Elgin Family News & Announcements
We are overjoyed to share that Misty (Seabolt) Ford accepted Christ and was baptized shortly after the potluck dinner last Sunday. Let us all pray for and encourage her and her family.
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Today – There will be a men’s business meeting and the ladies will meet to sign cards in the fellowship hall at 5 p.m. There will be an evening devotional and song service.
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Thank you to Matt Foster who brought the message last Sunday.
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Birthdays: Bobby Ellison (September 12); Makia Smith (September 12); Jim Laxton (September 15); Rebekah Waters (September 16).
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Prayer Requests:Kelly Adkins; Wally Baker; Ronda Ball; Chris Brooks; Adam Chambers; Dewayne Collins; O.B. Cotton; Rosa Dotson; Jason Duncan; Elsie Ellis; Isabella Ellison; Roger Freels; Dawn (Freytag) Hensley; Bobby and Dorothy Hughett; Phyllis Hughett (sister-in-law of Liz Freels and Clorine Losey); Sammy Hughett (had surgery, son of Larry Hughett); Betty Jeffers; Shannon Langley; Regina Litton; Linda Lyon; Sarah Martin (2 yr. old with Lyme disease); Gail Russell-Miller; Don Newport (blood clot in his leg, Beulah’s brother); Santana Overton; David and Cathy Payne; Rachel Payne; Scott Pemberton; Barbara Posey’s mom (fell and broke her hip); Bella Posey; Louise Reed (breast cancer, friend of Beulah Young); Jennifer Ainsworth Reynolds (recovering from a stroke, 32 yrs. old, daughter of Donna Ainsworth, postmaster at Robbins); Tyler Seabolt (working in Texas due to the storms); Bobbie Seibers; Grant & Sissy Steelman; Debbie Thompson; Tony Webb; Maxine Welch; Harold and Jackie West; Catherine Wilcoxson; Frank Winenger (lung cancer, beginning treatment, friend of David and Cathy Payne); Ivory Wright; all of our members traveling this week, and our nation and those serving to protect it.
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RECENT VISITORS: Matt and Tracy Foster & their son; Donald Ford; Larry Hughett & family; Dawn Hensley.
Elgin Church of Christ
130 Rugby Hwy. (Hwy. TN 52 & U.S. 27)
P. O. Box 129, Elgin, TN 37732
Phone: (423) 627-4423
Website:
Meeting Times:
Sunday: Bible classes – 10 a.m.
Worship – 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday: Bible classes – 7 p.m.
- In Search of the Lord’s Way
Sundays at 8 a.m., Fox 43 TV (WTNZ)
- Words of Wisdomwith John T. Polk II
M–F following the Noon News on
AM 940 and FM 101.3 (WECO).
Internet streaming at
How Deep the Father's Love
It's a fascinating story that comes out of the 1989 earthquake which almost flattened Armenia. This deadly tremor killed over 30,000 people in less than four minutes. In the midst of all the confusion of the earthquake, a father rushed to his son’s school. When he arrived there, he discovered the building was flat as a pancake.
Standing there looking at what was left of the school, the father remembered a promise he made to his son: “No matter what, I’ll always be there for you!” Tears began to fill his eyes. It looked like a hopeless situation, but he could not take his mind off his promise.
Remembering that his son’s classroom was in the back right corner of the building, the father rushed there and started digging through the rubble. As he was digging, other grieving parents arrived, clutching their hearts, saying: “My son!” “My daughter!” They tried to pull him off of what was left of the school saying: “It’s too late!” “They’re dead!” “You can’t help!” “Go home!” Even a police officer and a fire-fighter told him he should go home. To everyone who tried to stop him he said, “Are you going to help me now?” They did not answer him and he continued digging for his son stone by stone.
He needed to know for himself: “Is my boy alive or is he dead?” This man dug for eight hours and then twelve and then twenty-four and then thirty-six. Finally in the thirty-eighth hour, as he pulled back a boulder, he heard his son’s voice. He screamed his son’s name, "ARMAND!" and a voice answered him, “Dad? It’s me, Dad!"
