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Shoemaker

# 362 Jo

yful, Jo

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# 231 Hillto

ps o

f Glory

# 708 W

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on y

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621 Te

n Thousa

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Lord’s S

upper/O

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Bobby Gunn

# - I W

alk w

ith the King

# 910 Bound

less Lo

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# 523 Our G

od, He is A

live

Scrip

ture - S

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wis

S

erm

on - Jo

rdan G

ray

# 584 Softly

and Te

nderly

Announcem

ents

Shepherd’s P

rayer

Nurse

ry Atten

dant

AM Eliza

beth &

Ryan C

obb

PM Hope W

illiams /

Yvonne

Montg

omery

D

OM fo

r December

Washing

ton, W

ilson, B

rakefield

Baptism

al G

arm

ents fo

r December

Linda Carte

r / Sandra Mann

Bus D

rivers

12 / 20 David

Skelton /

12/ 27 Mark A

dkinso

n

December 20, 2015

Greeters 1

2 / 2

7 / 1

5

8:45 - 9

:05

9

:45 - 1

0:05

Office

Eddie & Cind

y Bird

ysha

w O

ffice Adam & Je

nnifer B

rakefield

Room 113 Jim

& Sue Holco

mb R

oom113 Norman &

Helen O

ak

Room108 Butch &

Jackie

David

son R

oom 108 D

ot M

itchell /

Donna

Donna

S.

1

2:45 - 1

:05

Office

Scott &

Kathy

Crawford

Room 113 Ja

ck & Jo

yce Ta

ggart

Room 108 Jo

hn & Fre

ida Gallagher

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

Where Is God?

Scrip

ture R

eadin

g: P

salm 9

0:1

-4

I. W

hat d

o I d

o w

hen

I’m m

issing o

ut o

n th

e joy?

A.

Psy

cholo

gists o

ffer som

e of th

ese suggestio

ns to

the 4

5%

who h

ave d

ifficulties in

the h

olid

ay seaso

n:

1.

Set p

ersonal _

____________________.

2.

Don’t accep

t any _

________________ rep

resentatio

n o

f the h

olid

ay.

3.

Be g

rateful fo

r what y

ou _

___________ rath

er than

focu

sing o

n w

hat y

ou

___________ _

__________.

4.

Tak

e part in

activities th

at focu

s on th

e ____________ _

____________.

B.

Psy

cholo

gy m

ay o

ffer som

e wise w

ord

s, but n

o co

mfo

rt can co

mpare to

that o

f the

23

rd Psalm

: “You are _

_____________ m

e.”

II. W

here is G

od?

A.

In h

is time o

f grief, C

.S. L

ewis felt th

at God w

as “so _

_______________ a co

m-

man

der in

our tim

e of p

rosp

erity an

d so

very

_________________ a h

elp in

time o

f trou-

ble.”

B.

Psalm

89 is a so

ng fo

r the Israelites in

___________________ w

ho h

ave so

me

_____________ q

uestio

ns fo

r God.

1.

The cap

tives rem

ind G

od o

f His _

__________________. (1

-37)

2.

The cap

tives accu

se God o

f _______________ H

is pro

mises. (3

8-5

2)

C.

The S

criptu

re creates a tensio

n b

y g

ivin

g v

oice to

this v

ery real h

um

an em

otio

n.

The B

ible is th

e big

_____________ o

f a big

___________, an

d it can

han

dle b

ig

____________________.

III. O

f course…

You w

ere there all alo

ng.

A.

Psalm

90 an

swers th

e prev

ious p

salm, first p

oin

ting o

ut th

at God h

as been

a dw

ell-

ing p

lace to _

_________ g

eneratio

ns.

B.

When

we cry

“God’s n

ot th

ere,” we’re really

sayin

g, “G

od h

asn’t sh

ow

n H

imself in

the w

ay _

____ th

ink H

e ought to

.”

C.

The P

salmist also

brin

gs u

s to a b

etter persp

ective b

y fu

sing to

geth

er every

poin

t of

histo

ry in

one statem

ent: “F

rom

_____________________ to

_____________________,

You are G

od.”

D.

I know

my G

od w

alks th

rough th

e valley

s with

me b

ecause o

f the cro

ss of

_____________ _

______________.

SEASON’S GREETING

FROM THE OFFICE STAFF

Just a reminder the office will be closed December

24 & 25 and January 1.

