SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT March 12, 2017
Infants and Toddlers: Children’s Church (5 – 8 years):
Ministers: All Who Serve Jesus BAND PRELUDE
*HYMN
Prelude in E Minor Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days
J.S. Bach Page 341
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Please pass the friendship pads both ways in the pew. Visitors, please sign your name, address and telephone number. *LITURGY
Lent 2
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PRESENTATION OF OUR OFFERINGS Prayer Anthem You Are Able S. Mauldin Olivet Youth Chorus, Director: John Golden; Pianist: Amy Goodrich *The Doxology
*HYMN
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. O Eternal Word, Jesus Christ, Our Lord
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CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Pastor Matthew (Children are invited to go to Children’s Church or back to their seat.) SCRIPTURE READINGS
Psalm 121 John 3:1-17
SERMON *HYMN
Be Born Anew Today What Wondrous Love is This
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*EXTINGUISHING OF THE CROWN OF THORNS *BENEDICTION AND RESPONSE POSTLUDE
Opportunities to Worship and Serve Lenten Family Night Dinner -- FH 5:30 p.m. Lenten Family Night Service -- Sanctuary 6:15 p.m. Monday Evangelism Committee 4:30 p.m. Senior Highs – Gospel Grill – El Maguey 5:30 p.m. Middle Highs – Gospel Grill – Starbucks 6:45 p.m. Tuesday Joint Board / Elders /. Trustees 6:30 p.m. Women’s Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Wednesday Day of Prayer – Ardmore Moravian 11:00 a.m. To carpool, arrive at Olivet at 9:00 a.m. Adult Bible Study – Parlor 6:30 p.m. Regular Band – Band Room 6:45 p.m. Olivet Youth Chorus 6:45 p.m. Chancel Choir 7:30 p.m. Friday All Youth – Dinner & Movie Night at Church 6:00 p.m. Saturday Men’s Fellowship – Petty Racing Museum 8:30 a.m. Sunday Men’s Breakfast 8:30 a.m. Prayer Time – Parlor 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 a.m. Band Prelude 10:30 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Lenten Family Night Dinner -- FH 5:30 p.m. Lenten Family Night Service -- Sanctuary 6:15 p.m. Special Unity Offering – Today March 1, 2017 was the 560th anniversary of the founding of the Unitas Fratrum – now over one million members strong in work and witness for Christ around the world! Each year around our denomination’s anniversary date we receive a special Unity Offering for a cause in the Moravian Church. This year’s offering is designated for support of the 2017 Unity Mission Conference, November 15-20, 2017, in Cape Town, South Africa. Special offering envelopes are in your bulletins for this offering. We hope you will prayerfully consider what you can give to this worthy cause. Today
CHIMING OF THE HOUR ORGAN PRELUDE
Nursery Workers Angela Golden Karen Gordon
Fugue in E Minor
J.S. Bach
*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 336.924.8063. Before the service speak to the Lord; during the service let the Lord speak to you; and after the service speak to one another. 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. Chancel Flowers The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Daniel Thomas Stevens for his birthday today by Thomas, Stephanie & Evan Stevens.
Senior Highs – Tomorrow The Senior Highs will meet for our “Gospel Grill” tomorrow from 5:30 – 6:30 PM at El Maguey Restaurant in Pfafftown. Plan to bring a friend! Middle Highs – Tomorrow The Middle Highs will meet for our “Gospel Grill” tomorrow from 6:45 – 7:30 PM at Starbucks, 3327 Robinhood Road. Bring a friend! Evangelism Committee – Tomorrow The Evangelism Committee will meet tomorrow at 4:30 PM in the Parlor. Senior Friends – This Wednesday The Senior Friends will go as a group to the Day of Prayer service this Wednesday, at Ardmore Moravian Church. Dr. Robert Shackleford will be speaking. We’ll meet at the church at 9:00 AM to carpool. All Youth – Dinner & Movie Night – This Friday All Youth are meeting at the church at 6:00 PM this Friday to enjoy dinner and a movie.
Men’s Fellowship – Petty Museum – This Saturday The Men’s Fellowship will meet at 8:30 AM this Saturday to carpool to the Petty Museum. The admission is $10/person or $8/Military with ID & Seniors (60 +). They will stop in Greensboro on the way home for lunch. Men’s Breakfast – Next Sunday The Men’s Breakfast will be next Sunday, March 19th, at 8:30 AM. All men of the church and any guests are welcome to attend. Missions Committee News Our March “Mission of the Month” will be providing a meal on Tuesday, March 21st for “Chat and Snack”, a program that provides an opportunity for families of children at Brenner Children’s Hospital (WFBMC) or Forsyth Medical Center, particularly those in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), to visit, eat, and connect with other families. We need your help with food items. Sign-up sheets are posted at the entrances. The “Item of the Month” will be single serve juice boxes to take on the 21st for the Chat and Snack program. They keep these on hand for children who visit and to offer during the events. The juice boxes can be placed at the table by the exit doors close to the Fellowship Hall. Flower Calendar Openings Our church’s Flower Calendar is open on the following Sundays: March 26th, April 2nd and April 23rd. If you would like the opportunity to remember or honor a special person(s), please sign up on the Flower Calendar, located across from the Church Office. Wrapped Candy/Treats Needed for Easter Egg Hunt Olivet Youth will be sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt for the community on Saturday, April 8th. We need donations of small, wrapped candy or treats to fill the Easter eggs. Please pick up a bag as you are shopping and drop it off in the box outside the Fellowship Hall by Sunday, April 2nd. Spring Golf Tournament – Saturday, May 13 The Arlen Lewis Memorial Spring Golf Tournament will be on Saturday, May 13th, at the Pilot Knob Park Golf Course in Pilot Mountain. The tournament is a fourperson team captain’s choice event. The cost is $180 per team ($45 per person) and there are also opportunities for businesses or individuals to sponsor any of the eighteen holes at $100 per hole. If you are interested in playing or sponsoring a hole, please contact Doug Gordon (336.416.5797). th
PRAYER CONCERNS: Naomi Algood, Michael Angell, Lori Barnett, Eddie Beroth, JD Beroth, Charles Binkley, Sheila Binkley, Sherry Caudle, Betsy Harper, Jeff Heitman, Leslie Myers, Emily Norman, Pamela Padgett, Marie Presson, Bill Smith, Janet Smith, Jerry Smith, Thomas Stevens, Kim Wood, Wilma Tally, Mary Winters, Amanda Zaski Homebound / Shut-In / Nursing Care / Limited Activity: Shirley Athan, Ruth Beeding, Vernice Beroth, Jr., Eugene Bigham, Thelma Boose, Gladys Doub, Ileana Drake, Ila Frye, Eleanor McGee, Marie Presson, Jack Queen, Betty Shropshire, Melbadene Smith, Wilma Sprinkle, Ruth Trogdon, Bill & Vivian Voss How We Came and Gave Last Sunday Worship Attendance: 150 Sunday School Attendance: 57 2017 Church Budget: $346,194.00 Year to Date Contributions: $64,349.46 Needed Weekly to Meet Budget: $6,657.57 Offering Last Sunday: $12,461.00
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 Christian Education Mrs. Evie Blum Choir Director Mr. David Blum Organist Mr. Fred Wood Band Director Mr. Winfield Beroth Pianist Mrs. Kathy Rights