We are sorry to announce the death of Lucille Holcomb who passed Monday morning about 3:00 AM. The visitation will be Wednesday, April11, 2012 from 5:00 – 7:00 PM at Elmwood Chapel.  The graveside services will be at 11:00 on Thursday.  Meet at the chapel at 10:45 AM to go in procession to the graveside service.

“For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Eph. 2:10
In the very beginning of time, God set into motion a necessary redemptive plan of salvation for all of man in order to once and for all redeem man that we may dwell with him in the far reaches of the heavenly realms giving him praise and honor among the angels for all of eternity. This plan, being made essential for the reconciliation of our corrupt world to the Father, has been revealed to us by Him through his law, his prophets, and his Son: through his law because it condemns us of an unrighteousness that can only be made right through the atoning sacrifice of Christ Jesus, through his prophets because they spoke of the salvation that could only be attained through the coming messiah long before the birth of Jesus, and through his Son because he not only lived according to the law and the prophets, but he carried out a life of obedience to the Father in his ministry, his death, and his resurrection as he offered himself “as a ransom for many.” Upon receiving this message of reconciliation, we as members of the body of Christ become a part of his redemptive plan of salvation. Our calling is to then become Christ’s ambassadors (2Cor. 5) charged with making disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything that Christ has commanded us (Matthew 28).
Now, when you bring together a multitude of people who have all taken part in this redemptive plan and have received the grace of God through faith, you give this fellowship of believers a term; church. Church isn’t just a place where people go to sing or hear some guy in a suit holler about a guy named Jesus (both of which are important), church is a living organism where each member is a functioning part of its body and where Christ is head. These things we know, but let me also remind you that it is a place of Christian love. “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” 1John 4:8. The Palisades Church has shown me nothing but love, encouragement, fellowship, and family. Thank you for answering the call these past years as God has called this church to richly bless my walk. You have been responsible for my spiritual growth and without a doubt have challenged me to become a man of God. This scripture is my prayer for you…
For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God. Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:14-21.
-Nick Fowler

Next week, Brandon Edwards will be here to be considered for the
position of minister at Palisades. Brandon, his wife, Kristin, and their
daughter, Charlotte Kimberly, live in Helena, AL. He has experience as a
missionary to Wuhan, China and to Catania, Sicily, Italy. He was also a
Youth Minister in Savannah, TN and at Riverchase. He received his BS in
Missions from Freed-Hardeman University in 2005. Although he is fluent
in Italian and English, he is currently learning Spanish. Having spent
many years in Europe, he has an avid interest in and continues to play
soccer. Please be with us next Sunday to welcome the Edwards family
and visit with them.

We plan to make a total of 60 bags for boys and girls age 2 – 4. I was told this age usually get less than any other age. These bags will be carried to a remote area of Panama that is sometime forgotten. The bag is small, but we can put lots of small items in them if we pack them carefully. The items must be small enough to fit in the bag. The shipping for each bag is $1.00. If you want to donate $15.00 for the shipping and items to fill the bag, then we will purchase all items at one time and have a work day to fill the bags. If you would like to buy items your self that will be fine also and then give the money for shipping. Make your check to the Palisades church of Christ and put Panama Mission on it or you can give money or check to Elsie or Nell.
This is a list of items we can use:
Boys: Small toys or stuffed animals, comb, small notepad, small ball, unsharpened pencils, crayons, wrapped hard candy and small flip flops.
Girls: Same as boys add hair accessories. We have already been given toothbrush and toothpaste, and hotel size shampoo, enough to put in each bag.
We hope to have our bags ready to deliver to Montgomery by mid September for delivery by Christmas.
Thank you for your help
Elsie Phifer

Pot=luck Lunches will start on Sunday, September 11, 2011. The Pot-luck Lunches are held on the Second Sunday of most months from September to May. Sometimes the dates may be different in November and December because of holidays.

Hope to see you there.