Our History: The Savage Street Church of

Christ began on March 4, 1923 at 6th and H Streets. After

sometime on Evelyn Street, we moved to our present location on March 20, 1960. Join us in 2023 when we celebrate our

100th anniversary!

July 9, 2017

SAVAGE STREET Church of Christ

Back in the 1980s, I struggled with some problems in the church. A sister in the congregation, cut something out of a church bulletin, and gave it to me. It said, “Smooth seas never made a skillful sailor.”

I think the original quotation is what I have put for the title of this article, and it is an English proverb.

How do mariners, sailors, become skilled? Someone has to teach them, and then they have to get out on the open water and test what they have been taught.

That testing includes sailing the peaceful and calm seas, and the storm-tossed seas at night as well.

How can the sailor achieve great skill if he never faces life-threatening challenges?

So it is with life, regardless of what we do. Everyone experiences challenges that they believe they cannot beat. Yet, others have made it, so you press on, often because you have no other choice.

Later, even many years later, you see how those extreme challenges made you grow and gain skill that

you never would have acquired without those challenges.

Then you see others, especially younger people, struggle, and you urge them, because they want to give up, and you know how that feels, but you want them to know that even as you made it through your

challenge, so they will too, if they just exercise patience and hang on for dear life.

Sometimes we have to pray as King Jehoshaphat did when he faced a mighty power, “O our God, will You not judge them? For

we have no power against this great multitude that is coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are upon You” (2 Chronicles 20.12).

In the king’s case, the Lord heard and defeated a powerful enemy. Jehoshaphat put his total trust in God and it paid off.

Try it the next time a situation or person challenges you beyond your own wits to solve. DR

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner

10:30 Service

“And They Crucified Him”

Has the crucifixion become routine to you?

Mark 15.1–25

6:00 service

The Story Ends, Yet It Continues We continue the history

of the Book of Acts

Acts 28

Unfortunately, malnutrition is seen frequently among our African people. There are basically two types.

One is called "Dry" malnutrition or "Marasmus". The other is "wet" malnutrition or "Kwashiorkor".

"Dry" malnutrition/"Marasmus" is were the child/person does not get enough of any kind of food. This would be what many people call starvation. The signs of this type of malnutrition are thinning hair, face of an old man, always hungry, very thin, very underweight and potbelly.

"Wet" malnutrition/"Kwashiorkor" is were the child/person does not get enough protein (body building foods). Signs of this type of malnutrition include swollen "moon" face, sores and peeling skins, swollen hands and feet, loss of color in hair and skin, and wasted muscles.

Paulo is an 18 month old who presented with his great-grandmother to one of my mobile clinics. I was very sad to see his condition. He weighed 5 kg (11 lb) and looked like a little old man. His mother had died and his great-grandmother was attempting to care for him. He has now been in the hospital receiving high calorie, high protein solutions for three weeks. He is much brighter with more energy and looks much better with a weight of 6 kg (13.2 lb). Below are before and after pictures.

Here is our challenge.....We see an average of 10 - 15 malnourished patients per month and do follow-up visits and provide nutritional foods for the next month or two. Those with malnutrition are usually from extremely poor circumstances. If they cannot afford food, then they also cannot afford a big hospital bill. Most malnourished patients will spend 3 weeks in the hospital with a bill of around 250,000 tsh ($113.00). To someone who may have $1 per day, this amount is completely over-whelming. We need funds to make sure we have food, medical supplies and financial assistance for these children.

I am setting up a separate account at NYA church of Christ for malnutrition. Please help us raise funds to help these children and families.

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July Activities 16th: Mens Meeting 26th: Singing 30th: Potluck

August Activities 7th-11th: Vacation Bible School 27th: Potluck 30th: Singing

COUNTDOWN 29 days until VBS

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Jacob’s 12 Sons

Pray for Marie Collier; she will be having a heart valve replacement on the 13th.

Scott and Mandi Ridgley’s niece, Chelsi, had surgery to remove mucus from her lungs. Please keep her in your prayers as she recovers.

Del Burgess, a former member here, passed away July 5th.

Continue to pray for our upcoming Vacation Bible School.

