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Family
Lines Newsletter, September 5, 2010
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**Coming Soon on
Sunday Nights!**
JUMP! and JUMP
JR!
Starting September
19
6:00 - 7:00
PM
Ages: 2 years -
4th grade
Check-in location
will be at the
top of the
staircase (by the elevators).
Want to join the
Jump Team?
Contact Dena
Jenkins at Dena@westarkkids.org
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**Order of
Worship**
Worship
Leader -- Brent Evans
#977 - Every Time
I Feel the Spirit
Welcome
Heaven
Medley
#535 -- Glory Land
Way (vs. 1, 3)
#853 -- When We
All Get to Heaven (vs. 1, 3)
#860 – There Is A
Habitation (vs. 1, 3)
Someday (on
screen)
There’s A Stirring
(on screen)
Worthy Is The Lamb
(on screen)
Table of the
Lord
Offering
#810 – Listen to
Our Hearts (vs. 1, 2)
Coins for
Christ
Children’s Worship
Go Light Your
World (on screen)
Message -- Chris
Benjamin
Song for
Responses
#902 – Nothing But
the Blood (vs. 1, 3)
Shepherd’s
Prayer
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**In Our Thoughts
& Prayers**
• Continue to pray
for Allen Mobley, cousin of Christy Puckett, who is very ill with
meningitis in California.
• Marlin Edens,
Tammy Cypert’s father, is in hospice care at Heart Hospital in Little
Rock. Mr. Edens and the family need prayers for comfort. The family
appreciates cards and words of encouragement from Christian friends. Tammy
has prayer pager 441-2387.
• John Gardenhire
is in Sparks Hospital, room 699.
• Lana Huffman’s
grandmother is recovering from surgery for a broken hip.
• Phillip White
went to see a new doctor on Wednesday. Please be praying that this doctor can
help promote healing in his back.
**Bereaved in
Prayer**
Our sympathy is
extended to Gary James in the death of his father, Ralph James. The funeral is 2
PM Friday, September 3, at the Clinton Church of Christ, 184 3rd Street,
Clinton, Arkansas.
Our sympathy is
also extended to Susan Walker and Frances Tyler in the recent death of John
Tyler. Services were in Louisville, Kentucky.
**Continued
Prayers**
Caidan
Dockery
Clayton
Amos
Eddie
Harrell
Frances
Strawhacker
Gerald & Joy
Benjamin
Grace
Peters
Harold
Gouty
Hunter
Hesslen
Lela
Neal
Margaret
Stone
Mary Ann
Scholle
Mary Frances
Jackson
Nathanael
Wrye
Phillip
White
Ray & Jewell
House
Richard
Broyles
Sam
Jenkins
Steve
Dunavin
Wilma
Son
**By Request --
Notes of Thanks**
For the past year,
thank you notes have been posted on a bulletin board in the foyer. Since
so many members have told us they miss reading the notes in the newsletter, we
are going to publish them again -- as available space permits. Please be
patient -- with the smaller newsletter size, notes may not appear each week :~)
~~Debbie Belote
Jeannie Cole &
West-Ark Church,
Thanks for sharing
the photo of the collected school supplies! We are so grateful for all that you
and the congregation of West-Ark Church of Christ do to assist us in meeting the
needs of local children and youth.
Blessings!
Kathryn O’Brien,
Fort Smith Public Schools
[See photo posted
on West-Ark’s Facebook]
We want to thank
everyone for your kind words and cards and prayers. The plant was
beautiful.
In Christian
love,
F. E. & Anita
Cook
Dana and I wish to
express our gratitude for the cards, calls, and prayers regarding the loss of my
Grandpaw. Grandparents are special, as was stated in one of the cards we
received. That was definitely the case for me.
Thanks again
Church Family,
Patrick & Dana
Pruitt
**Our Church
Welcomes**
Daris
Silvey
1011 Rena
Road
Van Buren, AR
72956
479
719-0413
Lisa
DeMuth
Kaylin & Kody
DeMuth
Carissa
Burkhart
4418 S. 21st
Street
Fort Smith, AR
72901
479
459-7303
Paul & Tessa
Dean
Olivia, Caroline,
Bo
1085 B Grinnel
Circle
Greenwood, AR
72936
479
979-5541
**Address
Change**
Lisa
Grace
3714 Heather Ridge
Court
Fort Smith, AR
72903
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**Bible Studies
for Women**
Wednesday
Morning Ladies’ Class --
we will meet for the first time on September 15, 10 AM in the Annex. Our study
is the attributes of God. Materials will be ready to pick up on Wednesday
evening, September 8, in the foyer.
Tuesday Morning
WINGS -- begins September
14 at 9:30 AM in the Annex. Childcare and brunch are provided. We
will be studying the book of Acts!
Ladies’ Evening
Bible Study -- Please
contact Dena Jenkins or Melinda Yowell if you would like to be in one of these encouraging Bible study
groups.
