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**In Our Thoughts & Prayers**
• Adam Jenkins is doing very well following his surgery on June 14 at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. He moved to a regular room on Wednesday. The Jenkins family has prayer pager 441-2591. See their web site at www.jenkinssite.com/ for more news on Adam’s progress!
• Norma Graf is in Sparks Hospital.
• Marjorie Blake requests prayers for her grandson, Blake, who was injured in a motorcycle accident.
• Vicki Hardin had outpatient surgery Wednesday (spinal cord stimulation implant). Vicki has prayer pager 441-6639.
• Mary Burkett’s mother, Tina Eudaly, had a heart attack this past week, but has improved and was dismissed from the hospital on Tuesday.
• Lewis Livesay is doing well following his surgery. Anetia and Lewis express their appreciation for all the prayers and for David’s visit.
• Continue to pray for Bill Houlker, Roy & Joyce Dunavin’s son-in-law in New Zealand.
• Don Green has prayer pager 441-2593. His condition continues to worsen.
• Wendell Fenton (Natalie Nelson’s father) has prayer pager 784-7490. 

 

**Continued Prayers**
• Anita Maxwell
• Audra (Beard) Bocksnick
• Bob Callicott, Ann Combs’ father
• Chuck Cunningham
• Gene Smith
• Jay Wood
• John Fowler
• Larry Treat
• Maile McDonald
• Mary Vampola
• Paul Flippo
• Therese Wieser
• Vicki Varvel (daughter of John and Nadine Hawkins)

 

**Bereaved**
Our love and sympathy is extended to Ruby Lee Hundley in the death of her mother, Ila Ellis (age 94) of Meaford, Ontario, Canada. Mrs. Ellis was a school teacher in a Christian school for 30 years. John Paul has gone to join Ruby Lee in Ontario. He will return to Fort Smith on June 23rd.

 

**Prayers for Men in Service**
Please add Jackie Luong to this list (from Lao church). Continue in prayer for Matthew Faries, Shane L. Newton, Aaron Bailey, Adam Morrissun, Ronnie Wheat, David Jennen, and Jacob Roper.

 

My nephew Phillip Lux has returned to the states safely. He will be stationed in Yuma, AZ for the remainder of his enlistment.  Thank you to everyone for all your thoughts and prayers.
 Terri Jones

 

**Baptism**
Wendy Avila was baptized June 12 by Oscar Nolasco. 

 

**Welcome New Member!**
John Wade
623 South 19th
Fort Smith, AR 72901

 

**60+ Has a New Name**
JOY (Just Older Youth) Bunch!!
Our next potluck is Saturday, June 18 at 6:00 p.m. in the FLC. We’ll have special guests!

 

**Notes of Thanks**
Thank you for all your prayers, calls, visits, and food after the death of our father, Floyd Douthit. It’s nice to be able to lean on our church family.
 Bill & Doris Stokes
 John & Anna Holley

 

Thank you is not an adequate expression of our feeling for the West-Ark Family during Bill’s recent illness and surgery. Your cards, visits, calls, and flowers are deeply appreciated. We can’t say enough about the prayer pager ministry. Just knowing that so many others were joining together with us in prayer for Bill was so comforting. West-Ark has demonstrated to us and the community that you truly are “disciples for Jesus eager to serve others.” God bless you all.
 Bill & Margaret Moss

 

Our sincerest thanks for all your good wishes and very lovely gift.
 Britney and Zach

 

**Lost & Found Items**
Lost and found items will be displayed in the foyer for the next two weeks. Afterwards, these items will be donated to Community Outreach.

 

**Under the Bridge Needs**
• We need a couple of volunteers to alternate transporting the meal/food prepared at the FLC to the Garrison Avenue Bridge on the 3rd Saturdays of the month. Contact Hank or Pam Watlington for details.
• We need metal folding chairs donated for replacement and enhancement of seating for our guests at the Bridge meal. See or contact Kevin Vaught if you can help with chairs.

 

**GriefShare on Wednesdays**
GriefShare Support Group will start back with Session one, Wednesday, July 6th 7:00 pm in the annex. Workbooks are $12. They are recommended but not essential. There is no other cost to the student. Each session includes a video featuring interviews with leading authors, counselors, and ministers with years of expertise in grief recovery. After viewing the video, you have an opportunity to interact with others who have experienced similar losses.

 

You are welcome to begin attending the group at any session. Each is “self-contained,” so that you do not have to attend in sequence. You will find encouragement and help whenever you begin. Then, you will be able to continue with GriefShare through the next 13-week sessions and listen to any of the videos sessions you have not attended. GriefShare features a non-denominational biblical teaching on grief and recovery topics.

 

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**Lions for Christ Calendar**
• The LFC's will have a cookout at Myra Flippo's home this Saturday at 6:00 p.m.  Call John or check the LFC website for directions.
• The LFC's are going on a camping trip to Mammoth Springs in NE Arkansas June 23-25.  They will also float the ever famous Spring River while there.
 
