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The Roebuck

REMINDER

WELCOME TO THE

ROEBUCK PARKWAY

CONGREGATION

We want to extend a warm

welcome to any guests that

have come our way today.

We hope that you enjoy our

worship. If you have any

thoughts or questions about any

part of our services, feel free to

contact the elders at

elders@thegospelspeaks.com

CHURCH INFORMATION

400 Roebuck Parkway

Birmingham, Al. 35206

205-833-1400

www.thegospelspeaks.com

office@thegospelspeaks.com

blog.thegospelspeaks.com

SERVICE TIMES

Sundays:

Bible Class 9:00 AM

Worship 10:00 AM

Worship 1:00 PM

Worship 5:00 PM

Wednesdays: 7:00 PM

SHEPHERDS

Ron Cobb

Thurman Crawford

John Gallagher

Rick Glass

Sol Godwin

Merrill Mann

Skip McCurry

Ancel Norris

Darnell Self

Jim Timmerman

MINISTERS

Jordan Gray

Johnathan Johnson

Ray Powell

Tim Shoemaker

Jesus: The Teacher

Scrip

ture R

eadin

g: M

ark 6

:31-3

4

I. H

e had

com

passio

n

A.

Sheep

are a pitifu

l bunch; th

ey are w

holly

dep

enden

t upon a g

ood

________________________.

B.

The sig

ht o

f lost p

eople cau

sed Jesu

s to h

ave _

___________________, so

He “_

__________________ th

em

many th

ings.”

C.

Jesus' teach

ings are n

ot life

-limitin

g; H

e was sen

t to p

roclaim

_________

__________ to

the p

oor, _

_______________ to

the cap

tives, an

d reco

very

of

____________ to

the b

lind. H

is teachin

gs are fo

r our _

___________. (L

k. 4

:18-

19)

II. H

e fed th

em

A.

Jesus' co

mpassio

n b

rought H

im to

address _

_________________ n

eeds

prim

arily a

nd _

_________________ n

eeds seco

ndarily

.

B.

It is possib

le to starv

e __________________ b

y fo

cusin

g o

n p

hysica

l

need

s. The L

aodicean

s thought th

ey w

ere ___________, b

ut th

ey w

ere

wretc

hed

, pitiab

le, poor, b

lind, an

d n

aked

. (Rev

. 3:1

7)

III. T

hey

rejected H

im

A.

The m

ultitu

de w

anted

to m

ake Jesu

s their _

___________ b

ecause o

f His

miracle. W

hen th

ey fo

und H

im, H

e urg

ed th

em

to w

ork

for “th

e food th

at en-

dures to

__________________ _

___________.”

B.

When

Jesus g

ave teac

hin

gs w

ith n

o b

read, th

e Jew

s gru

mble

d. T

hey u

nder-

stood th

e _______________, b

ut th

ey fa

iled to

grasp

the w

orth

of th

e

_________________ _

_____ _

__________.

C.

In co

ntrast, P

eter said, “L

ord

to w

hom

shall w

e go? Y

ou h

ave th

e word

s of

___________________ _

__________.” (Jn

. 6:6

8)

D.

Jesus is th

e _______________ o

f much

greater m

atters than th

ose o

f our

earthly

lives.

2016 2016

Tim Shoemaker

Wednesday Night Meal

Please sign up in foyer before Wed. so Kitty will know how much food to prepare. Dinner is served at 6 pm. The cost is $5.00 each.

January 3, 2016 Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic bread, salad, Drinks and Desserts

December 27, 2015 Sun AM 487 Sun PM 240

Total Goal for 2015 127

Local Work Goal 52 16

Belize Campaign Goal 30 20

Stateside Campaigns Goal

10

Know Your Bible Goal

35

Total Baptisms 127 36

New Families 1 7

Restored 16

Weekly Purpose: $17,137.00 Contribution $ 16,862.00

Contribution YTD: $ 909,025.00 Purpose YTD: $ 873,387.00

Average Weekly YTD: $ 17,824.00

Mission Sunday: $81,522.00 (Week 51)

