Lee didn’t do much but drop a lot of rain on us.  That’s still the prediction for today.  Let’s pray that this rain only hurricane will not keep people from paying attention to a hurricane with more winds and tornadoes in the future.  Don’t let a little rain keep you from the Lord’s House today.

	77° Light Rain
Wind:	14 mph from theESE
Dew Point:	75 °F
Pressure:	29.41 in
Humidity:	94%
Visibility:	10.0 miles

Updated: 5:25 AM CDT on September 04, 2011
Observed at: Baton Rouge, Louisiana(KBTR)

Today: Tropical storm conditions. Southeast winds 35 to 40 mph with gusts to around 55 mph.

Tonight: Tropical storm conditions expected. Rain and chance of thunderstorms. Rain may be heavy at times. Lows in the mid 70s. South winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 55 mph shifting to the west 30 to 35 mph with gusts to around 45 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation 90 percent.

The following are reported to be actual announcements taken from various church bulletins. They have been around for a while, but they’re still enjoyable:

* Thursday night — potluck supper. Prayer and medication to follow.

* For those of you who have children and don’t know it, we have a nursery downstairs.

* This afternoon there will be a meeting in the south and north ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends.

* Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First xxx Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.

* Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

* Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

* A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow.

* The third verse of Blessed Assurance will be sung without musical accomplishment.

* During the absence of our preacher, we enjoyed the rare privilege of hearing a good sermon when A. B. Doe supplied our pulpit.

* Low Self-Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 to 8:30 p.m. Please use the back door.

* Preacher is on vacation. Massages can be given to church secretary.

* The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the church basement on Friday at 7 p.m. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.

* Church Rummage Sale: A good opportunity to get rid of anything not worth keeping but too good to throw away. Bring your husband.

* The outreach committee has enlisted 25 members to make calls on people who are not afflicted with any church.

* Don’t let worry kill you. Let the church help.

Putting out a church bulletin, I know how easy it is to slip up and misprint a word or word something in a “less than desirable” way. But the church can help (overcome worry, not kill you). More specifically, Jesus Christ can help you deal with worry. He had this to say on the subject during his Sermon on the Mount:

“Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?…..So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?” (Matthew 6:25-26,28-30)

Sometimes, when we get so concerned about everything that seems to be going wrong in our lives, we need a gentle reminder that our heavenly Father is watching out for us. May this message serve as that reminder.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Boone Church of Christ
Boone, NC

Don’t let a little more rain keep you from Bible study today!

Anna Lee

Stand firm then,

with the belt of truth buckled around your waist,

with the breastplate of righteousness in place,

and with your feet fitted with the readiness

that comes from the gospel of peace.

In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith,

with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows

of the evil one.

Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit,

which is the word of God.

~Ephesians 6:14–17 NIV~

The Pritchard family was burned out.  Donations are being accepted at FBC, Kentwood.

The man wears size 34-34 pants, large shirts, and 11-12 shoes.

The lady wears size 12 pants, large shirths, and size 8 shoes.  She is expecting a baby now, so we wears maternity size 18.  The baby is due in November.  Baby items would also be needed.

One boy wears size 16 pants, large shirts, and size 9 shoes.  The other boy wears size 8 pants, medium shirts, and size 4 shoes.

The girls wears size 12 o 1 pants, large shirts, and size 7 shoes.

Furniture, appliances, and other household items are also needed.

The phone in the church office is 229-8111.

As you gather items for this family, please pray as they put their household back in place.

Blessing or Bad Luck

The story is told of a man who was walking across the road when he was hit by a car. The impact knocked him on his head which caused him to be in a coma for two days before he finally regained consciousness. When he opened his eyes, his loving wife was there beside his bed. He held her hand and said to her:

“You know, Judy, you’ve always been right by my side. When I was a struggling college student, I failed again and again. But you were always there with me, encouraging me to go on trying..”

She squeezed his hands as he continued: “And when I got out of school and went for all of my interviews and failed to get any of the jobs, you stayed right there with me, cutting out more classifieds for me to check on…”

“Then I started work at this little firm and finally got the chance to handle a big contract. But I blew it because of one little mistake, and yet you were there beside me all the way. Then I finally got another job after being laid off for sometime. But I never seemed to be promoted and my hard work was never recognized. And so, I remained in the same position from the day I joined the company until now… And, through it all, you were right there by my side.”

Her eyes brimmed with tears as she listened to her husband: “And now I’ve been in this accident and when I woke up, you’re the first person I see. There’s something I’d really like to say to you….”

She flung herself on the bed to hug her husband, sobbing with emotion.

He said, “Judy, I think you’re just plain bad luck!”

Our attitude makes a big difference in how we see things, doesn’t it? As the saying goes, we can either see the glass as half full or half empty. We can either appreciate the good during our times of adversity (the faithfulness of God, greater opportunities to develop our faith, the blessing of good friends to see us through it) or we can moan and complain about our “bad luck.”

The apostle Paul is a great example of someone with a marvelous attitude. Through all of his trials, God had been right there by his side. But never once did he blame God for his misfortune. Instead, listen to the positive attitude in Paul’s words as he sat imprisoned for preaching the gospel:

“But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel.” (Phil. 1:12)

No moaning, no complaining. Just a marvelous attitude that brought joy to his life. May it serve as an example to you today.

Have a great day!

Alan Smith
Boone Church of Christ
Boone, NC

Anna Lee