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.

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THE SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Bethel Presbyterian Church
Youth Sunday
May 1, 2005

Prelude

Frederick Morgan

Greeting and Announcements

Max LaDue

Call to Worship

Come Join the Dance Author unknown

Do me a favor and cease from your labor,
Bring in your neighbor and worship the Lord.
Bring in the red ones, the black ones, the whites,
The sad ones, the glad ones and worship the Lord.

CHORUS: O come, join the dance,
Lift your voices, clap your hands!
Salvation has come……from the Lamb.

Bring the married, the single, the old and the young,
Men, women, and children come join in the fun.
Bring in the hungry, the poor, and the needy,
And you who have plenty, give to them who have none.

CHORUS

Mothers and Fathers, Uncles and Aunts,
Cousins and Strangers, come join in the Dance.
The steps they are easy, the words they are true,
The bridegroom is calling His bride…..and She’s you.

CHORUS

Confession of Sin

Matthew Hines

We confess that we are sinners. We have habits of excluding and judging other races and religions. We often wrongly think that we are superior to others. We confess that we have built walls instead of bridges in communicating with others. We have not followed your commandment to “love one another.” Hear us as we silently confess our specific sins against you…..Father forgive us. Amen.

Christ died to wash away our sins. We remember that it is not by our power, but by his, that we are forgiven. Believe the Good News…in Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!

Song of Praise

Amazing Grace/Peaceful Easy Feeling
lyrics by: John Newton; tune and chorus by: Henley and Frey

Amazing grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see.

CHORUS: And I’ve got a peaceful, easy feeling
I know You won’t let me down
‘Cause I’m already standing
On solid ground.

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear and grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear, the hour I first believed.

CHORUS

Through many dangers, toils, and snares, I have already come.
It’s grace that brought me safe thus far, and grace will lead me home.

CHORUS

When we’ve been there ten thousand years, bright shinning as the sun.
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise, than when we’d first begun.

First Scripture Reading

Eden Sherrod

Romans 12:10 (NIV)

“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves.”

Acts 10:34-35

“Then Peter began to speak: ‘I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts men from every nation who fear him and do what is right.”

Children’s Sermon

John Richmond, Jacob Murr

Anthem

Jordan Sherrod

Second Scripture Reading

Kerry Hyder

Matthew 25:40-46 (NIV)

“The King will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.’ Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for the least of these, you did not do for me.’ Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.”

Skit “Imagine”

Bethel Presbyterian Youth

Song for Reflection

Imagine

John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

We understand that some of the lyrics of this song are controversial, please consider the spirit of the song.

Ushers: Max LaDue, Frederick Morgan, Ellen Dailey, John Richmond

Song of Thanksgiving

Vandanala Yesu
Traditional Indian Song in Telegu
(Translation: Thank you, Jesus)

Vandanala Yesu,
Vandanala Yesu,
Vandanala Yesu, Neku
Vandanala Yesu,
Vandanala Yesu,
Vandanala Yesu, Neku

(Sing through 4 times)

Prayers of the People

Jordan Sherrod

Father, we pray for all of the different people in the world. We hope that everyone, Christian and non-Christian alike, can live together peacefully. We pray for peace. We pray for the conflict in Iraq, for the people who are suffering civil wars in Africa, for political turmoil in South America, for peace in Northern Ireland among the Protestants and Catholics, and for all who suffer hunger and injustice over all the Earth. We look forward to the day that Jesus will come again and we can all rejoice. Until that day, we pray the prayer He taught us to pray…

Creed

Ellen Dailey

African Creed of the Masai of Tanzania

We believe in the one High God,
who out of love created the beautiful world
and everything in it claiming, “It is good.”
God created us and wants us to be happy in the world.
God loves the world and every nation and tribe on earth.
We have known the Most High God in the darkness,
and now we know him in the light.
God promised that the world, all nations and tribes would be saved.

We believe that God fulfilled his promise
in sending His only son, Jesus Christ.
Jesus was a man in the flesh and a Jew by tribe,
born poor in a little village.
Jesus left his home and was always on safari doing good,
curing people by the power of God, teaching about God and
humanity, being a witness of unconditional love.
He was rejected by his people and tortured.
His hands and feet were nailed to a cross and he died.
He lay buried in the grave, but the hyenas did not touch him.
He descended into hell and the third he rose from the grave.
He ascended to the skies. He is Lord.

We believe in the Holy Spirit of God
and in the forgiveness of sins through Jesus.
We share the bread together in love,
announcing the good news to others until Jesus comes again,
and we too will rise from the grave.

We are waiting for Him. He is alive. He lives.
This we believe. Amen.

Song of Praise

They’ll Know We Are Christians By Our Love
Rev. Peter Scholtes

We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord.
We are one in the Spirit, we are one in the Lord.
And we pray that all unity may one day be restored.

CHORUS: And they’ll know we are Christians by our love, by our love.
Yes, they’ll know we are Christians by our love.

We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.
We will walk with each other, we will walk hand in hand.
And together we’ll spread the news that God is in our land.

CHORUS

We will work with each other, we will work side by side.
We will work with each other, we will work side by side.
And we’ll guard each one’s dignity, and save each one’s pride.

CHORUS

All praise to the Father, from whom all things come.
And all praise to Christ Jesus, His only Son.
And all praise to the Spirit, who makes us one.

CHORUS

Benediction

Jacob Murr

So go in peace, spread good vibes among all the people. Know that you are one, not only in this church family, but united in God with brothers and sisters over all the earth.

Postlude

Jennifer Jarvis

A Special Thank You

The flowers are given by Bill & Bettie Shenk.

PRAYER CONCERNS: Tim Smith who is at St. Mary’s Hospital. Our Sympathy is extended to Ruby Hunter in the death of her brother, Lee Clark. Madge Mounger who is at St. Mary’s Hospital.

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THIS WEEK'S EVENTS

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Sunday	May 1	Youth Sunday Youth Lunch & Auction
		Study of The Passion & Death of Jesus Youth Group	6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M 6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M
Tuesday	May 3	Circle II Worship Committee	7:15 P.M.
Wednesday	May 4	Bell Practice Choir Practice	6:00 P.M. 7:15 P.M.
Thursday	May 5	Christian Education Committee	6:30 P.M.
Saturday	May 7	Mother/Daughter Luncheon @ Ivan’s	12:00 P.M.
		Youth Group	6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

  

Attendance
Attendance Last Week – 123
Average Attendance in 2005 – 116

Giving Last Week

Budget	$3,270.60
Miss Dot Hunger Fund	$80.00
Grace School	$45.00
Youth Minister Fund	$100.00
Memorials	$75.00
TOTAL	$3,570.60