WELCOME!!

We are privileged to have Geoffrey and Marina Rowe with us today. Geoff will be our speaker today in the auditorium, for the 9:30am Bible class and for the 10:30 morning and 6:00 evening worship services. He is concluding the “Case For Creation” series that was started Friday evening at the High School auditorium.

We are also very honored to have our visitors with us and hope that you find all that we do to be decent and in order. Please return and be with us again at any of our scheduled services. Be sure to give us the opportunity to meet and get to know you.

Geoffrey Rowe--Background:

Geoff was brought up in the Church of Christ and became a member of the Lord’s church at age 14 (1969). Over the next few years, the public school system, and his science classes in particular, subtly prodded him to doubt the accuracy of the Bible. By the time he left home for college, his conversion back to the world was almost complete. Unable to defend his already weak faith (and not willing to even try), he accepted the world’s view (professors' views) of the age of the earth, monkey to man evolution, all species could not have fit on Noah's ark, Mt. Everest could not have been covered with water, etc. So Geoff concluded that if the first book of the Bible was wrong, then maybe parts of the New Testament were not perfect. So why go to church? Of course this first step only led to more steps away from God. For the next 19 to 20 years Geoff was not even aware that, according to God’s word, he was going to hell. Then in the fall of 1993, a technician at work was debating an atheist engineer in the lab. Geoff finally went over to the creationist and said, “I go to church, and I don't care if God took millions of years, or used monkeys to make men? Why does it matter?”. Then Geoff asked about radiometric dating techniques, and other scientific evidences that "prove" the earth to be old. The creationist could not answer these questions, so Geoff just passed off his belief as a lack of knowledge about "science". The following week the creationist gave Geoff a video about the Mt. St. Helen's eruption on May 18th 1980. Even though Geoff had no interest in geology, when he finally saw the video, he was amazed at how fast a one fortieth scale Grand Canyon could form. It formed in one afternoon. But, this did not really put a dent in Geoff's evolutionary belief. But the next week the creationist gave Geoff another video on scientific evidences. After Geoff saw this video, he dedicated himself to study this subject and to find the answer. It did not take long to discover that Geoff's teachers had not shown him all the evidence (they did not know themselves). This additional evidence showed how evolution is scientifically impossible, and that the Bible's account of creation was confirmed by the scientific observations.

Science used to mean, "that which is known". Knowledge was often a synonym for science. See 1 Timothy 6:20 (KJV) "avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called." Geoff has searched the scientific literature since 1993, and has not found any scientific reason to believe in evolution. But he has found many scientific reasons to believe in the Bible and its account of creation. ❦

Once again we would like to encourage you to check out the new and improved Orange Street church of Christ web site on the world-wide-web. A lot of new information is now available on the homepage and content is often updated daily. The address is:

www.OrangeStreetCofC.com .

Ladies' Devo/Luncheon
The regular Second Monday Ladies' Luncheon, scheduled for Monday week (Dec. 10th) has been cancelled for this month.

Children's Class
Our youngsters meet each Sunday evening at 5:40 in the auditorium for a few minutes of stories and songs. The scheduled teacher for this evening’s session is Gaylon West.

UPCOMING AREA EVENTS:

        • Nov. 30 - Dec. 2 - IN PROGRESS
        Here in Auburndale
        Creation Seminar: w/ Geoffery Rowe

       • Jan. 21-24, 2002 - Fla. School of Preaching
        27^th Annual Bible Lectureship