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Court Honors Church - 8/26

Lamar Avenue Church of Christ was recognized by the Lamar County Commissioner's Court last week for its 150th anniversary.
Pictured, front row, from left, are:
Dr. John Cannon, former Lamar Avenue Church of Christ minister; Dr. Randy Johns, current  Lamar Avenue Church of Christ preaching minister; Dr. Kyle Jones, Church Elder; and County Judge Brandon Bell.
Back row: Richard Peace, Church Elder and Commissioners Lonnie Layton, Lawrence Malone, Kevin Anderson and Ronnie Bass.
The anniversary celebration culminates September 8 with services beginning at 9 a.m. at the church, 3535 Lamar Avenue, and a catered luncheon around 12:30 p.m. at Love Civic Center.

Congratulations...

Dan Roffee is proud to announce the arrival of his second grandson Jameson Aurelius Roffee. He weighed in at 8lb 8oz and arrived last night around 10:30 p.m.

Weekly Update - 8/25

Randy's lesson today was "Six Attitudes that Make a Difference".

1.  I will be a functioning LACC member.

2.  I will be a unifying LACC member.

3.  LACC will not be about my preferences.

4.  I will pray for LACC

5.  I will lead my family to be a healthy LACC member.

6.  I will treasure LACC membership as a blessing rather than a burden. 

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Additional Announcements Today:

• Aug 28th:  There will be a hot dog supper at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday night.  Afterwards we will have a clean up night around the church.  There are things that everyone can do.
• There is a donation box in the foyer for anyone that would like to help with purchase of food/meals for Celebration weekend.
• Sept 7:  Hamburger supper and Meet and Greet with former members coming in for the 150th Anniversary.  If you can help with meal prep/clean up please see Derald.
• Sept 7:  Desserts are needed for Meet and Greet.
• Sept 8:  9am Worship begins.
• Clint Spencer announced that there will be no trip to Haiti this year, due to the unrest in the country.  There are many other ways we will be able to help.
  

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WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS to Mr. and Mrs. Matt Duren on their recent marriage.  Proud parents are Todd and Angie Duren.

PRAYER REQUESTS:

• Jean O'Neal left church after class this morning. She had became ill. 
• Cledith Ray had a heart cath this week.  There were no blockages in her heart, but there is a blockage in her carotid artery.
• Ora Henderson is in PRMC.
• Wanda McFadden is in PRMC with pneumonia.
• Bobby Castlebury is in the hospital after falling and some possible kidney/bladder problems.  He has been moved to PRMC/Room 310. 
• Glenn and Joy Barnett are both having neck/back issues. They both had appointments in Tyler last week.Glenn will be having surgery on his vertebra on October 3rd. Joy will be having injections in her neck and physical therapy.
• Karen Cato - Recovering from foot surgery.
• Diane McFadden - Health
• Bobby Salter - Continues to have knee problems, after an accident a few years ago.
• Debra Gage - Health
• Charles Richards - Health
• Leston Maggard - Health
• Jay and Kristi Anthony -  Health
• Ozella Lilly - Stillhouse
• Janelle Green - Stillhouse
• Johnny Bassett - Stillhouse.
• Peggy Wright - Colonial Lodge
• Brad Smith, Robyn Figgins' brother - health
• Kimberly Roberts, a friend of Linda Easton - health
• Debra Metzger will be having a series of brain surgeries.
• Dustin Smith, Haley Bulls-Smith's husband, is having IV antibiotics daily. 
• Cooper Bell, 7-year-old son of Jerimy and Staci Bell of Roxton, continues to recover at home, after a 4 wheeler accident. He will be continuing to see the doctors there in preparation for the skin grafts.
• Anita Kay Puckett has two brain aneurysms. She is in Medical City/Plano. 
• Larry Sprinkle, my son, will be having the dual defibrillator/pacemaker implanted on Sept 3.
• Paul McClain - Health. 
• Billy Icenhower is doing better.  
• The Vanderpools - in Haiti
• Prayers for our military.
• Prayers for our first responders.
• Prayers for students, teachers, and school bus drivers.

• Tanessa Cowan
• Jimmy Faulkner 
• Carl Haggard
• Jackie Helm 
• Laquita Lawrence
• Linda Nichols (Kristi Garrett's Mom)
• Karla Roffee (Dan's Mom)
• Cheryl Sowle Bilby (former member)
• Cherry Walker
• Dr. Robert Zimmerman

MEN'S BREAKFAST:  Please sign up at the Welcome Center if you plan to attend the Men's Breakfast on Sept 3.  David Ballard will be speaking.

