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PRAYER JOYS & CONCERNS[If you have a prayer concern or joy to share during the week,

please email Rev. Ellen at [email protected]

SERMON NOTES

Sunday, May 6

Morning: Psalms 93; 150

1st Read: Lev. 25:1-17

2nd Read: James 1:2-8, 16-18

Gospel: Luke 12:13-21

Evening: Psalms 136; 117

Monday, May 7


1st Read: Lev. 25:35-55

2nd Read: Col. 1:9-14

Gospel: Matthew 13:1-16


PRAYER JOYS & CONCERNS[If you have a prayer concern or joy to share during the week,

[email protected].]

SERMON NOTES

THIS WEEK AT BPC

Sunday, May 610¢-A8:45 AM

Fellowship Hall9:00 AM9:55 AM

10:00 –11:20 AM

Sanctuary1:00 –

Hall &

Monday, May 76:00 PM

Tuesday,9:30 AM

Fellowship Hall6:30 PM7:00 PM8:00 PM

Wednesday10:00 AM

3:00 PM6:00 PM6:00 PM7:15 PM

Thursday, May 106:30 PM8:00 PM

Saturday, May 129:00 AM

Fellow

Sunday, May 13Mother’s Day8:45 AM

Fellowship Hall9:00 AM9:55 AM

10:00 –

DAILY LECTIONARY

Tuesday, May 8


1st Read: Leviticus 26:1-20

2nd Read: 1 Timothy 2:1-6



Wednesday, May 9

Morning: Ps. 99; 147:1-11

1st Read: Leviticus 26:27-42

2nd Read: Ephesians 1:1-10



Thursday, May 10

Morning

1

2

Gospel

Evening

THIS WEEK AT BPC

Sunday, May 6A- Meal Offering to be received

8:45 AM – Coffee Fellowship in BPCFellowship Hall

9:00 AM – Sunday School9:55 AM – Worship Service

– 11:00 AM – LMCS Bible Study0 AM – 1:30 PM – LMCS Worship inSanctuary

– 4:00 PM – LMCS in BPC FellowshipHall & Pavilion

Monday, May 76:00 PM – Stewardship Committee

Tuesday, May 89:30 AM – 1:00 PM – Quilting 101 in BPC

Fellowship Hall6:30 PM – Property Committee7:00 PM – Christian Education Committee8:00 PM – Softball Game at Bakers Creek

Wednesday, May 910:00 AM – Mary’s Bible Study– Session Rm

3:00 PM – Staff Meeting6:00 PM – Adult Small Group6:00 PM – Youth Choir7:15 PM – Choir

Thursday, May 106:30 PM – Personnel Committee8:00 PM – Softball Game at Bakers Creek

Saturday, May 129:00 AM – Men’s Prayer Breakfast in BPC

Fellowship Hall

Sunday, May 13Mother’s Day8:45 AM – Coffee Fellowship in BPC

Fellowship Hall9:00 AM – Sunday School9:55 AM – Worship Service

– 11:00 AM – LMCS Bible Study

LOOKING AHEAD

Sunday, May 1311:20 AM – 1:30 PM

Sanctuary1:00 – 4:00 PM –

Hall & Pavilion

Monday, May4:00 – 8:00 PM –

Fellowship Hall7:00 PM – Gathering Time7:15 PM – Ministry Area Teams

Tuesday, May7:00 PM – Communications9:00 PM – Softball

Wednesday,10:00 AM – Mary’s Bible Study

6:00 PM – Adult Small Group

Thursday, May11:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Harris Laundromat6:00 – 9:00 PM –

Laundromat

Saturday, May 17:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Fellowship Hall

Sunday, MayPENTECOST SUNDAYPentecost Offering to be received8:45 AM – Coffee Fellowship in BPC

Fellowship Hall9:00 AM – Sunday School9:55 AM – Worship Service

Communion10:00 – 11:00 AM –11:15 AM – Worship Committee11:20 AM – 1:30 PM

Sanctuary1:00 – 4:00 PM –

Hall & Pavilion

6020 Mooresville Road • Kannapolis NC 28081704-933-2209

website: www.bethpagechurch.orge-mail: [email protected]

Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner:704-431-3700 (cell) 704-934

