1. Art and Diseño

Today’s Teaching
Get Connected
When God Chose His Team…
How do I get connected at Southwest?
I have two profoundly important questions for you today.
→ On the “Let us Know” card in the pew rack, check the box for:
First, how is your prayer life with God? Would you characterize it as
growing? Is it deepening? Is it one-way conversation or is it two-way? Do
you have one at all?
• I’d like a Small Group
and/or
• Sign me Up for the Next “Starting Point” Class
This is so important because prayer is how we come to God and participate
in our growing relationship with him. When the son of God walked the earth
as a man, it was with prayer that he communed with God.
The Gathering
February 1, 2015
→ Drop the “Let Us Know” card at the usher’s desk, drop it in the
offering tray or place it in the giving boxes. You will be contacted
this week with information on how to get started.
He prayed in the beginning of his ministry at his baptism and he prayed at
the end of it on the cross. And he prayed everywhere in between. Today we
will look at a time when he prayed all night long before he made a big
decision. Think about it: If Jesus Christ needed a vibrant prayer life to stay
connected to God, then how much more do you need it?
→ PRAY! - Begin asking God to show you relationships that will help
you in your journey as a disciple.
Second, who specifically are you discipling? Or who are you being discipled
by? After praying all night, Jesus specifically called twelve guys by name to
invest in. To teach. To train. He didn’t preach these guys to maturity. He
didn’t “Bible class” them into Christlikeness. He called them “to be with
him.” (Mark 3:14)
Notes continued
Intimate, life-on-life relationship was God’s chosen method of changing the
world when he was here as a man. And then he commissioned his disciples
to go and do the same.
Welcome guests and members to the large group gathering at
Southwest Church of Christ. This morning, and all Sunday mornings,
the many small groups that make up this body gather as a large group
to worship God, celebrate His goodness in our lives, remember Christ
together through communion, and be challenged and encouraged by
scripture and by each other.
To our guests this morning, we thank you for being with us and invite
you to join us in this time of worship and in our lives as we strive to live
as disciples of Jesus.
„Let everything that has breath praise the Lord”
Welcome
Are you being discipled? Are you discipling anyone?
Beautiful One
Above All Else - 171
Worship Song
If so, I’d lay bet that those relationships are the richest ones you have. If not,
then I’d bet that you are not transforming more into the image of Christ.
That might be worth praying all night about.
I Am Mine No More - 683
-Brian Mashburn
Mark1:16-20
Notes (see the back for more room)
O Draw Me, Lord
More Like You
Prayer - Bob Backus
Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus - 276
Amazing Grace/My Chains Are Gone
Financial Report
for January 25, 2015
Small Group Idea: Read Luke 6:12-16 & Mark 3:13-19 (section 53 in the
Harmony). Ask: What does it mean about the humanity of Jesus that he prayed
all night? Why do you think Jesus chose a few to invest in rather than just
depend on his powerful preaching to the crowds? What do you think we can
learn from the three reasons that Jesus called the twelve (Mk 3:14-15)? Then
ask: Has something ever been so important that you gave up sleep to pray?
What was it? Does your prayer life resemble Jesus’ (read Luke 5:16)? Finally,
have you ever been formally discipled? If so, by whom? Are you formally
discipling someone? If so, who? If not, pray about this. End your time sharing
the Lord’s Supper.
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Sunday Bible Class
358
AM Worship Assembly
721
Contribution
$21,931
(Weekly Goal $30,361)
Lord’s Supper - Ben Bandy
Be Lifted High
Highest Place - 155
Anywhere with Jesus - 414
“When God Chose His Team” - Brian Mashburn
Freely, Freely - 635
Hymnals are available in the back of the auditorium.
4515 Cornell Street · Amarillo, Texas 79109
806-352-5647 · www.southwest.org
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Please drop your offering in the Offering Boxes conveniently located at the
entrances to the auditorium. Please place visitor cards and prayer request cards
in the boxes marked for prayer requests.
News & Notes
End-of-year Contribution Statements
SOUTHWEST STARTING POINT:
If you are looking for a church home, or have recently made
Southwest your home, sign up for our next Starting Point class on
Sunday, February 8, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm, includes a great lunch, and
childcare is provided. Not only will you leave with an exciting
understanding of our mission, vision, and how to take your next
step, but you will have a full belly and some new friends. Contact
Brian or Cindy at 806-352-5647 or just check the box on the back
of the attendance card in the pew.
If you would like your end-of-year contribution statement for
2014, please contact Rena Adams by email in the church office at
[email protected].
Children’s Library…TODAY!! Books are on display and
available to check out in the children’s wing. If you checked out books
in January, please bring them back and check out more!!
Single Mom’s Dinner: All Single Moms, you and your children
are invited to join us for dinner this Wednesday, February 4, 6 pm in the
Fellowship Room.
