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· October 23rd—Ladies Prayer Meeting 10am

· October 25th—Trunk or Treat/Free Yard Sale/Canned Food Drive

· October 29th—Thanks for Giving food forms due for number of bags filling

· October 30th—Ladies Prayer Meeting 10am

· November 4th—Set clocks BACK 1 hour before you go to bed

· November 5th—Daylight Saving Time ends-Set clocks BACK 1 hour at 2am

· November 8th—Deadline to return Thanks for Giving donations for turkeys

POCKET CHANGE for Turkey’s: We will be collecting your pocket change for the THANKS for GIVING turkey’s through Wednesday, November 8th. You can use your own cans or the ones that are available in the foyers. When full, please give cans or any donations directly to Teresa Reaves. Please do not bring filled cans or donations to the office or leave them sitting around.

THANKS FOR GIVING FORMS: The forms that are used for you to let us know the number of bags of food that you will donate to Thanks for Giving are in the front foyer. Please fill the bottom portion out and put it in the box provided by October 29th. Keep the top portion that has what you need to fill the bags. HANK’S Market has pre-bagged food bags ready for you to purchase for $12.50 PLUS Tax. Pick up instructions on this option in the front foyer.

ADOPT TO CONSIGN is a children’s consignment sale that will give all proceeds to help families who are adopting. It will be at Laurel Church of Christ this

Friday, October 20th from 8am-3pm and Saturday, October 21st from 8am-2:30pm (half price sale). Consignors are needed that have children’s/teen clothing, gear, furniture, bedding, toys, books and maternity clothes. Contact Nat and Teresa Moffett at adopttoconsign@gmail.com OR http://adopttoconsign.wixsite.comadopttoconsign.

Wednesday, October 25th Our event begins at 5:30pm

This is a FREE chili and hot dog dinner for Trick or Treaters accompanied with parents/guardians. Candy/Treats will be passed out of the trunks of vehicles. Inflatable's for preschool to younger teens will be set up to play on. Some of the inflatable's will be restricted according to age and height of the child. For safety reasons, please do not drop your children off and leave. We request that parents/guardians please stay with your children during the evening as they eat and play.

There will be no AWANA or Bible Classes. Everyone is encouraged to participate in Trunk or Treat and, feel free to dress scary or not scary. All are welcome! Contact the Church office at 483-7471 with questions; Monday-Friday 9-4:30 pm.

Faith without Works is Dead

How do we know we have a faith that is vibrant and alive?

How do we know we possess a faith that makes a difference? How

do we know we have true religion?

James addresses this issue in 2:14-26. Faith expresses itself

in works/deeds. We are not saved by our works, rather, James

emphasizes we are saved for our works.

The faith/works issue in James is different from Paul’s faith/

works discussion. In Galatians, Paul deals with “works/

performance” of the old law rituals. He maintains they cannot save.

And, they are not necessary now because of Christ’s salvific work at

the cross.

In James, the author deals with how our Christian deeds are

a wonderful expression of our faith. This is an expansion of what we

already saw in chapter 1—taking care of the widows and orphans.

This is true religion.

Martin Luther, as it is well known, had problems with the

book of James. He felt that it emphasized works too much, and that

it did not say much about Jesus. Consequently, he preferred not to

use it, and even felt like it did not need to be in the canon, calling it

a “strawy epistle” (i.e., not having much value like piece of straw!).

But we know that belief alone is not true religion. This is the

very point that James is going to make. In fact, he points out, the

demons also believe. But they tremble (presumably because they

know their eternal destiny and outcome based on the fact that

their belief did not result in obedience to the will of God).

Our faithful expressions of caring (deeds) are a beautiful

thing to see when coupled with belief. When our belief in God is

the basis of our Christian works, we do so with humility and love.

Belief is the motivation of our deeds. The royal law is the

motivation of our works.

Remember: “As the body without the spirit is dead,

so faith without deeds is dead.”

In Christian love, Curtis

Consider the postage stamp. Its

usefulness lies in the ability to stick to

one thing until completed.

“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.”

Romans 12:11 NIV

From the Heart of Curtis McClane

THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

LADIES CLASS invites you to join them as they study The Word of the Lord: Seeing Jesus in the Prophets by Nancy Guthrie. This is the

5th and last book in the video series on seeing Jesus in the Old Testament. Make plans to join them in the library at 6:30pm!

CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE

Wednesday, December 6th (toys may also be dropped off to Levi on Wednesday, November 29th or Sunday, December 3rd). THANK YOU!

At our Annual Trunk or Treat we also do a

FREE YARD SALE

and Collect CANNED

FOODS. Please keep

this in mind if you

can help. if you have

Yard Sale items to

donate it is preferred that items not be

dropped off at the church building until

the day of the event

(October 25th). We

have no storage

space.

