October 15, 2017

Welcome, Guests!We are honored that you joined us and hope that you will be blessed by your time with us. A few tips to make the most of your visit:

Register - Our guests, as well as mem-bers, are asked to register their atten-dance as the pads are passed down each row.

Attended Nursery is provided for chil-dren younger than two years of age. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.

Quiet Bags for children are available at the coat rack and a Cry Room is located in the Foyer.

Information Center has details about ministries, classes, and more. It is in the hallway as you exit the door to the left of the pulpit.

Gluten Free Communion is available in the foyer.

Hearing Assistance is available; see an usher for assistance.

Wi-Fi Password: WESTSEVENTH

Assemblies:Sunday Morning Worship 8:00 Fellowship 9:10 Bible Classes 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30Sunday Evening Worship 6:00Wednesday Eve. Bible Classes 7:00

Sunday Broadcasts:9:30 a.m. & 8:00 p.m. Charter Channel 195 CPWS Channel 13 6:00 p.m. WKRM 1340 AM

Hispanic Assemblies:Sunday Morning Bible Classes 9:30 Morning Worship 10:30Wednesday Eve. Bible Classes 7:00

405 West Seventh StreetColumbia, TN 38401

931-388-6514 Information Line: 388-4165

Email: office@w7church.org

Be the Man - Male Spiritual Leadership

Dr. Jason Bybee, minister of the Mayfair Church of Christ in Huntsville, Alabama, will be our guest and bring two sessions on our theme.

We will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end around 3:00 p.m. in the Teen Center of West Seventh. Please register on our website or see David Esslinger ifyou plan to attend.

Striving to be completely committed followers of Jesus

What’s Happening...

Church RecordSunday a.m. Worship 429 8:00 223 10:30 187

Spanish Worship 20 Poplar Estates 13 The Bridge 15Sunday Bible Class 333Sun. p.m. Worship 127 The Bridge 20Wednesday p.m. 243Budget $21,000Total Offering $16,617YTD vs. Budget -$35,369

EldersBill AlsupTom AndersonJohn CornKerry Couch Wade DenneyJerry DugginMike KeslerJohn LawJohn SimmonsJohn M. Smith

Staff Barry England Randy Owens Alex Quintero Haley Schmidt Tucker Vincent

Office - 388-6514Marriage/FamilyPreachingHispanicChildrenStudent

505-2282615-351-6239540-230-8713 840-0445 619-0544 731-613-1876 388-6125 698-2236 381-8869 388-5841

8:00 a.m. First Worship9:10 a.m. Fellowship9:30 a.m. Bible Classes10:30 a.m. Second Worship Hispanic Worship5:00 p.m. Meal in Family Center 6:00 p.m. Home Bible Studies No Children’s Bible Hour SEWING GROUP

The Sewing Group meets every Wednesday morning at 9:00 in the classroom across from the TV Stu-dio. Everyone is welcome to partici-pate. For more information contact Nancy Heffington (615-513-1504) or Faye Kinzer (931-446-4316).

SERVICE STATIONuProvide snack bags for Cox bas-ketball teams. Sign up on bulletin board if you can help.

uLast call for school supplies for Cox. Most needed: paper, 3 brad / 2 pocket folders, mechanical pencils, pencils, spiral notebooks.

THANK YOU NOTESJesse and I are so thankful for this church family, and how each of you seem to consistently and fervently encourage, support and pray for us as individuals and as a growing couple. We would not be where we are today without this kind of com-munity. Thank you for both the si-lent ways, and loud ways in which you show love for us. Thank you for the overwhelming shower you threw for us, and for every prayer or word of friendship. We are so humbled and thankful. Audrey DeJarnette & Jesse Loyd

Words cannot express the apprecia-tion for the love and care that you have given my family during these past couple of weeks. The prayers, cards, visits, food, flowers, and en-couraging words have meant so much and have helped to hold us up. I was so blessed to share 56 wonder-ful years with my husband and best friend and I have many memories to treasure. Thank you again for be-ing so good to us at such a difficult time. Please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Barbara Thrasher

NOTE MEAL CHANGE: The group meeting at the building will have

a meal in the Family Center at 5:00.p.m. - please bring finger foods. The Bible study will begin at 6:00 in the Chapel.

SYMPATHYTo Scott Carter and family on the death of his mother, Ollie Carter. The graveside service will be Oct. 15 in Athens, Alabama. (Scott, Lisa & Dawson Carter have been attend-ing West Seventh for some time.)

ADDRESS CHANGEGeorge & Ruth Knox have moved to Parkview Meadows, F4, 240 E. MTCS Rd., Murfreesboro, TN 37129.

l Discipling l Equipping l Serving l Loving

Family & Friends: Kerry Couch’s mother - Verna Lee CouchJeanine Denney’s mother - Jean JollyKim Forsthoff’s mother - Reba AyersMike & Sharon Greene’s daughter - Peggy PoeGeorgia Henry’s sister-in-law- Patricia ArySue Jones’ sister - Annie Lee WhitwellDelores Lee’s sister - Janet RodenmeyerJean McKee’s great-niece - Traci WilloughbyTesha Marchal’s granddaughter - McKenzie BruensKent Pardon’s father - Carl PardonAlex Quintero’s father - Juan QuinteroBeth Robinson’s mother - Gaynor PerdueTracy Robinson’s father - Guy BarberDan Shires’ co-worker’s mother - Mary Nell AbelBeverly Simmons’ brother - Mike ShankleChuck Simpson’s mother - Peggy SimpsonTod Trulove’s mother - Joan TruloveDee Westmoreland’s mother - Bonnie JeffcoatOlivia Whiteside’s aunt - Martha WhitesideTim Williams’ (our nice mailman) wife - Joyce Deborah Young’s father - John Spence

Pray without ceasing...REPORTED SICK THIS WEEK:Ruby Dunn received good news from the results of her biopsy.

