1 John 4.

7-12
Seeking to understand godly love

To whom is it to be

directed

It is to be directed not only toward God, but also toward

Our love is to be directed toward

Do we remember our early

God

Our love for

God

convictions

problems

solitude

What are the

benefits

. (3.16; 4.10-11)

people

care

STAFF

If you are visiting with us, you are our honored guest!

PULPIT MINISTER

Please fill out a blue visitors card, located on the pew in front of you, and drop it in with
the collection so we can have a record of your visit.

FAMILY MINISTER

ORDER OF WORSHIP August 30, 2015

Kyle Bolton
993-3520
kyle@churchst.org

Bill Tankersley 993-8977

bill@churchst.org

it is easier to think, to study, and to pray.

The more we love people, the more we

other

is to be directed toward

There are some advantages in

each

Along the way, however, we face potential

CHURCH STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST

From a Tomb to
An Eternal
Home

More than a Four-Letter Word

and desire more

involvement

of loving others?

YOUTH MINISTER
HISPANIC MINISTER

Love for others saves, preserves, and expresses our love for

God

Hector Cruz
993-0009
hectorcruz@cscofc.org

SECRETARY

Talitha Liggett 359-3597

office@churchst.org

How can we show love for God?

Can we give Him anything He

The only way to love

needs

God

ELDERS

? (Romans 11.33-36)

is to love

others

Wayne Cozart 359-5467

wayne@churchst.org
Glenn Hardison 359-5997
glenn@churchst.org
David Jent
359-5217
david@churchst.org
Don Ledford
359-3310
don@churchst.org
Lee Morrison 359-2142
lee@churchst.org

What are we thinking about when we say love?

God

Love is

Love

is love.
Jesus

Christ

can mean many things.

Agape is a love that

thinks

Jesus.

It is what makes it possible for families and friends to love for

Such love is

commanded

DEACONS

years

. (1 John 4.21)

It moves out of liking, emotion, feeling, and warmth to

will

We move closer to others by understanding Gods

What about us?

.
self

giving

in Jesus.

Steve Allen
359-4616
Kenneth Bailey 993-2159
Grover Collins 359-5386
Matt Ervin
637-1830
Greg Hardison 703-4231
Joel Hargrove
652-7143
Robert Hopkins 364-3927
Gary Lancaster 359-5215
Kelly Lane
359-5986
Joe Liggett
359-4929
Ray Wakefield 359-2328
Clifford Whitaker 637-3507
Britt Wiles
359-7702
Mike Wiles
359-4165
Will Wilson
293-6814

Welcome/Ann
Song Leader
Preacher
Reading
Scripture
Prayer
Sermon
Closing Prayer

9:00 AM Service

6:00 PM Service

Clifford Whitaker
Bill Tankersley
Kyle Bolton
Billy Cook
1 John 4:7-11
Lee Morrison
More Than a Four Letter Word
Joe Liggett

Matt Ervin
Bill Tankersley
Kyle Bolton
Aaron Wiles
Genesis 45:4-8
Roy Bolton
Developing Greatness
Steve Allen

Item for Childrens Home for September: Beef Stew & Ravioli.
Events of Interest:
August 30
Baby Shower for Ashley & Molly Ann Rodgers
in Room 13 from 2 til 3:30.
Sept. 12
Ladies Day at Westvue, beginning at 8:30.
Sept. 13
Youth devotional at the Baileys after the evening service.
Sept. 18-20
R.U.S.H. at Freed Hardeman. Sign up on Youth board.
Sept. 25-27
Fall Advance at Dickson. Applications are in the racks.
Deadline to sign up is Sept. 16.
Adults we need your help! Sign-up on youth board.
Calling All 5th - 8th
Grade Girls!
It is time for Praising
Princesses to reconvene as of Wednesday
night, September 2!
P.S. Please bring a
mother
or
grandmother to the first
session, if possible.

Wednesday, September
2nd!
Sunday, September
6th!

Remember in Prayer

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Charles Williamson has fallen and broken his leg, also

has a blood infection.
Houston Williams had appendix removed on Thursday

Continue to Remember ...

Youth Devotional
Sunday, September 13 hosted by
Kenneth and Kristin Bailey

Just 4 weeks (1 month) till

FALL ADVANCE!
Mark your calendars for:
September 25-27
at Camp Hickory Hills in Dickson.
Light the Fire is our theme.
th

Young people 4 grade and up are

eligible to go.
Invite your friends and
lets have a great FALL ADVANCE!