November 12……………...………………….... Elaine Warren November 15…………...……………...Madison Goodpasture November 18…………………………………….Tom Rubright November 21 …………………………………….Nancy Prater

Attendance Records

10/08/17

10/15/17

Bible Class 59 60

AM Assembly 134

Includes 8 Ustream Viewers

139

Includes 9 Ustream Viewers

PM Assembly Small Groups Small Groups

Wed. Bible Class 10/04/2017

Auditorium—NA Ustream– 5

10/11/2017

Auditorium—NA Ustream– 8

THRU October 15th, 2017

Average Weekly

Year to Date

Budget $6,474 $271,908

Actual Collection $5,401 $226,849

Over (Under) Budget ($1,073) ($45,059)

Weekly Worship

Assignments

Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 Preaching: Curtis McClane

Greeter(s) Members of Highland View Prayer Leader

Jim Goodpasture

Communion Prayers

Rodney Griffin

Serve Communion

Rodney Griffin, Richard Mynatt, Mark Pratt, Jim Roper, Tom Rubright, Walt Scarbrough, Mike Travaglini, Joe Widner

AM Closing Prayer

Ray Smith

PM Small Groups

REMEMBER TO PRAY for those

in the Military: Lauren Pratt, Air Force, California; Chris Sadler, Marines, New Orleans; Chris Scott, Air Force, Iraq; Jay (Lois Hart’s nephew) Afghanistan; Major Ted Wilson (Loretta Rollins’ brother) Chaplin in Air Force, Ohio.

NURSERY

For your convenience, there is a nursery on either side, at the back of the auditorium, available for your use with speakers so that you will be able to hear the lesson.

CHILDREN’S CHURCH AGES 4yrs-3rd Grade 10:45am to 11:30am

All children go to the auditorium at 10:30am and are dismissed before the sermon to go to room 10 for Children’s Church.

Monthly Assignment

(Coordinator)

October 2017 November 2017

Close Building (Joe Lochamy)

TBD TBD

Communion Prep (Phil McCulley)

Phil & Alva McCulley Phil & Alva McCulley

Bake Bread (Sandy Mitchell)

Sandy Mitchell Sandy Mitchell

Baptismal Care (Teresa Reaves)

Paula Morgan Mildred Goodpasture

Sunday Prayer/Table (Jim Goodpasture/Phil Watson)

Jim Goodpasture Phil Watson

Prayer Requests (Nancy Hensley)

Nancy Hensley (1&2) Shayna Scott (3&4) Nancy Hensley (5)

Pat Deems (1&2) Melanie Palmer (3&4)

The CLOTHING CLOSET is in need of

BOY’S CLOTHING in ALL sizes.

Sevier Drive Church of Christ at

946 Sevier Drive, Harriman, TN

37748, will host their 42nd

Annual Ladies Inspiration Day

on November 4th. “What Will Your Answer

Be?” Matthew 10:32-38. The speaker is Sister

Kellye Ludy from Shepherd Church of Christ in

Chattanooga, TN. Registration is 9:30am.

Contact information: 865-482-9406.

ROCKWOOD Church of Christ at 129 S.

Chamberlain Ave., Rockwood, TN., will host

a Ladies’ Day on Saturday, November

11th. “Putting Faith To Work In Our Lives.”

Amelia Guenther will speak. Registration

begins at 9am, program begins at 10am

with lunch after. A RSVP is appreciated but

not required—865-354-0855 or email

rockwdcc@gmail.com

Call Debbie at 483-7471 with requests and updates. Recent Prayer Requests: Pray for a smooth transition for CATHERINE SERAFIN as she will be moving this week to Diversicare of Oak Ridge, formally named Briarcliff Health Care Center. Continue to remember these people in your prayers as they recover from surgery: JOE TACKETT, CHARLESTINE THRIFT, DAVID EARLY, JUDY WALLACE, JOHNNIE LOWERY. WADE BIBBEE is on new medication for GERD/Reflux which is causing his nausea. The doctor believes that it will help. Please continue to pray for healing. Continue to pray for a complete recovery for JOHN CRAWHORN. A blood specialist is monitoring him at home. Remember TRACY and pray for comfort and strength as she cares for him. Teddi Dison’s mother, REVA SCARBROUGH, was admitted to Parkwest Sunday morning. Please remember this family in your prayers.

