We are so glad that you are with us today!

Our service will be to praise and worship God and to encourage and uplift us to face another week. We will sing (Eph. 5:19, Col. 3:16), pray (James 5:15-18), and partake of the Lord’s Supper to remember our Savior’s sacrifice on the cross (Acts 20:7, 1 Cor. 11:23-26). We will also give back a portion of the monetary blessings that God has granted us so that we can carry out His work in our community (1 Cor. 16:2, 2 Cor. 9:7). We will also study a lesson from His Word that will hopefully be applicable to our daily lives, so that we can be equipped to handle the pressures of this world and reach those outside of Christ

(2 Tim. 2:15).

EldersBob Burton - 706-698-1345

Curtis Kingsley - 706-276-6045Mark Pettit - 706-276-6610

DeaconsBob Burkewitz - 706-276-2456

Rob Burton - 706-889-4947Josh Chancey - 706-669-6848Nathan Collier - 706-669-0726Dennis Dove - 706-669-0021

Tim Hall - 706-669-0915Junior Jenkins - 706-273-6972John Johnson - 706-669-0422Brandon Jones - 706-273-8762Barry Kingsley - 706-276-7842Jason Ledford - 706-669-4504Tate McCoy - 706-273-3538John Painter - 706-889-7822Will Parker - 706-889-1021

Barry Pritchett - 706-276-3799Garry Rittenberry - 706-276-4846

MinistersJeremy Green

jeremy@ellijaychurchofchrist.org334-614-1503Butch Jones

butchjones@ellijay.com706-273-0841Chase Sharp

256-701-1541chase@ellijaychurchofchrist.org

MissionaryMichael Dunbar

Highgate, Jamaica

Facebook - Ellijay Church of Christ Twitter - @ellijaycoc

Instagram - ellijaychurchofchrist

Sunday Bible Classes 9:30 AMMorning Worship 10:30 AMEvening Worship 6:00 PM

Wednesday Bible Study 7:00 PM

Free Bible Correspondence is available by contacting the church office or Cleah Boaz

at 706-636-4516.

Let Us Rise Up and BuildEnvelopes are available on the back of the pews to make your donation to the Building Fund for the new Fellowship Hall/Education Building. Total funds through 7/31/17 in the Building and Emergency Fund total $310,686.08. PLEASE CONTINUE TO DONATE.

Week of July 30thContribution........................................$6944Budget..............................................$7000 Weekly Average YTD.......................$7358 Bible Study...............................................131AM Worship............................................228PM Worship............................................150Wednesday Evening...............................131

351 North Main StreetEllijay, GA 30540

Office 706-635-2950Newsline 706-276-7283

Scripture ReadingOpen PrayerSong LeadingClose PrayerHead Table

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AnnouncementsOpen PrayerSong LeadingClose PrayerCommunion

AnnouncementsSong LeadingPrayerSummer Series

Worship AssignmentsThe church office is open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily Monday through Friday, except major holidays. The newsline is updated Monday through Friday. Updates to be shared on the newsline should be given to the church office by 10:00 a.m.. The deadline for including information in the Sunday bulletin is by 10:00 a.m. on Thursday.

August 13thIsaac SetserTim HallNathan CollierBob BurtonChase Sharp

W. Gregory Ru. CochrranS. Hall L. Mulkey Ry. Cochran Q. CollierL. BurtonTu. Hall

J. RalstonC. MartinB. JonesT. Rochester

K & R WigginsR &T Wood M & R Pritchett

Evening Burch JonesCarl HallNathan CollierWalker GregoryChase Sharp

August 16thJeremy GreenMark JohnstonEddy MulkeyChris Barnett

Birthdays & AnniversariesEvelyn Walker - 10th

Tate & Janetta McCoy - 9thJohn & Tommie Stephens - 9th

Butch & Susan Jones - 11th

Order of WorshipSong (#968) O They Tell Me of a Home Song (#534) Wonderful Words of LifeSong (#659) I Love to Tell the Story

