All Messed Up!

John 4.3-42
We have all

messed

We have all made

up
bad

CHURCH STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST

From a Tomb to
An Eternal
Home

at times.
choices.

The Apostle John devoted 42 verses to telling the story of an amazing

encounter between Jesus and a
messed
up
woman.

We should understand Jesus is waiting to

Most Jews would

avoid

meet

us.

Samaria like the plague, at all costs.

For Jesus to be in Samaria at all was not only unusual, but it was bordering on

scandalous !

Sometimes the very places we think we should avoid are the places God wants us to attend .

The fact that this woman comes at the worst time of the day and comes alone
immediately tells us that she is a bad woman.
It is obvious Jesus is waiting to

meet

We should believe that Jesus is willing to

her.

accept

Immediately, Jesus disarms her by asking for a

us.

FAMILY MINISTER

ORDER OF WORSHIP September 27, 2015

Bill Tankersley 993-8977

bill@churchst.org
YOUTH MINISTER

favor

Talitha Liggett 359-3597

office@churchst.org

lust

place He

, but with

Jesus calmly proceeds to unmask her completely by an appeal to her moral sense.
Jesus tells her, If you really want to know the truth about worship, you will find it not in
the
formula
of our fathers, but in the
relation
of your own heart with God.
Jesus is telling this woman and us that you will never get your mess cleaned up until
you
admit
you are a mess that needs to be cleaned up.
The skeletons in our closet hang like pictures on His wall, but He is willing to accept us anyway.

us.

Look at all the

barriers
Jesus was willing to overcome just
to meet, to accept, and to change this woman.
Jesus is for
everybody
dressed-down

Please fill out a blue visitors card, located on the pew in front of you, and drop it in with
the collection so we can have a record of your visit.

Kyle Bolton
993-3520
kyle@churchst.org

SECRETARY

For the first time in her life a man was not looking at her with the eyes of
the eyes of
love .

PULPIT MINISTER

Hector Cruz
993-0009
hectorcruz@cscofc.org

last

change

If you are visiting with us, you are our honored guest!

HISPANIC MINISTER

She was the

last
person you would think He would ever talk to at the
would ever talk to anyone.

We should rejoice that Jesus is wanting to

STAFF

- the messed up, the stressed out, or the

ELDERS
Wayne Cozart 359-5467
wayne@churchst.org
Glenn Hardison 359-5997
glenn@churchst.org
David Jent
359-5217
david@churchst.org
Don Ledford
359-3310
don@churchst.org
Lee Morrison 359-2142
lee@churchst.org

Welcome/Ann
Song Leader
Preacher
Reading
Scripture
Prayer
Sermon
Closing Prayer

6:00 PM Service

Don Ledford
William Tankersley
Bill Tankersley
Bill Fulghum
John 4:3-9
Will Gold
All Messed Up
Earl Cook

Joel Hargrove
Gabriel Head
Lee Morrison
Carson Bailey
Jude 17-25
Andrew Gold
Snatch From the Fire
Clifford Whitaker

Item for Childrens Home for September: Beef Stew & Ravioli.
Events of Interest:
Sept. 25-27
Sept. 30
Sept. 30

DEACONS
Steve Allen
359-4616
Kenneth Bailey 993-2159
Grover Collins 359-5386
Matt Ervin
637-1830
Greg Hardison 703-4231
Joel Hargrove
652-7143
Robert Hopkins 364-3927
Gary Lancaster 359-5215
Kelly Lane
359-5986
Joe Liggett
359-4929
Ray Wakefield 359-2328
Clifford Whitaker 637-3507
Britt Wiles
359-7702
Mike Wiles
359-4165
Will Wilson
293-6814

9:00 AM Service

ITEMS FOR THE

CHILDRENS HOME

Fall Advance at Dickson. Campers will return 1:30 today.

Praising Princesses at NHC Lewisburg after school.
WOW at 5:30 in annex.
Trip Jones will be here for devotional and teach class.
Shampoo
Paper Towels
Toilet paper
Paper plates & cups
Liquid bleach

Bottled orange & grape juice

Sugar
Chicken & beef broth
Cereal: Apple Jacks, Cinnamon Toast
Crunch, Cocoa Krispies, Lucky Charms
Beef Stew
TRUCK WILL BE HERE ON:
Dill Pickles
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29TH.
Jelly/Jam
HELP US FILL THAT TRUCK!
Baked beans
Manwich
Liquid laundry detergent
Disposable Razors

Remember in Prayer
Nancy Collins is at home.
Jack Milligan will have surgery on Sept. 30.
Please add Mark Johnson to your prayer list. He is
the son of our bus driver for camps and advances. He
has been diagnosed with colon cancer.

WOW!

Continue to Remember ...

