OPENING HYMN: We ll Understand It Better By and By

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1 C. N. J E N K I N S M E M O R I A L P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H MULTICULTURAL WORSHIP SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES: 8:00 AM, 9:30 AM and 11:00 AM October 30, 2016 ORDER OF SERVICE: 8:00 am, 9:30 am & 11:00 am Praise & Worship Call to Worship Opening Hymn Litany/Morning Prayer Ministry of Music Welcome Greeting Offering/Musical Selection Ministry of Music Scripture Reading Sermon Invitation to Christian Discipleship Benediction PLEASE REMEMBER OUR SICK/ SHUT-IN PERSONS WHEN YOU PRAY Mary Austin Joan Carothers Hattie James Harriet Love Azilee McKnight Rafe Pride Charles Shute Constance Wade Barbara Culbertson Watson OPENING HYMN: We ll Understand It Better By and By We are often tossed and driv n on the restless sea of time; Somber skies and howling tempests Oft succeed a bright sunshine; In that land of perfect day, When the mists have rolled away, We will understand it better by and by. Refrain By and by, when the morning comes, When the saints of God are gathered home, We will tell the story how we've overcome, For we'll understand it better by and by. We are often destitute of the things that life demands, Want of food and want of shelter, Thirsty hills and barren lands; We are trusting in the Lord, and according to His Word, We will understand it better by and by. Refrain Trials dark on every hand, and we cannot understand, All the ways that God would lead us To that blessed Promised land; But He guides us with His eye, and we'll follow till we die, For we'll understand it better by and by. Refrain Temptations, hidden snares often take us unawares, And our hearts are made to bleed For some thoughtless word or deed; And we wonder why the test when we try to do our best, But we'll understand it better by and by. Refrain Rev. Dr. Jerry L. Cannon, Senior Pastor 1421 Statesville Ave., Charlotte, NC (fax)

2 communications W E L C O M E T O C N J E N K I N S M E M O R I A L P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H THIS EVENING NEXT SUNDAY MARRIED COUPLES MINISTRY BIBLE STUDY & MEETING ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5:00 PM: Home of Chris and Angelique Burris, 6809 Chieftain Drive. The lesson is Chapter 6 Marriage Rocks Book.: "The Rock of Sacrifice- Presenting an Acceptable Offering". All married couples are invited to attend for Bible study, fun and fellowship. For more information, please contact Joyce Bolton at jmbolton@carolina.rr.com. SURVIVING, THRIVING AND REVIVING PRE-REVIVAL CONCERT ON NOVEMBER 6 AT 3:00 PM: We will be sharing musical selections which helped us to make it through! NEXT SUNDAY CN JENKINS CONFIRMATION CLASSES FOR OUR YOUTH: Confirmation Classes will be held on November 6 - December 18 during the 11:00 am service in the Conference Room. The confirmands will be confirmed on Sunday, December 25 during the 11:00 am worship service. SAVE THE DATE SOUL FOOD SUNDAY KICK-OFF, NOVEMBER 6, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Get your Sunday Dinner before leaving church on November 6. Delicious home cooked meal for only $8.00 (includes drink). Please pre-order to guarantee your order. For more details, please see our bulletin board next to the kitchen or contact Montrice Monroe (704) or monr8842@gmail.com. BUT THE LORD IS FAITHFUL; HE WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND GUARD YOU. (2 THESSALONIANS 3:3): God s faithfulness invites all of us. We express our faithfulness in so many different ways and cultures. The main ways are by loving God and loving our neighbor as ourselves. How do we show our faithfulness today? LUNCH ON THE LAWN EVERY 3RD WEDNESDAY AT 1:00 pm: The Noon Day Bible Study is sponsoring a Thanksgiving dinner on WEDNESDAY, November 16. Your participation and donations are greatly welcomed. Please contact Elder Julia Smith at (704) or jbsmith9@bellsouth.net or Mrs. Pamela Nelson at (704) or pambill578@gmail.com for more information. Thank you!

3 our guest preacher W E L C O M E T O C N J E N K I N S M E M O R I A L P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H Rev. Mpoyo was raised in a Christian home by Christian parents. He is married to Sylvie Kabanga. Together they have three children (Eliane Mpoyo (4); Elga (2); and Gad Jr (11 months) Gad Mpoyo is a well-educated and scholarly Minister of Religion in the Presbyterian tradition. He is a fully accredited Minister of Religion with the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta of the PCUSA. Equally important, he has a track record of applying the Gospel to life in practical, common sense ways that effectively evangelize the community and built up the Kingdom of God. His erudition and his practical work in ministry combine to make him a treasured leader and Minister of Religion for the NCDC. RITI is a ministry, organized by the Urban Ministry, where churches around the Charlotte area provide a warm and safe place for neighbors who are homeless to sleep, receive meals, and fellowship during the winter months (December - March). C.N. Jenkins will begin hosting guests on January 24th and continue throughout March on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. To plan for our guests, we will need donations and ministry volunteers to help set-up, prepare and serve dinner, chaperone, etc. Please consider donating items from the list below: Donation needs: ROOM IN THE INN (RITI) SEASON IS APPROACHING Hand Sanitizer (Travel Size) 40 - Hand Towels 40 - Wash Cloths 50 - Men's Hats 50 - Men's Gloves 50 - Men's Scarfs 20 - Large Blankets Deodorant Toothpaste Toothbrushes Please put all donations in the large bins labeled "Room In the Inn." We will accept donations now through November 27th. If you are interested in assisting with hosting our guests, please contact Phanta Lansden by at plansden@gmail.com or by phone (828) or Michelle Stewart by at mbstewart14@gmail.com or by phone (704) Thank you in advance for offering your time and resources to make a BIG IMPACT on the lives of the people we serve through this ministry!

