CareLine for Wednesday, December 16
Important Announcement:
Upon further consideration, the Walnut Street Shepherds have decided to open worship services to in person participation beginning this coming Sunday, December 20. Sunday in person worship services will be available at 7 am, 9am, and 6pm. Beginning Wednesday, December 23 in person Wednesday devotionals will be available at 7pm. In person assemblies are for worship in the auditorium. No classes resume at this time. As a consideration for others, masks are required unless a medical reason prevents you from doing so. Masks will be available as you enter the building. Just as before virtual services are available at our website (www.wscoc.com) and on our Walnut Street Church of Christ Digital Facebook page. Communion supplies continue to be available from the church office Monday—Friday and Saturday’s from 9 to 11. Our Shepherds continue to stress that this is a temporary decision in response to Covid-19.
We wish to congratulate Larry and Susan Snow on the birth of their grandson, Rivers Hale, who was born December 15. Proud parents are Neil and Beth Hale. Proud brother is Jagger and proud sister is Porter Rose.
We extend our sympathy to Elva Gentry in the loss of her husband, Billy Gentry, who passed away this morning. Funeral arrangements are not known at this time. He was the grandfather of Joseph Wooten and Jonathan Wooten.
We extend our sympathy to Vonita Gray in the loss of her mother, Veleta Pringle, who passed away this morning. A graveside service will be held in Arkansas next week.
We extend our sympathy to Sandy Clinton in the loss of her mother, Patsy Gilmore, who passed away Monday morning. Visitation will be held Thursday from 4-8 PM and Friday from 9 until the time of the funeral service at 11 at Spann Funeral Home.
We extend our sympathy to Lewis Curd in the loss of his wife, Janice Curd, who passed away Friday. As a result of family members dealing with COVID issues, visitation with the Curd family has been cancelled. Also, the funeral service will be limited to family members only. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial donations be made to Walnut Street Church of Christ.
We extend our sympathy to the friends and family of Roger Michael, who passed away Friday evening. There will be no visitation or funeral. Memorial contributions may be made to Healing Hands International.
We extend our sympathy to the family of Roberta Neblett Andrews, (friend of many at Walnut Street) who passed away Saturday. All services will be private.
Prayers have been requested for:
• Darlene Brown, who has been hospitalized at Vanderbilt with an infection
• Terri Thompson, who has tested positive for COVID
• Ray Myatt, who has returned home from the hospital
• Barbara Beasley, who received good news from a biopsy
• Tommy Shelton, (father of Natasha Spicer and grandfather of Lennon Spicer) who is in the COVID ICU at St. Thomas
• Shay and Keely Sims, (daughter and granddaughter of Jerry and Linda Overbey) who are recovering from surgery and experiencing a lot of pain
Other Announcements:
Due to some major relocation of phone and internet wiring in the church office there may be some outages with our phone system throughout the week. We apologize for this event and the inconvenience that you may experience due to the outage.
2020 has been a challenging year! Have you struggled with fear, or know someone who has? What is the biblical basis of integrating fear into our faith? Beginning Wednesday, December 16th at 7pm, Steve Moore will be hosting a Zoom class on “Faith, Fear, and Risk.” This will be a participatory study with Bible reading assignments. If interested,
e-mail skmoore63@comcast.net and put “I’m in” in the subject line; you will receive a link to the study in the next day or so. The first assignment before class is to read the story of King Jehoshaphat in 2 Chronicles 17-20, with a special emphasis on the events of Chapter 20.
If you purchased a poinsettia and would like to pick it up, or would like a 2021 Devotional Book, please call the church office when you arrive at the building and we will bring it out to you.
The Counseling Center has several openings on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning at 8 AM. This service is free for members and family. If you wish to have on-line counseling, call 615-975-2395. We keep all clients confidential.
December’s item for the Golden Deeds Ministry is combs or brushes. This item will be added to the backpacks for the homeless in our community. There is a collection bin in the Gathering Room.
During these days, many of our people are relying on technology, some more than usual. If you need tech support with your tablet, smartphone, laptop, or smart-TV, please email us your question at: askwalnutstreet@wscoc.com. We will do our best to respond personally to your question and help offer support in some way.
Reading for today: Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time, 7 for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle—I am speaking the truth in Christ and not lying—a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. 1 Timothy 2:1-8 (His Life Devotional Book page 298)
Today’s Birthdays: Dylan Hungerford, Eric Peeler
Today’s Anniversaries: Jim and Lynette Carlucci, Henry and Lisa Perkins, Peter and Susan Steidl
