The SENTINEL July 10, 2011

Scheduled to Serve Next Week (7/17/11)

Announcements
Kevin Keenan

Lesson for Sunday morning July 17, 2011 Guest Speaker Michael Berry
July 10, 2011 Volume 11, Number 28

Greeters
Horace & Betty Phillips, Roger & Terri Scott, Melanie Shelton

Lord's Table (am)

Josh Dyer Glenn Elmore Tom Elmore Bill Fleming Sam Greenroyd Darrell MacDonald Keith McDougal Arless Murray

Lord's Table (pm)

Dan Jolliff Fred Jones

Prayers (am)
Blue Suarez Dwain Thacker

Please sign up if you are interested in assisting in visiting, calling, or other ways of visitation. See the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board. Contact Randy Vance for any questions.

VISITATION The visitation program exists to serve members as well as friends and family of members and other contacts we learn about who may desire a visit. Volunteers visit hospital patients and shut-ins to provide comfort and encouragement to the patients and their family members. We also seek opportunities to minister by providing the Lords Supper, Bible study, or other forms of help through collaboration with other teams. Training will be provided for those who may be interested but lack the experience. Our visitation program will be divided into groups which share visitation responsibilities (personal calls, phone calls, correspondence, and helping widows).

Southern Ridge Church of Christ 2237 SW 134th Oklahoma City, OK 73170 405-378-0701

Gods mathematics
Physicists sometimes refer to mathematics as the language of God. This is because so much of what we understand about our world, and the universe in which we exist, is explained in the terminology and iron logic of mathematics. Even the most unscientific layman is familiar with the equation E=MC2, a simple expression whose implications are enormous and profound. But if math is Gods language, He has also used it in ways that are more basic and easier to understand. Consider the following. As Christians we must be diligent to subtract the character of worldliness from our hearts. We are to lay aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings (I Peter 2:1). Also, let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christs sake hath forgiven you (Eph. 4:31-32). In doing these, however because nature abhors a vacuum we must be careful also to add godly traits such as the fruits of the spirit (Gal. 5:22-23) as we put on the whole armor of God (Eph. 6:1117). We must add to our faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity (II Peter 1:5-7). The goal is not only to save ourselves but to bring others into Gods kingdom that is, to multiply the family of God. On one particular Pentecost, three thousand souls were added to the Lords church (Acts 2:41-47) as the apostles followed Jesus dictate to go forth and make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16). Our mission is the same. Gods desire is an unbroken kingdom of likeminded believers. Therefore, we must strive to avoid dividing the brethren. The Lord noted that every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth (Luke 11:17). This was the danger in Corinth, as Paul warned (I Cor. 1:10-13). We must be joined together in the same mind and the same judgment. It all adds up, so to speak, to the ideal condition for the Christian.

Prayers (pm)
Eddie Pelton Donal Ruminer

Door hangers: Later this month we will ask for volunteers to place door hangers on homes in our area.

Schedule of Services
Sunday 9:00 AM Bible study 10:00 AM Worship 5:00 PM Worship Wednesday 7:00 PM Bible study

Events in July
14 17 23 24 24 Christian Service Center workday Elders/deacons meeting (3:00) Brothers Keeper Group 3 Deacons meeting Singing class

Elders

www.southernridge.org

Kevin Keenan Horace Phillips Roger Scott Bill Sherman

Deacons

Michael Berry David Douglas Bill Fleming George King Darrell MacDonald

Keith McDougal John McFadden Walter McFadden Dwain Thacker Randy Vance

Minister

Russell Dyer

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Needing cards and prayer

Billie Glenn. She had three stents installed last week and is now home. Bro. Chandrapauls wife, Kumari. She is dealing with various health issues. Hubert Nelson. He had a recent health scare while traveling in Colorado. Fortunately it was found to be minor. Pray for him as he is still traveling. Jane Thacker. She had a nerve stimulator put in her spine last Tuesday. She is now home. Ruth Veitenheimer. She had cataract surgery this past week and is doing well. Dewayne Ross aunt, June Biddy. She recently fell and broke her pelvis. Diane Murrell. Mary Haynes. Bernard Floranda. Cindy Butcher and the Baldwins son. George Ramsey of the Penn South congregation Others who are hindered: Sandra Bagger; the Baldwins grandson Riley, nephew Darrell, and friend Shelli Vang; Jean Christian; Mary and Novella Cordrey; the Ruminers son-in-law Dennis Dodd; Ruby Gill; Martha Harden; Don & Jo Hutton; Glen Martin; Aline McDaniel; George Ramsey of the Penn South congregation; Hazel Ruminer; Edith Skaggs; Lorella Wilson; and Tommy & Sharon Wisley.

Order of Service
Welcome & Announcements Scripture: Ephesians 4:31-5:2 Song 529 The Lord My Shepherd Is Song 111 Take My Life, and Let It Be Prayer Song 591 Tis Midnight, and on Olives Brow

The Call to Copy God

Ephesians 5:1
I. Be Imitators A. Imitation is one of the first things we teach _______ ________________. 1. Think of the ___________ and ____________ we get them to repeat. 2. Then we teach them B. Walk in love 1. Love is not just the _________, but the ________. 2. It begs to know and see 3. Love does not __________________________. 1 Corinthians 13:5 C. Imitation is 1. As dear children. The attachment is more than _______________. It is a relationship of _______________________. 2. God should be ________________ in His children. II. To Be Like God A. It is a call to _____________________ B. This means we are to --1. Ephesians 4:32 2. Romans 15:7 3. Philippians 2:5ff. 4. Colossians 3:1-5 5. 1 Peter 1:15 C. The serpent told Eve that if she ate the fruit of that tree she would be like God. III. Channeling the Golden Rule to God A. Applying the rule. Matthew 7:12 1. A subjective conclusion is often __________. It lacks in ______________. 2. See it in the light of how God has ___________ __________. Matthew 22:39 Imitation calls on us to love others asEphesians 4:32 B. See yourself in the position of a dear child. 1. You are loved because you are 2. You imitate the love that has -

Be here this Wednesday as guest speaker Doug Wheeler speaks on Lord, Teach Us to Be Sympathetic. There is a sheet on the board for those who do not currently receive the Sentinel Supplement via email. Provide your name and email address to begin receiving it. The month of August is still available for anyone willing to lock the building. The list is on the bulletin board. See David Douglas or Darrell MacDonald for more information. The elders and deacons will be meeting at 3:00 pm next Sunday, July 17th.

Birthdays/Anniversaries
Lila Mulkey Glen Martin Brandon Holmes Jim Skaggs Chris Scott Payton Ausmus Leatha Meador Gerald Harden Micaiah Downs Ruby Gill Sandy Johnson Emily Jaworsky Cloretta Bailey George Holmes Sharlene (Johnson) Elbakoush David & Sherri Weingartner Roger & Delda McMasters Donal & Hazel Ruminer Larry & Nancy Scott

Happy Birthday to . . .

Comments Lords Supper Collection Song 408 O To Be Like Thee Sermon: The Call to Copy God Ephesians 5:1 Song 692 Softly and Tenderly Song 94 Each Step I Take Prayer

July 13 16 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 30 30 31 August 3 3 3 July 12 17 19 21

Happy Anniversary to . . .

Brothers Keeper
Group 3 Saturday, July 23rd, 5:30 pm, at the building. Menu is potluck.