Lafayette Church of Christ 115 New Ballwin Road Ballwin, MO 63021 636.391.6697 office.lafayettechurch@gmail.com lafayettechurch.org

Gatherings Sunday mornings 9:00am Worship Gathering 10:30am Bible Classes Wednesday evenings 7:00pm Bible Classes and teenEPIC

Shepherds Les Keim Greg Malcom Jackie Roland Dan Roper Jim Zeller

Stats, September 4/11, 2016 Worship 197/NA Offering $10,359/$6,750.50 Weekly goal $8,300.00 2016 avg. weekly offering $8,072.61 YTD variation vs goal ($8,413) Ghana missions for September $29.00

Ministry Staff Mike Brown, Youth Minister mike.lafayettechurch@gmail.com Bob Clark, Preaching Minister 636.346.2795 bobtheclark@gmail.com Kyle Johnson, Neighborhood Interaction kyle.lafayettechurch@gmail.com Becki Pulley, Church Secretary becki.lafayettechurch@gmail.com

Lafayette Christian Preschool Anna Weaver, Director lafayettechristian@gmail.com

Janice McFarland is scheduled to return to her eye specialist and consult with a vision rehab specialist September 20 in Iowa. Carol Haynes is mourning the loss of an aunt. Steve Velloff is scheduled for eye surgery. Don Schrier was able to be in our worship gathering last Sunday. Ted Crigler (from McKnight) is studying at Crowley’s Ridge College in Paragould. Carol Glenn is preparing for her second cataract surgery on September 21. Terry Pulley, John Collett, and Deb Leahy continue cancer treatments. Lindley Thompson (Norma Allen’s brother) will have an additional consult September 19. Laura Glatthaar continues the long road to recovery. Andrea Malcolm and Kristian Gumminger are preparing for marriage. Lafayette Christian Preschool has begun their new school year.

Assisted living and homebound Delmar on the Green: Calvin Uhls 338 and Velma Barfield (Pat Beach’s mother) 228; Fountains: Weda Walden 355; Gambrill Gardens: Fern Orme, 312E; Home: Judy Cooper.

Neighborhood Interaction Pray new seeds of outreach opportunities being planted will begin to take root and grow.

International missions Burkina Faso: Dawn Malcolm safely returned home Tuesday. Cambodia: Pray that Cambodians will learn to build bridges to the Gospel with their friends, families, and those they are around. Mexico: Rochelle Aston is teaching at Lincoln Christian in Guadalajara.

College students Azusa Pacific: Jared Pudiwitr; Chamberlain College of Nursing: Anna Crawford; Crowley’s Ridge: Donovan Tritschler; Harding: Samuel Anderson, Eli Andrews, Renee Aston, Maleah Brown, Michalie Brown, Blake Buehrer, Grant Buehrer, Peyton Buehrer, Emma deSambourg, Nathan Enix, Emma Fields, Austin Gray, Brendon Noyes, Jordan Noyes, Dylan Roper, Jeffrey Simmons, Caleb Uebelein, Luke Uebelein, Rachel Uebelein; Jefferson College: Danielle Simmons; Lipscomb: Karl Aston, Kendall Malcolm, Lizzy Smith; Maryville: Laci Johnson, Lynda Oppong; Missouri: Ryan Shepherd; Missouri St: Emily Shepherd; Oklahoma Christian: James Fields; St. Louis CC: Tyler Pudiwitr, Jordan Roland, Trent Ruckman, Emma Schwada; Truman: Brendan Wren; UMSL: Troy Ruckman, Ben Smith, Erin Williams; Wash U: Bailey Hall; Wildwood Community College: Makenzie Gray.

Prayer

Singing .................................................................................................................. Ken Ware When we sing from our hearts and minds we praise God and encourage each other.

Holy Presence Medley: In His Presence #99, Holy Ground #100 and #101

Unison reading of Psalm 23 ............................................................................ Kyle Johnson

Welcome ............................................................................................................. Dan Roper We welcome and accept one another as Jesus welcomes and accepts each of us.

I Heard The Voice of Jesus Say #389 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah #390 Nearer, Still Nearer #478

Communion ....................................................................................................... Bob Belden All followers of Jesus are invited to participate as we remember and proclaim Jesus in the Lord’s Supper. The bread is the body of Christ. The juice is the blood of Christ. Gluten free bread is available in the kitchen.

Peace, Perfect Peace #479 Blessed Assurance #480

Offering .............................................................................................................. Bob Belden We worship God by giving God the first fruits of our income to express both thanks and trust. We seek to honor God as we give joyfully, generously, sacrificially, and dependably.

Good To Me*, You Have Been Good*

Reading of Psalm 91:1-2 .................................................................................. Brent Dolan We invite God to shape us as we listen attentively to God’s Word.

Sermon: I Will Fear No Danger ............................................................................. Bob Clark Preaching is a time of worship: God is revealed and we respond with our hearts and lives.

Prayer opportunity ........................................................................... Dan and Donna Roper If you would like to pray, exit the back of the worship center, turn left, and you will find the prayer room on the right just past the kitchen.

Come Thou Fount, Come Thou King* In His Presence #99

Child care ..............................................................................Diane Weber and Jeanne Zins To drop off children (up to their third birthday), exit the back of the worship center into the foyer, turn left, and you will find the nursery at the end of the hall. Children are to be picked up immediately after the gathering.

