Suffolk Christian Church Last Sunday After Epiphany Holy Com m union 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. Core Value #1: We are Committed to Loyalty to Christ and the Church. Worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday, March 2, 2014 Please enter into a spirit of prayer and meditation as the Prelude begins. Prelude When Morning Gilds the Skies (Sprunger) Mary N. Huber, Organist Carmen J. Halley, Pianist Chiming of the Hour Greetings & Welcome *Congregational Introit Pure and Holy #647 Pure and holy I would be, Worthy of Your love for me. Teach me while Your light is clear; Change me while my heart is near. Holy, holy, holy Lord. Holy, holy, holy, Lord. Copyright 1985 by Straighway M usic/m usic by Hummingbird/Farnsworth Publishing TEXT/MUSIC: Mike Hudson & Bob Farnsworth - CCLI License #563168 *Call to Worship Psalm 99 Will Rhodes Leader: The Lord is King, so let the nations shake with fear. People: He sits as King above the Cherub angels, so let the whole earth shake. Leader: The Lord in Zion is great! He is the great leader over all people. People: Let all the nations praise your name; Your name is great and awesome. All: Your name is holy, You are the powerful King who loves justice. *Hymn of Praise There s A Wideness in God s Mercy #355 *Confession of Faith... The Apostles Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth; And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered *Gloria Patri under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic* church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. *Meaning universal ; the church in every place and time Core Value #1 Deacon Thomas Savage We are Committed to Loyalty to Christ and the Church. Gathering our Tithes & Offerings Offertory When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Sprunger) *Doxology *Unison Offertory Prayer All gifts are Yours, O God, and of Your own have we given. By the leading of Your Spirit may we render to You that which You most desire, even our whole heart and mind and will, in loving and grateful service. Amen. Instrumental Call to Prayer Pastoral Prayer and Response Choral Anthem Lamb of God (Paris) Chancel Choir Scripture Lesson Matthew 17:1-9 Zachary Harry The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God! (Pew Bible pg. 694) Sermon The Feast Before The Fast Rev. Halley The Sacrament of Holy Communion *Hymn of Dedication Standing on the Promises #410 (Vs. 1, 4, & 5, with optional last refrain setting) *Benediction *Postlude Postlude in C (Johnston) When the Postlude begins, please greet the worshipers around you. *Please stand as you are able
***Serving This Sunday*** Greeters Before Worship: Jack Nurney - Sanctuary entrance Ann & Alan Felton - Balcony entrance Deacons Delivering CDs: Jeff Krzemien, Jim Topping Early Worship Deacon: Wendy James Acolyte: Zachary Harry Audio Technician: Jonathan Martin Ushers: Rob Abernathy, Joey Briggs, Brad Bradshaw Robert Whitmore, William Bailey Joe Jones, Bryce Jones Substitutes: Bob James, P. J. Fowler, Jimmy Fanny Jim Goben, Kenny Griffin, Calvin Jones Junior Ushers: Sarah Rhodes, Abigail Bilby, Meredith Oliver Tyler Oliver House of Worship: Joan Harrell (today) Kirk Alexander (next week) Counters: Alan Felton, Kenny Griffin Sanctuary Guild: Cheryl Ashcraft Care/Concern Volunteer: Edie Matthews (335.2260) Children s Church: No Children s Church today Beginners Workers: Jennifer Worrell, Abigail Bilby Caitlyn Hannah Nursery Workers: Logan Masters, Lauren Oliver Greeters After Worship: Rev. Halley -Side exit P. J. Fowler - North exit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ General Fund Stewardship Report December income - $46,230.13 December expenses -$37,169.60 January - December 2013 income $358,244.01 January - December 2013 expenses $351,532.46 January 2014 income - $24,263.58 January 2014 expenses - $36,326.64 2014 Pledges to date: 97 for $229,954.00 2014 Proposed budget pledge goal: $258,000.00 Dimes for Missions - $140.00 Monthly Mission for February, CAPS - $390.00 Brunswick Stew - $767.76 Sunday, February 23, 2014 Sunday School...75 8:45 am Worship Service...29 11 am Worship Service...124 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Website: www.suffolkchristian.org Pat Hawn (webmaster@suffolkchristian.org) Worship on the Lord s Day Sunday, March 2, 2014 11:00 a.m. Suffolk Christian Church Rev. Michael D. Halley, Pastor 216 North Main Street Suffolk, Virginia 23434 757-539-9182
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 Suffolk Christian Church Monday 1:00 pm Afternoon Circle in the Saints Alive March 3 Center. The guest speaker is Sue Woodward. (Jane Marie Dailey, 483.4220) Tuesday 2:00 pm Saints Alive (Carmen Halley, 539.3922) March 4 3:30 pm Church Staff Meeting 5-7 pm Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper Tickets are $7 for adults, $3 for children (ages 3-12), $15 maximum for families. Children under age 3 are free. Tickets are available from Kitty Martin, 377.6552 or the church office. Homemade sausage will be available for sale at $25 for a 5 pound package. Proceeds will benefit American Cancer Society s Relay For Life and other missions. 