Our Sympathy...

My friend and former co-worker, Kim Exum Hancock, passed away early this morning.
Bright Holland Funeral Home will be in charge of her funeral services.
Please keep her husband and little children in your prayers.

This photo was taken July 14th, while they were on vacation.

Weekly Update - 8/4

Randy is on vacation, Jay Spencer brought our lesson today.  He and the elders wanted to give us six things they want us to do as we continue to commit our lives to Christ.

1. Spend time with God. Praying, reading scripture and meditating on his word.
2. Speak of God to others.
3. Be DOERS of the word of God.
4. Reflect Jesus.
5. Live and work in harmony with the body of Christ here at LACOC.
6. Commit to attending worship, bible class, Wednesday night classes, and Life Groups.

OUR SYMPATHY is extended to the Newman family, as they mourn the passing of Jimmy, on Friday afternoon. Please keep Mary Ann, Stephen, Brenda, and their families in your prayers. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM, Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at the Lamar Avenue Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00 to 1:00 prior to service time.

PRAYER REQUESTS

• Peggy Jack - Health
• Charles Richards - Health
• Leston Maggard - Health
• Wanda McFadden - Health
• Carol James - Health
• Debra Gage - Health
• Kim Maxfield - Back issues.
• Ora Henderson - Health
• Jay and Kristi Anthony -  Health
• Hugh Anthony - Health
• Lucy Staley - Health
• Dorothy Pearce - Health
• Peggy Dotson - Health
• Ozella Lilly - Stillhouse
• Janelle Green - Stillhouse
• Johnny Bassett - Stillhouse.
• Peggy Wright - Colonial Lodge
• Dustin Smith, Haley Bulls-Smith's husband, was taken by ambulance to Baylor on Wednesday afternoon, with a severe infection. He is in the Truett Bldg/Room 408.  Please keep him and Haley in prayer as they run tests and diagnose his health issues.
• Cooper Bell, 7-year-old son of Jerimy and Staci Bell of Roxton, was seriously injured in an ATV accident last Saturday evening.  He is in Medical City. He's already had 3 surgeries this week and will need more. They gave him an epidural last night to alleviate pain.  
• Dr. Robert Zimmerman has been diagnosed with bladder cancer.
• Anita Kay Puckett has two brain aneurysms and was CareFlighted to Medical City/Plano.  Doctors are to observe her for 10 days before trying an operation.
• Darlene Tye (Dory McGee's Mom) - Health
• Phillip Cato - Health
• Larry Sprinkle - Health
• Paul McClain - Health. 
• Billy Icenhower is doing better.  
• Lonny Parson, local minister, had an aneurysm a few months ago and has had complications. He's now had both legs amputated. They wil be bringing Lonny home on Tuesday with hospice. As of today, he's been in Medical City/Plano for 182 days.
• The Vanderpools - in Haiti
• The Haiti Mission Team
• Prayers for our military.
• Prayers for our first responders.

• Tanessa Cowan
• Jimmy Faulkner  
• Chris Goggan
• Carl Haggard
• Jackie Helm 
• Laquita Lawrence
• Kim Hancock (This is the second time her cancer has returned.  She's a friend of mine with 4 little children)
• Linda Nichols (Kristi Garrett's Mom)
• Karla Roffee (Dan's Mom)
• Cheryl Sowle Bilby (former member)

HELP WANTED:  Our Latch Key After-School Program has a part-time caregiver position available. If you are interested please contact James Hanley at 903-517-8794.

EMBRACE THE CHANGE: Beginning Sunday, Sept 8th, Worship will be at 9am and classes will be at 10:30am.

PANTRY NEEDS:  Soup with meat - Cereal - Spaghetti noodles - Laundry soap

RAINBOW ROOM ITEMS:  Diapers (Size 2 and 4), Diaper Wipes, Lice Kits

SIMPLE SUPPER:  Taking a break for the Summer!

