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Family Lines Newsletter, July 14, 2005
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**It’s Time for VBS!**
VBS starts on Monday, July 18 and ends on Thursday, July 21.  The activities begin every day at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at 12:30 a.m.
Due to additional activities and the Marketplace set-up in the Family Life Center, please take note of the following adjustments to our classes on Wednesday, July 20 ...
 
1. All the F.L.O.C.K. and Gateway children’s classes (3 years to 6th grade) will not meet. [Children and their parents are welcome to attend the VBS Grand Finale on  Thursday night, July 21 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.]
2. Peak of the Week will not meet.
3. Youth Class (7th – 12th grade) will not meet.
4. The Nursery (birth to age 2) will be open.
5. Lions for Christ will be meeting.
6. David Chadwell’s Intensive Bible Study (adult auditorium) class will be meeting.
7. Jerry Canfield’s adult Revelation class will meet on July 20. Students should study chapter 12.
 
Please make your plans accordingly for the week of VBS.  Everyone is welcome to attend the VBS Grand Finale at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 21.  If you attend an adult class on Wed. evening, please note that separate classes or child care, with the exception of the nursery, are not planned for this evening.
Please continue to pray for VBS.  The impact we can make on our community and our own children will last for an eternity!
 
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**In Our Thoughts & Prayers**
• James Anderson had quadruple by-pass heart surgery on Sunday afternoon.  He is in room 3208 at St. Edward Hospital and is improving daily.
• Jimmy McCartney (brother of Peggy Pistole) is improving following surgery to remove a stomach tumor last week.  He hopes to go home sometime next week.
• Ann Selig will have thyroid surgery on July 14th, 7 a.m. at St. Edward Hospital. She will be in the hospital for 2-3 days.  Ann has prayer pager 441-1648.
• Surgery for Lawrence Hankins (father of Randy Hankins) has been postponed. He is very weak and back on a ventilator. The family request your prayers for the Lord’s will to be done for him.
• Jennifer Collins asks for prayers for Dale Stem, uncle of David Collins who is having tests; for Zachary Spurlock, her 1 ½ year old nephew who will have tests at Children’s Hospital in Little Rock; and for herself as she sees the doctor later this month for lymph nodes testing.
• G. C. Stone had pacemaker surgery on Tuesday.
• Brian Stone, grandson of G. C. & Margaret Stone was recently diagnosed with cancer.
• Janice Hatcher had surgery on Wednesday (7/13). She will be in St. Edward Hospital for one or two days.
• Mia Nelson (daughter of Rick and Natalie) is recovering from hernia surgery. She is doing well.
• Deborah Wilson’s mother, Fairy Brown, is scheduled for lung surgery on July 21st. Surgery will be followed by chemotherapy.
• Marveil Smith (sister of Anetia Livesay and Marceil Stevens) is in Fianna Hills Nursing Home.
• Jimmy Duncan, Sr. is recovering from surgery.
• Kenneth Burns, a friend of Greg and Nancy Dockery, was transferred to HealthSouth Rehab on Saturday.
• Pat Meadors’ father is very ill at home, and she also recently lost her father-in-law. If you would like to encourage her with a card, her address is 1330 Lakeview Drive, Alma, AR 72921.
• Ashley Campbell is in St. Edward Hospital and needs complete bed rest. The family appreciates your prayers for her and the baby.
• Joan Jenkins (mother of Kerry) hopes to see a specialist next week about suspicious spots on her lungs.
 
**Prayer Pagers**
• Wendell Fenton (father of Natalie Nelson) has pager 784-7490.
• James Anderson has pager 441-2591.
• The McDonald Family has pager 441-6639 for Maile. 
• Ann Selig has pager 441-1648.
• Jimmy McCartney, brother of Peggy Pistole, has pager number 441-2593.
 
**Bereaved**
Our love and sympathy is extended to Frances Quenin in the recent death of her sister, Josephine Stewart Clark of Fayetteville. Funeral services were July 8th.
 
Our love and sympathy is also extended to G. C. Stone in the recent death of his sister-in-law, Francis Stone.
 
**Continued Prayers**
• Anita Maxwell
• Bill Houlker, Roy & Joyce Dunavin’s son-in-law in New Zealand
• Bob Callicott (father of Ann Combs)
• Chuck Cunningham
• Elnora Nichols (sister of Betty Summers)
• Paul Flippo
• Paula Bean, Ron Galloway’s sister
• Vicki Varvel (daughter of John and Nadine Hawkins)
 
**Prayers for Men in Service**
Matthew Faries, Shane L. Newton, Aaron Bailey, Adam Morrissun, Ronnie Wheat, David Jennen,  Jacob Roper, and Jackie Luong.
 