**Attention JOY
Bunch!! **
Please join us in
the FLC (gym) for fellowship and fun on September 18 at 6 PM. Hope to see you
there!!
Join us as we
travel to Branson, MO on October 8, 2010 to watch superstar Ray Stevens perform
in the Welk Theatre. Back for the 50 year celebration of entertainment, Ray
Stevens guarantees an evening of family fun and laughter. Transportation,
performance, hotel accommodations, and evening meal for the low, low price of
$75 per person based on double occupancy. Payment must be turned in NO
LATER than Wednesday, September 29, 2010 to Winston or Danna Turpin, Genneil
Nye, or Lynn Dickey in the church office. First come, first serve
basis.
**LTC Meeting on
September 12**
5:00 PM in Room
100
This meeting is
for kids in grades 3-6 (and their parents) who are interested in going to LTC
this year. Call Clark Risley if you have questions
before the meeting.
**Church Directory
Progress**
We will be taking
photos throughout the month of September, before and after every worship
service. Don’t be left out of the picture! Schedule an appointment soon!
**Coming
Events**
Saturday, Sept.
11, Lions for Christ Shower and Open House
* 3:30 PM
Pounding/Shower for the new Lions for Christ Campus House. The LFC’s are
registered at Wal-Mart & Target, or you may purchase a gift card from
Lowe’s.
* 5:00 PM LFC Open
House-- come and let our amazing students take you on a tour of the house.
We’ll enjoy hot dogs, cool drinks, and prayers of thanksgiving for
everything God and this church community have done for us.
Ways to Get
Ready for Blue Jeans Sunday, October 10
1. Be collecting
blue jeans -- any size, new or used, to give to the Hope Chest. It is the most
requested item of clothing.
2. Coming soon --
sign up to participate in a work group on October 10. Wear your jeans to
worship, then go out to do works of service in our church and
community.
**King’s
Kids**
Bridge 56 Party
Saturday,
September 18
5-7 PM in the
West-Ark Annex
What to bring: $3
for pizza and a solid-colored pillowcase.
Mark your
calendars!
Family Fall
Fest - October
24
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**Youth Group /
News**
WAYG Fall
Semester Calendars
New calendars were
handed out at last Sunday’s WAYG Sponsor/Parent/Family meeting. If you did
not get one, please take a copy from the hanging files near the Youth Group
bulletin board in the foyer.
WAYG
Sponsor/Parent Sign-Ups
Look in your email
for the remaining “blanks” that need to be filled from last Sunday’s WAYG
Sponsor/Parent/Family meeting. We still have a few spots we need to fill
in to finalize our plans for the Fall semester. Call Rick with any
questions.
WAYG Monthly
Prayer Calendar
We distributed
these at last Sunday’s WAYG Sponsor/Parent/Family meeting to give you some ideas
each day to lift up different things to God in prayer. If you did not get
one, please take a copy from the hanging files near the Youth Group bulletin
board in the foyer.
WAYG
Class – Sunday, September
5, 9:30-10:30 AM
Don’t miss out as
we study God’s Word together. Bring your Bible!
No Activity
Tonight -- Sunday,
September 5
The
Journey – Wednesdays, 7-8
PM
Don’t miss out as
we lift our praises to God and share a message from His Word every
Wednesday. Bring a Bible and bring a friend!
Sunday Night
Live (SNL) @ West-Ark --
Sunday, September 12, 6-8 PM
GREAT NEWS!
We get to host the FIRST SNL of the year, with a focus on the Beatitudes!
Jeff McMillon, Campus Minister for the Memorial Road church in Oklahoma City,
OK, will be speaking on the blessing of being “poor in spirit” and Chase Akins,
Youth & Worship Minister from the Hillcrest church in Paragould, AR will be
leading our worship. Plus, we’ll have free food following the event.
Come be a part and show Fort Smith hospitality to hundreds of students from all
over the region.
Crosswalk -- September 25, 7:30 AM –
Midnight
Look for
applications soon for this great event at the Southside church in Rogers,
AR.
**Happy
Birthday**
September
5
Brent
Douglas
Natalie
Hughes
Jena
Roberts
September
6
Patty
Null
September
7
Bruce
Davenport
Brandon
Yowell
September
8
Bobby
Beam
Pearl
Beam
September
9
Chris
Burress
Angela
Dunavant
Shannon
Miller
**Nursery
Workers**
Morning
Melissa
Walker
Dena
Jenkins
Suzi
Jennemann
**Attendance and
Contribution Count**
Bible
Classes...………... 365
Sunday AM
Attendance … 547
Sunday PM
................... 234
Wednesday
Classes….. N/C
Contribution………
$16,656
Children’s Homes……
$367
Coins For
Christ............. $37
Lao
Worship
Attendance……………....
67
Contribution…………..
$908
Iglesia de
Cristo
Attendance………………
60
Contribution……………
$244
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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