Prayers Sherryl Adkins Carla Allison Steve & Nancy Brown June Cooper Dot Davison Terry Davidson Beth Goodwin Susan Goodwin Kim Green Mark Harley Jimmy Howell Pat Howell Patricia Irwin Annie Ivey Randy Johnson Willie Kemp Lucille Large Frances Love Glenn May Judy Mitchell June Moore Bobbie Naish Sue & Alan Nordgren George Shoemaker Helen Oakes Anne Powell Geiselle Shephard Buddy Summers Gloria Summers Don Taylor Mary Thomas Billy White Diann Watson Friends & Family Cy Stafford ( Missionary in Tanzania Is in UAB) Donita Alexander (cousin of Sherry Le-van & Leslie Tatum) Joel Bradshaw ( Jeannie Kelley’s Father) Catherine Reaves ( Friend of Judy Mar-low) Dennis Huddleston ( son-in-law of Judy Marlow Greig Copeland ( Patty Bowling’s brother ) Leon Norris (cousin of Ancel Norris, Carolyn Windham & Kay Carver) Pauline Fields (mother of Ron Fields) Ginger Born ( Madison, Ga. C of C) Ted & Martha Morris ( sister& Bro-in-law of Ancel Norris) Conner Wilson ( Great nephew of Sue, Judy, & Gina ) Aletha Ray ( mother of Malachi Ray ) Belle Coshatt ( sister of Milton Chandler) Yolanda Cummings ( Vannessa Powell’s sister) Chris Townley( Mother of Allen Townley) Lindsay Sharp ( cousin of Tonya Hayes ) Craig Luck (cousin of Sue Holcomb ) David and Joy Luck (Aunt and Uncle of Sue Holcomb) Bruce Windham (Brother in law of Carolyn Windham) Brenda Sidoti (Julie Kincaid’s sister) Tony Crumbley ( former member ) Tori White,( Margaret White’s daughter) Kathy Godwin Roy - (Sol & Ellen’s daugh-ter), Alvin Jenkins (father of Linda Carter & Patsy O’Rourke) Bobby Fuller (Mike McGill & Judy Mixon’s uncle ), Rollie & Faye Powell (Ray’s parents) William Hodges (Rhonda Hodges’ father), Harriette & Charles Byrd (Helen Oakes’ sister & brother-in-law), Margie Holt (mother of Patty Gammage)

****Our prayer list is updated monthly.

Our Honored Guests 12 / 27 / 2015

In Town : Brandon Blackwood, Chad Grill & Family, Ron, Elena, & Alan Roberts, Melvin Thomas

Out of Town: Kenneth Frazier, Shelly Ireland, Annamarie Savino, Michael & Rena Smith,

PANTRY ITEMS:

Spaghetti Sauce, Pasta, Beanie Weenies

In What Do You Trust?

Many today make the same mistake made by Jabin who placed his trust in his league of nations that he believed would be able to save him from his enemies. In the same chapter of Joshua we read of another mistake in placing one’s trust in the wrong thing. In Joshua 11:21-23 we learn that the Anakim were a people who trusted in their own physical strength. The text tells us, “And at that time Joshua came and cut off the Anakim from the mountains: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel; Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. 22 None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod. 23 So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had said to Moses; and Joshua gave it as an inheri-tance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Then the land rested from war.” The Anakim, or “sons of Anak” were the giants in the land. When the Israelites first came to the land and sent out the twelve spies, they were told that these men were giants and could not be defeated. “And they gave the children of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land through which we have gone as spies is a land that devours its inhabitants, and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great stature. 33 "There we saw the gi-ants (the descendants of Anak came from the giants); and we were like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight” (Num. 13:32, 33). Their stature was something that produced fear in those they confronted them. Goliath of Gath was probably one of the Anakim. He was a giant between 9’ 9” and 11 feet tall. When he came out to challenge the armies of Israel, the armies of Israel fled. It was the size and the physical strength of Goliath that cause Israel to be afraid and to flee and that caused Goliath to believe that he could defeat anyone that Israel put forward. Goliath’s physical strength could not save himself nor could the strength of all the Anakim save them! Goliath boasted of what he would do to David but his physical advantage was not sufficient for a victory. David needed only one stone in his sling to take Goliath down and then using Goliath’s own sword, David decapi-tated him. Likewise the Anakim as a people were not able to defeat Israel and keep their land. Caleb, as an eighty- five year old man asked for the land where the Anakim were and with the help of God he defeated them and took that land for his own possession. Likewise the strongest among us spiritually speaking cannot save themselves. – “But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousness are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away” (Isa. 64:6). Those that depend upon their goodness are lost for as Paul said, “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Rom. 3:23), and our sin has brought spiri-tual death upon us (Rom. 5:12). The only ones that are saved are those who depend upon another – Jesus the Christ. They are the ones who by faith that obeys have righteousness im-puted to them as James says of Abraham who “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called the friend of God” (James 2:23).