**Missionaries in Prayer**
• _____ in Laos
• Thomas Kweekul in Laos
• _____ in Vietnam 
• John Paul & Ruby Lee Hundley in France
 
**Welcome New Members!**
Jon & Tammy Keller
Alexander, Jackson & Garrett
2304 S. Greenwood
Fort Smith, AR 72903
Phone: 573-0353
 
**Blessed Events**
Congratulations to Jack and Lynn Alexander on the recent birth of a grandson, John Davidson Alexander III born May 5th to John & Melanie Alexander in Memphis, TN.
 
Congratulations also to Jim & Deborah Wilson on the birth of a granddaughter, Lilly Anne Dennis, born July 5th to Richard & Felicia Dennis in Texas.
 
**Wedding Announcement**
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wayne Freeland
request the honour of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Paige Diane to William Cary Wilson
son of Dr. and Mrs. James Cary Wilson
on Saturday, the sixteenth of July
at six o’clock in the evening
Flowers Chapel
Louisiana Baptist Children’s Home
Monroe, Louisiana
Reception immediately following
 
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**Note of Thanks**
Dear West-Ark Quilters,
Thank you so much for the beautiful quilt. It will be cherished in our family and will be well used. Thanks again for thinking of us during this special time.
 In Him,
 Paige & Bill
 
**VBS is July 18-21**
Monday – Thursday
9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
(Ages 4 years – 6th Grade)
 
Parents, PLEASE register your children for VBS.  You may do so either at the table in the church foyer or online at:
http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/vbsregis.htm   All children who are registered by this Friday will be able to see what family they will belong on Sunday morning.
 
*Set-up is July 14 & 15*
We start Thursday morning and will continue setup Friday at 10 a.m. if needed.  Any and all who would like to help are welcome. 
 
*Family Leaders and Marketplace Shopkeepers*
Rugs, greenery, baskets and other decorating items will be on a first-come, first-served basis and will be available in the FLC on Thursday morning. We are still in need of volunteers!  If you are able to help in any way, please contact Dena Jenkins (478-6486) or Carolyn Harrell (646-3325).
 
*Family Leaders & Helpers and all Teen Helpers*
There will be a meeting this Sunday evening after services in Room 100 to go over last minute details and answer any remaining questions you may have.  Thank you in
advance for all of your hard work! ~~Dena Jenkins
 
**Senior Game Day**
Thursday, July 21
1:00 p.m. in the Annex
 
**Happy Birthday**
 
July 25
Bob Fisher
 
July 26
Joseph Rosalez
 
July 27
Jean Jackson
 
July 28
Miriam Gunn
Terri Parker
Retha Wood
 
July 29
Caroll Robison
Jerry Selby
Bill Yick
July 30
Cathy Harris
 
July 31
Jerry Aldridge
Adam Bailey
Anetia Livesay
Thad Stancil
 
**Sunday Morning**
Mark 5
Chris Benjamin
 
**Sunday Evening**
The Personal Tension Faith Produces
David Chadwell
 
**Area Wide Round Robin Meeting**
July 18-23
7:00 p.m. each evening
Singing begins earlier!
 
Day -- Place
Monday -- Waldron
Tuesday --  Washburn
Wednesday -- Valley View
Thursday -- Branch
Friday -- Dayton
Saturday -- Charleston
 
**Van Drivers Needed**
Rod Jones urgently needs more people (men or women) who can drive the church van.  Please call him at 484-1162 if you can help.
 
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**Family Life Ministry**
By Brad Pistole
 
Surely by now you have learned everything you need to know about VBS 2005. But just in case you have been traveling with your family, gone to church camp, or gone to one of the many other summer events that have been taking place, here’s what you need to know…
 
Vacation Bible School will take place Monday – Thursday, July 18-21 from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. It will conclude on Thursday night with a family feast and open house.
 
If you are a teen and would like to help throughout the week, we still need volunteers for the marketplace, plays, and as helpers for the family groups. If you are an adult and you would like to help out, we could certainly use you too. Just talk to Carolyn Harrell, Dena Jenkins, or myself.
 
This year we will be focusing on early ACTS, one of my favorite sections in the Bible. We will be learning about the Day of Pentecost, Peter and John healing a lame man, Annanias and Sapphira, Stephen, and the conversion of Saul. I look forward to a great week!
 
V.B.S. Grand Finale, Thursday Night, 6:30 P.M.!
 
Please keep VBS 2005 in your prayers this coming week!
 
**A.M. Nursery**
Gail Mason
Bo Mason
Flora Johnson
Kristy Abernathy
 
**P.M. Nursery**
Sheila Vaught
 
**Attendance and Contribution Count**
Sunday AM Worship 663
Bible Classes  466
Sunday Evening 290
Wednesday PM  263
Contribution   $16,262
Children’s Home   $265
Hispanic Contribution $106
Hispanic Attendance 42
Laotian Contribution $241
Laotian Attendance 27
The Way Attendance 29
 
Office Phone (479) 452-1240
Fax  (479) 452-5767
office@westarkchurchofchrist.org
www.westark.org
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"Making disciples for Jesus who are eager to serve others."
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