“THE WRITTEN WELCOME”
OF
WEST END BAPTIST CHURCH
(116 West End Street)
(P.O. Box 851)
Newport, TN 37821
“GOD’S PLAN FOR ETERNITY”
FEBRUARY 19, 2012
TOM MOOTY – Medicare Minister
PAUL STIEFVATER – Bible Teacher
JORDON WILLIAMS – Youth Pastor
R V MAYNARD – Radio Evangelist
MATTHEW MAYNARD – Praise and Worship Leader
CHARLENE JOHNSON – Choir Leader
CHERYL PRESNELL – Piano
JERRY THOMAS – Drum
LARRY STRANGE – Keyboard
CHARLIE OWNBY – Bass Guitar
BRYON OWNBY – Keyboard
LISA OTTINGER – Children’s Director
DAVID BIBLE – Deacon Chairman
WAYNE BALL – Sunday School Director
CHARLENE JOHNSON – Church Secretary
EURETHA CARSON – Custodian
GEORGE WHITE – Facilities Coordinator
WELCOME TO WEST END!
(THE CHURCH WHERE YOU WILL NEVER WALK ALONE!)
We are delighted that you are here today! If you are visiting with us, you and your entire family are very welcome; and if you are looking for a spiritual church home, we offer you our services! If you are interested in knowing more about our church, Brother Tom will be happy to visit with you at your convenience.
Please complete the insert card in your Newsletter for your prayer requests and visitor information. Place it in the offering today; and we will be sure to pray for your requests - and thank you again for your being here.
TODAY
Continental breakfast for everyone at 9:00
Choir Practice begins at 9:30
Bible Study Classes meet at 10:00
Southern Gospel Concert begins at 10:40
MORNING WORSHIP BEGINS AT 10:58
Praise/Worship coordinated by Matthew Maynard
With our dedicated, talented musicians:
Cheryl Presnell – Larry Strange
Charlie Ownby, Jerry Thomas, Bryon Ownby
Choir and Special Music coordinated and conducted by Charlene Johnson
WORSHIP WITH TITHES AND OFFERINGS;
AND PRAYERTIME
(Conducted by Rita McNabb)
SPECIAL MUSIC FOR TODAY:
Peggy Walker
BROTHER TOM’S MESSAGE FOR TODAY:
Today’s message is the third in a series of five weeks on the subject of what we must do with Jesus:
Today – “Let’s Live Jesus”
Next week: “Let’s Lift Jesus”.
March 4 – “Let’s Leave Jesus”
ON THE AIR TODAY AND THIS AFTERNOON
The Church Broadcast: “Sunshine for Shut-Ins” has been presented live over WLIK (1270 AM) since 1952. It has used different time frames and was originally called “The Old Country Church Hour”. It is currently broadcast from 11:00-12:00 each Sunday.
The Special Mission Broadcast: “It’s All About Jesus” with Evangelist R. V. Maynard is presented live on WLIK (1270 AM) from 1:00-1:30 each Sunday Afternoon.
TONIGHT
4:30 – Activities in the gym and Coffee Club in the Café
5:00 – Choir Practice
6:00 – “Church in the Chapel”
Brother Tom Preaching
THE CENTER PIECE
“THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES”
“The Conversion of Israel, Continued”
(Written by Arnold Fruchtenbaum : Adapted by Tom Mooty)
(The Popular Encyclopedia of Biblical Prophecy)
At Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem thousands of Jews cried out "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord" which is a Jewish messianic greeting based on Psalm 118:26. The Jewish masses proclaimed His Messiah ship as He approached Jerusalem; but their Jewish leaders refused Him! Therefore, Jesus pronounced words of judgment on the city of Jerusalem:
And … He beheld the city, and wept over it saying, “If you had acknowledged … the things which give you peace; but now they are hidden from your eyes. For the time is coming when your enemies will completely encircle and imprison you, and dash you and your children to the ground; and they shall not leave in you one stone upon another; because you did not recognize the time when God visited you” (Luke 19:41-44).
