Suffolk Christian Church First Sunday after Pentecost Father s Day

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1 Suffolk Christian Church First Sunday after Pentecost Father s Day Our Mission is to go and make disciples of Jesus Christ by sharing God s grace, love, and forgiveness. Our Vision: We Worship. We Disciple. We Serve. Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday, June 15, 2014 Please enter into a spirit of prayer and meditation as the Prelude begins. Prelude God of Our Fathers (Warren) Mary Huber, Organist Carmen Halley, Pianist Chiming of the Hour Greetings & Welcome Deacon James McCrary *Congregational Introit He Is Lord #34 He is Lord, He is Lord! He is risen from the dead and He is Lord! Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. (Repeat) Arr. Tom Fettke - Copyright 1986 by W ord M usic (a div. Of W ORD M USIC) - CCLI License # *Call to Worship Deacon Wendy James Leader: God s servant Joshua proclaimed, Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.... But as for me and my household, we will serve the LORD. People: Then the people answered, Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods! It was the LORD our God himself who brought us and our fathers up out of Egypt, from that land of slavery, and performed those great signs before our eyes. He protected us on our entire journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.... We, too, will serve the LORD, because he is our God! (Joshua 24:14-18, NIV) *Hymn of Praise Faith of Our Fathers #404 *The Invocation and Lord s Prayer (trespasses) *Gloria Patri Mission Moment It Takes a Father! Deacon Jim Topping Gathering Our Tithes and Offerings Offertory Canon in D w/seek Ye First (Pachelbel) *Doxology #815 *Unison Offertory Prayer Dear Lord, we give back to You in thankfulness what You have given to us in kindness. The world and its resources are not ours but Yours, and we are Your trustees. Help us to be responsible with our stewardship of Your world. Bless the gifts we now present back to You, that they may be used in the work of Your Kingdom on this earth. Amen A Tribute to Fathers Deacon Joe Jones Deacon Jim Topping Special Musical Tribute to Fathers Child of God Choir God Is So Good If You Are Happy and You Know It Instrumental Call to Prayer Pastoral Prayer and Choral Response Rev. Gardner Choral Anthem Chancel Choir Praise The Father, Praise the Son (Clydesdale) Scripture Lesson Deuteronomy 6:4-24 Deacon Joe Jones Response: Thanks be to God! (Pew Bible pg. 130) Sermon Fathers of Faith Rev. Gardner *Hymn of Dedication Amazing Grace #343 (With optional last stanza setting.) *Benediction Rev. Gardner *Choral Benediction *Postlude Postlude in G (Asman) Mary Huber, Organist When the postlude begins, please greet the worshippers around you *Please stand if you are able

2 The Flowers on the Altar are in Honor of Becky and James Bradshaw th in Celebration of their 57 Wedding Anniversary given by the Children and their Families The Flowers on the Pedestal are in Loving Memory of Bobby L. Trump given by Lee and Teresa Trump, Rich and Renee Hensler and Joyce H. Trump Welcome 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. We welcome today to our pulpit the Rev. Wayne A. Gardner. He is a retired United Church of Christ minister, having served as pastor of Eure Christian Church just prior to his retirement. He and his wife Judy are long-time friends of our church. nd Happy Birthday to Chuck Kuehn who celebrates his 92 birthday on Saturday, June 21, Care and Concern Outreach Ministry - Please complete a card, located in pew holder, to identify any needs of our members and place it in the offering plate.

