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T HE MA N C HESTER C H URC H OF C HRIST, MA N C HESTER, N H                                               Feb 11, 2 0 0 9




   THE BULLETIN
 A Life Well Lived                                                                       Manchester Church of Christ
                                                                                                  66 Mammoth Rd.
                                                                                               Manchester, NH 03109
                                             Here was a Christian business man who                     603.623.5559
                                             started at the Elliot Hospital lab at the          mht_church@comcast.net
                                             bottom and worked his way to being chief
                                                                                                     www.mhtcoc.org
                                             medical technologist, who treated his
                                             employees fairly and expected a high
                                             standard of them (especially if you were a          Elder’s Link: February
                                             Christian). Here was a servant of the
                                             church: serving as an elder, a songleader,   Duane Coss – drcoss@verizon.net
                                             an occasional speaker and teacher, an                      424-9152
                                             encourager, a home of hospitality, and a
                                             friend. Here was a young man from            Barry Fogal – bfogal@comcast.net
                                             Maine who after graduating from David                      487-2387
                                             Lipscomb University didn’t stay in the
                                             south; but moved back with his southern
                                             wife to the mission field of New England,      If you have any concerns that the
          This week, of course, the church   where he made significant contributions       elders should be aware of, or need
in Manchester (and New England — and         at the local congregational level as well as     to speak to with them, please
the world) lost one of its strongest, most   to the region generally through service to      contact Lee or Larry this month.
active, long time members, Clyde             Gander Brook and short term work with
Daggett, to that great appointment that
                                                                                                 Our Worship Services
                                             many small congregations. And his
we all face, death. On the one hand, the                                                         Sunday AM: 8:30 & 11:00
                                             missionary activity wasn’t confined just
news is sad, because we’ll miss our          to New England; here’s a missionary who                Bible Class: 10:00
brother. On the other hand, this news is     didn’t let the retirement years get whiled
happy; it represents a victory — the                                                                 Sunday PM: 6:00
                                             away in trivial pursuits, but spent 10
ultimate victory — for our brother Clyde     years putting his medical technology                     Small Groups:
through Jesus Christ our Lord.               knowledge to good use in medical              West Side Small Group: 6:15PM at
                                             missions in Guyana (South America) and                     Doug Paul’s
          But beyond the victory, here is    Cambodia (Southeast Asia) while
an important example available for all of    encouraging others to join him.               Merrimack Small Group: 6:00PM at
us of a life well lived. Here was a                                                                  Stuart Peacock’s
consummate Christian family man: a                      Life is not about mere survival;  Nashua Small Group: 6:00PM at Paul
loving, faithful husband; a father who       it is not about living the high life; it is               Mosier's
raised his children in the nurture and       about living well, making your life
admonition of the Lord — with a                                                            Wednesday PM Devotional/Bible
                                             meaningful. Clyde Daggett’s life was a life
generous helping of fun; an adoring                                                                 Classes: 7:00
                                             well lived and he leaves a legacy of many
grandfather (who always announced the        good examples to be followed.               News Items? Please submit before
birth of his grandchildren by saying,                                                    11AM each Tuesday.
“Another perfect child has been born.”).

          Anxiety, trouble, worry --- sleep                                            Sunday evening is the third Sunday of
robbers, energy sappers, health breakers,                                    the month, and therefore, we'll have no services
productivity distractions. We're all well aware of                           at the church building. Instead, you are
the effect these things have on us, and in times                             encouraged to meet with a small group. If you
like the present --- terrorism, economy, and                                 have any questions about where you could meet,
health concerns to name only a few --- and the                               see the side-bar of this bulletin. You'll find a
normal challenges of every day life --- marriage,                            great opportunity for fellowship and deeper
children, job --- we have plenty of experience                               study.
with them. This Sunday morning let's study
about the Lord's solution for worry.


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T HE MA N C HESTER C H URC H OF C HRIST, MA N C HESTER, N H                                               Feb 11, 2 0 0 9

                                                              “So then you are no longer strangers and

Our Family
                                                              aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the
                                                              saints, and are of God’s household,”
                                                              Ephesians 2:19, NAS95.

