Suffolk Christian Church Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Holy Com m union

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1 Suffolk Christian Church Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost Holy Com m union 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, September 6, 2015 Please enter into a spirit of prayer and meditation as the Prelude begins. Prelude The Old Country Church Medley (arr Fettke) Mary Huber, Organist Carmen Halley, Pianist Chiming of the Hour Greetings and Welcome *Congregational Introit No Other Nam e #15 No other name but the name of Jesus, No other name but the name of the Lord; No other name but the name of Jesus Is worthy of glory, And worthy of honor, And worthy of power and all praise. *Call to Worship Based on Matthew 22:1-14 Pastor: Come, the banquet of hope and praise is ready. People: We come on Jesus invitation, seeking to be fed. Pastor: Feed on the love of God in Jesus Christ. People: We come on Jesus invitation, needing healing. Pastor: Be healed by God s gracious mercy. People: We come on Jesus invitation, longing for forgiveness. Pastor: In Jesus Name, you are loved, healed and forgiven! All: Alleluia, Praise be to God. Amen *Hymn of Praise Ho ly, Holy, Holy #3 (With optional last stanza setting) *Invocation and Lord s Prayer ( trespasses ) *Gloria Patri Mission Moment Gathering Our Tithes and Offerings Offertory He Leadeth Me, with Arabesque (Sprunger) *Doxology *Unison Offertory Prayer Heavenly Father, we acknowledge that you are the owner and we are the managers of all you entrust to us. Help us to live for you each day and to generously share the time, talents, and treasures you have given us. Amen. Call to Prayer Pastoral Prayer & Response Special Music Family Bible Mel Hemphill Scripture Lesson James 1:19-20 (Pew Bible pg. 854) The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God! Sermon Getting the Goodness Rev. Halley A Summer Sermon Series: Practical Teachings from James Communion Hymn Beho ld The Lam b #304 The Sacrament of Holy Communion *Hymn of Dedication I d R ather Have Jesus #506 *Benediction *Postlude Our God is Mighty (Fettke) 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 Jean Flanagan and Robert F. Flanagan Given by Robert J. Flanagan and 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. The Sacram ent of Holy Com m union is open to all. When served, please hold the elements until all are served and we will partake together. 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. Happy Bir thday! Doris Cones will celebrate her 93 birthday on Thursday, rd September 10.

