Text Box: The Despair of Hopelessness by Travis L. Quertermous On November 11, we celebrated the 93rd anniversary of the end of World War I. In England, it is a national holiday called Armistice Day. Millions of people died in the First World War and the fighting on the Western Front was especially brutal. On the fields of northern France and Belgium the Allied and German armies confronted each other across a series of trenches. Life in the muddy, filthy, rat-infested trenches was very difficult for soldiers on both sides. Both armies bombarded each other continually with artillery and poison gas. Soldiers waited fearfully for the dreaded order to go “over the top” when they would charge into the no man’s land between the trenches into the enemy’s withering machine gun fire. For some it was seemingly just unbearable. Some soldiers died not from wounds or disease, but from a mysterious phenomenon called “trench death.” It seems they just lost the will to live and died of hopelessness. To live without hope is a terrible thing and causes many people to take their own lives. Even the most spiritual of people can feel hopeless at times. When David was on the run from the jealous and vengeful King Saul, he wrote Psalm 142 while hiding in a cave. In verse four, he lamented, “Look on my right hand and see, For there is no one who acknowledges me; Refuge has failed me; No one cares for my soul.” Of course, David then realized that God loved him. In fact, He loved us all so much He sent His Son Jesus Christ to die for our sins. In Christ, we have the hope of eternal life. Do you have this hope today? Text Box: SCHEDULE OF SERVICES SUNDAY Classes: 9:00 a.m. Worship: 9:45 a.m. Worship: 6:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY Bible Study 7:00 p.m. ______________ T.V. PROGRAM Channel 2 - Sunday 1:00 & 7:00 p.m. Channel 21-Sunday 10:00 a.m. & at yhctv.com RADIO 102.3 FM Monday - Friday 11:40 a.m. _______________ OFFICE PHONE: 573-624-8906 INFORMATION LINE: 573-624-1852 FAX: 573-624-8907

   The Reminder

A PUBLICATION OF THE DEXTER CHURCH OF CHRIST

December 11, 2011
Text Box: December pantry items: Canned milk & soup Text Box: BULLETIN DIGEST 844 Pine Street Abilene, TX 79601 Text Box: The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift not a right! “But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.”

 

The Old Paths

 

“Thus says the Lord: Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it, and find rest for your souls.  But they said, We will not walk in it”  (Jeremiah 6:16).

             A good preaching text, often used! I like the ESV translation, “ancient paths.”  Jeremiah’s paths were the ways of the law of Moses.

             The paths that some would call us to take as our model for today are not “old” enough.  The ways of the 1940’s and 50’s are not our standard.  Neither are the paths discovered and trod by the Stones and Campbells.  We are not called to restore the 19th century restoration movement.

             What we should restore is the church as Jesus and the apostles were calling it in the Scriptures to be.

             Only paths as ancient as the New Testament are old enough to require that we walk therein.                                    

            

 
Text Box: Cecil May, Jr. Parkway church of Christ Fulton, KY Text Box: BULLETIN DIGEST 844 Pine Street Abilene, TX 79601 Text Box: 1 Timothy 6:6-7 Text Box: NEXT FOOD RUN ~ January 23, 2012 CHILDREN’S HOME NEEDS Cocoa powder, cold cereal, ranch dressing, soap pads (i.e. SOS), snack cakes & canned drinks. The Children’s Home is also collecting Campbell’s and Best Choice labels.

FAMILY NEWS AT A GLANCE

 

*Thursday was the last session of THURSDAY SCHOOL for December.  Classes will resume on January 5th.

*The ELDERS AND DEACONS will meet this afternoon at 4:30, in the fellowship room.

*The next LADIES ONLY FELLOWSHIP AND CRAFT NIGHT is scheduled for Tuesday night, 7-9 p.m.  Those planning to attend are asked to sign the list posted on the foyer board.

*Travis will be presenting another QUESTION & ANSWER SERMON next Sunday evening.

*We would like to update our BIRTHDAY & ANNIVERSARY LIST.  If your family’s names were not included on this year’s calendars, please write them on your attendance card.

*A LADIES ORNAMENT EXCHANGE will be December 20 at 6:00 p.m., at the home of Mark & Aaron Menley.  Please bring finger foods and an ornament of $5.00 or less for exchange.

*The SENIOR SAINTS CLASS will resume on January 9, 2012.
Text Box: Text Box: Caring Bear Teams, please take the month of December to catch up! Text Box: Bring Someone to Christ! Remember to do someone a great favor and introduce them to Jesus. “He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him. We have found the Messiah, which is interpreted, the Christ. And He BROUGHT HIM TO JESUS” (John 1:41-42).

  YOUTH NEWS

~PEW PACKERS @ 5:45 p..m.

~BIBLE BOWL STUDY @ 5:00

~The next BIBLE BOWL will be here at Dexter on next Sunday, December 18, at 2:00 p.m.

~This December issue of “DISCOVERY MAGAZINE” is on the table in the foyer.
Text Box: PLAN OF SALVATION HEAR Romans 10:17 BELIEVE John 8:24 REPENT Luke 13:3 CONFESS Matthew 10:32 BE BAPTIZED Mark 16:16 REMAIN FAITHFUL Rev. 2:10 ...“Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” Mark 16:15 Text Box: BULLETIN DIGEST Text Box: Central 6th Annual Youth Rally Central church of Christ Paducah, KY January 7, 2012 Speaker: Jermaine Tolefree Song Leader: Josh Herndon Text Box: TALKING GOATS My three-year-old son, Grant, told me he learned a new song in children’s church about goats on the mountain when Jesus was born. I hadn’t heard that one before, so I asked him to sing it. He began, “Goats tell it on the mountain, over the hills and everywhere. Goats tell it on the mountain, that Jesus Christ is born.”