We had a great Sunday last week! Our elders presented the 2011 budget to the church. I hope you will consider increasing your weekly offering as much as you can so that we can accomplish everything the Lord has in store for us in 2011.

It is great to see that we are now involved in three new mission efforts: Watertown, South Dakota (Eddie Ridgell) and Melbourne, Australia (Patrick Swayne) in addition to all the other great mission efforts that we support.

Locally, we will begin a Sunday afternoon service at Lexington Gardens Retirement Center next Sunday, February 6th at 2:30 p.m. Brother Bob Ford has arranged for us to come to his retirement center to preach and teach the gospel of Christ every first Sunday in the month. He and I are both very excited about sharing the pure and simply gospel with those who may have never heard it before. If you would like to join us for this service, please do.

These are busy times for us at St. Andrews Road. Remember that we are hosting all the following great events:
South Carolina Statewide Bible Bowl – Saturday, February 26, 2011
Gospel Meeting with Caleb Campbell – March 6-9, 2011
67 Annual Carolina Lectureships – April 3-6, 2011
Annual Ladies Day with Mimi Tate – Saturday, April 30, 2011

We concluded our series “Get Involved” this past Sunday with a lesson about the Good Samaritan. He got involved regardless of race or any other prejudice. Every person is precious in the sight of our heavenly Father. He got involved regardless of space. It didn’t matter where the man who had fallen among thieves was from, near or far away. He got involved regardless of character. The deciding factor in helping this man was that he was in need. That was the only thing that mattered. May we learn from Jesus’ parable that we must love and serve others because we are the good neighbor!

This Sunday morning our lesson series is entitled “Winning and Losing – Lessons on Soul Winning.” Jesus mission statement can be found in several places in the Scriptures. One place is Matthew 17:11: “For the Son of Man has come to seek and save that which was lost.” It is our mission to bring people, all people, regardless of race, space, or character to Jesus. Many times we are our own worst enemy when it comes to evangelism. In this series we will consider eight words that can make or break our mission to bring the lost to Christ.
Lesson 1: Sanctification (Are we different?) or Hypocrisy (Are we the same?)
Lesson 2: Hope (Are we alive?) or Hopelessness (Are we dead?)
Lesson 3: Meekness (Do we tell the truth in love?) or Harshness (Are we mean?)
Lesson 4: Fear (Are we kind?) or Haughtiness (Are we “holier than thou?”)

This Sunday evening we will conclude our series “Faith: Tempted and Tried” with lesson #5: BE REBORN.

Can you believe that January is almost history? My, my, how time flies. How are you doing on those New Year’s Resolutions? Are you reading, believing, obeying, sharing, and living God’s word in your daily life? We can do it!

67th Annual Carolina Lectureships
St. Andrews Road Church of Christ
Sunday through Wednesday - April 3 – 6, 2011
9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Theme: “What it means to Preach the Cross of Christ”
Key Note Speaker: Winford Claiborne of Fayetteville, Tennessee