2 ***Serving This Sunday*** Greeters: Charlie & Donna Henderson, Ann & Alan Felton Deacons Delivering CDs: Jim Thorsen, Jennifer Worrell Early Worship Deacon: Billy Wyatt Acolyte: Hannah Fleming Audio Technician: Jonathan Martin Ushers: Rob Abernathy, Joey Briggs, Robert Whitmore, William Bailey, Joe Jones Substitutes: Bob James, P. J. Fowler, Jimmy Fanny Jim Goben, Kenny Griffin, Calvin Jones Junior Ushers: Hannah Fleming House of Worship: Jimmy Fanny (today) Kenny Griffin (next week) Counters: Pat Bristow, Curtiss Johnson Sanctuary Guild: Cheryl Ashcraft Care/Concern Volunteer: Anne Potter ( ) Children s Church: No Children s Church Beginners Workers: Claudia Salmon Nursery Workers: Logan Masters, Julia McBride Greeters After Worship: Rev. Halley - Side exit Elaine & Rob Abernathy - North exit Robert Bangley - Front exit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Stewardship Report We Are Walking By Faith Needed Weekly to Deliver Our Ministries:...$ 6, Received on August $ 3, Needed Year To Date: $ 240, Received Year To Date: $ 214, Difference: - $ 25, Dimes for Missions...$ August Mission Offering - Meals on Wheels $ September Mission Offering - Night Stay Ministry Sunday, August 30, 2015 Sunday School :45 am Worship Service am Worship Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Website: Pat Hawn (webmaster@suffolkchristian.org) Worship on the Lord s Day Sunday, September 6, :00 a.m. Suffolk Christian Church 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 September 6 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Service Monday September 7 Labor Day (Church Office Closed) Tuesday 2:00 pm Saints Alive (Carmen Halley, ) September pm Food Ministry 7:00 pm Executive Board Wednesday 7:00 pm Board of Deacons September 9 (Jim McCrary, ) 7:30 pm Narcotics Anonymous Meeting Thursday 7:30 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal September 10 (Janet Rock, ) September 15 1:00 pm September 15 & 16 (Tuesday evening at 7 pm and Wednesday m o r n i n g at 10 am) 12 noon Pot Luck Luncheon (Bennett McBride, ) Co m ing Events Saints Alive Potluck New Beth Moore Bible Study Begins Children of the Day is a study of 1 & 2 Thessalonians. Sign up sheet located on bulletin board. September 17 9:30 am Thursday Crafters - Fellowship Hall Sign up sheet located on bulletin board. (Priscilla Bunch, ) 2:00 pm Newsletter Volunteers September 19 5:30-8 pm September 20 September 22 7:00 pm Youth Fellowship New Member Sunday (both services) 9:30 am Coffee Social Hour 10:30 am Child of God Choir resumes The Praying Church Friday 11:30 am Suffolk Meals on Wheels Delivery September 11 (Deliverers: Carmen & Michael Halley) (Cheryl Griffin, ) 4-6 pm Community Supper (Sponsored by the Board of Deacons) Sunday Sixteenth Sunday after P enteco st September 6 8:45 am Early Worship 10:00 am Sunday School -- Prom otion Sunday! 11:00 am Worship Service -- Baptism for Pastor s Class September 23 11:30 am September 26 6:30 pm Young at Heart Italian Fiesta Lunch Sign up sheet located on bulletin board. (Evelyn Jones, ) Community Movie Night

4 September 6, 2015 Hospitalized Mary Jane Cathey, Obici Hosp Prayer Concerns Debra Carr - rehab... Steve Redd - at home... Eloise Byrd - at home... Muriel Shumate - at home... Grace Garner-Atkins... Carter Ferguson... Heather Ferguson... Jane Pritchard... Kitty Martin... Tom Ashcraft Ongoing Prayer Dylan Lilley - mission trip to Ghana, Africa with AgriCorps (nephew of Becky Bradshaw) David & Dot 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; Rebecca Bangley, Longwood University; Kasey Banton, Tidewater Community College; Matthew Bradshaw, University of Virginia; Courtney Buchanan, Tidewater Community College; Christine Comer, Belmont University; Mollie Edick, East Carolina University; Olivia Elliott, University of South Carolina; Kyle Griffin, Virginia Commonwealth University; Shannon Griffin, Old Dominion University; Ashley Heuberger, Lynchburg College; Jacob Holland, Ferrum College; Bryce Jones, The University of Virginia College at Wise; Connor Munn, Longwood University; Kaylor Nash, Radford University; Bracey Parr, George M ason 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 Missionaries Joyce & Jim White, Scripture Memory Mountain Mission, Emmalena, Kentucky Christine & Chris Surber, Supply & Multiply, Haiti Katy Johnson, Amman, Jordan Deployed Lt. Edward G. Chalkley (grandson of Nancy & Milton Chalkley) LCPL Langdon Conklin, USMC (grandson of Jack & Eloise Byrd) Extended Fam ily & Friends Prayer Concerns Nell Williams... Edna Earl Carter (sister of Eloise Byrd)...Thom Davis (Navy friend of Michael Halley)... Jeff Halley (son of Carmen & Michael Halley)... Doris Bailey - Sentara Norfolk General (sister of Margaret Saunders)... Louise Bradshaw (mother of Mary Lou Bradshaw)...Patsy Morris Vance (friend of Eloise Byrd)... Joe Duke (former SCC staff member)... Brenda Kizer (family friend of the Worrell s)... Robert Ascher (brother of David Ascher)... Judy Ascher (sister-in-law of David Ascher)... Joyce Cates (friend of Jane Arthur)... Steven Burton (cousin of Elaine Abernathy)... Patsy Smith (friend of Jim Thorsen)... Rick Pearce (son of Riddick Pearce & nephew of Judy Eure)... Joanna Bates (sister of Betty Johnson)... Barbara Ricks Parker (sister-in-law of Margaret Herring and Sarah Burford)... Audrey Smith (neighbor of Sarah Burford)... Joshua Blocker (Nita Wyatt s niece s son)... Martha Rekni (friend of Anne Potter)... Barbara Rice (friend of Nancy & Marcy Pichel)... Clark Thompson and Patrick Annas (friends of Jim Hancock, Mills Staylor, Glenn Ellis, Linda Culliton)... Phil Gibbs (brother of Joyce Ralph and father of Gretchen Jones)... Harvey Parker (brother of Margaret Herring & Sarah Burford)... Martha Britt (sister of Margaret Herring & Sarah Burford) 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 (Lake Prince Woods) Louise Boone, Howard Boone (Consulate Health, Windsor) S. A. Pylan Hom e Bound Shirley Crump, Nancy Fulgham, Dorothy Judkins, Margaret Ramsey, Rita Redfern, Vernon Taylor, Margaret Herring Assisted Living (Kindred) Marjorie Wilkinson; Nancy Chalkley (Village at Woods Edge) Pete Kidd (Chesapeake Place) Millie Strickland Our Christian Love and Sym pathy go to Martha Savage, Richard Savage, and Thomas Savage and families, on the death of their uncle, Charles Harvey Walker, on August 30.

