Sunday Morning Worship Service
September 18, 2005
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
Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
September 18, 2005
GREETING, WORDS OF WELCOME, RITUAL OF FRIENDSHIP AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Worship the Lord with gladness.
And enter the Lord’s presence with songs of joy.
PRELUDE
CALL TO WORSHIP
Seek God and God’s strength.
God is our protector and provider. God gives light in the darkness.
God gives water to the thirsty and food to the hungry.
Let God’s people sing out with joy. Let us worship God.
PRAYER OF THE DAY
*HYMN #281 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah CWM Rhondda
*UNISON CONFESSION OF SIN
Creator God, you breathed the breath of life into every one of your children. You know our every need and care for us faithfully. Yet, we fail to follow your call and your guidance. We lack courage to care for all people, those who differ from us, those who demand too much, those who take up our time with petty concerns. We are impatient with one another and carelessly harm each other with quick and hurtful words. Have mercy upon us for resisting new insights you offer and new challenges you give to us. Enlarge our world to include all our children. In the name of Christ who lived and loved fully. Amen.
ASSURANCE OF PARDON
Hear the good news! The saying is sure and worthy of full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross, that we might be dead to sin, and alive to all that is good.
Thanks be to God! In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven!
ANTHEM Shout to the Lord Darlene Zschech
SCRIPTURE READINGS I Corinthians 12:14:27
SERMON Deep In Christ’s Bones Rev. Marc Sherrod, ThD
PRAYER CONCERNS AND A TIME FOR SHARING
PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND LORD’S PRAYER
DEDICATION OF TITHES AND OFFERINGS
*DOXOLOGY 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.
*HYMN #322 Spirit of the Living God Living God
*CHARGE AND BENEDICTION
*CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE God Be with You Till We Meet Again Hymn #540
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
OPENING PRAYER
Eternal God, you called us to be a special people, to preach the gospel and show mercy. Keep your Spirit with us as we meet together, so that in everything we may do your will. Guide us lest we stumble or be misguided by our own desires. May all we do be done for the reconciling of the world, for the upbuilding of the church, and for the greater glory of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
*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 Ushers today are Carol Brown & Carolyn McNew.
The flowers are given by Teresa Hettrick in loving honor of her parents, Dick and Marge Hettrick, and all foster and adoptive parents who are protecting young children.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There will be a Congregational Meeting immediately following the worship service today to discuss and act upon a recommendation from the Building Proposal Committee. Only members on the “Active Roll” who are present at the end of the discussion when the “question is called” may vote.
Commitment Cards for Bethel's Capital Funds Campaign are in the pews. Please prayerfully consider what your pledge will be and use an envelope when you place your card in the offering plate or send it to the church office.
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Pledges to date
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$ 357,889 |
| Unrestricted Funds |
$ 252,600 |
| Undesignated Memorials |
$ 9,793 |
| Restricted Building Memorials |
$ 1,255 |
| Total |
$ 621,537 |
We have a new exercise program that begins this week. Exercise with Bill will be lead by our own Bill Shenk, beginning tomorrow, September 19. It will run for a 6 week trial period on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 – 10 a.m.
Join us as we hike the Little Greenbrier Gap Trail. The new date is Sunday, September 25. The hike will be 2.6 miles round trip and is described in the guide book as "a short country lane hike on a broad old road bed that ascends, but only slightly." We will depart from Bethel shortly after the conclusion of the morning service and return to Kingston around supper time. Please bring appropriate clothing and shoes to change into before leaving, as well as a picnic lunch and snacks for the ride up and for after the hike. If you have any questions, please call Mark Banker at 376-2118. This should be a great hike for both young and old alike.
Monday, September 26, 2005
Doris Barber, Sue Carter, Al & Dot Davis, Madge Mounger, Duie Swicegood, Justin Trivette, Margaret True, Evelyn Waldrup
There will be a Free Memory Screening here at the church on Wednesday, September 28. It will be by appointment only between the hours of 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. and 1 and 4 p.m. Please call Debbie Hyder at 376-6340 to make an appointment or for more information.
On October 2, World Communion Sunday, we will have a lunch following worship sponsored by the Christian Education Committee. We will also have a display and information from 10,000 Villages in the Fellowship Hall.
We recently had family photographs taken for our new pictorial directory. Some of you chose to have your complimentary 8X10 portrait sent to the church. A box of portraits has arrived and is on the counter in the narthex. Please stop by this morning and pick up your portrait. If your portrait is not in this box, it will arrive shortly. Please check again at next week’s service.
THIS WEEK'S EVENTS
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Sunday
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Sep 18 |
Congregational Meeting
Presbytery Meeting at Mars Hill
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11:30 A.M.
3:00 P.M.
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| Monday |
Sep 19 |
Exercise With Bill
Boy Scout Committee Meeting
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9:00 – 10:00 A.M.
6:00 P.M.
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| Tuesday |
Sep 20 |
Parish Life Meeting |
7:00 P.M. |
| Wednesday |
Sep 21 |
Exercise With Bill
Property & Personnel Meeting
Handbell Practice
Family Supper
Choir Practice
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9:00 – 10:00 A.M.
5:30 P.M.
5:45 P.M.
6:30 P.M.
7:15 P.M.
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| Friday |
Sep 23 |
Exercise With Bill |
9:00 – 10:00 A.M. |
| Sunday |
Sep 25 |
Church Hike |
12:00 P.M. |
Attendance Last Week – 120
Average Attendance in 2005 – 112
| Undesignated Offering |
$ 4,564.24 |
| Hurricane Katrina Relief |
$1,585.00 |
| H.O.M.E. |
$20.00 |
| Building Fund |
$100.00 |
| TOTAL |
$6,269.24 |
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