VOL. 26 NO 15 APRIL 13, 2016 in 2016

FROM TIM… LISTENING TO JESUS – We’ve explored what Jesus said about Scripture and about hell, and this Sunday morning we will conclude this series by considering what Jesus said about hypocritical religion. Many people give up on Christianity because they see bad examples of it…is that the right answer? We will see what Jesus said, and I hope it will be an encouraging study. MARK YOUR CALENDARS – A few big congregation-wide events that will be coming up soon…

May 1st – Graduate Sunday – a day of honoring and praying for our graduates. The graduate video will be shown a few minutes after Sunday morning worship.

May 22nd - Bilingual Worship Service and Potluck Lunch. Our second bilingual service of the year – a great day to invite someone to join you – and a potluck lunch, which will also be a welcome meal for our new members.

June 5th-8th – Our 2016 Vacation Bible School, nightly Sunday through Wednesday. Believe it or not, some people are already working on the decorations! Always a great week of being together, studying the Bible, and meeting visitors.

OUR 2016 SUMMER SERIES – Last summer we had our 12 Questions outreach instead of a summer series, but this year we will resume our annual Wednesday night summer series. A cou-ple things to know:

The theme is “12 More Questions: Faith Questions from those Seeking God.” The full schedule is up on the sign-up board if you are interested in seeing the lineup. The summer series will begin June 15th. June 1st will be the last Wednesday in our

spring quarter, and June 8th will be our VBS week, so the Summer Series will run from June 15 through the last Wednesday in August.

Let’s live this week as those ready for Christ to return! Lord willing, we will see you again

Sunday morning, ready to worship and grow…

We are pleased to announce that Becky Cutler, her daughter, Chelsea, and son, Zachary, re-

cently met with the Elders in order to place their membership at Great Oaks. Becky and her husband, Tony, have been married for 32 years. Tony is a pilot for FedEx. They have 7 chil-

dren. Becky is a RN and says her hobby is being a “Band Mom.” Chelsea and Zach are both

members of the Bolton High School Band. Chelsea is a Senior and plans to attend UT Knox-

ville. Zachary is a Junior at Bolton High School. Please extend a warm Great Oak’s welcome

to this family. 901-340-5258

Welcome New Members!

We welcome Alex & Dinora Orozco, and their children, Damian (16), Dylina(10),

and Dylan (9). Alex and Dinora have been m arried for ten years. Di-

nora, was born in Pennsylvania and was raised in Florida. She enjoys and works

in interior design. Alex, who grew up in Mexico, enjoys hunting and has his own

constructioncompany. Alex and Dinora were both baptized into Christ in De-

cember 2015. We welcome this family and look forward to having them as an

active part of our Great Oaks family. 2796 Mercury Street, Bartlett, TN 38134

901-825-9667 (D) 901 825-9905 (A)

PRAYER REQUESTS

David and Alicia Glenn are expecting the de-

livery of their son soon.

Wanda Coats has her last chemo treatment

on Wednesday, April 13th.

Allison Collier will have surgery on Thurs-

day, April 14th.

Nathan Hubbard. Prayers for continued

good reports from his doctor.

Paula Morrison, sister of Bobbie Kyle, is in

the hospital in Comstock, Michigan.

Meetings scheduled for Sunday, April 17

FOCUS #5 Williams @ McBride after p.m .

FOCUS #7 Alsup in the gym after p.m . Maps will be on the table in the library

April 15-17 at Crowley’s Ridge

$10 per person per night.

A schedule is available. Please see

Colton or Aarek for more information.

Graduate bio and framed

photo Sunday, April 17

College Grads, contact Colton

to give him your graduation

information. Thank you!

Graduation Sunday is May 1st.

Men’s Night Out Thursday, April 21

6:30 p.m. at

Corky’s. Sign up is on the board in the hallway. Please see Rick Knox if you have any

questions.

Responding to the Invitation on Sunday, April 10

Michelle Williams asked for prayers to get her rela-

tionship with God back where it should be. She stat-

ed she wants to be an “all the time Christian” instead

of a “sometimes Christian.”

Manny Barrientos said he felt like he has let other

things in his life take priority over his faith. He would

like prayers that he can make better choices.

Tinsel Dukes said she wanted to restore her relation-

ship with God and to be back with her church family.

Please remember to encourage and pray for

Michelle, Manny, and Tinsel this week.

LADIES NIGHT OUT

Tuesday, April 19th

6-8 p.m. at the church building

We will be making burlap door hangers.

Please bring $3 for the craft. Eat before

you come. Snacks will be provided.

Please sign up on the board in the hall.

Beginning in June, we will need a few preschool

teachers for our Sunday morning Bible classes.

If you can help with this,

please see Wanda Coats.

April 14 TNT

April 15-17 Great Oaks Retreat

April 24 Youth Devotional

April 28 TNT

May 1 Graduation Sunday and Videos

May 3 Parent's Night Out

May 12 TNT

A Bridal Shower

for

Kristen Williams Sunday, April 24th at 3 p.m.

She is registered at Target, Bed, Bath, and Beyond and Amazon.

Spanish Friends Day

Sunday, April 24th

Happy Times Farm

will be visiting our Mother’s Day Out program on

Tuesday, May 3 10--11:30 $8 per child

Please contact Kathy Hubbard if you would

like your child to be a part of this.

Memorial Service for Betty Deising

2 pm on Saturday, April 30th at Great Oaks.

