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* Please feel free to stand or be seated during the singing

** Junior Church is for children in grades pre-K - 4th grade in the Education Wing. Age appropriate lessons, activities & snacks are provided.

Together

May 26, 2013

Worship

Prelude

Welcome & Ministry Opportunities (Nate Caldwell)

Call to Worship

Hymn of Praise

Opening Prayer (Pastor Cliff)

Songs of Praise & Worship

Morning Prayer (Felipe Moon)

Offering/Offertory (Manny and Julie Seiz)

Hymn of Preparation (Children are dismissed for Jr. Church)

Scripture Reading (Don Tallman)

Message (Pastor Cliff)

Closing Hymn

Benediction

Postlude

• Requests for a recording of today's service may be made immediately follow-ing the service at the media booth. The recordings can be picked up one

week from the date of request at the booth. • Podcasts of recent sermons are available on our website!

We welcome you to our worship service this morning and pray that you will be blessed in the presence of the Lord Jesus.

It is our desire to glorify God as a community of Christ followers who love God, love people, and make disciples because Jesus is the way,

the truth and the life.

If you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus or have ques-tions about your faith, please feel free to speak with Pastor Cliff, Pastor Phil or one of the Elders.

Communication Cards ~ please feel free to use these cards to ask for prayer or to update information.

If you are a visitor, we would like to have a record of your visit. Cards may be placed in the offering plate or given to an usher on your way out of the sanctuary.

We invite your infants and toddlers to our nurseries where there is a

competent staff waiting to care for them during the service.

This Week (5/26):

• Crib: Jane Stevenson • Crib: 10:30 - Jackie & Dan Guillaudeu, Betsy Gideon • Toddlers: 10:30 - Becky Blais & Katie Jahn

Next Week (6/2): • Crib: Sue Brown • Crib: 10:30 - Catherine Gideon, Alise Dowling • Toddlers: 10:30 - Karen Glynn, Kristina Mills

Mark Your Calendars!

May 26 12:00 pm VBS Volunteer Meeting

May 27 Memorial Day - Office Closed

June 1 8:30 am Men’s Breakfast

June 2 12:00 pm Church Business Meeting

June 9 Celebration Sunday

June 11 7:00 pm Board Meetings

June 12 7:00 pm VBS Crew Leader Meeting

June 13-16 Pastoral Candidate Visit

June 23 *Reception of New Members

June 25 7:00 pm Congregational Business Meeting

June 24-28 VBS

*Please note date change

MEET THE CANDIDATE:

Rev. James Smith

Pastor Jim Smith is a 53 year old native of Michigan. He earned a BS degree

in marketing from Ferris State University in 1981 and a Masters of Divinity from

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1987.

Jim has served as a senior/lead pastor for 15 years at Baptist churches in Con-

necticut, New Hampshire and Maine. He was also Executive Director of a

Christian non-profit agency, Care Net Pregnancy Resource Center, in Manas-

sas, Virginia. In 2006, Jim assumed his current position as Senior Associate

Pastor, responsible for executive pastoral leadership of Lake of the Woods

Church (a 900 member interdenominational congregation located in Locust

Grove, Virginia, just south of Washington, DC).

For the past 26 years, Jim has been married to Lisa, who enjoys using her gifts

and talents to support Jim’s ministry, encourage others and serve the Lord

through drama and music within the church.

Jim and Lisa have one daughter, Megan, who currently lives in Alaska, where

her husband

is stationed with the US Coast Guard. The Smiths also have a three-year-old

grandson.

Among Jim's main passions and gifts in ministry are practical, expository

preaching and teaching; building and applying Biblical truth for daily life; leader-

ship development; administration and planning; and building community in the

church.

Schedule for Candidate Visit to EGCC

• Jim and Lisa Smith arrive on Thursday afternoon, June 13th.

• Thursday evening – the search committee and spouses will share dinner

with Jim and Lisa.

• Friday morning (June 14th) - meet Pastor Cliff for breakfast.

• Friday lunch – Jim and Lisa share lunch with the staff to get to know

them.

• Friday afternoon/evening – free time for Jim and Lisa to become more

familiar with the community. If desired, one or two representatives from

the search committee will provide Jim and Lisa with a tour of the com-

munity.

• Saturday morning (June 15th) – Jim meets with each board and ministry

team at church. The board members and ministry team members will

have the opportunity to discuss with Jim his thoughts regarding the min-

istries of each board or ministry team.

