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The Roebuck

REMINDER

WELCOME TO THE

ROEBUCK PARKWAY

CONGREGATION

We want to extend a warm

welcome to any guests that

have come our way today.

We hope that you enjoy our

worship. If you have any

thoughts or questions about any

part of our services, feel free to

contact the elders at

elders@thegospelspeaks.com

CHURCH INFORMATION

400 Roebuck Parkway

Birmingham, Al. 35206

205-833-1400

www.thegospelspeaks.com

office@thegospelspeaks.com

blog.thegospelspeaks.com

SERVICE TIMES

Sundays:

Bible Class 9:00 AM

Worship 10:00 AM

Worship 1:00 PM

Worship 5:00 PM

Wednesdays: 7:00 PM

SHEPHERDS

Ron Cobb

Thurman Crawford

John Gallagher

Rick Glass

Sol Godwin

Merrill Mann

Skip McCurry

Ancel Norris

Darnell Self

Jim Timmerman

MINISTERS

Jordan Gray

Johnathan Johnson

Ray Powell

Tim Shoemaker

The M

eekness o

f Christ

Scrip

ture R

eadin

g: M

atthew

26:5

1-5

4; L

uke 2

3:3

5-3

9

Is Meekn

ess Weakness?

How

does th

e Old

English

defin

ition o

f “com

panio

n” o

r “equal” in

dicate th

e low

li-

ness o

f mee

kness?

The u

ltimate p

icture o

f meek

ness w

as Christ, w

ho h

ad th

e infin

ite resources o

f God

at His co

mm

and b

ut w

as not o

ccupied

with

_____________ at all.

Meek

ness is _

______________ u

nder _

______________.

The Discip

le As a Meek H

orse

The co

ntro

l of th

e Master _

________________ th

e pow

er of th

e disc

iple.

How

does th

e disc

iple co

me to

know

the m

ind o

f the M

aste

r?

The m

eek d

isciple _

_______________ w

ith th

e Master in

beco

min

g H

is hands an

d

feet on th

is earth.

The m

eek d

isciple is _

______________ to

the M

aster, even

when H

e leads u

s

thro

ugh d

ifficult circu

msta

nce

s.

The aim

of m

eek d

isciples is to

com

e to C

hrist w

ith b

roken

spirit an

d co

ntrite h

eart

(Psa. 5

1:1

7). D

oes th

e spirit b

reak (an

d sta

y b

roken) o

vern

ight?

They S

hall In

herit th

e Earth

Acco

rdin

g to

Psalm

37, th

e meek

look to

a ________________ in

heritan

ce.

In th

is life, God’s b

lessings b

ring fu

lfillment “n

ot to

those w

ho g

rasp fo

r them

but to

those w

ho h

old

them

_________________.”

Mark your calendar for our 10th Annual

Area Wide Singing

February 5, 2016

7 PM TO 9 PM

Please bring finger foods, sandwiches, little smokies, chip &

dip, desserts, and drinks. Clean up help is always welcomed

Please invite all your neighbors and friends this is a good way

to be evangelistic

Tim Shoemaker

Wednesday Night Meal

Please sign up in foyer before Wed. so Kitty will know how much food to prepare. Dinner is served at 6 pm. The cost is $5.00 each.

February 3, 2016

Lasagna, Salad, Garlic Bread, Drinks & Dessert

January 24, 2016 Sun AM 377 Sun PM

Total Goal for 2016 127

Local Work Goal 52 1

Belize Campaign Goal 30

Stateside Campaigns Goal

10

Know Your Bible Goal

35

Total Baptisms 127 1

New Families 1

Restored 5

Weekly Purpose: $17,200.00 Contribution $17,106.00

Contribution YTD: $ 76,982.00 Purpose YTD: $ 68,548.00

Average Weekly YTD: $ 19,245.00

Mission Sunday: $0.00 (Week 4)

