NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION FOCUS Focus on aspects of Christian living

NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION “FOCUS” Focus on aspects of Christian living. HIGHLAND HEIGHTS CHURCH OF CHRIST 785 S. Lowry St. P.O. Box 465 Smyrna, TN 37167 U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT NO. 6 SMYRNA, TN 37167 Following Our Christ Unto Salvation ...helping change lives for good. December 2, 2008 TIME OF SERVICES SUNDAY 9 A.M. BIBLE CLASS 10 A.M. & 6 P.M. WORSHIP WEDNESDAY 7 P.M. VISITORS WELCOME Budget:: $12,550. Contribution Sunday: $11,108. Sunday Bible Class: 312 Sunday Morning Worship: 567 Sunday Evening Worship: 278 Wednesday Bible Class 11/26/2008: 226 WORK SOUND SYSTEM: December 7, 2008, Erron Carlin & Brett Evans SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2008 If your name is on this list and you are not able to help in that area, please call Zack Bannister at 223-6434. 223MORNING WORSHIP: 10 A.M. Welcome: Bill Stafford Announcements: Cordell Choate Song Leader: Jeff Carden Opening Prayer: Mark Mayes Bible Reading: Eugene Gilmore Preaching: Wayne Cornwell Closing Prayer: John Heath ____________________________________ SUNDAY LORD’S TABLE A.M. Presiding: Kevin Oldham Eugene Nickell Lee Evans Ted Caldwell Mike Brown Charlie Mullins Carl Syler Austin Mobbs Chad Mullins 1L Doug Caldwell 1R Josh Wood 2L Nathan O’Neal 2R Noah Syler 3L Kip Nickell 3R Terry Robinson 4L John Lanza 4R Spencer Cooper EVENING WORSHIP: 6 P.M. Announcements: Cordell Choate Song Leader: John Skorik Opening Prayer: John Mangrum Preaching: Wayne Cornwell Closing Prayer: Al Evans ______________________________ SUNDAY LORD’S TABLE P.M. Braden Hunsicker, Taylor Jackson ______________________________ NURSERY A.M. SUNDAY: Amy Hughes, Regina Hunsicker NURSERY P.M. SUNDAY: Marsha Wood _________________________________________ CARD COLLECTORS: Assigned later _________________________________________ LOCK BUILDINGS/LIGHTS: PULPIT MINISTER: WAYNE CORNWELL YOUTH MINISTER: MATT WILBER EDUCATION/ EVANGELISM MINISTER: JOSH PAPPAS Jimmy Dugger _________________________________________ GREET AT DOORS SUNDAY Front Door: Charles & Kay Mullins Side Door: Billy & Lorann Mooney Back Door: Jerry & Christy McClenney _________________________________________ The greeters should be at their door before & after the worship service to get any visitors to sign the register. If you know you will not be there, please contact Howard Greenfield ahead of time. ELDERS: DOUG CARLIN AL EVANS GLENN FOUTCH ALBERT GODSEY ROY MULLINS BILL STAFFORD 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10 Announcements: Paul Wisdom Song Leader: Eugene Gilmore Opening Prayer: Matt Wilber Closing Prayer: Zack Bannister Devotional: Wayne Cornwell 2009: There are several sign-up sheets signon the table in the foyer for 2009. Please go by the table and sign up to help with preparing the Lord’s Supper, making the communion bread, being over the Food Committee a month at a time, helping in the Nursery, working in the Food Pantry and having a Devotional for the teens in your home. Your help will be appreciated. ________________________________________ brother-inSympathy: Glenn Foutch’s brother-in-law, Jack Bond, passed away last week. ________________________________________ The ladies are invited to a Baby Johnston, Tea for Misty Johnston Saturday, December 6, 2-4 p.m., in the small fellowship room. Misty is registered at Target & Babies R Us. ________________________________________ ChurchHighland Heights Church-wide Ski Trip (All ages are invited.) : Our annual ski trip will be February 6-8. It will be at Perfect North Slopes 6in Florence, KY. Sign-up sheets are in the foyer, teen room and/or see Wilber. The money and permission forms MUST be turned in to Matt Wilber on/or before January 24th. The forms with more info, are on the table in the foyer. _________________________________________ CYP: CYP outing to see "A