Granville Baptist Church April 26, 2009
Welcome and Announcements……………….…Pastor Jim Peterson
Call to Worship………………………….........................Pat Oathout
L: All who love God & desire to obey Him, come and worship Him
P: We humbly & repentantly come to praise the Lover of our souls.
L: Come, believing in the authority of God’s Holy Word, the Bible
P: We desire to hear God’s Word so we can be equipped to serve.
All: We seek to be filled with the Spirit of love for all God’s people
*Hymn 49, “For the Beauty of the Earth” (vss. 1-4)
*Invocation and the Lord's Prayer (“debts”)
Receiving of God’s Tithes, Offerings,
Choir Anthem: “I Sing the Almighty Power of God” (48)
*Doxology (556);
*Offertory Prayer (children exit)
Morning Prayer Time
*Hymn 46, “The Spacious Firmament on High”
Scripture Lesson: 1 Samuel 12:14-15, 24-25
Sermon: “Because God Says So, That’s Why”
*Hymn 50, “This Is My Father’s World”
*Benediction
*Postlude
Telephones: Church (518) 642-0673 Parsonage (518) 642-2245
Rev. James C. Peterson, Pastor Colleen Bucco, Sexton
Brenda Smith, Organist and Choir Director JCPeterson@roadrunner.com www.granvillebaptist.com
TODAY 9:30 a.m. Worship & Sunday School (& Child care);
Ushers: Andre & Abby Wald
Child Care: Sue Petteys
10:30 am Coffee Fellowship
WED. 9-9:30 am Free bread & bakery products.
FRI. 1-2 pm Bible Study at parsonage
SUN. (5/3/9) 8:45 am Choir Rehearsal.
9:30 am Worship & Sunday School & Communion
Call to Worship: Dorothy Ayres
Ushers: Rick & Dorothy Roberts
Child care: Colleen Bucco
Comm. Prep.: Wanda Macura, Brenda Smith
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National Day of Prayer, Thurs., May 7, 7 pm, Riverside Park in Whitehall. Theme this year is: Prayer: America’s Hope, Psalm 33:22: “May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you.”
Thank you to our Church people who packed food baskets for 53 families this month.
Special food pantry item for May—bars of soap.
Adirondack Assoc. Youth Retreat at Pathfinder, May 15-17
Adk. Assoc. Spring Rally at Westport, Sat., May 30, 9-3
CWF/Uthai Bingo party at IRNH, May 5, 6:30 pm. Please bring in prizes and volunteer to help
Bring in recipes for a Cub Scout fund raiser cook book.
For prayer list, contact Pastor Peterson
