August 13, :30 AM Uplift. Message... Heaven: Finding Our Hearts True Home... Alex Martin Anticipating Resurrection

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1 August 13, :30 AM Uplift If you are a guest today, please fill out the Guest Information portion of your bulletin and place it in the offering plate. Thank you for worshiping with us! Scripture... 1 Corinthians 15:35-58 (Selected Verses)... Benny Lisk Message... Heaven: Finding Our Hearts True Home... Alex Martin Anticipating Resurrection Welcome to Uplift! We re glad you re here today! For your small children, a nursery is located through the right front sanctuary door. Hearing assistance devices are also available from our Uplift sound team. We welcome you and look forward to worshipping with you today. We invite you to enter into worship just as you are. Now is the time to worship. During the time of commitment, you are invited to make public any decision you may have regarding acceptance of Christ as Lord and Savior, rededication of life, or church membership. You may also come to the altar to pray. Worship, Sound, and Technical Assistance provided by Uplift Worship Team. Copyright permission granted by CCLI License # Hearing assistance devices are available; please see an usher. Please turn off cell phones during the worship service.

2 August 13, :55 AM If you are a guest today, please fill out the Guest Information portion of your bulletin and place it in the offering plate. Thank you for worshiping with us! The Calvary Family...Gathering for Worship Prelude... The Old-Time Religion... arr. Sikes Welcome to Worship... Alex Martin * Greeting Chorus... There s Something About That Name... No. 317 * Invocation... Ken Nowlin The Calvary Family...Offering Our Praise * Hymn of Praise... Great Is Thy Faithfulness... No. 96 (stanzas 1 and 3) The Church Family at Prayer... Alex Martin Children s Message... Alex Martin (Children ages 4 years through 2nd grade may exit for Children s Worship) Hymn of Giving... Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah... No. 82 (stanzas 1 and 3) * Prayer Over the Offering Offertory... Redeemed, How I Love to Proclaim It... arr. Roger The Calvary Family...Hearing God s Word Scripture... 1 Corinthians 15: (Selected Verses)... Roger Greene Choral Anthem... Old Tyme Medley... Men s Chorus Message... Heaven: Finding Our Hearts True Home... Alex Martin Anticipating Resurrection The Calvary Family...Departing to Serve * Invitation... Abide With Me... No. 88 * Closing Prayer... Alex Martin * Postlude... All Hail the Power of Jesus Name... arr. Price *Congregation please stand. Hearing devices are available; please ask an usher. Please silence cell phones during worship.

3 C h u r c h L i f e U p d a t e s Calvary s Newest Members: Calvary is pleased to welcome Brent and Sherry Riddle to our church family. Brent and Sherry have been worshiping and serving faithfully here for some time. But we rejoice in their decision to unite officially with our congregation by statement of faith. If you d like to send them a note, their address is: 109 Hutchens St., Mount Airy NC Deacon Nominations: The deadline to submit nominations for the office of deacon is Sunday, August 20. Here at Calvary, both men and women are eligible to serve, providing that they are at least 21 years of age, that they have been members of the church for at least two years, and that they possess the qualities described in passages like Acts 6:3 and 1 Timothy 3:1-12. Back-to-School for Children and Youth: It s almost time for kids to head back to school and that means that it s almost time for Calvary s ministry for children and youth to get back in gear! Kids in the 1 st through 5 th grade will have a Back-to-School Pool Party from Noon to 2 PM on Saturday, August 26, at the home of Corey and Ashley Mills. Middle and High School youth will launch their new school year with a Kick-Off event on Sunday, August 27, that will feature food, games and fellowship at Hanging Rock State Park. Please be sure to spread the word to all the kids in your life. And please join us in praying for a great year of school and ministry! Calvary s Got Talent: This year s Mid-Week Ministry will kick-off on Wednesday, September 6, with the third annual Calvary s Got Talent Show. We want to see your talent, no matter how unusual it is. So make plans now to read a poem, sing a song, perform a skit, or share that crazy party trick that always embarrasses your spouse. To sign up, call the church office; talk to Jan Varney, or put your name on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board in the children s Sunday School hallway.

4 Church Statistics Budget as of 8/6/17 Budget Receipts Expenditures Receipts minus Expenditures General $314, $302, $288, $14, Debt Retirement $13, $12, $14, ($1,682.68) Transportation $1, $1, $ $ Debt Reduction Funds Available as of 8/6: $3, Total Debt Balance as of 8/6: $148, Endowment Fund as of 8/6: $39, If you have any questions about the budget please see Bob Peake. Date Sunday School Uplift Traditional Total Worship 8/6/ Choose one EasyTithe option for simple online giving! WEBSITE: & click Give Now MOBILE APP: Download the EasyTithe app TEXT: Simply text $ amount to C a l e n d a r o f E v e n t s Sunday, August 13 Sunday, August 20 8:30 AM Uplift 8:30 AM Uplift 9:45 AM Sunday School 9:45 AM Sunday School 10:55 AM Traditional Service 10:55 AM Traditional Service Wednesday, August 16 Wednesday, August 23 6:15 PM Choir Rehearsal 6:15 PM Choir Rehearsal Thursday, August 17 Thursday, August 24 5:00 PM Friends Feeding 7:00 PM Praise Team Practice 7:00 PM Praise Team Practice Saturday, August 26 Noon-2PM Kids Pool Party

5 Deacon of the Week Good Shepherds P r a y e r C o n c e r n s Mission Partnerships: El Faro Encendido Church (Belize); Meredith Byrd (Uganda); Andy and Cari Robertson (Chad) Marvin Beasley, Claudia Bryant, Francis McBride, James McBride, Mary McCormick, Tyler, Becky & Ensley Morgan, Janice Newman, Bill Smith, Richard Surratt, Annie Thomas Lowell and Phyllis Willis (friends of Norma Hiatt) [8/13] Lib Branch (Linda Gordon's aunt), Kennie and Anne Day (Katarina Jarrell s parents), Pedro Delfin (father of Carlos Delfin), Dennis Gregory (grandfather of Anna Alverson Foutz), Martha McPherson (Bob McPherson s mother), Retha Quesinberry (sister of Sandra Byrd & Betty Southern), Family of Mary Ruth Cooper (sister of Sandra Byrd & Betty Southern) [8/6] M i n i s t r y V o l u n t e e r s August 13 August 20 Ken Nowlin Kent Moser Steve Simandle UPLIFT Mike Francis Bob McPherson Sam Critz UPLIFT Nursery Workers Erika & Tracy Goings Alyson Hiatt, Jasmine Varney Infants - 3 Yr. Olds TRADITIONAL Janet McPherson, Thelma Shelton, Jane Sawyers TRADITIONAL Linda Gordon, Johnny Surratt, Anne Forrest Children s Church Denise & Leah Cain Ashley & Corey Mills Calvary Baptist Church Ministers... Our Church Family 314 South Franklin Rd Pastor... Rev. Alex Martin Mount Airy NC (pastoralex4@gmail.com or ) Phone: Minister to Youth & Children... Rev. Alex Bracey Fax: (aebracey1@gmail.com) Minister of Music... Teresa Martin office@calvarybcmtairy.org...(teresabmartin125@gmail.com) Website: Administrative Assistant... Billie Doyle... (billie@calvarybcmtairy.org) Office Assistant... Jane Bowman...(jane@calvarybcmtairy.org) Striving to glorify God by being a Christcentered, Pianist... Mary MacCollum caring church through worship, Organist... Carolyn Greene discipleship, missions and ministry. Sound Engineers...Phillip Hiatt, Danny Lineberry Custodian... Carlos Delfin