Sunday, April 6, 2014

ORDER OF WORSHIP Watchword for the week: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. Psalm 130:5 Band Prelude ♪ Prelude Call to Worship

Look to the Cross

Schram Page 49

Liturgy for Lent News of the Church/Ritual of Friendship Presentation of Tithes and Offerings Offertory Prayer

Hine

How Great Thou Art

Anthem Doxology Scripture

John 11, selections

Hymn**

Be Thou My Vision

Sermon

“It’s the Follow Through that Makes the Difference”

Hymn

All Hail the Power of Jesus Name

No. 354 No. 200

Benediction Postlude

♪ Please prepare in quiet reflection during the prelude. We request all cell phones be turned off and no flash photography during the Worship service. ** Children’s Church age 4 years to 1st grade &: Kids of Faith - offered for our 2nd through 5th graders today. All children are welcome to leave with their leaders. Visitors please escort your children to the front of the Sanctuary and introduce yourselves; pick-up for Children’s Church downstairs in the Godly-Play room, #109 following the service; pick up for Kids of Faith in the library.  Today’s flowers are presented to the Glory of God and in honor of Evon and Carol Crooks’ 36th wedding anniversary and Evon Sr.’s birthday.

The white rosebud is in loving remembrance of Ruth Hine Manning who passed away Sunday March 30, 2014. The flowers by the choir are in remembrance of Ruth Manning by her family. 

SCRIPTURE John 11:5-15 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that he was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go into Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were but now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?” 9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this

world. 10 But if any one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 Thus he spoke, and then he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awake him out of sleep.”

12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead; 15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

John 11:38-44 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42 I knew that thou hearest me always, but I have said this on account of the people standing by, that they may believe that thou didst send me.”

43 When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with bandages, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”

John 11:45-46 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him; 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

LIFTING IN PRAYER Remember our Loved Ones in Care Facilities; their names are in our newsletter each month.

Our Church Family at Home: (Names removed on a monthly basis unless otherwise informed), Donna Chadwick, Grover Chaney, Preston Corbett, George & Mildred Furches, Jarvis Hauser, Marcia Nelson, Jean Peak, Nell Rogers, Martha Shoaf, Mary Shutt, Wilma Spaugh, Sidney Teague Our Family and Friends: (Names removed on a monthly basis unless otherwise informed), Craig Bracken (cousin of Donna Griffin), Greg Carnes (friend of Carolyn and Charlie Mock), Mark Elmore (friend of Jim & Jennifer Merritt), Patti Seippel Ezzell (friend of Sandy & Steve Jones), Deanna Foley (friend of Carolyn Mock), Corrie Haynes (cousin of Kaye Carter), Jamie Hoover (daughter-in-law of Chuck Hoover – she is an Army Surgeon and has been deployed to Afghanistan), Jack Huffman (brother-inlaw of Susan Stockwell), Faye Logan (mother of Nick and Jeff Chrysson), Hayley Martin (niece of Sherri H. Holloway), Jenny McClearen (daughter of Sherry Matthews), (Harold Smith (Cindy Clore father-in-law), Jewel Thornton (Cindy Clore’s aunt) Remembering in prayer the families of Frankie Cheek Walker, who passed away March 23. Mrs. Walker was the step-mother of Alisa Rothrock and Susan Cook.

Ruth Hine Manning who passed away Sunday, March 30; the white rosebud today is in loving memory of Ruth. Ruth was the sister of Laura Gilliam.

CHURCH SCHEDULE & ANNOUNCEMENTS Sunday, April 6 (Synod) 9:00 AM Worship 10:05 AM Sunday School 11:10 AM Worship 3:00 PM Great Sabbath Rehearsal @ Home Moravian 3:30 PM Youth Choir 4:00 PM Lenten Programs 5:00 PM Supper 5:30 PM K-5th Choir Monday, April 7 7:00 PM Band practice 7:00 PM Scouts 7:30 PM Beracah Choir Tuesday, April 8 10:00 AM Circle 5 11:45 AM Bible Study 1:00 PM Circle 7 1:30 PM Staff meeting 5:30 PM Aerobics Wednesday, April 9 11:00 AM Day of Prayer** 5:00 PM Handbell practice 7:00 PM Chancel Choir 7:00 PM CEC meeting