3 ***Serving This Sunday*** Deacons Greeting: Corky Harry, Linda Culliton, Jeff Krzemien Sara Heuberger, Wendy James Deacons Delivering CDs: Janet Nemish, Tom Savage Acolyte: Nathan Wilson Early Worship Deacon: Donnie Weaver Audio Technician: Jim Goben Ushers: Charles Johnson, Robert Bangley, Jim Culliton Corky Harry, Tom Savage, Dave Remy Substitutes: Bob James, P.J. Fowler, Jimmy Fanny Jim Goben, Kenny Griffin, Calvin Jones Junior Ushers: Michaela Noel, Will Leaman House of Worship: Mel Hemphill (today) Kitty Martin (next week) Counters: Peggy Hemphill, Vicki Winslow Sanctuary Guild: Sarah Burford Care/Concern Volunteer: Priscilla Bunch ( ) Children s Church: No Children s Church Beginners Worker: Claudia Salmon Nursery Worker: Logan Masters Greeters After Worship: Rev. Gardner - Side exit Anne Potter - North exit Margaret Saunders - Front exit Worship on the Lord s Day Sunday, June 15, :00 a.m. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ General Fund Stewardship Report April 2014 income - $30, April 2014 expenses - $28, Pledges to date: 101 for $235, Budget pledge goal: $256, Dimes for Missions - $ Mission for May - Western Tidewater Free Clinic - $ Mission for June - Scripture Mountain Memory Mission in Knott County, KY (Jim White) Sunday, June 8, 2014 Sunday School :45 am Worship Service am Worship Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Website: Pat Hawn (webmaster@suffolkchristian.org) Suffolk Christian Church Rev. Michael D. Halley, Pastor 216 North Main Street Suffolk, Virginia

4 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. Coming Events This week at Suffolk Christian Church June Sunday June 15 Happy Father s Day! Monday Newsletter Deadline for July June 16 Newsletter Tuesday 1:00 pm Saints Alive Potluck (Carmen Halley, ) June pm Food Ministry (Pat & Jim Mann, ; Stephanie Remy, ) 7:00 pm SCC Growth Campaign Meeting (Charlie Henderson, ) Wednesday 7:00 pm Board of Finance (Stephanie Remy, ) June 18 7:30 pm Narcotics Anonymous Meeting Thursday 2:00 pm Newsletter Volunteers June 19 7:30 pm Chancel Choir (Janet Rock, ) Friday 11:30 am Suffolk Meals on Wheels Delivery June 20 (Deliverers Kim Parr and Sue Parr) (Cheryl Griffin, ) 5-8 pm YF Cookout/MFUGE Kick-off Party at the Kessinger s Home (Erin Kessinger, ) Sunday Second Sunday after Pentecost June 22 8:45 am Early Worship 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Service June 28 - July 6 Vacation Bible School 5:30 pm Supper 6-8 pm VBS Invite your friends and neighbors to come! (Priscilla Bunch, ) ~ ~ ~ ~ Mission Fuge Nashville, Tennessee (Erin Kessinger, ) Please be in prayer for our youth and leaders going to MFuge. ~ ~ ~ ~ July 23 9:00 am Children & Youth Busch Gardens Outing (Priscilla Bunch, ); (Erin Kessinger, ) ~ ~ ~ ~ July 24 6:15 pm Mission Fuge Share & Tell Night at church (Erin Kessinger, )

