Highland Lakes church of Christ

THANK YOU NOTE

Dear Ones,   We were all so blessed with your love, peace and presence during our Mom’s illness. The day of her funeral you met our needs again. The service, songs and food touched our hearts and souls! God bless! The Tillmans and Hazlewoods.

Helping Hands Pantry News

NO SPECIAL REQUESTS THIS WEEK.  Thank you!

THIS MORNING, SUNDAY, APRIL 2^ND

1. We welcome the Richard Emperado Family! Richard will give us a report about the work in the Philippines at the combined adult Bible class in the auditorium. He will also preach this morning.
2. Our March Fellowship Meal has been postponed to TODAY, so that we can enjoy the Emperados. Hosting today are: Linda Lively, Christina Pipes, Jackie McKee, Linda Robertson, Sherry Wills and Billy Taylor.

VISITING FOR THE MASTER

VISITATION PROGRAM Team #1 (leaders: Joe & Teri Winnett) will meet on Wednesday, April 5th, at 6:30 pm in the library for their assignments.

THURSDAY FELLOWSHIP DINNER

Dinner together will be on April 13th, at the River City Grill, a dinner together with the Marble Falls group.

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

“5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.” – 1 Peter 1:5-7 (ESV)

We are blessed to share our love for the brethren of Nigeria and a love for God with many of our fellow laborers in the Lord who labor there. What follows is part of a letter that Doug Wheeler mentioned in the bulletin two weeks ago, that he received from one of our Nigerian brethren, Godwin I. who preaches in Nigeria. Notice his positive, thankful attitude in spite of the problems that surround the people of Nigeria. Please keep all the brethren in Nigeria and their trials in your thoughts and prayers. For the elders, Ken D

Dear Brothers,

I greet you with the love of the Lord. I hope that all is well with you, and this letter finds you and your families in sound health.

From what I heard, it was very sad and unfortunate what happen to the people of Haiti during the storms. May God bless the congregations for their help to them.

I am doing my best to teach and preach the word of God here. Recently after staying a long time without a convert, the Lord added a soul to his kingdom. I baptized a young woman of 27 years into the Lord. This convert came as a result of series of lesson I taught, with the title “Why we believe what we believe. She was a member of Assemblies of God church. To God be the praise! I also enrolled 11 people to WBS as students.

Thank God for the November Presidential election in America which was peaceful, I pray God to continue to bless America Amen.

The economic recession in Nigeria is now terrible, immorality and theft is on the increase. When people go to worship on Sunday, thieves break into their houses, eat any food that they see, and steal their properties. A sister in the congregation where I am preaching was affected and she is a widow, one of those you have helped. I have visited her with my wife to encourage and pray for her.

These thieves, for some time now, because of hunger, people now go to farms that are not their own to harvest cassava to eat. What is happening is sad. May God have mercy!

Extend my sincere regards to your families and the saints there. I am preaching the Word.

I remain, Yours in the Love of God, Godwin I.

WITH SYMPATHY

We were saddened to hear that our sister in Christ, Myrtle Hazlewood, passed from this life on March 17^th surrounded by her family.  Our hearts go out in love with prayers and sympathy to Billy, Valerie, her siblings, all the extended family and all who knew and loved her.  Visitation and Funneral Services were held in our church building on Monday, Joe Winnett officiated.  Internment followed at the Llano City Cemetery in Llano.

THANK YOU NOTE

To our Church Family,

We thank all the hands that prepared and served the meal.  It was delicious.  We thank Joe for the beautiful service and message.  We thank John for leading the songs.  We are grateful for all the meals, calls, cards, text messages, flowers, but most of all the prayers that lifted us up.

In His love, The Family of Myrtle Hazlewood

NEW ADDRESS

Dollene Pearson now has a new address and telephone number in Midland.  Contact the church office if you would like to update Dollene’s information.

HELPING HANDS PANTRY NEWS

This week we have no special requests to make, bur Thank You so for all the ways you support this ministry.

VISITING FOR THE MASTER

Visitation Program Team #1 (leaders Joe & Teri Winnett) will meet at 6:30 pm on Wednesday, April 5^th in the library for their assignments.

PUT THESE ON YOUR CALENDAR

1. Our March fellowship meal has been moved to next Sunday, April 2^nd.  We will enjoy this fellowship with the Emperado family who will be here reporting to us about their work in the Philippines.  There will be no PM services that Sunday as usual.  Plan to bring your favorite dish and help us welcome the Emperados!
2. The Cherokee Home for Children will have its food drive on May 6^th, 2017. We will again be sending money for this effort rather than trying to collect and deliver food items.  If members would like to contribute to this effort, please give your gift to one of the elders and it will be included in the check sent to Cherokee.