RUSH @ Freed-Hardeman
September 18-20; sign up on the
Youth board in the back hallway

Fall Advance
September 25-27; pick up your
registration sheet in the wall pocket
next to the Youth Minister office.
Registration deadline is September 16.

Fall Festival @ Morrison Farm

October 17

August 30

Hershel Davis, Clifton & Jean Hollowell, Doug Martin,

Jack Miller, Morris Mitchell, Molly Ann Rodgers, John
Schmitt, Patsy Spence, Ronald Young
Emma Lancaster (mother of B J Holt), Cora Braden
(mother of April Wilson), Lyla Kate Johnson
(granddaughter of Amy Fuller), Joann Frame (sister of
Frances Burgett), Mike McCollum, (son of Shirley
McCollum), Kurt Massey (cousin of Donna Hargrove),
Barbara Chunn, (aunt of Kim Anderson & Keith
Childers), Holland Townes, (granddaughter of Steve &
Pam Allen), Phyllis Adcock Sentlingar, (niece of Laquita
Weaver), Brandon Bradley, & Bill Ketron (friends of Joe
Liggett), Joy Briggs (friend of David Adams), Don Smith
(father of Becky Allen), Bailey Allen, (grandson of Artie &
Becky Allen), B.D. & Marcella Spence, (friends of community), Keith Green, (son of Patsy Derryberry), Charles
Estes, (son of Margaret Neill), Jana Hoffman, (cousin of
Janet Manire, Pam Davis & Terry Spray), Lucy Tate
IN HOME SHUT-INS
Anna Bailey, Carlee Barron, Ross Beckham, Theola Blue,
Ruby Cathey, Elizabeth Escue, James Foster, Sadie
Graves, Reba Harwell, Tina Montgomery, Mary Ann
Roberts, Jim & Laquita Weaver, Billy & Alice Willis
NHC LEWISBURG/MERIHIL
Joetta Bigham, Mary Davis, Ed Lee, Nona McBride, Elise
Murphy
NHC OAKWOOD
Evelyn Baxter, Roslyn Collins, Elizabeth Foster, George &
Dorothy Phillips, Ethel Short,

Be watching and listening for

more exciting youth events coming
your way in the very near future

VILLAGE MANOR
Roy & Anna Bolton, Betty Carter, Geraldine Davis,
Elizabeth Hardison, John Hargrove, Bobby & Melba
Martin, Mabel Payne, Lucy Tate, Lillian Wakefield

Monthly Devotionals
WOW
Weekly Bible Study
Area-Wide Youth Devotionals
Fall Festival @ the Morrison Farm
Evangelism University
Challenge Youth Conference (CYC)
and more ...

OUR MILITARY
Donnie Allen, Mark Allen, Nate & Brittany Leyba, Todd
Lowrance, Logan Tate

August 31

Sept. 1
Sept. 2

Sheila Crick
Pam Davis
Brandee L. Worsham
Bill Marlow
Gary Wells
Katrina McRady

Sept. 5

Kaylin Kreuzer 11
Anna Bolton 81
Bob Edens
James Watkins 89
R.L. Wiles
Betty Daniels
Ann Miller
Chad Arnold

August 30
August 31

Greg & April Wilson41 yrs

Lee & Carol Morrison41 yrs

Sept. 5

Billy & Ruth Cook34 yrs

Sept. 3
Sept. 4

Calling All 5th - 8th Grade Girls!

It is time for Praising Princesses to
reconvene as of Wednesday night,
September 2!
P.S. Please bring a mother or grandmother to the first session, if possible.
*****************
PLEASE update your college
students addresses.
We want to keep in touch.

SUMMIT
Pat Blackmore, Louise Bogle, Frances Lamb

OUR MISSION POINTS

Colonet, Mexico; City of Children (Ensenada, Mexico),
World Bible School; Ghana preachers; Zambia jail
ministry; Eastern European Missions; Inner City
Ministry; AGAPE; Freed-Hardeman University; Heritage
Christian; Fishers of Men; Tennessee Childrens Home;
World Christian Broadcasting
***********
We have received thank you notes from:
The Jesse Lou Duncan family, &
Billy & JoEllen Haislip.
Please stop and read.

FOR THE RECORD

August 23, 2015

AM
Hispanic
PM
Bible Class
Summit
Wed. Nite
Contribution $10,414.25
*includes Hispanic count

360*
40
174
311
7
191