Christmas Carol" at the Rutherford County Center for the Arts. Friday, December 5 at 7:30. _________________________________________ If you would like to send holiday cards to some of the members here at Highland Heights, you may do so at a cheaper rate, by putting them in the boxes in the foyer. (No stamp is needed.) Each box has an alphabet on it. Please put your cards in the boxes going by their last names. You have to have your cards in the boxes by the 14th. The cards will then be separated and will be ready for your pick-up on the 17th. ****************** There are cards on the table in the foyer for you to sign. The names on the cards comes from the nursing homes. Please sign your name, to cheer. help give them some holiday cheer BLOOD DRIVE: Our Blood Sunday Nights: Children’s Bible Hour for ages 4-8, meets in the Children’s Bible Hour room. If you have questions, see Justin Britton. … Bible Bowl study for children grades 4-8, meet in the small fellowship room. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Elders—Sunday at 5 p.m., Roy Mullins & Glenn Foutch will be available to discuss or pray with you about any conMeet with our Elders cern that you may have. Please call one of these men in advance, if you desire to meet with them. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ a.m.Highland Heights’ Tuesday Men's Lunch Devotionals, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bring your lunch and enjoy an encouraging devotional. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We have a nursery that can be used for children ages 3 and under. There are ladies in the nursery to help with your children. We have a cry room for the older children and their parents, to help the parents train them. We also have a nursing room down the hall of the old building, for mothers who want some privacy. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ If you would like to make some visits please meet at the church building Monday evenings, 6 p.m. If you would like to make visits, visits, but can’t meet at the building, see Tim Egerton Egerton. ADDRESS 785 S. LOWRY P.O. BOX 465 SMYRNA, TN 37167 a.m.Drive will be December 20th, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. This Blood Drive will be our donor appreciation drive with drawings for gifts every 10-15 minutes. Please sign the sheet in the foyer and give the gift of life. PHONE 615-459-4071 Elders & Deacons Assignments Local Mission/Evangelism Deacon: Dan Pope Elder: Doug Carlin Worship Deacon: Kevin Coulter Elder: Al Evans Visitation/Personal Work/ New Member Orientation Deacons: Tim Egerton, Howard Greenfield Elder: Glenn Foutch Foreign/Domestic Missions Deacons: Lee Robinson Elder: Albert Godsey Education Deacon: Jeff Carden Elder: Roy Mullins Internal/External Communication Deacon: John Lanza Elder: Doug Carlin Finance Deacon: Tony Lea Elder: Bill Stafford Fellowship/AgeFellowship/Age-Specific Ministries/Youth Deacon: John Cothron, Elder: Al Evans Internal/External Benevolence Deacons: Paul Wisdom, Doug Caldwell Elder: Glenn Foutch Buildings & Grounds: Deacon: Steve Davis Elder: Albert Godsey FAX NUMBER 615-223-9475 WEB SITE: WWW.HIGHLANDHEIGHTS.NET Gary Washer uses the church office for SFT Awareness. To help your friends & family remove depression, stress & emotional pain, call 615322-5300 to request an appointment. This is a free service made available by this congregation. The Mission Committee meets Sunday, Dec. 7, 5:00 p.m. The Visitation Committee meets Sunday, Dec. 7, 5:00 p.m. HIGHLAND HEIGHTS Page 2 DECEMBER 2, 2008 Page 3 Pray For These: Shirley Knight is scheduled to go home from Adam’s Place, Wednesday, December 3rd. Wendell Ellis’ brother, Donald Ellis, had by-pass surgery last Wednesday. He lives in Alabama. Walker Evans was admitted to Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital today (Tuesday), with an infection. At the moment, he is in room 7304. Remember Carolyn Deocales’ parents (Robert & Mae Bass), Gladys Gooch, Velma Cunningham, Lacy & Corinne O’Neal, Sue Jones, Winnie Bailey in Peachtree room 214, Dot Taylor, Bethany Wood, Nancy Demonbreun, Martha Moore in Azalea Assisted Living room D3, Taylor Murray, Annie Simpson in NHC room 229B, Essie Warren, Doshie Hines in Peachtree room 115, & Jo Duke. Also remember Margaret Massey’s daughter (Laurie DeWitt), Mike Bragg’s mother (Brenda Bragg), Jean Coop’s son-inson-inlaw, Lee & Betty McClaran’s son (Tim), Barry Pope’s mother (Jean Pope), Steve Davis’ grandmother, Trish Hodgson, Bobby McClendon’s dad, and Angela Toungette Harrison. …. Barnabus List: Nicholas Delot has Stephen Johnson Syndrome. Quick, Military: Arthur Quick’s email is carlos.quick@us.army.mil. Address: Carlos Arthur Quick HHC 30th CSSB, COB Q-West Iraq, APO AE 09351 … SSGT Nathan Tedder, email- Nathan.Tedder@asab.centaf.af.mil. ….. CSSN Jonathan W. Ross, email tuleren@lycos.com. Mission Couple from our congregation—Neale & Dalissa Bryan s email bangkokBryan’s Neale bryans@gmail.com. Did you lose a knife If you did, see Cordell Choate knife? Choate. _________________________________________________ We thank Michelle Pope & Maie Choate for being over the food committee during the month of November. Betty Mullins and Sarah Godsey are over the food committee during the month of December. We don’t have anyone down for January 2009. Please sign up. _________________________________________________ The next Secret Sisters’ event will be Monday, December 8th, 6:30 p.m., for dinner and an ornament swap at Rachel Evan’s home. Bring either a favorite Christmas side dish and/or dessert, plus a wrapped ornament ($5 limit), but do not put your name on the gift. For questions and RSVP, see Courtney Dirks or Amy Womack. _________________________________________________ Laying Hold of God's Willingness Joshua L. Pappas The late, beloved, brother Wendell Winkler once said in a sermon, "Prayer is not conquering God's reluctance. It is laying hold of God's willingness!" I don't know if the quote was original with him or not, but it is profound. I haven't been the same since hearing it. I wonder how many of us think of prayer as a frustrating effort to "conquer God's reluctance." Do you feel like you have to convince God to answer your prayers? Do you doubt whether God wants to give you what you ask for? I have suffered from doubts in regard to prayer. I've never doubted that God will answer every prayer, but I've often been weak in prayer due to praying small. It has taken a profound shift in my way of thinking for me to be able to ask God for big things and not doubt that he will do what I ask or even better. I also wonder how many of you are familiar with that idea—that God will give you what you ask for, or better? When you think, "or better," do you imagine that it will always be something that turns out to be better in the end, but between now and then is going to be hard, painful, or just not very exciting? We do need to remember that sometimes we ask for things that are not in our best interests, and that God will always do what is best for us (1 John 5:14). However, I hope to grow stronger and stronger in prayer as I develop an increasingly positive view of "God's willingness." Let these passages flow into your heart: "Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!" (Matthew 7:7-11 ESV). "Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours" (Mark 11:24 ESV). "Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it" (John 14:13-14 ESV). "...You do not have, because you do not ask" (James 4:2 ESV). Our Lawrence Gardner Fund is running low. This fund is to help our members at Highland Heights, that are in need. With the economy like it is, we may be looking at quite a lot of our members losing their job. If you like, you may donate toward the fund, in memory of someone. If you are writing a check, you may make it out to Highland Heights’ Lawrence Gardner Fund. Give your donation to