Suffolk Christian Church

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1 Suffolk Christian Church Our Mission is to go and make disciples of Jesus Christ by sharing God s grace, love, and forgiveness. Because we love Christ we worship. Because we believe in His grace we disciple. Because we follow His commandments we serve. Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday, March 6, 2016 Please enter into a spirit of prayer and meditation as the Prelude begins. Prelude Crown Him with Many Crowns (Elvey) Mary Huber, Organist Carmen Halley, Pianist Chiming of the Hour Greetings and Welcome The Service of Diminishing Light Insert *Hymn of Praise In Christ There Is No East or West #428 *Confession of Faith The Apostles Creed 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 Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *Meaning universal ; the church in every place and time. *Gloria Patri Mission Moment Offertory The Color Green (Rich Mullins) Alex Guster *Doxology Old Hundredth Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him, all creatures here below. Praise Him above, ye heav nly host. Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. *Unison Offertory Prayer Sovereign Lord, you call us to give generously as a way of expressing our love to you. Use this offertory moment, we pray, to help us reflect on this spiritual commitment. In so doing, may we discover opportunities to grow as your followers during this season of Lent. In your holy name, we pray. Amen. Call to Prayer Pastoral Prayer & Choral Response Choral Anthem Bread of Heaven (López) Chancel Choir Scripture Lesson Mark 14:1-11 (Pew Bible pg. 719) Sermon Generous Love... Terrible Treachery Rev. Halley Lenten Sermon Series: The Final Week Communion Hymn Com e, Share the Lord #462 The Sacrament of Holy Communion *Hymn of Dedication Blest Be the Tie That Binds #426 *Benediction *Postlude Paean (Nolte) Mary Huber, Organist When the postlude begins, please greet the worshipers around you. *Please stand as you are able The Flowers on the Altar are in Loving Memory of William R. Savage, Sr. Martha Moore Savage given by The Savage Family Welcom e to Suffolk Christian Church! May the love of God bless you in this time with us. We invite you to worship with us again next week. If you are a guest today, please fill out a guest card and place in the offering plate. Care and Co ncern Outreach Ministry - Please complete a card, located in pew holder, to identify any needs of our members and place it in the offering plate.

2 **Serving Th is Sund ay** Greeters Before Worship: Jane Marie & Jim Dailey - Sanctuary entrance Audrey & Charles Johnson - Balcony entrance Deacons Delivering CDs: Elaine Abernathy, Bennett McBride Early Worship Deacon: Charlie Henderson Acolyte: Hannah Fleming Audio Technician: Jim Goben Ushers: Rob Abernathy, Joey Briggs, Robert Whitmore William Bailey Substitutes: Bob James, P. J. Fowler, Jimmy Fanny Jim Goben, Kenny Griffin, Calvin Jones House of Worship Duty: Travis Johnson (Today), Jay Baines (Next Sunday) Counters: Becky Bradshaw, Bill Shumate Care/Concern Volunteer: Peggy Hemphill (Week of March 6-12) Kim Parr (Week of March 13-19) Children s Church: No Children s Church today Beginners Workers: April Fleming, Shae Masters Nursery Workers: Logan Masters, Julia McBride Greeters After Worship: Rev. Halley - North exit Kim & John Comer - Side exit Robert Bangley - Front exit Worship on the Lord s Day Sunday, March 6, :00 a.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stewardship Report We Are Walking By Faith Dimes for Mission... $ February monthly mission - Food Pantry $ Pancake Supper Proceeds $ Actual income to date: $56, Actual expenses to date: $ 50, Sunday, February 28, 2016 Sunday School :45 am Worship Service am Worship Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Website: Pat Hawn (webmaster@suffolkchristian.org) Suffo lk Ch ristian Ch urch Rev. Michael D. Halley, Pastor 216 North Main Street Suffolk, Virginia

