April 18, 2017 Volume 50 Issue 16

Ministry Team: Jill Crandall

Bruce Daughtry Tammy Frintz

Brian McGonagill Glen Moore

Eleanor Nelson Mark Schinnerer

Charlie Weatherford

DEACONS Travis Crandall

Johny Harris Larry Mitchell Mike Owens Virgil Smith

Glenn Wells

SHEPHERDS Barry McDowell

Jimmy Neatherlin J. R. Stroble

Our Door is Open Anyone wanting to meet

with our Elders is en-couraged to contact any of the elders to set up a

time.

Sunday Services

Sunday Bible Class 9:00 am

Morning Worship 10:00 am

Evening Worship

5:00 pm

Wednesday

Fellowship

Ladies Bible Class 10:00 am

Wednesday Night Meal

6:00 pm

Bible Class

7:00 pm

LTC Results

I spent the weekend with a group of 20 kids and 20 parents/siblings at Leadership Training for Christ. This is an event our kids participate in each year on Easter weekend. They per-form in many different areas to build skills needed to lead the church. I want to share what our team accomplished.

Puppets: 3 gold, 1 silver

Drama: 2 gold, 1 silver

Chorus: silver

Bible quiz: 2 silver, 1 bronze

Signing for the deaf: 4 gold, 2 silver

Art: 4 gold, 1 silver

Speech: 1 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze

Bible reading: 4 gold

Song leading: 4 gold, 2 silver

Scrapbook: 1 gold

Children's book: 1 gold

Poetry: 1 bronze

Fiction: 1 silver

Bulletin board: 1 gold

Outreach: 1 gold

Service: 15 gold

Leadership: 4 gold

Teaching: 3 gold

Daily devotion: 3 gold

Bible reading challenge: 4 gold

And one amazing $1000 college scholarship for Alex Mitchell!

And better than any medals-the kids and all of the families had a wonderful time serving God, building skills to lead the church, and growing closer to God and one another. Thank you for supporting us and praying for us. We look forward to leading services Sunday evening to show you a sample of our kids' hard work.

Ann Halford

In light of our amazing weekend at LTC, I also want to highlight one special lady today. Ann Halford has spent the last several years teaching a group of our young ladies to sign. I have never seen a more beautiful example of the older gen-eration teaching the younger generation. The look of pride and joy in her face brings tears to my eyes as she watches the girls sign Bible verses and songs for the judges, and the girls adore her.

The book of Titus tells our older generation of ladies to teach the younger ones, and I am so thankful that Ann has gladly accepted this role for so many years. She has never let her age be an excuse to sit at home and do nothing. She amazes me.

Thank you, Ann, for being such a wonderful mentor to so many of us. We love you. ~Jill

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Announcements

Family Camp will be June 21st to June 25th this year at Mountain View Christian Camp. This year’s speaker is one of our own home town boys, Joey Cummings. Registration is now open! You must come into the office and have your $25.00 deposit to reserve your space. Spaces are a first-come first-served basis and are priced as follows, plus the de-posit: R.V. Campers: $50.00 per R.V., Dorms: $75.00 per family, Motels: $100.00 per room, White House: $150.00 per room.

2017 MVCC Camp Sessions

Session 1: July 2nd-8th (ages 8-15) Director: Leland Mallett

Session 2: July 9th-15th (ages 13-18) Directors: Bruce Daughtry and Taylor Robles

Session 3: July 16th-22nd (ages 8-13) Director: Bruce Daughtry

Session 4: July 23rd-29th ages (13-18) Director: Ray Young

This year’s theme is “Renew” so journey with us as we renew our minds through Christ. Early registration ends Sun-day, April 30th. You may register your child online at www.mvccalto.com and click “register now” or you may come into the office and fill out the application. Also, if you would like to help our Sunset kids go to camp, please mark Camp

Scholarship on your check and drop it in the offering plate or come see Eleanor in the office.

The Children’s Home of Lubbock has asked us to collect girls’ underwear and to pray for their chil-

dren. There is a bucket in the foyer and the pick-up date will be Friday, May 12th.

We are needing lots of help to make our Single Mom’s Spa Day on Saturday, May 6th a great suc-cess. If you can help make cookies, take care of kids, help with the activities for the moms, set up, and clean up, please sign-up on the sheet in the foyer. We need a head count for all those willing to help so that we know for sure we have enough help. This event is being heavily advertised around town and on

the radio and is a Building Bridges event.

Shining Stars Pre-School will hold their graduation on Thursday, May 11th. All are invited to attend.

Baccalaureate services are Sunday evening, May 14th for our graduating seniors. Our 2017 Seniors

are Cierra Brito, Austin Campos, Cyd Campos, Waylon Mendoza, Alex Mitchell, and Sandon Whitzel.

