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Our Weekly Schedule

SUNDAY Bible Class 9 a.m. Morning Worship 10 a.m. Evening Worship 5 p.m.

MONDAY Karing Kitchen 6 p.m.

TUESDAY Tuesday Lunch Bunch 8 a.m.-12 p.m. Clothing Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m.

WEDNESDAY Food Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m. Evening Bible Study 7 p.m. Food Distribution 6:30-7:30 p.m.

THURSDAY Clothing Distribution 8:30-10:30 a.m.

July 10, 2016 Volume 47 – No. 28

Serving Today

COMMUNION David Wicks

Fred Wingate Cameron Ables

Chris Ables Cody Ables

Jim Boyd Jay Bynum

Bud Cawyer

GREETERS Info Center:

Barry Ciaschini

Main Doors: Stan & Ernestine Mallory

East Doors: Wendell Potter

W. Erwin Doors: Judy Mitcham

PICK UP CARDS Owen Ables,

Tanner Transier, Jude Everson, Jett Monahan, Koen Monahan

SOUND Clifton Lindsey &

Shaun Stamps

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY Nursery AM: Evelyn Muncy

Toddler AM: Jan Bowers

Order of Worship

Welcome/Call to Worship - Psalm 50:1-2 Danny Snell Song #4 To God Be the Glory Wayne Berryman Song #993 What a Mighty God We Serve Song #77 Glorify Thy Name

Prayer

Pete Leung

Song #325 Boundless Love Communion Jim Boyd

Song #790 Lord, Take Control Contribution

Song #309 In My Life, Lord, Be Glorified Scripture Hebrews 10:5-7 Howard Dickson

Song #664 Take My Life, and Let It Be Message: “True Religion” Bill Allen

Song #662 All to Jesus I Surrender Elder's Prayer

Wade Weathers

Song #752 God Bless You, Go With God

5:00 P.M. Assembly Welcome/Call to Worship Danny Snell

Song #238 You Are the Song That I Sing Lance Yarema Song #569 Sweeter Than All

Prayer

Scripture Psalm 119:9-11 Myron Granberry Song #567 Restore My Soul

Song #560 Living By Faith

Message “Essentials in the Treatment of Others” Bill Allen Song #705 A Common Love Song #831 Let Me Live Close to Thee

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Dannie Skipper

Bill’s Blog BY BILL ALLEN

It was really nice to be away this past week—we celebrated our one-year anniversary here at West Erwin by being with three of our four wonderful grandchildren! Oh yeah, it seems like their parents were there as well… Thanks to all who covered for Bill this past week while we were away.

This week we resume our study through the book of Psalms with our Sunday morning sermon, and continue Sunday evening in 1 Timothy with a look at chapter 5. Our thoughts in the morning will center on Psalms 40 & 50. They both speak of true worship, true obedience, true religion. The OT and NT are very consistent. They both state in the strongest of terms that it doesn’t matter if we’ve got everything else “right”—if our lives are not lived each day to honor God by serving others, by treating them with love and respect and consideration, then we are not practicing “true religion.” Here are a few of these great statements of Scripture.

DoestheLORDdelightinburntofferingsandsacrificesasmuchasinobeyingtheLORD?Toobeyisbetterthansacrifice,andtoheedisbetterthanthefatoframs.(1Sam.15:22)

ForIdesiremercy,notsacrifice,andacknowledgmentofGodratherthanburntofferings.(Hosea6:6)

WithwhatshallIcomebeforetheLORDandbowdownbeforetheexaltedGod?ShallIcomebeforehimwithburnt offerings, with calves a year old? He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what doestheLORDrequireofyou?ToactjustlyandtolovemercyandtowalkhumblywithyourGod.(Micah6:6,8)

“Themost importantone,”answered Jesus,“is this: ‘Hear,O Israel:TheLordourGod,theLord isone. LovetheLordyourGodwithallyourheartandwithallyoursoulandwithallyourmindandwithallyourstrength.’The second is this: ‘Love yourneighboras yourself.’ There isnocommandment greater than these.” (Mark12:29-31)

Andwhateveryoudo,whether inwordordeed,do itall inthenameoftheLordJesus,givingthankstoGodtheFatherthroughhim.(Col.3:17)

Asthebodywithoutthespiritisdead,sofaithwithoutdeedsisdead.(James2:26)

Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrificeof praise—the fruit of lipsthat openlyprofess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others,for with such sacrificesGod ispleased.(Heb.13:15-16)

