SON LIGHT
UNIVERSITY CHURCH OF CHRIST
Vol. 34, No. 24
June 12, 2008
Murray, Kentucky
Summer Series 2008
Beginning this
Wednesday
June 18 at 7:00
p.m.
Week One: “Mission to Indonesia”
John Murdock &
Wayne Horton
In January of this year, John and Wayne flew to
Indonesia together to visit with and survey the mission work we support through
Joseph and Shirly Rikumahu. Wayne
returned home after two weeks, but John remained in Indonesia for a month. Upon return, both excitedly reported on their
visit with Joseph and Shirly, the new churches that have been planted on the
island of Sulawesi and the devastation of the mudslides on Java. They have been anxiously awaiting an
opportunity to share pictures and a full report with the entire church here.
College & Adult
Classes in the auditorium.
Full Summer Series
schedule available on Information tables.
This Sunday is Father’s Day
Father–In Any Language
This was translated from a
Dutch magazine. It shows that families
are pretty much the same the world over.
4
YEARS: My Daddy can do anything.
7
YEARS: My Dad knows a lot…a whole lot.
8
YEARS: My father doesn’t know quite
everything.
12
YEARS: Oh, well, naturally Father
doesn’t know that either.
14
YEARS: Father? Hopelessly old-fashioned!
21
YEARS: Oh, that man is out of date; what
did you expect?
25
YEARS: He knows a little bit about it,
but not much.
30
YEARS: Must find out what Dad thinks
about it.
35
YEARS: A little patience; let’s get
Dad’s meaning first.
50
YEARS: What would Dad have thought about
that?
60
YEARS: My Dad knew literally everything.
65
YEARS: I wish I could talk it over with
Dad once more.
Be
with us this Sunday morning as Charley discusses the father of the prodigal son
as a model for fathers today (Luke 15).
Charley’s Campus Comments
This coming Sunday night a group of our UCSC students are going out to the Cuba Church of Christ for their evening services. The folks at Cuba have graciously given us the opportunity to conduct their evening services. Andrew Jones, who is from Cuba, will be leading worship. I will share some comments about the UCSC ministry and Jonathan Lewis will close the service with a short devotional thought. Afterwards, we’ve been invited to join some of their youth at the home of a member for food and another devotional. We are very thankful for this opportunity and look forward to meeting some future MSU students.
Later this summer, on Sunday July 13th, a group will visit the Pottsville Church of Christ in Graves County, where Carl Hardy, a UCSC alumnus, preaches. Vernon Gantt will be speaking at their morning service and hopefully a good group of our students will be able to attend as well.
We continue to meet this summer on Tuesday nights at the UCSC. We meet at 6:30 for dinner, and we follow that with a fun activity. If you know of any college students or college age young people who would like to join us, please encourage them to do so. We welcome their participation. This coming Tuesday night we’ll be at the MSU Wellness Center playing Wallyball.
It’s also Summer Orientation, so we will be looking to meet some new students. Come join us! If you are able to help MSU with cookies for Summer Orientation, please sign sheet on library window.
Youth and Family News
Vacation
Bible School sign up sheets are on the library window. Our Vacation Bible
School theme this year will be "The
Lord's Army". The dates are July 21-25 with the 25th being
a family cookout and game night. Please pre-register your children and any friends you think may be
interested in attending! All children from babies through (going into) 6th
grade will need to register. Vacation Bible School will be nightly from 6:30 –
8:00 on these dates. Parents and VBS teachers, please use the sheets on the
library window to register and order
T-Shirts. LAST day to register will be
Sunday, July 6.
Some
of the things coming up in June:
·
Impact Jr. - June
13th-16th
·
Impact Sr. - June
16th-June 21st
·
A.W.O.L. - June
23rd-June 27th
·
WKYC Camp – July 13th
-July 18th
·
VBS – July
21st–July 25th
The Summer Youth Series dates sponsored by
area churches of Christ are as followed:
· June 17 New Concord
· June 24 Central (Paducah)
· July 1 Hardin
· July 8 Walnut Grove
· July 15 Benton
· July 29 Area-Wide Meeting (Graves County Gym)
We also have Life
Groups and UniversitYouth evening
services to remember. Please get a June and July calendar from the bulletin
board beside my office door.
