FIRST SUNDAY OF 2016 January 3, 2016
Chancel Flowers The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in celebration of Kyle & Ann Stimson’s 13th wedding anniversary on January 5th.
Ministers: All Who Serve Jesus
Infants and Toddlers: Children’s Church (5 – 8 years):
CHURCH WATCHWORD FOR 2016 “If we love one another, God lives in us and His love is made complete in us. 1 John 4:12
Wednesday
BAND PRELUDE CHIMING OF THE HOUR CALL TO WORSHIP
Now Shall the Church
*LITURGY
Epiphany and World Mission
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WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Please pass the friendship pads both ways in the pew. Visitors, please sign your name, address and telephone number. INSTALLATION OF BOARD MEMBERS PRESENTATION OF OUR OFFERINGS Prayer Anthem In Remembrance
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CHILDREN are invited to leave the Sanctuary to go to Children’s Church SCRIPTURE READING
John 1:1-18
MEDITATION *HYMN
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At Your Feet, Our God and Father
*SERVICE FOR HOLY COMMUNION
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*BENEDICTION AND RESPONSE POSTLUDE
Trumpet Tune on “March of The Kings”
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*If you are able, please stand. A Cordial Welcome is extended to all who worship today at Olivet Moravian Church. If you are looking for a church home, we hope you will consider becoming a part of our church. If you would like to join our church, please call the church office at 924-8063. Before the service speak to the Lord; during the service let the Lord speak to you; and after the service speak to one another. This morning we begin the New Year with the installation of our church boards and Holy Communion. In the Moravian Church we practice open Communion as members of all Christian churches are welcome to partake. We hope you experience God’s blessing in your time with us today and throughout this week. We also hope you will return and worship with us again.
Sunday
Nursery Workers Gina Handy & Dianne Hoffman Kathy Rights
Opportunities to Worship and Serve Moravian Star Ringers (Elementary / Middle Schools) 5:30 p.m. Olivet Children’s Chorus (Grades 2-5) 6:15 p.m. Shepherd’s Chorus (Grades 6-12) 6:45 p.m. Morning Star Ringers (High School) 7:30 p.m. Chancel Choir 7:30 p.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Band Prelude 10:30 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Beginner Band Meeting – Parlor After Worship
Beginner Band Meeting – Next Sunday, January 10, 2016 There will be a Beginner Band Meeting in the Parlor next Sunday after the worship service. January Missions Project – Saturday, January 16th The January Missions Project will be packing rice and beans at Sunnyside Ministries, 319 Haled St, Winston-Salem at 9 AM, Saturday, January 16th. Olivet volunteers can car pool by meeting at the church at 8:30 AM. January Item of the Month Our January Item of the Month will be canned fruit, canned meat, and macaroni & cheese for Sunnyside Ministries. Unity Prayer Watch -- Sunday, January 17th The Unity Prayer Watch is a continuous prayer chain in which each Moravian Church throughout the world is assigned a particular time to be in prayer for the needs of the Moravian Church. Olivet has been assigned Sunday, January 17th from 4:00 PM until midnight. Next Sunday, January 10th, our Ushers will pass the clipboard around in the Sanctuary until all 15-minute time segments are filled. In the Narthex, there will be a printout of suggested topics to pray for, if you would like to review the list. Senior Friends – Wednesday, January 20th The Senior Friends are headed to Olio Studio to enjoy a Glass Blowing Demonstration on Wednesday, January 20th. Please bring $10 cash for the demo and money to cover your Dutch Lunch afterwards. We’ll meet at the church at 10:00 AM to carpool. Please sign up on the Senior Friends Bulletin Board outside of the Library. 2016 Contribution Envelopes If you use contribution envelopes, please pick up your 2016 envelopes. They are located in the hallway in front of the History Room. Unclaimed Dishes and Containers Please check in our Kitchen to see if you have left any dishes or containers and take them home.
