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
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
*Postlude
*Please
stand
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.
Howard
Walton – U. S. Air Force – Iraq
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
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