3 You are welcome to participate in any of the following activities at Suffolk Christian. Please call the contact person or the church office if you need more information. This week at Suffo lk Ch ristian Ch urch Sunday 8:45 am Early Worship March 6 9:30 am Kings Ringers (Sean Bilby, ) 10:30 am Child of God Choir (Sara Keene, ) 11:00 am Worship Monday 11:00 am Suffolk Clergy United March 7 1:00 pm Afternoon Circle - Saints Alive Center - Sue Woodward is the guest speaker (Jane Marie Dailey, ) 7:00 pm Rehearsal for The Last Supper (Bob Crute, ) 7:30 pm Evening Circle meets with Muriel Shumate (Elaine Abernathy, ) Tuesday 2:00 pm Saints Alive (Carmen Halley, ) March pm Food Distribution 7:00 pm Bible Study - Conference Room When Life Hurts and Faith is Weak A Study of 1 Peter led by Shirley Talbert Wednesday 12 noon Lenten Community Worship Service March 9 at Main Street United Methodist Church, 202 N. Main Street - New Mount Joy Food for Living Church co-hosting 7:00 pm Board of Deacons (Cheryl Ashcraft, ) 7:30 pm Narcotics Anonymous Meeting Thursday 9:30 am Thursday Crafters (Priscilla Bunch, ) March 10 10:00 am Bible Study - Conference Room When Life Hurts and Faith is Weak A study of 1 Peter led by Shirley Talbert 7:00 pm Chancel Handbells (Sean Bilby, ) 7:00 pm Men s Chorus (Bob Crute, ) 7:30 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal (Janet Rock, ) Friday 11:30 am Meals on Wheels delivery March 11 Deliverers: Jim McCrary, Bennett McBride (Cheryl Griffin, ) 4-6 pm Community Supper sponsored by the Evening Circle (Elaine Abernathy, ) Sunday 8:45 am Early Worship March 13 9:30 am Kings Ringers (Sean Bilby, ) 10:30 am Child of God Choir (Sara Keene, ) 11:00 am Worship 5:00 pm My House Shall Be Called a House of Prayer by Jim Cymbala. DVD will be shown in the Sanctuary and will be followed by a soup and sandwich dinner in the fellowship hall. There is no cost. Sign up on the bulletin board. Coming Events March :30 am Pancake Breakfast on Palm Sunday. Cost is $7 (pay at the door). Proceeds will go to Youth Missions. 9:45 am Palm Sunday Parade 12 noon Potluck Lunch & Easter Egg Hunt after Worship Service March 23 9:00 am Young at Heart Trip to Williamsburg March 24 7:30 pm Maundy Thursday Service Live re-enactment of The Last Supper followed by Holy Communion. March pm Good Friday March 26 March 27 Sanctuary will be open for prayer all day. Holy Saturday 4-9 pm Youth Retreat (Sean Bilby, ) Easter Sunday

4 March 6, 2016 In the Hospital (Sentara Obici - ICU) Janine Joyner P r ayer Co ncer ns Deloris Red Pate... Beth Barnett... Robert Benton... Travis Myles... Debbie Spivey... Steve Redd...Marcy Pichel... Mary Emily Dailey & family... Anne Potter... Becky Bradshaw... Nita Wyatt... Glynn Writtenberry... Kitty Martin Ongoing P rayer Joe Duke... Dylan Lilley - mission trip to Ghana, Africa with AgriCorps (nephew of Becky Bradshaw); David Darden... Forrest & Mary Jane Cathey...Milton Liverman (friend of Jim Thorsen) Our Co llege Students Austin Babb, University of Alabama; Meghan Babb, Louisiana State University; Jay Baines, Jr., Virginia Wesleyan College; Rebecca Bangley, Old Dominion University; Kasey Banton, Tidewater Community College; Matthew Bradshaw, University of Virginia; Courtney Buchanan, Tidewater Community College; Christine Comer, Belmont University; Neal Davis, Tidewater Community College; Mollie Edick, East Carolina University; Lindsay Elliott, University of South Carolina; Olivia Elliott, University of South Carolina; Kyle Griffin, Virginia Commonwealth University; Shannon Griffin, Paul D. Camp Community College; Ashley Heuberger, Lynchburg College; Jacob Holland, Ferrum College; Bryce Jones, The University of Virginia College at Wise; Alex Joyner, James Madison University; Michelle Martin, Tidewater Community College; Connor Munn, Longwood University; Kaylor Nash, Radford University; Margaret Parr, Christopher Newport University; Chase Phillips, Tidewater Community College; Blair Ritter, James Madison University; Jennifer Saunders, James Madison University; Nicholas Smith, Elon University; Will Wyatt, University of Virginia. Our Missio nar ies Joyce & Jim White, Scripture Memory Mountain Mission, Emmalena, Kentucky; Supply & Multiply, Haiti (Christine & Chris Surber) Katy Johnson, Amman, Jordan Deplo yed Cris Beutler (son-in-law of one of Cheryl Ashcraft s co-workers) Extended Fam ily & Friends Prayer Concerns Mike Holley (friend of Judy Eure)... Doug Dohey (friend of Jim Thorsen)... Ann Cowan & family (friend of Pat Hawn)... Dan Horne (friend of Calvin & Evelyn Jones)... Louise Hudgins - Autumn Care (niece of Sarah Burford & Margaret Herring)... Joan Nelms (mother of Brink Nelms)... Patty Hughes (friend of Joyce Ralph)... Brenda Quesenberry (friend of Janet Rock)... Linwood Heffington (friend of Toni & Jim Shank)... Laura Dean Finch (friend of Pat Hawn)... Pat Annas & Clark Thompson (friends of the Culliton s)... Ann Modlin (friend of Jane Marie Dailey)... Alex Handley (friend of Pat Hawn)... Annis Welt (cousin of Muriel Shumate)... Frances Hamilton (friend of Beverly McGahee)... Sue Huff (friend of Pat Hawn)... Jessica Remy (daughter of Dave Remy)... Sandra Hefferman (cousin of Priscilla Bunch)... Samantha Bright (granddaughter of Becky & Jimmy Bradshaw)... Jane Phillips (mother-in-law of Michelle Phillips)... Sarah Litchfield (friend of Pat Hawn)... Cindy Lester (friend of Carman Goben)... Bill Ondell & Michael Mr. Mad Maddox (veteran friends of Michael Halley)... Luke Isidore (son of co-worker of Bob James)... Gary Sessoms (friend & neighbor of Judy & Floyd Twiford)... Sharyn Hughes (friend of Pat Hawn)... Kenneth Cross (friend of Wanda Thorsen)... Zella Jones (aunt of Janet Rock)... Katy & Randy Strain (niece & nephew of Carman and Jim Goben)... Sarah Leggett (friend of Anne Potter)... Sam Guster (brother of Alex Guster)... Andrew Mattox (friend of Michael Halley)... Jeff Cambridge (brother of Jill Harris)... Joey Morris (cousin of Ashley Ashcraft)... Laura Hawn (daughter of Pat Hawn)... Judd Barrett (brother-in-law of Harden Barnett)... Patrick Evans-Hylton & Wayne Hylton (friends of Pat Hawn)... Rebecca Page... Sherry Lundby (Sara Keene s mother)... Bill Cones (son of Joan and Billy Cones)... June Goben (mother of Jim Goben)... Melanie Nunnally (friend of Nita Wyatt)... Frances Delk (aunt of Tommy Ashcraft)... The Burris Family (friends of Janet Rock)... The Hannah Family (friends of Janet & Richard Rock)... Barbara Whitmore (sister-in-law of Robert Whitmore)... CDR Duane and Grace Lawrence (friends of Gary Munn)... Rev. Ben Hadley-Goggin (friend of Gary Munn)... Nell Williams... patient who is a bone marrow recipient... Brian Ringgold (the husband of Terry McGahee s niece)... Kim Rogge (mother of Michael Rogge)... Karen Hemstreet (mother of Jessica Rogge)... Rick Pearce (son of Riddick Pearce & nephew of Judy Eure) In order to keep our list updated, our prayer requests will remain on the list for 4 weeks and then will be removed unless the prayer request is renewed. Please call the church office or office@ suffolkchristian.org to renew a request. Sk illed Car e (Courtland Healthcare Rehabilitation) - Bonnie Bracy; (Kindred Rehabilitation & Health Center) Doris Gardner (aunt of Priscilla Bunch); (Autumn Care) Patricia Griggs, Annie Briggs; (Lake Prince Woods) Louise Boone, Howard Boone; (Consulate Health Care, Windsor) S. A. Pylan Assisted Living (Kindred) Marjorie Wilkinson, Nancy Chalkley; (Village at Woods Edge) Pete Kidd; (Chesapeake Place) Millie Strickland; (Cedarfield, Richmond) Madelyn Howell Ho m e Bo und Shirley Crump, Nancy Fulgham, Dorothy Judkins, Margaret Ramsey, Rita Redfern, Vernon Taylor, Margaret Herring, Jane Pritchard In Sym pathy In Christian love and sympathy to the following: Pat Mann and family on the death of her aunt, Helen Bowden of Mystic Connecticut, on February 27, 2016.

