NEWS & NOTES

Shut–ins Virginia Mullenix

April Birthdays

FOOD/SET UP/CLEAN UP GROUPS FOR FELLOWSHIP

MEALS

A: Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct B:Feb/May/Aug/Nov C:Mar/Jun/Sep/Dec

Monalisa Harbin Bethany Sloan Ruth Brewer Gayla Bradford Donna Dailey Kristy Sloan Media Sloan Stephanie Mills Betty Ramay Kitty Waldrop Yvonne Cicero Linda Newman Helen Mulaparthi Barbie Smith Marion Waldrop Jennifer McDonald Rachel Smith Stephanie Pate Juanita Watkins Becky Adkins

Ladies, if you are not signed up for a Set up/Clean up group, There is a list on the refrigerator in the Fellowship

Hall which you may add your name to

April’s Pantry Item(s):

Soap, Shampoo and Toiletries

SPECIAL PRAYER

Tim Smith is recovering at home after his recent neck surgery. He continues to be in pain. Virginia Mullenix has been sent home on Hospice Care. Gayla Bradford has been suffering from extreme allergies as of late. Ralph Sloan has been having some health issues lately. Diane Caffee (Marion Waldrop’s cousin) who has been diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer is not doing well at this time. Brooke Waldrop (Jay and Kitty Wladrop’s daughter-in-law) continues to get better after her recent kidney stone surgery. Edith Tennyson (Gayla Bradford’s grandmother) is having more bad days health wise than good. Lisa Bombalier (Donna Dailey’s sister) continues to improve after spending a few days in ICU with blood clots in her lungs. Chris Drake’s infant son (friend of Ralph Burnell) is having some major health issues and now has a double hernia. Dena Tennyson (Gayla Bradford’s cousin) was in a bad vehicle accident the other day. Ted Anthony Jr. (friend of Ralph and Media Sloan) was in a bad accident recently. Pam Howell (Neata McDonald’s sister) had a close friend to pass away recently. Her address is 505 Tennessee St. #606 Memphis, TN 38103. Ruby Milligan (Doug’s sister-in-law) is in poor health. Luke Forsyth (son of Daniel Forsyth; grandson of Lee Forsyth; preacher at the West Blocton congregation) has a blood clot on the front of his brain and an abscess on behind his left eye.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, April 3rd Ladies Bible Class—6:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 7th

Swap-a-roo at the building 8a.m.-noon

Sunday, April 8th

County wide Church Service at the Bama Theatre. Services will begin at 5:30 p.m. Dan Winkler will be guest speak and Kyle

Wadley will be guest song leader.

Tuesday, April 10th Men’s Bible Study—6:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 14th

Saturday Sisters—9:00 a.m. At Stephanie Pate’s house

Saturday, April 21st

Empty Nesters at the Pottery Grill Hosted by Marion Wladrop

Friday, Friday, April 20th Girls for Christ—6:30 p.m.

Friday, April 27th

Boyz 2 Men—6:30 p.m.

Saturday April 28th Youth Fellowship hosted by Jean Cicero & Regina Hunt. 2:30 p.m. At the home of

Jean Cicero. Bring fishing gear!!!!

Saturday, May 5th Little Ladies Day at Mercedes Drive

April Assignments

Date Opening Prayer Closing Prayer 4/1 Don Cicero Danny Dailey 4/8 Ralph Burnell John Adams 4/15 James Hall Scott Sloan 4/22 Alex Harbin John Sloan 4/29 Ralph Sloan Ken Ramay

Vistors The Nichols Family

Dylan and Koli; Janie and Ellye 12492 Mt. Moriah Road

Woodstock, AL 35788 205-288-6314

Sunday P.M. Classes

There are classes held each Sunday at 5 P.M. for the boys on Singing taught by

Ralph Burnell and the ladies have a class at the same time in the Fellowship Hall. Come

join us!

HELPFUL BIBLE STUDY WEBSITES:

www.biblecharts.org

www.GranbychurchofChrist.org (study of Revelation)

www.studylights.org

www.turner-bible-lessons.com

Fellowship Meal There will be no fellowship meal today and we will not have the normal first

Sunday afternoon song service. Instead we will have our evening service at our normal time of 6:00 p.m. tonight. We will resume our first Sunday schedule

again in May. Naomi Mills 2-Apr

Nate Mills 3-Apr

Myles Banks 4-Apr

Kristy Sloan 11-Apr

McKinley Pate 12-Apr

Scott Sloan 15-Apr

Clabe Potter 16-Apr

Kolton Sloan 18-Apr

McCord Sloan 21-Apr

Kayla Banks 22-Apr

Tim Banks 28-Apr

MERCEDES DRIVE MERCEDES DRIVE MERCEDES DRIVE

CHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH OF CHRISTCHURCH OF CHRIST

Volume 1 April 1, 2018 Number 12

THOSE TO SERVE

Lord’s Supper

Jay Waldrop, Kevin Bradford, James McDonald, Lee Smith P.M. Phillip Edwards

LEADING IN WORSHIP 4/1/2018 Announcements……………………………..David Harbin

A.M. Song Leader……………………………….John Sloan

Opening Prayer………………………………….Don Cicero

Scripture Reading………………………...McCloud Sloan

Scripture…………………………………….Matthew 28:5-6

Sermon………………………………………...Mckinley Pate

Closing Prayer………...……………………..Danny Dailey

P.M. Song Leader……………………………...Alex Harbin

Prepare Communion

April—Kristy Sloan and Linda Newman

Send Cards

April—Jennifer McDonald

Second Saturday Sister

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If I Were the Devil

If I were the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree, so I should set about however necessary to take over the United States. I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do as you please.” “Do as you please.” To the young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.” I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good, and what is good is “square”. In the ears of the young marrieds, I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be extreme in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct. And the old, I would teach to pray. I would teach them to say after me: “Our Father, which art in Washington” . . .

If I were the devil, I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull an uninteresting. I’d threaten T.V. with dirtier movies and vice versa.

And then, if I were the devil, I’d get organized. I’d infiltrate unions and urge more loafing and less work, because idle hands usually work for me. I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills.

If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine young intellects but neglect to discipline emotions . . . let those run wild. I would designate an atheist to front for me before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to say “she’s right.” With flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule what I construe as against God and in favor of pornography, and thus, I would evict God from the courthouse, and then from the school house, and then from the houses of Congress and then, in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion, and I would deify science because that way men would become smart enough to create super weapons, but not wise enough to control them.

If I were Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg and the symbol of Christmas a bottle.

If I were the devil, I would take from those who have and I would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And then, my police state would force everybody back to work. Then, I could separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines, and objectors in slave camps.

In other words, if I were Satan, I’d just keep on doing what he’s doing.

Paul Harvey, Good Day. *Written by Paul Harvey in 1965*