Goals for 2016 – We Want Your Ideas Today Please write the things you would like to see happen at Olivet and place in one of the boxes located at the entrances. You are more than welcome to share your wants and desires, but we particularly ask that above all, you share with us the things you feel God wants us to do as a church. PRAYER CONCERNS: Our Church Family and Church Friends: Eugene Bigham, Charles Binkley, Thelma Boose, Carl Boyer, Ralph Calhoun, Betty (Ned) Conrad, Ileana Drake, Mary Fearrington, Ila Frye, Gina Handy, Candy Kellner, Eleanor McGee, Kaye McKaughn, Marie Presson, Terry Rothrock, Jane Ruhlman, Aidan Schumaker, Sue Shields, Vivian Voss, Paige Wheeler, Amanda Zaski
Our Family Members and Friends: Linda Barnett (Lauren Campbell’s friend), Donna Baskins (Fred & Linda Wood’s neighbor), Ashley Bernette (Penny Perryman’s co-worker’s daughter), Haley Burcham (Tammy Ridings’ cousin’s daughter), Cathy Burroughs (Bruce Gouge’s friend), Joyce Caldwell (Kim Woodlief’s mother), Brian Caston (Jacobius family’s friend), Gary Chandler (Shannon White’s friend), Randi Conard (Kim Woodlief’s co-worker), Charles “Chip” Conrad (Donna Livengood’s friend), Carol Cox (Celeste Stanley’s sister), Tom Devlin (Dianne Hoffman’s brother), Chet & Wanda Doll (Andy & Teen Burns' brother-in-law), Gail Elliott (friend of many at Olivet), Trisha Gallagher (Shelly Schumaker’s friend), Alison and Ryan Gordon (Cukiernik’s friends), Barry Graham (Marla Young’s brother-in-law), Mary Gray (Steve Shore’s grandmother), Barbara Greene (Robin Tower-Hendricks’ mother), Sue Harkrader (Marla Young’s friend), Tracy Harmon (Donna Livengood’s friend), Ian Hill (Bill Mankins’ great nephew), Ransom Hinkle (Kelly Ewing’s cousin), Linda Isom (Kelly Jacobius’ neighbor), Carol Johns (Jenny Braswell's niece), Alex King (Adam Mitchell’s student), Julius Lippert (Keri Harward’s father), Ross Mason (Kenny White’s co-worker’s son), David Mayberry (Doris Snyder’s brother), Anna McCahan (Lauren Campbell’s mother), Becky Nelson (Sharon Petree’s co-worker), Drew Owen (Rachel Desmarais’ coworker’s son), Peggy Pappas (Bill Voss’ sister), Natalie Parry (Moyra Gunter’s co-worker’s daughter), Ed Reams (Carolyn Wooten’s father), Maggie Rush (Celeste Stanley’s niece), Sharon Taylor (Eugene Bingham’s sister), Susan Tobaben (Art Beroth’s cousin), Calvin Tsai (Macemore’s friend), Suzanne Vaughn (Dexter Ewing’s friend), Audrey Ward (Gina Handy’s mother), David Wilson (the Henshaw’s friend), Sofie Zuluaga (Tammy Hughes’ friend) Those Serving in the Military: Patrick Clendenning (Terry Cochran’s nephew), Jeremy Shupe, Ryan Spach (Max Spach’s son), Kyle Tankersley (Jo Zaski’s nephew) How We Came and Gave Last Sunday Worship Attendance: 144 Sunday School Attendance: 65 2015 Church Budget: $357,197.00 Year to Date Contributions: $346,100.07 Needed Weekly to Meet Budget: $6,869.17 Offering Last Sunday: $7,669.00 Christmas Lovefeast Offering: $1,256.81 for Battered Women’s Shelter $3,729.12 to be split between Sunnyside & Samaritan Ministries
Olivet Moravian Church 2205 Olivet Church Road Winston-Salem, NC 27106 336.924.8063
E-mail address: olivet@windstream.net Web Page: www.olivetmoravian.org The mission of the Olivet Moravian Church is to enable individuals to find a relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and to reflect His life in our life together and in our outreach to others. Rev. Matthew W. Allen, Pastor pastor.mwallen@gmail.com 336.413.1482 Head Ushers Mr. Leonard Algood, Mr. Doug Spainhour Director of Music & Choir Director Mrs. Nancy Whicker Interim Choir Director Mr. David Blum Organist Mr. Fred Wood Band Director Mr. Winfield Beroth Pianist Mrs. Kathy Rights Congregation Acolytes Mr. John Golden, Mr. Doug Gordon Sacristans Mrs. Terry Cochran, Ms. Janet Davis
INSTALLATION OF 2016 BOARD MEMBERS January 3, 2016 The following persons have been elected to serve on the Boards of Elders and Trustees by the Church Council of Olivet Moravian Church. ELDERS Ken Brown Reynolds Craver Doug Gordon Mike Handy
Mary Kirk Beverly Moser Sharon Petree Loretta Whitt
TRUSTEES William Ammons Winfield Beroth Julie Guffey David Johnson
Justin Myers Eric Pleban Jerry Smith Thomas Stevens
(Board members shall stand as pastor addresses them) Dearly Beloved in Christ, you have been elected to serve in positions of high honor among this people. To you have been entrusted the affairs of this church. To you who have been elected ELDERS is entrusted the spiritual oversight of the congregation. It shall be your duty to watch over the spiritual and moral well-being of this congregation. To you who have been elected TRUSTEES is entrusted the temporal oversight of this congregation. All of you have been elected by Church Council to serve as Stewards of this congregation. As Elders and Trustees, do you now promise and covenant before God and this congregation to fulfill your responsibilities to the office of which you have been elected? Will you support the services and activities of the church and promise to work with and support your pastor? Do you promise to work together as boards to carry out the ministry of this church? I do most heartily in the strength of Jesus Christ, my Lord and of His Spirit. (over)
(Congregation shall stand as pastor addresses them) Do you, as members of this church, receive these persons as Elders and Trustees, and promise to respect their position as leaders? Will you pray for them and your pastor, and respect the decisions they make as they do their best to seek God’s will for this church? We do. Let us pray. Lord, set apart these servants for the work to which they have been elected to do. Give them wisdom and grant them your grace, that they may be good servants, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, serving in the fear of God as they oversee this congregation. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the authority committed to me in His Church, I hereby declare you duly constituted and set apart as Elders and Trustees.