Continually Pray for: Janice Brown, Mark Case, Mackenzie Coleman, Dennis Connelly, Harriet Cofer, Ellie Deems, Nancy Dowell, Riley Hackworth, Len Hart, Thomas Haynes, Beth Jinkerson, Missy King, Sarah McKamey, Francis Mowery, Donna McPheeters, Ray Nichols, Joy Pryor, Catherine Serafin, Fanny Smith, Kevin & Tasha Spann, Malcolm & Randy Theisen, Jordan Wagner, Don Welch, Jay Woods, Clayton Woodward. Remember these with cancer: Frances Bev (Joe Ann Moore’s sister); Martha Bridges (friend of Mickie Widner); Larry Boone (friend of Braswell’s); Tony Briggs (friend of Bibbee/Haynes); Daisy Bundy; Joe Collins; Mary Jo Dailey (Cheryl Taylor's sister); Pam Davis (co-worker of Kathy Henley); Robert Davis (Dodd’s friend); Jack Freeman (uncle of Don Welch); Barbara Goins (Dana Early’s Aunt); Linda Grace (VanOver’s friend); Jerry Griffin (Rodney’s dad); James Hahn (Jo Shuford’s brother); Mike Hazen (friend of Dana Early); Rick Hensley (friend of April Connelly); Mike Howard (Bette Thomason’s nephew); Jackie Issacs (Loretta Rollins’ cousin); Mary Alice Jefferson (Charlestine Thrifts’ niece); Shonte Lamb (friend of Fanny Smith); John Lawry (Amanda VanOver’s father); Amanda McAmis; Sharla McAmis (daughter-in-law of Joe & Dawn); Michael Moore (Johnny’s nephew); Sarah McKamey; Amy Mitchell (friend of Ginger Griffin); Carrie Morton (Jonathan Scott’s friend); Erb Mowery; Richard Mynatt; Rachel Pyle; Roy Rollins (Tracy's father); Lisa Rutherford (friend of Pat Deems); Kim Simmons (Neighbor of Wallace's); Clarence Smith ( Paula Tackett’s uncle); Jamie Smith; Robert Smith (Jean Smith’s son); Greg Swafford (Preschool teachers husband); Charlestine Thrift; Paul Wallace (Amanda VanOver’s uncle); Pat Wantland (friend of Fanny Smith); Mike Watson (cousin of Phil Watson & Nancy Donsbach); Ollie Wells (friend of Henley’s); Pam Wilson (friend/co-worker of Dana Early); Stephanie Zinowski (Orma Barrows’ niece).

NURSING/ASSISTED/RETIREMENT HOMES: *Janice Brown (Memory Care Unit, rm. 211); Harriet Cofer (Memory Care Unit); *Malcolm & Randy *Theisen (Memory Care Unit, rm. 208) Courtyards Briarcliff (Bldg. 2) *Earlean Lindsay (rm. 114) Sardis Community Nursing Home (613 Lee St., Sardis, MS 38666) *Dorothy Maberry (Apt. 303) Morning Pointe Assisted Living of Brentwood (1522 Wilson Pike,

Brentwood, TN 37027) *Joy Pryor (rm. 230) Ben Atchley Veteran’s Home (1 Veterans Way, Knoxville, TN 37931) *Catherine Serafin (room 310) Norris Health and Rehabilitation Center (3382 Andersonville Hwy,

Andersonville, TN 37705) MOVING this week to: Diversicare of Oak Ridge (100 Elmhurst Drive, Oak Ridge)

*Joyce Tye (rm. 305) The Webb House (115 Jennings Lane, Smithville, TN 37166) *Mary Woodward Cottonwood Estates Gracious Retirement Community (255 Vaughn Dr. Apt. 223,

Alpharetta, GA. 30009)

OUR ELDERS Johnny Moore………………..…johnmoore99@bellsouth.net 865-483-8953 Kevin Reaves……………………………..ktreaves@comcast.net 865-603-4351 Ray Smith…………………………….....draysmith@comcast.net 865-482-4224

MINISTER OF PREACHING Curtis D. McClane………………...curtismcclane@gmail.com 865-599-0203 Curtis’ blog………………………….....http://curtismcclane.theobloggers.com

MINISTER OF YOUTH & FAMILY LIFE Levi Dodd………………………..…..........dodd.levi@gmail.com 931-267-8240 Levi’s blog………………………………..http://seizeabundantlife.blogspot.com

CURRICULUM/FAMILY INVOLVEMENT Erin Dodd……………………...….........edodd2911@gmail.com 865-483-7471

HIGHLAND VIEW PRESCHOOL (PEP) Jackie Cornett……………………....jcornett009@comcast.net 865-483-7478

CHURCH SECRETARY Debbie Woodward.........highlandviewchurch@gmail.com 865-483-7471 NEWSLINE/FAX………………………………………………………………...865-483-5211

Highland View Church of Christ 138 Providence Road Oak Ridge, TN 37830 The mission of the Highland View Church of Christ is to seek the lost and to teach Christ. We are intent upon following only Jesus’ example in our daily lives through Strengthening our faith in Him by serving others.

SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Sunday Bible Study……………...…………………………………………….9:30 a.m.

Sunday Worship………...…………………………………………………….10:30 a.m.

Since Small Groups meet at various times—some before morning worship, some after and some in the evening; we do not have evening worship in the auditorium. Contact Curtis McClane for Small Group information—865-599-0203

Wednesday Bible Study……………………………………………………..6:30 p.m.

AWANA meets from August-May on Wednesday’s……...…….6:30 p.m.

Webpage: www.highlandview.church E-mail: highlandviewchurch@gmail.com

Deadlines for Article/Announcement Submission to Publications 1. Bulletin: Monday by 12 noon (illness updates can be called in by

Tuesday at 11 a.m.) 2. Wednesday Handout: Wednesday by 2 p.m. 3. Sunday Handout: Friday by 11 a.m. unless the office is closed on

a Friday, then it must be in by Thursday at 11 a.m. RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Non-Profit U.S. Postage

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