5 #428 In Christ There is No East or West God does not show favoritism but accepts those from every nation who fear Him. -Acts 10:34-35 In Christ there is no East or West, In him no South or North; But one great fellowship of love Throughout the whole wide earth. In him shall true hearts everywhere Their high communion find; His service is the golden cord Close binding all mankind. Join hands, then, brothers of the faith, Whate'er your race may be! Who serves my Father as a son Is surely kin to me. In Christ now meet both East and West, In him meet South and North; All Christly souls are one in him Throughout the whole wide earth. Text: John Oxenham; Music: Alexander R. Reinagle In the Public Domain #462 Come, Share the Lord Is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? -1 Corinthians 10:16 We gather here in Jesus name; His love is burning in our hearts like living flame, For thro the loving Son, The Father makes us one: Come, take the bread; come, drink the cup; come, share the Lord. He joins us here; He breaks the bread. The Lord who pours the cup is risen from the dead. The one we love the most Is now our gracious host: Come, take the bread; come, drink the cup; come, share the Lord. We ll gather soon where angels sing; We ll see the glory of our Lord and coming King. Now we anticipate The feast for which we wait: Come take the bread; come, drink the cup; come, share the Lord. Text: James Montgomery; Music: from Collection of Church Music, 1851 In the Public Domain Mark 14:1-11 New International Version Now the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread were only two days away, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were scheming to arrest Jesus secretly and kill him. But not during the festival, they said, or the people may riot. While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, Why this waste of perfume? It could have been sold for more than a year s wages and the money given to the poor. And they rebuked her harshly. Leave her alone, said Jesus. Why are you bothering her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. The poor you will always have with you, and you can help them any time you want. But you will not always have me. She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her. Then Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus to them. They were delighted to hear this and promised to give him money. So he watched for an opportunity to hand him over. The Word of the Lord: Thanks Be to God! #426 Blest Be the Tie That Binds You are all one in Christ Jesus. Galatians 3:28 Blest be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love; The fellowship of kindred minds is like to that above. Before our Father's throne we pour our ardent prayers; Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, our comforts and our cares. When we a-sun-der part, It gives us inward pain; But we shall still be joined in heart, And hope to meet again. Text: John Fawcett; Music Johann G. Naegeli, arranged by Lowell Mason In the Public Domain

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