Pray for the Chimala missionaries. (Page 3 of the bulletin and will continue the next couple weeks)

2017 Contribution Open & Close Building

July Greeters Card Collectors Meet with elders & preacher

Weekly Average……………3,197

Last Week July 2 2,991 ..................

Total After 26 Weeks 83,144.........

July 9: Rick Calvert

July 16: Kerri Ruhl

Wayne & Gloriann Duncan

Nash Crisp

Dominic Meyer

The elders and

preacher have

regular meetings.

You may come

Mondays at 1:30

PM to Don’s office.

Call first. Or they

can meet with at

another time.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

OTHER NEWS If you would like to receive the bulletin as a PDF, please see Rebekah Calvert. If you would like to have your an-nouncement run in our bulletin, please place it on the secretary’s desk before Friday morning or email it to Re-bekah Calvert: Novesker@gmail.com

Thank You!! Thank you so much to the Crisp family for hosting and wel-coming all of our families to your home for a fun day in the water!!! We love you!!

Needed: Duty roster position to be filled Phil Joseph is retiring from the duty roster position and we are in need of a replacement to fill this job. Please see the Elders if you would like to fill this position. If you have any questions on what this entails, please see Phil Joseph. He can fill you in on all of the details. Thank you.

Round Lake Christian Camp is coming up. July 30th. - Aug 4th.

Thank you for bringing in all the boxes! No more are need-ed.

Needed: There is a need for rolling pins for VBS. If you can part with yours for a week it would be gladly appreciated. Please drop them off in the office.

Substitute Teacher Needed For: -There is a need for a substitute teacher for July 9th, 16th, and 23rd for the Sunday morning junior high class. -A teacher is needed for the Wednesday night Junior high class. With singing nights and VBS during summer quar-ter, the teacher is only needed for 7 weeks!

Meetings • Mens Meeting: July 16 at 3:00 PM

Suggested Good Work Next time you fly, make sure to help someone else get their lug-gage into/out of the overhead bin.

Control Your Tongue If your words will be a poor reflection of the Lord: “For to this you were called, be-cause Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: ‘Who committed no sin, nor was deceit found in His mouth’; who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but committed Him-self to Him who judges righteous-ly” (1 Peter 2.21–23).

Where Would I Like to Go? “The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what it is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.” –Henry Ford

“A blind man’s world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an igno-rant man’s world by the limits of

his knowledge; a great man’s world by the limits of his vi-sion.” –E. Paul Hovey

“I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour—his greatest ful-fillment to all he holds dear—is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle—victorious.” –Vince Lombardi

“The great thing in this world is not so much where we are but in what direction we are mov-ing.” –Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Everyone gets an idea in the shower. But the successful ones get out of the shower, dry off, and do something about it.” –Nolan Bushnell

“If what you did yesterday still looks pretty big to you, then you haven’t done enough to-day.” –Earle Wilson

“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.” –Old Italian Proverb

“If you don’t know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else.” –Yogi Berra

“Before anything else, getting ready is the secret of success.” –Henry Ford

Our Mission Works Outside of Josephine County, Oregon

Chimala Mission Hospital and Schools,

Tanzania, Africa

Wayne Jackson & ChristianCourier.com, Stockton, California

Brad Harrub & Focus Press, Franklin, Tennessee

Don Iverson’s India Work

Don Patton’s archaeological work, especially Noah’s Ark

Mountain States Children’s Home, Longmont, Colorado

RUHL’S RULES

OUR SHEPHERDS: Wayne Duncan Dan Calvert

OUR PREACHER: Don Ruhl

OUR DEACONS: Gene Tomlinson Michael Crisp, Jr. Carl Peugh

OUR SONG LEADERS: Larry Amberg Phil Joseph Kevin Michael

OUR WEB SITE: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com

CONTACT INFORMATION: 220 NE Savage Street Grants Pass, Oregon 97526 541-476-3100 GrantsPassCofC@iCloud.com

WORSHIP AND CLASSES:

Sunday Classes 9:30 .......... Worship 10:30 ........ Worship 6:00 ........

Wednesday

Classes 7:00 ..........