Winter Youth Basketball

The winter session of our youth basketball program will begin JANUARY 28. This program is for all children up through 7th grade. You can pick up a registration sheet in the church office, or call Ed Baker at 886-6433 for more information.

E-Mail List

We have an on-going e-mail chain at Main Street. This is a great way to keep up-to-date on the absentees, sick, and upcoming events at the church. If you want to join, email me, or call Pat in the office and give her your email address.

From The Preacher's Desk

According to the website www.familydoctor.com, a fever is defined as a temperature 1° or more above the normal 98.6°. Minor infections may cause mild or short-term temperature elevations. Temperatures of 103° and above are considered high and can signal a potentially dangerous infection. Fever is a symptom of a body disorder. The presence of fever reveals that the infection exists. Similarly, absence from worship services is a fever-like symptom. It is an indication of a more basic heart problem. The primary problem goes much deeper and may even be hidden to the person himself. As a fever may possess a man who does not know what causes it, even so a man can neglect worship without being aware of the real problems that cause him to do so. He can easily camouflage his lack of concern for worship by involvement in his work, his family, or recreation.
Deliberately missing a worship service is significant, because it reveals an inner, heart problem. If God is first, Christians will never choose something else as more important than service to God (Matthew 22:37-39; Hebrews 10:25). If He is not first, a person will choose other things over worship with little tinge of conscience.

To turn one’s back on Christ and his assembly is highhanded rebellion against God. It is to “trod under foot the Son of God, to count the blood of the covenant an unholy thing and is to despise the Spirit of God.” (Heb. 10:29).
Those guilty of forsaking the Lord’s day assembly need to repent before it is everlastingly too late for vengeance belongs to the Lord (Heb. 10:30). “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Heb. 10:31.)


Rob

HIPPY Winter Carnival

We had a couple hundred children and parents at the church building today, as the HIPPY (Home Instruction For Parents of Preschool Youngsters) had their annual Winter Carnvial. HIPPY seeks to offer parents support in the home. We love seeing the group each month as so many little ones come to the program. This month's program was very special. Here are some of the photos of the games and activities:


Officer Price fingerprints a child

The Lawrence County Education Coop offered samples of things they can offer parents

The Arkansas State Attorney's office was represented

Another child is fingerprinted

This game looked popular--

Wednesday "Kids For Christ" Program

Of course, most of you know about our Wednesday Evening Program (gym opens at 5pm, dinner at 6pm and Bible classes at 7pm), but the program is growing each week-- here are some of the kids from last night's classes:

The Teen Class-- they enjoyed part of the class time celebrating the monthly birthdays.
(Dana Maples, Alexa Smelser, MacKenzie Hibbs, CJ Hibbs)

Justin Dillingham

The Grades 3-5 are part of a "Center" plan where they move to different centers (crafts, storytime, activities). Here Michelle Smelser teaches a Bible lesson to the group.

Lisa Hufstedler teaches the craft activity to the Gr. 1-2 group

Grade 3-4 group does an activity, supervised by Brett Hufstedler

The middle school group-- grades 6-8 meets in the gym with Tim Wilkins as the teacher

Coda Pierce

Janie Cagle and Briana Willfond

Chastity Henry, Robin Henry, and Justin Cagle

Jett Ditto, Dalton Cagle, and Tristan Colburn

Craft activity

"Over 50's" Fellowship

Thr Senior Group, "The Over 50's," met Tuesday, January 8th for their monthly potluck and fellowship. We had tornado warnings and rain and wind an hour before the fellowship, and we still had a great turnout.


Ethel Fowler

Lorene Hamilton visits with Willie Baker Look at all the good food!!

Boyce Dixon and Ed Baker

Evelyn Whitmire

Clara Melton, Pat Graham, and Joann Henson

Nadine Weaver and Pat Dixon

Barbara Davidson visits with special guest Betty (Briner), Junior's sister, who came all the way from Doniphan, MO (in the rain and wind) to be with us!

Nancy Paxton

Dallas Cagle

One of the birthday girls, Asbrene Milligan, along with hubby, Kendall.

I wonder what they're looking at here? (Clara, Pat, Evelyn, Joann, and Mary Light at the end)

Pat Dixon gets a birthday hug from Junior Briner

Children's Home Benevolence

One of our areas of benevolence is the Children's Home in Paragould, Ar. We support the work there as a congregation, and many of our members also personally donate their time, efforts, and money to the needy children who reside there.

Today was the quarterly pickup to benefit the children who live in the cottages there. We always have a large outpouring of donations of food and money when the truck comes.