LADIES NIGHT OUT:  Sept 14 at 6pm will be the next LNO!  Mark your calendars now!  More information to come. See table just under the Women's Ministry Board for class options and sign up.

WEDNESDAY LADIES BIBLE CLASSES will resume on Sept 4th at 10am.  

There will be a potluck salad luncheon at 11am on this date. Both classes will join together for the meal.

9/8 DON'T BE LATE: Beginning Sunday, Sept 8th, Worship will be at 9am and classes will be at 10:30am.

SIMPLE SUPPER:  Taking a break for the Summer!

KEEP THE DATE:

Aug 28:  Churchwide Service Project

Sept 1:    Promotion Sunday

Sept 3:    Men's Breakfast

Sept 4:    Ladies Bible Class resumes
Sept 7:    Meet/Greet guests who will be coming in for 150 Year Celebration on Sunday

Sept 8:    LACOC 150 Year Celebration

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

Sept 15:  Faithful Readers

Sept 15:  Life Groups begin

Sept 28:  Young @ Heart Event

Love you - MEAN IT!

Roots & Wings

Lamar Avenue Church of Christ, 3535 Lamar Avenue, culminates its 150th-anniversary celebration, “Roots & Wings” on the weekend of Sept. 7-8. The festivities culminate on Sunday, Sept. 8 with a worship service in the church auditorium at 9 a.m. followed by Sunday School Classes taught by former members and ministers of Lamar Avenue.

Dr. Randy Johns, preaching minister at Lamar Avenue, will bring Sunday morning’s message during Worship Service, “You Will Be My Witness” (Acts 1:1-11).

Johns served Lamar Avenue from 1985-92 as the Church’s youth minister and returned to Paris in 2018.

“We certainly welcome our community to join in this milestone of this great historical Church,” said Dr. Kyle Jones, Church Elder.

The day of celebration is open to the community.

Following the Worship Service and Sunday School Classes, members and guests will assemble for a catered luncheon at Love Civic Center begin between 12-12:30 p.m. Following the luncheon, several former ministers will reminisce on their time at the Church interspersed with a proclamation, music by Won Heart, Rock Solid, Kids for Christ and an award-winning Leadership Training for Christ quintet.

The congregation began the celebration in April with an evening service in the Biardstown community at the site of the old Antioch Church of Christ, the location of the first Church of Christ in Lamar County and one of the oldest churches in the early days of Texas statehood. James M. Biard was the first minister for the Paris congregation known as Lamar Avenue Church of Christ.

The purpose of going back to Antioch in Biardstown is to remember this first congregation in Lamar County and contributions it made and the influence it has had in Paris, Northeast Texas and beyond.

Scheduled to teach Sunday School Classes include Dr. Jeff Christian, who served 1999-2002 and is now the preaching minister at the Bearing Drive Church of Christ, Houston, TX; Keith Kilmer, whose late father, Dean Kilmer, served Lamar Avenue from 1988-1998 and Keith is the pulpit minister at the Robinson Avenue Church of Christ, Springdale, AR. The father and son team of Dr. John Cannon (1977-88) now retired and living in Paris, and his son, Patrick Cannon (2003-17), now the preaching minister at Walnut Church of Christ in Texarkana will team-teach a class providing three options.

Jones noted the Sunday School and Worship Service time has “flip-flopped” effective September 8 with Worship assembly beginning at 9 a.m. and Sunday School to follow.

“Few churches can boast this lengthy service in one community and we are grateful for the ministers, leaders and church members who have stood firm for the cause of Christ,” Jones said.

Reservation for the catered luncheon provided by Lamar Avenue may be made by calling 903-785-0387 or by email, lacoc@suddenlinkmail.com.

Deadline is Monday, Aug. 26. There is no charge for the meal.

Prayer Request - 8/22

Glenn and Joy Barnett are both having neck/back issues.
They both had appointments in Tyler last week.
Glenn will be having surgery on his vertebra on October 3rd.
Joy will be having injections in her neck and physical therapy.

Prayer Request 8/21

Wanda McFadden has been taken to PRMC with pneumonia.