Deacons
   Guy Dale Adams - Transportation
   Bub Barron - Benevolence
   R. M. Bledsoe - Finance
   John Brownd - Fellowship
   Charles Burrow - Worship
   John Chronister - Worship
   Jimmie Darling - Worship
   George Leland - Fellowship
   Harold Rutledge - Building
   Justin Rutledge - Education

Staff
Pulpit Minister:
Glen Knabe
501-278-5628
glen@holdenavecofc.com
Youth Minister:
Ryan Wilson
870-217-5838
ryan@holdenavecofc.com
ymryan17@yahoo.com
Secretary:
Brenda Stegall
brenda@holdenavecofc.com
Custodian
Goldie Arnold

I was privileged to attend the Harding University Lectures and hear brother G.P. Holt just a year or so before his death. His topic that morning was “By This All Men Will Know.” By “this.” What is this? Whatever it is, it is of extreme importance because it will make known to the world, to all men everywhere, that we belong to God. By “this,” I will be identified as His disciple. What is “this?”--if you love one another (John 13:35).

One cannot look into your heart and discern your love for another person. I can say that I love someone but that does not necessarily prove that I love them. What Jesus told us to do was more than tell one or two people that we are close to that we love them. Jesus did not say that we could convince others of our discipleship by a warm feeling we have inside of us. For the world to know that we belong to God we are going to have to do more than feel it, or even say it, we are going to have to show it. John tells us in 1 John 3:18 to not love with words or tongues, but with actions. He is not saying that telling people you love them and appreciate them is not important, it is and we all need to express those feelings more to each other. John is saying that love can only be truly felt and recognized for love when it is put into action.

If one from the world were to look into our congregation, or into your family, what would they see, love annunciated, or love demonstrated? Would they hear words and see deeds to back it up or would they just hear words? For God’s church (and the blessings that come from being a member of it) to have any bearing on one’s life, it must not be presented as a choice, but proven as the only choice. The only way to prove it is to demonstrate the love that God has demonstrated to us.

When we come together to worship, or when we see each other on the streets, or when we work side by side with our brothers or sisters in Christ, remember that the world is watching. They are not looking for the right answers to the right questions. They are not looking for the correct way to worship. They are looking for love.

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.

Bill Wheeler will be our guest
speaker this morning. Bill
works with the Families First
Foundation and always has
interesting information and
news to share with us.

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

Birthdays

April 20 - Jo Hubbard
April 22 - Jaxon Kesselring
April 22 - Margaret Goodman
April 23 - Rita Jones
April 24 - Mitch Reid
April 25 - Claire Rutledge
April 25 - Lucille Shannon
April 26 - Bill Fortenberry

Anniversaries
April 21- Bud & Roven Barron
April 22 - Roger & Kathy Green

As you know, the Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort, Inc sent over $60,000 worth of supplies to aid flood victims in our area and we have been working hard to distribute these supplies to people in need! So far people in Jackson, Independence, Prairie, White and Woodruff counties have been helped. The elders are planning to ask for a special contribution Sunday, May 4th. Please prayerfully consider your contribution.

You are invited to a bridal shower honoring

Dru Western

bride-elect of Brandon Ferguson.
Sunday, April 27 - 1 to 2:30pm
small auditorium

Did you know that an eagle knows when a storm is approaching long before it breaks? The eagle will fly to some high spot and wait for the winds to come. When the storm hits, it sets its wings so that the wind will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle is soaring above it.

The eagle does not escape the storm. It simply uses the storm to lift it higher. It rises on the winds that bring the storm. When the storms of life come upon us - and all of us will experience them - we can rise above them by setting our minds and our belief toward God. The storms do not have to overcome us. We can allow God's power to lift us above them. God enables us to ride the winds of the storm that bring sickness, tragedy, failure and disappointment in our lives. We can soar above the storm. Remember, it is not the burdens of life that weigh us down, it is how we handle them.

The Bible says, But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).

An eye witness account from New York City, on a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the young boy and said, ’My but you’re in such deep thought staring in that window!’ ’I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,’ was the boy’s reply. The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel. By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy’s feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him ... She patted him on the head and said, ‘No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.’ As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her ‘Are you God’s wife?’

Holden Avenue will host the Area Wide Youth Devo April 27th starting at 5:30pm. Sign-up sheet to bring sandwiches and desserts are at each exit and on the Welcome Center in the foyer. Young people, invite your friends to hear Scott Jefcoat speak.

Sunday Evening, April 20
Communion:   Guy Dale Adams & Charles Burrow
Announcements:   Justin Rutledge
Closing Prayer:   O. L. Riley

Wednesday Evening, April 23
Announcements:   Bob Stiger
Closing Prayer:   Jason Tubbs
Devotional:   Jeff Rutledge

Sunday Evening, April 27
Communion:   O. L. Riley & Mitch Reid
Announcements:   Junior Hinkle
Closing Prayer:   John Clark

Wednesday Evening, April 30
Announcements:   Raymond Davis
Closing Prayer:   Dustin McGee
Devotional:   Guy Dale Adams

Sunday is the only day I can sleep in, do laundry, shop, do house work, yard work, etc.
The pews are not comfortable, the church is too hot, the church is too cold.
I don’t like the songs, the preacher is boring, the prayers are too long, I can’t hear the preacher, the preacher is too loud.
I have to cook dinner.
The church is full of hypocrites.

Welcome & Announcements
242—Sing Hallelujah To The Lord
221—Jesus Name Above All Names
176—Lamb Of God
287—There Is A Redeemer

Communion/Giving
859—When All Of God’s Singer’s Get Home (1&3)
867—To Canaan’s Land I’m On My Way

Sermon
683—I Am Mine No More
238—You Are The Song That I Sing

Prayer

Morning Worship:xxxxxxxxll256
Bible Class:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxl155
Evening Worship:lxxxxxxxxlll136
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Contribution:llxxxxxxxxll $4,645.32
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YTD Budget:lxxxxxxxll -$ 261.50