56 A Ye who called, ye who called to Christ’s service are, Join together, join together, both in work and prayer; Venture all on Him, our Lord, Who assures us in His Word, We are always, we are always objects of His care. May we faithful, may we faithful in our service be, Truly careful, truly careful in our ministry; Keep us to Thy Church fast bound, in the faith preserve us sound, Often weeping, often weeping grateful tears ‘fore Thee.
GOALS FOR 2016 – WE WANT YOUR IDEAS!
GOALS FOR 2016 – WE WANT YOUR IDEAS!
For the past several years, our Joint Board has set yearly goals for our church family. Our Joint Board Retreat will be January 8th and 9th. At the retreat our board will set goals for 2016. An important part of our goal-setting process is the input we receive from our congregation. In the space below, we would like for you to put the things you would like to see happen at Olivet. You are more than welcome to share your wants and desires, but we particularly ask that above all you share with us the things you feel God wants us to do as a church. Our Joint Board will consider all ideas it receives. We ask that you fill out this sheet and turn it in. There will be boxes at the church where you can put this form or you may turn it into the church office. We thank you for your responses. Please keep our Joint Board in your prayers, and may God bless us and use us to do a great work for God in the year ahead.
For the past several years, our Joint Board has set yearly goals for our church family. Our Joint Board Retreat will be January 8th and 9th. At the retreat our board will set goals for 2016. An important part of our goal-setting process is the input we receive from our congregation. In the space below, we would like for you to put the things you would like to see happen at Olivet. You are more than welcome to share your wants and desires, but we particularly ask that above all you share with us the things you feel God wants us to do as a church. Our Joint Board will consider all ideas it receives. We ask that you fill out this sheet and turn it in. There will be boxes at the church where you can put this form or you may turn it into the church office. We thank you for your responses. Please keep our Joint Board in your prayers, and may God bless us and use us to do a great work for God in the year ahead.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN AT OLIVET ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN AT OLIVET ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________
From the Resolution 12 Steering Committee:
From the Resolution 12 Steering Committee:
Study and Discernment regarding Homosexuality and the Church
Study and Discernment regarding Homosexuality and the Church
The steering committee leading the Southern Province in a time of study and discernment regarding homosexuality and the church is sponsoring several events in January. Child care will be available at all events (but you must sign up with the number and ages of your children!). Youth are encouraged to attend and participate.
The steering committee leading the Southern Province in a time of study and discernment regarding homosexuality and the church is sponsoring several events in January. Child care will be available at all events (but you must sign up with the number and ages of your children!). Youth are encouraged to attend and participate.
First will be a presentation by Bishop Sam Gray, on Moravian Interpretation of Scripture, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at New Philadelphia Moravian Church. (You need not register for this unless you need child care.)
First will be a presentation by Bishop Sam Gray, on Moravian Interpretation of Scripture, on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at 7:00 p.m., at New Philadelphia Moravian Church. (You need not register for this unless you need child care.)
Then there will be three identical opportunities to participate in a fellowship meal and conversation (You must sign up to attend!). These will take place on Sunday, January 24, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., at Rural Hall Moravian Church; Saturday, January 30, 2016, at 12:00 noon, at Kernersville Moravian Church; and Sunday, January 31, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., at New Philadelphia Moravian Church. There is no charge for the meal.
Then there will be three identical opportunities to participate in a fellowship meal and conversation (You must sign up to attend!). These will take place on Sunday, January 24, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., at Rural Hall Moravian Church; Saturday, January 30, 2016, at 12:00 noon, at Kernersville Moravian Church; and Sunday, January 31, 2016, at 5:30 p.m., at New Philadelphia Moravian Church. There is no charge for the meal.
For more information, or to sign up for a meal, please visit www.mcsp.org and click on “Resolution 12”. You will find an online registration form, articles about what has already taken place, what is coming next, and other helpful resources. Or you can contact Nola Knouse at 336-813-3758 or nrknouse@triad.rr.com. Please plan to participate!
For more information, or to sign up for a meal, please visit www.mcsp.org and click on “Resolution 12”. You will find an online registration form, articles about what has already taken place, what is coming next, and other helpful resources. Or you can contact Nola Knouse at 336-813-3758 or nrknouse@triad.rr.com. Please plan to participate!
NOTE: There are printed copies with more information located at our church entrances.
NOTE: There are printed copies with more information located at our church entrances.