WEDNESDAY INVITATION

December 23, 2015

David Samples

FRIEND &

FAMILY

FOOD

BOXES

Please pick-up your requested food box from the foyer.

_ _WE CARE ADDRESSES

You can send a card, say a prayer or make a phone call to let our members know we care.

Juan R. Castillo

1033 Estates Ct.

Stockbridge, GA 30281

That there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.

I Corinthians 12:25-26

AREA WIDE DEVO

Hosted by Tara Church of Christ

Tonight at 5:00

Pick me up Lord, and hold me in

Your loving arms, protect me from the

pressures of the day, and remove the

heaviness from my heart. Inspire me

with the knowledge that You and I

together can handle anything. Amen

Please remember those who requested prayers last Sunday:

Wanda Brown and Juan Castillo

See the notes from Todd Storks, Joyce Mayo, Sammy and Janice Oden on the foyer bulletin board.

Prayer

Requests

Ayden Abarka, Dean Bruce’s two year old great-grandson, spent some time in Scottish Rite with asthma ~ he is home now and doing better.

Ginger Born began hospice last week ~ please keep Ginger and her family in your prayers.

Jennifer Brent, the daughter of Wyn Miller’s sister-in-law, was scheduled for open heart surgery last Wednesday.

Louise, Dean Bruce’s sister-in-law, has congestive heart failure.

Cheryl Glisson, Charlotte Gilbert’s niece, passed from this life after her long struggle with cancer.

Wyn Miller leaves for California today and will spend the next few months there.

Mary Moore is being treated for kidney stones.

Debbie Plunkett, Alice Johnson’s sister, has cancer and is staying with Alice.

Bernice Smith, a former member here at Fairview, has hardened arteries in her legs.

Chris White was taken to Piedmont Henry and diagnosed with a fractured pelvis and congestive heart failure ~ she is in Room 4124 in the South Tower.

Continue to remember: Mary Frances Clark, Wyman Clark, and Libbie Hudson

MISSIONARIES: Robert Martin (Pacific Islands)

SHUT-INS: Gwinnell Goss; Sonny Vaughn

ATTENDANCE/CONTRIBUTIONS

December 13, 2015

54 a.m./32 p.m.

$4,038.00

If you have any old

eye glasses that you

would like to donate,

please bring and

place them in the

bag at the back of the auditorium. Check with Dennis Brown to see how long you have to bring them in.

Fairview Church of Christ

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

December 20, 2015

Minister:

Jerry Whitmire

678-432-4953 Home

678-492-0383 Cell

Church Info:

1048 Swan Lake Rd.

Stockbridge, GA 30281

Phone: 770-474-7107

Fax: 770-506-0136

Email:

Services:

Sunday

Bible Study . . . . 9:30 a.m.

Worship . . . . . 10:30 a.m.

Worship ...... 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Bible Study . . . . 7:00 p.m.

Worship Assignments

December 27, 2015

Announcements/Opening Prayer: Ted Brown

Lead Singing: Ted Brown

Lord’s Supper:

Dennis Brown, Carlton Smith,

Allen Dailey, Jayland Fowler

Reading: Erick Suarez

Prayer: Ben Born

Christian Character

Christian character is developed by allowing the Holy Spirit to work in our lives through the study of God's Word. We study the Bible to learn about the kind of character God desires in His people. Self-discipline is a key ingredient to being obedient to God, defeating sin in our lives, and putting on Christ-like qualities.

"No one can win a race with intermittent effort. Christ-likeness cannot be reached with that kind of effort either ~ it is an ongoing pursuit. So Paul says, "Let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained" (Phil. 3:16). The Greek verb translated "keep living" refers to walking in line. Just as a runner must stay in his lane and keep up the same effort until he reaches the finish, you must stay in line spiritually and keep moving forward toward

the goal of Christ-likeness."

~ John MacArthur

Christmas Bells

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

Till, ringing, singing on its way
The world revolved from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!

And in despair I bowed my head;
‘There is no peace on earth,’ I said;
‘For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, good-will to men!’

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
‘God is not dead; nor doth he sleep!
The Wrong shall fail,
The Right prevail,
With peace on earth, good-will to men!'