An Epistle from Paul:

Kids Need Us to Parent Them! – Years ago Zig Ziglar penned a great book – Raising Positive Kids in a Negative World. It is full of some great thoughts, statistics and illustrations. Let me use three of them and then make my point.

“The child who has not been disciplined with love by his little world will be disciplined, generally without love, by the big world.”

“The reality is that whether you do or don’t discipline your child, you educate him to a particular set of values. Realistically, if you don’t administer loving but fair discipline to the child, you can be certain society sooner or later will, but not always in a loving, fair, manner. Perhaps that’s the reason a 1980 Gallup Poll revealed that over 90 percent of the graduating high school seniors wished their parents and teachers loved them enough to discipline them or and require more of them.”

“I love this thought: ‘No man ever became great doing as he pleased.’ Little men do as they please; great men submit themselves to the laws governing the realm of their greatness.”

Let me use the three above quotes to help illustrate and establish another vital Biblical principle. Kids need us to be parents not their buddies. Parents are the adults, and as designed by God, they are the ones “running the show” at home, not the kids. How we parents must discipline our kids and teach them to be disciplined. Proverbs 22:15 says, “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; the rod of discipline will remove it far from him.” Let me say again, kids need us to parent them. Let’s be parents to our kids!

In His Marvelous Love, Paul

The Church of Christ 725 US 35 West

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Volume VIII April 12, 2016 No. 06

Saturday, April 30th at 9 AM!There are some matters that need some attention on the inside and outside of the church building. Saturday, April 30th we’re going to come together and do some Spring Cleaning. Pray for good weather so outside work can be accomplished… Also, bring some cleaning tools with you to help in the actually cleaning and clearing of STUFF… We know everyone will not be able to help in

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this but for those willing and able, mark this down on your calendar and join us that day for some cleaning!!

Here’s the Count!March 27, 2016 ……...............…$1,884.00(Building Funding Offering -- $1,230.00)

April 03, 2016 ……………..……$2,131.00

All Church Family Banquet!

Mark this down on your calendars – Saturday, May 21st. We will be gathering at the church building at 5 PM for the “All Church Family Banquet.” What is this? It is a special time of delicious food… and the best of fellowship together in the Lord. In the past we have had “Mother and Daughter Banquets” and “Father and Son Banquests.” The leadership thought it a good thing to combine the two and make this an all church event giving no one reason to begin to think they are excluded in anyway… So, put this down on your date book and plan to be a part of this grand gathering that evening at 5 P.M.!!!

Caleb Puckett Immersed into Christ!

This past Sunday during invitation and decision time, Caleb Puckett stepped forward confessing his faith that Jesus was the Christ the Son of the Living God and that he

wanted to accept Him as His Lord and Savior. Russ, his dad was in the baptistry with him when all present were privileged to witness Caleb’s baptism into Christ for the remission of his sins and the

gift of God’s Spirit. To witness the moment Caleb became a Christian, his baptism into Christ, made for a great day of rejoicing. Way to go Caleb and may you grow in faith and service!

(by no means an exhaustive list)

Military Personnel: Zachary Claywell, Austin Brasher, and Stephen Watts…Recovering and Other Matters: Doris Childers, Betty and Cronley Teater, Jeanie Laubauch, Emma Grace Mills, Reva Cole, Dan Swihart, Monte Rieger, Dottie Campbell, Pam Kauslick, Jack/John Rowell, Connie Moore, Barry Rieger, David Ramey, Connie Martin, Emma Sartain, Daryl McKee, Gary Stevenson, Jana Jo Carpenter, Joe and Margaret Worrell, Herman Kelly, Rick Watts, Darlene Dane, Angela Remley, Thurman Hackenbrach, Martha Gabbard, Richard Mitchell, Randy Hawk, Wanda Lee, Randy Eby, Pam Kauslick, Ron Lee…Dealing With Cancer: Dalene McIntire, Rebecca Strong, George Collins, Chuck Paul, and Evert Synder, Lonnie Gamble…

Our Next Luncheon!April 20th at 10:00 AM we will be gathering at the Eaton Frisch’s for their breakfast bar. We urge and invite you to come and share in this time of good food and solid spiritual encouragement. Ed Bell will have the devotions and we all will do what we do best,

eat delicious food together and fellowship unlike the world does!!!

Building Expansion Meeting!

Another meeting concerning the beginning stages of adding on to our present facilities will be taking place soon. Mark this on your calendar – Saturday, April 23rd at 9 AM here at the building. All of the church

family with any interest in this at all are urged and invited to come. Your thoughts and ideas are desired as we begin looking into to this big step. Again, mark this down and plan to be present then!!