REMEMBER THE SICK

SHEILA BUICE  had her thyroid operation on May 21 at Emory.

BILLE FRADY is now back at home after having tests run on her heart.  She is doing well, with no apparent problems in her heart. 

HERSCHEL FREEMAN, Joy Freeman's husband, had a toe amputated due to diabetes.  He is in rehabilitation.

MIKE HOLMES, Betty Singleton and Sheron Keith's brother, had a heart attack.  He had triple bypass surgery Friday at Emory Hospital.  They are weaning him off of the drugs, and hopefully the ventilator by this weekend.

OTHERS KNOWN TO US

GINGER MEDLOCK GILE, known to many from Smyrna, will have a double mastectomy in May.  Her address is 158 Cannon Trail,  Dallas, 30157

JENNIE GRACE, Ora Green's daughter, has lung cancer and throat cancer and is now receiving treatments.

TEDDY JACKSON, a cousin of Dwayne Watson, has pancreatic cancer.

GEORGIA LAYNE,  Joy Freeman's and Sue King's aunt, is in hospice care.

NED LEBLANC JR, Ned Leblanc's father and Amy LeBlanc's father in law, has esophageal cancer that has spread to his stomach and lymph nodes.  Please remember this family in your daily prayers!

RICKY MIDDLETON, Eva Lou's son in law, had hernia surgery on May 17 at Piedmont Hospital.  He did well and is now back at home. 

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A nominal Christian (if such a term may be rightfully employed) is one who follows Jesus so long as the Master's teachings do not infringe upon his life's practices.  

CONTINUE TO REMEMBER

RANDY ALLEN -- Parkinson's disease

TIFFANY AND AMBER BUICE - genetic metabolic problems

SHEILA BUICE -- Graves disease

MARY CAMPBELL - leukemia

BRENDA COX -- kidney transplant

BOB DAVIS

AUSTIN GRAVES -- myloma (Celeste Peter's grandfather) 

CODY HESTER -- leukemia (a friend of the Fincher's) 

GAIL HOLBROOK - ongoing lung and heart problems

RICHARD HOLBROOK -- radiation for skin cancer

ASHLEY HULSEY -- Auto immune diseases PL7

PHYLLIS HOLMES -- 3rd degree burns on her legs (Betty Singleton and Sheron Keith's sister)

LINDA JAMES --  recurring cancer (sister of Susan Jackson)

IRENE LINDSEY - arthritis

AMY NICHOLS -- Severe Krohn's disease (Granddaughter of Clara Nell McCroy)

THELMA PIRTLE

PAT SCHINALL - awaiting a liver transplant (friend of Margie Gattis)

VIRGINIA SPIVEY--liver and colon cancer (Irene Lindsey' sister).

BRUCE STROUD - heart problems

CHRIS STROUD continues to need our daily prayers.

SOPHIE WALKER - spina bifida

MARY WHITE, at home with her stepson and his wife  4188 Pullman Lane Sw, Austell, GA  30106

We need to remember in our prayers all of the teachers and paraprofessionals that will be affected by the firings and layoffs due to the budget crisis.  Jon Stroud lost his job and may have another job at GACS. 

 IN THE MILITARY

ISHMAEL GORDON is serving in the Navy at Pearl Harbor. His address is AE3 Gordon, Ishmael  Patron 47 Unit 60172 FPO-AA   34099-5918

RUBY JOHNSON, Margaret Watson's sister, is now back at home in the United States. 

AMANDA PAYNE (formerly Amanda Wall) is in the Air Force.  Her address is Amanda Payne 4455 Maxie ST  Dalzell, SC 29040.

NATHAN KNOTTS is in the Navy. His address is AEAN Knotts, Richard N. Patron Sigonella  PSC 812 Box VP-26 FPO  AE  09627

JON SHIPP is in Fort Worth, TX.  His address is AE1 Jonathan Shipp  1048 Boyington DR   Fort Worth , TX 76127-1110

MICHAEL SMITH'S email address is michael.smith182@us.army.mil  His address is Michael J. Smith SGT USA  WTB BOX 66   Fort Riley Kansas, 66442.

IN NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING

FRANCES GOUGH - Brian Care Center Austell

SARAH HARMON - Carestone Assisted Living room 55 (Marice Allen's mother)

MOTT PRINCE - Brian Care Center, Austell

PEARL SWEENY is now in the Habersham House in Savannah, GA.  

