THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST Infants and Toddlers: Children’s Church (5 – 8 years):
September 3, 2017 BAND PRELUDE CHIMING OF THE HOUR CALL TO WORSHIP
Called Together and United
Stapleton
Lift High the Cross
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*HYMN
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS LIVING OUR STORY
Mr. Jerry Smith
*LITURGY
Discipleship
PRESENTATION OF OUR OFFERINGS Prayer Anthem In Heav’nly Love Abiding *The Doxology
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Waring
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.
*HYMN
Be Still, My Soul
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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 SERMON *HYMN
Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28
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A Message We Don’t Want to Hear
Rev. Allen
“Take Up Your Cross,” the Savior Said
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*BENEDICTION AND RESPONSE POSTLUDE
Diademata
G. Young
*If you are able, please stand. A Cordial Welcome is extended to all who worship today at Olivet Moravian Church. If you are a visitor, please sign the Guest Book in the Narthex and fill out a visitor’s card in the pew rack and place it in the offering plate. 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 honor of my Mom, Beth Adam’s birthday on September 4th by Grayson Comer.
Mon, Sept. 4 Wed, Sept. 6
Sun, Sept 10
Nursery Workers Angela Golden & Karen Gordon Janet Ridings
Opportunities to Worship and Serve Provincial Holiday – Office Closed Youth Chorus – Practice Begins Adult Bible Study Chancel Choir Practice Prayer Time – Parlor Sunday School Band Prelude Worship Youth Fellowship Joint Board / Elders / Trustees
6:15 PM 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 9:30 AM 9:45 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 5:30 PM 6:30 PM
Olivet Moravian Youth Chorus – This Wednesday The Olivet Moravian Youth Chorus will resume rehearsals this Wednesday, September 6th. This group is for youth entering the 2nd grade through the 12th grade. We will rehearse on Wednesday evenings from 6:15 PM – 6:45 PM. Amy Goodrich will accompany this group on the piano and John Golden will direct them. You do not need choral singing experience to sing with this group. Please plan to join us and help us make a joyful noise to the Lord! If you have any questions, please call John Golden at 336.408.0517 or see him at church! Women’s Bible Study -- Tuesday, September 12th The Women’s Bible Study will meet on Tuesday, September 12th, 7:00 PM in the Church Parlor. Our lesson continues with our study of Adam Hamilton’s book Half Truths. We will be discussing Lesson 3, “God Won’t Give You More Than You Can Handle” This should be a great study and we hope to see many of you at our September meeting. Bring a Friend!! It’s Time to Make Some Chicken Pies! – Wednesday, September 13th Come join us to make some Moravian Chicken Pies and fellowship with us at 8:30 AM on Wednesday, September 13th. Contact Lisa Culpepper at lbculpepper@triad.rr.com or 336.306.0297 if you can help. Fall Golf Tournament -- Saturday, September 16th Our Men’s Fellowship will have its Fall Golf Tournament on Saturday, September 16th, at 12:00 PM at the Pilot Knob Park Golf Course in Pilot Mountain. The tournament is a four-person team captain’s choice event and the cost is $180 per team ($45 per person). There are also opportunities for businesses or individuals to sponsor any of the eighteen holes at $100 per hole. Proceeds from this event will go to help with church projects. If you are interested in playing, sponsoring a hole or providing snacks, drinks or bottled water, please contact Doug Gordon, 336.416.5797. Senior Friends – Wednesday, September 20th The Senior Friends will meet at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, September 20th. We will play Bingo, enjoy a light lunch and make plans for the remainder of the year. Please sign up on the Senior Friends’ Bulletin Board outside of the Library, so we will know how many to prepare lunch for.
Homecoming – Sunday, September 17th After church, we will have a catered lunch and we hope everyone will stay. After lunch, Ruth Cole-Burcaw, Director of the Board of Cooperative Ministries will facilitate Olivet Moravian Church: Our Next Chapter. We will discover our gifts, explore the neighborhood around us, discover ways the needs of our community and our gifts overlap, and come up with ideas for the coming year and a way forward to make them happen. This event will not be the end, but a beginning, as we discern and live out the vision that God has for Olivet Moravian Church! Missions – September The Mission Project for the month of September will be to help with serving lunch at Samaritan Ministries on Saturday, September 23rd. We will meet at the church at 8:30 AM to carpool there. We will finish at 1:15 – 1:30 PM. Sign-up sheets are located in the Fellowship Hall Entrance and in the Narthex. If you have questions, please call Angela Golden at 336.924.1460. The Item of the Month for September will be preschool books for Imprints Cares, They are in special need of books for ages 0 – 3. We will collect books until September 30th. Blood Drive – Saturday, October 21st Olivet will be having a Blood Drive on Saturday, October 21st. If you give blood regularly, August 25th is the donation cutoff date if you wish to participate in our blood drive. Contact Angela Golden at 336.924.1460 if you would like to donate blood or volunteer to help with the drive. Thanks! Respite Care Many in our congregation are caregivers to family members who are sick or shutin. Sometimes they need to go to the grocery store or to an appointment, or just to get out of the house for a break. It is important that caregivers have this time so that they don’t wear out taking care of their loved ones. Olivet would like to form a group of volunteers who would be willing to sit with folks for a couple hours at a time while their caregiver runs errands, etc. If you would like to be a part of this ministry, please let Pastor Matthew know. PRAYER CONCERNS: Lori Barnett, J.D. Beroth, Charles Binkley, Sheila Binkley, Woody Blake, Teen Burns, Dorothy Davis, Rebekah Ellerbe-Ammons, Mike Handy, Betsy Harper, Katherine Loafman, Leslie Myers, Emily Norman, Pamela Padgett, Bill Smith, Jerry Smith, Wilma Tally, Joan Tibbits, Amanda Zaski Homebound / Shut-In / Nursing Care / Limited Activity: Shirley Athan, Ruth Beeding, Vernice Beroth, Jr., Eugene Bigham, Thelma Boose, Pat Calhoun, 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: 117 Sunday School Attendance: 44 2017 Church Budget: $346,194.00 Year to Date Contributions: $213,909.92 Needed Weekly to Meet Budget: $6,657.57 Offering Last Sunday: $8,443.00
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 Interim Choir Director Organist Band Director
Mr. Leonard Algood, Mr. Doug Spainhour Mr. John Golden Mr. Fred Wood Mr. Winfield Beroth