October 20, 2013 - Laurel Church of Christ

October 20, 2013 Sunday: Worship: 8:00 am, 10:30 am Bible Classes: 9:30 am Wednesday: Bible Classes: 7 pm Our Shepherds: [email protected] Stew Highberg: 402-871-7322 Allen Pratt: 410-730-1075 Steve Thornton: 301-362-6785 Preaching Minister: Michael Ray 410-869-6617 Outreach Minister: Bren White 301-676-5420 [email protected] Deacons: John Birus Sean Moorey Greg Campbell Charles Morris Phillip Cummings Dan Paugh Ray Curley Jeremy Post Jeff Dockendorf David Reimers Eric Gilbey John Shipley Myron Harper Jody Venkatesan Ed Hollar Toby Williford Steve Jones

Annual Congregational Retreat The annual congregational retreat at Camp WaMaVa is two weeks away (November 1-3). This is a great weekend of fellowship, Bible study, outdoor activities, singing, playing games, and eating. Camp WaMaVa is located in Front Royal Virginia. It is approximately 2 hours away depending on traffic. Everyone is invited to spend the entire weekend with us, but if you can only make it for part of the weekend please do so. The cabins have air conditioning and heat, bunk beds, showers, etc. This weekend will bring you closer to your Laurel family and give you an opportunity to get to know one other better. A sign up sheet is on the bulletin board. Please sign up no later than next Sunday so we can plan for the weekend. Please see Myron or Renee Harper if you have any questions or for directions (or click here on the online version of this bulletin). For those who will not be at WaMaVa that Sunday (November 3), please remember that we will have classes here at 9:30 am and only one worship service that Sunday at 10:30 am. There will be no 8 am service, no Life Groups and no evening service that day.

Your Photos and Our Website Our Internet Outreach Team is working on a new church website that should be ready within the next few months. One of the improvements over the current website will be the use of photos with people from our congregation rather than stock photos.

Secretary: Susan Ray [email protected] 410-608-1177

Because we know that some of you do not wish to have pictures of yourselves and your family on the internet (whether for personal reasons or because of concerns related to your work), we would like for you to let us know if that is the case for you.

7111 Cherry Lane Laurel, MD 20707 301-490-0777

If you do not want to appear in any photos on publicly accessible pages of the new website, please send an email to Kevin Caldwell at [email protected]. In the email, please list your name and the names of all family members (spouse, minor children) to whom your request applies. We will be diligent to honor your request when selecting photos to use on the website.

Email us: [email protected] On the web: www.laurelchurch.net

Order of Worship 10:30 AM:

8:00 AM: Song Leader: Mike Wilson 886 Sing Hallelujah to the Lord Call to Worship: Dan Paugh 883 Seek Ye First 484 You are My All in All (SFP) S-117 Here I am to Worship Bread: Doug Hines Fruit of the Vine: Michael Wilkins Giving: Kevin Caldwell Assistant: Vaughn Harvey Assistant 1: Glen Nitz Assistant 2: Ray Curley 239 In Moments Like These (SFP) Scripture Reading: Phil. 4:4-7 Aaron Jarvis Sermon: Michael Ray — Blessed Be Your Name Prayer Requests/Announcements 315 I’ll Live in Glory Closing Prayer: John Jones Our songs today are from Praise for the Lord, Songs of Faith and Praise and the Supplement.

Others Serving this morning: Ushers: (1) George Murphy, (2) Jeff Ray

Sunday Evening Worship Call to Worship: Song Leader:

Stew Highberg Decker/Caldwell

Scripture Reading:

Toby Williford

Speaker:

Michael Ray

Lord’s Supper:

Ed Hollar

Closing Prayer:

Steve Jones

Usher A

20 Seconds of Courage

Tony Dyer

20, 19, 18, 17 . . .3,2,1. That’s all it takes --20 seconds of courage. When we look at monumental moS-66 Come Let Us Sing ments in life, could they S-27 Shout to the Lord not all be boiled down to 20 seconds? The greatest Call to Worship: Stew Highberg baseball play you have ever seen is shorter than — My Only Hope is You 20 seconds. The most spectacular dunk — Come to the Table of the basketball season could be replayed five times in 20 seconds. A job Bread: Mike Hewlett could be won or lost within the first 20 Fruit of the Vine: Chuck Morris seconds of the interview. Giving: Micah Copeland What really made me think of 20 Assistant: Jeff Dockendorf seconds of courage is the movie “We Assistant 1: Jason Kane Bought a Zoo.” In this movie Matt Assistant 2: Bob Ozomah Damon, as Benjamin Mee, notices that Assistant 3: Alex Driscoll his 13-year-old son has a crush on a girl Assistant 4: David Reimers he has gotten to know. However, his son is too scared to make a move and say 484 You are My All in All something to the girl. While sitting down and talking to his son, Damon Scripture Reading: Phil. 4:4-7 Byron Vaughn makes a statement I will never forget, “. . .it only takes 20 seconds of courage.” Sermon: Michael Ray His point was if his son could muster the courage to talk to his “crush” for 20 — Blessed Be Your Name seconds, it could potentially change his life. Could 20 seconds really change a Prayer Requests/Announcements life? I think about the time it took Jesus — How Great is Our God to tell his apostles, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Closing Prayer: Greg Campbell me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name Our songs today are from Songs of of the Father and of the Son and of the Faith and Praise, and the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey Supplement. everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age” (Matt. 28:18-20). I know Others Serving this morning: this took less than 20 seconds and in this time Jesus started something that Ushers: (1) Tony Dyer, would change the history of the world! (2) Edward Tatum So, here is my challenge for the day; give God 20 seconds of outrageous courage! Whether you will fight off that nagWednesday, October 23rd Devotional ging temptation that Satan continually throws at you or finally talk to that one Allen Pratt Devotional Leader: friend about salvation, give God 20 secDe Morris Singing: onds of courage. God has already Bren White Closing Prayer: changed the history of the world once in 20 seconds. What will you let Him do Please remember to turn off, through you in 20 seconds today? Song Leader: Allen Pratt

mute or set to vibrate all cell phones and electronic devices during services.

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