Granville Baptist Church November 16, 2008
Prelude …………………………..………........................Larry Jones
Welcome and Announcements…….……………Pastor Jim Peterson
Call to Worship……………………...…………….…Dorothy Ayres
L: Come, brothers &sisters in Christ, worship your Heavenly Father
P: We come, desiring even greater unity with our Creator & Savior
L: Humble yourselves under God’s almighty and powerful hand.
P: We humbly & repentantly come before the God of love & grace
All: We desire to be growing in our faith and knowledge each day.
*Hymn 373, “More About Jesus Would I Know” (vss. 1,2,3)
*Invocation and the Lord's Prayer ("debts")
Receiving of God’s Tithes, our Offerings,
Choir Anthem: “My God, I Thank Thee, Who Hast Made”
*Doxology (556);
*Offertory Prayer
(Children exit for Sunday School or Nursery)
Morning Prayer Time
*Hymn 330, “It Is Well with My Soul” (vss. 1,2,3)
Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11
Sermon, “Growing in Christ”
*Hymn 353, “I Am Thine, O Lord” (vss. 1,2,3)
*Benediction *Postlude
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 JCPeterson@roadrunner.com www.granvillebaptist.com
TODAY 9:30 a.m. Worship (Child care available) & Sunday School
Ushers: Rick & Dorothy Roberts
Child Care: Sarah (Bucco) Viele
10:30 am Coffee & cookies, Fellowship Hall.
11:00 am Pastor Peterson preaches at FBC, Whitehall
TUES. 12-1 pm MVEC meets here.
1-4 pm HEAP representatives here to give info and help folks fill out applications.
6:30-8 pm Pastor leads Bible Study in Whitehall
WED. 10:00 am Free bread & bakery products distribution
3:00 pm Worship at Orchard, led by Pastor & Brenda Smith
6-7 pm “Truth Project” at Granville Assembly of God
7:00 pm Church Council meets upstairs in office
FRI. 1-2:30 pm Bible Study here
SAT. 8-9 am Men’s Breakfast and fellowship at FBC, Whitehall SUN. (11/23/8) 8:45 am Choir Rehearsal
9:30 am Worship & Sunday School classes
Ushers: Bill Constantine, Kim Pauquette
Call to Worship: Phyllis Reed
Child Care: Sally Peterson
3:00 pm Sophie Loehn Concert at FBC of Whitehall
3-6 pm, Prayer Workshop at St. Mary’s. See flyers.
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HELP needed for Bingo party at Indian River Nursing Home, Dec. 2, 6:30 pm. See Brenda.
Community (free) Thanksgiving Dinner, 11/27, 1-3 pm, at Whitehall UMC. Deliveries made to shut ins. Granvillians welcome. See Pastor Peterson
Rummage Give-away, Dec. 13, 9-1. Donations accepted Thurs., 12/11, 7:30-8:30 pm, and Fri., 12/12, 1-8:30 pm, & at special times by arrangement with Pastor Peterson. No furniture, summer clothes, or junk.
Please, no perfumes or scents, for the sake of people with allergies.
Joyce Meyer Bible Study, 11/24, 6:30-8:30 pm. See Sally Peterson
Thanksgiving Eve Worship, 7 pm, at Peniel, sponsored by MVEC. Offering of $ for food pantry. Rehearsal for ad hoc choir 11/25, 7 pm, Peniel.
Queen-size bed frame needed. See Sally.
For prayer list, contact Pastor Peterson
