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OUR PRAYER REQUEST
Pace-maker put in on Monday,
November 18th
at St.John Hospital
Neil Richey, Shreveport, LA
Via Bulletin Digest
OUR PRAYER REQUESTS John Murray’s cancer has progressed and
there is a new chemo the doctors have
prescribed for him. He received 2 units of
blood on Thursday to help with his fatigue
and it will also boost his blood count. He
will start the new intravenous chemo
program on August 20th
. Please keep John
in your prayers.
Pam Howard is home after being
hospitalized at St. Francis Hospital in
Tulsa. She needs plenty of rest.
Ronda Moss is now home. The results of
her heart tests came back good.
Charles Finney was taken to Hillcrest
Hospital with high blood pressure.
OTHERS TO PRAY FOR
Bess Brooks, Carl Best Sr., LaVerne
Boren, Carol Downs, Jeanetta Clark, Judy
Coppedge, Craig Coppedge, Sue Finney,
Lauren Graves, Luke Graves, Ronald
Hamm, Carol Hall, June Hester, Bradley
Monett, Carolyn Nelson, Carol Reiner,
Beverly Stout, Brannon Scrivener, Betty
Stafford, Billie Stafford, Janet Sharp,
TITLES We sure like titles, don’t we? Regional
Manager, District Supervisor, Vice-
President, Executive Director, Chairman of
the Board, President. You never see a
letterhead or an ID badge with ”Flunky” on
it!
We want everyone to know we are
somebody. Then Jesus comes and says,”Not
so in the Kingdom. The greatest will be the
least. Greatness will be found through
service”( read Matthew 20:20-28 and John
13:1-17.) What an upside world we live in.
Imagine moving up by bending down!
James, the brother of the Lord, was
really something in the early church. He
knew Jesus since he was a boy; he was his
brother. Jesus appeared to him personally
after the resurrection. He was a leader in
Jerusalem, met regularly with the apostles
and was an advisor to Paul. So when he
introduced himself, what did he write on his
resume? “James, a servant of God and of
the Lord Jesus Christ” (James 1:1).
The greatest title we can wear in the
kingdom of Christ is that of “servant”.
“Yet it shall not be so among you; but
whoever desires to become great among you
shall be your servant.” (Mark 10:43).
via Broadway church of Christ.
Campbellsville, KY
PRAYER REQUEST
BIBLE TRIVIA -Question of the week
Who were the parents of Jacob and Esau?
(Genesis 25: 21-26)
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Write your name below. Then cut or tear this out and turn into the office. __________________________________
Congratulations to: Wyatt Applegate, Joel Dunham,
Hermione King, and Gracie Vivion for answering last
week’s trivia question correctly!
COMING EVENTS March 8 – Power of Prayer – 6:00 p.m.
March 8 – Love Meals served
March 10 –Craft Night for the ladies – 6:00 p.m.
March 14 – Ladies’ Night Out – 6:00 p.m.
March 19 – Men’s Breakfast – 7:30 a.m.
March 22 – Tuesday Night for the Master – 6:00 p.m.
March 20-23 – Chouteau Hills Church of Christ
Gospel Meeting-( Details are on a flyer on the bulletin
board)
March 25-26 – LTC in Rogers, Arkansas
WE WILL BE HAVING A FRIENDS AND
FAMILY DAY ON APRIL 10. MARK YOUR
CALENDARS.
BIBLE READING PLAN FOR 2016
March 6-12 - Eph. 1-6, Phil. 1-4, Col. 1-4, 1 & 2
Thessalonians
Glenn Downing – March 8 Teddie Castoe – March 8 Corbin Hays – March 10 T om VanGundy – March 11
John Paul Stafford –March 12 Riley Dixon – March 12
IN NEED OF OUR PRAYERS/
ENCOURAGEMENT Health Concerns/Long Term Illnesses Robert O’Rear, Jr. is recovering from abdominal
surgery.
Lynn King is recovering from hernia surgery.
Tom VanGundy will be starting a new treatment for
pain on March 11.
Payton Stanley is back in the hospital in Memphis.
He had a shunt revision surgery on Monday.
Miamel, our brother in New Guinea, his wife, and
grandson, Suanua, all have malaria and need our
prayers.
Roberta Mitchell has requested prayers for her
grandchildren, Bradley and Ally Tomlin, who are
having dental procedures. She also requests prayers
for a grandson in California, Austin Mitchell, who
has a mental disorder.
Charles Finney will see his doctor on March 7,
concerning gall bladder surgery.
Jeanne Gregory’s tests did not reveal cancer.
Don Narney has requested prayers as he tries to
manage his seizures. He also asks for prayers for his
sister, Jerri, who is in St. John Hospital following a
stroke.
Lorene Elliott has been ill and not able to attend
services.
