OFFERING
Offertory: Tom Cecil

SERMON
Jerry Bliffen

PRAYER REQUESTS – Sick List: Paula Cecil, Sandy Edmonds, Aleia Cornelius, Wes Meade, Rose Stanley, Daniel Newsome, Adam Estep, Christy Ousley, Jerry Johnson, J.P. West, Kathy Lawson, Rachel Coleman, Roma Lou & Thelmer McClanahan, Clinton Isaac Johnson, Frankie Case, Scott Keene, Scott Hall, Helen Lowe, Ayden Clifton, Joe Meade, Betty Cochran, Joyce Hall, Steven Marzluf, Mary Hunt, Eugene & Doris Allen, Janet Blair, Lisa Hess, Halligene Cansler, Buck Jones, James Clevinger, Susan Robinson, Charles Hall, Alma Coleman, Freda Hill, Delores Cauley, Carlie Kimbler, Nathan Smith, Dean Belcher, Wanda Justice, Donna Wallace, Ruth Hiatt, Marie Clark, Lawrence Robinson,Michelle Justice, Ceta Pugh, Jackie Hampton, Ernie Thompson, Ann Tiller, Stacy Tackett, Danny Thacker, Virginia Nichols, Debra Hall, Hulitt Kirkhart, Julene Turner, Loretta Deboard, Greg Mullins, Mitchell Kimbler, Toby Miller, Clinton Looney, Elmer Kazee, Sophia Edmonds, Gene Price, Mary Evelyn Thompson, Christine Childers, Cora Osborne, Delbert Coleman, Lanika Johnson, Elster Elswick, Gloria Thacker, Bill Webb, Sr., Lora J. Stratton, Mayzona Parker, Jennifer Stump, Inez Bevins, Mae Adkins, Alta Hamilton, Gene & Dorothy King, Arizona Davis, Harley Stanley, Lillian Belcher, Ray Goins, Alberta Isaac, Gary Buckley, Carmel Clark, Georgia Wallace, Winkie Gilliam, Brody Hunter, Patty Collins, Joyce Bentley, Cecil Isaac, Cecil Lawson, John Greer, Merlin Clevinger, R.B. Clark, Jr., Wendel Gilliam, L.G. Bevins, Hazel Allen, Sandy Isaac, June Compton, Elaine Bertrand, Ruth Scott, Charles Sword, Goldie Gillispie, Margaret Friend, Hugh Harmon, Billie Jo Carter, Mike Harris Sympathy to the families of: Paul Owens, Mike Mullins, John DuPay, Mary Castle, Faye Francisco

Nursing Home: Marie Comer, Orville Francis, Shelby Posey, Catherine Anderson, Ernestine Gillispie, Zell Herrington, Donald Lovern, Delsie Weddington, Michael Carrol, Beulah Robinson, Iva Criswell, Ima Jean Newsome, Clara Burnette, Dick Maynard, Blanche Howell, Troy & Etta King, Phyllis Cummins, Elmo Pinson. Mission of the Week: Looney Mexico Mission

We praise God for your generous giving last Lord’s Day. We had a record offering of over $43,000. The entire amount was put into our building fund … which is now about $250,000.

The Bible Bowl Tournament will be held here January 16^th, followed by a Lock-In at the YMCA from 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. This will conclude another successful Bible Bowl season. Thanks to Steve & Josh Slone for sponsoring our Bible Bowl teams and to all the kids who participated.

Youth Choir Practice – 4:30 today.

Officers & Ladies Circle Meetings – 5 p.m. today

Can you do more in 2004 for the cause of Christ and His Church?

Paul had many kind words for the Thessalonian church as he began his letter. He commended them for their work, love, and hope, and their patient waiting for the second coming of Christ.