Prayers Sherryl Adkins Carla Allison Steve & Nancy Brown June Cooper Dot Davison Terry Davidson Beth Goodwin Susan Goodwin Kim Green Mark Harley Jimmy Howell Pat Howell Patricia Irwin Annie Ivey Randy Johnson Willie Kemp Lucille Large Frances Love Glenn May Judy Mitchell June Moore Bobbie Naish Sue & Alan Nordgren Ruby Norris George Shoemaker Helen Oakes Anne Powell Geiselle Shephard Buddy Summers Gloria Summers Don Taylor Mary Thomas Billy White Diann Watson Don Young Friends & Family Stacy Timmerman Francis ( daughter of Jim & Lynn Timmerman) Ruth Ann Howell ( Having health prob-lems) Leroy Owens ( Former Member) Joel Bradshaw ( Jeannie Kelley’s Father) Catherine Reaves ( Friend of Judy Mar-low) Dennis Huddleston ( son-in-law of Judy Marlow Leon Norris (cousin of Ancel Norris, Carolyn Windham & Kay Carver) Pauline Fields (mother of Ron Fields) Ginger Born ( Madison, Ga. C of C) Ted & Martha Morris ( sister& Bro-in-law of Ancel Norris) Conner Wilson ( Great nephew of Sue, Judy, & Gina ) Aletha Ray ( mother of Malachi Ray ) Belle Coshatt ( sister of Milton Chandler) Yolanda Cummings ( Vannessa Powell’s sister) Chris Townley( Mother of Allen Townley) Lindsay Sharp ( cousin of Tonya Hayes ) Craig Luck (cousin of Sue Holcomb ) David and Joy Luck (Aunt and Uncle of Sue Holcomb) Bruce Windham (Brother in law of Carolyn Windham) Brenda Sidoti (Julie Kincaid’s sister) Tony Crumbley ( former member ) Tori White,( Margaret White’s daughter) Kathy Godwin Roy - (Sol & Ellen’s daugh-ter), Alvin Jenkins (father of Linda Carter & Patsy O’Rourke) Bobby Fuller (Mike McGill & Judy Mixon’s uncle ), Rollie & Faye Powell (Ray’s parents) William Hodges (Rhonda Hodges’ father), Harriette & Charles Byrd (Helen Oakes’ sister & brother-in-law), Margie Holt (mother of Patty Gammage)

Our Honored Guests 1 / 24 / 2016

In Town : William & Carolyn Adams, Brandon Blackwood, Chad Grill, Mckaine Johnson, Wren Wilshire

Out of Town: none

PANTRY ITEMS:

Canned Meat, Corn, Carrots

Cooperation in Salvation – Part 3

We have noticed in our previous articles that salvation is of God. It is by His grace that we are saved but that there is also something that we must do to re-ceive His gift of eternal life. The apostle Peter wrote in his second epistle, “For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for them than the beginning” (2 Peter 2:20). Peter spoke of those who escaped the pollutions of this world through the knowledge of Jesus Christ and were entangled in them again, declared “the latter end is worse with them than the beginning” (II Peter 2:20). The fact that those individuals were saved, but were now in a worse situation than they were in the begin-ning, is evidence that they needed to keep on working out their own salvation. How can we know if we are truly cooperating with God in working out our salvation? First of all there must be continual progress in our lives. The Christian life cannot be one that stands still or it will become stagnant and dead. We must be ever progressing, im-proving, and becoming more and more like Jesus. If we are not improving our selves spiritually, it is a sign that we are not working out our own salvation. We are to work out our salvation with “fear and trembling.” This is the fear of disappointing the One who has trusted us with His blessing of salvation. When Joseph was tempted to lie with Potiphar’s wife he said, “How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?” We are to do all things without murmurings and disputing. Some people seem to obey God kicking and screaming. They are always complaining about what they have to do. This was the same sin that led to the deaths of more than 14,000 Jews who were constantly murmuring against God, His leaders and His will (Ex. 15:24; 16:2; Num. 16:41-49). We are to be pure and blameless. The word “pure” means to be “unmixed.” Thus the Christian is to be one of absolute sincerity. Blameless relates to our relationship to the world. We must live so that the world can find no fault in us. . We need to be ministers of salvation to the world. We are to shine forth as lights in the world. Mt. 5:16 – “Let your light so shine…” We must hold fast the word of God. This means that we are to be faithful to God’s word. But the marginal reading is “holding forth the word of God.” This would mean that we need to be teaching the word of God to other people. We must forever be about our Father’s business of teaching the lost world about Jesus. We were saved that we might help save others.

