January 17, 2016 8:15 and 10:45 AM What s So Amazing About Grace? I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. John 6:35
WELCOME TO BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Enter this Church not as a stranger, but as a guest of God. May the blessings of God rest upon you, both in your coming in and you re going out. We are delighted to have you in worship. We ask that you please sign the Fellowship Pad at the end of the pew. We have nursery adjacent to the sanctuary, complete with an available paging system. We also have a Cry Room at the back of the Sanctuary (near the usher s table) on the pulpit side with windows and a speaker so that you can see and hear the service. Please turn off cell phones and pagers before worship. Thank you. The Chiming of the Hour We Gather Before God The Welcome and News of the Church The Prelude Lord Jesus Christ Be With Us Now J. Walther The Call to Worship *The Hymn no. 501 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Prayer of Confession Lord, we remember in these moments what we would be without You: captive to our sins and impulses, our fears and regrets, alone in our failures, existing but not alive. We remember what we are with You: forgiven and set free, saved and blessed abundantly, given life and hope. In these moments we confess our need and express our thanks. Amen The Assurance of Pardon The Response The Gloria Patri Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.
CARING FOR ONE ANOTHER: Please let us know if you are going into the hospital, having surgery or will be an outpatient. Also, let us know when you return home. Let Us Pray: The family of former member Lawrence Bud Cooper who passed away on January 11, 2016. The white flower arrangement is from the Cooper family. Jean Roemer knee surgery this Friday Varvara Golias in hospice care at the Pines Center Flowers: In loving memory of my father, Russell Ellinger, from Cindy O Korn. In loving memory of William C and Martha Gray and Victor Sr,, Rose, Victor A. and Joseph L. Iagnemma from Bill and Elaine Gray. FROM THE BETHANY CHURCH OFFICE 740 Washington Road, Bridgeville PA 15017 412-221-5132 office@bethanypresby.org www.bethanypresby.org Attendance for January 10, 2016 8:15 AM - 80, 10:45 AM - 184, 6:00 PM-40 Finance Report as of January 10, 2016 ($) 2016 YTD 2015 YTD +/- Contributions and investment income 20,285 21,879 (1,594) General Fund Subsidies (transfers) 10,123 8,869 1,254 Total General Fund Income 30,408 30,748 (340) Year to Date Budget 29,032 +/- Budget 1,376 THANKS TO THOSE SERVING THE LORD THIS MORNING Ushers: 8:15 Amy Ramage, Eric & Ginny Millerschoen, Tom Harold 10:45 Rusty & Zachary North, Bill & Sarah Paviol Worship & Wonder Debbie Hayes & Sara Sunderlin 2 & 3 Year Olds Second Hour Scott & Laura Miller Scrip Table Andrea Prohaska Nursery: 8:15 Robert & Nicole Loebig 10:45 David Krieger and Brittany Edney
News for the Body of Christ Flowers for 2016 Please contact Jill in the church office at any time during the year if you would like to have flowers. Many dates are still available. To all volunteers working with children under the age of 18: You will not be able to work with children if the required PA certifications are not on file. Volunteer binders containing detailed information and instructions are available at the church office or email request at volclear@bethanypresby.org Communion Instruction for Children/Youth A time of instruction for children and the meaning of Holy Communion has been scheduled for Saturday February 6 at 11:00AM. If your schoolaged child or youth has not partaken of Holy Communion and you feel they might be ready, please contact one of the pastors. This may be especially helpful for children who are no longer leaving the worship service to go to Worship and Wonder but are participating through the end, which includes the celebration of Communion on those particular Sundays. The Missionaries going to Haiti later this month are collecting Peanut Butter and brown sugar. They will be teaching the Haitians how to make peanut butter cookies in a Solar Oven which will provide nutrition along with a very special treat. There is a box for donations near the nursery in the Welcome Center. Thank you. SAVE THE DATE: The Women of Bethany will be having their A Time for Me Chocolate Night on February 4 th at 7:00 PM. Look for more information in next week s bulletin.
Bethany Presbyterian Church will be hosting the IF: Gathering in April 2016. The IF: Gathering seeks to gather, equip, and unleash this generation of women to live out God s calling on their lives. We are a generation of women that believes God at His Word that He called us to our places and will use us for His glory and for the good of His people. Our goal is to make the name of Jesus great in and through the women of our church, neighborhood, & city. The world around us feels like it is crumbling and almost nothing seems certain, until we look to Jesus and see that our Hope is very clear and certain. He didn t just give us salvation Jesus is our salvation and the example of what it means to live in the fullness of grace and truth. What the world needs is His redemption, the very redemption and hope that lives inside of us. Rather than shrink back, it is time to love like Jesus loved, serve like Jesus served, pray like Jesus prayed, and pursue holiness like Jesus pursued it. This April 8th and 9th, join this global gathering of women across denominations, generations, and cultures as we come together in the name of Jesus. Please visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/439213086269925/ to register. Please contact Mandy Evans at 724-926-4049 for more information Bethany MOMSnext Are you a mom of a school-age child interested in connecting with other moms? If so, MOMSnext is for you! As a part of MOPS International, MOMSnext connects moms all over the world to a community of women, in our own neighborhoods, who meet together to laugh, cry and embrace the journey of motherhood. MOPS and MOMSnext groups are rallying women to be more honest, to feel more equipped and to find our identity by journeying along-side one another. Bethany MOMSnext will begin a new season at Bethany Presbyterian Church. Please join us for an information gathering night on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 7:15pm in the Welcome Center. Light refreshments will be provided. Bring a friend and come check it out!
Scholarship Opportunity: Applications are now being accepted for the Lola G. Duff and William H. Duff II Scholarship Program. Please see the website http://www.sms.scholarshipamerica.org/duff// for more details. Applicants must be a Protestant, high school senior or graduate, and resident of Allegheny County. (students who are residents of Washington County may also apply, but preference is given to Allegheny County) If you have any questions you can also call 507-931-1682. A reminder to all that food & beverage (other than water as necessary) are NOT to be brought in to the sanctuary. We wish to eliminate the possibility of stains to the carpet & pew fabric. The Property Team thanks you for your cooperation.
The Children s Message We Give to God The Presentation of our Tithes and Offerings The Offertory 8:15 - Come My Way, My Truth, My Life A. Wyton 10:45 - I Will Sing Praise J. Martin The Response The Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him all creatures here below Praise Him above, ye heavenly hosts; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. The Prayer of Dedication The Hymn No. 668 Wonderful Words of Life We Listen to God s Word The Prayer for Illumination God, grant me to be silent before You, that I may hear You; at rest in You, that You may work in me; open to You, that You may fill me. Let me be still and know that You are God. Amen. The Scripture Readings Old Testament Ecclesiastes 1:1-9 page 1034 New Testament John 6:25-40 page 1657 Leader: The Word of the Lord. People: Thanks be to God. The Sermon What s So Amazing About Grace? * Pastor John Hamilton
We Respond to God s Word *The Affirmation of Faith *The Hymn No. 422 Amazing Grace vs. 1, 2 & 4 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! When we ve been there then thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we ve no less days to sing God s praise than when we d first begun. *The Benediction *The Benediction Response(10:45) Fourfold Amen Postlude All Glory Be to God J. Pachelbel *Sermon title is from a book of the same title by Philip Yancey.