Opening PrayerSong (#350) When My Love to Christ Grows Weak

Partake of the Lords SupperContribution

Song (#111) Grace Greater Than Our SinSong (#890) No Night There

Song (#860) There is a HabitationScripture Reading: 1 Peter 4:7-11

Message: “Stewardship”Jeremy Green

Song (PP) I Am Mine No MoreAnnouncements

Song (PP) Never Grow OldClosing Prayer

August 6thWayman StoryRichard BohannonBarry KingsleyMark PettitButch Jones

R. Wood C. MartinK. Wiggins C. HallJ. Chancey R. Burton J. Cochran J. Stephens

Tu. HallT. RochesterRe. CochranM. Wilson

L&B FerrellG&A Chancey B. Parker J. Mailen

Evening Chase SharpSpencer HallHinton HornLandon BurtonButch Jones

August 9thButch JonesDavid GreenDaniel SissonAndrew Kingsley

August 6, 2017

TODAY- North Georgia Back to School Youth Night8th - Ladies Tuesday Bible Class starts back11th - Football Team Breakfast, 6:30 AM12th - Tower Road Cookout for everyone, 5:30 PM13th - Devotional at Blue Ridge Assisted Living, 2PM13th- Elders, Deacons, Ministers & Coord. Mtg.18th - 24th - Polishing the Pulpit in Sevierville20th - Special Prayer Service Men and Ladies, 5PM29th - First day of Homework Club

Don’t sit on the sidelines, Get Involved!

Youth CornerFamily News Green Clippings

Youth NightSunday, August 6th

5 PM - 8 PM

Andrew KingsleyUniversity Church of Christ

Montgomery, Alabama

Guest SpeakerHinton Horn

Beltline Church of ChristDecatur, Alabama

Special Song Leader

North Georgia Annual

Upcoming Events Youth /Kids:August 6th - North Georgia Back to School Youth Night

August 12th - Tower Road Cookout

Betty Bevins is at home at this time and growing weaker.

Lynn Kiser left Wednesday taking her mom, Lillie Scaglione, back to Tampa due to health problems.

Mike Mahaffey, Wendy Jones’ dad, will be having shoulder surgery Tuesday, August 8th. If you would like to send a note of encouragement, his address is 909 Trinity View Circle, Seymour, TN 37865

Kimberly Carns, Sammy and Judy Wright’s daughter, is recovering from surgery on her foot.

Lori Williams was diagnosed with a tumor and is under doctors’ care. She may require surgery.

Randall Roper, a friend of Judy Wright, suffered 2 strokes and is not doing well.

Scott Dove, James McGee, Suzanne Young, Lillie Scaglione, Bruce Stover, Luke Wright, Zach Pritchett, George Hall, Ernestine Hall, Jeff Carns, Elmer LaRue, CiCi Rivera, Burt Hinton, Bonnie Smith, Laura Huckabey, Billy Teems, Glenell Fricks, Perlie Mae Sluder, Joyce Bennett, Shannon Queen, Shirley Fisher, Dustin Bolman, Reathel May, Sue Smith, David Hickerson, Gerald Stanley, Roger Edmondson, Wade Green Sr., Austin Young, Chad Galloway, Debbie Sims, Spence Steedley, Alyce Dunn, David Rogers

Others to Remember CANCER PATIENTSCarlynn Anguish, Sue Green, Dorothy Gaddis, Mary Hensley, Harry Dennard, Steve Sisson, Charles Weeks, Billy Stells, Chris Watkins, John Watts, Cathy Thurman Patterson, Mindy Banks, Phillip Weeks, Travis Lucas, Clifford West, Lynn Tudor, Randall Brown, Tim Jones (Glenda Eller), Joanne Lucas,

FAMILY & FRIENDS IN THE MILITARYSeth Carswell, Eli Chastain, Reid Cochran, Caleb Covington, Andrew Edmondson, Steven Giannone, Corey Henry, Jonathan Hensley, Zach Hill, Wayne Jones, Jacob Mahaffey, Wilson Pettit, Frankie Silva, Canio Sequevia-Cuevas, Eric Spisak, David Taylor, Cameron Trammell, Matthew Upshaw, Kourtney Weeks

NURSING HOME/ASSISTED LIVING

Eulyeen Callihan, Pauline Mullinax, Gladys Logan Shultz, Polly Cochran, Tim Ramsey

The weekday Ladies’ Bible Class will meet for our first class of the season on Tuesday morning, August 8, at 9:30 a.m. in the room off the Fellowship Hall. We will introduce and distribute the book we plan to study this year, “Walking to the Promised Land” by Lori Boyd. Class will be followed by a luncheon. All ladies are welcomed to join us.