-to be continued

December Youth Activities Jan. 3 - Devo at 6:00 pm at the Evans, 12 Mountain Oakes Lane, Odenville, Al, 35120. Please bring $5 for dinner. Jan. 17- Area Wide Devo - Roebuck Parkway- at 5 PM Those who went forward requesting prayers at Exposure Youth Camp:

Cheyenne Birdyshaw, Ashley Tucker, Kalee Hughes

Candace Crawford, Vadarius Woods

Lads to Leaders /

Leaderettes

2nd -5th grade

Bible Bowl between

services, bring your lunch.

Jan. 3 Parent & Student meeting

No Sunday Classes for 6th - 12th

Purpose for 2016

$ 17,200.00

Wednesday Night Class

Winter Quarter

Becoming God’s Friend-

David Skelton - Room 108

Minor Prophets - Tim Shoemaker

Room 119

How To Teach Your Children

about God- Ron Cobb-Deaf Chapel

Convention T-shirt

Available online!

For the first time in L2L history, you can wear

your convention t-shirt before convention! Order

your 2016 convention shirts at the L2L online

store and you can make sure you get one in your

size before they sell out at convention! But hurry--

online convention shirt orders will only be available

through January 30. After that, you'll be able to

purchase at convention, but we can't guarantee all

sizes will still be available.

WEE FOLKS

Wee Folks will resume on January 10

Christians in Action

(CIA)

Will resume on January 12

Bring your favorite dish for

lunch and join us at 9:30 for

CIA Class.

AREA WIDE SINGING

Mark your calendar for

our annual area wide

Singing.

February 5, 2016

7 PM TO 9 PM

Please bring finger foods, sandwiches, little

smokies, chip & dip, desserts, and drinks.

Invite all your neighbors and friends

CONNECTION GROUPS

WILL MEET AGAIN

STARTING FEB. 1, 2016

SIGN UP SHEETS ARE IN THE FOYER

UNTIL JANUARY 24. PLEASE CON-

SIDER SIGNING UP. IT IS A GREAT

WAY TO GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

LADIES TIME OUT

FOR ALL AGES

January 4

At the home of

Donna Shoemaker

4639 Fairfax Court

Birmingham, AL 35235

4 PM TO 6 PM

BRING FINGER FOODS AND DRINKS

BIBLE CORRESPONDENCE COURCE

SPECIAL NOTE

May God bless you as you read thought this spe-

cial note that I have included. After taking a free

Bible study through the mail from a Church

here at Madison, Wisconsin. I became more

aware that I had not been properly baptized. As

I studied the Bible and answered these Bible

lessons I realized that it was necessary for me to

be properly baptized by immersion under water.

And thank God it was possible, I thought it

couldn’t be possible being where I am, but by

the grace of God I was baptized, immersed un-

der water on August 10th, 2015. Everybody at

Four Lakes Church of Christ are happy and

have rejoiced that I have become a Christian

and added to the Church of Christ. Pam knows,

the one who used to correct my Bible lessons. I

was given a certificate of my baptism. Thank

God I am saved! I will be going to heaven! Glory

to God!

( This is a prisoner in Wisconsin that has been

a student of Pam Rachal. If you would like to be

a part of this great work please contact the

Church office. We will sign you up as a BCC

teacher. It is a easy way to teach the Bible.)

Restored - Brandon Blackwood