PRAYER LIST
•VIOLA ANDERSON, Jerry Anderson’s mother, passed away Monday night. The funeral will be on Thursday at 2 p.m. (time is subject to change) at the Albertville Memorial Chapel. For directions, call (256) 878-2424.
•MARY CAMPBELL is undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia.
•ORA GREEN is confined to her bed after several recent falls.
•PATSY NOVITCH, Jeff Novitch’s mother, is suffering from vertigo.
•CAROL PENLAND, daughter of Sarah Buckner, had complications after surgery and is now in ICU at Atlanta Medical Center.
•DAWN STUBBLEFIELD will be having surgery on Monday to have a cyst removed. Blood tests came back negative for cancer, but the doctors will do exploratory work during the surgery to be sure.
•DELMA TIDWELL, Tommy Tidwell's father, will have heart bypass surgery on Thursday.  
•LAURA TIDWELL, Tommy Tidwell’s mother, is undergoing chemotherapy.
•ROSY TURNER, Darlene Pirtle’s aunt, has liver cancer and is in critical condition.

SHUT-INS
Continue to remember LIZ CAPES, MABLE JONES, LENA TINNEY, FRANCES GOUGH, TIFFANY and AMBER BUICE (genetic metabolic problems), DIMPLE PIGG, JANELLE IANNARELLI, ORA GREEN, MOTT PRINCE, NELL HICKS and EDNA SUDDETH.

GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
•The bible school’s fall quarter is less than two weeks away. Teachers are needed for Sunday’s 4 and 5-year-old class and Wednesday’s 1st and 2nd grade class. Please see Jonathan Stroud if you can teach one of these classes.
•Willa Freeman has moved. Her new address is: 
1575 Ridenour Parkway Unit 805
Kennesaw, GA  30152
Her cell phone number is 678-296-9370 and her email address is w.j.freeman@lmco.com.       
•Dave Miller, who will be speaking at the upcoming cooperative meeting, hosts a television program called “The Truth In Love.” It can be seen on Friday mornings at 9 a.m. on WDTA-TV 53.
•Over the next few weeks, we will be updating the directory. If you have any changes or new information that should be included, please fill out a directory information sheet and return it to Jonathan Stroud. Information sheets can be found on the center table in the foyer.
•Door greeters are needed for the remainder of the year. Please sign up on the bulletin board.
•Please remember to write to DWAYNE WATSON and RUBY JOHNSON as they continue to serve overseas in the military. Their mailing addresses can be found on the bulletin board.
•There will be a wedding shower for JENNIFER HOLBROOK and JEREMY MILLS on Sunday, Sept. 19 following the morning services in the fellowship hall. They are registered at Bed Bath & Beyond, Rich’s and Target. The wedding will be on October 23 at 5 p.m. at the Macland Road building.
•There will be a baby shower for BECKY and MATT JOHNSON on Saturday, October 2 at 2 p.m. in the fellowship hall. They are expecting a girl due November 6 and are registered at Babies-R-Us.

BENEVOLENCE
•Canned goods and staple items are needed for the pantry.
•Raintree Village Children and Youth Home will have their food truck in the Atlanta area on Sept. 7–8 (Tue. and Wed.). There is an extensive list of their pressing needs on the bulletin board in the foyer. Please place items in the large box labeled “Raintree” in the foyer.

SOUTH COBB EVENTS
•Aug. 18–25 — Wonderful Wednesdays (summer series)
COMPLETE IN CHRIST — COLOSSIANS
8/18 James Rogers, Bremen
8/25 Butch Jones, Ellijay
•Aug. 22 — Joe Satterfield will be at the evening services to speak about Georgia Agape.
•August 28 — South Cobb Workday
Members of the congregation are asked to come work on the building and grounds in order to prepare for the Cooperative Meeting. The workday will begin at 8 a.m.
•September 12–16 — Cooperative Meeting with Dave Miller
Miller will speak about “The Silencing of God.” The following is the schedule with topics and locations:
Sun. 10 a.m.: The Church War (1) — South Cobb
11 a.m.: The Church War (2) — South Cobb
6 p.m.: The Culture War, The Scourge of Pluralism — South Cobb
Mon. 7:30 p.m.: The Dismantling of America’s Christian Heritage (1) — Macland Rd.
Tues. 10:30 a.m.: How Jesus Handled Life — Central
7:30 p.m.: The Dismantling of America’s Christian Heritage (2) — Woodstock
Wed. 7:30 p.m.: The Dismantling of America’s Christian Heritage (3) — Piedmont Rd.
Thurs. 7:30 p.m.: What are Christians to do? — North Cobb
•September 23–October 3 — North Georgia State Fair
Please sign up on the bulletin board if you are able to help staff the South Cobb booth. Below is a list of the dates and times we must have people staffing the booth:
Thursday, Sept. 23 — 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 24 — 4 p.m. to midnight
Saturday, Sept. 25 — 10 a.m. to midnight
Sunday, Sept. 26 — 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 27–Thursday Sept. 30 — 4 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 1 — 4 p.m. to midnight
Saturday, Oct. 2 — 10 a.m. to midnight
Sunday, Oct. 3 — 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
•November 7–11 — Gospel Meeting with Billy Watkins

AREA EVENTS
•August 28 — Ladies Day at Lithia Springs Church of Christ
Laura Boyd will be speaking.
•August 30 — Georgia School of Evangelism and Preaching’s first day of classes
Orientation will be held on Aug. 16 at 7 p.m. Students may register, buy books and receive instruction on how to use the school’s new computers. Enrollment forms are available on the table in the foyer.
•September 12 — Georgia Agape Foster Parenting Classes
For more information, please call Jayne Osburn at 770-452-9995.
Sept. 25 — Ladies Day at the Bowdon Church of Christ
Jody Miller of Knoxville, TN will be the speaker.
•October 1–3 — Elder's Leadership Training Seminar at Macland Rd. Church of Christ
Tom Holland and William Woodson will speak.
•October 23 — Ladies Day at the Central Church of Christ
Becky Blackmon will speak and Serenade will perform. The fee is $15 per person.
•November 6 — Ladies Day at Macland Road Church of Christ
“God is our Anchor” will be the theme.

BIBLE QUESTION OF THE WEEK
In what 3 places is astrology condemned in the Bible?

LAST WEEK’S QUESTION
What preacher broke a bottle at the climax of his sermon?

ANSWER
Jeremiah (Jer. 19)

ATTENDANCE
Aug. 15
Sunday Bible School: 114
Sunday AM Worship: 171
Sunday PM Worship: 105
Contribution: $4,550.11
Childcare: $83.55
Wednesday: 92

IGLESIA DE CRISTO
Aug. 15
Sunday Bible School: 27
Sunday AM Worship: 101
Contribution:
Home Bible Studies: 21
Central (Sunday PM): 17
Central (Wednesday): 14

NELSON’S NOTES
by Nelson Galarraga

We continue to spread the word of God in Smyrna. Our youth group has been working hard handing out flyers in different parts of town. Our English as a Second Language program will start again in September. I have started counseling sessions every Monday from 5 to 10 p.m. and three Bible studies every week. People have respond to our flyers and we are starting to make good contacts. Please continue praying for our ministry in Cobb.