We are helping Hiawassee’s congregation in their worship services by providing a song leader and someone to preside over the Lord’s table and prayer. We need two families, the fourth Sunday of each month, that can worship and assist with the church family at Hiawassee for Bible study at 10AM and worship at 11AM. If you would like to volunteer for this outreach, please see the sign up sheet posted on the bulletin board.

Please Note

Imagine what God could do through you

Cut to the Chase Here are this week’s verses and questions to study. We hope that you are taking time to study God’s word together as it is essential to study to be fully equipped as Christians. Let’s continue to grow spiritually so that we will be able to stand strong against the evils of this world.1. Proverbs 11:22

What does this illustration tell us about those who do not live modestly? What kind of discretion should we have as followers of Jesus? By who’s standard should we be measuring our modesty?

2. Proverbs 12:4What kind of characteristics should God’s people be looking for in a spouse? What can result if we do not choose the right kind of person?

3. Proverbs 12:15How should we treat those who try to help us? How should we handle constructive criticism? What does this say about those who do wrong? Do they see themselves as wrong?

4. Proverbs 12:16How should we react to those who hurt us? How does this relate to what Jesus taught?

This Friday, August 11th, we will be providing breakfast and devotional for the Gilmer High School football team. We have done this for the last couple of years as they kick off the new school year. We will begin cooking at 5:30 AM and will need several volunteers for this to run smoothly. There is a sign up sheet posted on the bulletin board if you would like to help. Thank you in advance!

The family counselor will be here the weekend of August 12th & 13th. If you would like to schedule an appointment, please see Jeremy Green.

There will be a 10 minute meeting for all C-Squad parents following morning service on Sunday, August 13th.

On Sunday night, we discussed the issue of “lifting hands” during worship as part of our regular Sunday night Q&A. The question was very insightful, and I wanted to revisit the answer just a bit so that it is clear and concise. As anyone visiting our service would notice, we do not commonly practice the raising of hands during our worship even though 1 Timothy 2:8 specifically mentions it, “I desire therefore that the men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.” So, why do we not lift up hands?

1) Raising hands is typically done throughout much of the religious world during the musical portion of worship, whether it be instrumental or a cappella. While singing can and should be heartfelt and emotional, and the incidental lifting of hands would not be inherently wrong or sinful, there is no discussion in the Bible of such a practice. In the Bible, whenever lifting hands is mentioned, it is in the context of prayer.

2) Throughout scripture, the term “hands” is used figuratively (Isaiah 59:1; Acts 4:28; Prov. 6:17). As Wayne Jackson explains, “lifting up holy hands (1 Tim. 2:8) is a figure of speech which emphasizes that effective prayer must be accompanied by a consecrated life – a life devoted to the service of God.” The command for men to lift holy hands during prayer in worship is a reminder that our lives must be right before we bring ourselves before God!

3) In the Bible, God never commands us to be in a specific posture when we come to him in prayer. Notice several different positions throughout the text: standing (1 Sam. 1:26), kneeling (1 Kings 8:54), prostrate (1 Kings 18:42; Mark 14:35), with spread hands (1 Kings 8:22), lifting hands (Psalm 63:4). In Luke 18, the tax collector beats his chest in sorrow as he prays to God! While he was not in sin for praying in such a way, we certainly would not want to do something so distracting in the context of the worship service. This same idea could certainly be applied to standing while everyone else is sitting, kneeling, or lifting hands. During our prayers, God should be our focus – not what everyone around us is doing.

What matters when we pray is that our lives are right and that we come to God in all humility. While no one could definitively say that raising hands during worship is wrong, we would never want to be a distraction because worship is, quite simply, not about us. Worship is about God!

For further reading: https://www.christiancourier.com/articles/585-should-we-lift-holy-hands-when-we-prayhttps://www.christiancourier.com/articles/1093-are-christians-required-to-lift-up-holy-hands