ATALEOFSIXWOESItisdifficulttohavearelationshipwithsomeonewhenyoudon’tknowwhereyoustandwiththem.ItisthesamewithGod.Withstudy,wecanlearnfromthemistakesofothersandseebehaviorthatGoddoesnotapproveof.InIsaiah5,theprophetwritestoJudahandtellsthemof6woesthatharmGod’speople.Itwouldserveuswelltoreviewthem.Woetothosewhojoinhousetohouse,whoaddfieldtofield,untilthereisnomoreroom,andyouaremadetodwellaloneinthemidstoftheland(5:8).God does not like greed and selfishness inHis people. How can one live a life of service andhumilitywhentheyaredrivenbythedesireofmaterialgain?Woetothosewhoriseearlyinthemorning,thattheymayrunafterstrongdrink,whotarrylateintotheeveningaswineinflamesthem(5:11).Nomatteryouropinionontheuseofalcohol,Isaiahtellsusthedangerwhenitbecomesapriorityinlife.Here,alcoholhascausedthemtoforgetthedeedsoftheLord(5:12)andthatdamagestheirknowledgeofGod.Woetothosewhodrawiniquitywithcordsoffalsehood,whodrawsinaswithcartropes(5:18).Thisisavividpictureofhowdishonestycanpullapersondown.Theirsinbecomesasaheavycart,holdingthatpersonincaptivity.Woeisthosewhocallevilgoodandgoodevil,whoputdarknessforlightandlight for darkness, who put sweet for bitter (5:20). Sin has a harmful effect on the heart. It hurts our power ofdiscernment.Godknowsthedifferencebetweengoodandevil;we should too!Woetothosewhoarewiseintheirowneyesandshrewdintheirownsight(5:21).Mandoesnotdowellinspiritualmatterswhenhelistenstohisownego.JobsaidthatthefearoftheLordiswisdomanddepartingfromevil.Itisstillgoodadvicetoday.Woetothosewhoacquittheguiltyforabribe,anddeprivetheinnocentofhisright(5:22-23).God detests any perversion of justice. He has alwaysexpectedhischildrentobefairandtotakecareoftheoppressed.GoddidnotlikethisbehaviorinIsaiah’stimeandHedoesnotlikeittoday!

PeeWee Day Camp at Camp Deer Run

is July 18-21. If you would be able to drive the church van to Camp Deer Run to drop kids off in the mornings please call Bruce’s cell at 806-777-8165.

Summer Speaker Series

Plugged Into HIS Power

2 Peter 1:5-11

Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.

Eric Thornton Youth Minister By Danny Snell

VBS is JULY 23rd

for 5 year olds-5th grade! Download a registration form

from www.westerwin.com.

July 13 “PERSEVERANCE” Robby Arrington -

Rusk

July 20 “GODLINESS” Jeff Holland -

Midlothian

Bible Class Join us for Bible Class this Sunday @ 9:00. This quarter our Bible Classes will begin a new study from John and Acts. The title of our study is “God Building His Kingdom" The lesson this week… “Never Alone" from Genesis 28:1-22. More on this in class this Sunday morning... Join us! Consider the following from Gen 28:15 “I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." Mission Trip Our mission trip to New Orleans to work with the Kid City Camp was a blessing beyond any we expected. It was a great opportunity to minister to kids from the community and just to be able to love on them. Thanks to the Carrollton Ave & Holly Grove churches for making a difference in their community! Upcoming Events Join us for our next Summer Speaker Series on Wednesday, July 13. Robby Arrington from Rusk will be our speaker. Join us!

NEBRASKA MISSION – THIS WEEK

A group of 40 left Thursday night from West Erwin at 8pm for our annual pilgrimage to West Point, NE to work with the church there. We will be doing a VBS for the community all week with the theme of “God’s Creation: Digging for Answers”, looking at each of the days of creation as well as spending a day discussing the flood and even some about dinosaurs! Today we are leading and worshipping with the West Point church. One Monday afternoon we will be helping them with several work projects, including taking down several large trees on their church property that have started to affect their parking lot, as well as resealing the roof of their church building. On Tuesday afternoon we’ll finish up those projects if need-be, and that night we’ll be providing a free screening (and free food) of the movie “God’s Not Dead 2” for West Point and all the surrounding communities. Wednesday evening is the VBS “Open House”, where we ask parents to come and see what their kids have been up to all week, and then have a good ole ice cream social afterwards. And finally on Thursday, we wrap up our last day of VBS and begin our trip home, stopping in Kansas City for a fun day on Friday before the final push home on Saturday. It’s a very long, but rewarding, trip. You cannot imagine, if you’ve never been, how encouraging this week is to the very small church that is there and its few remaining members. It is truly the highlight of their church year. Please be praying for our drivers on the road, as well as that our teens can communicate the message of Christ to their students at VBS!