September 30; a Youth Minister

candidate, Trip Jones, will be leading
the devotional and teaching the Bible
class afterward.

Hershel Davis, Clifton & Jean Hollowell, Doug Martin,

Jack Miller, Morris Mitchell, Patsy Spence, Lucy Tate,
Ronald Young

Fall Festival @ Morrison Farm

October 17

Praising Princesses

Be watching and listening for

more exciting youth events coming
your way in the very near future

On Wednesday, September 30, we

will paint fingernails at NHC Lewisburg,
immediately after school. There will be
transportation provided in order to go
from there to WOW at 5.30 pm.
Please bring 1 bottle of red or pink
nail polish, if possible.

Monthly Devotionals
WOW
Weekly Bible Study
Area-Wide Youth Devotionals
Fall Festival @ the Morrison Farm
Evangelism University
Challenge Youth Conference (CYC)
and more ...

Emma Lancaster (mother of B J Holt), Cora Braden

(mother of April Wilson), Lyla Kate Johnson
(granddaughter of Amy Fuller), Joann Frame (sister of
Frances Burgett), Mike McCollum, (son of Shirley
McCollum), Kurt Massey (cousin of Donna Hargrove),
Barbara Chunn, (aunt of Kim Anderson & Keith
Childers), Holland Townes, (granddaughter of Steve &
Pam Allen), Phyllis Adcock Sentlingar, (niece of Laquita
Weaver), Brandon Bradley, & Bill Ketron (friends of Joe
Liggett), Joy Briggs (friend of David Adams), Don Smith
(father of Becky Allen), Bailey Allen, (grandson of Artie &
Becky Allen), B.D. & Marcella Spence, (friends of community), Keith Green, (son of Patsy Derryberry), Charles
Estes, (son of Margaret Neill), Jana Hoffman, (cousin of
Janet Manire, Pam Davis & Terry Spray)
IN HOME SHUT-INS
Anna Bailey, Carlee Barron, Ross Beckham, Theola Blue,
Ruby Cathey, Elizabeth Escue, James & Elizabeth Foster,
Sadie Graves, Reba Harwell, Tina Montgomery, Mary
Ann Roberts, Jim & Laquita Weaver, Billy & Alice Willis
NHC LEWISBURG/MERIHIL
Joetta Bigham, Mary Davis, John Hargrove, Ed Lee, Nona
McBride, Elise Murphy, Mike Mosier
NHC OAKWOOD
Evelyn Baxter, Roslyn Collins, George & Dorothy Phillips,
Ethel Short, Emma Cox
LIFE CARE CENTER IN COLUMBIA
Esther Parsons

Our love and sympathy are

extended to the family of
Mr. Brandon Lancaster.
His service was on Saturday.

VILLAGE MANOR
Roy & Anna Bolton, Betty Carter, Geraldine Davis,
Elizabeth Hardison, Bobby & Melba Martin, Mabel
Payne, Lucy Tate, Lillian Wakefield

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Sept. 27
Sept. 28
Sept. 29
Sept. 30

Oct. 1
Oct. 2
Oct. 3

Sept. 28
Sept. 30
Oct. 3

Derek Bolton - 22
Kim Wasserman
Alison Werner
Foye Watkins
Eryn Ketchum
Kim Anderson
Stella Cook - 1
Karen Garrett
Margaret Tyree
Tom McBee
Sue Wilson
Barry Woodard
Dianne McKnight
Shawna Cowser
Migel Wilson
Brian & Catina Cheatham
John & Charlotte Zajac - 26 yrs
Lewis & Linda Cope
Jason & Mary Haislip
We are rejoicing with Rebecca West
who was baptized on
Sunday night.
Her address is:
2986 Verona Caney Rd
Lewisburg, TN 37091
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Congratulations to Kirk & Kacy Thomas

on the birth of a baby boy.
Wyatt Davis Thomas was born Sept. 16.
He weighed 7 lbs. 11 ounces.
Grandmother is Mary Jane Baugher.

FOR THE RECORD

SUMMIT
Pat Blackmore, Louise Bogle, Frances Lamb
OUR MILITARY
Donnie Allen, Mark Allen, Nate & Brittany Leyba, Todd
Lowrance, Logan Tate
OUR MISSION POINTS
Colonet, Mexico; City of Children (Ensenada, Mexico),
World Bible School; Ghana preachers; Zambia jail
ministry; Eastern European Missions; Inner City
Ministry; AGAPE; Freed-Hardeman University; Heritage
Christian; Fishers of Men; Tennessee Childrens Home;
World Christian Broadcasting
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September 20, 2015

AM
Hispanic
PM
Bible Class
Summit
Wed. Nite
Contribution $9,842.31
*includes Hispanic count

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