Thursday, April 10 10:00 AM Funtastics EXTRA! 7:00 PM Trustees meeting 7:00 PM Youth Committee Friday, April 11 Fellowship Hall reserved Saturday, April 12 7:00 AM Yard Sale / Pavilion 8:00 AM Pine Needle Spread Sunday, April 13 Palm Sunday 9:00 AM Worship 10:05 AM Sunday School 11:10 AM Worship 3:00 PM Great Sabbath Rehearsal @ Home Moravian 3:30 PM Youth Choir 4:00 PM New Philly Kids 5:00 PM Mission Committee 5:00 PM K-2nd Choir 5:30 PM 3rd-5th Choir

**Day of Prayer Wednesday, April 9 at Konnoak Hills Moravian Church, Karl Sjolund, Head of Salem Academy will be the guest speaker.

11AM Lovefeast.

Good Friday Lovefeast Put your talents of service to work and sign up to be a diener for our Good Friday Lovefeast service. Signup sheets are in the Lovefeast Kitchen. Thank you for sharing your time and talent to minister to our congregational family and surrounding community.

The Building and Grounds committee would like your assistance with spreading pine needles on April 12. Their task begins at 8AM; volunteers should come on out to help and enjoy some fellowship!

The Moravian Music Foundation proudly presents their newest CD recording: What Heights, What Depths of Love Divine. This CD has music for Lent and Easter performed by the Moravian Lower Brass Ensemble directed by Nola R. Knouse. It features 47 favorite hymns from the Green and Blue band books including – In the Hour of Trial141E, Jerusalem the Golden-151N, Sleepers Wake-230A, and Sing Hallelujah, Praise the Lord-159D. All CDs are $17 and there are several in the church office.

BRINGING OUR GIFTS TO THE LORD

To comfort and to bless, to find a balm for woe, to tend those lost in loneliness is angels’ work below.

General Fund Maintenance Capital Improvements Benevolences Missions Windsor Music Bells of Joy Boy Scouts Total

$17,055.78 $120.00 $800.00 $90.00 $588.00 $51.00 $150.00 $75.00 $75.00 $19,004.78

UPCOMING EVENTS New Friendship Class Annual Yard Sale; Saturday, April 12; 7AM until 1PM at the Church Pavilion ---------------------------------

FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT April 6, 2014

New Philadelphia Moravian Church

Holy Week Schedule Monday, April 14 @ 7PM Tuesday, April 15 @ 7PM Maundy Thursday Communion, April 17 @ 7PM Good Friday Communion, April 18 @ 3PM Good Friday Lovefeast, April 18 @ 7PM ---------------------------------

STEWARDSHIP OF SERVICE Our Nursery Workers – Bette, Deborah, Jennifer (volunteers welcomed) Today, Sunday, April 6 Sunday School Superintendent ......................................... Tony Ebert Children’s Church.......................... 9AM Jessica Beaver, Sandra Gray ............................................... 11:10AM Jessica Beaver, Ashley Jané Kids of Faith......................................................... 9AM Kathy Mabe .................................................. 11:10AM Kathy Mabe, Laura Long Greeters ...........................................John Geis III and Andi Williams Sound Technicians ................................................. 9AM Mike Crotts ........................................................................ 11:10AM Sam Farrar Next Sunday, April 13 Sunday School Superintendent ........................................Becky Ward Children’s Church................................................ 9AM Christy Clore ................................................. 11:10AM Christy Clore, Laura Long Greeters ..................................... Scott Huddleston and Marie Rodden Sound Technicians ................................................. 9AM Mike Crotts ...................................................................11:10AM Brad Underdal

CHILDREN’S SUNDAY-SCHOOL Nursery* 2’s & 3’s 4’s & 5’s K 1st grade

Room 211 Room 214 Room 108 Room 112 Room 111

2nd grade 3rd & 4th 5th grade Middle Senior

Room 118/Storytelling Room 303/Computer Room 302 Youth Building/Upper Youth Building/Lower

*Nurseries for Worship: Nurseries are offered during both services of Worship: Infants through 12 months in Room 211 and 12 months through 24 months in Room 210

Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 19 from 10AM until 12N; Breakfast and Lunch served by our Youth

--------------------------------Easter Morning Worship, Sunday, April 20 @ 10:30AM followed by our Easter Morning Liturgy @ 11:30AM (begins at the front of the church and processes to God’s Acre) --------------------------------Advent Class Paper Shredding Event, Saturday April 26 from 9AM until 12N; $5 per box. Proceeds to benefit outreach ministries of the Moravian Church

4440 Country Club Road Winston-Salem, N.C. 27104 336-765-2331 www.newphilly.org Worth Green, Senior Pastor John G. Rights, Associate Pastor 9 AM Worship 10:05 AM Sunday-School 11:10 AM Worship Nurseries for all Services Moravian Motto: In Essentials, Unity; In Non-Essentials, Liberty; In All Things, Love Our Mission Statement: New Philadelphia seeks to be a caring congregation, worshiping God, and encouraging one another to seek a closer relationship with Jesus Christ, as we follow the lead of the Holy Spirit in Service and in Mission.

Ritual of Friendship

THE SERVICE OF WORSHIP April 6, 2014 11:10 a.m.

Presentation of Tithes and Offerings Offertory Prayer Anthem

Healing Grace

Scripture

John 11, selections

Hymn

Be Thou My Vision

Sermon

News of the Church No. 354

“It’s the Follow Through that Makes the Difference”

Hymn Benediction Postlude

Sadler

All Hail the Power of Jesus Name

Watchword for the Week: I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope. Psalm 130:5

No. 200

Prelude Liturgy for Lent (Standing) We give thanks to you, God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!

In our union with Christ, you have blessed us by giving us every spiritual blessing in the heavenly world.

Even before the world was made, you had already chosen us to be yours through Christ, so that we would be holy and without fault before you.

We praise you for your glorious grace, for the free gift you gave us in your dear Son! Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name Come, Christians, follow where our Savior led, our King victorious, Jesus Christ our Head.

Let ev’ry race and ev’ry language tell of him who saves our lives from death and hell.

(Kneeling) Lord Jesus, we come before you in humble confession. Help us conform our lives to you as the model for holy and righteous living.

Forgive us for our desire for personal greatness, for our attempts to make gods of ourselves, for our willingness to exalt ourselves at the expense of others, and for our resistance to serving one another as you have served us.

Forgive us for making light of your obedience and sacrifice on the cross by living an undisciplined and indifferent Christian witness; forgive us for yielding to fear rather than relying on your strength to take the risks of discipleship.

Forgive us, dear Jesus, for times we have not looked to you as our Lord, and for allowing the clamoring distractions of the world to become higher priorities than you. Forgive us for yielding more to the pressures of this world than being transformed by your lordship over our lives.

When we were dead in our sins, God made us alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, having canceled the written code, with its regulations, which was against us and which stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross.

Since we have been raised with Christ, let us set our hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. (Standing) In Christ alone my hope is found, He is my light my strength my song; This Cornerstone this solid Ground, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace, When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!

My Comforter my All in All, Here in the love of Christ I stand.

There in the ground His body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain: Then bursting forth in glorious Day Up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory Sin's curse has lost its grip on me, For I am His and He is mine Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

No guilt in life, no fear in death, This is the power of Christ in me; From life's first cry to final breath,

Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from His hand; Till He returns or calls me home, Here in the pow’r of Christ I'll stand! ©2002 Thankyou Music CCLI #2830492

Throughout this Lenten journey, let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. We thank you, Lord Jesus, not only for the privilege of believing in you, but of suffering for you as well, so that we may also be glorified with you.

Let the peace of Christ rule in our hearts, since as members of one body we were called to peace. And let us be thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in us richly as we teach and admonish one another with all wisdom. Whatever we do, therefore, whether in word or deed, let us do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. Amen.

Chorus: It is the cry of my heart to follow you It is the cry of my heart to be close to you It is the cry of my heart to follow All of the days of my life.

