The Christian Messenger

Fifth Avenue Church of Christ

115 W. Fifth Ave.
Lancaster, OH 43130
740-654-0626 – e-mail: info@myfacc.com
www.myfacc.com

March 22, 2011

Brad Seevers
Wednesday Senior Minister
March 23, 2011 (740-550-9882)
5:45pm
David Tingler
Potluck Dinner and Movie Night Associate Minister
Dave’s class will have the option of staying to
watch the movie or going to class following Glen Shady
the dinner.
Youth Minister
(740-438-5257)
Sunday Services
EASTER FLOWERS
1st Worship
8:00 a.m.

2nd Worship
10:30 a.m.

Bible School
9:15 a.m.
If you would like to present flowers in memory of a loved one,
in honor of a special occasion or to beautify the sanctuary for
Easter, you can do so this Sunday, March 27 and next Sunday,. . . Evening Worship
April 3rd. Tulips, lilies or daffodils are $8.00 each and due 6:00pm
when placing your order. Ladies will be in the library to take .
your orders the next two Sundays.
SPIRITUAL STATISTICS (March 20, 2011)
Sunday School 76 BITS FROM BRO. DAVE
First Morning Worship 85
Second Morning Worship 91 KEENAGERS RETREAT: The annual
Total Morning Worship 176 “Keenagers’ Retreat”, at Round Lake Christian
Evening Worship 43 Camp, is being held on Tuesday, April 12. The
Family Reunion (3/16) 43 day begins with a continental breakfast from
Weekly Budget $ 4,471.00 8:30 to 9:50am. There will be three speakers and
Budget Received two workshops. The program concludes with a
$ 4,539.80
Reach Out on Campus
banquet at 4:45pm. Registration fee of $24, per
$ 47.00
person, covers meals and program. (If paid
Elders $ 54.00
before March 25.) Thereafter, it is $28 per
Maywood Mission $ 50.00
person. (We will share the cost of gas for travel.)
A sign-up sheet is posted. Please take one of the
SERVING SCHEDULE – MARCH 27, 2011 registration forms, complete it and return it to
me along with your registration fee. (Checks
At the Table Mike Cooper, Dick Shumaker should be made to “Round Lake Christian
Larry King, Ray Coats Camp”.) Departure time, on April 12, is 7:00am.
Serving 1st
Ralph Conrad, Don Gardner
At the table 2nd Mike Cooper, Patrick Hinson SENIOR SAINTS: Those who have attended
Serving Larry King, Neal Rudolph “Senior Saints in the Smokies” in the past,
2nd Dale Thornton, Ned Tomlinson should be receiving a letter from Johnson Bible
Pastor of the Week Mike Cooper College. We plan to attend this great gathering
PM Deacon Larry King May 30 to June 3. If you are interested in
attending, please see me regarding registration
Offering Counters Team #4 forms, etc. It isn’t too early to begin getting our
registrations in.
COMMUNION PREPARATION
1ST Worship Donna Cupler WEDNESDAYS: I Corinthians is the focus of
2nd Worship Donna Cupler our two study groups which meet at 10:00am
and 6:30pm. (The same material is reviewed in
GREETERS each session.)
1ST Worship Ray & Margie Ayers
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2 Worship Linda Daubenmire, Norma Holtom SUNDAY EVENINGS: Sunday evening, March
20, we began a new series of lessons based in
NURSERY
the book of Proverbs. March 27, the topic is
Sunday School Shirley Marsh
“Developing A Positive Tongue” from Prov.
2nd Worship Marie Huffman, Kim Seevers
18:21. (The Lord’s Supper is available at this
Preschool Helper Judy Gardner
6:00pm service.)
Early Elementary Helper Brenda Hines
Upper Elementary Helper Cindy Cox
th
6-8 Grade Helper Mike Cooper
Visitor Center 1st Worship Mary Alice Coats
Visitor Center 2nd Worship Kim Seevers
SECURITY

1st Worship Dan Brown

Bible School Carmel Marsh
2nd Worship Jim Puckett
Evening Worship Jim Puckett
 Happy 58th wedding anniversary to Lowell and Frances Trimmer!

Security Meeting
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 .
7:30pm
For all members of
the security team.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
We will collect non-perishable
food items, paper products,
cleaning products, etc. for
Maywood Mission Food Pantry.

Saturday, April 30th - 9:00am

Mary Alice Coats speaking
Concert by Lancaster High School
Swinging Gales Jazz Band
(Mark your calendar) Our Lord Added….1
Courtney Lockhart, 59 Hawthorne
Lane #B, Bidwell, Ohio 43614,
Phone # 740-388-8126, was baptized
at the close of 2nd worship last
Sunday.

Our Prayer Requests

Charlie May Mary Shaner Mabel Stevens Tom Puckett Laura Wersell
Pat Davis Wes Camp Jim Cox Dorothy Herman Evelyn Wersell
Jim Wheeler Ernestine Cox Deb Dobson Judy Smith Anne Reed
Catherine Later Betty Lambert Vicki Sargent Ted & Carol Nicolia Carolyn Young
Diane Williams Cliff Byers Wanda Dickson Pam Brewer Millie Hoy
George Andrews Mary Marsh Sharon Bloom Michelle Cupp Barbara Benadum
Our Troops Carolyn Grubb Myrtle Campbell Joe Lockhart Bessie Shumaker
 Upcoming
Events

Mar. 22, Children of God...

