Saturday, August 31, 2013

Bulletin, Sept. 1. 2013

Granville Baptist Church                 September  1,  2013

 

(Joint Worship with the United Church of Granville, a Congregation of Methodists and Presbyterians)

 

Prelude…………………….………………………….…Dan Nelson

 

Welcome & Announcements……………….………..Pastor Peterson

 

Call to Worship (from Psalm 81)…………………...…Sally Peterson

L:  Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of love.

P:  We come to worship Almighty God with our brothers & sisters.

L:  Praise the Lord Who removes burdens from your shoulders.

P:  In our distress we called upon God, and He rescued us & spoke.

All: We will listen to His Holy Word & obey it, serving Him in love.

 

*Hymn 307, “There Is a Name I Love To Hear”

 

*Invocation & Lord’s Prayer (“debts”)   

 

Receiving of God’s Tithes and our Offerings

            Special Music;  *Doxology (556),  *Offertory Prayer                                                                                                                                                            (children exit)

Morning Prayer Time                  

 

Hymn 212, “We Are One in the Spirit”

 

Scriptures:  Jer. 2:4-13; Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16; Luke 14, 1, 7-14                        

 

Sermon by Pastor Jim Peterson, “Love God and People”         

 

*Hymn 287, “What a Wonderful Change in My Life”

 

Communion; *Fellowship Circle; *Hymn 209 (v.1);

 

*Benediction                    

TODAY          9:30 a.m. Joint Worship & Communion (child care available).                                                 Child care: Sally Peterson 

Ushers:  Phyllis Reed, Bill Constantine

Communion Prep.: Dorothy Ayres, Pat Oathout

(Communion Fellowship Offering postponed until next Sunday.)       

                        10:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship

WEDNES.      9:00 am Free bread & bakery products, at GBC.

SUN. (9/8)      9:30 a.m. Worship, with Rev. Peterson preaching.  Fellowship Offering (postponed from last Sunday)          

Call to Worship: Sally Peterson           Child care: Jen & Jess Roberts              Ushers: Kim Pauquette & Phyllis Reed

                       

            United Church people, pick up your announcement sheet.

            Teen Challenge Choir at FBC Whitehall, 9/15, 4 pm

            Info about Baptist Women’s Retreat (9/19-21 in Greenwich) is on literature table in Fellowship Hall.

            GBC Pictorial Directories $30, and $3 for large prints.  See Mary Cosey.  Sample on Literature Table in Fellowship Hall.

            Salvation Army Service Unit meets 9/9, 7 pm, Methodist.

            Adirondack Assoc. Exec. Comm., 9/16, 7 pm, Glens Falls

            MVEC, 9/17, 12pm, North Granville UMC

            GBC Church Council  9/23, 7 pm.