Poplar Log Church of Christ
12220 Tompkinsville Rd.
Glasgow, Ky 42141
Announcements
Sunday, August 14, 2022
Door:
Robert Conner
Announcements:
Mike Edwards
Table: Dale Birge
Servers: Nolan
Dubree, Carl Thomas, Chris Warren
Attendance: Blaye Key
Today is
Flower Fund Day. Please see Sherilena to donate.
Thanks
to everyone who helped with donations to those affected by the flood in Eastern
KY. Carroll, Justin, and Dale took the items there on Thursday.
Our fall Gospel Meeting will be September 11th-14th
with Andy Baker.
PRAYER LIST
Alydia Parrish, Gracie Pitcock, Staci Frazier, Chloe Dippel, Jane Baldwin,
Wilma Trobaugh, Sue Turner, Margaret Barrett, Hattie Green, Jeff Richey, Logan
Steenbergen, Kevin Denton, Sandy Lollar, Vivian Fisher, Gina Beth Adams, Bart
Branstetter, Bobby Burgess, Robby Eversole, Pete Parker, Linda Mae Woodcock,
Beverly Watkins, Clarice Strode, Donald Harbison, Amanda Jessie
BIRTHDAYS
Samuel Leeson (18th)
ANNIVERSARIES
Jon & Meredith Myatt (14th)
Josh & Julie
Groce (15th)
ATTENDANCE
Sunday Morning: 98
Sunday Afternoon Singing: 31
Wednesday Night: 34
The Power of One Good Deed
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is one of the
most famous speeches in American history. Many of us have been required in
school to memorize at least parts of those 10 immortal sentences.
The context is remarkable in which this speech was
given. In the autumn following the Battle of Gettysburg, it was decided to
dedicate the ground where the dead had been buried. Organizers of the event
invited Edward Everett, America’s most famous orator, to deliver the address.
When the president said he would come, out of courtesy they offered him an
opportunity to make a few remarks following Everett’s speech.
Everett arrived an hour late and spoke for two
hours. After tremendous applause for Everett, Lincoln stepped forward and
delivered his address in two minutes. There was no applause. Lincoln went to
his grave believing his speech to have been a dismal failure. What a surprising
turn of events! Few are familiar with the words of Everett’s speech while
millions are well-acquainted with the Gettysburg Address.
So, even when we think our lives are insignificant,
it is important to know that we may still be encouraging others by our example.
Who knows how the good we do today may lead to something greater tomorrow? The
Good Samaritan may never have considered how famous his acts of kindness would
become as a practical illustration of what it means to love one’s neighbor.
(Luke 10:30-37)
We do not live the Christian life for praise and
glory. It feels good to be appreciated. But, even when unnoticed, our service
to God should be offered with love and sincerity. God will not forget our “work
of faith and labor of love” (1 Th. 1:3). One act of Christian service, even
unnoticed at the time, may eventually accomplish great good to the glory of
God. Therefore, in the words of Paul, “let us not grow weary of doing".