Twitter Digest 2009-04-23

April 24, 2009

  • You are invited to Waymon Adcock’s 90th Birthday Celebration Saturday, May 2, from 2:00-4:00 at the Merkel Musuem 20:33:21
  • Annual Tuesday/Thursday Program is Sunday at 4:00 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend. 20:33:54

90th Birthday Celebration

April 23, 2009

You are invited to Waymon Adcock’s 90th Birthday Celebration Saturday, May 2, from 2:00-4:00 at the Merkel Musuem

Tuesday/Thursday Program

April 23, 2009

Annual Tuesday/Thursday Program is Sunday at 4:00 p.m.  Everyone is invited to attend.

Congratulations to our LTC kids

April 23, 2009

Those who participated:  Tina Bennett, Jenna & Cary Bryan, Cody Buczyna, Chelsea & Chera Chaney, Taylor Johnson, Jessi McGuire, Zach Owens, Jonathan Richardson, Russ Russell, & Brianna Spigelmyer.  They earned gold in drama, chorus, & art;  Zach earned a silver in song leading; and Bible Bowl teams earned a Bronze.  Thank you for representing Merkel so well.

Order of Worship

April 23, 2009

Sunday A.M.

Song Leader:  Burl McCoy

Prayers: Opening-Mark Rogers   Closing-Lane Boyd

Lord’s Table: Jim Jacobs, Larry Gill, Billy Jones, Russ McGuire, Finley Barnett, Dustin Simmons

Pick-up Cards:  Tyler Jones & Kyle Owens

Worship Helpers: Jonathan Juarez & Russ Russell

Nursing Home: Joe Neill

Sunday P.M.

Prayers:  Opening- Logan Cravens   Closing- Joel Owens

Lord’s Table:  Jim Jacobs

Wednesday

Devo:  Burl McCoy

Song Leader:  Joel Owens

Prayers: Opening-Dustin Simmons   Closing-Tim Walker

Could You Die for Him?

April 22, 2009

    If the situation arose, could yoimg_0473-21u give your life for Jesus? Or, would you renounce your faith? If you have died to self, then your life is not your own. It is no longer you who live. Gal. 2:19-20 tells us “For through the law I died to the law, so that I might live to God. I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.”

    Your life, once you are crucified with Christ through your baptism, then you now belong to God, and you are only a steward of your life. The decision is made by God, and you simply carry out that decision. Jesus said in Luke 9:24 “For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for My sake will save it.”

    Paul said in Col. 3:2-4 “Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.” So, if you were called on to give your physical life for Him, could you? Have a great week!

                                                                                                                       Michael

Baby Shower

April 16, 2009

Ladies you are invited to a Baby Shower in honor of

Mrs. Brian (Carole) Hunt

Saturday, May 2, 2009

10:00-11:30 A.M.

Family Center

Selections: Target & Kid’s Village

Ladies Ministry

April 16, 2009

Ladies class will be helping the Bus Ministry with their end of the year celebration next Wednesday during Wednesday evening class.  Please meet at South Park after the Devotional.  If you signed up to bring something for this celebration, please bring it to the family center by this Sunday.  Ladies class will resume the 1st Wednesday of May.  We will be having desserts then.  We are still gathering recipes for the entire month of April for our recipe books.  Don’t forget to bring a 3 ring 1” binder if you want an updated cookbook.  You can give this to Amber.  Have a blessed week.  Amber

Order of Worship

April 16, 2009

April 19, 2009

A.M.

Sermon:   Michael Byran

Song Leader: Lou David Allen

Prayers:  Opening:  Scott Carey       Closing:  Jimmy Bellah

Lord’s Table:   Billy Bob Toombs, Lane Boyd, Jason Myers, Wayne Deen, Ray Juarez, & Burl McCoy

Pick-up Cards:  Tyler Jones & Kyle Owens

Worship Helpers:  Cody Buczyna & Jonathan Juarez

Nursing Home:  Jim Goldsmith

P.M.

Sermon:  Michael Bryan

SongLeader:  Lou David Allen

Prayers:  Opening:  Jim Jacobs     Closing: Joe Swinney

Lord’s Table:  Billy Bob  Toombs

Wednesday

Devo:  Lou David Allen

Song Leader: Burl McCoy

Prayers:  Opening: Joel Owens      Closing: Dustin Simmons

Should We Limit Our Faith?

April 16, 2009

    We are told to be meek. We are told to be harmless as dove. We are told that if someone slaps us on our cheek, then turn to him the other. If we are compelled to go one mile, go two. If someone demands our coat, give him our cloak also. No limitations, right? If someone condemns or bans our faith, we should give up our faith. Oops, wait a minute! Does that belong in there? Do we obey God or man? When the world tries to strip us of our right to our faith or to worship God, are we to let it? There are limitations, aren’t there. When man takes the place of God and seeks to govern our worship, it is time to disobey man and obey God. Acts 5:29 “Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than men!”

    We are to obey the laws of the land, but only in as much as those laws do not contradict or defame God’s word. God’s will is superior to all others and must come first in our lives. Be faithful till death. It is time for Christians to stand up for Jesus. We have become so entangled with the world’s idea of one another that we have given up faith which comes from God’s Word. Let’s us look at God’s word for direction like Joshua in Joshua 24:14-15 “Now fear the LORD and serve Him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD.”

    Decide for yourself on whom you will follow and follow to the fullest. God has already given us His Word and now it is time for us to give Him our heart and life. Look to the cross of Christ and He will lift you up. Make a choice and stand by it and may we never limit our faith. Have a great week!img_0467-2

                                                                                                                       Michael

(I took a picture of some art at the NTLTC in Dallas, TX)

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