FAIRVIEW FAMILY NEWS



Kindness Poem

Yvonne Ugarte

Kindness breaks down barriers

With words, a smile, a touch

It links us all together

In a way that says so much

It shows concern for neighbours

For communities and friends

To be there for each other

Is the message kindness sends

Reaching out in friendship

Taking time to show you care

Being the anchor in their storm

When they’re drowning in despair

Kindness is essential

It’s resilient and tough

A global glue to bind us all

With gentleness and love.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

~ Mark Twain

Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

~ Desmond Tutu

Dennis Brown had a MRI and CAT scan ~ he is waiting on the results.

Martha Hall is doing better and is back at Laurel Park ~ when she completes rehab, she will move into Benton Village. Cards can be sent to her home address and her niece will get them to her.

OUR MEMBERS:

Mildred Allaway, Frank Billingsley, Dennis Brown (chronic pain), Dean Bruce (back), Chappy Chapman (cancer/chemo), Wyman Clark, Dianne Free, Martha Hall (rehab), Connie Moon (colon), Vern and Betty Morris (shut-in), Betty Uebele

MILITARY:

Jayland Fowler, Makala Turner

MISSIONS:

Robert Martin ~ Pacific Islands

FRIENDS AND FAMILY:

Ted Brown’s Uncle Leroy (cancer, COPD)

Stephen Cargle (Steve & Wanda’s son)

Joseph Childs (Wanda Brown’s brother)

Vaughn Cosby (Ted Brown’s cousin/leukemia)

Rachael Dalton (Ben Born’s daughter/cancer)

Debbie Decker (cancer)

Jodie Edens (The Samples’ neighbor/aneurism)

Ivan Gonzalez (former member/spasms)

Christy Hall (Martha’s great-niece/cancer)

Eric Lenning (Wyn Miller’s friend/leukemia)

David McFalls (cancer)

Mr. Meeks (Grandson of the Collins’ neighbor)

Elaine Puckett (Wyn Miller’s friend/brain cancer)

Ralph Stanley (Shirley Queen’s brother/hip rehab)

Patty Tumlin (Wanda Cargle’s mom/cancer)

Colossians 3:12-15

Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do, but above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.  And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

September 6, 2020 ~ 35 a.m. ~ $2,920.00

Fairview Church of Christ

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13

September 13, 2020

Minister:

Jerry Whitmire

678-432-4953 Home

678-492-0383 Cell

Church Info:

1048 Swan Lake Rd.

Stockbridge, GA 30281

Phone: 770-474-7107

Fax: 770-506-0136

Email: frvwcoc@

Services:

Sunday

Bible Study . . . . 9:30 a.m.

Worship . . . . . 10:30 a.m.

Worship . . . . . . 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday

Bible Study . . . . 7:00 p.m.

Worship Assignments

September 20, 2020

Announcements/Opening Prayer: [pic]Dennis Brown

Lead Singing: Ted Brown

Lord’s Supper:

David Samples, Jack White,

Jeff Weathers, Bill Queen

Reading: Bill Queen

Prayer: Steve Cargle

Christian Attitude

I am grateful for who God is in my life and for what He’s done. I will not take for granted the people, the opportunities, and the favor He has blessed me with. I will look at what is right and not what is wrong. I will thank Him for what I have and not complain about what I don’t have. I will see each day as a gift from God. My heart will overflow with praise and gratitude for all of His goodness.

Author Unknown

Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself.  Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others. Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus

~ Philippians 2:3-5

The churches of Christ greet you.

Romans 16:16

Be Kind to One Another

Dalton Key

Whoever said, “Pick your friends, but not to pieces,” knew what he was talking about.

Any healthy relationship will thrive in an atmosphere of understanding and mutual forbearance; but continual carping criticism does nothing but destroy. Pettiness and selfishness too often drive deadly spikes into the very heart of otherwise healthy friendships.

The Bible instructs, “Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and evil speaking be put away from you, with all malice. And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you” (Ephesians 4:31, 32).

And again God’s word admonishes, “Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers; be tenderhearted, be courteous, not returning evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary blessing, knowing that you were called to this, that you may inherit a blessing” (1 Peter 3:8, 9)

And still again, “With all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace” (Ephesians 4:2).

In short, we are expected to get along with one another; to be kind and forgiving toward one another; to have genuine compassion for one another; to bear with one another “in love.”

And what is this but the “golden rule” in practice, doing for and loving others as we would have them do for us (Matthew 7:12)? We would have others show kindness to us. We would have them minimize our weaknesses and emphasize and encourage our strengths. Should we not, then, treat others as we would have them treat us?

Too many people are lonely because they have spent a lifetime building walls instead of bridges. And is it any wonder? Nobody enjoys petting a porcupine!

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