CENTER BAPTIST CHURCH

3301 SOUTH NEW HOPE ROAD GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA

20TH PASTORAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION - 10 A.M. SERVICE

“TAP” - THE TRADITIONAL, AGGRESSIVE, PROGRESSIVE CHURCH be in health, even as thy soul Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and“

KJV 1:2 John 3 ”prospereth.

ORDER OF WORSHIP

DEVOTION ............................................................................................ DEACONS/CHOIRS

*CALL TO WORSHIP ............................................................................. MINISTER/PASTOR *INVOCATION ...................................................................................... MINISTER/PASTOR *RESPONSIVE READING ...................................................................... MINISTER/PASTOR

HYMN OF WORSHIP .................................................................... CHOIRS/CONGREGATION *SCRIPTURE AND PRAYER .................................................................... MINISTER/PASTOR

ANNOUNCEMENTS

SELECTION ............................................................................................................... CHOIR

WORSHIP IN TITHES AND OFFERING .................................................... TRUSTEES/USHERS *OFFERTORY PRAYER .......................................................................... MINISTER/PASTOR

SELECTION ............................................................................................................... CHOIR

WELCOME ............................................................................................ GREETER ON DUTY

INTRODUCTION OF THE GUEST MESSENGER SERMONIC HYMN ......................................................................................... HYMN CHOIR

*SERMON ........................................................................... REV. THOMAS R. FARROW, JR.

*INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP

*HOLY COMMUNION

BENEDICTION .............................................................................................. REV. FARROW

CENTER BAPTIST CHURCH 3301 SOUTH NEW HOPE ROAD GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA

8:30 A.M. SERVICE

Motif – “TAP” - THE TRADITIONAL, AGGRESSIVE, PROGRESSIVE CHURCH

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even “ KJV 1:2 John 3 ”as thy soul prospereth.

ORDER OF WORSHIP

*CALL TO WORSHIP ................................................................... PASTOR/MINISTER *INVOCATION AND PASTORAL PRAYER ..................................... PASTOR/MINISTER *OPENING HYMN ........................................ MINISTER OF MUSIC/CONGREGATION WELCOME ...................................................................................................... USHER TITHES, OFFERINGS & OFFERTORY PRAYER .......... OFFICERS & MINISTER OF MUSIC SELECTION OF PREPARATION ................................................... PRAISE & WORSHIP THE MESSAGE ................................................. PASTOR PIERRE J. CRAWFORD, Th.D. *INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP .............................. PASTOR CRAWFORD BENEDICTION ........................................................................... PASTOR CRAWFORD

CENTER BAPTIST CHURCH 3301 SOUTH NEW HOPE ROAD GASTONIA, NORTH CAROLINA

10:45 A.M. SERVICE

“TAP” - THE TRADITIONAL, AGGRESSIVE, PROGRESSIVE CHURCH Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul “

KJV 1:2 John 3 ”prospereth.

ORDER OF WORSHIP

DEVOTION ............................................................................................ DEACONS/CHOIRS

*CALL TO WORSHIP ............................................................................. MINISTER/PASTOR *INVOCATION ...................................................................................... MINISTER/PASTOR *RESPONSIVE READING ...................................................................... MINISTER/PASTOR

HYMN OF WORSHIP .................................................................... CHOIRS/CONGREGATION *SCRIPTURE AND PRAYER .................................................................... MINISTER/PASTOR

ANNOUNCEMENTS A MOMENT IN BLACK HISTORY

SELECTION ............................................................................................................... CHOIR

WORSHIP IN TITHES AND OFFERING .................................................... TRUSTEES/USHERS *OFFERTORY PRAYER .......................................................................... MINISTER/PASTOR

SELECTION ............................................................................................................... CHOIR

WELCOME ............................................................................................ GREETER ON DUTY

SERMONIC HYMN ......................................................................................... HYMN CHOIR

*SERMON .................................................................. PASTOR PIERRE J. CRAWFORD, TH.D.

