Aldridge Road church of ChrisT

Kingdom Courier

  Volume 4                                                                                     Issue 36                                                                  September 5, 2010

Aldridge Road Church Meets for  Bible Study: 9:30 AM, Sun. Morn, Worship: 10:30 AM,

Sun. Eve. Worship: 5:00 PM Sun.; Wed. Bible Study: 7:00 PM,

326 Aldridge Rd., Pearcy, AR ~~~ Office: 501-760-2884 ~~~ Contact: 501-627-2453

website: www.churchofchristspa.com

Dear Brothers and Sisters:

With this letter I will be giving you an update on the work that we are doing in the country of Ghana. We send money to Ghana every 2 months with the last time being on the 15^th of June. At that time we sent $3,080 with $340 of that being used by the 3 students in the West Coast School of Preaching, $1450 being used by the 12 preachers that we are supporting, $600 for benevolence, $390 for the radio ministry and $300 for public preaching. In my opinion these are all very important parts of our mission effort but I feel as if the public preaching and the radio ministry are our 2 main avenues of leading others to Christ and that is the bottom line of this mission effort, leading others to Christ. At the present time and if the funds^, are available we are planning on increasing the public preaching amount from $300 to $500. This increase will allow our preachers to go out for public preaching at least twice a month. Our team of preachers spent the third week of June in the Volta Region of Eastern Ghana conducting bible studies from house to house in the day time and doing public preaching at night and as a result of the effort 15 souls were baptized into Christ and a new congregation was established in the village of Strogboe. This establishment is our eighth congregation in the 5 years that we have been working in Ghana. This congregation has an old building available for them to use but they have nothing else therefore, we will be sending them $300 in August for bibles, song books and sitting benches. Brother Mawutor will be their preacher.

In the last 5 years we have accomplished a lot with the Ghana Mission Effort as hundreds of souls (probably thousands) have obeyed the gospel and congregations have been established. In fact, we have accomplished much more than I ever thought possible but I guess you might say that I am a greedy person, I want to do more because the fields are ready for harvest. The problem is not that we do not have the workers for the harvest. We have the workers, they just do not have the financial means to harvest the crop. I don't care how good the crop is, if we can not get the crop harvested, then we have a crop failure. Your financial help in this effort is appreciated and needed because it is leading others to Christ and remember every dollar contributed to this effort goes directly into the hands of a church of Christ preacher in Ghana, West Africa except for the $50 bank fee that it takes to get it there. 

In Christ,

 Owen Yandell

WELCOME

Whether you are new in town, seeking a new church home, or just passing through,

we're glad you are visiting with us.  So that we may have a record of your visit, please fill out a visitor's card that will be picked up by one of our young men during the service.  

Come back soon and allow us to become better

acquainted with you.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 5^th ~ PRIVILEGED TO SERVE:

SONG LEADER ______ AM - Martin Harrison        PM - Martin Harrison

OPENING PRAYER  _  AM - Terry Hutson                  PM - Bill Hunter

SCRIPTURE READING ~ AM - Assigned by Jason Haywood

CLOSING PRAYER___ AM - Gary Thorson            PM - Ed Kostelaz

Wednesday (8^th) Closing Prayer: Joe Espenschied

Building Maintenance and

Preparation of Communion Trays

Lynn & Mary Lynn Terry

September 5^th - September 18^th

SEPTEMBER ASSIGNMENTS:

Baptismal Assistants ____ Craig & Charlotte Grisham

Flowers and Food ______ Bill & Mary Jane Hunter

Meet and Greet ________ Tony & Jeannie Essner

Nursery Attendant_5^th ___ Beth Pope

                         __12^th____Tammy Hines

                         __19^th____Neva Tharp

                         __26^th____Kaci Baker

Please place requests for contacts or visitations in outreach minister Ed Coffman's box located in the foyer.

Upcoming Special Events for September:

13^th Gary Pope ~ Birthday

15^th Alysha Hutson ~ Birthday

16^th Joe Espenschied ~ Birthday

17^th Genevia Partain ~ Birthday

19^th Ed & Cami Kostelaz ~ Anniversary

23^rd Bill Reiss ~ Birthday

26^th Noon Potluck

26^th Men's Meeting following Potluck

26^th Fourth Sunday Congregational Singing

27^th Shelly Magness ~ Birthday

30^th Ed Kostelaz ~ Birthday

The Ladies Monthly Dinner will be at 6:30 PM, Tuesday September 14 at the Dixie Café.  All women are invited for an evening of food and fellowship.  For more info, please contact Tammy Hines. 

Please pray for Tammy's mother Nona Moore  who has some health issues of concern.  Tammy will be out of town this holiday weekend visiting her.

