozell Pitchford,
Loudene Foster, Mary Scheer
Good Samaritan
Naomi Britt
Hiram Shaddox
Estelle McDaniel
Homebound
Veneda Hayes, Bessie Saxion
Please keep all of these people in your prayers as they contend with illness and
other situations in their lives….Betty Lute...Ellis Jones...Charlotte Bradley....Sherry
McGoldrick…....Judy Dunn...LeRoy Jones...... John R. Sims... .Jimmy Horton
Family and Friends….
...Willis Cheatham (Pat Cheatham’s brother), Sylvia Harden’s daughter, Donnetta,
and her family; Tina Cantrell (Frank & Coleen Wilson), Rob McBride (Kari Martin),
Gary Pitchford (David Pitchford), Bill Crawford (Gary Williams), Myrtle Jones (Adam
Jones), Stan Johnson; Robert Thompson, (Liz Oden and Maxine Garner), Carl Tindall (Dennis Tindall, Janet Smith (Frances Hodges), Joyce Lansdown (Deloris Larson), Aubrey Williams, Sophia Wright (Oma Oswalt), Hugh Dewey (Chad Dewey),
Peggy Covington (Rodney’s mother), Thelma Pendergrass (Mickey Pendergrass),
Jim McCord (Clarene Morrow), Hunter Bailey (Steve & Clarene Morrow), David Burleson (Jessie Camp), Margaret Ellis (Brad Ellis)
Monroe House
Charlotte Burton, Doyle Hammack
Pine Lane
LeRoy Jones, Juanita Stone
River Lodge
Fay Miculka
FROM ME TO YOU...
A student sent this to me and asked me for my response.
"Jesus was a radical, nonviolent, revolutionary who hung around with lepers,
hookers and crooks, wasn't American and never spoke English; was anti-wealth, anti-death penalty, anti-public prayer
(M 6:5); but was never anti-gay, never mentioned abortion or birth control, never called the poor lazy, never justified torture, never fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes, never asked a leper for a copay; and was a long-haired
brown skinned homeless community-organizing middle eastern Jew."
My response: "Really?"
My longer response: Jesus fulfilled the law and NEVER broke it. His correct interpretation of a relationship with God
and man was a radical departure from the status quo of superficially religious and self appointed experts. (These guys
would have written about Him on FB too and not been able to back it up either. They called him a glutton and a wine
bibber and accused Him of being demon possessed or using the power of Satan...they were wrong too.) When confronted with this kind of sham religion He cleared the temple using a whip. He visited the poor, the rich, the synagogue and
the Samaritans. He spent time with liars, cheats, thieves, and prostitutes and CHANGED their lives. He did not become like them to fit in with them. He spoke Greek and Aramaic and when He quoted scripture He often used the modern speech translation of His times....so if He lived now he would also speak English in America. He said riches could
be dangerous to our souls; but He did have rich associations if not friends. He saved a woman from the death penalty
but yielded to it Himself. He told her to go her way and SIN no more. He read scripture in public and prayed in public
but condemned public performance for the praise of men. He took a strong stance against immorality and taught plainly
against lust and adultery. He said if you hurt a "little one" it would be better if you went swimming with a millstone tied
around your neck. When He taught about bad stewards...people who didn't do their jobs with opportunities entrusted to
them and ended up poor and unemployed they were called wicked and lazy. When He healed a group of lepers and
only one returned to thank Him He was appreciative and seems to indicate that it would have been appropriate for the
others to have done the same...not actually a copay but a payment of gratitude. In the parable of the unforgiving servant the man was delivered to the tormentors. (An approved ending for one without mercy). He paid HIS taxes. When He
had dinner with a tax collector the man gave a rebate because he had been cheating. He lived at home until he started
his personal ministry. He accepted appropriate hospitality (food, lodging) commiserate with the accepted customs of a
traveling teacher. One of his disciples wrote that even nature itself teaches it is a shame for a man to have long hair...so
I doubt he had it. It can't be proved. But this view is much more accurate than the Italian images of the Anglo Saxon
Jesus. He did not organize the community, He called them to the Father and when His words offended people and they
walked away He asked His closest friends, "Will you go away too?" He taught plainly that people who had sex without
being rightfully married were guilty of adultery (no shame just truth).
He didn't meet anybody's expectations except God's.
Lonnie Jones Blog 4/22/15
A friendlycha
church
withaa vital
vital message!
A friendly
with
message!
Mountain Home Church of Christ
380 North College
Mountain Home, AR 72653
Phone: 870-425-4330
Fax: 870-425-8118
E-mail: church@centurytel.net
Service Times
Sunday Morning Bible Class............. 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Morning Worship................ 10:30 a.m.
Sunday Evening Worship...................5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Night Bible Class............6:30 p.m.
T.V. Programs
“In Search of the Lord’s Way”
With Bro. Phil Sanders
Sunday Morning 7:00 A.M.
KOLR Channel 10, Springfield, Missouri
Preaching the Gospel currently airs on DirecTV,
Channel 376, Dish Network, Channel 276, and You
Tube every Sunday morning at 6:30 a.m. reaching
more than 30 million homes. It also airs daily on
Gospel Broadcasting Network. Visit www.gbntv.org
for times. Sponsored by White Oak Church of
Christ, P. O. Box 15148, Chattanooga, TN 37415.
goodnewstodaytv@gmail.com
The Word of God says...
Hear...Romans 10:17
Believe...Hebrews 11:6
Repent...Luke 13:3; Acts 2:38; 17:30
Confess...Matthew 10:32,33; Romans 10:10
Be Baptized...Mark 16:15,16; Galatians 3:27;
I Peter 3:21; Romans 6:3,4
Be Faithful...Revelation 2:10
FOR THE RECORD
August 9, 2015
MORNING ATTENDANCE (Christ Quest) 773
EVENING ATTENDANCE
199
CONTRIBUTION
10,207
GIVEN TO DATE
$352,091
BUDGET TO DATE
$370,688
Our Shepherds
Wayne Camp
Frank Daniels
Cameron Davis
David Pitchford
John Schuhknecht
Dennis Tindall
404-3000
405-9821
404-7367
425-8554
404-0114
481-5063
Our Servants
Andy Bell
Bruce Caldwell
JR Camp
Lloyd Camp
Rodney Covington
Chad Dewey
Delbert Dover
Jim Estes
Ellis Jones
Jerry Maleare
Landon Pitchford
Dennis Priborsky
George Rowlett
Our Staff
Minister, Ken Burton
Youth & Family, Michael Lance
Secretary, Donna Smith (M-T-W)
Secretary, Kelda Jones (Th-F)
405-0865
404-2516
425-4330
425-4330
Devo at
Baxter Retirement Village
Wednesdays at 1:30
Monday Night Ministries
meets each week
at 6:30 in building B
SERVICE ROSTER
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Frank Daniels
SONG LEADER: David Pitchford
CLOSING PRAYER: Cameron Davis
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23
MORNING
EVENING
SONG LEADER:
Dennis Tindall
Larry Pitts
OPENING PRAYER:
Rod Covington Tim Paden
SCRIPTURE READING: Richard Pyeatt Tim Herold
CLOSING PRAYER:
Cleo Wyatt
L.D. Camp
GREETERS:
George & Dana Rowlett
John & Anne Schuhknecht
Mountain Home Church of Christ, Inc., 380 N. College, Mtn. Home, AR 72653