ANNOUNCEMENTS AND INFORMATION

December 28, 2014

April 8, 2012
FROM THE PASTOR
A VOW FOR THE NEW YEAR
Making plans for your life in the New Year? Could it be that God already has a
plan for you and is patiently waiting for you to make the plan a reality?
When one considers how everything seems to have a purpose in nature
(atoms, genes, plants, animals, etc), it makes sense to believe that each of us
has a purpose as well. On the other hand, if all of creation seems to have just
happened without any reason, then this means our minds and spirits must have
no reason or purpose as well. How can we trust them?
But, believers trust that there is a great Intelligence that brought everything into
existence.
There is a Mind and a Heart at the center of all creation. If thats the case, then
life can only make sense when we seek what the Creator has in mind for us.
Jesus, who knew the Mind and Heart of God better than anyone who ever lived
on Earth, once said to the erring Peter: You are setting your mind not on divine
things but on human things (Mark 8: 33 NRSV).
Setting our minds on human things can get us into trouble. Thats why it often
seems we live in a crazy mixed up world. How can life ever be fulfilling, without
the purpose God has for that life?
To set ones mind on divine things leads us to consider the one vow we should
take seriously for the new year. Your will Lord. Your will and nothing else.
Copied) --- Roger
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We are very excited about the New Year and what God
has in store for us. Today in Childrens Church, we will
talk about A New Year, A New You and how God
can take away our sins and make us whiter than snow.

2015 TITHE BOOKS

Stay connected with whats happening in our Childrens

Ministry by liking us on Face Book. This page is
updated weekly with our lessons and upcoming events.
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COMING SOON
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Dec 31 - New Years Eve No Wednesday Service

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Dec 31 - Jan 2 Church Office Closed
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Jan 1 - Happy New Year - 2015
NO FINANCIAL REPORT THIS WEEK DUE TO OFFICE BEING CLOSED
FINANCIAL REPORT

ATTENDANCE

SUNDAY SCHOOL $

SUNDAY SCHOOL

SUNDAY MORNING $

SUNDAY MORNING

SUNDAY NIGHT

SUNDAY NIGHT

FAMILY TRAINING $

FAMILY TRAINING

TITHE

OUTREACH

MISSIONS

GENERAL FUND

RENT

OTHER

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Pat Gardner
Malachi Taylor
Jean Asbury
Rosa Rigney
Juanita Hensely Tim Strange
EricGarrett
Eldridge Tucker
James Shepherd Eleanor Gulbransen
James Gann
Dale Edward
Ted Crigger
Lonnie West
Glen Green
Kathy Miller
Win Shipley
Charlie Morrison
Dennis Lamb
Ronnie Dover
Janet Smith
Paula Damos
Holly Sizemore
John Randell
Tammy McKinney Patty Shelton
Judy McDaniel
Mike Cazort
Issac Davis
Freddy Sloane
Annie Cupp
Jimmy Creech
Barry Norton
Jean Wilder
Ron Ratliff
Brandon Holt
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HOW DO YOU RECOGNIZE A CHRISTIAN?

A Christian can never be raging with hatred, intent on
revenge, grim-faced without mercy or forgiveness. No,
a Christian will reveal sincerity through and through,
throbbing with compassion and love, quick to smile and
laugh, and always checking to make sure the spirit of
Christ is in him or her. Christ in us is the hope of glory.
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O God, as we approach a New Year, enable us to be
truly new within ourselves. May we begin this year with
a forgiving heart and a new understanding of what you
desire for us. In Christs Name, Amen.

(P.O. Box 59)

5848 E. Andrew Johnson Highway
Russellville, TN 37860st Andrew 37860
(423)587-0988
Web: www.russellvillechurchofgod.org
Email: rcogchurch@yahoo.com

In just a few days we will be entering

into the New Year, which means it is
also time for new Tithe Books. If you
are a regular tither, we have a book
with your name & number on it. This
number is used by the Church
Treasurer to keep a record of your
giving so that you get a statement of
your giving at the end of the year for
tax purposes. This is a free book
with a tithe envelope for every week
of the year and a place to keep your
giving record. If you have not been a
regular tither but would like to start
the New Year off by obeying Gods
Word by giving your 10% tithe unto
the Lord, see Shirley Jones and she
will get you a book.
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It is of practical value to learn to like

yourself, you might as well get some
satisfaction out of the relationship.
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A small boys prayer: Dear God, I
hope you take care of yourself.
Cause if anything happens to you,
we would all be in a terrible mess.

NURSERY
Pam Bewley & Kristen Snyder

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Dec 28 Mackinze Rigney

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Jan 4 Jessica Biggs
Rebecca Hillon
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Jan 11 Jodie Pratt
Betty Bullington
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Jan 18 Shane & Lindsey
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Jan 25 Mackinze Rigney

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- HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Jeremy Nash
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29 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Geraldine Creech
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31 - NEW YEARS EVE!
No Wednesday Service
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1 - HAPPY NEW YEAR
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2 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Mikayla Sullivan
Blake Long
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Pastor Jonathons Word of The Week

THE RIGHT FACIAL EXPRESSION

Church Security
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Dec 28

Brandon Snyder

The gifted English preacher, Charles

Spurgeon (1834-1892), was telling a group
of young pastors that their facial
expressions should be in harmony with the
subject they were focusing on. When you
speak of heaven, he said, let your face
light up and be irradiated with a heavenly
gleam. Let your eyes shine with reflected
glory. And when you speak of hellwell,
then your everyday face will do. (Copied)
~Jonathon

Senior Pastor
Associate Pastor / Youth Pastor
Childrens Church Minister
Minister of Outreach/Evangelism

Roger Rigney
Jonathon Bewley
Joe Ward
Ray Pratt

Sunday Worship
9:45am Sunday School
10:30am Morning Worship
6:00pm Evening Service
Wednesday Night Service
6:45 Youth (Downstairs)
7:00 p.m. Adults & Children (Upstairs)