oover Church of Christ
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Mahew 6:21
December 4, 2016
3248 Lorna Road
Hoover, AL 35216
(205) 822-5610 Office
(205) 822-5112 Fax
www.hoovercoc.org
[email protected]
Schedule of Services
Sunday
9:00 a.m. Bible Class
10:00 a.m. Worship
5:00 p.m. Worship
Wednesday
7:00 p.m. Bible Class
ELDERS
Carl Logan
Jimmy Lyles
Joe Thomas
Paul Williams, Jr.
979-9874
664-8160
823-0299
408-7234
MINISTER
Chuck Webster
(205) 586-5610 (cell)
[email protected]
ASSOCIATE MINISTER
Kyle Wadley
(205) 792-5922 (cell)
[email protected]
YOUTH & FAMILY
MINISTER
Darrell Powell
(205) 480-9773 (cell)
[email protected]
And having scourged Jesus
The flogging scene in The Passion of the Christ portrays the brutality of the
bea+ng Jesus endured more graphically than anything I’ve seen. It must’ve been
awful, yet the gospel writers men+on it only in passing, it seems.
Here’s Mark’s account: “. . . and having scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be
crucified” (Mark 15:15b).
His descrip+on leaves me wan+ng more. He was scourged? What does that
mean? How bad was it?
Mark’s readers probably needed no explana+on; they knew what he meant. But
we’ve never seen anything like the flogging Jesus endured.
Here are some brief descrip+ons of what scholars think a scourging was like. Before you take the Lord’s Supper today, take a few minutes and think about what
Jesus went through.
“Flogging was not a light punishment. The Romans first stripped the person and
<ed his hands to a post above his head. The whip, some<mes called a ‘cat of nine
tails,’ was made of several pieces of leather with pieces of bone and lead embedded near the ends of the leather strips. Two men, one on each side of the criminal, did the flogging. The Jews limited the number of hits (stripes) a person could
receive, usually no more than thirty-nine. The Romans had no limit. Flogging
ripped out chunks of flesh and oAen leA the bones of the vic<m exposed. Some
vic<ms did not survive a flogging” (R.L. Cooper, Holman).
“Flogging was both a preliminary to crucifixion (perhaps to hasten death) and an
independent punishment. It was a Roman punishment and must be dis<nguished
from the much milder synagogue bea<ngs of forty lashes less one. Bits of metal,
bone, or glass were imbedded in leather thongs; and the flesh of the vic<m was
shredded, some<mes un<l bones or entrails appeared. Flogging was some<mes
fatal” (J.A. Brooks, NAC).
“But before Jesus is given over to their custody, the governor has him scourged,
which apparently was standard pre-crucifixion procedure. Scourging was done
with a whip made up of several leather straps to which were aached sharp,
abrasive items, such as nails, glass, or rocks. Scourging resulted in the severe lacera<on of the skin and damage to the flesh beneath (e.g., Josephus: ‘flayed to
the bone with scourges’)” (C.A. Evans, WBC).
It’s scary to think about how painful this must’ve been.
Take a few minutes and thank him.
—Chuck
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Worship Assignments
Welcome: Paul Williams, Jr.
Song Leaders:
AM: Kyle Wadley
PM: Wes Blankenship
Scripture Reading: Darren Hicks
Prayer Leaders:
AM Opening: Glenn Till, Jr.
AM Closing: Marc Shelton
Communion Table Head:
Adam Mowrer
Servers:
Jason Blakemore
Mike Clelland
John Cuellar
Nolan Williams
Josh Shelton
Norman Rutland
MaFhew Trousdale
Will Brooks
Alternates:
Steve Mar+n / Daniel Warren
Today
Youth
The Adult Winter Quarter Bible Classes
start today. The following members will
be teaching classes this quarter:
• Jimmy Lyles and Kyle Wadley:
2 Corinthians (Room 11)
• Wade Warren: The Book of Daniel
(Auditorium)
• Nic Weymouth: Why Do Evil Things
Happen To Good People? (Library)
• Drew Spivey and Wes Blankenship:
Fan or Follower (Room 10)
Breakfast with Santa will be on Saturday,
December 17, from 8:30-10:30am. Come
and be a part of this wonderful morning
of food and fun!
