April Birthdays
FAMILY UPDATES
PRAY FOR MEMBERS
WHO REQUESTED PRAYERS
Linda Wright, Cranston Hardeman,
Brittany May, Barbara Shaw, Ravon Davis,
Yolanda Alvarez, Keffrelyn Brown,
James & Nyoka Davis, Alaina Edwards,
Chuks Iheke, Elizabeth Montgomery,
Linda Ross, Anthony B. Ross, Sr., Roger Davis,
Herbert Patridge, Joyce Howell, Ieshea Young,
Blessing Ehigie, Bruce & Phyllis Willis,
Douglas Ehigie, Delois Freeman, Archa Rogers,
Theo Francis, Cheryl Williams, Debra Watson,
Carol & Albert Johnson, Sharon Jackson
2
Ketema Mitchell
3
Ieshea Young
4
Ychacka Sells
7
Kyle Rogers
Maxine Jackson
Max Hargrove, Jr.
6 years old
Amaya Edwards
16 years old
Marlon McGhee
Nakeenya Wilson
Anthony King
La Quinta Swan
Da’ Mylah Moore
10 years old
Ennissa Wright
13 years old
Meleana Price
9 years old
Jiovannie N. Carrillo
14 years old
Chrisdon Noel
Doris Roberts
Zynia McDonald
11 years old
Whitney Nwaneri
14 years old
Curtis Sells
Debra Cunningham
Ocean Maxwell
Terence Wade
Alaina Edwards
15 years old
Dave Nwaneri
13 years old
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12
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15
*Also, remember to pray for those who
requested prayers during the week, members in
the armed forces, and bereaved families.*
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“Confess your faults one to another, and pray
one for another….” James 5:16
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PRAY FOR THE SICK & SHUT-IN
AND VISIT THEM
Ruby Fulbright (St. David’s Medical Center,
Room 362), Louise Bradshaw, Janra Powell,
Khyler Noel (infant son of Willis & Chris),
Alma Wright, Billy Arnold, Jerri Hardin,
Nyoka Davis, Dora Washington,
Etta Henigan (mother of Maxine Jackson &
Alinda Kelley) in Brookdale Nursing Facility
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“I was sick and you visited me.” Matthew 25:36
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OUR SYMPATHY & PRAYERS
are with Blessing Ehigie on the loss
of her cousin.
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Jenell Moffett
WITH GRATITUDE
Our sincere "THANKS" to the family at the
Church of Christ at East Side for the prayers,
cards, plant, calls, and all acts of kindness on
the death of our daughter/granddaughter,
Courtney. Keep us in prayer. God bless,
Maxine Jackson & the Theresa Bee family.
OTHER CONGREGATIONS
4th Bi-Annual Men’s Day Program
“Equipping Believers to Become Followers”
Pecan St. Church of Christ | Rockdale
Saturday, April 15th | 8 am–12 pm
RSVP by Sunday, April 9th
[email protected]
CYP MINISTRY
Worship Around Austin | Sunday, April 23rd
Cameron Road Church of Christ
6014 Cameron Rd | Austin 78723
**Meet in East Side's parking lot at
8:45 am to carpool. For questions, see
Samina Byrd or LaKeya Lewis.
April Wedding Anniversaries
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Sam & Doris Roberts  53 years
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Mike & Cheryl Alexander  34 years
29
Ethan & Iris Williams  39 years
30
Franklin & Ruby McKnight  44 years
If you would like your anniversary or birthday
listed, please email Cheryl Edwards
([email protected]) or call
512.477.1647. Please include your child’s
birth date and age. Send all announcements
to [email protected]
no later than Tuesdays at noon.
The few spaces left will be opened to our
sister congregations after Sunday, April 16th.
Married Couples Retreat. $325/couple.
September 1st–3rd | Summers Mill Retreat
Give $50 deposit to Sis. Iris Williams. Balance
can be paid as you choose (no later than
July 31st). If you have questions, please see
Cheryl Alexander, Gayle Ervin, or Marilyn Deen.
Sentence Sermons (Part II)
K
L
indness
No one needs a smile so much as he who has no
more to give. Give them one of yours.
eadership
The ways of men lead to a hopeless end, but the
way of Christ leads to an endless hope.
M
istakes
Mistakes can turn out right if we fix them.
N
ew Beginnings
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today
and make a new ending.
O
ptimism
Building a practice of gratitude is the best way I know to create an optimistic
approach to life. Start each day by lying in bed for five minutes and mentally
acknowledging the things for which you are grateful.
P
rayer
Sometimes we're so busy waiting for God to answer our prayers that we sit
waiting for an answer instead of living faithful, purposeful lives in the meantime.