Jerry Oakley is scheduled for knee replacement surgery on November 9 at MRMC.

Ramona Ward’s stepmother, Peggy Williams, will have surgery on October 23 at Vanderbilt.

Tucker Vincent615-504-0680

tucker@w7church.org

Tonight is our Home Bible Study in the Teen Center! Bring your own food. We will watch a movie from 4:30-6:00 and then have a devo. Bring a friend! Teen Center will be open from 4:30-7:30 p.m. Parents, make sure to pick up by 7:30.

Parents and Teens, our Family Worship Night is coming up this Wednesday! Parents, we would love to have you come down and worship with us.

If you’re going on our Fall Retreat, November 11-12, signup is now open. The link is in our Instagram bio or you can sign up on paper in the Teen Center.

That’s all for this morning, have a great week!

Haley Schmidt 901-573-8055haley@w7church.org

Recovering | at home | extended illnesses:Rachel BaggottBetty BenderGladys BrowningDiane CampbellBetty DerryberryTennie ChaffinRamona CherryJeanette ColeElizabeth CraftMarynelle Criswell

Cecil & Sarah DuncanRobin GrahamGeorgia HenrySadie Rae HowellMary HuntFrances LeeDolores LoveTesha MarchalJuanita MartinEva McMahan

Robin MillerMarie OswaltMarguerite PorterMary PughSammy SaltersMolly WattsJuanita Westmoreland

Van Driver - a.m.............................Rob CoferVan Driver - p.m.......................Donald Dug-gerNursery-8:00 a.m.........................Lisa Bennett

Julie HeffingtonNursery-10:30 a.m..............................Sue Fox

Jill White

WednesdaySong Leader....................................John CornPrayer.......................................John SimmonsVan Driver.................................Ryan Schmidt

October 15, 2017

- Morning -Song Leader...................................Eric KarkauWelcome......................................Jim Carrigan

Porter KingShout Hallelujah!

Here I Am to WorshipSurround Us, Lord

Scripture.................................George FreelandHardin Johnson

Luke 14:13-14Prayer.......................................Terry Northcutt

John Kodatt805 - I Come to the Garden Alone

Lord, I Need YouCommunion..............................Chad Williams

Tommy McEwen975 - Thank You, Lord

Offering351 - Jesus Is Coming Soon

Message......................................Randy OwensI Am a Sheep

Shepherd’s Blessing.......................John Smith

(Messages are available at w7church.org or order a free CD at the Infomation Center.)

Groups will meet at various times. The group meeting at the building will have a meal in the Family Center at 5:00.p.m. - please bring finger foods. The Bible study will begin at 6:00 in the Chapel.

TEXT: Romans 8:1-4

Introduction: What is your favorite chapter in the Bible?

Therefore . . .

_____________________ is a great problem.

________________ is a great promise.

There is now . . .

It is a “__________________________________” freedom.

It is a “__________________________________” freedom.

It is a “__________________________________” freedom.

No condemnation ___________________________________!

Open:

• Is there anyone in your group w

ho uses a Fitbit activity tracker or sim

ilar device? Or, perhaps, know

s of someone w

ho does? Does it

help? What are the advantages/disadvantages of being rem

inded to do w

hat you should do?

• C

an you recall a time from

childhood when you w

ere found guilty? Hit

a sibling? Stole or broke something? Lied? W

hat did you do? What w

as your punishm

ent? Did you ever do it again?

Dig: Scripture &

Discussion

Richard Rogers summ

arized Romans to this point in three parts:

C

hapters 1-5 A

ccounted Righteous (justifi cation)

C

hapter 6-7 M

ade Righteous (sanctifi cation)

C

hapter 8 Kept Righteous

(glorifi cation) Is there anything you w

ould add or change to his synopsis?

To appreciate the wonderful m

essage of Romans 8, one m

ust face the truth of chapter 7. Talk about the relation betw

een the two chapters. Read

Romans 7:24-25. H

ow does the previous chapter set the stage for chapter 8?

Some title Rom

ans 8 as “Life in the Spirit.” In Galatians 3:2-3 (N

IV1984), Paul w

rote, “I would like to learn just one thing from

you: Did you receive

the Spirit by observing the law, or by believing what you heard? 3Are you so

foolish? A� er beginning with the Spirit, are you now

trying to attain your goal by hum

an e� ort?” Instead of “human eff ort,” consider how

the ESV (and

most other translations) renders the last part of the verse: “H

aving begun by the Spirit, are you now

being perfected by the � esh?” Discuss how

the Greek

word sarx (σαρκὶ) is translated. W

hat is the best way to understand w

hat Paul is teaching?

Read Romans 8:1-4. N

o condemnation doesn’t happen at the judgm

ent or the end of our life - it is available now. D

iscuss the signifi cance of the word

“now.” Why is this im

portant? Why w

ould Satan not want you to claim

this prom

ise now?

Discuss w

hat it means to live/w

alk according to the Spirit.

Re� ect: M

ake It Real

What is your favorite chapter in the Bible? ________________________

Why is it so hard for those “in C

hrist Jesus” (as verse 1 says) to accept they are no longer condem

ned?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Paul goes into detail in the initial chapters about the sin problem of m

ankind. W

hy are those who are lost not able to see their sin debt?

Why do som

e who are saved not able to get past their sin debt and accept

the promise in this text?

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

When do you feel like you deny the truth of “no condem

nation?”____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

When do you feel like you live/have accepted the truth of “no condem

nation?”____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________