CARLISLE FIRST CHURCH OF GOD 705 Glendale Street Carlisle, PA 17013 December 22, 2013 www.carlislecog.org Rev. Greg L. Hench Rev. John Culbertson Pastor Intentional Interim Pastor 243-2257 532-7268 w1m@comcast.net jculb269@comcast.net MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE The Announcements and Words of Welcome The Prelude *The Call to Worship Leader: We have been looking for a sign People: Emmanuel God with us. Leader: We have been waiting for a Savior. People: Emmanuel God with us. Unison: Come let us worship the time of His coming is near. *The Invocation *The Gloria Patri #813 *The Hymn Hark! The Herald Angels Sing #277 The Prayer Requests The Morning Prayer closing with the Lord s Prayer (using debts and debtors) The Presentation of Tithes and Offerings *The Offertory The Doxology #815 *The Offertory Prayer The Junior Choir The Object Lesson -Pastor Greg Hench The Scripture Lesson James 4:13-17 The Message THINKING ABOUT 2014 *The Hymn Once in Royal David s City #286 *The Benediction *The Postlude *Those who are able may stand
VISITORS Have you been mugged lately? Before you leave our church today, please stop by the Visitors Center in the lobby. We would like to give you a mug to take home. Also we have information and maps about our church. The muggers at the Visitors Center can answer your questions. Thank you for your visit today! VISITORS Please help yourself to a brochure on the stand in the Narthex. This brochure identifies the various classes and their location for Sunday School which you are invited to attend. Questions generated from the brochure may be addressed to anyone of our Sunday School officers or to our pastors. Please join us for Sunday School. TODAY IN OUR CHURCH Song Leader: Mrs. Elizabeth Kuhn Greeters: EDGE members Muggers: Mr. and Mrs. Mark (Nancy) Bennett Head Usher: Mr. John Sheriff Ushers: *Mr. Marlin Negley Mr. Brian Barrick Mr. Art Bittinger Mr. Ronald Stevens - 9:30 a.m. Worship Service Junior Church children age 4 thru Grade 4 will either sing with the Junior Choir or sit with their parents. Following the Object Lesson, the children will be dismissed to their classes. Nursery - 10:40 a.m. Sunday School hour -Adults and Youth will meet in the gymnatorium for the annual Christmas quiz and refreshments -Rotation Sunday School -Middle School students -Nursery - 3:00 p.m. Organist Michael Minnich will present a Rodgers organ concert with music from just about every era and many styles. A free will offering will be donated to the Church of God Home s Forever Caring Fund. - 7:00 p.m. First annual Winebrenner Christmas at the Chapel at Winebrenner Theological Seminary on the Scotland Campus. Doors will open at 6:15 p.m. The Order of Service is an historical celebration of Scripture and Carols, with musical ac- companiment featuring the organ, piano, harp, cello, and violin. You are invited to join them for a special evening as they celebrate the birth of our Savior. The altar flowers are presented by Art and Betsy Bittinger in honor of their 41st wedding anniversary tomorrow, December 23. THIS WEEK December 23 28, 2013 Tuesday - 7:30 p.m. Traditional Christmas Eve Service with Pastor John preaching. Friday - 6:30-9:00 p.m. ATTENTION MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS. Please join us for a board game night in the gym. Parents are welcome to stay and play too! Bring your favorite game and a snack to share. NOTE FROM PASTOR GREG After a group of the kids at Ocean City had so much fun playing some late night board games, some of the parents thought it would be a great idea to do while the kids are bored to death during Christmas Break. NEXT SUNDAY December 29, 2013-9:30 a.m. Worship Service Junior Church for children age 4 thru Grade
Nursery - 10:30 a.m. Koffee Konnection - 11:00 a.m. Sunday School -Nursery -Rotation Sunday School age 4 thru Grade 5 -Youth and Adults classes LOOKING AHEAD Jan. 4 Advent. Join - 9:00 a.m. You are invited to help stash and stow Christmas decorations that have adorned the sanctuary, fellowship hall and classrooms during the season of us for breakfast at the Walnut Bottom Diner at 8:00 a.m. Jan. 8-5-6:30 p.m. We are going to start Wednesday night meals in Fellowship Hall. The first meal will be a Spaghetti meal. We are thinking some possible food items would be spaghetti, sauce, meat balls, bread, salad, and juice or soda. You My come any time between 5-6:30. We are looking for donations of food, paper products or money. Also we need some volunteers to help set up, prepare, and clean up. You