Last Sunday English worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Last Sunday class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Contribution last week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,284.00

Numbers of Interest:

Numbers do not tell us everything. Nor are they the final answer. But we can learn from what we see and what we can measure.

Our prayer is that this box will constantly show a growing church.

Worship & Class

Schedule

Coffee is hot by 8:00 a.m. Sunday Worship (English) 9:00 a.m. Sunday Classes (English) 10:30 a.m. Sunday Worship (Spanish) 11:00 a.m. Sunday Classes (Spanish) 11:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

Westview Church of Christ

4151 W. 20th Street

Greeley, CO 80634

Phone: 970-330-3716

office@westviewcoc.org

Birthdays & Anniversaries:

12/3 - McKenna Clark

12/7 - Sharron Neal

12/7 - Kurtis Rutz

www.westviewcoc.org

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Servers for Worship

Today (December 3rd)

(December 10rd) (December 17th)

Scripture Reading Marchel Morningstar Randy Rowe

Prayer John Locke Cory Newton

Serve Communion:

Comm. Prayers Doug McEntire James Pascoe

Contrib. Prayer Randy McCrain Roy Moore

Dan Esposito Erik McCrain

Stefen Gomes Scott Moellmer

Kim Hegarty Elijah Rutz

Johnny Martinez Dennis Quesenberry

Nursery Attendant

Today: Cameron Rutz

December 10th: Audrey Rutz

December 17th: Carol Wohlfahrt

December 24th: Carol Wells

December 31st: Tracy Morningstar

January 7th: Connie Seaman

January 14th: Whitney Rutz

January 21st: Cameron Rutz

If you are unable to serve on the designated day

please contact the church office.

Lobby Greeters

Today: The Gomes

December 10th: The Hegartys

December 17th: The Liningers

December 24th: The Lockes (Bob & Susan)

December 31st: The Lockes (John & Georgia)

January 7th: The McCrains

January 14th: Doug McEntire & The Moores

January 21st: The Morningstars

The Purpose From here to heaven… Following God wherever He leads us.

December 3, 2017

Today’s Order of Worship

We Praise Thee, O God

Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah

To God Be the Glory

Meet & Greet

Elder Blessing & Prayer

Higher Ground medley

Scripture Reading:

Psalm 145:17-21

Sermon

Can they see the Holy?

More About Jesus

In Christ alone

We Remember Christ’s Sacrifice

Contribution Collected

Glorify Thy Name

(Honduras Children’s Collection)

Prayer

When We All Get Heaven

Scripture Reading

Steve Adams

Communion Prayers

Tom Lininger

Prayer

Ken Clark

Contribution Prayer

Perry Zumwalt

Additional Servers

David Barton Michael Bevel

Fred Birdwell Jakob Crowell

WELCOME VISITORS!

We are thankful you are with us today as we worship our God and Savior. Our prayer is that you will encounter Him today.

A nursery for small children is available in the east hall off the lobby.

What will you experience at Westview?

Praise through song. It is the tradition of our heritage to sing a cappella (without instruments) as we encourage everyone to be involved in uplifting praise.

We value the Bible. You will hear God’s Word read and all sermons will give the utmost respect and priority to Scripture.

We share the Lord’s Supper every week remembering Christ’s sacrifice that provides us forgiveness as we celebrate our salvation through Him.

We do not expect our guests to give financially to our work. We depend on the generous and godly giving of all Westview members to provide the funds needed to implement God’s plans for this church.

We invite you to stay for Bible classes following our worship time. We hope you have been blessed today!

The adult Christmas party is this Saturday evening, the 9th. We will begin at 6:30 p.m. Bring your favorite holiday snack, dish, or finger food. It is a white elephant gift party

so bring an appropriate wrapped gift as well. This is a good opportunity to invite guests as we always have a lot fun and enjoy the sea-

son’s very best spirit of the holidays. We hope you’ll join us.

Sunday Morning

Classes (10:30 a.m.)

8 a.m. Study

Cleansing the Inside of the

Cup/New Creation Series Taught by Vern Rutz & James

Pascoe in room #15

Adult/Teen

Textual Study

II Corinthians Taught by Tom & Randy

Fellowship Room

Adult/Teen

Topical Study

Thrive? Survive? Revive?

God’s Plan For His Church Taught by Terry in Room #14

Children’s Classes

6—24 mos. Room #8 (purple)

2 & 3 yr. olds Room #9 (purple)

4 yr. olds—6th grade Room #10 (blue)

Wednesday Night

Classes (6:30 p.m.)

