Granville Baptist Church March 9, 2008
Prelude …………………………..………........................Larry Jones
Welcome & Announcements……………………..Rev. Jim Peterson
Call to Worship………………………………………....Pat Oathout
L: Watch and pray, worship and praise, celebrate the love of Jesus.
P: We come together as people who love Jesus to worship the Lord.
L: Humble yourselves under the mighty hand of your Heavenly Dad
P: We desire to receive all the spiritual blessings God has for us.
All: We come joyfully, to worship God in the Spirit and in truth.
*Hymn 452, "Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus" (vss. 1,3,4)
*Invocation and the Lord's Prayer ("debts")
Receiving of God's Tithes, Offerings, & "Repair Fund" Offerings
Choir Anthem: "Thou Goest To Jerusalem"
*Doxology (556); *Offertory Prayer
Children's Message
(Children exit for Sunday School & Nursery)
Morning Prayer Time
Responsive Reading 630, "Spiritual Warfare"
*Hymn 137, "'Tis Midnight and on Olive's Brow" (vss. 1,2,3)
Scripture: Matthew 26: 36-46
Sermon, "Jesus Tells Peter To Watch and Pray"
*Hymn 349, "In the Garden"
*Benediction
TODAY—Girl Scout Sunday
9:30 a.m. (Daylight Saving Time) Worship (Child care available). Ushers: Irene Bogart, Phyllis Reed
Child Care: Linda Monroe
10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship, hosted by Pat Oathout
9:45—10:45 am Sunday School for grades K-2 and 3-5
11:00 am Pastor Peterson preaches at FBC Whitehall;
MON. 7:00 pm Bible Study at Parsonage, 7 Quaker St.
TUES. 7:00 pm CWF/Uthai meets
6:30 pm Pastor leads Bible Study in Whitehall
WED. 6:30-8:30 pm YFC leaders meet here
FRI. 12:00 pm Lenten Luncheon Program, HERE
7:00 pm Adirondack Exec. Comm. Meets Glens Falls
SAT. 6:00 pm First Church meets for worship
SUN. (3/16/8) 8:45 am choir rehearsal
9:30 am Palm Sunday Worship with palms and with BAPTISMS (child care avail.). America For Christ Offering
9:45—10:45 am Sunday School for grades K-2 and 3-5
11:00 am Pastor Peterson preaches at FBC, Whitehall
6:00 pm Annual Palm Sunday Hymn Sing, hosted by FBC Whitehall, 41 Williams St. All are welcome, as well as guest choirs & soloists
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Contractors will start painting sanctuary ceiling and walls, section by section, this week. Please make special donations to "GBC" earmarked for Repairs and Restoration Fund.
North Driveway is temporarily closed because of bricks falling from chimney. Use south driveway only.
CWF/Uthai ladies group thanks everyone for their donations to"Foodless Food Sale" and is happy to receive more contributions toward mission work.
Special Food Pantry item for March is paper napkins & towels
Men, pick up brochure about 4/5 "Iron Sharpens Iron" conference. Please sign up with Pastor Peterson. Van from FBC Whitehall can transport.
Sign up for hosting a Coffee Fellowship
Please Pray for: Sarah Tansosch (op. Mon.), Sue's parents, Buccos, Mike Ball, Dyre Lennox, Roger Whiting, Logan Martelle,, Wayne Shaw, Clayton, Paul Stewart, Karen Wright, Leon Tifft & family, Veronica Cucinello (C-25 IRNH), Doris Peterson (A-11, IRNH), Bill Constantine jr., Jim Frasch, (back), Nancy & Laura MacMillan, Lucy Nairn, Mary Jo Brown, Marji Morrison, Heather Clark, Anna Cooper, Etta Kinney (A-22, Orchard), Sandy Crannell (B-27, IRNH), Priscilla McDonald, Kay Bogart,, Florence Constantine (B-23 IRNH), Shane Oakman, Brenda Dunbar, Art Tompkins, Bob Cathcart, all military, Ruth Morris (IRNH), Cindy Vanderminden, Helen Folger, Zerbes
Telephones: Church (518) 642-0673 Parsonage (518) 642-2245
Rev. James C. Peterson, Pastor Lawrence M. Jones, Organist
Colleen Bucco, Sexton Brenda Smith, Choir Director
EMAIL ADDRESS FOR PASTOR: JCPeterson@roadrunner.com
Pastor's cell phone (for emergencies when he is not home) 518-744-7995
Website: www.granvillebaptist.com