5 James 1:19-20 New International Version (NIV) My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God! #3 Ho ly, Ho ly, Ho ly! Lo r d Go d Alm igh ty Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come. Revelation 4:8 Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee; Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty; God in three persons, blessed Trinity! Holy, holy, holy! all the saints adore Thee, Casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, Which wert, and art, and evermore shalt be. #304 B eh o ld th e Lam b The Lamb was slain from the creation of the world. Revelation 13:8 Behold the Lamb, behold the Lamb, Slain from the foundation of the world. For sinners crucified, O holy sacrifice, Behold the Lamb of God, behold the Lamb. Crown Him, crown Him, Worthy is the Lamb. Praise Him, praise Him, Heav n and earth resound. Behold the Lamb, behold the Lamb, Slain from the foundation of the world. For sinners crucified, O holy sacrifice, Behold the Lamb of God, behold the Lamb. Text and Music by Dottie Rambo 1979 by John T. Benson Publishing Company. CCLI License# Holy, holy, holy! Tho the darkness hide Thee, Tho the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see. Only Thou art holy there is none beside Thee, Perfect in pow r, in love, in purity. Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name in earth, and sky, and sea; Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty; God in three Persons, blessed Trinity! Text: Reginald Heber Music: John B. Dykes Last stanza setting and Choral ending by Camp Kirkland 1977 by Integrity s Hosanna! Music and W ord Music CCLI License #

6 #506 I d R ath er Have Jesu s I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ. Philippians 3:8 I d rather have Jesus than silver or gold; I d rather be His than have riches untold; I d rather have Jesus than houses are lands. I d rather be led by His nail-pierced hand. Refrain I d rather have Jesus than men s applause; I d rather be faithful to His dear cause; I d rather have Jesus than world-wide fame. I d rather be true to His holy name He s fairer than lilies of rarest bloom; He s sweeter than honey from out the comb; He s all that my hungering spirit needs. I d rather have Jesus and let Him lead Refrain: Than to be the king of a vast domain And be held in sin s dread sway. I d rather have Jesus than anything This world affords today. Text: Rhea F. Miller; Music: George Beverly Shea Text 1922, renewed 1950; Music 1939, renewed 1950 CCLI #563168

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