7:00 pm Tuesday Night Bible Study, The Gospel of John (Mrs. Shirley Talbert, 539.2770) Wednesday 10:00 am Wednesday Morning Bible Study, March 5 The Gospel of John (Mrs. Shirley Talbert, 539.2770) 12 noon Community Lenten Service at Tabernacle Christian Church, 2500 E. Washington Street (Bishop Carlton R. Upton, Sr., Prelate). Rev. Rebecca Page Lesley, Pastor, Suffolk Presbyterian Church will preach. Free soup and sandwich lunch will follow the 30 minute worship service. 7:00 pm Ash Wednesday Service (Rev. Halley) 7:30 pm Church Conference (Wendy James, 377.9063) 7:30 pm Narcotics Anonymous Meeting Thursday 10:30 am Soup Kitchen at the Salvation Army March 6 (Pat Bristow, 539.3832; June Hood, 539.3898) 6:45 pm Chancel Handbells (Sean Bilby, 539.6485) 7:00 pm Men s Chorus - Baraca Room (Rev. Robert Crute, 771.4044) 7:30 pm Chancel Choir (Janet Rock, 925.5777) Friday 11:30 am Suffolk Meals on Wheels Delivery March 7 (Cheryl Griffin, 934.1724) Sunday First Sunday in Lent March 9 8:45 am Early Worship 9:30 King s Ringers (Sean Bilby, 539.6485) 9:45 am Child of God Choir (Sara Keene, 657.9201) 10:00 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Service ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Coming Events March 12 12 noon Community Lenten Service at Suffolk Christian Church (Pastor, Rev. Michael D. Halley) - Dr. Edward P. Foreman, Pastor, St. Paul RZUA will be preaching. Free soup and sandwich lunch will follow the 30 minute worship service. March 19 12 noon Oak Grove Baptist Church, 2635 E. Washington Street (Pastor, Dr. Anthony Copeland) - Rev. Kenneth Hanson, Pastor, Oxford United Methodist March 22 9-3 pm Spring Bazaar (Erin Kessinger, 934.2325) March 30 6:30 pm Singspiration at Holy Neck Christian Church (Janet Rock, 925.5777)
March 2, 2014 In the Hospital (Obici) - Louise Winslow (mother of Johnnie Winslow) Prayer Concerns Millie Strickland Jane Pritchard - discharged from the hospital Jimmy Bradshaw Steve Redd - moved to Nansemond Pointe Julie Masters A prayer request for the homeless to find a warm place to stay Rev. Zach Deal, Jr. (father of Zack Deal) - Lake Prince Woods Skilled Care On Going Prayer Lena Small (neighbor of the Krzemiens) moved to Nansemond Pointe Larry Banton Forrest Cathey Prayers of Praise 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) AO1 (AW) Derek A. Causin Extended Family & Friends Prayer Concerns Cindy Bukowski (mother of Steven Miller)... Matthew James Huttenbrauck (4 months old)- (grandson of a cousin of Jim Dailey and Jane Arthur)... Nancy Solis (friend of Beth Simpkins)... Luke Purser (grand nephew of the Arthur s)... Ramona LaFlammen (friend of Jane Arthur)... Gerry Martin (mother of Kenny M artin)... Kristen Daughtrey (married to Elaine Abernathy s cousin)... Skyler Hannah (friend of Amber Anderson)... Paulette Cherry (mother of Dana Bilby)... John Bright - moved to Lake Prince (father-in-law of Lynn Bright)... Kit Roller (friend of Linda Culliton)... Milton Liverman (friend of Jim Thorsen)... Fran Winslow (sister-in-law of Johnnie Winslow)... Laura Thorsen (daughter-in-law of Jim & Wanda Thorsen)... Judy Burris (friend of Janet Rock)...Mike Bracy (brother of Diane M athias and Donald Bracy)...William Lee Byrum (friend of Emily King)... Stephanie Green (friend of Lindsay Best)... Louise Bradshaw (mother of M ary Lou Bradshaw)...Debra Bunch Lauder (niece of Eloise Byrd)... Martha Britt (sister of Margaret Herring & Sarah Burford)... Mark Twiford (son of Floyd Twiford)... JoAnna Bates (sister of Betty Johnson)... Dot Rhodes (friend of Anne Potter) 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 539.9182 or email 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) Evelyn Baines (Lake Prince Woods) Louise Boone, Alice Grieder (mother of Diane Grieder) (Consulate Health Care, Windsor) S. A. Pylan Home Bound Louise Howell, Dorothy Judkins, Margaret Ramsey, Rita Redfern, Vernon Taylor, Randolph Copeland Assisted Living (Hillcrest Assisted Living) Frank Abernathy, Marjorie Wilkinson (King s Grant House, Virginia Beach) Ruth Howell (Lake Prince Woods) Howard Boone (Village at Woods Edge) Pete Kidd
