PENN YAN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
224 Main Street May 18, 2008
Penn Yan, New York 10:00 A.M.
We, as God’s people, will use our gifts and talents
to seek out and bring people to Christ,
by maturing in our faith,
by deepening our fellowship,
and by caring for people
for the honor and glory of God.
Prelude
Songs of Praise &
Worship “Surely
the Presence” No. 62
Welcome and
Announcements
Scripture
Reading Isaiah 55:1-3a Pg. 803 OT
*Hymn “Wonderful
Grace of Jesus” Pg. 9 Praise Book
*Silent Prayer &
Invocation (Praying
the Scriptures)
Keep the question before us Lord.
Why do we spend money on what does not satisfy? Why do we go looking for
satisfaction in things that glitter and charm, in short term pleasures, in
commitments, which have no future? Teach us to get everything, every
opportunity, every relationship into your hands. We want the Life of your
Spirit in us. Lead us to give all we have and are to gain the One who is the
Bread of Life. It was He who taught us to pray…
*The Lord’s Prayer
Anthem “People Need the
Lord” McHugh & Nelson
Children’s Time
*Hymn “Rock of Ages” On Insert
Birthday
hymn of Helena Cranmer
Prayers with the People
Scripture I
Corinthians 12:1-11
Pg. 231 NT
Message “Using Your Gift” Rev. John Tharp
Offertory
*Doxology Praise
God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him
all creatures here below
Praise Him
above ye heavenly host
Praise
Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen
*Prayer of Dedication
*Hymn “The
Church in The Wildwood”
Insert
Birthday
choice of Jennifer Slocum
*Benediction
*Postlude
*If you wish to and are
able, you are invited to stand.
Lay Reader: Sean Ahearn
Greeters: Margaret
Mills & Viola Gray
Ushers:
Stan & Cindy Ovens, Clifford LeBarr, Meghan Fuqua,
Margaret Hartwell, Sean Ahearn
Pastor: John
R. Tharp
Organist: Carrie
Ahearn Choir
Director: Nancy Tharp
Church Phone: 315-536-9821 E-mail: pyfbc@peoplepc.com
Church Website: www.oocities.org/pennyanfbc/index.html
Our Prayer
Concerns…
At the Homestead: Luella Passage Alberta Gottshall
Alice Wise Virginia
DeLooza Willie Nelson
Clinton Crest: Milly
Burke
Friends with long term-illness:
Elmer Cranmer
Loved ones serving in the
Armed Forces: Jennifer Willson
Our Special Interest
Missionaries:
Rev. Richard & Mrs. Susan
Harding
Dr. James & Rev. Debra
Kelsey
Prayers for:
Helen Ansley Kim Strong Imisides Billie Potts
Mary Armstrong Carolyn Johnson Linda Potts
Eva Jean Best
Don Johnson Lucas
Ryska
Tracey Bicksler Nancy Putnam Corrina
Schultz
Doris Screen Bliss Bill LaRock *Doug
Seager
Pat Carroll Lori Lawrence Betty Smith
Rachel Carter *Doug Mattison Charlie Taylor
Mickie Christiansen Barbara Mortensen Jean Wager
Reece Conley Polly Logan Phyllis & Elwood Whitbeck
Bill Gillette Margaret Mills
Marlene Guild Doug Passage
Frances Hartwell Keith Pierce
*Brad Stewart-21yr old waiting
for double lung transplant
*Mary Ann Morith recovering
from stroke; sister of Judi Gibbs
*Caridad Estimo; Ethel
Clancy’s grandmother is very ill.
*Tranquliono Arrendondo, Anne
Scheel’s father
Please keep the church office updated on your loved ones
This Week’s Schedule &
Announcements
¨ Happy
Birthday to Helena Cranmer!
¨ 6:30 p.m. Council
of Churches meeting and dish to pass supper.
¨ Happy
Birthday to Kathie Lawrence!
¨ Noon Ladies
Fellowship Class
¨ 3:45 p.m. AB
Girls Group
¨ 7 p.m. Youthgroup
¨ Happy
Birthday to Jennifer Slocum!
¨ Happy
Birthday to Mary Fullagar!
¨ We will have a special service honoring our
Veterans and remembering the victims of the holocaust. This is our first
service developed with the help of our newly formed worship committee.
Next Week’s Theme & Scripture is:
“Lest We Forget” Isaiah
51:1-2
(A series on the Spirit Enriched Gift)
Church News
The ladies Fellowship
Class will meet this Wednesday, May 21, at noon. Katherine Warren will bring
dessert and Erma Mullins will lead devotions. Bring your own sandwich and bring
along a friend.
We will be planning
our June luncheon.
Next month’s
newsletter will be a combination of June/July. All articles need to be in to
the church office by May 20.
Mark your calendars
for Saturday, May 31 at 8:30 a.m. We will
have our annual meeting with election and installation of officers. The meeting
will be here at the church and simple breakfast will be served.
Throughout the summer
there will be a box in the sanctuary marked for Undies Sunday. Your donations
of children’s underwear, sox, tee shirts etc can go into this box which will
then be delivered to Cameron Center in Rochester. Today marks the starting date
of this outreach event. When you go shopping, pick up a package or two. Your
donation will go a long way to making a child feel a little better!
The Basics of
Becoming a Proactive Parent – this 4-week series will meet after services
beginning June 1. Class time will be 35-45 minutes. See Eileen Modaffari for
more information.
Please be sure to stop at the back table for copies of Phase II – Building for Today & Tomorrow pledge card and letter.
The Mission Trip Meeting
to Mexicali has been postponed until May
28. Mark your calendars to come and gather information so that you can make and
informed decision. This would be an awesome serving opportunity! You can hear
from those who went last year, too!
Vacation
Bible School – June 30 – July 3
This year the VBS staff has a great
time planned for the children, but we can always use more help. We have a need
for some donated items for the Marketplace. Check out the list below and see
how you may be able to help. What a great way to serve others!
Beads, tassels,
bracelets, earrings, necklaces, small jingle bells and small seashells that may
be drilled and made into necklaces.
Artificial plants and
flowers for lend.
Old colored striped
sheets that can be made into robes by Jean Brewer.
We can’t do any of this
without our teachers!
If you should have any of these items (check out yard sales)
they may be left with Barbara Burke 536-7020 or Suzy Willson 585-526-1004.
Thank you, we know how pressed everyone is for time these days so we do
appreciate all that you can do for VBS!
Worship
Committee
We are
seeking people who might be interested in
helping
plan and orchestrate our Sunday morning
worship
services. How many times have you had an
idea or
suggestion for a sermon topic or for a song
that would
have tied in perfectly with the message Pastor Tharp presented that morning?
Maybe you’re interested in drama and would enjoy seeing a skit once in a while.
Perhaps you are a great organizer and love to plan or you would like to take
part in PR to promote upcoming special worship events to reach out and bring in
some of the unchurched in our community. As you can see, the possibilities are
endless. So we’re asking you to prayerfully think about the gifts God has given
you and consider being a part of our Worship Committee. If you’re interested,
or would like more information, please contact Pastor Tharp, George Jensen, or
Pam Scutt.
Thank
you! To Rita Castillo, Pat Ames
and George Jensen for volunteering to bring Cheryl Wood home from her dialysis
treatments in Geneva!
62 71 82
Current Expenses
$1,760 $2,244
Missions 489 461
BT&T 169 339
Total
$2,418 $3,044
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Thought: If we discover a
desire within us that nothing in this world can satisfy, also we should begin
to wonder if perhaps we were created for another world. ~ C.S. Lewis |