Sunday Morning Worship Service
March 26, 2006
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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
Fourth Sunday in Lent
March 26, 2006
11:00 a.m.
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Jesus said: I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.
PRELUDE Antiphonal Sarabande Bell Choir
CALL TO WORSHIP
A great teacher once said, “When Jesus Christ calls us, he bids us come and die.” We are the people who have responded to this call.
Through Christ, we want to die to the fears that keep us from loving.
Through Christ, we want to die to the stubbornness that keeps us from sharing our gifts.
Through Christ, we want to die to seeking our own success and salvation in disregard for the good of all God’s Children.
This is God’s promise, that if we die with Christ, we will also rise with Christ.
God be praised for the glorious promise of new life in Christ. Alleluia! Amen.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN #281 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah CWM Rhondda
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
Gracious God, you have given us a sure word, sealed by your Spirit in the free gift of your Son. In Christ you have set us free from bondage, bound up and healed our wounds, and led us into paths of peace. But still we listen to other voices, as though your word were just one among others. God, in your mercy forgive us. Enable us by your Spirit. Amen.
*DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS
The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting. I declare to you, in the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven. May the God of mercy, who forgives you all your sins, strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life.
Thanks be to God! In Jesus Christ we are forgiven. Amen.
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Gloria Patri Hymn #578
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;
As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
OLD TESTAMENT READING Numbers 21:4-9
TIME WITH THE CHILDREN
ANTHEM O Love How Deep, How Broad, How High! Chancel Choir
NEW TESTAMENT READING John 3:14-21; Ephesians 2:1-10
SERMON Jesus Saves Rev. Marc Sherrod, ThD
*HYMN #282 If Thou but Trust in God to Guide Thee
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
In life and in death we belong to God. Through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, we trust in the one triune God, the Holy One of Israel, whom alone we worship and serve. We trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus proclaimed the reign of God: preaching good news to the poor and release to the captives, teaching by word and deed and blessing the children, healing the sick and binding up the brokenhearted, eating with outcasts, forgiving sinners, and calling all to repent and believe the gospel. Unjustly condemned for blasphemy and sedition, Jesus was crucified, suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil, delivering us from death to life eternal. Amen.
SHARING OF PRAYER CONCERNS
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND LORD’S PRAYER
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*DOXOLOGY Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow Hymn #592
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION
*HYMN #280 Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound Amazing Grace
*CHARGE AND BLESSING
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE Savior, Again to Thy Dear Name We Raise
Savior, again to Thy dear name we raise
With one accord our parting hymn of praise.
We stand to bless Thee ere our worship cease;
And, now departing, wait Thy word of peace.
*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 Liturgist today is Anita Richmond.
The Ushers are Teresa Hettrick & Chelsea Richmond.
The flowers are given by Kay George & Mary Lee McGill.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Mission Outreach Committee collects clothes for all seasons, household items, and toys to take to Sunset Gap. They will be taking the collected items to Sunset Gap on March 29. If you have any donations, please be sure to place them in the designated area in the Choir Room by March 28.
Daylight Savings Time begins next Sunday, April 2.
Don’t forget to set your clocks one hour forward on Saturday night.
The Civil War on the Cumberland Plateau will be the topic of the fourth in the First Saturday Series at Bethel Presbyterian Church in Kingston. The session will begin on Saturday, April 1st at 9 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. A light brunch will precede the program, and the public is cordially invited to attend. The guest speaker will be Steve Jacks, Director of the Library Services at the Kingston Public Library, and his central theme will be the Champ Ferguson/Tinker Dave Beaty feud, and the effect that conflict has on the region today.
If you have not received a new church directory, please pick up a copy in the narthex or from Alicia in the church office weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Jamestowne
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Wellington |
| Louise Pickel |
Joan Pemberton |
| Addie “Mac” Robbins |
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| Anne Smith |
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Doris Barber, Sue Carter, Wanda Carter, Al & Dot Davis, Joan Pemberton, Louise Pickel, Mac Robbins, Anne Robertson, Elmer & Erma Shesler, Marnie Shields, Anne Smith, Ashley Lynn Tollett, Justin Trivette
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We are in need of Ushers for the months of April and May. If you are interested in being an Usher on Sunday mornings, please sign up on the chart in the back of the Sanctuary.
Monday, March 27, 2006
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
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Sunday
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Mar 26 |
Youth Group
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2:00-4:00 P.M.
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| Monday |
Mar 27 |
Seniorcize
Newsletter Deadline
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9:00 A.M.
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| Tuesday |
Mar 28 |
Osteoporosis & Exercise Class
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9:00 A.M.
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| Wednesday |
Mar 29 |
Seniorcize
Lenten Study
Bell Practice
Choir Practice
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9:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
5:45 P.M.
7:15 P.M.
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| Thursday |
Mar 30 |
Book Discussion Group
Design & Development Meeting
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1:30 P.M.
6:00 P.M.
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| Friday |
Mar 31 |
Seniorcize
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9:00 A.M.
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| Sunday |
Apr 2 |
Daylight Savings Time Begins |
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Lenten Study
New Member Class
Called Session Meeting
Youth Group
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9:45 A.M.
9:45 A.M.
10:25 A.M.
2:00-4:00 P.M.
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