Church of Christ of Venice Bulletin


September 23, 2001	Volume 11, Number 38

Our Symapthy

We are all saddened to learn this week of the death of one our church's most valuable members, Someone Else.

Someone's passing created a vacancy that will be difficult to fill. Else has been with us for many years, and for every one of those years, Someone did far more than a normal person's share of the work. Whenever leadership was mentioned, this wonderful person was looked to for inspiration as well as results: "Someone Else can work with that group." Whenever there was a job to do, a class to teach, or a meeting to attend, one name was on everyone's lists—Someone Else! "Let Someone Else do it" was a common refrain heard throughout the church.

It was common knowledge that Someone Else was among the largest givers in the church. Whenever there was a financial need, everyone just assumed Someone Else would make up the difference.

Someone Else was a wonderful person, sometimes appearing superhuman; but a person can only do so much. Were the truth known, everybody expected too much of Someone Else. Now Someone Else is gone! We wonder what we are going to do.

Someone Else left a wonderful example to follow, but who is going to follow it? Who is going to do the things Someone Else did? Remember—we can't depend on Someone Else anymore!

Wrong Motives for Worship

Some people regard church only as a place to go to meet their friends, to show off their new clothes, and to become friendly with well-known members of the congregation. They remind me of the story told about a woman who lived in Washington, D.C., and belonged to a church often frequented by the president. One day she called the preacher of her church and asked, "Do you expect the president to be in church next Sunday?"

"I cannot promise you that," replied the preacher, "but I expect God to be there, and I believe that should be sufficient incentive for attendance."

"For where two or three are gathered together in My name,
I am there in the midst of them."

Matthew 18:20

“We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.”

Church members are either pillars or caterpillars.
Pillars hold up the church; caterpillars just crawl in and out.

Please fill out a blue visitor card so that we might have a record of your visit. If needed, there is a nursery available at the rear of the auditorium. Bible classes for all ages are available Sundays at 10:00 am and Wednesdays at 6:30 PM. We hope that you will join us for these studies. Please come and worship with us again soon.

AM ... "Rebuilding our National Security" (Psalms 33)
PM ... "David Series, #5 - "What to Do When Your Security is Removed" (1 Samuel 18:6-21:5)

Next Sunday (29th) we will be having a 5th Sunday contribution. Everything contributed above our budget will be placed into our building fund.

Currently the work has been put out for bid. We are hoping to have that process completed in the next few weeks.

Service Opportunities		Time of Services
Announcements:	Wayne Vowell	Sunday
Ushers:	Walt Thompson	Bible Study:	10:00 am
Morning Services		Worship:	11:00 am
Bible Reading:	Jim Dougan	Evening Worship:	6:00 pm
Songs:	Jim Treece	Wednesday
Sermon:	Ted Wheeler	Bible Study:	6:30 pm
Closing Prayer:	Clarence Riggenbach
Evening Services
Opening Prayer:	Mike Weber
Songs:	Jim Treece	Our Record - Last Week
Sermon:	Ted Wheeler	Our Record - Last Week
Closing Prayer:	Delbert Leavens	Attendance:	70
Communion		Contribution:	$ 1309.00
Carl Rigney		Weekly Budget:	$ 1500.00
Mike Weber	Delbert Leavens
Kerry Keathley
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