Have a blessed week! Roy
Remember in Prayer
Wayne Williams MCCH Critical Care, Megan Colson (daughter of Kennie and Carolyn Colson) home
from the hospital; Gaydara Doran (daughter
of Richard and Sue Smith) back in hospital at Nashville; Wayne Johnston is waiting to have back surgery July 1 in Paducah; Evelyn Johnston is not feeling well; Odell Donelson (mother of Evelyn
Johnston) home from the hospital; Roszella
Williams at Spring Creek; Tom Yates
home from the hospital; Brad Pritchett
undergoing pain management therapy in Memphis.
Continuing Prayer List: Liz Brown, Webb Caldwell, Jerry Callahan (Kaye
Marasco’s son-in-law), Winford Claiborne, Laura Nell Cochran, Earleen Doran,
Jane Garland, Gail Harris, Mildred Hodge, Wayne Johnston, Cecil Like, Bobby
Morris (brother of Ann Brooks), Myra Nanny, Steve Nanny, Dorys Norsworthy, Rocky
Shapla, Casey Smithson (Judy Overbey’s friend), Larue Spann, Melba Suiter, Tom
Travis (Kay’s father-in-law), Bernice Wallin.
Nursing Homes: Fern Terrace:
Marguerite Morgan (#2), Wayne Williams (#31). Spring Creek Health
Care: Paul Bailey (413), Jack Boaz (316), Alice Like (401A), Harry
Sledd (119A), Gerald Waldrop (413A), Roszella Williams (407A): Morningside Assisted Living:
Stilline Green (Sharon Youngblood’s mother).
Military: Matthew Chrisman (Cindy Veach’s nephew), Taylor
Houston (JoAnn Coy’s nephew), Mark West (Tonda Thomas’ son).
Missionaries: Marie Dutton (Brazil)
Antonio
Garcia and Family (Mexico)
Joseph
and Shirley Rikumahu (Indonesia)
Reminder 
See sign up sheets
on the library window for: cookies for Murray State University Summer “O”,
Vacation Bible School, and Listening Lab. Sign up if you can.
Placed Membership
We are pleased to announce that Gaynell Pritchett (mother of Brad Pritchett) met with the elders
and requested to be identified with the University church. She was introduced
as a new member last Sunday.
Gaynell Pritchett
167 Wadesboro Road
Dexter, KY
42036
Area Meetings
Union Hill Church of Christ in Marshall County,
Vacation Bible School. Sunday, June 15 at 6 p.m. June 16-18
at 7 p.m.
Coldwater Church of Christ in Calloway County, Vacation Bible
School. Saturday, June 21st at 9:00a.m.-3 p.m.
See Family News bulletin board for details.
June 8 – Stats
Bible Classes — 201
A.M. Worship – 249
Evening – 35 Life Groups – 159
Contribution - $8232.
Life Groups
I understand many will be busy
for the summer and gone on vacations, but I will still need to have a report of
ones that do meet each week.
Thank You,
Jan
IN DADDY’S STEPS
I watched him playing around my door,
My neighbor’s little boy of four.
I wondered why a child would choose
To wear his dad’s old worn-out shoes
I saw him try with all his might
To make the laces snug and tight.
I smiled to see him walk, and then
He’d only step right out again.
I heard him say his voice so glad,
“I want to be just like my dad.”
I hope his dad his steps would choose
Safe for his son to wear his shoes.
And then a shout and cry of joy,
A “Hello Dad” and a “Hi-yu, boy!”
They walked along in measured stride
Each face aglow with love and pride.
“What have you done today, my lad?”
“I tried to wear your old shoes, Dad,
They’re big, but when I am a man
I’ll wear your shoes, I know I can.”
They
stopped & stood there hand in hand
He saw his son’s tracks in the sand,
His word—a prayer—came back to me,
Lord, let my steps lead him to thee.”
—Author Unknown
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Christ
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