*INVITATION TO CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP

BENEDICTION .................................................................................... PASTOR CRAWFORD

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Let Us Remember Our Sick and Shut-In Members: HOME: HOME: Sisters: Mae Helen Glenn, Ann Barber, Kay McKinney, Rosia Agnew, Lillian Tate, Inez Torro, Rebecca Dunlap, Sharmee Barber; Brothers: James Irby, Albert (Hammer) Anderson, Plato Hill HOSPITAL: Sister Lillie Sadler – Caromont Regional Medical Center

Opportunities to Worship, Study, and Fellowship

• Sunday, February 3 – 3 p.m. 20th Pastoral Anniversary Celebration for Dr. Pierre Crawford and Family. The Rev. Bobby Houze and New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Charlotte, NC will be our guests.

• Friday – February 8 – 7 p.m. Young Adult Ministry meeting.

• Saturday, February 9 - The 2019 One-Day Session of the Congress of Christian Education of the General Baptist State Convention will be held at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, 3400 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC. The van will leave the church at 7:30 a.m. See flyers for classes and registration information.

• Sunday, February 10 – 10:45 a.m. Trustee Program. Minister Randy Farrar will be the guest messenger. No 8:30 a.m. Service. Sunday School will be held at 9:30 a.m.

• Monday, February 11 through Thursday, February 14 – 6:45 p.m. The Missionary Study Course will be held at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church, 408 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Gastonia, NC. There will be classes for youth, young adults, and seniors. Men and women are all invited to attend. Dr. Mary B-Hall of the Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Association will be the facilitator for the senior class.

• Saturday, February 16 - 9 a.m. Intercessory Prayer followed by breakfast and studies for all Pastors, Ministers, Spouses of Clergy, Deacon, Deaconess, and Ushers will be held at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church,1420 Crowders Mountain Road, Bessemer City, NC.

• Saturday, February 16 – 10 a.m. Brotherhood meeting.

• Sunday, February 17 – Following 10:45 a.m. service, the Sunday School staff will meet.

• Tuesday, February 19 – 6:30 p.m. Women’s Ministry meeting.

• Saturday, February 23 – 10 a.m. One-Day Session of the Association will be held at St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church, 1282 Bradford Heights Road, Gastonia, NC. This meeting is to discuss the business of the Association.

• Sunday, February 24 – During 8:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Service – Black Heritage Sunday. All members are encouraged to wear either old-timey attire or African attire.

• Sunday, February 24 - Following 10:45 a.m. service, Seniors on the Move meeting.

• Thursday, February 7 - 8 p.m. - Youth

• Thursday, February 14 – 8 p.m. - Worship

• Sunday, February 17 – Following 10:45 a.m. Service - Men

• Thursday, February 28 – 8 p.m. - Worship

• The Hymn Choir rehearses the first Saturday of every month at 3 p.m.

New Members for all Choirs Are Welcome!!

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Tuesday, February 5 – 6 p.m. Unspeakable Joy/Jr. Unspeakable Joy

Saturday, February 16

10 a.m. –Tribe of Judah/Jr. Tribe of Judah/Unspeakable Joy/Jr. Unspeakable Joy

Saturday, February 23

10 a.m. –Tribe of Judah/Junior Tribe of Judah/Unspeakable Joy/Jr. Unspeakable Joy

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Foundation Classes for New Members and All Interested Members who want to check their foundations!!

