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March 24, 2013 NOTES FROM DENNIS

I DREAMED A DREAM We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; per-

plexed, but not in despair, persecuted, but not abandoned;

struck down, but not destroyed. 2 Corinthians 4:8, 9

When I was about ten years old, my older brother and I went to the city dump to find some goodies. We found an old motor scooter and we could see ourselves fixing it up and having a good time riding it. It didn’t have any wheels or motor but we had a dream. We dragged it home and be-gan scraping the paint and sanding on the rust and decided to paint it blue. About that time, dad came home from work, scolded us, and made us drag it back to the dump. Of course, he was right. It was junk and way beyond repair. However, at the time it was a destroyed dream for two young boys. I’m sure it wasn’t my first dream to go up in smoke and it certainly wasn’t the last. Life can sure be hard on us. I know we bring much of it on ourselves but then there are things that happen over which we have no control. I talked to a woman who was trying to sell her house. It was her dream house. She and her husband planned, worked, saved, and finally they had it but now it was for sale, at a great financial loss, because her husband ran off with another woman. Everyone could tell of an expe-rience about a dream that went up in smoke. Like the final words of the song from Les Miserables, “life has killed the dream I dreamed.” (continued on inside page)

Church Information

Office Phone: (865) 483-7418

Email: office@nyacoc.org

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6074

Oak Ridge, TN 37831

Website: www.nyacoc.org

Office Hours: Wed: 3pm-5pm

Thurs: 12pm-2pm

Service Times

Sunday Bible Class:…...…9:45am

Sunday Worship:…….....10:45am

Sunday Evening: ………….6:00pm

Wednesday Worship: ….6:00pm

Nursery Duty (3/24): Tanya Salamacha

Lauren Salamacha

Evening Services (3/24):

Prayer: Mark Nickelson

Object Lesson: Matt Mullins

Class: Dennis Winebarger

Lord’s Supper: Don Keith

Wednesday (3/27) 6:00 P.M.

Song Leader: Smith

Class: Dennis Winebarger

Prayer: Randy Page

Honored to Serve

Order of Worship

Announcements: J.L. Arrowood

Opening Prayer: Barry Branam

Songs led by: Gary Galloway

Sharing of the Bread and Cup:

Patrick Smith, Hutton Gilliam, Pete Grubb, Jeff Salamacha, Tom

Smith

Scripture: William Smith

1 Peter 5:5-7

Sermon: Dennis Winebarger

Closing Prayer: Dale Begely

March Celebrations

24th-Modeane Begley

27th-Bobbie Arrowood

27th-Jessie Ball

28th-Tom Gelsinger

28th-Carolyn Gooch

28th-Nathan Mullins

29th-Allyson Nickelson

Statistics for 3/17/2013: Bible Class...69 Worship….119

Evening Service….46 Contribution….$2,165

Mark your Calendar

Mar. 26th - Elders Meeting

Mar. 27th - March Birthday Cake

Mar. 30th - Easter Egg Hunt

Mar. 31st - Easter Sunday

In Continuing Prayers

Ron & Nancy Haese

Audrey Johnson

Elizabeth Ball

Jimmy Cunningham

Martha Shelton

Larry Nobles

Thelma Cole

Prayers & News

Jennie Hillin, Zora Seaton’s Sister, passed

away last Wednesday. Our prayers go out to

her and her family.

Sewell Brown is still in ICU please continue to

keep him and Midge in your prayers.

Jerry Darryberry, Clayton McCarty’s brother-in

-law is in need of prayers for health issues.

Prayers are needed for Henry Gilmore’s “baby

sister” for on going health issues.

Sidney Clark Eva Byrd’s Brother had open

heart surgery on the 20th, and is recovering

well.

Elders Meeting

The Elders will be meeting together Tuesday

the (26th) at 3:30. If you would like to meet

with the elders, call Patrick Smith to set up a

time.

Patrick Smith: (865)-567-1014

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday March 30th from 11:00am-

1:00pm, the church’s annual Easter Egg Hunt

will be held at Susan Mullins’ home at 103

Baker Lane. The drop-off box for candy filled

Easter-eggs has been placed in the Foyer.

(continued from front page) The real difficult one is when someone seems to be so worthy of great blessings but instead they get hardship. The account of the poor widow comes to mind (Mark 12:41-44). She gave all her money (just two small copper coins) to the Lord. It was everything she had to live on. As Paul said we don’t despair but it is perplexing. Why didn’t God bless her with huge amounts of wealth? She could have lived her few remaining years in comfort. I would have said, “Bravo!” and given my best round of applause. What a class act that would have been! But I would have been wrong. God knows exactly how to bless and he knew preciously what the poor widow needed and he took care of her. “Count it all joy when you face many kinds of trou-ble, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.” (James 1:2, 3). When we face problems is when we need to say, “Bravo!” and give our best round of applause. Now that is a class act because it is preparing us for heaven. “I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.” (Romans 8:18). Our present suffering (dreams going up in smoke, etc.) is not worth comparing to heaven. There is nothing that can destroy that dream. “For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 8:38, 39.

Remember!!

Keep up with weekly news, events, and prayer requests

with the church news line at (865)-482-9266

(Call Matt Mullins at (865)-387-1791 if you have any in-

formation for the news-line)

Directory Changes Melanie Conger Phone: (865) 335-3503 Dennis & Fredia Winebarger Phone: (816)-786-5088 Email: drw44@juno.com Address: 104 Peach Rd Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Breaking Bread Together

April 3rd at 5:00pm we will meet for a meal and devo-

tional in the fellowship hall. (Please see the signup sheet on the bulletin board)