Babysitter needed for Lydia’s House/A SP!CE Bible Study on
PRAYER CONCERNS
BSA: Shelbi Miller, Rm. 381 (daughter-in-law of Bryan & Tanya Miller)
Jay Leverett, Rm. 438
Glenda Abston, Jeri Blodgett, Debbie Croft, Carolyn Eldridge, Mac Elliott,
Othella Enyart, Juanita Faulkner, Carlanne Flynt, Macy Hobbs, Carlos
Loya, Xara Marr, Robert Moody, Phyllis Perry, Jon Salmon, Logan Schreck
We Express Our Sympathy to:
Brian & Cindy Booker and family in the death of Brian’s uncle, Glen
Dickerson. His service was Thursday.
Happy Anniversary
February 4: Joe & Yvie Pirkle, 43 years
Wednesdays. This is a paid position. If you are interested, please contact
Paula Churchman (674-0828).
Family Service Center Clothing: On Wednesday,
February 4, Group One (led by Joyce Dickey & JoAnn Meeker) will
not meet due to remodel.
Family service center Food: On Wednesday,
February 4, Group One (led by John Paul Athanasiou) will work.
In an effort to organize the Family Service Center, we are not
accepting donations at this time. Donations can be taken to
Goodwill, Counsel for the Blind, Faith City Mission and the
Downtown Women’s Center.
LOCATION CHANGE!! You are invited to a Baby Shower for Ashley
Marentette, Sunday, February 8, 3:30-5 pm at the home of Teri
Morgan (4705 Olsen). Ashley is expecting a girl and is registered at
Wal-Mart. Please contact Ashly Baccas (575-693-2702) with questions.
Baby Shower to Go!!! On January 15th, Bruce and Edie Hurley
became first-time grandparents when Miss Emerson Aleen Hurley was
born to Sam and Ashley Hurley of Dallas. In order to honor Bruce and
Edie and bless Sam and Ashley, we’re having a “baby shower to
go”! Please bring gift cards (she’s registered at Target), drop them off
by Sunday, February 15th in the basket on the gift table, and then we’ll
get them to the “new family”.
The Baby Shower for Shelbi Miller (daughter-in-law of Bryan & Tanya
Miller) has been postponed. We will let you know once it has been
rescheduled.
Last call for dishes! Please go by the table in the east foyer by the
middle entrance to the Auditorium to see if you’ve left a dish here at
the building. Thanks!
Spring Saturday Night Live Dates: Route 56 - February 7; 3rd & 4th
grades - February 28; 1st & 2nd grades - March 28. SNLs are a time for
our parents and students to connect, play games, and engage each
other spiritually. Childcare is provided for free at the building for
younger siblings. Come hang with us this spring!
Route 56 SNL: Saturday, February 7, 6-8:30 pm at the home of Caleb
Blackwell (9800 Ottobahn). Guys bring finger food dessert. Girls bring
chips. Childcare is available at the building for younger siblings. RSVP to
Cindy ([email protected] or text: 806-676-7629) for childcare.
VBS: June 7-10. We’re taking a journey back in Bible times…without
leaving our church! You’ll get to talk to Jesus’ mom, Mary, and find out
what life was like when Jesus was a kid.
Base Camp: Base Camp 2015 will be held June 29 - July 1. Base Camp
is open to all kids entering 1st-6th grades in the 2015-16 school year. It’s
going to be awesome!!!!!!
Financial Peace University is based on more than 800 verses
of Bible scripture and is a proven plan that will work! The course is
taught by Dave Ramsey on video and facilitated by John Paul & Diane
Athanasiou. For questions contact Joh Paul (433-4059) or register at
www.daveramsey.com. Our first class will begin on Thursday, February
12, 6:30 pm at Faith Southwest (4415 Wesley). Childcare will be
provided.
Weather Bulletin:
If driving conditions appear dangerous due to bad weather, please
check the church website or call the church office for information
regarding possible church cancellations or delays. We will also
attempt to notify the TV stations but cannot guarantee their
cooperation. If services or classes are not cancelled, your help will be
needed to clear the sidewalks around the building from possible snow
or ice. Please bring a shovel and join us two hours prior to the start of
services and/or classes.
SOUTHWEST STUDENT MINISTRY
Super Bowl Party Tonight…. 5:15 - 9:30 pm in the
Garage. Guys bring drinks, girls bring dessert. Everyone bring $3 for pizza.
...All students MS and HS come hang out with us on Monday
from 3:30 - 5:30pm. Bring a friend and money for a drink or snack. Everything
is 50¢.
Trek Groups – MS & HS come hangout with us on Wednesday nights.
The Brake Pad will open at 6:30. MS will be done by 8:00 and HS by 8:30.
HS Ski Trippers...Please contact Misty in the church office
(352-5647) if you have not received an email for ski rentals.
Jr/Sr Main Event...February 21. Parents and students please join us for a
night of food, fun, and conversation at the Corder’s (4703 Harvard).