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**In Our Thoughts & Prayers**
Doris
Robertson is scheduled for back surgery April 5th at Washington Regional
Hospital in Fayetteville.
Kathleen Nelson is in St. Edward Hospital, room
3129 ICU. She is a member of an area Church of Christ and would welcome visits.
She and her husband live in Boles, AR.
Phillip Burns is in Sparks Hospital,
room 492. He is scheduled for back surgery Thursday afternoon (3/29/07).
Roger Dicks (son of Charles & Jean) is still in Sparks Hospital, ICU.
Teresa Beam (daughter-in-law of Pearl Beam) is also in Sparks Hospital,
ICU.
Tom Mitchell, former West-Ark member and cousin to Donna Miller, Laura
Smith, and Marilyn Selby, is recovering from heart valve replacement surgery in
the Veterans Hospital, Decatur, GA.
Ron Collar (formerly of
West-Ark) is scheduled for lung
surgery today in Little Rock. If you
would like to send a card, Ron and Pam's address is 17410 Oak Forest Drive,
Mabelvale, AR 72103.
**Prayers for
Bereaved**
Our love and sympathy are extended to Cathy Harris and
Marie Lile in the death of Oneta Love, mother and sister, on Wednesday (3/28/07). Funeral arrangements are incomplete
at this time.
Also, please
remember Pearl Beam in the death of her daughter-in-law, Theresa Beam, on
Wednesday evening (3/28/07). Graveside
service is Monday, 2:30 p.m. at Blackjack Cemetery, north of Muldrow. Visitation
will be Sunday, 1:00 to 2:30 at Lewis Funeral Chapel.
Landon Abuzeide requests prayers for Stephanie
Chows family and church youth group in Bellevue, Washington. Stephanie (age 15)
died March 26 of cancer.
**Prayers
for Mission Efforts**
Continue to pray for our missionary families in
Vietnam and Laos.
John Paul & Ruby Lee Hundley in France.
Steve
& Coleen DeLoach, Operation Guyana
**Prayer Pagers**
Dialing (479) 441-2395 will
contact all West-Ark prayer pagers at once.
Family of Roger Dicks,
441-2386
Jim Selig, 784-7490
Patty Kaiser,
441-2387
**Prayers
for Our Military **
Please add Ronnie Wheat, nephew of Retha Wood, to this
prayer list. Ronnie was recently deployed to Iraq.
Praise!
Charles Hardy recently returned home from Iraq!
Continue to pray for the men on our
list.
Adam Morrissun
Brian Harris
Jeff Amos
Jonathan Smith
Kyle
Evans
Michael Anderson
Stephen McElroy
Wes Roper
**Welcome, New Members!**
Will Domer
9329
Sherman Creek Road
Mulberry, AR 72947
Phone: 479 221-5887
Will is a
senior in the West-Ark Youth Group.
Aric & Megan Mitchell
704 Village
Drive
Lavaca, AR 72941
Phone: 479 674-3139
**Widows/Widowers**
April 7th will be our
annual trip to Parks Brothers Greenhouse. We will eat lunch in the Annex at noon
and then travel to Van Buren. Come join us for lunch even if you do not wish to
purchase or look at flowers. Call Janice at 452-1240 (church office)
if you need transportation to the Annex.
**We will not have an April Car
Clinic.**
**In the Construction Zone**
3505 Johnson
Street
Check out the photos on the bulletin board in the foyer (across from
Library). Oscar Nolasco and our Hispanic brethren are excited to see the
building begin to take shape. The foundation work is complete and the steel
frame is being erected.
**Attention Novel Readers!**
These new books
are being added to the fiction section this week. Since they are some of your
favorite authors we are sending out the word.
The Unlikely Allies (1940) by
Gilbert Morris (Winslow series #36)
The High Calling (1940) by Gilbert
Morris (Winslow series # 37)
A Bright Tomorrow by Gilbert Morris
Before I Wake by Dee Henderson
Fireworks by Elizabeth White
If you enjoy light reading without having to
wade through bad language and immorality, then come and look over our several
hundred Christian Fiction" books in the church's library. Donations of pre-read
books to this section are always welcome. It's a joy to see our library
used!
If you are interested in sewing, be watching for
~~LOTS~~ of VHS tapes on sewing that will be added to our Library soon. The
tapes were donated by Jane Newman. ~~The Library Staff
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**Tutoring Driver Needed**
Starting Tuesday,
April 10
2:30 5:30 p.m.
This driver will be needed until the end of the
school year. Call Jack Lewis if you can help.