6 - 8 pm "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old
Jr/Sr High Progressive he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6
Dinner
Glen's Thoughts
Mar. 26, Last week I wrote about our goal to raise $2000 for the Easter
9am – 1pm Special offering. This, again, is going to go toward sending 1 of 2
pallets of food to Haiti through Lifeline Christian Mission. I also
Jr/Sr High Sold Out
promised that this effort was only the first step.
Retreat
The second step is going to involve Lifeline coming to the church
Apr. 16-17 with all of the food and supplies so that we can bag and box up the
CIY: Believe (Jr. High food ourselves. This will be a huge effort and another great way to
Conference). We will serve this worthy organization. They team up with many churches
and church camps to do this and we are privileged to take part in this
leave on Saturday at
as well. The date for this food-bagging effort is not set yet, but be on
1:00pm and travel to the lookout for details. This will be an amazing service event that
Anderson, IN for this anyone can take part of, and I promise you will be blessed through it.
amazing weekend.
Please let Glen know This service project cannot take place, though, unless we first fund it
ASAP if you are through our Easter Special Offering. So I encourage you to faithfully
consider how much God has enabled you to give to feed hungry
interested. people in Haiti. For more information on all of this, look for bags of
food around the church from this week onward.

Prayer Concerns
 Pallet of food to Haiti
 Upcoming Elementary
Party
 That God would raise
up workers from within
the church who are
passionate about
working with young
people
Looking ahead
to
Easter Sunday!
Services!
Sunrise Service – 7:00am
Easter breakfast – 8:00am
Sunday School – 9:15am
Morning Worship – 10:30am
There will be no Evening Worship.
 “A Note from brad….”
Over the past few weeks, I have noticed some uncomfortable movement in the pews. We
have been studying Proverbs six on the theme of “The Things a Loving God Hates.” We
have dealt with pride and lying. This Sunday we will study Proverbs 6:18. Please pray that
God will help you not to have a “heart that devises wicked schemes and feet that are quick
to rush to evil.”

Over the past few months, if you have been attending our second service, you have noticed
that we have added some pre-worship videos and countdowns to prepare our hearts and
minds for worship. In the near future we will make some additional modifications to make
our second worship a time of celebration. This celebration service may include some newer
music, DVD driven worship, other instrumentation, drama, interviews, video teaching,
etc.... Please be patient with us as this evolves. We are striving to give God our best and do
all things with excellence. Worship is to be all about God, not us. Worship is not about your
personal preferences. So, regardless of the methods we use, the message will never
change. I thank God for all those who are involved in our worship preparation and I look
forward to seeing how he may use some of you to better enhance what we are seeking to
accomplish. Please pray that through all our efforts, “God will be praised!”

Today I want to share briefly on this verse: “Psalm 30:11 says “You turned my wailing
into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy.” What a great
description of what God has done for you and me. He has given me a reason to dance and
to shout for joy. David had often been “near death”, but God brought him through. Just
what has God “brought you through?” Cancer, Diabetes, Heart failure, divorce, broken
home, abuse, loss of work, bad relationships, etc…. You see, God is good! He deserves
our praise. He needs to know you are thankful for saving you from what the world has
thrown at you. Come celebrate the Lord and sing to him a new song.

I hope you have a great week.

Cya Sunday,

Brad Seevers, Eph. 3:20-21

New Life Group coming to a

church near you- Beginning April 10th
@ 6 P.M.- The study is called: “GET
REAL” & is based on the book of 1
John. It is a 5 week commitment. More
details to come.
 SERVING SCHEDULE – April 3, 2011

At the Table 1st David Riggenbach, Larry Bussey

George Lambert, Jack Hardwick
Serving 1st
Tim Huffman, Bill Kelly
nd
At the table 2 David Riggenbach, Larry Bussey
Serving 2nd G. Lambert, R. Troutman, T. Dean
N. Hinson, P. Hinson
Pastor of the Week David Riggenbach
PM Deacon George Lambert

Offering Counters Team 5

COMMUNION PREPARATION
1ST Worship Larry King
2nd Worship Fred Griffith

GREETERS
1ST Worship Nancy Speakman, Lori Highfield April 17, 2011
nd
2 Worship Neal Rudolph Palm Sunday Services
NURSERY
Sunday School Laura Wersell, Reta Conrad
2nd Worship Nick & Tracy Hinson
Preschool Helper Carolyn May
Early Elementary Helper Thea Kallenberg
Upper Elementary Helper Becky Hoagland Combined worship on that day.
th
6-8 Grade Helper Delores Payne Sunday School at 8:45am
Visitor Center 1st Worship Shirley Alexander Worship at 10:00am
Visitor Center 2nd Worship Bev Puckett (Easter Cantata)
Evening Worship at 6:00pm
SECURITY
1st Worship Dick Shumaker
Bible School Paul Hoagland
2nd Worship Tom Puckett
Evening Worship Dick Shumaker

THE BOOK NOOK

The next meeting is Monday, March 28 at 6:30pm.
The book is “Paradise Valley” by Dale Cramer… a
tale of love, danger and redeeming faith. This book
can be purchased in the church office for $10. I would like to thank everyone
for all the prayers and cards I
received during this difficult
time. My deepest appreciation to
The book for the April meeting will be “Almost Heaven” Dave for the comforting message
by Chris Fabry. This book will be available to purchase for given at the service
$7 at the March meeting. New members are always for my son, Darren.
welcome at the Book Nook. At each meeting we discuss In Christian Love,
our “book of the month” and anything else that comes to Carol Craft and family
mind. Join us for an evening of fun and fellowship.