Sunday Recap June 28

MAKING LIFE EASIER - From Chaos to Calm

Matthew 11:28-30 (New International Version)

28 Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Where I Live (Culture) + Who I Am (Character) = How I Live (Chaos or Not Chaos)

Christ's Presence is where PEACE is.

We get stuck in Chaos Mode because we want to be loved.

Moving from chaos to calm...
1. Check the sustainability of your pace.
2. MOve your life toward God's values.
3. What is 1 thing you will do to simplify your life this week?

Congratulations!

to Clay and Christy Allen.
Litle Caleb Jody Allen was dedicated last Sunday :-)
We pray for God's grace and wisdom as you raise your son to know God.

Tonight's Small Groups 6:30 - 8:00

******You know how the Lindale Small Group meets every other Wednesday? If you have ever wondered which week is which, this is the Wednesday they meet! Call (new-papa) Ben at 903-343-6996 for directions.

******Central Tyler Small Group is taking a break for the summer.

******Tyler Small Group at the Kenney's home is meeting tonight at 1106 Wilmington Drive. Call Kathy at 903-570-8158 for more info.

Missions' Sunday

PRAY FOR OUR MISSIONARIES

John Kohler in Mongolia
Joseph and Katia Napoli in Fortaleza, Brazil
Doreen Hague at the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Tyler Texas
Josh and Chana Garrett in Shenzhen, China

Sunday Recap June 14

RELATIONSHIP MYTHS

Not necessarliy...

1. Being married is normal.

Not necessarliy...

2. Marriage is about my fulfillment.

Not necessarliy...

3. Finding the right person is a magical, mystical process that requires no deep thought, personal discipline, or mature judgement.

Not necessarliy...

4. opposites attract.

Not necessarliy...

5. If it's really love, marriage should be easy.

Summer Softball Starts this Monday !!

DATE TIME FIELD OPPONENT
6/15 7:25 2 Trinity Baptist
6/22 8:30 3 Dayspring UMC
6/29 7:25 4 First Baptist
7/6 8:30 5 Azleway Eagles
7/13 6:30 2 Trinity Baptist
7/27 8:30 2 First Baptist
7/27 9:15 2 Dayspring UMC
8/3 9:15 1 Azleway Eagles

Sunday Recap June 7

THE BEAUTY OF REDEMPTION

Isaiah 41:18
I will make rivers flow on barren heights, and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert into pools of water, and the parched ground into springs.

Matthew 1:5,6 & 16
Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of King David.
David was the father of Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah's wife, and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.

Psalm 27:1-4
1 The LORD is my light and my salvation—whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life—of whom shall I be afraid?
2 When evil men advance against me to devour my flesh, when my enemies and my foes attack me, they will stumble and fall.
3 Though an army besiege me, my heart will not fear; though war break out against me, even then will I be confident.
4 One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.

1 Chronicles 17:6-10
6 Wherever I have moved with all the Israelites, did I ever say to any of their leaders whom I commanded to shepherd my people, "Why have you not built me a house of cedar?" '
7 "Now then, tell my servant David, 'This is what the LORD Almighty says: I took you from the pasture and from following the flock, to be ruler over my people Israel.
8 I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name like the names of the greatest men of the earth.
9 And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore, as they did at the beginning
10 and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also subdue all your enemies. I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you:

Brewtones Next Saturday

DON'T FORGET!

Saturday Night June 20th
companion W/ Seymoure
Christie DuPree

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Sunday Recap May 31

1 Corinthians 13 from "The Message"

If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don't love, I'm nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2If I speak God's Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that says to a mountain, "Jump," and it jumps, but I don't love, I'm nothing. 3 -7If I give everything I own to the poor and even go to the stake to be burned as a martyr, but I don't love, I've gotten nowhere. So, no matter what I say, what I believe, and what I do, I'm bankrupt without love.

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

8 -10Love never dies. Inspired speech will be over some day; praying in tongues will end; understanding will reach its limit. We know only a portion of the truth, and what we say about God is always incomplete. But when the Complete arrives, our incompletes will be canceled.

11When I was an infant at my mother's breast, I gurgled and cooed like any infant. When I grew up, I left those infant ways for good.

12We don't yet see things clearly. We're squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won't be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We'll see it all then, see it all as clearly as God sees us, knowing him directly just as he knows us!

