says, “How can I unless

someone explains it to

me?” (Acts 8:30-31) The

Eunuch invites Philip to get in

and sit beside him. Philip joins

the Ethiopian Eunuch and

helps him to understand

Scripture. Who are the peo-

ple in your life that God

needs you to sit beside and

guide? There are Ethiopian

Eunuchs all around us, but

none of them will change if

we do not get up and go

and sit beside and guide.

Sharing the Gospel message

of salvation and general Bibli-

cal truth with people can be

scary and difficult. In our

twenty-first century world

we see dramatic moral ero-

sion and moral decay all

around us! That is why the

Lord needs us to get up and

go and sit beside and guide.

Do like Philip and tell the

Jesus story because that is

how the door gets opened

for outsiders to become in-

siders.

IHS,

Josh

A Practical Guide for Shar-

ing the Gospel

Sharing the Gospel message

of salvation and general Bibli-

cal truth with people can be

scary and difficult. In our

twenty-first century world

we see dramatic moral ero-

sion and moral decay all

around us! It can be easy to

see individual people who are

living in sin or groups of peo-

ple living in certain sinful life-

styles and think that they are

our enemy. But our real en-

emy is Satan who clouds peo-

ple’s minds and convinces

people that they are right in

what they are doing - even

when they are one hundred

percent wrong. Times change

and moral depravity increases

- but man’s greatest need is

still the same it has always

been. Man needs Jesus and

His saving power and he

needs someone to share the

Gospel message of salvation

and general Biblical truth.

The account of Philip and the

Ethiopian Eunuch in Acts 8:26

-39 provides for us a practical

guide for sharing the truth

with people. Here is the first

lesson that guides us in know-

ing how to share the truth

with people. You have to get

up and go! An angel of the

Lord challenges Philip to go

and meet this Ethiopian

Eunuch. The Ethiopian

Eunuch believes in the God of

Israel and he is reading the

Old Testament Book of

Isaiah, but he does not under-

stand what he is reading. The

Holy Spirit directs Philip to

go to this chariot and stay

near it. This account would

not even be recorded in the

Bible if two simple things had

not happened. First - God

told Philip to get up and go.

(Acts 8:26) Second - Philip

got up and went. (Acts 8:27)

Who are the people in your

life that God needs you to get

up and go to? So often in our

lives we do not have an issue

with understanding God’s

prompting in what He wants

us to do. The issue comes in

us getting up and being re-

sponsive to what God is

prompting us to do.

So - we have to get up and

go. And then we have to sit

beside and guide. Philip im-

mediately got up and went as

he was told. He gets to the

chariot and hears the man

reading the Book of Isaiah.

Philip asks him “do you un-

derstand what you are read-

ing?” The Ethiopian Eunuch

Minister’s Notes

T H I S

I S S U E

Ministers Notes

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Ryan’s Renderings

Ryan Christman

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Volunteer

Schedule

3

Calendar of

Events

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Youth

Happenings

August 9 All Youth, Back to School Party at Riverfront Park at

5:00 P.M. Details to be announced.

August 26 Konnect begins. Dinner will be served at 6:00.

September 19 Kids City, trip to Black Bear Falls, more details to

follow.

Prayers for July

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Volunteer Schedules for August

WEEKLY 08/02/15 08/09/15 08/16/15 08/23/15 08/30/15

Greeter Edna McNamer Mary Burgess Judy Harmon Jessica Lairres Pernia Martin

Nursery during

Sunday School Cherlyn Brown Jenny Ross Pat Ramsey Cherlyn Brown Jenny Ross

Nursery during

Church Linda Brown Joy Ramsey Linda Brown Joy Ramsey Linda Brown

Pastoral Prayer &

AM Communion Travis Mayton David McKissack Jeff Brown Larry Laymon Travis Mayton

PM Communion Jeff Brown David McKissack Frank Mee Jeff Brown David McKissack

Projection Travis Wolfe Larry Laymon Kevin Mee Tony McKissack Larry Carver

Sound Board Larry Carver Kevin Mee Tony McKissack Larry Carver Kevin Mee

MONTHLY

Communion

Clean - up Pernia Martin

Elevate Jr. Cherlyn Brown

Elevate Pat Ramsey

Fellowship Meal

Hostess Cherlyn Brown

Marquee

up keep Fred & Joy Ramsey

Jessica

Lawson, Jennifer

Lawson, Louise

Lawson, Shirley

Mayton, Becky

Mayton, Conny

Mayton, Travis

McKinney, Larry

McNamer, Edna

Mee, Bess

Mee, Josh

Niles, Cindy

Odell, Denny

Pearch, Ann

Roberts, Jeff

Robinson, Sharon

Snyder, Barbara

Snyder, Evelyn

Unspoken

Prayer

Adkisson, Dee

Anderson, Ed

Baker, Liz

Clark, Dugan & Rachel

Collins, Ed

Christman, Kristin

Davidson, Betty

Davidson, Gary

Davidson, Pam

Eble, Jay

Ellis, Nick

Gary, Lola

Gilley, Carrie

Hill, Effie

Hodge, Donna

Howe, Ray & Linda

Hyden, Marlyn

Webb, Terry

Wright, James

Families of

Families of Service Men in

Chattanooga Shooting

Harmon, Dub

Hixson, Lois

Kelley, Bessy

Laughlin, Betty

Military Men & Women

Wolfe, Betty

T H E C H R I S T I A N C A L L E R

The value of

persistent

prayer is

not that He

will hear us

but that we

will finally

hear Him

07/05/15- 45 in attendance for worship and an offering of $2149.00

07/12/15- 53 in attendance for worship and an offering of $3824.20

07/19/15- 64 in attendance for worship and an offering of $1465.00

07/26/15- 64 in attendance for worship and an offering of (In Sept. Issue)

Numbers for July 2015

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Missions Budget on the Bulletin

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contributions are going.

1 Thessalonians 5:17

Pray Continually

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*Jim West **Jason & Kandie Stafford

*Andrew Laymon

*Isaac Brown

*Adam Conner **Michael & Vicki Henry

*Lucy Carver

*Jacob Brown

*Corey Burgess *Ronnie Powell *Melanie Head

*Kerry Ramsey

*Madison Mee

*Jennifer Walker

**Travis & Becky Mayon

*Olivia Hardie

Sonshine Sisters 12:00

Elder’s Meeting 7:00

Fellowship Dinner 6:00

Board Meeting 7:00

*Amanda Ooten

Back to School Party

For all Youth at

Riverfront Park

5:00

Konnect begins

Dinner served at

6:00

Noisy Can Offering