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The
BIBLICAL
MESSENGER

VOLUME XX JANUARY 14, 2003 NUMBER 40

9th & Main

CHURCH OF CHRIST

San Angelo, Texas

ELDERS
John Mayfield
Ed Roper

EVANGELIST
John Hobbs

ASSEMBLIES

SUNDAY
Bible Classes                     9:30 .a.m
Morning Worship             10:30 .a.m
Evening Worship               5:00 .p.m

WEDNESDAY
Bible Classes 7:00 pm

In SEARCH of the Lord's Way

each Sunday morning at
8:00 a.m.

KIDY-TV 6 (Cable Channel 10)
Program Transcripts

On The Wings Of Prayer

Just Close your eyes and open your heart,
And feel your worries and cares depart.

Just yield yourself to the Father above,
And let Him hold you secure in His love.

For life on earth grows more involved,
With endless problems that can't be solved.

But God only asks us to do our best,
Then He will take over and do the rest.

So when you are tired, discouraged and blue,
There is always one door that is open to you.

And that is the door to the House of Prayer,
And you'll find God waiting to meet you there.

And the House of Prayer is no further away,
Than the quiet spot where you kneel to pray.

For the heart is a temple when God is there,
As we place ourselves in His loving care.

And He hears every prayer and answers each one,
When we pray in His name, Thy will be done.

The burdens that seemed too heavy to bear,
Are lifted away on the wings of a prayer.
Helen Steiner Rice.

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Beginning with this issue, space permitting, we will ask a Bible question. Sometimes referred to as Bible Trivia. You will have a week to look up the answer and it will be published the following week.

This week's question:
How many times had the immoral Samaritan woman been married?
Answer next week.

Employment Opportunity; Mrs. Loree Williams, who is a member of the Southgate congregation is in need of a fulltime live-in caregiver. Anyone interested may call Mrs. Williams' daughter, Ila Payne, at 949-0571.

Chadbourne North will be offering a study on the "Book of Daniel", beginning on February 4th. Anyone interested in taking this course can contact Bro. Frank Berthold at 655-3640. Chadbourne North is the satellite school of Sunset International Bible Institute of Lubbock.

The Junior League of San Angelo is in the process of building a "one-of-a-kind" kids playground and need volunteer workers. They have jobs for everybody. If interested call 655-9866.

Our thanks to Austin Hobbs for leading our singing Sunday evening.

COMING EVENTS

January 19	We will have a social hour in the Fellowship Hall following evening services. We will honor Osiel Gamez, Jr. who will be entering the Marine Corps on January 22. See Lou Dell Mayfield or Mary Grimes for details.
February 1	First annual All Church Leadership Banquet. Everyone is invited and we will have a guest speaker. See additional information in Bro. Hobbs article. Please see Mary Etta and get your name on the list by Wednesday, Jan. 29.
February 3-7	Medina Children's Home grocery truck will be here during this week. They suggest we give them Bleach, but will accept any other items we wish to give, and they always appreciate money.
February 9	All church pot-luck friendship meal. Don't miss it.
March 9	Brother Eddie Howard will be our speaker while Bro. Hobbs in Oklahoma conducting a Gospel meeting. Let's all be present to hear Eddie teach and preach. He will also be with us on Wednesday, March 12th

The one who rules the universe is the one who made the rules, so we better go by them.
(Barbs with a point)

From the pen of JOHN HOBBS....

Ninth & Main - 2002 In Review

	Start	End	Growth
Bible School	37.60	51.97	+ 38.2%
Morning Worship	65.76	74.97	+ 14.0%
Evening Worship	37.50	43.27	+ 15.4%
Wednesday Night	28.10	35.68	+ 37.0%
Contribution	1506.00	1759.20	+ 16.8%

The Apostle Paul said, "Examine yourselves" (II Cor. 13:5). This is something we must do individually and collectively as a congregation.

There is an old saying, "there is no sin in being small; the sin in not trying to grow." I agree. We cannot make people become Christians. We cannot make people come to services. We cannot make people see the truth in scripture. But, we can encourage people. We can invite people. We can live a Godly life. We need to remember that God is going to hold us accountable for what we could have done and didn't do!

I hope that every member of the congregation will come to our leadership dinner on Feb. 1, 2003 at 5:00 P.M. We want you. This is your chance to have input into the direction of the church. We will provide a dinner for everyone, have a guest speaker, and then have our input. Please make plans to come.

Anyone needing a ride let us know. We will gladly give you a ride to and from the building. Just let us know.

In Christian Love,
John Hobbs

"THE BIBLICAL MESSENGER" is published weekly by church of Christ, 901 N. Main St., San Angelo. TX 76903-4057.

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