• While Jim meets with boards and ministry teams, some women from the

church will have the opportunity to host Lisa for brunch.

• Saturday afternoon – time of relaxation and preparation for Sunday.

• Saturday early evening – Jim and Lisa share dinner at someone's home.

• Sunday morning (June 16th) - combined adult Sunday School classes.

Jim will share his testimony, conversion, call, training, personal goals,

etc. Lisa could also share her testimony and her perspective as a pas-

tor's wife.

• Sunday morning worship service – this will be a normal worship service.

The preliminaries could be handled by Pastor Phil. The elders will intro-

duce Jim as the speaker.

• Sunday noon – potluck lunch. This will be a time for the church to fel-

lowship with Jim and Lisa. Towards the end of the meal, there will be an

opportunity for the members of the congregation to address any ques-

tions they may have for Jim.

• Sunday afternoon – close-out meeting with the search committee and

elder board (after the potluck dinner) to address any final questions and

discuss next actions.

Weekly Finance Report:

Weekly Budget: $8,073

Tithes & Offerings: $7,536

Parking Lot Fund YTD: $7,723

Parking Lot Fund Offering (5/19): $455

A Congregational Corporation Meeting for East Glenville Church, Inc. will be held on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. (immediately following worship), to conduct the following business:

• To hear the list of new candidates for Membership at EGCC. • To vote upon the list of candidates as presented. • To make other changes to the membership rolls. • To conduct any other business that can properly come before the congregation.

Celebration Celebration Celebration Celebration

Sunday Sunday Sunday Sunday June 9th 9am - 10 am

in Buchanan Hall for Children ages 2 -grade 12 AND

Adults Continental breakfast and Sunday School Awards

Celebration Sunday June 9 noon - 3 pm Potluck Dinner! Sign up in

the foyer! Bring 2 dishes to share! We will enjoy Food, Fellowship and Fun! Bring Lawn Chairs. Enjoy our park like setting...we have volley-

ball, frisbee and we will learn the 2013 VBS Games!

Volunteers Still Needed!

Fill out a volunteer card & return it to the church office, the offering plate, or the collection box in the foyer.

VBS Kingdom Rock

June 24-28 9am-Noon

East Glenville Community Church Students Entering Kindergarten to Entering 7th Grade

Kids will learn to stand strong for God!

Registration Deadline - June 7th

Please plan to attend the volunteer meeting on May 26th at 12 Noon

July 21 - 27th

We will be going to Staten Island, NY to work

with Hurricane Sandy relief

all interested be sure to see Michelle Sloan or Robb Marshall

Youth

Basketball

Thursdays

at 7pm

Middle School & High School

SUNDAYS 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Growing Students

into life-long

followers

of Christ

May 31st: Sleepover - Girls at the Kate’s house (4239 Menga Dr, Schenectady Apartment. #4) and the boys at Nate’s house (18 Droms Rd Ext.). We will meet at the church at 6:30pm and pick up will be 9am on Saturday at the perspective homes. There will be no Youth Group on June 9th

Graduate Recognition

During the service on Sunday, June 9th, we will be recognizing our graduating High School Seniors. We would also like to honor stu-dents who are graduating from college or other degree programs by including them in our Sunday Bulletin. Please send the name, school, degree received and contact information (optional) of any

college graduates to the Church Office (office@egcchurch.org) by June 3rd.

Nathan Caldwell will be going on a missions trip this summer to Mexico, to assist five different organizations in camp devel-opment. He will be taking charge of six different camp pro-grams, as well as assisting with a seventh. He estimates help-ing approximately 350 kids, and 50-60 staff who would not have otherwise been able to go to camp. In order for this to

happen, he needs to raise $3000 dollars for travel, food, and housing expenses. If you would like to be involved you can find out more on his FB page or at www.campsinternational.org. Please make your check payable to EGCC and write 'Mission to Mexico' on the memo line.

Prayer Guide

Missions • Mark & Rae Wilson, Guinea (SIM) • John & Melinda Bernard, South Carolina (UWM)

Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. - Psalm 4:1

Praise • For our Malagasy visitors • Our new church roof • Preschool Graduation

Prayer Requests • Oklahoma Tornado Victims • VBS Leadership • Church finances & Parking Lot Fund

• EGCC family’s & friends’ salvation • Pray for EGCC Elder Board and Search Committee

• Send us into people’s lives to share God’s love in Christ through our witness

Unfortunately, space limits the requests we can run continuously. Please continue to pray for those not appearing in this week’s bulletin. Please contact us if your prayer request needs to be updated.