Then the boy added these priceless words, “I told the other kids not to worry. I told ‘em that if you were alive, you’d save me and when you saved me, they’d be saved. You promised that, Dad. ‘No matter what’, you said, ‘I’ll always be there for you!’ And here you are, Dad. You kept your promise!”
Our SIN leaves us in a seemingly hopeless situation, but God loves us so much that He sent His Son to rescue and redeem us (Ephesians 1:7). Jesus, God’s Son, died on the cross to pay the price for our sins and to give us the gift of eternal life (John 3:16; Romans 6:23).
In order to receive the forgiveness of our sins and the gift of eternal life, we must place our faith and trust in Jesus (Acts 16:30-31), turn from our sins in repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confess Jesus before men (Romans 10:9-10), and be baptized (immersed) into Christ (Acts 2:38). Then, as we continue to walk in the light of His Word, the blood of Jesus continues to cleanse us from all sin (I John 1:7).
Stuart Townend has written a song entitled, “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” that contains these words:
How deep the Father’s love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure
How great the pain of searing loss,
The Father turns His face away
As wounds which mar the chosen One,
Bring many sons to glory
Even though WE were in the depths of sin, God reached down to us through His Son Jesus to save us – if only we’ll accept His offer on His terms. Won’t YOU?
David A. Sargent
Church of Christ at Creekwood
Mobile, AL
Food for thought by a college freshman
I debated on posting this, but I feel like I should.
As I was getting ready yesterday to go eat with my family for my birthday, I was sitting at my vanity where I keep all of my makeup and hair products (curling iron, straightener, etc.). I have only one outlet under my vanity/desk that I can use to plug in my electronics that I need to use to get ready. I had my straightener (“necessity”) and my lamp (LIGHT) plugged in which meant no more outlets available.
I looked down at my phone and it was going dead so I automatically went to plug in my charger and realized I had to unplug one of the devices already plugged in. I knew I needed the straightener to finish getting ready, so I unplugged my lamp (light source). The lighting isn’t the best in my room and as I continued to get ready, I quickly realized I could not continue without my light source.
Then it hit me, God is our light source. On a daily, I replace Him with worldly things. In this case, my phone. Without Him, we struggle to make it through (see) what His will is for us and what we are supposed to be doing because we are blinded by worldly possessions. It’s amazing how God can use simple, every day things to open our eyes. I hope this opens someone else’s eyes, too! – Raven Wright
MATTHEW 10
R / E / T / E / P / T / E / S / S / R / H / W / I / A / P / MB / B / S / E / S / R / U / P / A / U / E / S / P / A / E / W
A / I / R / I / B / E / T / T / N / H / E / O / N / W / R / E
L / L / M / O / A / R / H / H / T / A / S / D / E / G / S / R
U / O / P / B / T / E / E / T / O / T / C / M / D / A / F / D
N / H / B / H / R / H / A / E / L / M / O / I / I / A / E / N
C / E / O / J / A / M / E / E / T / L / A / S / L / V / H / A
L / R / S / U / Y / E / S / R / O / I / S / S / L / B / G / T
E / R / E / D / S / U / U / H / S / E / N / E / W / A / U / I
A / S / M / A / T / E / T / S / L / P / W / A / I / E / S / P
N / S / A / S / H / R / P / P / E / T / I / N / A / C / L / M
N / H / J / E / A / H / I / D / D / K / S / R / A / N / A / E
H / E / E / B / S / C / L / D / A / T / O / R / I / N / A / T
O / E / T / S / S / I / P / H / I / L / I / P / N / T / A / C
J / P / E / I / E / Y / D / D / L / O / G / E / A / R / S / S
E / E / D / E / B / E / Z / N / T / C / R / E / V / L / I / S
AGAINST / ISCARIOT / RATHER
ALPHAEUS / JAMES / SHEEP
ANDREW / JOHN / SILVER
APOSTLES / JUDAS / SIMON
BARTHOLOMEW / LEBBAEUS / SPIRITS
BROTHER / MANNER / THADDEUS
CANAANITE / MATTHEW / THOMAS
DISCIPLES / PETER / TWELVE
DISEASE / PHILIP / UNCLEAN
GOLD / PUBLICAN / ZEBEDEE
HOUSE / PURSES