Please keep Bill Hunter in your prayers in that he has some health issues requiring a period of bed rest.

"...The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much."  (James 5:16  NASB)

Please Pray For:

Alford, Jim: friend of Dan Smith; cancer

Anthony, Halea: business associate of Tammy Hines; able to work,  but still has serious health issues with her legs 

Avala, Pam: aunt to Melissa Partain; health issues

Broadwell, Janet: health issues; cancer

Buckley, Buck: father of Brian Buckley (church webmaster); cancer

Cheatam, Ann: friend of Tammy Hines; difficult cardiac procedure 

Cooper, Sharon: business associate of Tony Essner; cancer

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill:  recovery and cleanup of the Gulf and those that are horrifically affected by the ill-effects of this environmental and economic disaster

Diggs, Terry: friend of Dan Smith; Hot Springs attorney; resides in Bonnerdale; afflicted with prostate cancer

Dunn, Mary: senior member; complex health issues         

Espenschied, Tabetha: health issues

Government Officials: 1 Timothy 2:1-3 

Hines, Tammy: encouragement 

Hull, Kay: sister of Sue Wisener; stroke

Hunter, Bill: recovering from prostatectomy 

Jenson, John T. : cousin of Buddy & Carolyn Partain and Susie McConnell; serving in war-torn Afghanistan 

Jordan, Brenda: chronic illness

Kostelaz, Cami: health issues; Cami's grandmother: recovery from hip replacement 

Kostelaz, Ed: anticipated knee surgery

Long, Dwight: recovering from partial hip replacement 

Magness, Shelly: chronic issues with hip replacement

Mitchell, Leona: mother of Vickie Walters; health issues

McConnell, Susie: loss of Susie's younger brotherJack Cooper; sympathy and encouragement for the family

Moore, Nona:  mother of Tammy Hines;  issues with blood pressure

Morris, Thearlene "TK": friend of Buddy & Carolyn Partain; cancer treatment

Nichols, Annika: 6-year-old niece of Lindsey Leavitt's Heber Springs neighbor; leukemia; treatment at ACH  

Pam: aunt to Kaci Baker; health issues 

Partain, Buddy: vision issues; treatment

Partain, Genevia: health issues; encouragement 

Partain, Melissa: safe trip; visiting critically ill grandmother in California

Richardson, Jerry: health issues

Roper, Jordan: son of Dr. Roper;  has received kidney transplant and doing well, but still needs our prayers

Spencer, Don: recovering from job -related injury

Stainback, Mitchell: father of Tammy Hines' friend Janet;  health issues, esp. heart trouble; hospitalized

Stevens, Kim: friend of Mary Lynn Terry; cancer

Tarr, Bela: friend of Dan Smith

U. S. Service Personnel: out of harm's way abroad and their safe return home

Woodall, Mike: cousin of Dan Smith;  Mike's wife Lou: afflicted by leukemia

Worldwide Victims: of devastating and catastrophic events

Yick, Pat: afflicted by uterine cancer; wife of Bill Yick, preacher for Crystal Springs church; requested by Nona Long

"With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view,

be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,"  (Ephesians 6:18  NASB)

God has purpose for you!
by Larry Fitzgerald via The Plainview Church of Christ of Colorado City, Texas Website

God has a purpose for you. God wants us to have an intimate relationship with Him. That is the principle reason why Jesus died on the cross for you. So that you could become a part of God's family ... and receive an inheritance.

There is a very good discussion of this in Galatians 3:23-4:7.

Here, basically, the Bible says,
1. In Christ Jesus you are a son (or daughter) of God (Gal. 3:26).
2. When you are baptized into Christ you become Him {"put on Christ"} (Gal. 3:27).
3. Therefore you were adopted in God's family with all the privileges of being a member of that family                                                                                                                                                                             (Gal. 4:1-7).

One Of My Favorite Encouraging Passages

For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things

present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:38-39, NKJV).

When Times are Tough
Favorite Encouraging Verses

I have set the LORD always before me; because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved

 (Psalms 16:8).

Cast your burden on the LORD, and He shall sustain you;

He shall never permit the righteous to be moved (Psalms 55:22).

He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defense;

I shall not be moved (Psalms 62:6).

Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you (1 Peter 5:7, NIV).

The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble;

And He knows those who trust in Him (Nahum 1:7).

Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The LORD, the LORD,

is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation (Isaiah 12:2, NIV).

But those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings

like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint (Isaiah 40:31).

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus,

who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit (Romans 8:1).

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Philippians 4:13)

Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him (James 1:12).

Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him (Proverbs 30:5).

The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?

The LORD is the strength of my life; Of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalms 27:1).

Delight yourself also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart (Psalms 37:4).