**Hope Chest News**
On March 14th, a lady who
had attended the church in Eufaula, Oklahoma, brought her cousins, Gerald and
Sarah, to the Hope Chest. The trailer and everything this young couple
owned was destroyed by fire in February. The Hope Chest was able to
provide them with clothing and, because of your generous response to the recent
plea for household items, some household basics (sheets, towels, a blanket, and
kitchen items). The Hope Chest workers also gave them church literature and
invited them to worship. Sarah recalls having visited West-Ark as a child.
We plan to keep in touch with this couple.
Hope Chest will reopen
Tuesday, April 3. Please continue to remember the needs there as you do
your spring cleaning. The container in the foyer is for your convenience.
**Hope Chest Needs**
Small toothpaste
Small
deodorant
Disposable razors
**Notes of Thanks**
A couple (who wish to
remain anonymous) were very helpful to me last Sunday night after church.
I had locked my keys in the car. They took their time to take me home to
get our extra keys and brought me back to the church parking lot and unlocked my
car for me. May God bless them!
Love,
Marjorie
Blake
**Costa Rica Mission Opportunity**
On
Wednesday night, April 4, at 8:15 p.m. in Room 100, Jerry Griffin, a brother
from Rena Road in Van Buren, will be at West-Ark to speak to the Missions
Committee about a mission trip that members of Rena Road Church of Christ are
taking to Costa Rica this summer. This is not a medical mission trip; the
group plan to do some building. Any member is invited to attend as well
as anyone who might be interested in going on the Costa Rica trip. The meeting
will not take long; Jerry will speak for about 15 minutes.
If you have questions, see James Word or any
other members of our Missions Committee.
**Sparks Grief Support**
Living With Our
Losses
Tuesdays, April 3 May 1
6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
First Christian
Church
3600 Free Ferry Road
Fort Smith, AR.
Conducted by Sparks
Hospital Chaplains, these sessions will include educational information about
grief, and will also give participants the opportunity to discuss and share
their feelings in a supportive and confidential setting. Call 441-5452 to
reserve a place.
****LTC
Announcements****
Remember to pray for
everyone traveling to Tulsa next weekend, April 6-7, for LTC
competition!
Friday, March 30, 6 8 p.m. in the FLC!
Sorry, dinner is not provided.
ALL Puppets
Elementary Chorus
Elementary Drama (Parents, please bring your folding chairs to Tulsa the kind
you use for camping or to watch soccer events.)
Sunday Night, April 1
5:00 meeting in the
FLC for parents going to LTC in Tulsa.
6:00 p.m. in the Auditorium, LTC
Feature Puppets
Our thanks to all the LTC Coaches!
*Elementary Events*
Chorus, Shelly Robbins
Drama, Clark
Risley
*Senior
High Events*
Bible Bowl, Deborah
Wilson
Chorus, Shanna Davis
ALL Puppets, Rochelle Brown
ALL Signing: Lynn
Dickey and Melody Priester
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**Family Life Ministry**
By Brad
Pistole
The following are some quotes from one of my
favorite books. I hope they bless you and challenge you as much as they have
me:
We praise you with joy, loving God,
for
your grace is better than life itself.
You have sustained us through the
darkness,
and you have blessed us with life in this new day.
Lord, you have now set your servant free,
To go in peace as you have promised.
For my eyes have seen the
Light
That you prepared for all the world to see,
A Light to enlighten the
whole world,
And to bring glory to your people.
Deliver us from the service of self
alone
That we may do the work you have given us to do,
In truth and beauty
and for the common good.
For the sake of the One who came among us as one who
serves.
Deliver us when we draw near to you
From
coldness of heart and wanderings of mind,
So that with steadfast thoughts and
kindled affections
We may worship you in spirit and in truth.
Taken from "Between the Dreaming and the Coming
True The Road Home to God"
by Robert Benson
**Happy Birthday**
April 1
Kelli
Coggins
April 3
Sherrell Buchanan
April 4
Helen Blackman
Sandy
Chavis
Carolyn Johnson
Wade Pressley
April 5
Michael Wear
April 6
Ron Orick
Seth Seiter
April 7
Gary James
Rachel Null
Jeff
Pressley
**Morning Nursery**
Dena Jenkins
Suzi
Jennemann
Melissa Walker
**Evening Nursery**
Gina
Williams
**Attendance and Contribution Count**
Sunday
AM Worship 625
Sunday PM Worship NC
Bible Classes 417
Life
Groups NC
Contribution $16957
Childrens Home
$283
Lao Worship
Attendance 50
Contribution
$216
Iglesia de Cristo
Attendance
67
Contribution $233
Office Phone (479) 452-1240
Fax (479)
452-5767
office@westarkchurchofchrist.org
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"Making
disciples for Jesus who are eager to serve
others."
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