THURSDAY EVENING DINNER FELLOWSHIP

On Thursday, April 13^th will be our next get together.  Because of logistics, the location will be different than previously announced.  We will meet the group from the church in Marble Falls at the RIVER CITY GRILL.  Time is between 5:00 and 5:30 pm.  The signup sheet is already on the table in the back of the auditorium.

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

The promised letter from Godwin I., Nigerian gospel preacher, mentioned in last week’s bulletin, will be in this place next week.  Due to some server problems, we were unable to connect with the internet and retrieve it.  Thank you for your patience!

MORE THOUGHTS ON LOVE

God loves us just the way we are, but he refuses to leave us there, He wants us to have a heart like His.  He wants us to be just like Jesus.  What would our daily life really be like if we really committed ourselves to be like Jesus and do what He tells us to do?

“Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I tell you?”  Luke 6:46 (ESV)

“Things are not to be loved, they’re to be used.  The corollary to that is this:  people are not to be used, they’re to be loved.”  – Sheldon Vanauken, good friend of C.S. Lewis

“It is amazing how much time we spend living and caring for things and using people.  What would happen if we took seriously the fact that things are to be used and not loved and people are to be loved and not used? – Randy Harris, LIVING JESUS.

In Matthew 5:27-32, Jesus calls his followers to a different view of the world where people are to be loved, where faithfulness is a deep and powerful characteristic of our lives.  What do you think?  – Via Ken Darnell

THANK YOU:

Our thanks to Dollene Pearson and her daughter Zotyne Smith for their generosity in giving a refrigerator to the Food Pantry and a monetary donation to the church!

WORLD BIBLE SCHOOL:

706 lessons mailed. . . . Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Helping Hands Pantry News

Shampoo, deodorant, tooth brushes, tooth paste and bar soap.  Thank You!

PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR

1. The Fellowship Meal that would normally take place on Sunday, March 26th, has been moved to Sunday, April 2nd. This change was made so that we can spend our fellowship time with the Emperado family who will be reporting to us on their work in the Philippines. Therefore we WILL have Sunday PM services on March 26th, but we will NOT have Sunday PM services on April 2nd. Please make note of these changes and plan to help us welcome the Emperados!
2. The Cherokee Home for Children will have its food drive on May 6th, 2017. We will again be sending money for this effort rather than trying to collect and deliver food items. If any members would like to contribute to this effort, please give your gift to one of the elders and it will be included in the check sent to Cherokee.

FELLOWSHIP DINNER

……will be next on Thursday, April 13. We will go the Bluebonnet Café in Marble Falls. The group from the church in Marble Falls will join us between 5 and 5:30 pm. The sign-up sheet is already on the table in the back of the auditorium.

VISITING FOR THE MASTER

VISITATION PROGRAM Team #2 (leaders: Cary & Brenda Miller) will meet Wednesday, March 22nd, in the library for their assignments.

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. 10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. Galatians 6:9-10 (ESV)

We are blessed to share our love for the brethren of Nigeria with our fellow laborer in the Lord, Doug Wheeler, who coordinates much of the support for evangelism in Nigeria from Westside church of Christ in Norman, OK. What follows is from a letter he sent recently. The letter from Godwin I. mentioned within will be in next week’s bulletin. Please keep the brethren in Nigeria in your prayers. For the elders, Ken D

Update on the Nigerian Evangelism work (February 2017)

Dear beloved Brethren,

I sure do hope you all are doing FINE! We are A-OK up here in the northern part of Texas (Oklahoma! Ha!), and appreciating life as God sees fit to give us!

I want you all to know that I wired monies to Nigeria on January 31st, and part of that wire was the money you gave me for funding the Nigeria 2017 projects. Money was sent to Sylvester I., for him to spend on WBS Seminars that he will conduct in his area. After he has held each of these seminars, then he will send me and you all a report (with pictures) of each of the seminars that those monies funded. He is now at The Great Workshop this week (Feb 7th -11th) in Warri, Delta State.

Brethren, I enclose a letter that I received from a Nigerian preacher named Godwin I. whom both Sylvester and I know well. I am sending it to you all, only to show you all how tough things are in Nigeria, which I think you know. You have helped with benevolent needs in recent times. And I want you to know that someone sent me some extra money to send to brethren in Nigeria to buy food to help out some. I gave some to Godwin. He was to take that money, buy food with it, and give the food out to those who need it, including himself for his family if they need any. He told me by phone the other day that he and his family were OK, but others were really going to appreciate this help of food this time!

Brethren, I am enjoying working only 2 days a week, but can’t seem to keep up things! Ha! I will continue to adjust! I see all my grandkids so often and that is a BIG pleasure to us! I hope these kids keep me YOUNG! Ha! God bless you brethren! Thank you for your support! In Christian love, Doug Wheeler

Thanks . . .