KEEP THE DATE:

Aug 7:    Blood Drive

Aug 11:  Simple Sandwich Supper

Aug 11:  Youth Game Day

Aug 12:  Monday Movie Night

Aug 13:  Teacher Appreciation Lunch

Aug 14:  Deadline - Life Group sign up

Aug 28:  Churchwide Service Project

Sept 1:    Promotion Sunday

Sept 8:    LACOC 150 Year Celebration

Sept 8:    9am Worship/10:30am Class begins

Sept 15:  Life Groups begin

Love you - MEAN IT!

 

Newman Services

Jimmye D. Newman, of Paris Texas, passed away Friday, August 2, 2019, at 83 years of age. He was born December 22, 1935, in Tyler, Texas the son of the son of Vivian (Bill) Bernard Newman and Opal Rea Collins Newman.  

Jimmye honorably served in the United States Army from 1954 to 1962. He met and later married Mary Ann Carlie, August 22, 1955, in Hugo Oklahoma. Then in 1973, he received two Doctorate Degrees, one in Religious Studies and the other in Psychology. He was also the owner/operator of Newman Real Estate and a member of, NAR, TAR, Paris Board of Realtor, NRA, and TSRA. Serving his Lord and Savior as a minister of the gospel he served at the College Street Church of Christ, Westwood Church of Christ, and more recently he and Mary Ann attended the Lamar Avenue Church of Christ.

He leaves his bride of 63 years, Mary Ann; their son, Stephen and his wife Marisa Newman of Aledo, Texas; and their daughter, Brenda and her husband Ike Jewett of Paris, Texas; his brother, Dean Newman and his wife Jane of Jackson, Missouri; grandchildren, Michelle, Lauren, and Erick; great-grandchildren, Audrey, Elijah, Christian, Caleb, and Noah.

Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM, Tuesday, August 6, 2019, at the Lamar Avenue Church of Christ. Interment will follow at Evergreen Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00 to 1:00 prior to service time.

Update on Dustin Smith 8/3

Haley Bulls Smith posted this update on Dustin:  Well friends, I’m here asking you to pray for my family once again—specifically for healing for Dustin. After a couple weeks of what we thought was a normal illness, he started coughing up quite a bit of blood on Tuesday and we were admitted to the hospital in Paris and then transferred to Baylor on Wednesday. Since then, he has been seen by a lot of different doctors and they are trying to get to the bottom of the cause of all of it and how to fix it. What we do know is that he has an abscess of some form in his mediastinal area (chest by heart and lungs)—they were able to biopsy this today so we will know more once pathology comes back. What we need to know is where it came from/how it got there/what has to be done to fix it for the long term. Please pray for the doctors and nurses that are working with him and for our precious kiddos as well as everyone who is pitching in to help take care of things at home. We covet your prayers and are so thankful for those who have already been praying. So thankful for the hope we have in Jesus and for the community we have through the Body of Christ.

Our Sympathy...

Jimmy Newman passed away this afternoon.
No other details are known at this time.
Please keep his precious Mary Ann and his family in your prayers.

Prayer Requests - 8/2

Cooper Bell will have another surgery is at 1:30 today.  He has been in lots of pain all night and this morning. Please pray today for strength and guidance. (Coop just keeps telling us he wants to go home and he has no idea we will be here for 2 to 3 weeks.)  He has developed sores on his bottom.The bone surgeon will make sure his leg is still set. We will be looking to go back for another surgery Sunday or Monday. If all looks good we might be ready to do a skin graft at this time. Nothing is set in stone, prayers are needed that there is no infection.

Lonny Parson's surgery to amputate his other leg was hard on him, but he is very stable,, They will do their best to keep his pain under control so he can rest well. He was able to have dialysis yesterday, and will have another dialysis treatment today to get more fluid off.  They won’t do more surgery until late next week.  We are praying that after a few days of rest & healing he will start to feel better & heal.

Prayers for Jimmy Newman - 8/1

Rickey McFadden just sent a message:  Jimmy Newman had another stroke last night.  He's at PRMC/ICU #11.  At this time there is no response to any kind of stimuli, including pain.
Please keep the Newman family in your prayers.