A lot going on in and with the Harding Street Church of Christ...

January 25, 2019 – Hello and welcome to you on this beautiful Arkansas Friday!  Sunday (27th) it will be so good to have the opportunity to meet together on the last Lord’s Day in January, the first day of the week.  We will study the Bible together.  Through the study of God’s word our faith grows stronger, our mind becomes sharper, and our confidence in Christ is reaffirmed after a week of life and living.  We will pray together today.  A family that prays together stays together.  We want to stay together and “be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment” (1 Corinthians 1:10).  Today we will sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs together.  We sing because Jesus sung (Matthew 26:30).  Just think about the voice of the Son of God has!  One day we’ll hear it.  We sing like Paul sang; with the spirit and with the understanding (1 Corinthians 14:15).  The church is to “speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:19).  We are to “let the word of Christ dwell in us richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in our hearts to the Lord” (Colossians 3:16).  “Worship” can become and for many has become more about what pleases people rather than what pleases God.  We will share in the Lord’s Supper, the bread representing Jesus’ body, the fruit of the vine representing Jesus’ blood.  We have communion together every Sunday.  In the Bible the church met to “break bread” on the first day of the week (Acts 20:7).  We are continuing steadfastly in the Apostles’ teaching (Acts 2:42).  We will “lay something aside” giving as we have purposed in our hearts, not grudgingly or of necessity, but cheerfully and bountifully for the work of the church (1 Corinthians 16:1, 2 Corinthians 9:6-8).  Let us always worship God in spirit and in truth.

We have a lot going on at Harding Street.  We need every member’s TLC (Tender Loving Care).  We need every member's prayers.  We need every member.

We are updating our “Those to Serve” List - EVERY MEMBER @ HARDING STREET:  Please if you have not yet filled out a “Member Profile Sheet,” please do so before you leave on Sunday.  Copies are located on the table in the lobby.  Just fill it out and place it in the plastic holder on the table.  Our deacons need to know who can serve in the many and varied positions in the service of the church.

Additional Deacons – Last Sunday (20^th) we began the process of appointing additional men to serve as deacons at Harding Street.  David, Tony, and Gary need our help.  We have until next Sunday evening, February 3^rd to make our recommendations to the elders.  The eldership will then meet with those we have recommended and place the names before the congregation on February 10^th.  The church will then have two weeks to review these men and Lord willing, we will appoint additional deacons on Sunday morning, February 24^th.  Copies of the “Deacon Recommendation Sheet” are located on the table in the lobby.  Please recommend as many men as you deem qualified (I Timothy 3:8-13).  Thank you.

Sunday we will complete our lesson series “God’s Power through the Principles of Prayer."  We have looked at the DEMAND that we pray, the DESCRIPTION of prayer, and the DIRECTION of Prayer.  Sunday we will consider the DYNAMIC of prayer, the force that moves the hand of God in our lives. 

COMING SOON: Our new and updated website www.hardingstreetcoc.com. 

IN PROCESS: Renovation of Kitchen in the Annex/Installation of Commercial Dishwasher.