Coming up in February...                              p.m. , followed by a                 Sunday, February 15th. There
                                                      luncheon and fellowship.             is a box in the foyer or you
Teens There will be a devotional
                                  Pantry revival The church has                            may give them to anyone of
   here at the building on Friday
                                      been without a functional                            the committee members.
   at 6pm. We will be ordering
                                      pantry for a while now, but
   pizza and working on our                                           Housing needed A group of
                                      Cecilia Skerry and Missy
   skits for Conway. Girls bring                                        highly motivated, mission
                                      Duer are taking it on as a
   drinks and guys bring snacks.                                        minded young people from
                                      ministry and with the elders'
                                      and deacons' oversight are        Harding will be traveling
We will be hosting a Life Line
                                      now calling for donations for     around the northeast during
   Screening here on Saturday,
                                      our pantry. Please bring your     their spring break, probably
   February 21st. Their mission
                                      non-perishable food items to      beginning March 6th.
   is to make people aware of                                           Somewhere along the line
   undetected health problems         the church foyer.
                                                                        they will need housing in
   and encourage them to seek     This and that...                      Manchester. Would you
   follow-up care with their                                            consider offering your
   personal physician. There is a Attention ladies...The Biddeford      hospitality?
   phone number listed to call        church of Christ is inviting us
   and register.                      to join them for a ladies day
                                      on March 28th beginning at
What else?                            9a.m. Grace Durgin, a              Wednesday Night Dinner
                                      member in Augusta, will be
Arrangements for Clyde will be
                                      speaking about “The Worthy         pumpkin and black bean
   as follows: Callings hours are
                                      Woman”. See the flyer on the
   2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday,
                                      foyer bulletin board for more
                                                                                    soup
   February 12th, at the                                                 pasta with pumpkin and
                                      details.
   Lambert Funeral Home &                                                         sausage
   Crematory, 1799 Elm St.        Building survey Please                            salad
A memorial service will be held       remember to fill out your                    bread
   here at the building on            new building survey and           pumpkin cheesecake pie
   Friday, February 13th at 12:00     return it by this coming

                                                                                                 Prayer Concerns
                                  Worship Leaders                                        Health: Doreen Lee, Pat Arel, Bill
                                                                                         Waisnor, Rosemary Landry, Clyde
Sunday, February 15, 8:30AM                     Scripture .....................Rick G.   Daggett, Dawn & Kassidy Law, Deniza
Songs .........................Mark E.          Lord’s Supper .............Earl M.       Chase’s niece, Marge Simon, Penny
Prayers ....................Brandon H. &        Coordinator ................Rick G.      Ranger, Manley Jones, Michael
                             Duane C.                                                    Anderson's brother, Diane
Scripture ....................Mark C.           Sunday, February 15, 6:00PM              Bridgewater
Lord’s Supper ...........Ken B.                 No evening services                      Leadership: Ministers, Elders,
Coordinator ...............Doug P.                                                       Deacons
                                                Wednesday, February 18, 7:00PM           Evangelism: Bible studies in
Sunday, February 15, 11:00AM                    Songs..........................Mark E.   progress, our website, MNFM
Songs ........................Gary D.                                                    Return to the Lord: Brethren who
Prayers ....................Gerry M. & Lee D.                                            have forsaken the assembly