The Weekly Devo.onal Service for the
residents at AHEPA 3 Apartments will
meet this aCernoon from 3:30-4:30pm.
Our Brothers’ Keeper Groups will be
mee+ng tonight aCer a brief worship
service.
Family News & Events
Prayer Leaders:
PM Opening: Bill Freeman
PM Closing: Cameron Covington
PM Communion Table:
C.T. Dodd / Jus+n Rumph
Congratula.ons to the Fantroy family—
Damian, Nikesha, Ian, and Micah! Lawson Jacob was born Tuesday at 9:42am.
He weighs 6lbs 10oz and is 20in long.
Mom and baby are doing great.
Ushers:
Eddie Sankey / Clark Sharit
Please sign up to buy a Christmas present for a child at Childhaven by going
to the link below, and return it by
Wednesday, December 7:
hFp://www.signupgenius.com/
go/9040b4baca928a31-childhaven1
Return the giC wrapped and labeled
with only the number and child’s name
(example: 1. Jane). Contact Lauren Warren with any ques+ons about this.
Communion Table Prepara.on:
Paul & Anita Williams
Communion Cups Pick-up:
Mason Holland / Sophie Holland
Cards for Pews:
BeckeF Dalton / Spencer Dalton
Pencils for Pews:
Ian Fantroy / Pierce Judd
Bap.stery Garments: Jean Troughton
Building Lock-up:
Primary:
Alternate:
Facili.es Winter Quarter: Frank Stokes
Audio / Video: Will Spurlin
AM Nursery Du.es:
Jenni Brooks / Kristen Dees
PM Nursery Du.es:
Joy Mar+n / Sondra Moss
The Young at Heart will be mee+ng on
Friday, December 9, for “Game Night
and November Birthday Celebra.on.”
Please bring snacks and sign the sheet
that is on the back rail in the auditorium
if you plan to aFend.
All ladies are invited to a Christmas
Cookie Swap on Sunday, December 11,
immediately following our evening worship service in Room 12. Please sign the
sheet that is on the back rail in the auditorium if you plan to aFend. You may
also contact April Winningham if you
have any ques+ons about this event.
Winter Quarter
The Winter Quarter Bible Classes for our
youth begins today. The following members will be teaching classes this quarter:
Nursery: Sun-Kay Lyles / Mary Thomas
Nursery: Wed-Iesha Gagakuma / Sarah
Shelton
1 year: Sun-Lori Aultman / Ashley Williams
1 year: Wed-Lindsay Lyles
2 years: Sun-Liz Weymouth / Heather
Searcy
2 years: Wed-Jamie Starns
3 years: Sun-Janie Gaither / Rachel
Mathews
3 years: Wed-Pam Blankenship /
Need Helper
4 years: Sun-Becky Finnen
4 years: Wed-Heather Spivey
6th-8th grades: Sun-Darrell Powell / Phillip Searcy
6th-8th grades: Wed-Will Brooks
9th-12th grades: Sun-Corey Covington
9th-12th grades: Wed-N/A
9th-12th grade boys: Wed-Darrell Powell
9th-12th grade girls: Wed-Denia Petruzella / Felicia Arnold
Happy Anniversary
Sam & Melody Warbington December 4
Happy Birthday
Harper Weimer
Sondra Moss
Tyler Burger
Connor Graham
Glenn Wilcoxen
Janet Hamm
December 6
December 7
December 7
December 8
December 9
December 10
“Great and marvelous are Your deeds,
Lord God Almighty . . .” (Revela+on 15:3).
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Courage
Courage is needed if the church is to meet
the challenges it faces. Peter informs
Chris+ans that they are to add virtue to
their faith (2 Peter 1:5). According to
Barnes Notes, the common meaning of
the Greek word for virtue is: “as referring
to manliness, courage, vigor, energy; and
the sense is that he wished them to evince
whatever firmness of courage might be
necessary in maintaining the principles of
their religion, and in enduring the trials to
which their faith might be subjected.”
Don’t you want to be tougher spiritually?
Wouldn’t you like to be courageous for
Christ?
In 2 Timothy, Paul, the aged servant of
God, instructed the young evangelist to
“preach the word” (2 Tim. 4:2), “endure
afflic+ons” (4:5), “endure hardness as a
good soldier of Jesus Christ” (2:3), and
“flee also youthful lusts” (2:22). Timothy is
being called upon to live courageously—to
stand up and be a hero!
