Bulletin 5-26-13 - West Side Church of Christ

Our Worship
We welcome all visiting with us today; we sincerely hope that you will be drawn to
God through each other, and we hope too that you will worship with us at every
opportunity you may have. If you would, please fill out a visitor’s card and drop it in
the collection plate as it is passed.
Sunday School
Song Leader Rocky Rager
Scripture Reading Mark Smith
Prayer Tim Porter
Sunday Morning Worship
Welcome Dr. Jon Partlow
Opening Prayer Larry Ross
Preside Lord’s Table Lilburn Rager & Bobby Parmley
Serve Lord’s Table Terry Sawyers & Collin Boley
Sermon Dr. Jon Partlow
Closing Prayer Jonathan Partlow
Sunday Evening Worship
Song Leader NA
Opening Prayer NA
Wednesday Evening Bible Study
Song Leader Jon Partlow
Devotional David Watkins
Our Leadership
Elders
Danny McGhee – 265-5690
Bobby Parmley – 265-2739 David Watkins – 265-2560
Minister
Dr. Jon Partlow, D. Min. – (270) 871-0892
preacherguy65@gmail.com
Deacons
Chris Coffman – 604-021 Tony Deason – 604-1095
Lilburn Rager – 265-5766 Larry Ross – 265-2612
Music Minister
Rocky Rager – 265-5736
Detention Center Minister
Dewayne Alder – (270) 221-5508
The
West Side
Story
a bulletin for the west
side church of christ
May 26, 2013
Welcome Friends
by Jon Partlow
Welcome to West Side Church of Christ’s annual Friends & Family Day. We’ve
been planning on this celebration for a while and looking forward to this day. We’re
excited that you have come to spend your morning with us, and our hope is that you
consider making West Side Church a part of your regular church experience.
No matter how warm the welcome is and how friendly the people are, walking into a
new or different environment can be intimidating. Even the most confident of
people can be intimidated when surrounded by new people or a different setting,
even more so if it’s a new church setting. Who are these people? What is their
worship like? Where are the rest rooms? (btw – they are on the right, just before
entering our auditorium).
When you come to worship at the West Side Church, you will find that our worship
has a simple structure to it. At 10:00 I will extend a formal welcome to our guests
and members. Rocky Rager will lead the church in congregational singing, which is
becoming a lost experience in many churches. We do not have a band, orchestra,
or a praise team. We sing a cappella, without using mechanical instruments. We
will be led in prayer near the beginning and at the end of our worship time.
We believe that partaking the Lord’s Supper/Communion is an important element in
our worship, and we celebrate this Communion every Sunday. Today will be no
different. The Lord’s Supper has a past, present, and future meaning to it. It draws
us to the past where Jesus paid the great sacrifice for our sins by dying on the
cross. The bread represents his body, while the juice represents his blood of the
new covenant. The Supper calls us into the present as a sign of the unity of the
Church; as Paul says, “the one loaf represents one body.” Finally, the Supper
points us forward when Christ returns.
We will take an offering or a collection. While giving is an important commitment for
(see “Welcome” on next page)

Dates, Prayers & Events
June 1 Relay for Life Fish Fry 4:30-6:30 PM
June 2 Ladies Meeting 4:30 PM
June 2 Elders, Deacons, Ministers’ Meeting 6:45 PM
June 5 Birthday/Anniversary Meal 6:00 PM
June 9-12 VBS: The Water Park 6:30-8:30 PM
Sympathy . . . Our sympathy is extended to the family of Phyllis Camp who passed
away on Monday, May 20. The funeral was Thursday afternoon.
This & That . . . Vacation Bible School, “The Water Park”, will be June 9-12.
Helpers are still needed. See Jon Partlow for details . . . Dewayne Alder has
posted sign up lists in the foyer for those interested in working in the jail, CASA,
and AA ministries . . . A Fish Fry to benefit Relay for Life will be held June 1 in the
Fellowship Hall . . . Memorial Trees have been planted in the back lot of the
church’s property. Four trees have been planted in the memory of our past elders:
Tony Camp, Stan Miller, Wilmon Moore, and Allen Spann. Three other trees
have been planted in memory of Jacky Moore, Doug Boley, and Eva Mae Simms
(Dianne Higgins’ grandmother and founding member of West Side Church) . . .
Congratulations to Trent Deason on completing Airman Leadership School,
graduating first in his class. He is now ready to be promoted to Staff Sergeant.
Remember in Prayer . . . Glendolene Alder (recovering from pleurisy and is only
drinking Ensure); Dewayne Alder (continual back problems and hernia); Paula
Blake (Sheila Blake Summers’ sister-in-law undergoing chemotherapy); H. C.
Boren (Dewayne Alder’s uncle has heart problems); Larry Camp (ear problem is
much better); Trent Deason (was admitted to the hospital at Pope Airfield for low
blood pressure; he has been released and must get rest); Eva England (enduring
cancer treatment); Christine Hightower (Billy Fowler’s mother, not feeling very
well); Billy McGhee (Fallen a couple of times and pulled his groin muscle. He
started therapy); Sheila Miller (caring for her mother, Mary, and her step-father,
Jerry Weaver, who is now recovering at home); Tommy Moore (Todd County
Detention Center); Denise Petrie (mowing accident and surgery conducted on her
Achilles); Tom Poole (Doug Boley’s cousin, battling cancer); Kane Reed; Beth
Reynolds (daughter of co-worker of David Watkins who is fighting drug
addiction); Wanda Simmons (trouble with her knee); Zelda Stanley (battling
cancer; her son works for the Boleys); Glenna Upchurch (Ashley McGhee’s
grandmother taking chemotherapy for five hours every Tuesday; she is weak right
now); Gail White (Stacey Boley’s mom); Dlorah Wilson (recovering from fall);
Larry Wilson (Stan’s brother, in a VA hospital in Illinois); Stan Wilson
(diagnosed with bronchitis).
Missions . . . Kayla Watkins will be going to Haiti June 15-22.
"Don't ask me to stay when my heart's already there."
Phyllis Camp
(“Friends Day” Continued) Christians in general, and specifically members of
West Side Church, we do not expect our guests to help finance the church’s
ministries. Please do not feel obligated to make a contribution today.
Finally, I will share good news of hope in a sermon from Scripture. My sermons
generally last about thirty minutes, and I challenge the church in their daily walk with
God. At the end of the sermon I offer an invitation. The invitation is an opportunity
to publically accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior through baptistm, or to ask the
church for forgiveness, or to ask the church for prayers.
Following the sermon, we’ll make some announcements and have a closing prayer.
We’ll then adjourn to the Fellowship Hall to enjoy some good food and each other’s
company, with the biggest treat being servings of homemade ice cream.
We hope today is an uplifting experience, and that you will consider making West
Side Church a part of your continual church experience. Thank you for coming our
way.
Solo Deo Gloria!
Sermons for Today
AM: Out of the Depths (Psalm 130)
No Evening Services
West Side Church of Christ • 715 West Main St.• Elkton, KY 42220
270-265-5217 • www.wscofc.org
Sunday Worship: 10:00 AM & 5:30 PM
Sunday Bible Class: 9:00 AM • Wednesday Bible Class: 7:00 PM