Prayer Requests:

Women’s Bible Study: Cancelled due to death in family. Please come see me if I don’t get the study questions to you. Read Chapter 3 for next week.

Men’s Darts: Thursday at 6:30pm.
FYI: Any time services are cancelled, it will be announced on WTNS.
Great Opportunity for the Men: Honor Bound Men’s Summit. March 14 & 15 in Millersburg. Cost is $25 if paid by March 2nd; $30 after that. A poster is up in the Walnut Street foyer with more information or see Joe Hoover.
You’re Invited: David Ring, special needs evangelist, will be speaking at the Coshocton Christian Tabernacle on Feb. 17 at 6pm. See poster in the Walnut Street foyer for more information. 
 
Heavenly Father, Help us remember that the jerk who cut us off in traffic last night is a single mother who worked nine hours that day and is rushing home to cook dinner, help with homework, do the laundry and spend a few precious moments with her children. Help us to remember that the pierced, tattooed, disinterested young man who can't make change correctly is a worried 19-year-old college student, balancing his apprehension over final exams with his fear of not getting his student loans for next semester. Remind us, Lord, that the scary looking bum, begging for money in the same spot every day (who really ought to get a job!) is a slave to addictions that we can only imagine in our worst nightmares.Help us to remember that the old couple walking annoyingly slow through the store aisles and blocking our shopping progress are savoring this moment, knowing that, based on the biopsy report she got back last week, this will be the last year that they go shopping together. Heavenly Father, remind us each day that, of all the gifts you give us, the greatest gift is love. It is not enough to share that love with those we hold dear. Open our hearts not to just those who are close to us, but to all humanity. Let us be slow to judge and quick to forgive, show patience, empathy and love. Working for God on earth doesn't pay much......but His retirement plan is out of this world!-- I hope you dance with God and he blesses you richly as you journey through life. Leave all things in his precious hands.
Grandma, some ninety plus years, sat feebly on the patio bench. She didn't move, just sat with her head down staring at her hands. When I sat down beside her she didn't acknowledge my presence and the longer I sat I wondered if she was OK. Finally, not really wanting to disturb her but wanting to check on her at the same time, I asked her if she was OK. She raised her head and looked at me and smiled. "Yes, I'm fine, thank you for asking," she said in a clear strong voice. "I didn't mean to disturb you, Grandma, but you were just sitting here staring at your hands and I wanted to make sure you were OK," I explained to her.
"Have you ever looked at your hands?" she asked. "I mean really looked at your hands?" I slowly opened my hands and stared down at them. I turned them over, palms up and then palms down. No, I guess I had never really looked at my hands as I tried to figure out the point she was making. Grandma smiled and
related the following story:

"Stop and think for a moment about the hands you have, how they have served you well throughout your years. These hands, though wrinkled, shriveled and weak have been the tools I have used all my life to reach out and grab and embrace life. They braced and caught my fall when as a toddler I crashed upon the floor. They put food in my mouth and clothes on my back. As a child my mother taught me to fold them in prayer. They tied my shoes and pulled on my boots. They held my husband and wiped my tears when he went off to war. They have been dirty, scraped and raw, swollen and bent! They were uneasy and clumsy when I tried to hold my newborn son. Decorated with my wedding band they showed the world that I was married and loved someone special. They wrote my letters to him and trembled and shook when I buried my parents and spouse. They have held my children and grandchildren, consoled neighbors, and shook in fists of anger when I didn't understand. They have covered my face, combed my hair, and washed and cleansed the rest of my body. They have been sticky and wet, bent and broken, dried and raw. And to this day when not much of anything else of me works real well these hands hold me up, lay me down, and again continue to fold in prayer. These hands are the mark of where I've been and the ruggedness of life. But more importantly it will be these hands that God will reach out and take when he leads me home. And with my hands He will lift me to His side and there I will use these hands to touch the face of Christ."

I will never look at my hands the same again. God reached out and took my grandma's hands and led her home. When my hands are hurt or sore or when I stroke the face of my children and husband I think of Grandma. I know she has been held by the hands of God. And I, too, want to touch the face of God and feel His hands upon my face.

