Sunday Morning Worship Service
April 2, 2006
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
Fifth Sunday in Lent
April 2, 2006
11:00 a.m.
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
We press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus.
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Have mercy on us, O God, according to your steadfast love;
Wash us from our iniquity and cleanse us from our sin.
Jesus said, “Whoever serves me must follow me. Where I am, there will my servant be also.”
Let us worship God and serve in the name of Jesus Christ.
*HYMN #244 Let Us with a Gladsome Mind Monkland
*CALL TO CONFESSION
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
Hear your children, Holy God, as we confess to you our sin. You offer us the security of your love, but we seek other comforts. You encourage us to love deeply, but we flinch from the challenge. You seek our complete obedience, but we stray again and again from your rule. Forgive us, God, we humbly pray. Write your law on our hearts, and fill us with your Holy Spirit, that we might live in righteousness and glorify you in all we do, through Jesus Christ our Savior. 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.
*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.
MINUTE FOR MISSION One Great Hour of Sharing Ken Dungan
TIME WITH THE CHILDREN Carol Brown
HYMN #334 When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land Go Down Moses
(Please remain seated)
SCRIPTURE READING Jeremiah 31:31-34
SERMON We’re All Immigrants! Rev. Marc Sherrod, ThD
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.
*AFFIRMATION OF FAITH
This is the good news which we have received, in which we stand, and by which we are saved, if we hold it fast: that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day, and that he appeared first to the women, then to Peter, and to the Twelve, and then to many faithful witnesses. We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus Christ is the first and the last, the beginning and the end; he is our Lord and our God. Amen.
*HYMN #525 Here I Am, Lord Here I Am, Lord
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.
COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE
*HYMN #338 Kum ba Yah
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE God Be with You Till We Meet Again Hymn #540
God be with you till we meet again:
Loving counsels guide, uphold you, With a Shepherd’s care enfold you:
God be with you till we meet again.
*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 Ken Dungan.
The Ushers are Bill & Marianne Shadden.
The flowers are given by Peggy Sheppard.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Harriman Music Club will sponsor its annual Community Palm Sunday Program on April 9, at 2:30 p.m. This year’s program will be held at Shiloh Baptist Church at 4242 Decatur Hwy (Hwy 58) in Kingston. Vocal and instrumental soloists and several choirs from Roane County churches will participate. There is no charge for admission. This program is a wonderful way to prepare our hearts for Holy Week.
The NEW Bethel Note Cards are now available in the church office. The note cards have a picture of Bethel on the front and its history on the back. A pack of twelve cards with envelopes is only $2.50.
If you have not purchased a Bethel Always Cookbook, this is your last chance! There are only three books remaining. The cookbooks are $14 each. Hurry! Pick up your copy in the church office weekdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. before they run out!
The 2006 Time Out for Health Fair is scheduled for Friday, April 7 at Roane State Community College. This event runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Please see Deb Hyder for further information.
The Roane Choral Society presents: “This is our Country” featuring – The Air National Guard Band of the Smoky Mountains. Free Admission at Roane State Community College Theatre, however donations are accepted.
FISH of Roane County, a volunteer nondenominational Christian based organization, is in urgent need of drivers. Volunteer drivers are only asked to transport persons who have no other resources to a doctor, hospital, or medical related appointment. Drivers may be reimbursed for gas expense if they so desire. Calls for help are received in the FISH central office where the United Way screens them before referring the client to a telephone volunteer who will confirm the appointment or need before contacting a driver. Please prayerfully consider this much needed volunteer opportunity. If you will help or know of others who might, please contact the FISH office at 882-9505 or 376-5340.
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Doris Barber, Sue Carter, Wanda Carter, Al & Dot Davis, Anne Robertson, Elmer & Erma Shesler, Marnie Shields, 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.
The 2006 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 are interested in.
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
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Sunday
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Apr 2 |
Youth Group
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2:00-4:00 P.M.
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| Monday |
Apr 3 |
Seniorcize
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9:00 A.M.
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| Tuesday |
Apr 4 |
Circle II |
1:00 P.M. |
| Wednesday |
Apr 5 |
Seniorcize
Lenten Study
Bell Practice
Choir Practice
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9:00 A.M.
10:00 A.M.
6:00 P.M.
7:15 P.M.
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| Thursday |
Apr 6 |
Mission Outreach Meeting
Worship Meeting
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6:30 P.M.
7:30 P.M.
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| Friday |
Apr 7 |
Seniorcize
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9:00 A.M.
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| Sunday |
Apr 9 |
Palm Sunday
New Member Sunday
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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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