Cancer Heart concerns Surgery recoveryAndrea Smith Carl Duplantis Tanya L. Angela Duplantis Trudy Plaissance David Clark Albert Embrey Heidi Cortez Leon Broomfield Karen MandinaDiane Sutton John Harvey Cohen Lirette William Land Carroll Price Olen Trahan Cynthia Marcel Jerry Gautreaux James Brown Rusty Thibodaux Kathy Johnson Hubson Jones Carla Waddlington Chrohn’s Disease John Harvey Carl Duplantis Lucinda Steward Tate LeBeouf , Rachel

The weekly Men’s Prayer Group will now be meeting in the church office at 7 p.m. each Tuesday. If you have any questions please see Craig Zeringue. Please make a special effort to come and help to strengthen the group with you presence.

Attention Ladies: For the next 2 Sunday Evenings all the Ladies are asked to meet at the church building at 5 p.m. so that we can go over plans for the upcoming Ladies Day on October 4th. We will also be practicing the skits plans for the event. No one has been assigned anything at this time, so please plan to come to these meeting and get involved. Let’s ALL become involved and make this a great Ladies Day. If you have any questions please see Carla Cadden.

Here is the first month’s schedule of Daily Bible Readings. Please clip and put in your purse or wallet, or maybe on your car dashboard. If you have completed reading the bible though this year (2003), please let Karen Mandina know.

January – Daily Bible Reading Ck. Date Reading Ck. Date Reading Ck. Date Reading_______ 1 Genesis 1-3

_______ 2 Genesis 4-7_______ 3 Genesis 8-11_______ 4 Genesis 12-15_______ 5 Genesis 16-18_______ 6 Genesis 19, 20_______ 7 Genesis 21-23_______ 8 Genesis 24, 25_______ 9 Genesis 26-28_______ 10 Genesis 29, 30_______ 11 Genesis 31, 32_______ 12 Genesis 33-35_______ 13 Genesis 36-38

_______ 14 Genesis 39-41_______ 15 Genesis 42-44_______ 16 Genesis 45-47_______ 17 Genesis 48-50_______ 18 Exodus 1-3_______ 19 Exodus 4-6_______ 20 Exodus 7-9_______ 21 Exodus10-12_______ 22 Exodus 13-15_______ 23 Exodus 16-18_______ 24 Exodus 19-21_______ 25 Exodus 22-24_______ 26 Exodus 25-27

______ 27 Exodus 28-29______ 28 Exodus 30-32______ 29 Exodus 33-35______ 30 Exodus 36-38______ 31 Exodus 39-40

DOES THE NEW TESTAMENT JUSTIFY SOCIAL DRINKING?

The evils of alcohol remain as one of the leading problems we face in the country and the church. We live in a day when many argue in favor of what they call "social drinking.”

They justify drinking a beer or a few beers or a few mixed drinks saying they are not drunk and the Bible ONLY condemns drunkenness. So in their way of thinking, it is acceptable to God to drink that which can make one drunk, just as long as one does not actually get "drunk." They will argue that eating in and of itself is not sinful, but overeating is a sin, therefore, drinking in and of itself is not a sin, just the excess of it. Their reasoning is faulty because eating itself is not a sin, but the imbibing of alcoholic beverages is a sin.

JOHN 2: I-11 OFTEN CITED IN SUPPORTIt is argued that since Christ provided "wine" for that occasion, then certainly the temperate

use of wine (or other intoxicants) could not be sinful. As we consider this argument let us notice, He came to do the Father's will: "For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will but the will of him that sent me" (John 6.38). The Father's will was not, to even look at it or give it to a neighbor: "Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder." -- Prov 23:31-32........"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!" -- Hab 2:15. Jesus turned 6 stone jars of water into wine -- each jar containing 2-3 measures - a measure equaled to app. 8 ½ gallons, each jar thus held 17-25 gallons which would be a total of 6 jars containing 100-150 gallons. With these estimations before us we must conclude either excessive amounts of alcoholic beverages are not wrong or Jesus made grape juice for the people to drink.

The fallacy of such an argument is that it takes a modern usage of the word “wine" and thrusts it into an ancient context -- our usage causes us to think of alcoholic wine, but that says nothing as to how the word was used in the first century. The common term for wine in the New Testament is "oinos" -- a generic word and it can refer to either intoxication or simply fruit juice -- context must be determined.

There were times when the word “wine” was used to indicate intoxication: "And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent." -- Gen 9:21....."And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose." -- Gen 19:33....."And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;" -- Eph 5:18.

There are also times when the word simply means fruit juice: (Outflow of the press) "All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee." -- Num 18:12....."So shall

AtHome

InHouma

"Monday Nights for the Master!" Everyone is reminded that the next “Monday for the Master” will be on Monday, February 6th. The program begins at 6:30 p.m. Everyone wanting to participate is asked to fill out the form on the table in the foyer and place it in the box provided or give it to David. This will help with organizing the evening’s event. We hope and pray to see you all here! If you know of someone you would like for us to contact, please fill out a card placed on the table in the foyer and give it to David or one of the elders.

Ladies, there is a retreat scheduled for May 3rd – May 5th in Denver, Colorado that the ladies are looking into attending. If you are interested in attending please take a flyer from the table in the foyer. All the information is on the flyer. You can also see Jami Liner for more information.

The next Youth Devo will be held on Sunday, February 12th, here in the church’s MPB, and Becky and Jackie Harris will be the hosts. If you have any questions please see Jackie or Becky. We hope all the youth and their parents will come out and enjoy a fun afternoon!

Upcoming Ladies Event!

Signup today if you read your Bible through in 2011.There is a sign up sheet

posted on the bulletin board for those who read their bible through in 2011. We will be giving out certificates next month.

ELDERSRandy Keiser 446-7660Herbert Scott 872-6713Ed Watson 447-5081DEACONSKevan Keiser 856-3457Guy Mandina 209-9704

MINISTERDavid Jones 872-3778

SECRETARYKaren MandinaOFFICE 872-3778

Church email and website:

houmacoc@yahoo.comwww.hollywoodroad churchofchrist.com

163 N. Hollywood RoadPO Box 20117

Houma, LA. 70360

CHURCH OFFICEHOURS

M-F 9 a.m. 2 p.m.SERVICES

SUNDAY WORSHIP9:30 A.M. & 6:00 P.M.

BIBLE CLASSSunday @ 10:30 A.M.

Wednesday @ 7:00 P.M.

"The Truth In Love”Sunday 7:00 a.m.

Channel 13 NOLA 38

"In Search Of The Lord’s Way"

With Mack LyonSunday 7:30 a.m.

Channel 13 NOLA 38“International Gospel

Hour”Sun. Evening 9:00 p.m.

870 AM WWL –Radio“Not Just AnotherGospel Program”

With Don NeylandMon–Fri.10:30–10:45a.m.

1060 AM WLNO

Family Focuschurch of Christ thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine." -- Prov

3:10....."Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved." -- Mat 9:17 -- [Robertson's Word Studies] - The point of the Lord's illustration is that when the wine ferments the skins will tear and rip. ---- David (Continued Next Week)