Teach me your holy ways oh Lord So I can walk in your truth Teach me your holy ways, oh Lord And make me wholly devoted to You Open my eyes so I can see The wonderful things that you do Open my heart up more and more And make it wholly devoted to You ©1991 Mercy Vineyard Publishing CCLI #2830492

Good Food….New Friends….Great Fellowship… Good Food….New Friends….Great Fellowship

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Have you been looking / praying for a way to meet new people of all ages at our church?

Do you enjoy visiting in people's homes and enjoying good food and fellowship with wonderful people?

Then Dinner Club is for you!! Why not give it a try?

The Dinner Club is open to singles and couples. Each team or group includes 8 – 10 people. Each "team" has a designated coordinator. The coordinator hosts the first month’s dinner. After that, each couple or individual on the team will host a dinner one month during that 5-6 month rotation. Hosts can choose to meet at their home, a restaurant, plan a picnic, or have a potluck. You are only limited by your imagination and sense of fun! Spring rotation is April through September.

Existing members do not have to sign up again; however, please make sure we have updated contact information for you. New members ---come on! ?

What are you waiting for? Please let us include you now!

Name Address Phone Email  I/We cannot participate on a monthly basis, but would like to be called as a substitute Please place this in the offering plate, or give it to Beth Byrd or Kathy Mabe by Tax Day (April 15).

Good Food….New Friends….Great Fellowship… Good Food….New Friends….Great Fellowship

It’s time to do the NPMC Dinner Club Shuffle!

Recapturing the Reverence in the Resurrection Service Traditionally, the Resurrection Service, which takes place after Easter Worship in the sanctuary, began with the pastor reading the Easter Morning Liturgy from the balcony that overlooks the front entrance to the Church. At the conclusion of that portion of the liturgy, the pastor came down, and followed the band to God's Acre. All worshipers, including the choir followed the pastor, and all non-essential communication was kept to a minimum. A Silent Procession was the goal. Of course, that was before we built so many buildings, and created so many different ways of leaving the church, and entering the graveyard. Over the years, the movement to the graveyard lost all form. People were understandably eager to take up a position near the graves of their loved ones, and they moved quickly to do so.

It was still a great service; but many of us felt it was once even better, more reverent, more moving, a conscious deliberate act of corporate worship.

This year we would like to recreate the experience of years in the not too distant past. This year our Ushers will try to channel all worshipers into this procession to pass through the main entrance to God's Acre: Band, Pastor, Choir, and then the Congregation.

We would like to give the band time to process to the graveyard, and start playing antiphonally, and we would like to have the pastor who is conducting the service lead everyone except the band through the Main Gate of God's Acre. People who have special needs, especially those in wheel chairs will be admitted through the other gates, and once the band, pastor, and choir is in place, the other gates will be opened to everyone.

We will need extra ushers to accomplish our goal. If you are willing to help, please contact Fred Flynt (fflynt@triad.rr.com), or Dick Rodden (richardrodden@hotmail.com).

So, too, if you attend Easter Worship, and are not staying for the Resurrection Service, it would help if you park in the east lot (on the Preschool/Office Wing side of the church), or off campus, in one of the adjacent office parking lots. Otherwise, you may be asked to sit in your car until the processional passes. We think this return to a more structured and orderly Resurrection Service will add immensely to this wonderful act of corporate worship. We trust it is not an inconvenience to the congregation; but a blessing, and we hope that everyone who reads this will understand and appreciate our effort.

"The Lord is Risen!"

Pastor Green

New Philadelphia Moravian Church Youth Missions SMOKED PORK SHOULDER BUTT SALE! HELP SUPPORT OUR YOUTH MISSIONS! On May 3, 2014 we will be cooking whole pork shoulder butts on the famous “BIG BOY SMOKER”! The proceeds from this fundraiser will go to help offset part of the cost of this summers’ Senior High mission trip to Jamaica and the Middle High trip to rural North Carolina Cost is only $30 for a 7.5 to 8.5 (raw weight) pound shoulder butt and a pint of sauce. If you wish to place an order please complete the form below and place it in the offering plate any Sunday until April 27, drop it by the church office or send your information to us at: nctoalaska@hotmail.com We will contact you with a pick-up time after we receive your order. If you have any questions about the trips please stop by our table in the commons area on April 13 or 27 to talk with us about our upcoming mission trips.

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