                                                                                                                  PAGE 2
T HE MA N C HESTER C H URC H OF C HRIST, MA N C HESTER, N H                                    Feb 11, 2 0 0 9



                      All the Smart People                                   by Ky l e B u t t , M.A.
         Even though any person        Sir Isaac Newton                     With names such as Kepler,
who has ever dealt with logic          ~Calculus; reflecting telescope;     Newton, and Pasteur on the side of
understands that a groundless          dynamics; law of gravity             creation, it is a marvel that anyone
appeal to authority or “those on the   Louis Pasteur                        would suggest that “all smart
bandwagon” carries no legitimate       ~Bacteriology; law of biogenesis;    people” believe in evolution. On the
weight; it does not change the fact    vaccination and immunization         contrary, a host of credentialed
that at the popular level, many        Joseph Lister                        thinkers, past and present, have
individuals have been persuaded to     ~Antiseptic surgery                  held firmly to, and continue to
believe false ideas based on the       Michael Faraday                      believe in, the statement: “In the
argument that “the authorities”        ~Electric generator                  beginning God….” (For a more
believe a certain way, or that “most   Robert Boyle                         exhaustive list, see Gish, pp. 13-15
people” believe something. Such is     ~Chemistry                           and Huse, pp. 157-162.)
the case with the hypothesis of        Johannes Kepler
evolution. Richard Dawkins once        ~Celestial mechanics                          This discussion is in no way
stated: “It is absolutely safe to say  Wernher von Braun                    intended to sway anyone to believe
that if you meet somebody who          ~Space program; NASA (for list see in creation based on the views held
claims not to believe in evolution,    Huse, 1997, pp, 159,184-185)         by the “smart people” mentioned
that person is ignorant, stupid, or                                         above. It is intended to report the
insane (or wicked, but I’d rather              Added to this list could be  truth that many intelligent thinkers
not consider that)” (1989, p. 7). The  hundreds of names of                 have found “holes” in the
implied argument in Dawkins’           contemporary scientists such as Dr. hypothesis of evolution. Truly
statement is that smart, sane,         John Baumgardner, whose theory       smart people do away with any
knowledgeable, and noble people        on plate tectonics was reported in   faulty appeals to authority, and
believe in evolution. In fact, one of  Nature. Dr. Raymond Jones was        simply look at the evidence.
the most powerful arguments used       described as one of the top
by evolutionists to convince the       scientists in Australia. Dr. Brian   REFERENCES
populace of evolution’s alleged        Stone has received numerous
truthfulness is the false idea that    awards in his engineering field.     Dawkins, Richard (1989), “Book
“all smart people believe in           Raymond Damadian invented MRI Review” (of Donald Johanson and
evolution,” or that “all scientists”   [magnetic resonance imaging]         Maitland Edey’s Blueprint), The
believe in evolution.                  (Sarfati, 1999, pp. 26-27). Dr. A.E. New York Times, section 7, p. 34.
                                       Wilder-Smith held three earned       April 9.
To set the record straight, it should doctorates from three European
be noted that such a notion is false universities. Dr. Melvin A. Cook       Gish, Duane T. (1995), Evolution:
in every sense of the word. From       won the 1968 E.G. Murphee Award The Fossils Still Say No! (El Cajon,
ages past to the present, literally    in Industrial and Engineering        CA: Institute for Creation
thousands of brilliant minds have      Chemistry from the American          Research).
recognized the falsity of organic      Chemical Society. Dmitri
evolution, and have embraced the       Kouznetsov, M.D, Ph.D., D.Sc., won Huse, Scott M. (1997), The Collapse
truth that this Universe was created the Komsomol Lenin Prize in 1983, of Evolution (Grand Rapids, MI:
by a divine Designer. The following distinguishing himself as one of the Baker), third edition.
litany is but a scratch on the surface two most promising scientists in
of names that would fall into this     Russia at the time (Gish, 1995, pp. Sarfati, Jonathan (1999), Refuting
category.                              13-14).                              Evolution (Green Forest, AR:
                                                                            Master Books).
Lord William Kelvin                            While creationists may be
~Absolute temperature scale; study in the minority when it comes to         Copyright © 2003 Apologetics
of thermodynamics; transatlantic       the sciences, they certainly are     Press, Inc. All rights reserved.
cable                                  leaving a most impressive mark.      http://www.apologeticspress.org/a
                                                                            rticles/1813


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T HE MA N C HESTER C H URC H OF C HRIST, MA N C HESTER, N H                                          Feb 11, 2 0 0 9

                                          Our Congregational Calendar
     Sunday             Monday            Tuesday      Wednesday           Thursday         Friday           Saturday
8                 9                  10              11               12              13                14
                                                      Bible class 7PM
                         Happy                                        Happy Birthday:
                       Birthday:                                        Jack Scarlett
                       Jewell Tait