Q
R
S
T
uality
Quality begins on the inside then works its way out.
eputation
A good reputation is more valuable than money.
atan
Give Satan an inch and he'll be a ruler.
rust
Suffering from truth decay? Brush up on your Bible.
U
V
nconditional Love
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love
and acceptance.
irtuous
Patience is a virtue. Patience is not simply the ability to wait, but the ability
to keep a good attitude while waiting.
W
X
Y
orry
Worry is the darkroom in which negatives can develop.
-ray
Wishing we all could use x-ray vision to see the good in others.
ielding
Water doesn’t fight, but it wins. Watch water and develop Water
Character—it doesn’t confront obstacles it finds along its way. When
water encounters a stone, it simply flows around it, not experiencing
hindrance until its goal is achieved.
Z
est
If you have zest and enthusiasm, you attract zest and enthusiasm. Life
does give back in kind.
YOUTH MINISTRY
MINISTRY EVENTS
HEALTH AWARENESS MINISTRY
Free Diabetes Classes
Each Wednesday, March 8th–April 19th
6–7 pm | East Side building
See Debra Preyer for questions.
Annual Easter Egg Hunt (Eggstravaganza)
LADIES’ MINISTRY
Sisters' Prayer Circle Survey – Surveys are
available online (via the FSBS emails) and
at the Ladies Day table in the foyer.
Please submit by Friday, April 14th.
Ladies Day Program, East Side building
Friday & Saturday, April 14th & 15th
Please register online or in the foyer.
Speakers & Topics:
Javonda Taylor — "When I Give God the
Back Seat"
Juanita Budd — "Am I Following God’s
Design for My Life or What I Think God
Has Called Me To Do?”
Relate & Relax, Friday, April 28th | 7 pm
Additional details forthcoming.
Garage Giveaway, Saturday, April 29th
Ladies, gather your gently used items
and clean out those attics and bedrooms
for our Annual Garage Giveaway!
Sunday, April 16th | after evening worship
We are asking for volunteers and
donations of candy-filled eggs, juice
boxes/Capri Sun, cookies, and napkins.
Also, volunteers are needed to help
stuff and hide the eggs. Please sign up
and give your donations to Vickie Bradford,
DeAnn Broom, or De'Ana Walls no later
than Wednesday, April 9th. Thank you!
Youth chorus rehearsal in the library
Sunday, April 9th | 4:45 pm Sharp
Sunday, April 9th | 6–8:15 pm | library
MEN’S MINISTRY
Men's Breakfast/Discussion
Saturday, April 22nd | 9:30 am
Golden Corral | 7300 South IH 35
Men’s Prayer Meeting
Friday, April 28th | 7 pm | East Side building
EDUCATION MINISTRY
New Teacher Training
Sunday, April 9th | 3:30–5:45 pm
Teacher Discussion Groups
Sunday, April 9th | 4:30–5:45 pm
New Teacher Orientation Follow-Up
(from February 5th)
Sunday, April 23rd | 3:30–5:45 pm
New Member Committee
Care Group Leader, Elder, Deacon,
Stabilizer, & Photographer
Van Drivers
Greeters
Nursery Attendants
April
April 9th
April 9th & 16th
Charles Little
(737.802.0114)
Carrol Franklin
Danielle McGhee
Cathy Ehigie
Chanel Reaves
Leveta Crawford
Trina Manor
Renee Richie
Allegra Alexander
Coquice Moffett
Brittany May
May and June
Roger Davis
(512.366.0483)
April 23rd & 30th
Monica Deen
Nia Rivers
Calling Committee
Communion Preparers
Baptismal Preparers
April 9th
April 9th & 16th
Month of April
Frank Haynes
Cory Jackson
Janra Powell
Cynthia Robinson
Cheryl Williams
Patricia McKinzie
Delores Spears
Felicia Williams
Debra Cunningham
Vicki Herron
April 23rd & 30th
Patricia Cummings
Tascha Jones
MINISTERING EVANGELIST
George Williams
512.477.1647
[email protected]
Date
Event
Time
Tuesday Morning Ladies Bible Study
10:00–11:00 am
1
CG2 Walking Club
8:00–9:30 am
1
Sisters Prayer Circle
9:30–10:30 am
1
Season Saints Monthly Meeting
1:00–2:30 pm
2
CG2 Sunday Dinner Meeting
1:30–3:30 pm
2
Ladies Bible Study
4:30–5:45 pm
2
Men's Bible Study
4:30–5:45 pm
7
Single's RT—"Financial Strengthening (Part II)"
7:30–9:30 pm
8
Married Couples Event
TBD
9
CYP Worship Around Austin