Scripture...Matthew 17:1-9 The Transfiguration After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah. While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him! When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. Get up, he said. Don t be afraid. When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus. As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus instructed them, Don t tell anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead. The Word of the Lord: Thanks be to God! There's A Wideness In God's Mercy There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea; There's a kindness in His justice Which is more than liberty. There is welcome for the sinner And more graces for the good; There is mercy with the Saviour; There is healing in His blood. For the love of God is broader Than the measure of man s mind; And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. If our love were but more simple, We should take Him at His word; And our lives would be illumined By the presence of our Lord. Frederick William Faber Lizze Shove Tourjee Words: Public Domain Music: Public Domain CCLI License # 563168
Standing On The Promises Chorus Standing, Standing, Standing on the promises of God, my Savior; Standing, Standing, I'm standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises of Christ, my King! Thro' eternal ages let His praises ring; Glory in the highest! I will shout and sing, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises of Christ, the Lord, Bound to Him eternally by love's strong cord, Overcoming daily with the Spirit's Sword, Standing on the promises of God. Standing on the promises, I cannot fall, List'ning every moment to the Spirit's call, Resting in my Savior as my All in All, Standing on the promises of God. Russell Kelso Carter Words: Public Domain Music: Public Domain CCLI License # 563168
The Flowers on the Altar are in Loving Memory of William R. Savage, Sr. Martha Moore Savage given by Their Family The Flowers on the Pedestal are in Loving Memory of Albro and Fannie Ellis Katherine Ellis Bill Ellis given by The Family The Flowers on the Chancel Pedestal are in Honor of Bobbie Chapman on her birthday given by The Family The Flowers on the Altar are in Loving Memory of William R. Savage, Sr. Martha Moore Savage given by Their Family The Flowers on the Pedestal are in Loving Memory of Albro and Fannie Ellis Katherine Ellis Bill Ellis given by The Family The Flowers on the Chancel Pedestal are in Honor of Bobbie Chapman on her birthday given by The Family 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. 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. The Sacrament of Holy Communion is open to all. Please hold the elements until all are served, and we will partake together. The Sacrament of Holy Communion is open to all. Please hold the elements until all are served, and we will partake together. Care & 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. Care & 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.
Core Value #1 Core Value #1 1. We are Committed to Loyalty to Christ and the Church. We acknowledge Christ as the head of our church and submit ourselves and all our ministries to His will and good pleasure (Ephesians 1:22-23: And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.). Under the Lordship of Christ, we believe that the pursuit of full devotion to Christ and His love for the world is the ideal for every believer. Therefore, we will encourage all our members to display a sense of loyalty to our church fellowship and ministries and a commitment to the goals of the Kingdom of God (Philippians 2:1-4: 1 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.). 1. We are Committed to Loyalty to Christ and the Church. We acknowledge Christ as the head of our church and submit ourselves and all our ministries to His will and good pleasure (Ephesians 1:22-23: And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.). Under the Lordship of Christ, we believe that the pursuit of full devotion to Christ and His love for the world is the ideal for every believer. Therefore, we will encourage all our members to display a sense of loyalty to our church fellowship and ministries and a commitment to the goals of the Kingdom of God (Philippians 2:1-4: 1 If you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and purpose. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others.).