NEWS AND NOTES:
JULY 13, 2014
Prayer Requests:
 Eric Willis will be having surgery this
coming Tuesday to remove a disc in his
back. They will be going through his
neck area to do this. Please keep him
in your prayers.
 Truman Brewer went Friday to have
the wires of his pacemaker replaced
and relocated. They were not able to
do the procedure then, and he will
remain in the hospital until they do the
procedure on Tuesday morning.
 Delores Searcy is doing some better
after having trouble with her arthritis.
 Meghan Parker was involved in an
automobile
accident
this
past
Thursday. She was not hurt, just
shaken up, and is doing okay.
 Ethel Parker was admitted to the
hospital at Hendersonville this past
week. She is doing better, and will be
released to go home sometime today.
 Roger Johnson
Keith Reecer
Wayne Bennett
Geneva Simpson
Ritta Willis
Caiden Thurman
Lenora Durrett
Kenny Durrett
Bill Willis
Ed Shluter
Lendell Huffines
Steve Searcy
Randy Briley
Teresa Jackson
Patsy Ferguson
Paul Lundy
Beth George
Jim Morris
Larry Warren
Ruth Dorris
Betty Cole
Russell Cole
Ernest Durrett
Calli Petitt
Ricky Keen
Leslie Ballard
Joyce Leath
Donna Mertens
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 Our Bible Camp Awards Ceremony will
be this evening after worship.
Afterwards, we will have our Birthday
and Anniversary fellowship. Ladies are
asked to bring finger foods, and we
hope everyone will stay and enjoy the
ceremony and the meal.
 The Middle and High school kids will
meet here at the church building at
4:00 next Saturday, July 19th, to go
bowling. Then, you will go to Jeff and
Tammy Brewer’s for supper and
games.
 The Middle and High School devotional
will be next Sunday evening after
worship here at the building. You only
need to bring your Bibles. If you have
any questions, please see Jeff or
Jennifer Parker.
 Fountain Head has a Gospel Meeting
starting today and going through
Wednesday evening, the 16th. Times
are 7:30 this evening and 7:00 Monday
through Wednesday.
 The 12 and under age group will be
going to the Hot Rods game in Bowling
Green, Kentucky on Saturday, July 26th,
at 7:00 p.m. There is a sign-up list on
the bulletin board, and if anyone
would like to go, please put your name
on the list. If you have any questions,
please see Travis or Beth.
 We will be going to the Nursing Homes
on Sunday, July 27th. The list is posted
on the bulletin board, so be sure to
check that to see your assignments.
 Family Day is coming up on Sunday,
August 10th. Please mark this date on
your calendar, and be inviting friends
and family to be here with us, and stay
for the Potluck after morning worship.
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The following birthday was omitted
from the July list. Please add this to
the birthday list.
Mina Broadrick – July 18th
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CLEARVIEW’S VBS
Saturday, July 26th, 9:00 -2:00
Classes for everyone, including adults
Lunch will be served.
Theme: “Follow Me, and I will Make
You Fishers of Men”.
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Dear Clearview Family,
Please help us celebrate the 70th
Wedding Anniversary of Ernest and
Ann Durrett, Sunday afternoon, July
20th, 4:00-5:30, here at the church
building. Please no gifts, only your
attendance and well wishes to
commemorate this milestone in their
lives are what we hope for.
Sincerely,
The Family of Ernest and Ann Durrett
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Longest Speech, Shortest
Term
Neal Pollard
The shortest inaugural address was
George Washington’s second, in 1793,
and it was comprised of 193 words!
William Henry Harrison, though raised
a cultured, educated man, campaigned
on a folksy ticket symbolized by the
log cabin. To set a different, more
cultured tone for his presidency,
Harrison decided to give a lengthy,
erudite speech on a bitterly cold, early
March day in 1841. He spoke for
nearly two hours, doing so without
benefit of a topcoat or hat. Historians
are generally agreed that Harrison’s
motivation was to show himself not to
be a country bumpkin or simpleton.
While it is unclear if his exposure led to
the pneumonia that killed him exactly
a month later, it still boils down to a lot
of talk and very little execution.
How often do we, as congregations,
spend a seemingly endless amount of
time outlining, discussing, and
rehashing grand plans? Goals and
planning are vital to a church’s
existence, but so often much talk
produces little action.
In any
congregation’s mind, they are going to
be a fast-growing, active, moving, and
shaking bunch. Yet, so few churches
are that. We spend our time laying out
the plan and give ourselves so little
time to do it.
We do that in our individual lives,
too. We make big plans for tomorrow
(James 4:13-15).
Like the poet
expressed it, “He was going to be all
that man should be…tomorrow; no one
would be kinder or braver than
he…tomorrow”. Yet, the poet depicts
the dreamer as one who died today
while hoping for tomorrow. Are we
making grand, long-winded speeches
about all we are going to do? Are we
spending so much time outlining it that
we have so little time left to execute
it?
Thinking of all you know about
William Henry Harrison compared to
George Washington, both were
thinkers and planners. But, oh the
difference in how we remember each
of them. Think, then do!
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Look To God and Ask For
Strength
Tim Childs
No rocket scientist is needed here to
explain that we are living in challenging
times. Many of us are not accustomed
to adversity, at least not openly.
Human nature, for the most part, is to
prefer for things running smoothly, no
hitches, no glitches. Roll with the flow,
but some things are beyond our
control. No, no one enjoys difficult
times. Yet, that positive effect should
be maximized for the greater good of
the heavenly kingdom. God can help
us through difficult times to become
stronger and more effective in our
service for him.
In times like these may we
remember to look to God for strength.
While we at times may be weak, our
Heavenly Father is an awesome God of
power. One of the wonderful things
about our Creator is that He not only
knows how to majestically utilize His
power, but He has the capacity and
willingness to share power with us his
creatures.
Paul closes his prayer in Ephesians
chapter three with an expression that
glory might be “…unto him that is able
to do exceeding abundantly above all
that we ask or think, according to the
power that worketh in us…” (v.20).
Since we have been recreated and
redeemed by the blood of Christ, we
know something personally about the
power of God.
God’s power
transcends all other power in the
universe.
The familiar lyrics “…the arm of
flesh will fail you, ye dare not trust
your own” penned by George Duffield
in the mid-nineteenth century
admonish us against relying on our
own personal strength as we often
seek to do. Let’s make a stronger
connection to the source of the
greatest power.