**Attention Church Newsletter Subscribers**
If you are not a member of West-Ark Church of Christ, but wish to continue receiving this newsletter, Family Lines, by regular mail, please let us know. You can call, write, or e-mail, but we DO want to hear from you. Contact information (phone number, address, and e-mail address) are on page 4 of this newsletter. Note: this request does not apply to e-mail subscribers.

 

**David’s Lessons**
Sunday Morning
Mark: What Does That Mean?

 

Sunday Evening
What If That Had Been Me?

 

**Written Without Ink**
http://www.westark.org/benjamin/blog.htm

 

**Snippets from David**
http://www.westark.org/chadwell/blog.htm

 

**Guyana Mission 2005**
Our 4-day medical and evangelistic mission team to Stewartville, Guyana, returned home around 8:30 on Sunday evening. They treated 878 patients in the week and participated in the baptisms of 21 people! Continue to pray for the Guyanese people they served. Some mission highlights include:

 

Monday
One hundred fifty-eight patients were examined and treated for medical or vision problems. All people were offered private Bible studies. Three precious people chose to be baptized. At the evening service we had 93 in attendance to hear Roy Dunavin preach. One asked to be restored.

 

Tuesday
We treated 181 patients and witnessed 7 conversions. Another was baptized at the end of the evening service. Thirteen-year- old Azia Blasdel was baptized by her dad about 11:30 p.m. in the hotel pool. It was a thrilling experience for all involved.

 

Wednesday
We left the hotel about 20 minutes early and stopped briefly at the Anglican cathedral in Georgetown. This is reported to be the tallest, free-standing wooden structure in the world. To enjoy the awesome acoustics inside this beautiful building, our team sang "Our God, He Is Alive." We arrived in Stewartville a bit earlier than on previous days. There was a big crowd of people waiting in line for treatment. We quickly put the clinic together and were able to see 264 patients by 5 p.m. Four people were baptized during our clinic hours on Wednesday. One person asked to be restored.

 

Thursday
Our last day at the clinic seemed hotter than other days. We saw 274 patients before closing down the gate at 4:30.  Five were baptized on Thursday, bringing the total number of conversions to 21. Our final evening service had the greatest attendance with 216, including 134 children.

 

Many of us are making plans to return next summer. Our greatest desire is that we glorified the Savior through our service to others.

 

Read Michael Cole’s full report at http://www.thecolefamily.com/guyana/guyana05.htm

 

**West-Ark’s VBS 2005**
July 18-21
We need volunteers to cut out 10 pairs of sandals each. The sandals are cut from carpet. If lots of people help, it will make a huge difference! The material and instructions will be given to you. Please contact Karen Benjamin (414-8166) if you can help.

 

**Happy Birthday**
June 26
David Gates

 

June 27
Patrick Murphy
Cami Stancil

 

June 28
Jean Dicks
Paige Kimbrow

 

June 29
Bethany Brown
Sedalia Douglas
Margaret Thompson

 

June 30
David Burns
Martha Gunter
Judy Walker

 

July 1
Shelby Breedlove
Kevin Curtis
Roy Dunavin
Ruth Gouty
Dillon Hamilton
DeAnn Hankins
Hunter Pistole

 

July 2
Trevor Curtis
Nelda Fowler
Dale Lusby

 

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**Family Life Ministry**
By Brad Pistole 

 

We have returned safely from a great week at Green Valley Bible Camp. We had a great night this past Sunday with all of our new 7th graders and their families. If you would like to see pictures from Senior Week at GVBC or pictures from our 7th grade welcome night, go to www.westark.org/youth and click on that event.

 

Now our focus shifts to our next major event. We are excited about participating for the first time in the Heifer International Project in Perryville, AR. This program helps raise global hunger awareness in young people. It teaches them about service to others and the realities of life for people who live in third world countries.

 

We will be taking a group of 17 to the Heifer International Project on June 24th-27th.  Our final meeting will take place this Sunday, June 19th at 5:30 p.m. in the FLC youth room. If you have not turned in your release form or paid your remaining balance, you will need to bring them with you to this meeting. See you Sunday.

 

Congratulations to Azia Blasdel who was baptized on Tuesday night, June 7th while on the mission trip with our Guyana Medical team. Also, Lauren Hankins recently competed in a National Gymnastic Competition in Orlando, FL and she placed 21st overall. That’s amazing! We’re proud of both of you girls!

 

**Nursery**
A.M. Nursery
Gail Mason
Bo Mason
Flora Johnson
Kristy Abernathy

 

P.M. Nursery
Sheila Vaught

 

**Attendance and Contribution Count**
Sunday AM Worship 560
Bible Classes  371
Sunday Evening 299
Wednesday PM  294
Contribution   $14,262
Children’s Home   $164
Hispanic Contribution $206
AM Hispanic Attendance  42
Laotian Contribution $260
Laotian Attendance 26
The Way Contribution $52
The Way Attendance 35

 

Office Phone (479) 452-1240
Fax  (479) 452-5767
office@westarkchurchofchrist.org
www.westark.org