How is courage developed? Mary Tyler
Moore is quoted as saying, “Pain nourishes courage. You can’t be brave if you’ve
only had wonderful things happen to
you.” Courage is exemplified in the face of
opposi+on, danger, and stress.
Our courage is bolstered when we remember what Paul wrote to the Philippians. He
said, “I can do all things through Christ
which strengthened me” (Phil. 4:13). This
passage calls for courageousness. ATtudes must oCen be changed if the Chris+an life is to be lived courageously. Courage demands a mindset that says,
“nevertheless, not as I will, but as You
will” (MaFhew 26:39).
—Demar Elam
Carelines
Remember our shut-ins with your prayers, visits, and cards: Jeff Nabors, Nixie
Lolley, and Rowena English.
Remember our church family: Doyle Still,
Glenn & Paula Wilcoxen, Joe & Sylvia Huffman, Virgie Banks Freida Bearden, Joyce
Baker, Gail Powell, Bill Laughmiller, Nancy
Williams, Wyvonne Babb, and Claudia
Velasquez Cuellar.
Kim Harmon received two rounds of a
new chemo treatment last week at CTCA.
Please pray that the new medica+on will
be effec+ve.
ADendance and Offering
November 27, 2016
AFendance:
Bible Class: 193
Worship AM: 341
Worship PM: 174
Wednesday: 193
Contribu+on: $12,674.85
Weekly Budget:
Weekly Average: $13,528.84
Contribu+on to Date: $649,384.25
Rex Anderson is recovering at home from
hip replacement surgery and seems to be
doing well. Please pray that there will be
no problems in his healing.
Shawn Troughton is recovering at home
from having neck surgery and seems to be
doing fine. Please pray that this procedure
will be effec+ve for him and relieve him of
his pain.
Amanda Farrell fell on Monday and was
taken to the ER. There are no broken
bones, but she did receive a cut on her
head, has bruises all over, and hurt her
leC knee. Please pray that she will heal
quickly and have no complica+ons.
Jim Banks was admiFed to St. Vincent’s
Wednesday night. He was having problems breathing, and now it has been discovered that he has a blood clot in his
right lung and COPD.
The Summers family (Johnny and Janet
and their sons, Branson, Wesley, and
Jared), friends of Melody Warbington’s
friend, were caught by the fire in Gatlinburg when trying to escape. The boys
are in the burn unit at Vanderbilt, but
their parents are missing. Please pray for
this family.
Eddie Thomas, Stacey Holland’s stepdad,
had a liver transplant last week.
Remember our family and friends: Ronnie
Poore (Susan Pope’s uncle), Collins ReyesGuerra (Anthony Petruzella’s friend),
Gavin Trousdale (Matt Trousdale’s dad),
Cy Stafford (Missionary from Tanzania),
Buford Gregory (Heather Searcy’s grandfather), Danny Melvani (Jim Petruzella’s
friend), Butch Haynes (Beth Burleson’s
father), Brandi Haile (Joyce Baker’s niece),
Cathy Green (Jean Troughton’s friend),
Wanda Cassity (Tom McQuillan’s mother),
and Sherry Prince (Clark Sharit’s sister).
Remember Our Military.
Supported Works
•
Childhaven, Cullman, AL
($20,000 annually)
•
Rainbow Omega, Eastaboga, AL
($10,000 annually)
•
Churches of Christ Disaster Relief
($10,000 annually)
•
George Funk, Gospel Chariot
Missions, South Africa
($2,400 annually)
•
Cusco, Peru Mission Team,
Barton Kizer
($1,800 annually)
•
Cy Walker, Guyana
($1,200 annually)
•
Colombia Mission
($12,000 annually)
•
Brint Rice / Backwoods Camp
($12,000 annually)
•
Local Missions / Food Pantry
($9,000 annually)
•
Stateside Missions
($8,000 annually)
•
Guyana
•
Tanzania
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Hope out of Hopelessness
(Isaiah 11)
Brothers’ Keeper Groups
A ______________ from the stump of ________________
The _____________ shall dwell with the ______________
Life out of _______________, hope when there’s no hope
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Hoover, AL 35216