4 EARLY VOTING HAS BEGUN? Please visit and sign up if you Can Give a Ride to the polls or Need a Ride the Polls. Call (888) to request a ride to the polls. For a digital version of the NC Non- Partisan Voter Guide visit English and Spanish. INTERCESSORY PRAYER WEDNESDAYS AT 11 AM IN THE SANCTUARY This week s prayer: Lord, I ask that You give us the strength to extend grace to others as You have so freely extended it to us. We confess that we often react in accordance with how others have treated us. We respond to their words and/or actions in the way that we feel is fair. But that is not a demonstration of the grace You exemplify. May our lives mirror the grace that you have shown to us. Amen. RECRUIT REJOICE RESPOND REVIVE 8:00 am 9:30 am 11:00 am C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Church Membership Application (Please PRINT Clearly) Date: Name: Address: City: State: Zip: Phone #: Cell #: OUR WEEKLY BULLETIN: Available online each Thursday at ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE DUE: By each TUESDAY AT NOON. Please them to Ms. Julie Rudisell at announcements@cnjenkins.org. FIND US ON FACEBOOK: (Bulletins are also available on our page.) CHURCH RENTAL INFORMATION: Please Mrs. Beverly Reeder at admin2@cnjenkins.org or call the church office at (704) LISTING OF WEEKLY MEETINGS: Need a meeting space? Please your request to admin@cnjenkins.org or call the church office at (704) CHURCH HOURS: Office Hours: 9:00 am - 6:00 pm (Mon. - Thurs.) Evenings: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Mon. - Thurs.) Saturdays: 8:00 am - 12:00 pm 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Sundays: 7:30 am - 2:00 pm Birth Date: Have You Been Baptized: Please detach and return to Rev. Cannon, thank you! Online Giving

5 today s scriptures W E L C O M E T O C N J E N K I N S M E M O R I A L P R E S B Y T E R I A N C H U R C H MORNING SCRIPTURE: Romans 15:7 (NIV) :00 am & 9:30 am 7 Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God. MORNING SCRIPTURE: Mark 5:21-41(NIV) :00 am 21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live. 24 So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed. 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, Who touched my clothes? 31 You see the people crowding against you, his disciples answered, and yet you can ask, Who touched me? 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering. 35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. Your daughter is dead, they said. Why bother the teacher anymore? 36 Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, Don t be afraid; just believe. 37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep. 40 But they laughed at him. After he put them all out, he took the child s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her, Talitha koum! (which means Little girl, I say to you, get up! ).

6 LITANY OF COMMUNITY CELEBRATION AND SOLIDARITY May the Spirit of God prompt us to live, love and act in ways that more completely embraces the gift of each other. Many: Beaucoup: Muchos: Beaucoup Muchos: Beaucoup: Many: All: God of Creation, let your light shine on all the inhabitants of this earth that we may know and celebrate that you have formed and created us in life-giving and life-receiving oneness and harmony; Source of our being, hear our prayer and bless us with your gift of creation. God of Grace, grant us the gift of inward joy and the serenity that comes from being in relationship with you and your creation; Source de notre être, écoute notre prière et nous bénir avec votre don de la grâce. God of Life, open our eyes that we may see the handiwork of your hands and good things in unexpected places that inspire us to celebrate our lives and the sacred ties of kindred, friendship, and love; Fuente de nuestro ser, escucha nuestra oración y nos bendiga con su regalo de la vida. God of Love, fill our hearts with light and grace and hope that cast out the spirits of fear, anxiety, and division and inspire in each of us a spirit of community, compassion, and selflessness; Source de notre être, écoute notre prière et nous bénir avec votre don de l'amour. God of Justice, endow each of us with a spirit that recognizes the worth, dignity, and equality of all human beings and inspires us to always stand on the side of the poor, the hungry, and the oppressed; Fuente de nuestro ser, escucha nuestra oración y nos bendiga con su don de la justicia. God of Peace, prompt us always to pursue community and reconciliation as we affirm one another in our different religious, cultural, and social beliefs and expressions; Source de notre être, écoute notre prière et nous bénir avec le don de la paix. God of mercy, rescue and restore your creation from neglect, violence, and persecution and bring healing and wholeness wherever there is pain and darkness; Source of our being, hear our prayer and bless us with the gift of mercy. God of Hope, bless us with brave hearts and steady nerves as we speak truth to power and challenge the scourge of hatred, prejudice, and discrimination, and give us the strength to meet the days to come with steadfastness and patience; Source of our being, hear our prayer and bless us with your gift of hope. May we seek always to be united as one family under God committed to being reconciled and standing together in the belief that love and compassion have greater power than hatred and division. In all of your many and holy names we pray. Amen. From The One World Book of Prayer: A Treasury of Prayers from Around the World, compiled by Juliet Mabey, Oneworld Publications, 1999.