13But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

Upcoming Brewtones Shows

$8.00 Doors 7:30 pm

Tuesday June 2nd
Farewell Flight and Lorien
Horace Ate the Sun
Ian Power and Band
(sorry I posted too late for this one,
but I did want to mention it just FYI)

Friday June 5th
Acoustic show
Max Bemis (Say Anything)
those Eisley girls
Jake Germany

Saturday Night June 20th
companion W/ Seymoure
Christie DuPree

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AHA Flamily and Friends CPR Class

Vineyard Coffee Room
Thurs, June 11, 2009
6:30-8:30 pm
Taught by a certified AHA CPR instructor trainer
To register contact: Dr. Sharon Waters
Please RSVP this week at drswaters@yahoo.com

Celebrate Recovery

Mon Nights 6-9:30
Green Acres Baptist Church
for more information contact Bobbie Burks or Marty Kennedy
903-533-1817
bobbie@mail.gabc.org
martyk64@aol.com

Sunday Recap May 10, 2009

MOMMY GRACE

An experienced Mom said she wished she'd ...
1. realized that being good is good enough
2. lived in the present
3. encouraged her children to discuss their negative emotions more
4. given her chilren a more realistic view of themselves


Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for he who loves his fellowman has fulfilled the law. Romans 13:8 NIV

A cheerful heart is good medicine,but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. Proverbs 17:22


If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you. John 15:7

If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. James 1:5

Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you! See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me. Isaiah 49:15-16

Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you again and supply what is lacking in your faith. 1 Thessalonians 3:10

Marriage Enrichment Weekend

Brian and Jennifer Childress
Friday pm - Saturday am
May 22-23
Friendly Baptist Church
Contact Brian for info 903-570-8835

The Ben Clark Band Leading Worship

NEXT SUNDAY, May 17

Ben will be touring for a few weeks this summer so we want to take this chance to send him off.

We'll be taking up a love offering to help with the expenses of the tours.

To learn more about Ben's ministry visit.......... Myspace.com/benjamindclark

Baby Shower 4 Ben & Rebecca

Next Sunday, May 17th
at the Vineyard @ 2:00 pm

Sunday Recap April 19

Don't Blow This Crisis
"What's Left?"

1. We live in an illusion that everything will always go the way we intend it to go.

2. What do we have left when "what we thought we could stand on" is gone?

3. When we're at a loss, we somehow discover that God is there.

4. Does God care?

BIBLE VERSES

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. James 1: 2&3 NIV

¹²Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you. ¹³But rejoice that you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 1 Peter 4:12 & 13 NIV

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 1 Corinthians 4: 17 NIV

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21:4

^{Read the account of Joseph's life beginning in Genesis 39.}

WEDDING SHOWER

Honoring Candace Baskin and Garrett Armstrong

Next Sunday - 2pm - April 26
In the Coffee Room

They are registered at Walmart and Target

dID YOU mISs tHe bAbY ShOWeR?

The church honored Erica and Nathan Sewell with a baby shower today, and if you missed it, just bring a package of diapers next Sunday for them.

HEY BRING TWO !!!! That way you can give a package of diapers to the Crisis Pregnancy Center. We have a box in the entry way of the church where you can drop them off.

Guy News

Spring Softball Next Game: This Tuesday Night - 6:30 pm - Field 1

Guys' Campout: This Friday Night to Saturday Morning (Apr. 24-25)

At Childress Retreat in Lindale
DIRECTIONS
Hwy 69 N 2 miles past Lindale
Turn Right on CR. 1804
3 miles to Campout Signs on Right

Sunday Recap

LUKE 18

The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector

⁹To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: ¹⁰"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. ¹¹The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. ¹²I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.'

¹³"But the tax collector stood at a distance. He would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, have mercy on me, a sinner.'

¹⁴"I tell you that this man, rather than the other, went home justified before God. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted."

Rhythm 4

The Bonus Question is...

What may interfere with the rhythm of the Spirit in your life more than anything else?

The answer is...

SMUGGNESS
(an attitude of SUPERIORITY)

1. To look down on someone is not just to recognize that they have flaws...it is to hold them in contempt. Definition of contempt = a lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike.

2. Jesus gets intense because when it coms to superiority we are dealing with a problem that is hard to recognize in ourselves.

3. You can aim to love or you can aim to impress, but you can't do both.

4. How would you answer the question ..."How is your spiritual life going?"

Revelation Bible Study for Youth

A new Study on the book of Revelation is on Wednesday nights @ The Vineyard.
It begins at 6:30 pm and is for ages 13 - 19.

For more information call Stanley.

Guy's Campout

Friday April 24 at Lindale.
Call Brian Childress for more information.

"Waking the Dead"

"Waking the Dead" is a new Bible study topic that will begin Wednesday at the Lindale Small Group.

For more information call Ben at 903-343-6696

New Gals Bible Study

Introductory Meeting
Sunday, April 5th at 2pm
Vineyard Coffee Room

The name of the study is "Do You Think I am Beautiful?" by Angela Thomas.

It is a women's study about developing an intimate relationship with God and learning to see ourselves the way He sees us. Participant guides are available at Lifeway Bookstore.

Vineyard ARTGallery

Anyone who would like to display anything, artistically tht glorifies God can do so for everyone to enjoy and meditate on. All ages are welcomed and encouraged to participate. Please feel free to include a brief commentary telling what your art is expressing.

The art gallery will be ready for display and f reflection starting Good Friday, April 10-12. All entires must be in by Thursday, April 9th .

If you have any quesitons please contace Michelle or Eli at 903-655-8307