Adult & Teen Study

Words from a Rock:

The Letters of Peter Taught by Terry

Fellowship Room

Children’s Classes

3 and under in room #8

Teacher: LaNelle Newton

4 yr. olds—6th grade in room #10

Teacher: Audrey Rutz

It has been a while…. Commentary from a common Terry

It has been quite a while since I’ve shared with you a forty days study. I don’t so much think it was burnout as it was a season in my life that had too many demands and too little time, which prevented me from giving the kind of attention to the writing that it needed. That season, thankfully is past. We have a new 40-days study to share, beginning in January. The goal is to begin on Sunday, January 7th. We will distribute study books the pre-ceding two weeks. Have you noticed how many peo-ple there are surrounding you? Even if your life is pretty simple, not designed to meet a multitude of folks, you still cross paths with so many individuals. Everyone from family to neighbors to church friends to people you do busi-ness with—you meet people. Some are a lot like you. Many are not. Some are enjoyable, fun, and easy to be around. Some aren’t. And yet, with every encounter, God is giv-ing you another opportunity to repre-sent Him. His light pours into your very core and then is to be reflected in these relationships, from the most cas-ual to the most intimate. We are to shine. It is not our light. It is His light that this world needs. We do not need to dislocate a shoulder as we try to pat ourselves on the back. Instead, we need His Spirit to give us the strength to constantly allow our lives to point upward. And does this world certainly need His hope! Our world has never been more complex. Our world has never been more confusing. In spite of man’s “advancements,” we are becom-ing more and more isolated, discour-aged, frustrated, and angry. Lines are being drawn in fury and resentment. In spite of the language of “tolerance”

that has permeated society in recent years, we are anything but patient and considerate toward those not like us. (I’m speaking in generalities about hu-mans, not necessarily about you and me specifically in this observations.) What should we do? Isolate our-selves or enter the battlefield as it is currently shaped? This complex world needs the simplicity of God’s love. This frustrated world needs the peace of God’s pres-ence. This angry world needs the calm of God’s Spirit. This can only come through God’s people, If ever there has been a more challenging time in our lives to shine, I don’t know when it would have been. Darkness needs light. I believe there’s a lot of dark corners and rooms in our world. God can change that when God’s people take up the minis-try of representing the One Who has offered to a lost and fallen world spir-itual reconciliation . It’ll begin with us—to reevaluate how we see “those people.” We are challenged to see “those people the way God sees them. Our foundation will be II Corinthi-ans 5:16. I hope you’ll read not just that verse, but chapters 3, 4, and 5.

Love one another,

The next Men’s Coffee is this Tuesday morning, the 5th, from 6 to 8 a.m. There are three more coffees this year before we take a break. We hope you’ll join us.

MSCH change cans are due today. Thank you for your generous support of their ministry.

Congratulations to Stefen Gomes!

Stefen will graduate from UNC next Satur-

day, the 9th. He will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications studies with a minor in Sociology. Commence-ment is at 12:30 at the Butler Hancock Athletic Center. You are invited to a celebration in his honor at Chris & Toni’s huse. It will be from 2:30 to 4 p.m. that afternoon. Please RSVP to Toni by tomorrow if you plan to attend. Be sure to congratulate Stefen and keep him and his family in your prayers as they move into the future.

Love Offering Next Sunday

Each year we take up a love offering for Westview’s ministers. We appreciate the work and dedication the

Newtons and the Martinezes give to this congregation. This is your opportunity to say thank you with this gift.

We will have a second collection next Sunday, the 10th, during our morning worship assembly.

Men’s Breakfast Next Saturday, the 9

th

All the men are invited to the December Men’s Breakfast next Saturday morn-

ing. We’ll eat at 8:30 a.m. If you’d like to help get things ready, please arrive

between 8 and 8:15.

Caterpillars To Butterflies Next Saturday, the 9

th

The next Caterpillars to Butterflies will be next Saturday at 10 a.m.

Schedule Adjustments

the end of the month

The schedule always changes a bit the end of the year due to the holidays. There are two things to be aware of as we head toward the end of the month. First, on Sunday the 24th, we will not

have classes. Instead, we will have a Christmas worship service at 10 a.m. (We will have coffee, juice, and sweet treats, beginning at 9 a.m.) And second, we will not have Bible classes on Wednes-

day night, the 27th.