15                16                 17              18               19               20               21
                                                      Bible class 7PM
Happy Birthday:                      Happy Birthday:                                                    Happy Birthday:
Linda McCarthy                           Bradley     Happy Birthday:                                    Brandon Hombs
                                       Chandler &    Jason Therrien
                                     Klaryssa Ortega



                        Te e n N e w s                                                Yo u n g A d u l t s
     •   A devotional will be held here at the                     •   Come join us for Bible class on Sunday
         building at 6pm on February 13th. We will                     morning!
         be ordering pizza and working on our
         Conway skits. Girls bring drinks and guys
         bring snacks




                                                    Our Statistics
               Sunday Morning Worship (combined)
                  Contribution                                                $3,599.19




T he Ma n c h es te r c h u r c h o f C h r is t
66 M a m m o t h R d.
M a n c h e s t e r , N H 03109




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  • 1. T HE MA N C HESTER C H URC H OF C HRIST, MA N C HESTER, N H Feb 11, 2 0 0 9 THE BULLETIN A Life Well Lived Manchester Church of Christ 66 Mammoth Rd. Manchester, NH 03109 Here was a Christian business man who 603.623.5559 started at the Elliot Hospital lab at the mht_church@comcast.net bottom and worked his way to being chief www.mhtcoc.org medical technologist, who treated his employees fairly and expected a high standard of them (especially if you were a Elder’s Link: February Christian). Here was a servant of the church: serving as an elder, a songleader, Duane Coss – drcoss@verizon.net an occasional speaker and teacher, an 424-9152 encourager, a home of hospitality, and a friend. Here was a young man from Barry Fogal – bfogal@comcast.net Maine who after graduating from David 487-2387 Lipscomb University didn’t stay in the south; but moved back with his southern wife to the mission field of New England, If you have any concerns that the This week, of course, the church where he made significant contributions elders should be aware of, or need in Manchester (and New England — and at the local congregational level as well as to speak to with them, please the world) lost one of its strongest, most to the region generally through service to contact Lee or Larry this month. active, long time members, Clyde Gander Brook and short term work with Daggett, to that great appointment that Our Worship Services many small congregations. And his we all face, death. On the one hand, the Sunday AM: 8:30 & 11:00 missionary activity wasn’t confined just news is sad, because we’ll miss our to New England; here’s a missionary who Bible Class: 10:00 brother. On the other hand, this news is didn’t let the retirement years get whiled happy; it represents a victory — the Sunday PM: 6:00 away in trivial pursuits, but spent 10 ultimate victory — for our brother Clyde years putting his medical technology Small Groups: through Jesus Christ our Lord. knowledge to good use in medical West Side Small Group: 6:15PM at missions in Guyana (South America) and Doug Paul’s But beyond the victory, here is Cambodia (Southeast Asia) while an important example available for all of encouraging others to join him. Merrimack Small Group: 6:00PM at us of a life well lived. Here was a Stuart Peacock’s consummate Christian family man: a Life is not about mere survival; Nashua Small Group: 6:00PM at Paul loving, faithful husband; a father who it is not about living the high life; it is Mosier's raised his children in the nurture and about living well, making your life admonition of the Lord — with a Wednesday PM Devotional/Bible meaningful. Clyde Daggett’s life was a life generous helping of fun; an adoring Classes: 7:00 well lived and he leaves a legacy of many grandfather (who always announced the good examples to be followed. News Items? Please submit before birth of his grandchildren by saying, 11AM each Tuesday. “Another perfect child has been born.”). Anxiety, trouble, worry --- sleep Sunday evening is the third Sunday of robbers, energy sappers, health breakers, the month, and therefore, we'll have no services productivity distractions. We're all well aware of at the church building. Instead, you are the effect these things have on us, and in times encouraged to meet with a small group. If you like the present --- terrorism, economy, and have any questions about where you could meet, health concerns to name only a few --- and the see the side-bar of this bulletin. You'll find a normal challenges of every day life --- marriage, great opportunity for fellowship and deeper children, job --- we have plenty of experience study. with them. This Sunday morning let's study about the Lord's solution for worry. PAGE 1