Matthew 23 condemns the Jewish leadership for a lengthy list of various sins; but two Passages stand out. In verse 13, Jesus holds the Pharisees accountable not only for their rejection of him, but also for leading the entire nation to reject him!
The second Passage, Matthew 23:29-36, is a little more difficult to understand: they would be accountable for the blood of all the prophets of the Old Testament. Everything that needed to be said had already been said at that time – in the Old Testament.
They had heard John the Baptist; and they had Messiah Himself standing right in their midst with all the authenticating signs. Nevertheless, they rejected Him!
Leviticus 26 had warned Israel of their being scattered all over the world because of their disobedience to God's Will, Their rejection of Jesus as Messiah was the “final straw”; but that same Chapter promises all the blessings to Israel (including the “Promised Land”) when they accomplish one thing:
If they shall confess their iniquity (singular), and the iniquity (singular) of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me … Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob … and Isaac … and Abraham … and I will remember the land.
Israel must repent of the one single iniquity of rejecting their Messiah when He was so clearly presented to them. Today, we have the same requirement to be saved – confess our sin of unbelief; and receive Him as Savior and Lord!
STUFF ‘N THINGS UP ‘N COMING
AROUND WEST END BAPTIST
MON, Feb 20 – Aerobics in the Gym from 6:00-7:00
TUE, Feb 21 – CCHS “Winterguard” Practice with Mr. Pat Mason in the Gym from 4:30-6:00. These girls participate in an area-wide competition in March.
WED, Feb 22 – Activities in the Gym and Coffee Club in the “Lion ‘n Lamb” Café from 4:30-6:00.
“Wonderful Wednesday” Bible Study for Children, Youth, and Adults at 6:00.
THUR, Feb 23 –The first of six workshops by the Cocke County Office on Aging on “Chronic Health Issues” (in the Classroom under the fire escape); from 10:00-12:00.
Aerobics (in the Gym) from 6:00-7:00 PM.
Victory Bible Institute Study Class (in the Youth Classroom) from 7:00-9:00 PM.
The Thompson Cancer Center will be keeping appointments for Mammograms in the annex classroom under the fire escape on Wednesday, February 29 from 9:00-12:00.
The National Debt Crisis will be resolved, absolved, and dissolved on Friday, Mar 2 as Brother Tom has his and Miss ‘Nita’s taxes figured. You’re welcome, America!
The Church “Relay for Life” Team will be hosting a Yard Sale in the Gym on Saturday, March 3. See Angela Thomas for details. Your items will be needed; and your presence is requested to work in this mission project.
SAYINGS FROM “IMA SIGN”
Make Jesus your Valentine!
Those who “die in the Lord” only go through the “Shadow of Death”; not death itself.
By the way: it DOES matter how you live!
FIVE MINUTES WITH TOM MOOTY
The weekly columns in the Thursday edition of the Newport Plain Talk continue to generate a great many comments. Read the column this week for the title: “Faux Frog Gigging”. The columns can also be accessed on our website: www.webaptistchurch.org (click on “blogs” and select “5 Minutes”). Feel free to forward these columns to your friends around the world!
High quality (three-camera) recordings are being made of the Sunday morning services. These are available to you in either DVD (video) or CD (audio) format; and will soon be archived on our website. We are also getting closer and closer to the launch date for the live broadcasts of any and all of our services on the Internet. We also make one-camera video recordings of Brother Paul’s Thursday Night Victory Bible Class.
You are welcomed and wanted in our Church Choir. This ministry is extremely important to the overall “Praise and Worship” experience of our total church Gospel outreach. Music is clearly recognized by both The Lord and the devil as a powerful tool in the spreading of both of their messages! We are fighting a spiritual battle; and you are needed to get involved!
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TOM MOOTY - PASTOR
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