We can't make Jesus mean anything to others until He means everything to us.

In most cases, the "ity's" (charity, purity, humility, liberality, etc) lead us down the right path, while the "ism's" (racism, egoism, humanism, hedonism, denominationalism) are a sure path to hell.

SOUTH COBB EVENTS

MAY 30 FELLOWSHIP MEAL after morning service.  This meal will honor our graduates; 2:00 PM Service Afterward.

JUNE 6--12 CAMP INAGEHI.  Please make plans now to work around this so vacations and other events will not get in the way of camp.  The Theme this year will be "FAITHBOOK -- WILL YOU ACCEPT GOD'S FRIEND REQUEST?"

If you will, please begin to bring canned drinks, water , little debbie snack cakes, and individual package chips for the campers Sunday night supper  June 6. If you would like to give donations please see Darlene Pirtle or Julie Maupin

JULY 21-24  VBS at South Cobb.  The Theme is GOD'S CREATION; DIGGING FOR ANSWERS.  We will need the help of everyone to make this successful.  In conjunction with the VBS Dave Miller will be here Friday--Sunday July 23-25 to teach adult classes on this subject.

Susan Barnett needs some chicken wire and old newspapers for VBS related crafts.

MAY 28-29, 2010  MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT SEMINAR HERE AT THE SOUTH COBB CHURCH OF CHRIST!  Glenn and Cindy Colley will be conducting this seminar for families on this date.

Friday Sessions:

7:00 PM  Torpedoes The Devil Will Shoot at Your Marriage

8:00 PM  Divided Session:

Women -- "It's Not About Me."

Men -- "How to Love a Woman The Way She Understand

Saturday Sessions:

9:00 AM  Joint Session: The Intimacy of Marriage

10:00 AM  Split Session:  The Little People in Marriage -- Child Rearing

11:00 AM  Joint Session:  Male Leadership In Marriage

12:00 LUNCH -- Then a Q/A session during desert.

 Please make plans to attend this NOW, and invite everyone you can to be a part of this!  

There will be child care provided for the MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT SEMINAR.  If you can help with that please sign up on the sheet on the bulletin board.

CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES

WE NEED ALL OF THE NAMES OF THE GRADUATING SENIORS SO WE CAN HONOR THEM MAY 30! 

We will be honoring

ERIN ANDERSON

TRISTEN ANDERSON (Pebblebrook High School);

 BRANDON LEBLANC (Hillgrove High School);

 NIKAYLA PASLEY-WATSON (South Cobb High School).

 ERICA TESSEREAU (Graduating from West Central Technical School as a Dental Hygienist)

AREA EVENTS

JUNE 4-5 GSOP ANNUAL LECTURESHIP  "A Called Out People in a Bailed Out World."  Keynote speakers will be Jeff Jenkins and James Meadows.  Friday starts at 7:00 PM; Saturday begins at 9:00 AM

JUNE 13-18  PREACHER TRAINING CAMP for young men 13-18 at the Villa Rica Church of Christ.  This will be from Sunday evening through Friday evening.  For more information, please see Tommy

JUNE 25  CHURCH OF CHRIST Day at Six Flags.  Sponsored by Faulkner University.

ATTENDANCE AND CONTRIBUTION

MAY 16, 2010

Sunday AM Bible Study        88

Sunday AM Worship              135

Sunday PM Worship               72

Wednesday Bible Study 5/19

CONTRIBUTION

            Budget                                    4500.00

            Contribution                3468.00          

            Difference                   -1032.00

SERVING THIS MONTH

ANNOUNCEMENTS

May Tommy Tidwell

PRESIDE     

May 23 Eric Johnson

May 30 Jon Stroud

SONG LEADERS

May 23 Chris Tidwell

May 30 Rob Stroud

SERVING -- LORD'S TABLE:

1. Dwayne Watson II

2. Micaiah Thompson

3. Scott Tessereau

4. Kevin Baker

5. Stephen Hurst

6. Buddy Maupin

7. Joyant Longin

8. Dominic Commisso

DOOR GREETERS

May 23 Linda Nixon/Tina Broadway

May 30 Susan Jackson/Dee McGinnis
WEDNESDAY

DEVOTIONALS

May 19 Tommy Tidwell

May 26 Eric Johnson

PREPARING LORD'S SUPPER:
May Ann Stroud, Celeste Peters

NURSERY ATTENDANTS

May 23 & 30 Darlene Pirtle/Erica Tessereau