Because of my desire to support the work of God, with God’s help

I purpose to give (please fill in one space below):

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.

December 23, 2015

Pancakes, Bacon, Fruit & Salad, Drinks

December 13, 2015 Sun AM 448 Sun PM 265

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 $ 21,766.00

Contribution YTD: $ 875,256.00 Purpose YTD: $ 839,713.00

Average Weekly YTD: $ 17,862.00

Mission Sunday: $81,522.00 (Week 49)

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 Kateland Stacy (daughter of Donna Stacy) 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 ) Lee Johnson ( Donna Evans’ brother) Jean McKee ( mother of Roy Hayes) 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 / 13 / 2015

In Town : Chris Gaddes, Marshall McBribe, David Mcneely, Cleara Moore, Nell Thomas, Susan Whiddon

Out of Town: none

PANTRY ITEMS:

Canned Meats, Soup, Stew, Fruit

A Pure Fountain

“Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. 6 Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar” (Proverbs 30:5, 6 NKJV). God’s word as de-livered to us by inspired men is pure but the sad thing is that some have tried to change that word and in so doing it becomes polluted. As Agur wrote it we are not to add to God’s word. That would be changing what God has said and it would no longer be pure. But we are also warned not to take from God’s word for that would also be changing God’s word (Deut. 12:32). In Psalms 19 David wrote “The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes” (Psa. 19:8). To be pure may mean either to be without addition (unmixed) or undefiled (dirty or foul). Wine that has had water added to it may be undefiled but it is still impure for something else has been added to it. The word of God is pure in both senses. It is undefiled and un-mixed and it needs to be kept that way. A number of years ago our brother Jerry was asked to speak to a denominational croup at which he was given a series of questions they wanted him to answer. One of those questions was, “Do you be-lieve the Bible contains the word of God?” One might be led to answer quickly, “Yes, I believe the Bible contains the word of God,” but answering in that way implies that the Bible contains the word of God plus something else, namely the words of some man or group of men. The truth of the matter is that the Bible doesn’t contain the word of God, it is the word of God! When a person is sworn in to testify in court he is asked, “Do you promise to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God?” To tell the whole truth means you are not to leave any-thing out and to tell nothing but the truth means you are not to add to the truth. Either way is to change God’s word and thus to pollute it and thus it would no longer be pure. Because God’s word is pure it can enlighten us. To enlighten is to reveal, to give knowledge to. If anyone wants to know God’s way he’s got to spend time with the Bible. When we turn from the Bible to add to it the words of men, then we have left the pure fountain to drink from a polluted stream.

If you need a Purpose Card please see one

of the Elders to receive one.

December Youth Activities

Exposure, December 27 - 30, Money is due, please see JJ or Nia to pay.

Devo Night

Lads to Leaders / Leaderettes

Bible Bowl

2nd- 5th grade Today we will be having Bible Bowl prac-tice after the 10:00 am service. Please bring a lunch and join us. We will practice up until the 1 pm service. We will meet every Sun-day at this time instead of after the 1 PM

service. 6th -12th No classes 1-3 Parent Meeting/ Registration Deadline

Hospital

Don Taylor - Grandview

Diann Watson - St. Vin. East

Deaf Fellowship

In the large fellowship Hall

11 AM TO 2 PM

TODAY Richard Smith, deaf minster from TX., had

a stroke and is in the hospital.

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

Holiday Open House at the home of Barry

and Kitty Lewis

Red, Green and everything in between

TODAY from 3-6 PM

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.

EXPOSURE YOUTH CAMP

December 27 - 30

Huntsville, AL

WEE FOLKS

12-20 No Wee Folks

12-27 No Wee Folks

Wee Folks will resume in January

Please pray for Shannon

Guzman. The wife of our mis-

sionary Clayton Guzman in

Belize. She is having

complications with her

pregnancy . She is due in

January. Her address is

P.O. Box 217, Corozal Town, Belize. It is

$1.20 to mail a letter to Belize.

Thank you Thank you to such a wonderful Church family. It

was so wonderful to have all the prayers for my

recovery. The visits, cards, and meals provided

were outstanding. In Christian Love, Gary Cosby

CIA BASKET

CIA class delivered 45 baskets

of fruit to the shut-ins this week.

CIA class will meet again on

January 12.