(Go to Main Bulletin Archive)

Sunday Morning Worship Service
April 1, 2007

Jump to Announcements
Jump to This Week's Events
Jump to A Week of Grace
(please wait until the page has completed loading)

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.

The Service For The Lord’s Day
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Palm Sunday
April 1, 2007
11:00 a.m.

*PROCESSIONAL   Ride On! Ride On in Majesty!   HYMN #91

GREETING

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

Hosanna in the highest!

PRAYER OF THE DAY

*CALL TO CONFESSION

*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN

Triumphant God, We join the crowds of the ages in shouting your praises. While our lips give you glory, our lives seldom reflect your will. We sing easily of your greatness, but living faithfully is often beyond us. We hear of your salvation, yet sin is still close and real, daily leading us away from you. Have mercy on us. Ride into our hearts with healing grace. Forgive what we have done and who we have been. Lord, save us. Hosanna! Amen.

Lord, have mercy upon us.
Christ, have mercy upon us.
Lord, have mercy upon us.

*RESPONSE

Thanks be to God,

In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!

*PASSING OF THE PEACE

Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us forgive one another. The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

And also with you.

FIRST LESSON   Psalm 121

MOMENT WITH THE CHILDREN   Rev. Patricia Harvey

ANTHEM   

SECOND LESSON   Luke 19:28-44

SERMON How Good Is Your Eyesight?  Rev. Bill Shenk

*HYMN #88  All Glory, Laud, and Honor

DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS

*DOXOLOGY AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION   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.

INVITATION TO THE LORD’S TABLE

GREAT THANKSGIVING AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

The Lord be with you.

And also with you.

Lift up your hearts.

We lift them to the Lord.

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.

It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Let us pray.

*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – Apostle’s Creed (Traditional)   Hymnal Page #14

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

*HYMN #155   Rejoice, the Lord Is King   Darwall’s 148th

*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION

*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE   Hymn #423 vs. 1

Jesus shall reign where e’er the sun
Does its successive journeys run,
His kingdom stretch from shore to shore,
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

*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.

A Special Thank You

The Liturgist today is Rev. Patricia Harvey.

The Ushers today are Denise Martin & Carolyn McNew.

The organ is being played by Marilyn Gaffin today.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

One Great Hour of Sharing

Take a moment to read the One Great Hour of Sharing bulletin insert this morning. One Great Hour of Sharing provides funding to Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, Presbyterian Hunger Fund and Self-Development of People. Prayerfully consider how your portion of the offering can be used to make a difference in the world. Please give generously to the One Great Hour of Sharing Offering on Easter Sunday, April 8.

Maundy Thursday Service @ Bethel Presbyterian April 5 @ 7:00 p.m.
Good Friday Service @ Kingston United Methodist April 6 @ 6:30 p.m.
Easter Sunrise Service April 8 7 a.m. @ Kingston City Park

Usher Chart

We are in need of Ushers for the months of April, May and June. If you are interested in being an Usher on Sunday mornings, please sign up on the chart in the back of the Sanctuary.

Prayer Path

First Presbyterian Church of Oak Ridge is pleased to present a Holy Week Prayer Path. The prayer path is a way to shut out the noise and distractions of life long enough to quiet our souls and listen to the Spirit of God, and to meditate on the events of Jesus' final days and his resurrection. The prayer path is open to the public on Good Friday, April 6 from 12:00 noon until 10:00 p.m., and Saturday, April 7 from 12:00 noon until 8:00 p.m. The prayer path is free, indoors and handicap-accessible. It takes approximately one hour to complete. First Presbyterian Church is located at the corner of Lafayette Drive and Oak Ridge Turnpike. For more information, please call the First Presbyterian Church office at 865-483-1318.

Prayer Concerns

Wanda Carter, Roberta Cash, Al & Dot Davis, Reid Hutchison, Marnie Shields, Marc Sherrod, Anne Smith, Marci Smith, Justin Trivette, Lil Walton, Christine Woods

Office Closed

The church office will be closed Friday, April 6, in observance of Good Friday.

If We Know, We Will Go

If you or a loved one is having surgery, ill or in need of pastoral care, please be sure to call or email the church office to let us know. We would like to be involved as much as you will allow us to be. But we need your help – please contact us with any needs you have so we know how we can help. If we know, we will go!

THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

CALENDAR

Sunday Apr 1

Christian Education Meeting

Youth Group

Lenten Study & Soup Supper

 12:30 P.M.

2:00 P.M.

6:00 P.M.
Monday Apr 2 Seniorcize 9:00 A.M.
Tuesday Apr 3

Circle II

1:00 P.M.
Wednesday Apr 4

Seniorcize

Prayer Group

Handbell Choir Practice

Choir Practice

9:00 A.M.

9:45 A.M.

6:00 P.M.

7:15 P.M.
Thursday Apr 5 Maundy Thursday Worship Service

7:00 P.M.
Friday Apr 6 Seniorcize

Good Friday Service @ KUMC

 9:00 A.M.

6:30 P.M.
Sunday Apr 8 Confirmation Class 9:45 A.M.
       
Attendance
Attendance Last Week – 103
Average Attendance in 2007 – 118
 

Income From Last Sunday
Undesignated Offering $ 4,308.00
Building Fund $280.00
One Great Hour of Sharing $200.00
Easter Lilies $49.00
Grace Schol $40.00
TOTAL $4,877.00
   
A Week Of Grace
Below is an excerpt from the journal of Grace School in Kenya, which is on-line at www.graceministries-limuru.org/journal.html. Bethel provides financial and other assistance to the school, and a week’s portion of the journal is usually in our bulletin on the 1st Sunday of the month.

Contact Joe Coen or the Mission Outreach Committee for more information about Grace School.

Author: Samuel Wambugu

Monday, March 26, 2007 at 09:45 A.M. (Limuru time)

11th week ending 24th march 2007

This was a good week. The weather was very windy all through as we approach long rains which start at the end of March to May.

It was a busy week when pupils are still busy preparing for the end of the term examinations. Some few pupils fell ill: Dickson Mach in class three got sick and the father was called by the head teacher to take him to hospital. Erick Koikai, also in class three, misbehaved on his way home and the head teacher asked the guardian to come to school on Monday to discuss the issue.

As we now approach the end of the first term we are happy with the progress the pupils are making and the revision the teachers are taking them through. We continuously pray for the pupils that as they sit for the exams next week that the Lord will grant them good health.

There are legal education requirements for a School to become an examination Center and Samuel started the process in June last year with the local Authority office. They have given him a very difficult time because he could not yield to their demands for bribery. We finally got their signature on Thursday the 22nd. The next step is to forward the same to the District Education Board and finally to the Ministry of Education Head Office in Nairobi. We pray that the process will now continue without further hindrance as we have met all the needed conditions.

Have a blessed week.

Mrs. Jane Njenga
(Head teacher)

 
Home | Minister's Welcome | Beliefs | Mission | Ministries | Parish Nurse | History
Memorabilia | Youth News | Sunday Bulletin | Calendar | Newsletter | Photos
Document Archive | Past Sermons | Staff | Session | Contact Us | Locate Us
Visitor Registry | Site Index