The BIBLICAL MESSENGER

9th & Main
CHURCH OF CHRIST
San Angelo, Texas

ELDERS
John Mayfield
Ed Roper

EVANGELIST
John Hobbs

ASSEMBLIES
SUNDAY

Bible Classes	9:30 am
Morning Worship	10:30 am
Evening Worship	5:00 pm

WEDNESDAY

Bible Classes

7:00 pm

In SEARCH of the
Lord's Way

each Sunday morning at
8:00 am

KIDY-TV 6 (Cable Channel 10)
Program Transcripts

Which Am I?

A strong horse-shoe magnet may be held over an old rust-eaten, shapeless nail without meeting any response. A bright, ringing nail will leap to the magnet, attract another, and through it draw yet another until several are attracted.

That is how Christians are. A really genuine, active, shining Christian has a tremendous attraction to Christ, is magnetized by His love and purity, attracted by His power. And through that Christian, Christ can draw others to Him to share that same power and attraction.

But a rusty, unpolished, corroded Christian, cranky, defiled and selfish, has very little attraction, and through Him the power of Christ to win the world cannot flow.

God has enough power to wipe out every vice and every evil doctrine in this world, but first of all, there must be conductors. And rusty, untaught, unprepared, and unpracticed church members neither draw others near to God nor are drawn near themselves.

Our religion must be intensive before it can be extensive.

Via Jonesboro Arkansas
(from The Bulletin Digest)

Answer to our last BIBLE question:

Elijah is the prophet who outran a king's chariot and a team of horses. (I Kings 18:46)

This weeks question:

Who appeared with Jesus on the Mount of Transfiguration?

Answer next week.

                Ladies........
        You are invited to a wedding shower honoring Crystal Reed, bride-elect of Lance Modawell, Sunday April 13, 2:00 - F:00 P.M. at the home of Nancy McKee, 3334 Westover Terrace.
Selections at Target, Dillards & Linens-

Bridal Shower........

Please join us to celebrate the marriage of

Jacob and Amanda Gamez

When :	April 5, 2003
Where :	9th & Main church of Christ
Address:	901 N. Main St.
Time :	100 P>M> to ?

Given by aunts Irma Juaraz & Vera Chappa

This is the final issue of The Biblical Messenger's twentieth year of publication. It has been published every week, except last year's Christmas and Thanksgiving week, for the past twenty years. We have copies of all past editions. You are free to borrow these to look over, but not to keep. We look forward to the next twenty years.

COMING EVENTS

April 03	Lubbock Children's Home gets no money from us. They send a truck once per year to pick up donations of food or other items. This year they are asking us for 100 packages of 33 gallon trash bags.
April 5	Run you clocks ahead one hour before going to bed tonight. Daylight savings time begins.
April 6	All church pot-luck friendship meal. Following the meal, there will be a teacher's meeting. All present and potential teachers are urged to attend.
April 7-11	New Mexico Children's Home truck will be here to pick up our fruit drinks and sweetened cereal. Let's help them out all we can. (NOTE: This is a correction to the previous announcement that Cherokee Children's Home would be here on this date.)

"Jacob says hi to everyone. He will finish school Wednesday, March 26th and will then be stationed at Camp LeJeune N.C. Please keep him in your prayers."

"Churches that grow
want to grow.
Their leaders want it, Their members want it.
Their hearts long to see it.
Not just occasionally but
ALL THE TIME"

From the pen of John Hobbs:

WHAT'S GOING ON AT NINTH & MAIN?

Ninth and Main is in the process of putting in elders and deacons. We all need to pray constantly and intently that God's will be done. On Sundays March 30 and April 6, I will present lessons on the qualifications of elders. As I have said before, I believe that God is more concerned about men meeting the qualifications than the selection process.

I am in the process of selling my house in Abilene and moving to San Angelo. I am asking you to pray that I can sell my house and move this summer as soon as possible.

Branyon and Alana are getting married this May. Lance and Crystal are getting married in June. We need to pray for these young couples as they start a new life together.

We have several members who are seriously ill and need our prayers: Luci Vinson, Betty Walden, Don Hindsley and Peggy Curtis.

Our visitation and Bible Correspondence programs are still in operation. If you would like to become involved, please contact me.

Our next potluck fellowship meal is Sunday, April 5 immediately after the morning services. Please put this date on your calendar and invite someone to come too.We use this fellowship meal as an evangelistic to reach out to visitors and non-members.

In Christian Love,
John Hobbs

Ed. Note: This time only, instead of having a men's business meeting following potluck, we will have a teacher's meeting. All teachers and potential teachers are urged to attend.