. . . to the 16 volunteers who showed up last Saturday to work on the inside and the outside of the church building! Thanks for giving up your Saturday morning to make our surroundings more pleasant. You did a great job! ~~ Bill Flanary

Helping Hands Pantry News

Thanks to everybody for all the support and help!

Our Guest Speaker in Bible Class

This morning, March 12^th, the combined adult Bible classes will meet in the auditorium. John Clinton, from SIBI, will give us a presentation on the development in phase 3 of the Solar Player project. We are looking forward to hearing about the progress of this exciting tool for evangelism!

Upcoming Events

1. The Fellowship Meal that would normally take place on Sunday, March 26th, has been moved to Sunday, April 2nd. This change was made so that we can spend our fellowship time with the Emperado family who will be reporting to us on their work in the Philippines. Therefore we WILL have Sunday PM services on March 26th, but we will NOT have Sunday PM services on April 2nd. Please make note of these changes and plan to help us welcome the Emperados!
2. The Cherokee Home for Children will have its food drive on May 6th, 2017. We will again be sending money for this effort rather than trying to collect and deliver food items. If any members would like to contribute to this effort, please give your gift to one of the elders and it will be included in the check sent to Cherokee.

BEAUTIFUL FOOTNOTES

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes.

Romans 1:16 (ESV)

In God we can be involved in such wonderful works, like the taking of the gospel to the entire continent of Africa by our African brethren. We are so thankful to be pa rt of the Gospel Chariot Missions effort. Please keep this effort and all the precious souls involved in your thoughts and prayers. For the elders, Ken D

GOSPEL CHARIOT MISSIONS UPDATE January and February 2017

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all doing well. Things are really busy during January and February because it’s the time chariots start heading out after repairs and believe me, there are always some surprises and they all cost money! We as leaders can never overlook repairs because they will come back to bite you in all the wrong places and will cost you more to repair in the bush than back home. So we take our repairs very seriously.

We have had some sad and unexpected passing s. Firstly, Dimpo Motimele’s father passed away and just last week our own GCM granny, Lydia, who collected all our WBS mail and did grading and was responsible for sending packages to the US and Vicki in Australia.

On a brighter note, we are all doing well. Mike Knappier and Dimpo Motimele are up in Namibia where we have our mission point now with a short term school in process. We have just ordered another container of Bibles from China for East Africa and the Nigerian Chariot will be ready for export in a month’s time. Meaning we will have 13 chariots going into 19 countries and we have brethren pleading with us from all over Africa to help with chariots in their areas as well as they see what is happening on the continent. As they say “success breeds success” and it’s starting to snowball and it’s not us, it’s the Lord and the African brethren taking responsibility of evangelizing their own continent. I personally have always seen that and it’s now taking fire and we need to thank all you American supporters for backing this vision. Thank you, thank you to all.

To God be the Glory.

In Him

Love

Brother George Funk

Dollene’s Estate Sale Information

Thursday through Saturday, March 9, 10 & 11

Thursday and Friday – 9 am to 4 am

Saturday — 9 am to 1 pm.

1502 Bluebonnet Lane, Kingsland

Due to the large and involved preparations, please do not come until the designated times!

Thursday Night Fellowship Dinner, March 9th

Please sign your name to the current list on the table in the back of the auditorium, if you are planning on going to the Lighthouse Country Club restaurant this month. The last day to sign up is today, May 5th. Bill Flanary needs to make reservations for the group before Thursday. If you are going and your choice is to go as a group, meet at about 5 pm. at the building on Thursday.  You may also go directly to the restaurant by yourself.  For future information: the deadline for signing up will always be the Sunday before the upcoming Thursday!

Helping Hands Pantry News

Needed items:  Toothpaste, deodorant, Cool Whip lids and plastic bags.  Thank you!

Remember, ladies:

No Ladies Bible Class on March 15^th because of Spring Break.  Class will resume on the 22nd.

Remember, Everyone!

Set your clocks ahead one hour next Saturday evening, Daylight Savings Time is starting!  Maybe for the last time? There is a push made to possibly do away with this!!!

Beautiful Footnotes

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes” Romans 1:16 ESV

We are so thankful to be able to help support the efforts of the Gospel Chariot Mission in Africa and to help with the new Gospel Chariot in Nigeria where we as a congregation have been involved for so many blessed years. Keep this effort in your thoughts and prayers as we all desire the gospel be spread to all the lost.  For the elders, Ken D

UPDATE ON THE NEW NIGERIAN GOSPEL CHARIOT

Amen, the New Big Gospel Chariot is progressing nicely at Ramcom in George South Africa and should be finished mid-March, Lord Willing. Thank you, Brandon and those working on the building of this chariot. I have started the paperwork for the export of the completed truck. Please pray for Nigeria and those who will oversee and work this unit and please also pray for those who will hear the wonderful name of Jesus in the coming years. To God be the Glory. Thank You Lord.  In Him, George Funk