  • 2. T HE MA N C HESTER C H URC H OF C HRIST, MA N C HESTER, N H Feb 11, 2 0 0 9 “So then you are no longer strangers and Our Family aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household,” Ephesians 2:19, NAS95. Coming up in February... p.m. , followed by a Sunday, February 15th. There luncheon and fellowship. is a box in the foyer or you Teens There will be a devotional Pantry revival The church has may give them to anyone of here at the building on Friday been without a functional the committee members. at 6pm. We will be ordering pantry for a while now, but pizza and working on our Housing needed A group of Cecilia Skerry and Missy skits for Conway. Girls bring highly motivated, mission Duer are taking it on as a drinks and guys bring snacks. minded young people from ministry and with the elders' and deacons' oversight are Harding will be traveling We will be hosting a Life Line now calling for donations for around the northeast during Screening here on Saturday, our pantry. Please bring your their spring break, probably February 21st. Their mission non-perishable food items to beginning March 6th. is to make people aware of Somewhere along the line undetected health problems the church foyer. they will need housing in and encourage them to seek This and that... Manchester. Would you follow-up care with their consider offering your personal physician. There is a Attention ladies...The Biddeford hospitality? phone number listed to call church of Christ is inviting us and register. to join them for a ladies day on March 28th beginning at What else? 9a.m. Grace Durgin, a Wednesday Night Dinner member in Augusta, will be Arrangements for Clyde will be speaking about “The Worthy pumpkin and black bean as follows: Callings hours are Woman”. See the flyer on the 2-4 and 6-8 p.m. Thursday, foyer bulletin board for more soup February 12th, at the pasta with pumpkin and details. Lambert Funeral Home & sausage Crematory, 1799 Elm St. Building survey Please salad A memorial service will be held remember to fill out your bread here at the building on new building survey and pumpkin cheesecake pie Friday, February 13th at 12:00 return it by this coming Prayer Concerns Worship Leaders Health: Doreen Lee, Pat Arel, Bill Waisnor, Rosemary Landry, Clyde Sunday, February 15, 8:30AM Scripture .....................Rick G. Daggett, Dawn & Kassidy Law, Deniza Songs .........................Mark E. Lord’s Supper .............Earl M. Chase’s niece, Marge Simon, Penny Prayers ....................Brandon H. & Coordinator ................Rick G. Ranger, Manley Jones, Michael Duane C. Anderson's brother, Diane Scripture ....................Mark C. Sunday, February 15, 6:00PM Bridgewater Lord’s Supper ...........Ken B. No evening services Leadership: Ministers, Elders, Coordinator ...............Doug P. Deacons Wednesday, February 18, 7:00PM Evangelism: Bible studies in Sunday, February 15, 11:00AM Songs..........................Mark E. progress, our website, MNFM Songs ........................Gary D. Return to the Lord: Brethren who Prayers ....................Gerry M. & Lee D. have forsaken the assembly PAGE 2