Bible Correspondence Courses A group of seven teenagers from Redland

Church of Christ in Haworth, OK, has request

the Know Your Bible course. It is good that the

Know Your Bible Course is reaching those out-

side of Alabama. This group of teenagers also

sent money to cover the cost of postage.

WEE FOLKS

No Wee Folks TODAY February 7 Wee Folk

February 14 Wee Folks and Sparks will be

going to Sunrise Assisted Living @ 12:45.

February 21

February 28

Christians in Action

(CIA) Please join us at 9:30 for

CIA Class. Teachers are

Brown Rogers, Tim Shoemaker, Donna

McCurry and Donna Shoemaker.

CONNECTION GROUPS

Your new connection

group leader will contact you as to date

and time.

GROUP 1 will meet @ Southland BBQ

on Hy 11 IN Argo @ 6:00 on Feb. 1

GROUP 2 will meet on Monday, Feb. 1

@ the home of John & Frieda Galla-

gher at 6:15

WELCOME Please welcome Melvin Thomas to our

Church family. He was baptized last

Sunday by Jordan Gray. He is the brother

of Sherita Bitten. His address is :

1500 Maralyn Dr.

Birmingham, AL 35235

FEBRUARY YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENT

February 7 - Youth Devo @ the home of Tim & Paula

Tucker. 1667 Cedar Creek Road, Odenville, AL 35120.

Bring $5 for food.

February 21 - Area Wide @ Sylvan Springs

THANK YOU

Thanks to all who sent cards, made visits,

brought food, and continue to pray for my

recovery from my recent hospital stay. It is

such a Blessing to be part of a loving, car-

ing, and praying spiritual family here at

Roebuck Parkway.

Mike McGill

INCOME TAX 2015

If you would like a statement for your 2015

contribution please call the office and add your

name to the list.

Friday Night Workshops

February 12

February 19

March 4

March 11& March 18

Mini - Convention - March 12

Ladies Day

February 13, 2016

9:00 AM

Quilted Together

Speaker

Dr. Mona Jenkins

Quilting Demonstration

Mary Lou Shoemaker

Information sheets located in the foyer

Ladies Time Out

February 1, 2016

4 PM TO 6 PM

At the home of

Carolyn Windham

Valentine Swap - Please bring 3-5 used

accessories to trade with others. You will

choose and take with you as many items as

you bring.

Idea: purses, scarves, jewelry

SOUP & SANDWICHES SERVED

Bring snacks or drinks

SYMPATHY

To the family of Ruby Norris at the passing of

her aunt Vida Mae Clemmons. Her funeral was

Wednesday at Mt. Zion Church of Christ.

Prison Ministry / Ladies Work Release

Mandatory Training

All volunteers must attend the training

provided by DOC on Saturday, Feb. 6.

Regardless of whether you attended

other training sessions, you must attend this

meeting to remain on the volunteer list. Please

arrive at the church building by 6:45 am sharp.

The training is located in Montgomery from

9:00 till 11:30.

Congratulation To Ashton & Patrick McGill on the birth of

Malie Rene McGill. Born 1-28-16. Grandpar-

ents are David & Rene Lowery and Mike &

Cathy McGill.