Sunday Morning Worship Service
February 27, 2005
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TO OUR GUESTS, we extend a warm welcome. We invite you to participate in signing our Friendship Folder, adding your address and phone number if you'd like to receive our church newsletter or a pastoral call. When we pray the Lord's Prayer at Bethel, we say "sins...sin against us" rather than "debts..." or "trespasses..."; during "a time for sharing" we welcome prayer requests from the congregation. On first Sundays each month, all who put their trust in Christ and who have received baptism in any Christian church are invited to share his sacred meal. We are glad you are with us. Please come again.
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Third Sunday of Lent
February 27, 2005
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
O Lord, open my lips
And my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
God’s deep heart of life is like a well of infinite love.
It flows towards all creation in living waters of grace.
Praise be to God.
Christ sits beside our life, turning all that we offer in faith
into things eternal, living gifts made new in the Spirit.
Praise be to God. Let us rejoice in hope.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN # 210 Our God, Our Help in Ages Past St. Anne
CALL TO CONFESSION
Remember that our Lord Jesus can sympathize with us in our weaknesses, since in every respect he was tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with boldness approach the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
(Silent Prayer)
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
O God, forgive us if we underestimate your love. When we confine it to certain people and places, and when we fail to recognize it in our own midst, shock us out of our assumptions and narrow views of you, we pray. If we cannot imagine your asking us for water to refresh your life in the world, Jesus Christ, open our eyes to the places where you sit and wait. When we reap without sowing and feel no gratitude for those who have gone before, and become discouraged when we cannot see the harvest, remind us of your free gifts for our life and forgive us for our lack of generosity, O Christ. For we are your very human people, and we need your grace. Amen.
WORDS OF ASSURANCE
The living water from the life of God flows with love over all people. It pours forth when we have not deserved it, it sprinkles in coolness over the heat of our anxieties and calms our troubled hearts. We are forgiven as a free gift of grace. Thanks be to God, for
In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri Hymn #579
OLD TESTAMENT LESSON Exodus 17:1-7
A MOMENT WITH THE CHILDREN
ANTHEM Shout the Good News Chancel Choir
NEW TESTAMENT LESSONS John 4:5-42
SERMON Ordinary Revelation
Rev. Marc Sherrod, ThD
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation or distress? Or persecution or famine? Or nakedness or peril or sword?
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For we are sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.
*HYMN #359 More Love to Thee, O Christ More Love To Thee
PRAYER CONCERNS AND A TIME FOR SHARING
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN #171 The King of Love My Shepherd Is St. Columba
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE God Be With You Till We Meet Again Hymn # 540
*POSTLUDE
*All who are able may stand.
Bethel offers Sunday school for children and four educational opportunities for adults at 9:45 A.M.
Childcare for babies and preschool age children is offered at 11:00 A.M.
Restrooms are located in our Educational Building on the first floor and the lower level.
Ushers can provide activity sheets for children and large print hymnals if needed.
The flowers are a gift from Gary & Dianne Griffith.
The Liturgist today is Scott McGill.
The Ushers/Greeters are Bill & Marianne Shadden.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Mission Outreach Committee will be collecting clothes for every season to take to Sunset Gap. In addition to clothes, Sunset Gap needs household items and toys. Please bag your donations and leave them in the church lounge by Sunday, March 13th. We will also take the Campbell soup labels at the same time.
Want to learn more about Stephen’s Ministry? There will be an Introduction to Stephen’s Ministry meeting on Saturday, April 9 at Concord United Methodist Church in Knoxville. If you are interested in attending, please contact Deb Hyder at 376-6340.
Don't forget to register for the Loaves and Fishes Experience which is coming up March 18-19 at the Presbytery of East Tennessee. Today is the last day to get your registrations into the church office. The registration forms are on the bulletin board in the back of the sanctuary. For more information, please see the green handouts in today’s bulletin. Don't miss this event-- there's something for everyone!
Sylvia Gordon, the kitchen supervisor at the John Knox Center is looking for the couple that came in looking for a job recently. A position has opened up and she would like you to come back to speak with her. Unfortunately, she cannot remember your names. Please call her at 376-2236 or 376-7320.
The 2005 Flower chart is posted at the back of the sanctuary. If you would like to provide flowers for our worship service, please sign the flower chart for the week you would like.
Today, members of the Confirmation Class and their Covenant Partners are attending a contemporary worship service at Cokesbury United Methodist Church and will visit the “Ink and Blood: Dead Sea Scrolls of the English Bible” Exhibit at the Knoxville Convention Center.
There will not be a Mission Outreach meeting in March. The next meeting is scheduled for April 7.
Next Sunday, March 6 is Girl Scout cookie delivery day!
PLEASE CONCERNS:
- The Family of Kim Story,
- Madge Mounger who is at St. Mary’s in Knoxville,
- The family of Sue Muecke for the recent death of her sister, Pauline McGaffin in Ocala, Florida
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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
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Sunday
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February 27 |
Lenten Celebration
No Youth Group
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5:30 – 8:00 P.M. |
| Monday |
February 28 |
Body Recall |
9:00 – 10:00 A.M |
| Tuesday |
March 1 |
Circle II |
1:00 P.M. |
| Wednesday |
March 2 |
Body Recall
Bells
Alpha
Choir
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9:00 – 10:00 A.M.
5:45 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
7:15 P.M.
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| Thursday |
March 3 |
Evangelism Mtg.
Christian Education Mtg.
No Mission Outreach Mtg.
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6:00 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
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| Friday |
March 4 |
Body Recall |
9:00 – 10:00 A.M. |
| Sunday |
March 6 |
Girl Scout Sunday Lenten
Celebration Youth Group
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5:30 – 8:00 P.M.
6:00 – 8:00 P.M.
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Attendance Last Week – 100
Average Attendance in 2005 – 102
| Budget |
$3,043.00 |
| Grace School |
$ 145.00 |
| Parish Nurse |
$10.00 |
| H.O.M.E. |
$100.00 |
| Memorials |
$20.00 |
| Youth Minister Fund |
$10.00 |
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