Happy Birthday: Today: Doris Huston

Prayer Requests:
1. Let’s pray Psalm 21
2. James Green – Needs a new job
3. Danielle Brown – Spiritual Stamina
4. Bill & Becky Treat – safety while traveling
5. Kim Shada – breast cancer
6. Matt & Jill Smith
7. Our youth

Women’s Bible Study: Tonight at the church at 6pm. Don’t forget your books.

Men’s Darts: Thursday at 6:30pm.

Food Fight 2008: If you are going to participate this year I need your starting weight. It would help me if you wrote it down and gave me the paper. Thanks.
FYI: Any time services are cancelled, it will be announced on WTNS.

Guest Speaker: Sheldon Mencer is with us today to share a message dear to his heart. Make sure to welcome the Mencer Family as they join us in service this morning.

Great Opportunity for the Men: Honor Bound Men’s Summit. March 14 & 15 in Millersburg. Cost is $25 if paid by March 2nd; $30 after that. A poster is up in the Walnut Street foyer with more information.

You’re Invited: David Ring, special needs evangelist, will be speaking at the Coshocton Christian Tabernacle on Feb. 17 at 6pm. See poster in the Walnut Street foyer for more information. 
 
Winterfest 2008: There is going to be a Christian Concert in Columbus this Friday night. If you would like to be a driver please see Ernie & Teresa for more information.


Schultz Philosophy
1. Name the five wealthiest people in the world.
2. Name the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name the last five winners of the Miss America. 
4. Name ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize. 
5. Name the last half dozen Academy Award winner for best actor and actress. 6. Name the last decade's worth of World Series winners.

How did you do? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. These are no second-rate achievers. They are the best in their fields. But the applause dies. Awards tarnish. Achievements are forgotten. Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners. 

Here's another quiz. See how you do on this one: 

1. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school. 
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time. 
3. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile. 
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special. 
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Easier? The lesson: The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They are the ones that care.


A Prayer for our Economy from American Bible Society: Lord, our Father, may Your everlasting strength and resolve help solidify and bring together Your Nation of devoted followers to work towards uplifting the economy. We pray for You to forgive foreclosures, for the Nation’s dollar to be strong in value once again, and for the government to make wise and Godly decisions with the country’s national resources. Let us pray to You, oh Lord, to provide relief to those impoverished and in dire need; and for those of us with wealth and abundance to increase our charity and support as we were taught through Your divine teachings. Amen

Happy Birthday:
Michael Carpenter on Friday
Kristy Miller on Saturday

Prayer Requests:
1. Let’s pray Psalm 20
2. James Green – Needs a new job
3. Josh Mourer – Unspoken
4. Sharhonda Brown – Unspoken
5. Norma Eckelberry – Eye Health
6. Bill & Becky Treat – safety while traveling
7. Kim Shada – breast cancer (Margarette Stochay’s daughter)
8. Our country
9. Joe Hoover – Health
10. Cindy Coakley – Recovery from a fall

Women’s Bible Study: Tonight at the church at 6pm. Don’t forget your books.

Men’s Darts: Thursday at 6:30pm.

Food Fight 2008: If you are going to participate this year I need your starting weight. It would help me if you wrote it down and gave me the paper. Thanks.

FYI: Any time services are cancelled, it will be announced on WTNS.

Guest Speaker: Next Sunday Sheldon Mencer will be with us Sunday morning service.

Riley Chapel Baptist Church in Howard, Ohio is having a Spring Free Day. Here is what they posted: Open to everyone!
 Please bring boxes or bags to take home your items.
 This will be most likely the 2nd and 3rd Wednesdays of March.
 We will post weekly updates on this board. You may also e-mail for more information.
 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/knox_co_allthingsfree/

 
Happy Anniversary: Dave & Renee Corbett on Tuesday
Happy Birthday: Makenna Brown on Friday John Eckelberry on Saturday


A prayer by Minister Joe Wright to open the new session of the Kansas Senate:
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek

your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, "Woe to those who 

call evil good," but that is exactly what we have done. We have lost our

 spiritual

 equilibrium and reversed our values.

