17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 28, 2019

“Why do you live as if you still belong to the world?”

Hosea 1:2-11 (NRSV) (The Message)

Colossians 2:1-23 (NRSV) (The Message)

•  8:08 a.m. – Contemporary Worship
• 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast served
• 9:45 a.m. – Sunday School
• 11:00 a.m. – Traditional Worship
  • Liturgist – Earron Couch
  • Children’s Church – Ellen Gould
  • Ushers – Angie Arnold and Jim Ingram
• 12:00 p.m. – Nominating Committee Meeting

Mission of the month – July mission projects are Back Pack Buddies, which gives school supplies to needy students, and Christmas in July Vacation Bible School gifts to ACIM. Our August mission emphasis will be World Vision, a global humanitarian organization that addresses systemic poverty and hunger.

Announcements:

• 31st
  • – 10:30 a.m. – Heavenly Hashings: C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce at Uptown Cafe
  • – 12:00 p.m. – Midweek Prayer
• 1st – 5:30 p.m. – Heavenly Hashings: C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce at Tobacco Wood Brewing Co.

Our local book club is reading C.S. Lewis’s The Great Divorce, the story of a bus ride that takes passengers from hell to heaven. Come join old friends and make new ones all while indulging your reading pleasure. Please let Alan know if you are interested in attending.

Prayers for: Becky Baird, Isabella Baird, Michael Boyd, Ann Currin, Linda Diamond, Mike Diamond, Randy Downey, Diane Heath, Fred Heath, Hannah Hobgood, Sue Huggins, Judy Knight, Faye Newell, John Newell, Dottie Price, Greg Price, and Glen Shelton.

Happy Birthday to: Ellie Bradsher – July 31; Linda Diamond – August 2.

“Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
for he will speak peace to his people,
to his faithful, to those who turn to him in their hearts.
Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him,
that his glory may dwell in our land.” (Psalm 85:8-9 NRSV)

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