Family News

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Sunday Morning:
Bible Class ... 9:00
Worship ... 10:00

Sunday Evening:
Worship ... 5:30

Tuesday Morning:
Ladies B/C ... 10:00

Wed. Evening:
Bible Study ... 7:00

Welcome to the Holden Avenue Church
of Christ.   We are especially glad that
you are here. We hope you enjoy your time
with us and come back to visit real soon.
It is our hope that you will find your time
here encouraging and beneficial. If you have
any comments, questions, or prayer requests,
please share those with us. We are here to
minister to you and your family.

Our sympathy is extended to the family Kyle Richmond of Arizona. He passed away on May 2, 2007.

Surviving family members include his mother, Karen Yarbrough & grandmother, Lucille Shannon.

Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” The Hebrew phrase “train up” came from farming terminology, which referred to training a tree or vine to grow in a particular shape or direction.

If you have ever been to Disney World, you have seen those fascinating shrubs shaped like animals and various Disney characters. Of course, those bushes don’t grow that way by themselves! Even Disney doesn’t have that kind of magic. Over a ten-to-fifteen-year period, from the time those bushes are planted, they are shaped, trimmed, pruned, and “trained” in the way that they should go. Some parts are removed, other parts are cultivated, and still other parts are trimmed away; finally, the entire plant conforms to a wire mesh in the shape of the desired animal or character.

That is exactly the process by which we are to train our children. It must begin early. To put it another way, “If you wait till they date, it’s too late” — James Merritt.

• Today, May 6    -    "Burgers with the Bishops"
         (In small auditorium after evening worship)
• May 13    -    Mother's Day
• May 20    -    Senior Day!!!
  (Give Ryan 10-15 pictures by May 6 please!)
• June 23-28    -    Second Session of Uplift
• July 1-8    -    4th Session of Camp - SLCC in MS

• VBS meeting today, May 6th in the small auditorium @ 4:30pm.
• Address for Andy Malone—20530 County Rd., Kennett MO 63857
• Care packages to soldiers go out May 15th.
• Brown Bag Lunch Wednesday—it was pineapple up-side-down cake last week—what will it be this week??
• Still looking for pet photos! If you have turned one in —its ready to be picked up!

Our Members Continuous Prayer Concerns:
Tressie Allen, Lola Baker, Iwanna Campbell, Leta Cox, Orvill & Wilma Dossett, Dean Fortenberry, Dorothy Leland, John & Itha Lewis, Elsie Ridgeway, Alton Mathis, Theda Smith, Lois Sutherland, Asellee Tims, Pat Turner, Vada Waddill, Ruby Walker.
Friends & Family Continuous Prayer Concerns:
Melvin Block, Sherry Bradley, Eilene Madden, Andy Malone, Offie Thornton, Spencer Long, Kim Sheppard, Ed Yarbrough, Virginia Doyle, Mike Driver, Ruby Haley, Suzie Ford, Fran Heath, Mitchell Baker, Buddy Cullins, Rae Dee Eddington, Todd Holt Laverne Long, Ruth & Lonnie Moxley, Alonzo Seymore, Betty Shirley, Gene & Wands Simmons, Harold Sutherland.
April Prayer Requests:
Sandra Lam (Guyana), Tommy Bain, Jim Nance, Morgan & Trey Mann, Bobby Birdsong, Bill Allen, Ernestine Wilson, Ed Holt, Max Davis, Linda Fairchild.
May Prayer Requests:
Henrietta Simpson, Pat Goldman.
Military:
Adam Childers, James Vansandt.

Please call the office for any updates to the prayer list.

Birthdays

May 6th — Frankie Gay May 7th — Wilma Lillard May 7th — Marion Ardrey May 8th — Pam Brownd May 9th — Cathren McCartney May 10th — Jennifer Loftin May 10th — Mary Jane Malone May 11th — Shirley Swink Anniversaries May 8 — R.M. & Julie Bledsoe May 8 — Mitch & Paula Reid May 12 — Nate & Elizabeth Watson

Brother Albert Lemmons is coming
back to Newport May 10—12 for a

Spiritual Warfare Seminar

and to speak at a Town Meeting on

Spiritual Warfare: Drugs, Alcohol,
Pornography and Sexual Addictions

Don’t miss it ... Make plans to attend!

Dear God, instead of letting people die and having to make new ones, why don’t you just keep the ones you got now? Jane

Dear God, I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that OK?? Neil

Dear God, in bible times did they really talk that fancy? Jennifer

Dear God I think about you sometimes even when I’m not praying. Elliott

Dear God, I am American, what are you? Robert

Dear God, Thank you for the baby brother but what I prayed for was a puppy. Joyce

Dear God, We read that Thomas Edison make light but in Sunday school they said you did it. I bet he stole your idea. Sincerely, Donna

Dear God, I bet it is hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it. Nan

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Sunday Evening, May 6
Communion:   John Chronister & Junior Hinkle
Announcements:   Alcobra Hall
Closing Prayer:   Raymond Davis

Wednesday Evening, May 9
Announcements:   Justin Rutledge
Closing Prayer:   Jeff Rutledge
Devotional:   Ryan Wilson

Sunday Evening, May 13
Communion:   Vernon Smotherman & Charles Burrow
Announcements:   J. C. McMinn
Closing Prayer:   Perry Stegall

Wednesday Evening, May 16
Announcements:   Cledas Manuel
Closing Prayer:   Bob Stiger
Devotional:   Ryan Wilson