5 June 15, 2014 In the Hospital (Sentara Leigh) - Lynne Copeland (Richmond hospital) - Ashley Banton (niece of M arissa Banton) (Sentara Norfolk General - Rehab) JoAnna Bates (sister of Betty Johnson) Prayer Concerns Earl Martin - discharged from hospital Nita Wyatt Charlie Mathias Donald Bracy - discharged from hospital Shirley Duke - discharged from hospital Millie Strickland Haywood Briggs Jim Shank Sarah Burford David Darden On Going Prayer Larry Banton Forrest Cathey Deployed AOAN Bryce Taylor, USN (nephew of Sara Keene) Codie Newberry (nephew of co-worker of Cheryl Ashcraft) Cris Beutler (son-in-law of co-worker of Cheryl Ashcraft) Extended Family & Friends Prayer Concerns Fran Winslow (sister in-law of Johnnie Winslow)... Jordan White - discharged from hospital... Mary Anne Fausel (cousin of Jane Arthur & Jim Dailey)... Becky Belvin (friend of Jane Arthur)... Grayson Kirby & his family (friends of The Oliver s)... MA2 Justin Powell - sailor injured on Friday, June 6... Brandy Barker (daughter of Rita Redfern)...Pat Parker (cousin of Sarah Burford & Margaret Herring)... Anne K. Potter D Addio (Anne Potter s step-daughter)... Judy Schull (life-long friend of Jim Goben)... Joseph Murphy (husband of M arion Barrett Lenkerd M urphy)... Judy Shumadine (neighbor of Priscilla Bunch)... Virginia Savage Walker (aunt of Richard Savage and Tommy Savage)... Barry Hicks (friend of Janet & Richard Rock)... F. J. Brinkley (friend of Eloise & Jack Byrd)... Connie Walker (sister-in-law of Judy Eure)... Milton Liverman (friend of Jim Thorsen)...Bailey VanSkyhawk - Naval Hospital (niece of Jennifer & Steve Miller)... Larry Hall (friend of M argaret Saunders & Charles Saunders)... The Flagler Family (friends of Pat Hawn)... Ann Cowan (friend of Pat Hawn)... Betty & Dave Potter (friends of Jane Marie & Jim Dailey)... Debra Bunch Lauder (niece of Eloise Byrd)... Rev. David Wilson - returned home (friend of Sarah Carter)... Jimmy Hope (friend of Gary Williams)... Leslie Bailey Daniel (daughter of Andra & Bill Bailey)... Colin West - (friend of Pat Hawn)...Wendy Guthrie...Samantha Bright (granddaughter of Becky & Jimmy Bradshaw)...Nancy Solis (friend of Beth Simpkins)... Kristen Daughtrey (married to Elaine Abernathy s cousin)... Skyler Hannah (friend of Amber Anderson)... Judy Burris (friend of Janet Rock) 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. Skilled Care (Nansemond Pointe) Doris Gardner (aunt of Priscilla Bunch) (Autumn Care) -- Patricia Griggs, Beulah Johnson (mother of Weeks Parker) (Lake Prince Woods) Louise Boone, Alice Grieder (mother of Diane Grieder) (Lake Prince Woods) Rev. Zach Deal, Jr. (father of Zack Deal) (Consulate Health Care, Windsor) S. A. Pylan Home Bound Nancy Fulgham, Louise Howell, Dorothy Judkins, Margaret Ramsey, Rita Redfern, Vernon Taylor, Randolph Copeland Assisted Living (Hillcrest Assisted Living) Marjorie Wilkinson (King s Grant House, Virginia Beach) Ruth Howell (Lake Prince Woods) Howard Boone (Village at Woods Edge) Pete Kidd In Sympathy Our Christian love and sympathy to Donnie Weaver & family on the death of his uncle, Milton Ray Buck, on June 9, Nancy Lord & family on the death of her husband, Thomas Richard Lord, Sr., on June 13, 2014.

6 Deuteronomy 6:4-24 New International Version (NIV) Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant then when you eat and are satisfied, be careful that you do not forget the Lord, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. Fear the Lord your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; for the Lord your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. Do not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. Be sure to keep the commands of the Lord your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. Do what is right and good in the Lord s sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors, thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the Lord said. In the future, when your son asks you, What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the Lord our God has commanded you? tell him: We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Before our eyes the Lord sent signs and wonders great and terrible on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. The Lord commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the Lord our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. Faith Of Our Fathers Faith of our fathers, living still In spite of dungeon, fire, and sword; O how our hearts beat high with joy When-e'er we hear that glorious word! Chorus Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! Faith of our fathers! we will strive To win all nations unto Thee, And through the truth that comes from God, Mankind shall then be truly free. Faith of our fathers! we will love Both friend and foe in all our strife, And preach thee, too, as love knows how, By kindly words and virtuous life. Frederick William Faber Henri Frederick Hemy Words: Public Domain Music: Public Domain CCLI License #

7 Amazing Grace 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. 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears relieved. How precious did that grace appear The hour I first believed. The Lord has promised good to me; His Word my hope secures. He will my shield and portion be As long as life endures. Through many dangers, toils, and snares I have already come. 'Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home. When we've been there ten thousand years, Bright shining as the sun, We've no less days to sing God's praise Than when we first begun. Edwin Othello Excell John Newton John P. Rees Words: Public Domain Music: Public Domain CCLI License #

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