Serving Our Country & Community • All active members of the military, the veterans, and all of their families • Our President and National Leaders • Our local leaders and government

Loved ones and friends who need our prayers… • Please pray for Isha, friend of the Miner-Squires family, who is fighting kidney failure after a

bout of food poisoning. • Neighbor of Andy Yuhasz (Flannelgraph), Alfrieda, has been moved to rehab after losing four

fingers to Necrotizing Fasciitis; a flesh-eating bacteria. • Susan Richter- M. Shaver's sister: Endometrial cancer. Surgery went well. Results early

June. • Please pray peace and wisdom for the doctors treating Rachel Campo (sister of Linda

Furman) for breast cancer. • Please pray for Raymond DiCamillo (father-in-law of Andrea and Pete Slover’s daughter)

who is hospitalized for treatment of cancer. • Michelle Sloan’s father, Bill Slowikowski, for ongoing health issues • Diane Clancy and family for the loss of her ex-husband and dear friend, Tom Clancy. • Vivian Cooper had a fall and broke a bone in her shoulder. She is experiencing pain and dis-

comfort. Please pray for her recovery. • Carol Versocki’s friend, Karen, who was in a horrible accident, had the wires removed from

her jaw and was able to start on some solid food. Please continue to pray for her as her healing process is still a long, difficult one.

• For Kristen Capeci’s friend, Kathleen, for strength, peace and wisdom as she cares for her mother Kathleen who recently had a stroke and diagnosed with breast cancer and her father Roy long-suffering with terminal cancer and has just lost hospice care.

Sermon Notes: Sermon: “A Joyful Freedom”

Scripture: Philippians 3:1-9

I. Bondage to Sin

II. Bondage to the Law

III. Freedom in Christ

Missionaries John & Melinda Bernard, South Carolina (UWM)

Sharon Carlson, New York (IAM) Alex & Laura Crum, New York (WBT) Glen & Beverly Ewart, New York (IVCF) Joseph & Tamara Hill, Arizona (PIONEER) Paul & Nanette Holt, New York (IVCF)

Rev. Ted & Diane Holzmann, Germany (TEAM) Alex & Fran Knauss, North Carolina (TWR)

John & Gail Morris, Colorado (AOE) Cherie & Rick Vedder, New York (YFC)

Gordon & Sara Williams, Wisconsin (WBT) Mark & Rae Wilson, Guinea (SIM)

General Outreach Conservative Congregational Christian Conference,

East Glenville Christian Preschool, National Association of Evangelicals, Mekeel Christian School, Spa Christian School,

Dorcas Society and Flannelgraph (EGCC), City Mission of Schenectady, Capital District Youth for Christ, Latham, NY

Retired Missionaries Paul & Grace Bartholomew (WBT), Claire Burford (BCM), Ruth Gibbs, North Carolina (SIM), Cliff & Melba Greene (WBT), Betty Hoffman (AWM), Rev. Mi-

chael & Athena Kantartjis (OC), Richard & Priscilla Mellen (WBT), Rev. Edwin & Sharon Pedersen (SAM), Natasha Poysti (RCR), Ardy Soules (ISI), Fred &

Goldie Stoll (SIM), Chuck and Muriel Davis (AIM), Evie McNutt (MM)

Please remember to pray

for our missionaries and supported

agencies daily

Rev. Cliff Christensen Interim Senior Pastor Sandie Wanamaker Director of Worship Ministries Susan Perregaux Director of Children’s Ministries

National Association of Evangelicals

We are affiliated with:

Conservative Congregational Christian Conference

East Glenville Community Church 335 Saratoga Road

Glenville, NY 12302

EGCC STAFF SERVING IN HIS NAME

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

EGCC Christian Preschool 335 Saratoga Road, Glenville, NY 12302

Linda Wachtel, Director

518-399-6894 or egcc.preschool@verizon.net

Rev. Phil Sears Assistant Pastor

Nathan Caldwell

Director of Student Ministries

Gina Vendetti Administrative Assistant

Office Phones: 399-3151, 399-3105 Fax: (518)399-0302 OFFICE HOURS

8:30 am- 1:30 pm Monday through Friday

WEB SITE: www.egcchurch.org E-MAIL: Office: office@egcchurch.org

Sandie: egcc.music@verizon.net

ELDER BOARD

Tom Bischoff Dave Brzozowski

Alex Crum Jim Fischer Don Kraines Gary Williams