Communion Meditation
Sell
Your Son For A Quarter?
Several
years ago, a new preacher moved to Houston, Texas. Some weeks after he arrived,
he had occasion to ride the bus from his home to the downtown area. When he sat down, he discovered that the
driver had accidentally given him a quarter too much change. As he considered what to do, he thought
to himself, "You'd better give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it." Then he
thought, "Oh, forget it, it's only a quarter. Who would worry about this little
amount. Anyway, the bus company
gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a 'gift from God' and keep
quiet."
When his stop came, he paused momentarily at the door, then he handed the
quarter to the driver and said, "Here, you gave me too much change." The driver with a smile replied, "Aren't
you the new preacher in town? I have been thinking lately about going to worship
somewhere I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much
change. I'll see you at church on
Sunday"
When the preacher stepped off of the bus, he literally grabbed the
nearest light pole, held on, and said, "Oh God, I almost sold your Son for a
quarter."
Our lives are the only Bible some people will ever read. This is a really
almost scary example of how much people watch us as Christians and will put us
to the test! Always be on guard and
remember (as I try to remember) that you carry the name of Christ on your
shoulders when you call yourself "Christian."
--
Pastor Larry Mayberry, cogpastors, Jan. 31, 2007.
OUR
CONGREGATION OBSERVES COMMUNION each
first Sunday of the month. Jesus
commanded us to partake of the cup (representing his blood) and the bread
(representing his body) as a regular reminder to forgetful mankind that Christ
gave Himself in humble obedience to His Father – the Almighty God of
Israel. God had planned Jesus’
vicarious death from the beginning of recorded history (Gen. 3:15, 21; Ps. 22).
Jesus spilt his blood that our sins might be forgiven (Matt. 26:28) – that we
could be justified (made righteous) before God. Jesus said, “Do this in remembrance
of me.” (I Cor. 11:23-26). If
you have been immersed in the waters of baptism and strive to follow the
teachings of God’s Holy Word, you are welcome to partake of the emblems with us
this morning.
THE
THERMOMETER GRAPH
has
blown its top with a generous gift from our Golden Rule brethren. We have received over $2000 of the $1500
toward the pastor’s laptop – a gift to him in lieu of a raise this coming
year.
Rick Phillis wrote:
“Peace,
brothers and sisters in Christ.
Please accept this donation for Rex’s laptop. Rex is very important to us also.” - In the service of the King, Rick
Phillis.
THANKS Golden Rule brethren for this generous donation – and thanks
Bedford brethren for this thoughtful gift to help in my work.
“Dear Brothers and Sisters of the Open Bible: The flowers you sent are beautiful! There are large orange Gerber daises,
yellow carnations, light green mums, purple Delphiniums, and lavender
Alstroemerie, etc. I thank you so
much. Love to you all, Dorothy
Robertson.”
DAN
AND RACHEL CAIN’S
address
will be gladly provided if you contact me – we don’t put personal addresses on
the Internet.
SHARON
CAIN
flew to
GA on the 1st and is visiting Sarah & family in Atlanta until the
15th.
CORRECTION: After printing last week’s bulletin I
learned it was Andrew Weaver and not Steve who brought the message on the
22nd. My thanks,
Andrew!
TIM
GUILES, Sharon
Cain’s 38-year old nephew (her brother’s son) has been diagnosed with liver
cancer. He and his wife have two
small children. He’s very seriously
ill and needs our ardent prayers.
EVANGELISTIC
EFFORT: Sean
Finnegan (Church of God brethren) from New York plus 4 other men are arriving in
Bedford Aug. 14th to witness on Bedford Square. They will hand out literature and strike
up conversations with people and, if interested, will direct them to our
church. They would be grateful for
a light dinner Aug. 14th & overnight accommodations. We’ll be working on
that.
BRUCE
REYE, last
Sunday, was installed as pastor of our Chapel Hill Urbana Ohio Church. The Reye name is familiar to our
northern churches: Bruce is the son
of George Reye (deceased) and Russell Reye (deceased) was George’s brother. Bruce is married with two
children.
YOU
CAN TAKE ON LINE BIBLE COURSES
from
both Atlanta Bible College and Rock River Christian College. See bulletin board or Pastor
Cain.
BUFFALO: While on vacation I hoped to be up close
and personal with a buffalo. I got
my wish! We encountered them up
close 3 different times, but once while enjoying a picnic in the woods at
Yellowstone National Park, we looked up to see two of them coming straight
toward us! They were only 20 feet
from us and we ran for the car!
Sharon was saying, “Roll up the windows” but in the confusion I couldn’t
get to my keys in time to make the power windows work. The two buffalo came right to the car
and brushed down the side. We could
easily have reached out and scratched behind their ears! They didn’t stick their big heads into
the car (which we feared) but slowly walked on by. That was as close and personal as I had
ever anticipated!! 
I
VISITED JACK HEARP
July
24th & he’s doing pretty well. His home is up for sale and I was there
to help load a truck with his books – some to the ABC library and some to RRCC
library.
PRAY
FOR: Tim
Guiles ((cancer / S. Cain’s nephew)), Jim Engledue (accident, by Rx), Lois Maze
(by Robertson), Vicki Phillis, Pastor Beder (cancer, Peru), Kate Liauw (28, MS,
by R Phillis), Iris Horst (cancer, by Roper), Emory Macy, Amy Gunselman (cancer,
by R Phillis), Evelyn Pennington, Ruby Korode, Lucinda (by Szekely), Gene &
Gloria Faehnrich, Edith Speer, Grady Hudspeth*, Jacob Hinton*, Kathy &
Destiny Reed*, (*by Skip), W.C. & Craig Blankenship, College
students: Jackie Schuld, Dan & Rachel Cain (internship / teaching
degree), Shut-ins: Helen Matthews, Military: Rodger
Schuld, Those serving in other countries: Lupe Badillo-Mexico,
Tracy Zhykhovich-Russia, Beder Ucañay-Peru, Pastors in Malawi & Mozambique, Lesly Bertrand and the
Pastors in Haiti. Colleges / Churches: RRCC, ABC, Golden Rule,
Grace Brethren and for the peace of Jerusalem, Ps. 122:6;
Isa. 62:6, 7
Aug.
2007
5
“This do in remembrance of me.” / Communion
26
Annual Church Picnic / No services here (no SS classes) – all at Longwood
Park, Rt. 82, 1 mile east of Macedonia
SUNDAY
SCHOOL: 9:45A.M.
WORSHIP 10:45A.M.
Musicians:
(Doris Schuld and Mark Cain)
Welcome
/ Announcements
Worship
Hymns / Mark Cain
367
There Is Power in the Blood
257 Are
You Washed in the Blood?
Prayer /
Offering
Message:
Cut the Bible Anywhere and It Will Bleed
Communion: Pastor Rex Cain
119
There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood
On
The Lite Side:
I dialed
a number and got the following recording:
"I
am not available right now, but
thank you for caring enough to call.
I am making some changes in my life.
Please leave a message after the
beep. If I do not return your call,
you are one of the changes."