We will be feeding the family after the services. We will

send out a link for those who want to help when the date

gets closer. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to

Gary Jones Mission Fund at Clinton Church of Christ, PO

Box 298, Clinton TN 37717-0298

Great Oaks family, My whole family wants to

tell everyone how thankful we are for every-

thing that was done for us the last few months.

The food was excellent and really helped us

during those long Chemo days. We received so

many wonderful and inspirational cards it

made going through this difficult time seem

easier. We cannot say thank you enough for all

the calls, texts and gifts we've received and

each one helped us greatly! We've been blown

away at the love shown to us and are very

proud to be a part of a loving and generous

church family! Thank you from the bottom of

our hearts, Nathan, Kristin, Elijah, Alaina &

Brayden Hubbard

Youth Group

For the Record April 10 Week 2016 Avg 2016 Goal

Wed (April 6) 342 287 325

Bible Study 316 321 350

Sun AM 459 507 525

Sun PM 293 267 325

Contribution $ 15,649 $15,650 $16,500

Building $ 340

Balance on new building $139,689

Nursery Attendants

Babies AM Annette K., Lacey L., Lindsey W. PM Kathy & Sarah Hubbard

Toddlers AM Cor inna & Mallory Wyatt PM Shanna Shumaker /Rebecca Reyes

Deliver LeBonheur Baskets - April 18

Jeff & Tresa Danley

SCHEDULE:

Sunday Bible Study 9AM

Sunday Worship 10AM & 5 PM

Wednesday Bible Study 7PM

PHONE: (901) 372-4449 FAX: 377-3039

SPANISH: 417-3786 (ELIAS ROQUE)

MINISTERS/CELL NUMBERS:

Pulpit - Tim Alsup 201-1341

Youth-Aarek Farmer 574-0192

College/Young Adult-Colton Shannon 652-0153

Spanish-Elias Roque 615-477-1982 ELDERS: Kenny Harris, Larry Jackson,

Lynn Parrish, Mark Pledge, Don Hutson,

Mickey Barker, Dick Deising, Michael Wil-

liams

SECRETARIES: Brenda Amon/Kelly Ward

WEBSITE: www.greatoaks.org

on Facebook: Iglesia de Christo Great Oaks

WORKS SUPPORTED:

♥ Voice of Truth International

♥ Tennessee Children’s Home

♥ Potter Children’s Home

♥ Memphis School of Preaching

♥ Focus Press/Brad Harrub/Nashville

♥ Church in Mezhevaya, Ukraine

♥ Church in Kraz, Ukraine

♥ Church in Zimbabwe/Noah Gonzo

♥ Church in Costa Rica/Joaquin Rojas

♥ Church in Cambodia/Andrew Hayes

♥ Church in Cusco, Peru/Gary Reaves

♥ Church in Brazil/Randy Short

♥ Operation Ukraine/Columbus, MS

♥ Church in San Luis Potosi, Mexico

OTHERS TO SERVE MONTH OF APRIL

Ushers: Cliff McKinney, Noel Martin, Rob Matthews, Don Williams

BACKUPS: Kenny Harr is, Elmer Holder , Wesley Hubbard, Bryan Hulen

(please meet in library 15 minutes before every service)

Greeters: Kenny & Donna Harr is/Mike & Becky Morr ison - main,

Cole & Becky Traywick - Ed./Gym, Cliff & Regina McKinney- Brunswick,

Josh Warne - new building, Tom Brice/Martin Garcia- back up

Lock Building: Joe H. Gillentine

Sound System: AM: TBA PM: TBA Back-up: TBA

Prepare Communion: Sue Wyatt/Gale Jackson

Announcements: Lynn Parrish (back up-Mark Pledge)

Lord’s Supper: Jeff Baskin*, Rick Arnett, Larry Baker, Joe Blalock*,

Philip Baucom, Randy Brown, Bill Bush

YOUTH TO SERVE

Attendance Card Collection

Youth Side Center Section Nursery Side

AM: Riley Alsup David Danley/Colt Mims David Shumaker

PM: David Hernandez Colt Mim s/Jake Mim s Israel Ordonez

Restock Pens/Attendance Cards/Straighten Songbooks

Communion Cup Collection-1st GRADE

Eden Conway

Brooke Gómez David Hernandez Mallory Hobbs

SERVING – April 17, 2016

Songs: AM - Curtis Parker PM - Brandon White

Communion Devotional: Chuck Barnett

Prayers: AM Opening: Bryan Gore AM Closing: Jonah McKay

PM Opening: Pedro Garcia PM Closing: Mike Morrison

Scripture Reading AM: Ryan Barker PM : Connor Pr iester

Presiding Elder Lynn Parrish Back-up: Mark Pledge

Visiting the Visitors - April 17

Food: Kathy Waycaster Visits: Don Hutson/Michael Williams

Ladies Retreat Friday, September 30th-

Saturday, October 1 At “The Lake House”

in Mountain Home, Arkansas

We’ll carpool, or you can drive separately.

See Karen Baskin or

Jen Farmer for more details.

Isabelle McKay Gray Meyer

Aubree Ringold

Christopher Villamar Jayden Ward

Emmy Brooke Warne Hannah Wyatt

Tennessee Children’s Home

Paul Norris Golf Classic

Friday, June 3

Info on the board in the hallway

To the Great Oaks family, Thank you all for all you have

done for our family during Dad’s illness and death. We

appreciate all the food, flowers, cards, and show of sup-

port. We are blessed by the family of God here in Mem-

phis and statewide! In Christ, The Jim Palmer Family