TULSA MISSION TRIP – JULY 24-29 Some of our high school students will join a larger group of teens on our second mission trip of the summer, to work with inner city kids at the Contact Church of Christ in Tulsa, OK at “Camp Contact”. We will be partnering with high school students from Pine Tree in Longview and Chandler St. in Kilgore to form a group large enough to participate. If you are a high school student who would like to come on this trip, sign up in class or please talk with Eric ASAP! The cost is $50.

THE BENEVOLENCE CENTER IS IN NEED OF ANY TYPE OF BEDSHEETS.

PLEASE GIVE THEM TO DONNIE CARNATHAN.

If you will make homemade cookies for VBS please sign the sheet at the Information Center. We need 20 dozen cookies. Have them here on Wed., July 20 or no later than Fri. July 22. VBS Kick-off Dinner: Those teaching, helping or decorating are invited to a dinner on Thursday, the 21st. We will decorate Thursday evening, the 21st and Friday, the 22nd … more details at a later date.

Our Records July 3 Bible Class 212 Worship a.m. 408 Worship p.m. 155 Wed. p.m. NC Contribution $46.331.79 Weekly Budget $25,444 The Elders of West Erwin are available to meet with our members at mutually agreeable times for counsel, questions and general information. You may make an appointment with one or more of our elders by seeing them at any of our church meetings or by a phone call at the numbers listed below:

Jay Bynum 903.839.3133 Greg Jones 903.279.2935 Gaylan Seagler* 903.566.1958 Wade Weathers 903.839.9797 Fred Wingate 903.581.6440

*Chairman of the Elders elders@westerwin.org

Sympathy: Our sympathy is extended to the family of Bill McCain. Bill has been a shut-in for several years in Lindale. Services were last Wednesday.

Our sympathy is also extended to the family of Bill Wilmeth, a former member of West Erwin who passed away last week. We are also saddened to learn of the death of Carolyn McCune’s niece, Kathy. Please pray for Carolyn’s sister-in-law, Camille.

Updates: Betty Holt will have a special stent placed in her carotid artery on Monday, July 11. She will also have aortic valve replacement surgery at the end of August. Frances Broome will have day surgery on her foot and leg this Thursday at Spine and Joint. Tommy Parrish is in Mother Frances Hospital with an infection. Dick Higginbotham is in HealthSouth.

West Erwin Family: Pat Lewis | Charles Rachui | Ruth Moore | Kalli Huff | Clinton & Louise Culpepper | Elmer Miles | Forest McFadden | Brice Sustaire | Winona Shankle | Millie Tomlin | Joann Davis | Nella Ware | George Richardson | Ira & Esther Wilson | Charles Harris | Bob May | Jess & Charlotte Hopkins | Ruby Cliver | Tommy Parrish

Family & Friends: Leon Welborn | Larry Davis, brother of Shirley Denman | Tommy Konczak, former member of W.E. | Shannon Mabray, daughter of Glynn and Fran Starnes | Keith Skender’s brother, Doug | Patsy Slaughter McKinney, former W.E. member

Minibus driver for Sunday &

Wednesday Don Ingram 903.253.4600

Please call if you need

transportation.

420 West Erwin St. Tyler, TX 75702 903.592.0809

www.westerwin.com www.facebook.com/WestErwin office@westerwin.org

Prayer & Care

“TrueReligion”Introduction:Whatistruereligion?(John4:24;Rom.12:1-2;Heb.13:15-16;James1:27)

A.TrueReligionisan_______________life.(Psalm40)

§ The psalmist _______________ in the Lord. (Vs.1-5)

§ The psalmist _______________ the Lord. (Vs. 6-8; Heb. 10:5-10)

§ The psalmist _______________ his faith to others. (Vs. 9-10)

§ The psalmist continued to seek ____________ from the Lord. (Vs. 11-17)

Matt.5:17-20;7:13-27;John13:12-17;14:15,21,23;15:9-10;Heb.10:5-10

B.TrueReligionismorethansimply_______________worshippractices.(Psalm50)

§ God summons His people to appear in ____________. (Vs. 1-6)

§ God testifies _______________ His people. (Vs. 7-13, 16-20)

§ God gives a stern _______________ to His people. (Vs. 21-22)

§ God tells His people what He ____________. (Vs. 14-15, 23)

Exodus20:1-17;Isaiah1:10-20;Jer.7:1-15;Hosea6:4-6;Amos5;Micah6:6-8;Mark12:28-34;Rom.12:1-2;Gal.2:20;Col.3:17;James2;Heb.13:15-16;1John3:16-18;4:7-12,19-21

Conclusion:TrueReligiontodayisJesusChrist.(Heb.10:1-18;Jer.31:31-34)

§ _______________ Him;

§ _______________ Him;

§ _______________ Him.