9:00 am–2:00 pm
9
New Teacher Training
3:30–4:30 pm
9
Teacher Discussion Groups
4:30–5:45 pm
9
Youth Dinner & Devotional
6:00–8:15 pm
14
CYP Dinner & Devotional
7:00–9:00 pm
15
Ladies Day Program
8:00 am–1:00 pm
16
Youth Eggstravaganza
7:15–8:30 pm
19
Health Awareness Class
6:00–7:00 pm
22
Men's Breakfast
9:30 am–1:00 pm
22
New Member Fellowship
2:00–4:00 pm
22
Single's Saturday Activity
4:00–6:00 pm
27
WINGS
7:00–9:00 pm
28
Men’s Prayer Meeting
7:00–8:30 pm
28
Sisters Relate & Relax
7:00–9:00 pm
29
Youth Bowling
6:00–9:00 pm
29
Garage Giveaway
9:00–11:30 am
30
CYP Sunday Fellowship Meal
12:30–2:00 pm
ORDER OF WORSHIP
April 9, 2017
Song Service
Invocation
Prayer
Sermon
Communion & Offering
Passion Reading
Announcements
Benediction
10:00 am
B. Maxwell
R. Evans
R. Davis
R. Clemons
D. Phagans
T. Francis III
E. Booker
R. Harry
6:00 pm
M. McGhee
S. Matthews
D. Manor
E. Williams
H. Moffett II
C. Caswell
M. Crowder
J. Miller
ELDERS
Ed Davis
512.339.2306
[email protected]
Mike Deen
512.431.9886
[email protected]
Cranston Hardeman
512.484.9775
[email protected]
Marlon McGhee
512.913.2323
[email protected]
Brother George Williams,
Brother Mike Deen, &
Brother Cranston Hardeman
are full time and available
at the building Monday–Thursday,
by appointment, please.
Please feel free to make
appointments with all of them
or with them individually to discuss
any concerns, suggestions, or
spiritual counseling needs.
Floyd Boozer
512.246.1722
[email protected]
Anthony Brown
512.973.3302
[email protected]
Russell Clemons
512.750.4098
[email protected]
Leonard Fillmore
512.272.4404
[email protected]
Max Hargrove
512.699.4520
[email protected]
How To Be Saved
According to the Scriptures
Hear the Gospel ~ Acts 15:7
Believe in Jesus ~ John 8:21, 24
Repent of Sins ~ Acts 17:30, 31
Confess Christ ~ Acts 8:36–38
Be Baptized ~ Acts 2:38
You are saved by grace and the Lord
adds you to the church of Christ.
Acts 2:47 | Matthew 16:18 | Romans 16:16
Darryl Manor
512.853.0576
[email protected]
Curtis Sells
512.291.1152
[email protected]
Ricky Sells, Sr.
512.989.7011
[email protected]
Quinton Smith, Sr.
512.250.0274
[email protected]
Sam Watson
512.203.3474
[email protected]
Ethan Williams, Sr.
512.990.8151
[email protected]
Volume 4 | Issue 14
APRIL 9, 2017
thought for the week
Sheep Don’t Wallow
There was a lamb and its mother. The lamb
passed a pigpen each morning on the way to
the pasture with its mother. Watching the
pigs wallow in the mud seemed like such fun,
and on an especially hot day, the lamb asked
his mother if he could jump the fence and
wallow in the cool mud. She replied, “No.”
DEACONS
Jermaine Broom
512.879.7358
[email protected]
5701 E. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
512.477.1647 | www.eastsidecoc.com
RADIO BROADCAST, BIBLE CLASSES,
& WORSHIP TIMES
Sunday Radio Broadcast,
KTXW 1120 AM ~ 8:30–9 am
Sunday Bible Classes ~ 9 am
Sunday Worship Services ~ 10 am & 6 pm
Wednesday Bible Classes ~ 7 pm
CHURCH THEME
CHURCH CALENDAR | APRIL 2017
“Christ Centered,
Commitment”
and
Consistency
Luke 14:25–33
Then the lamb asked, “Why?”
The mother just replied, “Sheep don’t wallow!”
This didn’t satisfy the lamb. He felt she was
just over-restrictive. So as soon as the
mother was out of sight, the lamb jumped the
fence and ran to the pigpen. He was soon
feeling the cool mud on his feet, his legs,
and soon his stomach. After a few moments,
he decided he
had better go
back to his
mother, but
he couldn’t.
He was stuck.
Mud and wool don’t mix. His pleasure had
become his prison. He cried out and was
rescued by the kindly farmer. When cleaned
and returned to the field, the mother said,
“Remember: sheep don’t wallow.”
Sin is like that. It looks so nice, we may think
we can escape when we wish, but it is not so.
Pleasures often become prisons.
Visitors, thank you for worshiping
with us and being our honored guests!
We hope you will come again soon.