Order of Worship

May 4, 2008

 Prelude

 Welcome and Announcements             Rev. Blevins

 Choral Call to Worship Choir

 Prayer of Invocation - In Unison

      O God, open our hearts to you, that we may be led by your Spirit to render to you true worship. Receive, we pray, the words from our voices, the gifts from our hands, and the service from our daily living, for we pray in the name of Jesus Christ.  Amen.

 *Hymn of Praise:  “Higher Ground      #399

  Unison Reading:  Proverbs 11: 2  (999-Red/456-Blue)

 Call to Confession      Rev. Blevins          

 Prayer of Confession – In Unison

      Lord God, forgive our feeble efforts to make you over to fit our image: It is easier to restate your truth in easy clichés than it is to speak in words that change one’s mind; It is easier to rewrite your hope in easy answers than it is to see through one’s perplexity; It is easier to rethink your grace in easy pardon than it is to modify one’s way. By the Holy Spirit, visit us with the full depth of your forgive-ness and make us over to fit your image. We pray in the name of the Resurrected Savior, Jesus Christ.  Amen.

 Assurance of Pardon    Rev. Blevins

 Gloria Patri  #623

 Worship in Music      Choir

 Time with the Children      Rev. Blevins

 Hymn:  “In the Garden”      #425                #                            24354

 Prayers of God’s People

      Sharing Petitions for Prayer

      Silent Prayer for Persons and Needs

      Prayer of Intercession and the Lord’s Prayer

 Musical Interlude for Personal Meditation

 The Presentation of Our Tithes and Offerings

 *Doxology      #625

 *Prayer of Dedication – In Unison

      Lord, we have professed to have surrendered our all to you. Help us to know if it is really true or if there are still miles to travel in our stewardship, and then strengthen our true desires to make what we are and what we have available for your service. For Christ’s sake we pray.  Amen.

 The Reading and Study of God’s Word

      Scripture:   1 Peter 5: 1-11

      Sermon:  “Spotting Godly Christians”      Rev. Blevins

 *Closing Hymn:  “Open My Eyes, That I May See”      #381

 Affirmation of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed

  *Benediction

 *Threefold Amen      #628

*Please stand

Ushers/Greeters

Today:  Ben Harris & Tom Harris

Next Sunday:  Dru Thackston & Jon Thackston

Remember in your prayers –           

Eric and Lisa Gravitt and their family in the loss of Eric’s grandmother, Kate Gravitt, on April 27.

            Lynwood and Helen Ladd and their family in the loss of Lynwood’s sister, Arneita Elliott, on April 27.

 In Military

Howard Walton – U. S. Air Force – Iraq

Overseas

Dr. Katherine Carter, P. O. Box 1176, Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Shannon Wilson, PCV, Apartado Postal, Centro de Gobierno,

San Salvador, El Salvador, Central America

At Home

Charles Harris                          Bonnie Hylton               Frances Seamster

Vicky Dickerson                        Martha Flinn                 Amy Elliott

Chris Hall                                 Jennifer Barker           Sally Elliott

Mike Elliott                               Irene Owen                  Helen Watts

Michael Smith                           Claiborne Hall              Odell Braddy

David Thomas                           Scott Jones                  Ira Wilkerson

Sam Smith                                Karen Arne                   Jerry Hughes

Kay White                                 Steven Hughes              Sue Gauldin

Page Gravitt                              Christiana Jones           Wanda Hylton

                                          In Nursing Homes

Dot Fuller – South Boston Manor

Call Vicky Cliborne @ 476-4700 or e-mail “build4you@pure.net” with any additions or corrections.  

Please Note -

Chris and Jenny Nelson will present Miley Elaine Nelson for Baptism

next Sunday, May 11.

May 11 is Mother’s Day.

The Session will next meet on May 14 at 7 p.m.

We will celebrate Scout Sunday on May 18 to honor our Bear Cubs.

Terry will be on vacation May 25 attending the graduation of his niece,

Dannielle McAfee, in Cincinnati OH.  Addison Marable will lead worship service for us while Terry is away.  Jon Thackston will be directing our Memorial Service in the cemetery after worship on May 25.

    Happy Birthday!

                       May 5  – Maddox Ford

                       May 10 – Ned Ingram                

 Notes from the W.O.C.

Thanks to all who helped with our Mexican Supper on Apr. 25 and especially to Dave and Susan Cullen for sharing their concerns regarding the Pakistani project.

We continue to collect milk and cereal products for Good Samaritan.

We will honor our 2008 graduates – Brian, Jeremy, Meredith,

Michelle, Judy – with breakfast on Sunday, June 29, at 9 a. m.

            Vacation Bible School  - July 14-18 from 10 a.m. – 12 noon.

Children’s Church

May  4:   Ann Marie Thackston & Mickey Wilkerson

May 11:  Mary Townley & Myra Jane Harris

May 18:  Jenny Nelson & Michelle Cliborne

May 25:  Judy Edwards & Leigh Edwards

Church Custodian for May – Conway Harris