may either sign up using the church web site located at http://www.carlislecog.org/foodsignup.html or sign up using the sheet on the bulletin board. All are welcome however we ask that those under 18 are accompanied by a guardian. Any questions please contact Bryan Dellinger at 218-0211 or dellingerfam5@gmail.com. Jan. 9 - noon The Jolly Olde Timers will be enjoying a pizza/salad/ice cream party in the gymnatorium. Bill Davidson will be speaking on some of the finer points of the financial world. It s always a great time. Deadline to sign up on the bulletin board is Sunday, Janu- ary 5, 2014. Jan. 25-7-9:00 p.m. Open movie night: all are welcome. Join us here at the church to watch the motion picture blockbuster Fireproof. Fireproof has touched the hearts and impacted the marriages of millions of moviegoers. Join the millions across the country who have enjoyed and benefited from this movie. Chil dren are welcome and will be entertained in another part of the church. Any questions, call Bryan or Lisa at 218-0211 or Dellingerfam5@gmail.com. Jan. 26 - FIREPROOF COUPLES Learn the Secrets to a Lasting Marriage Financial pressures, the stress of parenting, differences between men and women, boredom, temptations they can all scorch a relationship. The fires will come will your marriage last? On January 26 Carlisle First will start a series called Fireproof Your Marriage. The God who designed marriage intended for it to be a loving, lifelong partnership. Join us as we discuss His plan for indestructible relationships. You ll find practical insights for building an enduring, loving marriage! relaxed be led by meet in nursery you have any March 15 Anyone is welcome to join this class. If Sunday School has always made you uncomfortable, please give this class a try. Our goal is to have a class that is and fun where we can learn about God and about our marriages. The class will Bryan and Lisa Dellinger and it will be set up like a small group setting. We will the room beside CCI, straight back the hall from the gym lobby. There are service and classes for children ages newborn up through high school. If questions, please feel free to email or give the Dellingers a call. Dellingerfam5@gmail.com or at 218-0211. LADIES save the date. Plan to come to our Ladies Day Out and bring a friend. There will be crafts, speakers, food and fun. Look for more details at a later date. PRAYER REQUESTS To have a prayer request put on the telephone prayer chain, you should call Shirley McConnell (249-4095) and Sariann Worley (243-3611). To have a prayer request placed on the email prayer chain, you may email Scott and Cheryl Gobin at gobinsmail@comcast.net. These are not mutually exclusive prayer opportunities you are welcome to avail yourself of any or all.
MISSION MOMENT Pray for the staff and volunteers at our Church of God Home who endeavor to provide care and refreshment to the residents they serve in the Name of Christ especially during what for many of the residents is a difficult holiday season. Pray that our ministry together for worship on January 6 will be a blessing to residents and staff alike. ALTAR FLOWER CHART for 2014 has been posted. Please neatly print your information for the Sundays you select to sponsor the flowers. As noted in a December/January newsletter article on page 7, Royer s Flowers has signed a contract to provide the altar flowers at a price of $30 a week. Please place your check with flower notation on the memo line or put your money in an envelope marked flowers and place it in the offering plate. Thank you. HEARING ASSISTED DEVICES are available for your use while worshiping in the Sanctuary. If you have such a need to assist you in hearing the Service, please contact sound technician Chris Campbell or head usher John Sheriff. CHURCH ENVELOPES for 2014 are ready for distribution. Please pick your envelopes up in the choir room on the left side of the hall as you approach the Fellowship Hall. We have recently started using new software for the giving records and labels. Please excuse any errors on the labels, and we hope to have all the corrections in place for future use. If there is a particular change to your name or address that you would like to mention, please bring it to the attention of Ray Kunkel. If you are not currently using giving envelopes and would like to do so, please speak with Ray Kunkel or email him at jak2428@comcast.net. ROTATION SUNDAY SCHOOL is looking for a person or persons to teach children using computers. We have software for all the lessons and depending upon how many teachers we have will determine the teaching schedule. For example...if we have only one teacher, that teacher would teach only two Sundays every month during the Sunday School hour. If we get two computer teachers, each teacher would teach two Sundays per month but only six times a year instead of 12. (Having two or three teachers is our goal, and the teachers can work out the schedule.) For more of an explanation as to what teaching with computers looks like, you may talk to Karen Neidigh, Pastor Greg or Bryan Dellinger. MR. LLOYD MARKLE will observe his birthday on December 24. He resides at The Church of God Home, 801 N. Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA 17013. CGGC A.C.T.S. TEAMS FOR 2014 There are many opportunities in 2014 to serve on an A.C.T.S. Team (Advancing Christ Through Service). Teams will be going to Haiti, Brazil, Venezuela, Sweden, Pittsburgh, PA and the Southwest. If you would like to be a part of this exciting ministry opportunity which will transform lives, please contact Lance Finley or Don Dennison at (419) 424-1961. You may also go on the CGGC website http:/www.cggc.org/ministries/transformational-ministries/acts-teams/. THANK YOU to the congregation for the prayers offered on our behalf and for the cards we received on the Home going of our mother, Mrs. Arlene Miller. The Hamman Family THANK YOU MESSAGES concerning the Christmas cantata: A huge thank you is extended to both the junior choir, senior choir, musicians, narrator, parents of the Junior Choir for bringing their children, and all who helped with Cookies & Conversation. The cantata was absolutely beautiful and conveyed a meaningful message. The amount of time and effort spent preparing was evident. -Karen Sheriff Hallelujah to the Lamb of God! It was an evening to worship our Lord. The voices of our choirs rang out in jubilee and Mike and Elaine were fantastic! For each one who had a part in the cantata, we give you many thanks just beautiful. May we all rejoice with them. -Shirley McConnell POINSETTIAS have been placed in the front of the church by Glenn and Marge Crum in honor of their families Daughter Sara Gross and Grandchildren David and Kelle Baldwin, and Rebecca and Meredith Gross in memory of John and Freda Gross Ross and Reba Kell in memory of dear deceased friends and family members
Wife Nancy and Children Timothy, Joy, and Jonathan Rea in memory of Dallas E. Rea Jim and Trudy Strine and Sis Diven in memory of Jimmy K. Diven, Sr., Jimmy K. Diven, Jr. and Jim Strine, Sr. DECEMBER 29, 2013 INFORMATION Greeters: Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Cramer Muggers: Ms. Pam Gotshall and Mrs. Joan Wagner Head Usher: Mr. John Sheriff Ushers: *Mr. Alvin Miller Mr. John Gross Mr. Shane Britcher Mr. Richard Thomas DECEMBER 15, 2013 REPORT Attendance Worship 104 Nursery 0 Sunday School 66 Junior Church 10 Cantata 148 Cantata offering 786.65 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY If it is necessary to cancel a Sunday morning service, we will make that decision by 8:15 a.m. and attempt to have it announced over the following TV Stations: WHP-21 and UPN-15. Since there are several Churches of God in Carlisle, our church will be distinguished by the use of the word or symbol FIRST (1st), i.e. Carlisle First Church of God or First Church of God, Carlisle. We will also post it on our Web site at www.carlislecog.org. More importantly, the Council has developed a system whereby we will endeavor to telephone each family or person when Sunday Morning services are cancelled. But no system is perfect! When in doubt, call a member of the Council before attempting to drive to church in snowy or icy conditions. We tend to cancel Wednesday evening services more frequently because snow-covered roads and slippery highways are much more treacherous to drive on at night. If the Carlisle School District cancels classes on a Wednesday or dismisses early on a Wednesday because of weather conditions, all Family Night Services will be automatically cancelled. Otherwise, the decision to cancel Family Night services will be made no later than 4:45 p.m. We will post cancellations on the Web site and on the aforementioned TV stations. If you have any questions, call either the Pastor, the Music Director, the EDGE Leaders, or the BLAST Leaders. Regardless of our decision, please use your best judgment concerning your safety when weather conditions are deteriorating. If you have reservations about driving, it may be advisable to stay home that morning or that night.