Wisdom. Paul Wisdom If you donate in memory of someone, he will see that a relative is notified of your memorial. _________________________________________________ Prepare Lord’s Supper: Dec. 7th—Robert & Peggy Robert Watkins … 14th—Steve & Barbara Davis … 21st—Glenn & Steve Glenn Reid. Lois Foutch … 28th—Mindy & Benjamin Reid You should Mindy get a key from Sue Ellmore Ellmore. PLEASE SIGN UP FOR JANUARY AND THE OTHER MONTHS OF 2009. JANUARY IS COMING UPON US SOON AND AT THE MOMENT NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP FOR JANUARY. The sign-up sheet is in the foyer. _________________________________________________ Happy Birthday: Timothy Egerton & Pardue—December 7th … Cierra Lena Pardue Ashton—9th … Luke Coulter & Bruce Ashton Richardson—10th … Arthur Quick & Richardson Tedder—11th … Reese Pomeroy Pomeroy— Diane Tedder 12th. _________________________________________________ sign2009: There are several sign-up sheets on the table in the foyer for 2009. Please go by the table and sign up to help with preparing the Lord’s Supper, making the communion bread, being over the Food Committee a month at a time, helping in the Nursery, working in the Food Pantry and having a Devotional for the teens in your home. We especially need to fill up January, since it is just a few days away. Your help will be appreciated. Pantry: Items needed are canned or powdered potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, canned fruit, toilet tissue, tuna chili, shampoo, bath soap, dishwashing liquid, diapers, Kleenex & baby products, rice & jelly or jam. You may bring other food items also. Monetary donations are always welcome. __________________________________________________ 2HYM: Sport’s Night Monday nights, 7-9 p.m., education bldg. … Devotional—December 14—Cornwell’s house. Cornwell’s _________________________________________________ New quarter of study for the adult classes begin Wednesday, December 3rd There will be a list of classes in the 3rd. foyer. _________________________________________________ MR. AND MRS. JERRY GLENN LOMAX REQUEST THE HONOUR OF YOUR PRESENCE AT THE MARRIAGE OF THEIR DAUGHTER Kimberly Dawn to Thomas Brook Halfacre SON OF MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM HALFACRE SATURDAY, THE THIRTEENTH OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT AT HALF PAST FIVE IN THE EVENING NORTH BOULEVARD CHURCH OF CHRIST 1112 NORTH RUTHERFORD BOULEVARD MURFREESBORO, TENNESSEE AND AFTERWARDS AT A DINNER RECEPTION OAKLANDS MANSION (Please let us know if you plan to attend the Dinner Reception. To RSVP, please call 945-7676, or email kdL.120@hotmail.com. Thank you.) __________________________________________________ Help Needed: If you are available to assist other members occasionally, by driving them to doctor’s appointments, etc., please sign the sheet in the foyer. Thank You I want to thank all my brothers and sisters at Highland Heights for their prayers, cards and encouragement given to my family during our bereavement from mother’s passing. We appreciate so much having such good representation from Highland Heights on the day of visitation and for those who directed and prepared the food brought to us. Both body and spirit were nourished. There is nothing on earth as grand as the Family of God. In Christian Love, Tony Washer Dec. 3—New Quarter of Bible classes, for adults begin. 4—Education building used. 5—CYP/Holiday outing to see a “Christmas Carol”. 6—Education bldg. used. Baby Tea for Misty Johnston small fellowship room. Johnston, 7—Mission Committee meets, 5 p.m. Visitation Committee meets, 5 p.m. CYP—Devotional. 8—2HYM use education bldg. p.m. 13—Education building used. Small fellowship room used. 14—2HYM devotional. Elders, Deacons & Ministers meet. 15—2HYM use education building. 20—Small fellowship room used for Blood Drive. Education building used. 22—2HYM use education building. 28—Education building used, 12 noon. 29—2HYM use education building.