April 23, 2023

ENCOURAGE OUR BRAZIL MISSION TEAM
Let’s encourage our missionary team in Brazil with cards and letters! Stop by the table outside the auditorium to sign a card and get more information about writing letters. We want to have a box full of encouraging messages to send to the team by the end of the month.

MID-WESTERN CARING HEARTS 5K IS MAY 13
Run to raise money for Mid-Western Children’s Home! The Caring Hearts 5K Run/Walk is Saturday, May 13. Registration opens at 8 a.m. with the race beginning at 9. Visit the Mid-Western website for more details and cost.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST AT HIGHWAY 32 CHURCH OF CHRIST
Our church members have been invited to a pancake breakfast at the Highway 32 Church of Christ on Saturday, May 6 at 9:30 a.m. Breakfast will be followed by a singing. For more information, see the flyer on the bulletin board or RSVP at www.highway32churchofchrist.com.

BIBLE DAY CAMP REGISTRATION
Bible Day Camp will be June 5-9, and registration is open. Under the Big Top is our theme this year and children will learn that God is our mighty ring master. Join us as we learn how He uses a fish boy, strong man, lion tamer, wee man, and a death-defying Savior to reveal how great a God He is! Open to children ages 5 (before Oct. 1, 2023) through grade 6 during the 2022-23 school year. You can register online or pick up a paper copy at the church.

BIBLE DAY CAMP VOLUNTEERS
A meeting for Bible Day Camp staff members will be held after church on Sunday, April 30. If you have already attended a teacher’s meeting, you do not need to attend this session. An alternate meeting will be held on Sunday, June 4 if you are not able to attend on the 30^th.

SUNDAY EVENING BIBLE STUDY
A Sunday Evening Bible Study is held each week at 6 p.m. in the auditorium. Everyone is welcome to attend.

GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER
Your financial gifts help the church continue our work here and around the world. You can give by placing cash or check in the contribution box, mailing your check to the church, or giving online through CCB. 

If you cannot join us in person this Sunday, please join through our YouTube livestream.

• Bible class begins at 9 a.m. – Sunset International Bible Institute
• Worship service starts at 10 a.m. – The Dilemma of Suffering: Is There a Purpose?

Thank you for clicking the “like” button in YouTube under each class and sermon.

APRIL PRAYER FOCUS
Rejoice and thank God for the hope He has given us. Through Jesus’s resurrection, we have been given an inheritance that will not fade! Thank you, God for your great mercy! 1 Peter 1:3-5.

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Our youth group girls Randall Young as he moves to Alaska to be closer to family.
• Families of the victims from the recent shootings.
• Ben Painter’s friend Dan, who is undergoing testing for MS and ALS as he experiences numbness in his hands.
• Tom Hagen’s surgery to remove his lower leg went well. He is now in rehab.
• David Emmons, a coworker of Sean Summers, was recently diagnosed with liver cancer and possibly lung cancer.
• The Cohen family, Mark and Karen Mason’s daughter Becca and husband, Alex,, suffered a house fire on Easter Sunday that destroyed two rooms of their home.

PRAY FOR OUR EXPECTING MOTHERS: Jessica Gillespie due May 23; Chelsea Whitaker, due July 5; Danielle Halcomb, due Sept. 1; and Paige Daughety, due Sept. 14.
Submit prayer requests online through CCB, which also go directly to all of the elders, or email the church at office@withamsville.church.

• Siena Gardens Service – Sunday, April 30, 4 p.m.
• Mid-Western Caring Hearts 5K Run/Walk – Saturday, May 13, 8 a.m. @Mid-Western campus

ROCKs events are for children ages 1 through grade 5. Children are encouraged to bring friends to all ROCKs fun activities!

• Bible Day Camp – June 5-9, register through CCB or paper copy. No cost, runs 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. each day.
• Camp ROCKs – July 2-8, register through CCB. Cost per camper through May 31, $195. Register June 1-19, $205.

Youth Group is for young people in grades 6 through 12. Youth are encouraged to invite friends to participate in studies and activities.

• Sports N’ Stuff – Saturday, May 6, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Adults – Combined class with all adults meeting in the auditorium this week
Zane Perkins, from Sunset International Bible Institute will be our guest teacher this Sunday. Zane will provide an overview of Sunset International with information on its goal to equip and train disciple to lead in every church.

Christian Counter-Culture: The Sermon on the Mount – Wes Aubrey & Others, Fellowship Hall
In an increasingly non-Christian culture, our actions and perspectives must be increasingly counter-cultural. In the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord repeatedly stresses the command to “not be like them” (Matt 6:8a), that is, the culture around us. In this Sermon on the Mount anchored study, we will collectively meditate on small sections of Matthew 5-7 each week and discuss the implications of applying these teachings to our lives. This class will be heavily participative and discussion oriented.

College and Young Adults Class – 1 Thessalonians, Mike Gulley’s Office
Do you ever feel as though your Christian faith has grown stale, that you are withering on the vine when you would rather be flourishing in His service? Impressed by the faithfulness of the Thessalonians in the face of persecution, Paul wrote to encourage the Christians in that community with the goal that they would continue to grow in godliness. With that in mind, Paul taught the people that any spiritual growth would ultimately be motivated by their hope in the ultimate return of Jesus Christ.

Youth Classes
OT2: When’s Jesus Coming? Christian Thompson – Youth House
This study is for our middle school students (grades 6-8) and continues our study from last quarter where we saw Jesus through the Pentateuch. This quarter, we will be looking for Jesus through the prophets, as we see the same God weave this incredible, cohesive story that leads to the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. More details here.

Gods at War: The Battle for Your Heart, Barry Boverie/Frank Overcast – Youth House
Teens in grades 9-12 will learn that there are false gods at war within each of us, and they battle for the place of glory and control in our lives. What keeps us from truly following Jesus Christ is that our hearts are pursuing something or someone else like money or popularity. Learn more about how these false gods are trying to win your heart.

Children’s Classes – Lower-level classrooms, 4-K in the loft
The lesson this week for our kids through grade 5 is Jesus Told a Woman About Living Water.

WEDNESDAY EVENING – 7 P.M.
Adults –Hidden Treasures in Our Songs, Mike Gulley– Fellowship Hall, 6 p.m.
Worship Minister Mike Gulley will discuss the differences between Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs and their importance as part of our praise and worship.

Youth – Sermon on the Mount: Living the High Life
Meet in the Youth House. Hangout time at 6 p.m. and class at 7 p.m.

Children – Meet in the fellowship hall with parents. Dismissed to class after announcements. Kids age 2-K are in the loft. Kids in grades 1-5, meet downstairs, classroom #7.

Nursery – The nursery is now staffed on Wednesday evenings for children under 2. Meet in the fellowship hall with parents. Dismissed to nursery after announcements.