Class 1 – February 10 Class 2 – February 17

Class 3 & 4 – February 24

Pastor’s Study (Upstairs)

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TRUSTEES ON DUTY

8:30 a.m. and Sunday School Trustees

Betty Berry and Derek Fewell

February 3 – February 9 ~ Robert Holmes and Cedeno Watson

February 10 – February 16

~ Henry Harvey and Freddie Hands

February 17 – February 23 ~ Ed Porter and James Watson

February 24 – March 2

~ Lynette Cureton and Robert Holmes

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Co-Chairman – Kenneth Williams Co-Chairman – Troy Darby

Jeff Barber Cortlandt Blair

Don Blair Keith Connor

Rossie L. Connor Marquis Douglas Darrin Johnson Otis McElhaney

HAPPY FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY 1st – Blake Morgan 16th – Dee Wells 1st – Aliyah Reid 17th – Taryan Meeks 2nd – Amoura Harris 19th – Betty Blake 3rd – Candran Hudson 19th – Carl Durham 5th – Robby Goode 20th – Sharese Duff 5th – Zekaeya Williams 24th – Shirley Dawkins 7th – Tara Money 25th – Donna Crawford 13th – Davida Sanders 27th – Benjamin Anstett 14th – Shunta Anderson 27th – Mauriana Douglas

HAPPY FEBRUARY ANNIVERSARY

Minister Willie and Cherrita Brock – February 9, 2008 (11 years) William and TiCianna Gordon – February 14, 2007 (12 years)

Frederick and Joan Hill – February 26, 1983 (36 years) James and Elizabeth Tate – February 28, 2006 (13 years)

If your birthday or anniversary is not included this month, you have not completed a membership form. Please see an usher for a form.

SAVE THE DATE!!!

Center Baptist Church 3301 South New Hope Road

Gastonia, NC

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Center Baptist Church Media Ministry

Order Form – Please PRINT

Name: ________________________________________________________________________

Telephone No.: _________________________________________________________________

DVD______________________ CD______________________ (check one)

Program Name: ________________________________________________________________

Program Date: __________________

DVD’s are $5.00 and CD’s are $3.00. Please return this form to any member of the Audio/Visual Ministry and allow one week for disc processing.

WEEKLY OPPORTUNITIES TO WORSHIP Early Sunday Morning Worship – 8:30 a.m. Sunday School – 9:30 a.m. Foundation Classes & Discipleship Training – 9:30 a.m. – Alternate Months Sunday Morning Worship Service – 10:45 a.m. Wednesday Mid-Day Bible Study – 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday Evening Adult and Youth Bible Study – 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Worship Wednesday (Every Fourth Wednesday) – 6:30 p.m.

CONTACT NAMES AND NUMBERS

Church Telephone No. (704) 824-4121 Church Mailing Address – Post Office Box 550614, Gastonia, NC 28055 - NEW! NEW! Church E-Mail Address – centerbaptistchurch@yahoo.com Pastor Crawford’s Telephone No. (704) 747-8784 Pastor’s/Church Secretary - Veronica McElhaney - (704) 853-0013 Co-Chairman of the Deacon Ministry – Kenneth Williams (803) 831-0022 Co-Chairman of the Deacon Ministry – Troy Darby (704) 685-5382 Co-Chairman of the Trustee Ministry – Henry Harvey (704) 907-7322 Co-Chairman of the Trustee Ministry – Robert Holmes (704) 689-1825 Van Coordinator – Ed Porter – (704) 864-6085 Flower Committee – Lillie Sadler (704) 460-6975 Kitchen Committee – Shelia Tolbert – (704) 648-5694 (cell) or (704) 215-7368 (home)

MINISTERIAL STAFF

REV. REGINA REID YOUTH MINISTER REV. RUSSELL HARRINGTON ASSOCIATE MINISTER REV. ALICE STANLEY ASSOCIATE MINISTER REV. ALBERT WELLS, III ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER COLLAR BELL-GRAVES ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER WALTER BLAKE ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER WILLIE BROCK ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER WENDI CARR ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER MARY CONNOR ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER VIVIAN DYE ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER RANDY FARR ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER MARY RESHARD ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER JUSTICE JACKSON ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER DAWN JOHNSON ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER VICTORRIA THOMPSON ASSOCIATE MINISTER MINISTER ALBERT WELLS, JR. ASSOCIATE MINISTER BROTHER DEVON DANIELS MINISTER OF MUSIC

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