BULLETIN JANUARY 18, 2015

Dean Road church of ChristWELCOME VISITORS!

You are our honored guests! Please fill out a white or green card and place it in the collection plate when it is passed around. We invite you to stick around after the assembly, so we can

get a chance to know you! ****************************

Announcements • REMINDER: Please silence or turn off any electronic device that may disturb the assembly. • Prayer Requests/Updates: • Keep *Glenda Sullivan and the extended Sullivan family in your prayers following the passing of *Jim Sullivan last Monday. • Congratulations to Barbara Tripp's daughter, *Keli Westmoreland, and her husband, Kevin,

following the birth of their daughter, Eleanor Jane, last Saturday. • CONTINUED PRAYERS:*Justin & Ashley Hirt (expecting, June); *Lamar Marjenhoff; *Will &

Jennifer Salisbury (expecting, March); *Scott & Rachael Shifferd (expecting, March); *Laurie Stone (cancer treatments); *Ashley Van Guilder (Navy). • Others to keep in prayers: Gene Bryant’s granddaughter, *Maddy Bryant (rare cancerous tumor);

Belinda Kitching’s brother-in-law, *Jerry Shepard (cancer); Jim and Glenda’s son, *Tim Sullivan (melanoma cancer, spiritual health).

• General Announcements: • A reminder to our men that our next Men’s Meeting will be held THIS THURSDAY, January 22nd

starting at 7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. •THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th the ladies of the Lakeside church of Christ in Orange Park will

be hosting a Ladies’ Day. The theme is Will Your Anchor Hold? and the speaker is Kathy Pollard. For more details, please see the flyer on the bulletin board in the lobby. • The food and supply truck from Raintree Village will be in Jacksonville February 17th & 18th to

pick up donations. For a list of their needs, please see the bulletin board in the lobby! Donations can be placed in the Benevolence Room located at the end of the Education Wing. For further details, please see *Dutch Dekker.

**CONGREGATIONAL MEETING** NEXT SUNDAY at 5:00 PM we will be holding our quarterly congregational

meeting in the auditorium prior to our PM Assembly.

The Plan of Salvation Hear the Gospel.

Romans 10:17 Believe Jesus is the Son of God.

Acts 16:31 Repent of Sins.

Luke 13:5 Confess the Name of Jesus.

Romans 10:10 Be Baptized for Remission of Sins.

Acts 2:38

What Must I Do to Keep from Falling?Read Your Bible Daily.

2 Timothy 2:15 Add to Your Faith the Seven Christian Graces.

2 Peter 1:5-11 Attend Every Service.

Acts 20:7, Hebrews 10:25 Be Faithful Unto Death.

Revelation 2:10

1968 Dean Road, Jacksonville, FL 32216 www.deanroadchurchofchrist.org (904) 721-0055

BULLETIN JANUARY 18, 2015

With God We Can! “With God We Can” fixes our attention where it needs to be! Too often in this life, we spend too much time focused on self and focused on things. Hebrews 12:2 reminds us that success will only be ours by “fixing our eyes on Jesus.” “With God We Can” puts our trust in the power of God and not man! Our mentality is usually, “I can handle this...I’ve got this!” When, in reality, it should be, “God can handle this...God’s got this!” Recognizing our limitations but God’s limitlessness ought to remind us that “the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us” (2 Cor. 4:7). “With God We Can” reaffirms our faith! When those four words (“With God We Can”) become more than a slogan and become indelibly inscribed deep into our hearts, then our faith will not waver at the onslaught of Satan’s attacks. Rather, we will be “strengthened in faith...being fully convinced” that God (and God alone) is able (Rom. 4:19-21). “With God We Can” gets me busy in the Lord’s work! When I realize that it’s not about me and when I realize that I’m never alone in working for the Lord, then I should be motivated to get to work. The promise of the Lord as we teach the gospel is, “I am with you always” (Matt. 28:20). As you work out your salvation, “it is God who works in you” (Phil. 2:12-13). “With God We Can” helps us get through each day! In his final letter before his execution, Paul was still focused on what others needed to hear, rather than on what he needed. He wrote: “I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day” (2 Tim. 1:12). God helps us through it all! “With God We Can” empowers us to encourage each other! How often do we ask each other, “How am I going to get through this? What am I going to do?” Let us use the Word of God to reinforce to one another that no matter the trials and circumstances, “With God we can!” “Comfort each other and edify one another” (1 Thess. 5:11). “With God We Can” gives us hope! It is true—“I can do all things through Him who strengthens me” (Phil. 4:13). It is true—“This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast” (Heb. 6:19). It is true—“If God be for us, who can be against us?” (Rom. 8:31). With God we can!

~David Sproule Palm Beach Lakes church of Christ

Last Weeks Stats - 1/11: DBR ~ 18; Classes ~ 51/75; Assembly ~ 61/52; Contribution ~ $?

Calendar of Events January

22 - Men’s Meeting, 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 24 - Ladies’ Day, Lakeside church of Christ

(Orange Park, FL) 25 - Congregational Meeting, 5:00 PM 29-31 - Evangelism Seminar, Lakeside church of

Christ (Orange Park, FL) 31 - 5th Saturday Area Wide Men’s Prayer

Breakfast (Host: Arlington) February

1 - Services at Taylor Care Center, 2:00 PM 8 - Birthday & Anniversary Celebration

Fellowship after PM Assembly

January Birthdays 13 - Sandy Williams 14 - Laurie Stone 21 - TJ Johnson

January Anniversaries 18 - Ray & Bertha Lewis

Schedule of Services

Sunday WednesdayMorning Bible Study 9:30 AM.............. Bible Study 10:30 AM..........................AM Assembly 10:30 AM....................... Bible Club 6:30 PM............................PM Assembly 6:00 PM....................... Bible Study 7:00 PM..........................

1968 Dean Road, Jacksonville, FL 32216 www.deanroadchurchofchrist.org (904) 721-0055