 We confess that we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and
called
it Pluralism.
 We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery,

 We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare,

 We have killed our unborn and called it choice,

 We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable,

 We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building

 self-esteem,

 We have abused power and called it politics,

 We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition,

 We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it

 freedom

 of expression,

 We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called 

it

 enlightenment. Search us, Oh, God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin

 and set us free. 

 Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent: to direct us to 

the

 center of Your will and to openly ask these things in the name of Your 
Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen!"



ONE NATION UDER GOD


"If

 you

 don't stand for something, you'll fall for everything."


When the 13 colonies were still part of England, Professor Alexander Tyler, a Scottish historian, wrote about the fall of the Athenian

 democracy

 over 2000 years earlier.  "A democracy can not exist as a permanent form 

of

 government.  It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves money from the public treasury.  From that moment on, the majority

 always vote for the candidates promising them the most money from the

 public

 treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal

 policy followed by a dictatorship. The usual sequence is as follows: 

 From Bondage to Spiritual Faith

 - From Spiritual Faith to Great Courage

 - From Courage  to Liberty

 - From Liberty to Abundance

 - From Abundance  to Selfishness - From Selfishness to Complacency - From Complacency to Apathy

 - From Apathy to Dependency

 - From Dependency back to Bondage"

Prayer Requests:

1. Let’s pray Psalm 19
2. James Green – Needs a new job
3. Josh Mourer – Unspoken
4. Sharhonda Brown - Unspoken

Women’s Bible Study: Tonight at the church at 6pm. Don’t forget your books.

Men’s Darts: Will be starting this Thursday, January 9, at 6:30pm. Gentlemen, this will strengthen your spirit. Please consider coming out for this time of fellowship. Bring a friend. Food will be on a donation basis. Pop will be 50 cents a can.

Secret Sister Revealing: This Tuesday, January 8, at 7pm at Becky Treat’s house. Anyone who was a Secret Sister or who wants to be one please come. Bring a finger food if you’d like.

Food Fight 2007: The winner is Linda Stephens who lost 34.14% of her body weight (71 lbs). Linda won $599. Congratulations, Linda! There are a couple of folks who desire to try again so there will be a 2008 challenge. See Robin if interested.

FYI: Any time services are cancelled, it will be announced on WTNS.


An article in National Geographic several years ago provided an Interesting picture of God's wings. After a forest fire in Yellowstone National Park, forest rangers began their trek up a mountain to assess the inferno's damage. One ranger found a bird literally petrified in ashes, perched statuesquely on the ground at the base of a tree.  Somewhat sickened by the eerie sight, he knocked over the bird with a stick. When he gently struck it, three tiny chicks scurried from under their dead mother's wings. The loving mother, keenly aware of impending disaster, had carried her offspring to the base of the tree and had gathered them under her wings, instinctively knowing that the toxic smoke would rise. She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast. Because she had been willing to die, those under the cover of her wings would live. "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge." (Psalm 91:4) Being loved this much should make a difference in your life.  Remember the One who loves you, and then be different because of it.

Morning by morning he dispenses his justice, and every new day he does not fail, yet the unrighteous know no shame. Zephaniah 3:5


During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. 
I was conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" 
Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. "Absolutely," said the professor. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say "hello". I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy. 



One night, at 11.30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her, generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab. She seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. 
Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away. God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others." Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole. 


In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10 -year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. "How much is an ice cream sundae?" he asked. "Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled is hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. "Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired. By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. "Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied. The little boy again counted his coins. "I'll have the plain ice cream," he said. The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip. 


Riley Chapel Baptist Church in Howard, Ohio is having a Spring Free Day. Here is what they posted: Open to everyone!
 Please bring boxes or bags to take home your items.
 This will be most likely the 2nd and 3rd Wednesdays of March.
 We will post weekly updates on this board. You may also e-mail for more information.
 http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/knox_co_allthingsfree/