#Songs of Faith and Praise Songbook; *Song sheets - available at the Welcome Center

Worship Gathering · September 18, 2016

Whether you are a first-time guest or have been gathering with us for some time, we are glad you are with us today. We are a family of Jesus-followers who gather each week to worship God and scatter each week to reflect God. Thanks so much for worshipping with us. Please join us in reflecting God throughout the week.

Please complete a blue guest card from the back of the worship center seats and place it in the offering tray as it passes you. We would love to be able to contact you to say hello. If you would like to know more about being a Jesus-follower, being baptized, or becoming a part of Lafayette, you are invited to meet with those in the prayer room just after the sermon. Turn left as you exit the back of the worship center; the prayer room is on the right just past the kitchen.

1 Spiritual formation Sunday classes resume today. Kyle Johnson will teach The Doctrines of Missional Living for adults. Many are aware of classical Christian doctrines (like Incarnation and Trinity) and familiar with missional living. Have we considered how these doctrines guide the way we live? Each session will explore a specific doctrine and its relationship to the mission of Jesus and our missional living. The class meets in the worship center and begins 15 minutes after the worship gathering concludes.

Bedrock an adult discussion toward developing a panoramic view of the story of God and a method of telling that story continues two more Wednesday nights at 7:00pm in the fellowship hall.

2 Small Group Ministry Small Group ministry has been an important part of church life at Lafayette for many years. The launch of the new cycle of Growth Groups has been delayed, so stay tuned for a new timetable for this year’s Growth Groups.

3 Bible Study for Women A new Bible study for women kicks off on Tuesday, September 20. If you would like to get involved, see Sarah Buehrer, Carol Keim, or Mary Lou Enix.

4 Welcome to Lafayette Welcome Caleb, Lauren, and Easton Martz to our church family at Lafayette. Look for their information soon in the church directory.

5 Fair Haven Children’s Home Caring for widows and orphans is important to Lafayette. We regularly provide children at Fair Haven Children’s home with cards, correspondence, and holiday gifts. Six new children are available. To sponsor a child, see Sue Bond.

Lazarus died. Jesus raised Lazarus. Lazarus’s new life caused quite a stir. In fact, so many Jews were listening to Jesus because of what they were seeing in Lazarus, the chief priests contemplated killing Lazarus. John tells us, “It was because of Lazarus that many of the Jews had deserted them and come to believe in Jesus” (John 12:11 CEB). That’s what happens when people see new life. They want to know about the Jesus that brought life from death. May our new lives be so attractive that people begin listening to Jesus.— Bob Clark

Welcome to Lafayette

Word of Encouragement

5 Things to Know This Week

September 18 New adult Bible class begins September 19 AWARE tutoring, 6:30pm September 20 Bible study for women, 10:00am September 21 Bedrock, session 4, 7:00pm September 22 Tutoring at North City, 5:30pm September 26 AWARE tutoring, 6:30pm September 27 Bible study for women, 10:00am September 28 Bedrock, 5, 7:00pm September 29 Tutoring at North City, 5:30pm September 30 Movie Night, 7:30pm October 1 Superset birthday breakfast October 2 Kyle Johnson preaches October 3 AWARE tutoring, 6:30pm October 4 Bible study for women, 10:00am October 6 Tutoring at North City, 5:30pm

October 9 Baby shower for Audrey Smith Wilson, 1:00pm October 10 AWARE tutoring, 6:30pm October 11 Bible study for women, 10:00am October 12 Table Talk October 13 Tutoring at North City, 5:30pm October 15 LCM Pumpkin Decorating, 9:00 October 17 AWARE tutoring, 6:30pm October 18 Bible study for women, 10:00am October 20 Tutoring at North City, 5:30pm October 21 Superset luncheon October 22 Neighborhood Interaction seminar with Sara Blakeslee Salkil, 9:00am - 4:00pm October 24 AWARE tutoring, 6:30pm

Lafayette Calendar

Area Events Calendar

September 23 CFS Annual Dinner October 7-9 Midwest Regional Acapella Song Festival at West Central

November 6 Ne-O-Tez Holiday Shop November CFS adoption month November 12 CFS trivia night

The Lesson of The Butterfly

A man spent hours watching a butterfly struggling to emerge from its cocoon. It managed to make a small hole, but its body was too large to get through it. After a long struggle, it ap-peared to be exhausted and remained absolutely still. The man decided to help the butterfly and, with a pair of scissors, he cut open the cocoon, thus releasing the butterfly. However, the butterfly’s body was very small and wrinkled and its wings were all crumpled. The man continued to watch, hoping that, at any moment, the butterfly would open its wings and fly away. Nothing happened; in fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its brief life dragging around its shrunken body and shriveled wings, incapable of flight. What the man – out of kindness and his eagerness to help – had failed to understand was that the tight cocoon and the efforts that the butterfly had to make in order to squeeze out of that tiny hole were Nature’s way of training the butterfly and of strengthening its wings. Sometimes, a little extra effort is precisely what prepares us for the next obstacle to be faced. Anyone who refuses to make that effort, or gets the wrong sort of help, is left unpre-pared to fight the next battle and never manages to fly off to their destiny.

— Paulo Coelho