Vacation Bible School-This year’s theme is called “Maker Fun Factory” and this theme focuses on allowing the kids to become hands-on inventors who discover they're lovingly crafted by God. Jill is going to be looking for lots of help this year, so please mark your calendars for June 5th-9th if you are able to help in any way. She will also be posting dates and times where she will need help mak-

ing decorations and props, so please let Jill know if you are interested in helping.

Lakeview Christian Hospice Care is seeking a Full Time Chaplain to work with dying patients. Must be willing to work in patients homes, work comfortably in a multi denominational environment, knowledge of the grief process and understanding of hospice philosophy. Please apply at 1300 N. Canal or call Cindy

Defer 887-0933.

Coffee & Cars is Saturday, May 6th at 9:00am in the back parking lot. All are invited and if you happen to

have a cool car please bring it. For more information please see Charlie Weatherford.

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Prayer Requests

Please keep the following in your prayers as they heal: Kay Oakley, Glenn Schrock, and Richard Titus.

Shut-Ins: Grace Autry, Bob and Velma Brown, Pauline Crisman, Audrey Fisher, and Vivienne Garner.

Prayer Connection Cards: Dana Britton and Alivia Medrano

The Bible Always Survives and Always Will

“Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” (Matthew 24:35 NIV).

The Bible is the most despised, derided, denied, disputed, dissected, and debated book in all of

history. This Bible has been under attack for centuries, for everything you can imagine.

Yet the Bible is still the most read, most published, and most translated book in the world. And,

most importantly, it’s still changing the lives of those who apply what it teaches.

One of the reasons I believe the Bible is God’s Word is that it has survived so many attacks

throughout history.

Despite all the attacks, today the Bible is the greatest single source of culture. It’s the greatest single source for music, art, and architecture. If you take the Bible out of culture, you would de-

stroy most of the major music, artwork, and architecture of the past 2,000 years. Even much of our English language comes from

the King James Bible.

The Bible has flourished in spite of unrelenting attacks during the past 2,000 years. Jesus said in Matthew 24:35, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away” (NIV). The only item on the planet that will last is the Word of God. Everything

else will burn up, because truth is eternal.

Voltaire, the famous French philosopher, was a brilliant atheist. He wrote a number of tracts deriding the Bible. He once made a

very bold statement: “One hundred years from today the Bible will be a forgotten book.”

Today, everyone has forgotten that quote — not the Bible! After Voltaire died, for nearly 100 years, his homestead was used as the book depository for the French Bible Society. They sold Bibles out of his house! It’s now a museum. People have forgotten Voltaire.

Nobody forgets the Bible.

No matter what attacks come the Bible’s way, it always survives — and it always will. You can depend on that.

How has the Bible affected your life? What difference has it made in your life

Does your perspective on life reflect the knowledge that this earth will one day pass away? How would your life change if you

focused your life on the one thing that will never pass away?

Ask God for the courage to stand up to those who oppose God’s Word with grace, gentleness, and wisdom.

Brian’s Corner

We extend our deepest sympathy to Andrew and Deborah Harris upon the passing of Andrew’s mom, Ruthie Harris. She passed away on Thursday, April 13th. Services were held Monday,

April 17th. Please keep this family in your prayers during this difficult time.

Congratulations to John and Jana Callicoat on the birth of their new baby! Adeline Rae arrived on Friday, April 14th. She weighed 7pounds and 1.7 ounces and was 20 inches long. Proud big sister is Kambryn. Proud grandparents are Lynn and Darlene Shelton and proud great-grandparents are Glen

and Peggy Moore.

The Sunset Directory is finally finished. I will be emailing them to you this week. The password is Sunset2017. If you would like a printed copy please come to the office and pick one up. They are

$5.00 a piece. Thank you for your patience!

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Sunday, April 23, 2017- 10:00 a.m.

Speaker:

Brian McGonagill

Worship Leader:

Mark Schinnerer

Welcome:

Glynn Shelton

Scripture:

Robert Stade

Communion Service

Alan Wood

Men To Serve Communion:

Bernie Sanchez

Carter Saler

Eugene Santo

Lynn Shelton

Andrew Sims

Jason Sims

Michael Sims

Mike Sims Thank you for serving! If unable to serve during

worship, please call: Kelly Henry at 706-3304.

Sunset Church of Christ

Sunday Morning Bible Class 133

Sunday Morning 356

Sunday Evening

Wednesday, April 12th

Ladies Bible Class 21 Wednesday Services 133

Greeters:

Green Team

Welcome Desk:

Marilyn Stade

Nursery Attendant:

Shara Bannister

Checks: $10,609.00

Bills: $586.00

Change: $4.02

Online Giving: $680.00

Total: $11,879.02

Average: $10,106.39

Weekly Budget: $9,524.00

Weekly + or (-) $582.39

Communion Service Schedule

April 23rd-Alan Wood

April 30th-Jon Barnes

May 7th-Ron Clem

May 14th-Dick Craig

Contribution & Attendance For Sunday April 16th

The meal for Wednesday, April 19th is enchiladas. The meal starts at 6:00 pm with Bible Classes for all ages

starting at 7:00 pm.