BERRY HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

JANUARY 15, 2012

 

 

Prelude

 

Welcome and Announcements    Dr. Wilborn

 

Call to Worship   The Choir

 

Prayer of Invocation – People and Dr. Wilborn Responsively

       Let us worship the One who calls us.

       Here we are, ready or not, called by the One who lived and died and rose to live again among us.

       Here we are, ready or not, bringing our everyday selves to praise and to pray, to know the Holy One in the midst of our lives.

       Let us worship the One who calls us.

 

*Hymn of Praise:  “Revive Us Again” No. 295

 

Call to Confession – Dr. Wilborn

       God, you know everything about us.  Every word we speak, every thought we think, every deed we do – You know them all, even before we do.  So take a good look at us now.  Look deep into our hearts and souls.  Point out the things that displease You, the thoughts and actions we need to change.  Show us how to live as You would want us to live.  Amen.

 

Prayer of Confession – People and Dr. Wilborn

       How foolish we are to think we can hide our failings from you, Seeing God.  We treat our bodies as trash cans for junk food, not as sanctuaries for your Spirit.  We get drunk on the seductions of our society, while daintily sipping at your living water.  We doze under the tree of temptation, hoping you won’t see us and expect us to get up and follow Jesus.

       Forgive us, our heart’s only Hope.  Your grace mends our brokenness, making us whole; your compassion removes our sin, making us new; your voice speaks tenderly to us, silencing our pride; your Love is made human in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, redeeming our lives.

 

 

Assurance of Pardon – People and Dr. Wilborn Responsively

       In front of us, behind us, to our right, to our left:  look! God is there!  In our past, beside us today, waiting in the future:  look!  God is there!  In the shadows, in the light:  look!  God is there!

       From the top of the mountains, to the bottom of the seas; in the morning, in the evening, in every moment:  God is with us!  Thanks be to God.  Amen.

  

*Gloria Patri       No. 623

 

Worship in Music       The Choir

 

Time With the Children    Dr. Wilborn

 

*Hymn:  “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”   No. 92

 

Prayers of God’s People

       Sharing our Joys, Concerns, and 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

 

*The Doxology and Prayer of Dedication No. 625

 

The Reading and Study of God’s Word   

       Scripture:  1 Samuel 3: 1-20  

       The Sermon:  “Do You Hear Voices?”

         

Parting Hymn:  “Jesus, I Come”     No. 336

 

*Affirmation of Faith – The Apostles’ Creed

 

 *Benediction

*Threefold Amen No. 628

*Postlude

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*Congregation standing

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Ushers/Greeters Today:  Tom & Sandy Harris

Next Sunday:  Jackie & Margaret Fallen

 

 

Session will meet today following worship.

 

Our monthly birthday lunch is next Sunday, Jan. 22, as we honor all those having birthdays in January – Tommy Arthur, Darryl Tysinger, Ben Harris, Roy Mitchell, Charles Harris, Charles Edwards, Howard Dix.

 

Happy Birthday!

 Jan. 16 – Charles Harris

 Jan. 17 – Charles Edwards

 

Happy Anniversary!

Jan. 15 – Vic & Debbie Claiborne

 

A new Flower Calendar has been posted in the Fellowship Hall; please sign up if you would like to contribute flowers in memory or in honor of someone this year.

 

There is also a calendar posted if you would like to reserve use of the Fellowship Hall or picnic area/playground in 2012.

 

                       

Children’s Church

                Jan. 15 – Cheryl Rhodes

                            Jan. 22 – Leigh Edwards

                            Jan. 29 – Mickey Wilkerson

                            Feb.  5 -  Mary Townley

 

 

 

 

Please call Vicky Cliborne @476-4700 or email @ vcliborne@gmail.com with any changes or additions to Prayer List.

PRAYER LIST

 

In Hospitals

Mark Crabtree – Halifax Regional

Cody Wiles – Durham

Peggy Maddox – Lynchburg General

Will Zimmerman –N. C.Baptist Hospital, Winston-Salem NC 

 

At Home

Betty Allen, Dr. Romulo Ancheta, Mike Anderson, Kim Bosiger, Odell Braddy, Frances Catron, Vic Claiborne, Vicky Dickerson, Wade Duffer, Emily Elliott, Mike Elliott, Tim Franks, Eloise Gravitt, Jackie Harris, Sheryl Hollandsworth, Blake Kovacs, Helen Ladd, Eric Lindley, Tom McAdams, Lorri Morgan, Joe Morton, Teresa Pool, Pam Smith, Carolyn Van Benschoten, Bobby Whitlow, Erline Wilborn, Roger Wilborn, Jo Ann Wilkerson, Ron Wilson              

 

In Military

Cole Fackler – U. S. Navy Seals

Matthew Villegas -  U. S. Navy, Bangor Naval Base, WA

Maj. Tim Greenway -  U. S. Army

 

Overseas
The Eric Arthur Family – Guatemala
Dr. Katherine Carter - Northern Iraq

Anne Frazier Elliott – Brisbane, Australia

 

In Nursing Homes/Assisted Living

Mabel Barnes – Berry Hill

Gerri Dix – Seasons at The Woodview

Carl Elliott, Jr. – South Boston Manor

 

 

Dr. Roger Wilborn 3166 Asbury Church Road, Vernon Hill, VA  24597

rwilborn@gmail.com           Home:  476-1608          Cell:  470-0878