NEXT MEETING November 25
Fellowship Meal 7 p.m. (EST)
8 p.m. (EST) Worship Service
Jamestown Christian Church
65 South Main Street

Our Speaker: Ethan Smith,
Moreland Christian Church

THANKS
Thanks to Glenview Christian for hosting our October meeting. There were 86 men present from 17 congregations.

SCHEDULED 2025 MEETINGS
January 27—Glendale Christian Church
February 24—Columbia Christian Church
March 24—Egypt Christian Church
If your congregation has a favorite month to host MFC meetings, let our Secretary, Mike Vaught know. You may contact him at mcv1788@gmail.com.

WORKING TOGETHER?
The story is told of two men riding a tandem bicycle up a steep hill. After much effort, they finally made it to the top of the hill. The front rider said, “That was a tough ride.” To which the second rider replied, “Sure was, and if I hadn’t kept the brake on we might have slipped backwards.”

INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES
“Relying on God has to start all over every day, as if nothing has yet been done.”
—C. S. Lewis
“The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.”
–Abraham Lincoln
“The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even heard but must be felt with the heart.” —Helen Keller
“We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” —Chuck Swindoll
“Always, everywhere God is present, and always He seeks to discover Himself to each one.” –A. W. Tozer

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE NOMINEES
Chairman, Trinity Searcy (White Mills)
Vice Chairman, Darrell Horn (Bristow)
Secretary, Mike Vaught (Hiseville)
Treasurer, R. B. Herron II (Campbellsville)
Asst. Treasurer, Allan Courtwright (Campbellsville)
Director, Randy Herron (Campbellsville)
Director, Ralph Gibson (Science Hill)
Director, J. R. Donahue (Rolling Fork)
Director, Bill Miller (Pleasant Valley)
Director. Jimmie Evans (Indian Hills)

THANK GOD—EVERY DAY FOR EVERYTHING
A person never runs out of reasons to say “thanks!” Just the word lifts the spirit! To say, “thanks” is to celebrate a gift. Something. Anything. In Scripture, the idea of giving thanks is not a suggestion or a recommendation; it’s a command. It carries the same weight as “love your neighbor” and “give to the poor.” More than a hundred times, either by imperative or example, the Bible commands us to be thankful. If quantity implies gravity, God takes thanksgiving seriously. Ingratitude is the original sin. Adam and Eve had a million reasons to give thanks. They lived in a perfect world. Then Satan slithered into the garden and just like that, Eden wasn’t enough. Oh, the hissing we hear. “Don’t you want more?” So thank God. Moment by moment. Day by day. Thank him…for everything!—Max Lucado’s Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer.

GIVING THANKS
“I should like to feel that in every American family some place is made for expression of our gratitude to Almighty God and for a frank acknowledgment of our faith that He can supply that additional strength which, for these trying times, is so sorely needed.” –President Dwight D. Eisenhower

THE LITTLE PREACHER
The story is told of the boy who took his cap pistol to church and fired it in the middle of a boring sermon. His father grabbed him by the arm and started to lead him out of the church. An elderly woman whispered to the father, “I hope you are not going to whip that boy. He’s scared the devil out of more people than the preacher has in years.”

SOME OF MY PET PEEVES
*A Bible School Teacher who never stays for the morning worship services.

*The Bible School Teacher who begins the lesson, “Well this is a hard lesson we have today and I didn’t have much time to study my lesson. Have mercy on me.”

*The person who sits next to the aisle and will not move over but makes everyone crowd over him to get into the pew.

THE MINISTER’S PROBLEMS
*If he is young, he lacks experience. If he has five children, he has too many, and if he has none, he is setting a bad example.
*If he uses too many illustrations in his sermons, he neglects the Bible; if not enough, he isn’t very clear.
*If he spends too much time in his study, he neglects visiting his people.
*If he preaches all the time, the people get tired of hearing one man; if he invites guest speakers, he is shirking his responsibility.

A PRAYER FOR MY MINISTER
Let me support him without striving to possess him.
Let me lift his hands without placing shackles around them.
Let me give him help so that he may devote more time to working for the salvation of others and less time in gratifying my vanity.
Let me work for him as the minister of all the members and not compel him to spend precious time bragging about me.
Let me be unselfish in what I do for him and not selfish in demanding that he do more for me.
Let me strive to serve him and the church much and be happy as he serves me less and the church and others more. (Robert S. Kerr)