  • 3. T HE MA N C HESTER C H URC H OF C HRIST, MA N C HESTER, N H Feb 11, 2 0 0 9 All the Smart People by Ky l e B u t t , M.A. Even though any person Sir Isaac Newton With names such as Kepler, who has ever dealt with logic ~Calculus; reflecting telescope; Newton, and Pasteur on the side of understands that a groundless dynamics; law of gravity creation, it is a marvel that anyone appeal to authority or “those on the Louis Pasteur would suggest that “all smart bandwagon” carries no legitimate ~Bacteriology; law of biogenesis; people” believe in evolution. On the weight; it does not change the fact vaccination and immunization contrary, a host of credentialed that at the popular level, many Joseph Lister thinkers, past and present, have individuals have been persuaded to ~Antiseptic surgery held firmly to, and continue to believe false ideas based on the Michael Faraday believe in, the statement: “In the argument that “the authorities” ~Electric generator beginning God….” (For a more believe a certain way, or that “most Robert Boyle exhaustive list, see Gish, pp. 13-15 people” believe something. Such is ~Chemistry and Huse, pp. 157-162.) the case with the hypothesis of Johannes Kepler evolution. Richard Dawkins once ~Celestial mechanics This discussion is in no way stated: “It is absolutely safe to say Wernher von Braun intended to sway anyone to believe that if you meet somebody who ~Space program; NASA (for list see in creation based on the views held claims not to believe in evolution, Huse, 1997, pp, 159,184-185) by the “smart people” mentioned that person is ignorant, stupid, or above. It is intended to report the insane (or wicked, but I’d rather Added to this list could be truth that many intelligent thinkers not consider that)” (1989, p. 7). The hundreds of names of have found “holes” in the implied argument in Dawkins’ contemporary scientists such as Dr. hypothesis of evolution. Truly statement is that smart, sane, John Baumgardner, whose theory smart people do away with any knowledgeable, and noble people on plate tectonics was reported in faulty appeals to authority, and believe in evolution. In fact, one of Nature. Dr. Raymond Jones was simply look at the evidence. the most powerful arguments used described as one of the top by evolutionists to convince the scientists in Australia. Dr. Brian REFERENCES populace of evolution’s alleged Stone has received numerous truthfulness is the false idea that awards in his engineering field. Dawkins, Richard (1989), “Book “all smart people believe in Raymond Damadian invented MRI Review” (of Donald Johanson and evolution,” or that “all scientists” [magnetic resonance imaging] Maitland Edey’s Blueprint), The believe in evolution. (Sarfati, 1999, pp. 26-27). Dr. A.E. New York Times, section 7, p. 34. Wilder-Smith held three earned April 9. To set the record straight, it should doctorates from three European be noted that such a notion is false universities. Dr. Melvin A. Cook Gish, Duane T. (1995), Evolution: in every sense of the word. From won the 1968 E.G. Murphee Award The Fossils Still Say No! (El Cajon, ages past to the present, literally in Industrial and Engineering CA: Institute for Creation thousands of brilliant minds have Chemistry from the American Research). recognized the falsity of organic Chemical Society. Dmitri evolution, and have embraced the Kouznetsov, M.D, Ph.D., D.Sc., won Huse, Scott M. (1997), The Collapse truth that this Universe was created the Komsomol Lenin Prize in 1983, of Evolution (Grand Rapids, MI: by a divine Designer. The following distinguishing himself as one of the Baker), third edition. litany is but a scratch on the surface two most promising scientists in of names that would fall into this Russia at the time (Gish, 1995, pp. Sarfati, Jonathan (1999), Refuting category. 13-14). Evolution (Green Forest, AR: Master Books). Lord William Kelvin While creationists may be ~Absolute temperature scale; study in the minority when it comes to Copyright © 2003 Apologetics of thermodynamics; transatlantic the sciences, they certainly are Press, Inc. All rights reserved. cable leaving a most impressive mark. http://www.apologeticspress.org/a rticles/1813 PAGE 3
  • 4. T HE MA N C HESTER C H URC H OF C HRIST, MA N C HESTER, N H Feb 11, 2 0 0 9 Our Congregational Calendar Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Bible class 7PM Happy Happy Birthday: Birthday: Jack Scarlett Jewell Tait 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Bible class 7PM Happy Birthday: Happy Birthday: Happy Birthday: Linda McCarthy Bradley Happy Birthday: Brandon Hombs Chandler & Jason Therrien Klaryssa Ortega Te e n N e w s Yo u n g A d u l t s • A devotional will be held here at the • Come join us for Bible class on Sunday building at 6pm on February 13th. We will morning! be ordering pizza and working on our Conway skits. Girls bring drinks and guys bring snacks Our Statistics Sunday Morning Worship (combined) Contribution $3,599.19 T he Ma n c h es te r c h u r c h o f C h r is t 66 M a m m o t h R d. M a n c h e s t e r , N H 03109 PAGE 4