OUR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS Laverne Boren – Nursing home in Texas
Colonial Terrace-Pryor
Carol Reiner, Sue Finney, Sammie Casey
Shady Rest, Apt.C-10
Oliver Elliott
Avondale Cottage– Pryor
Edith Radschweit
Cancer/Cancer Treatment Colt Rowland Charles Finney Eric Yoder
Harley Turner Monty Stipes Barbara Pittman
Keith Martin
Others to Pray For Harold Anglin, Carl Ayers, Cathy Boren, Cathy Bryant,
Judy Coppedge, Robert Downs, Jerry Falling, Don Foster,
Louis Gabbard, Robert Jackson, Taylor Kegley, Deloris
Lane, Delores Martin, Juanita McNickle, Kody Ramsey,
Bill Rasnic, Teresa Stafford, Joe and Beverly Stout,
Chester Thompson, Gertrude Teague, Don and Katie
Vickery
THANK YOU
Dear Friends,
Thank you for your contribution to Clarehouse.
Your gift will be put to use in maintaining our special home
and providing loving care for terminally ill people.
You are helping to make a difference in the lives of
people in our community.
Gratefully, Jenny Tallent, volunteer
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COME WORSHIP WITH US
SERMON TOPICS FOR MARCH 6 Sunday AM – “The Battle Rages On!” Joshua 10 Sunday PM – “Don’t Get Too Comfortable” 1 Peter 2: 11-12
WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR
Jim Smith went to church one Sunday morning. He heard the song leader miss a note, and he winced. He saw a teenager talking when everybody was supposed to be bowed in prayer. He felt like the usher was watching to see what he put in the offering plate, and it made him mad. He caught the preacher making a slip of the tongue five times in the sermon by actual count. As he slipped through the side door during the closing hymn, he muttered to himself, “Never again! What a bunch of hypocrites”. Ron Jones went to church one Sunday morning. The church sang, “A Mighty Fortress” and he thrilled to the majesty of it. He was glad to hear that the church was sharing a special offering for the mission work in Nigeria. He especially appreciated the sermon that Sunday. It answered a question that had bothered him for a long time. He thought as he walked out the door, “How could a man come here and not feel the presence of God?” Both men went to the same church service on the same Sunday morning. Each found what he was looking for…. “Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.” Psalm 29:2 via church of Christ, Ripley, TN
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.pryorchurchofchrist.com
Phone: (918) 825-2539
POWER OF PRAYER
MARCH 8 – 6:00 P.M.
SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Bible Class – 9:45 a.m.
Worship – l0:35 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Wednesday
Bible Class and Devotional – 7:00 p.m.
MINISTER
D.J. Castoe, Pulpit Minister
ELDERS
Carl Best Tom Coats
Gary Risner Don Stafford
Freddie Vivion
DEACONS Don Foster Rick Howard
Louis Gabbard
MISSION WORKS OUTSIDE OF
PRYOR Hope Harbor Claremore, Ok
Ghana Outreach Ghana, West Africa
Tent City & Last Water Village Papua, New
Guinea
Church of Christ
605 South Coo-Y-Yah
Pryor, OK 74361
Bible Study……………………………………112
A.M. Worship………………………………...125
P.M. Worship…………………………………..78
Contributions……………………………...$2,808
Budget…………………………………......$3,400
Budget-Up-Date…………………..…….......-$665
LORD’S TABLE
Prayers: Freddie Vivion
Darrell White Darin Hays
Bill Reed Tanner Franks
SUNDAY NIGHT LORD’S TABLE
Darrell Applegate / Wayne Richardson
PRAYERS
Tom Coats Don Stafford
Wendell Kropp Eutaw Ragland
ASSIST DURING SERVICE
J.E. Casey / Carl Best Sr
Marlow Jones / Carl Best Jr.
SOUND BOARD OPERATORS
3/6 Jerry McCoy 3/13 Jay Martin
SONG LEADER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rick Howard Jeff Lair
VAN DRIVERS
Carl Best Jr. / Carl Best Sr.
COMMUNION GREETERS
McCoys Freunds
BAKE BREAD
3/6 Toni Vivion 3/13 Jessica Hays
1/3 Toni Vivion
March 6, 2016
RING THE MESSAGE OUT!
1 Thessalonians 1: 6-8, “You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word
in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the
believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not
only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so
that we have no need to say anything.”
In 1 Thessalonians, Paul writes to the Christians in Thessalonica sharing his thanksgiving
for their faith in the Gospel of Christ. While at one time they had served idols, now they had
turned from their idols to start serving the living and true God! Their lives had been completely
changed because of the Gospel of Christ.
But what has always been so powerful to me within this passage is what Paul wrote in
verses 7 and 8. The Thessalonians were examples to the believers in Macedonia and Achaia in
how to live a faithful life. But not only were they examples to the believers in Macedonian and
Achaia, they were also sharing the gospel in every place that they were going…I take it, no matter
where they were at and no matter who they were around, they were sharing the Gospel…they were
sharing about the life they used to live in comparison to the life they were living now after hearing
the Gospel of Jesus Christ! The message of the Gospel was ringing out from them.
Is the message of the Gospel ringing out from us? Would we be known as a congregation
that is an example of how to live a faithful life to all believers in Mayes County? Would we be
known as a congregation that speaks about the Gospel of Jesus no matter where we are or who we
are talking to?
We can talk about a lot of things, but there is only one thing that is going to save
someone’s life and that is the Gospel. We need to be living the Gospel and sharing the Gospel on a
daily basis. If we want this congregation to grow, we need to be ringing out the message every
day!
D.J. Castoe