Thursday, May 10

Morning: Ps. 47; 147:12-20

1st Read: Daniel 7:9-14

2nd Read: Hebrews 2:5-18



Friday, May 11


1st Read: 1 Samuel 2:1-10

2nd Read: Eph. 2:1-10



Saturday, May 12

Morning

1st

2nd

Gospel

Evening

LOOKING AHEAD

Sunday, May 131:30 PM – LMCS Worship in

LMCS in BPC FellowshipPavilion

Monday, May 14BLOOD DRIVE in BPC

Fellowship HallGathering TimeMinistry Area Teams

May 15ommunications Committee

Softball Game at Bakers Creek

, May 16Mary’s Bible Study– Session RmAdult Small Group

May 171:00 PM – “Suds of Love” at

Harris Laundromat“Suds of Love” at Harris

Saturday, May 193:30 PM – Girl Scouts in BPC

Fellowship Hall

May 20PENTECOST SUNDAYPentecost Offering to be received

Coffee Fellowship in BPCFellowship Hall

Sunday SchoolWorship Service with

– LMCS Bible StudyWorship Committee1:30 PM – LMCS Worship in

LMCS in BPC FellowshipPavilion

Mooresville Road • Kannapolis NC 280812209

[email protected]

Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner:934-3457 (home)

Welcome to Bethpage Presby

yesterday, today, and tomorrow.”

We are excited that you have joined us in worshipping God today.visitor, please pick up a church information brochure, found in the pew holders.

Whether you are just visiting, looking to stay or have worshipped here yourwhole life, it is great to worship the Lord together this day!

Saturday, May 12


Read: Num. 11:16-17, 24-29nd Read: Ephesians 2:11-22

Gospel: Matthew 7:28-8:4


GodCommunity

Welcome to Bethpage Presbyterian Church!

May 6, 2018

“A family of faithyesterday, today, and tomorrow.”

We are excited that you have joined us in worshipping God today. If you are avisitor, please pick up a church information brochure, found in the pew holders.

Whether you are just visiting, looking to stay or have worshipped here yourwhole life, it is great to worship the Lord together this day!

terian Church!

If you are avisitor, please pick up a church information brochure, found in the pew holders.

Whether you are just visiting, looking to stay or have worshipped here your

The Service for the Lord’s DaySixth Sunday of Easter

May 6, 2018 9:55 A.M.

THE GATHERING

PRELUDE “Te Deum Laudamus” Marc-Antoine Charpentier

ANNOUNCEMENTS/PASSING OF THE PEACE

TRINITY CHIMES

SONGS OF PREPARATION

*HYMN 2022 “Great Is the Lord” GREAT IS THE LORD

*HYMN 356 (vv. 1, 3) “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” NETTLETON

*CALL TO WORSHIP

Minister: Listen to the promise Jesus makes:

People: He promised, “I will never abandon you as orphans— I will come to you. Even though the world willnot be able to see me, I will never vanish from yoursight. And since I live, you will also live.

Minister: This is the knowledge that has brought us here, today, to worshipGod.

People: The truth is that in Christ, we are never alone orforsaken; the power and the presence of God theFather, Christ the Son and their Holy Spirit dwellswith us always!

ALL: Praise be to God!

*HYMN (on the screen) “We Come, O Christ, to You” DARWALL’S 148TH

*CALL TO CONFESSION

*PRAYER OF CONFESSION

Minister: Our sin has caught up with us, Lord. We have turned away fromyou and sinned against you again and again. We offer our confessionto you, O God. We lay our sins before you. For the sake of yourreputation, do not abandon us. Remember your people, and do notbreak your covenant with us.

People: The Lord who created you says: You are mywitnesses, O Israel! And you are my servant. Youhave been chosen to know me, believe in me, andunderstand that I alone am God. There is no otherGod; there never has been, and never will be. I amthe Lord, and there is no other Savior.

ALL: So let us not be afraid, for God has ransomed us. Godcalls each one of us by name; We belong to God, not toourselves. (Please take a moment to confess to the one who hassaved you and loves you completely.)

*DECLARATION OF FORGIVENESS

*RESPONSE OF PRAISE HYMN 579“Glory to the Father” GLORIA PATRI

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost;As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,world without end. Amen, Amen.

THE WORD

TIME WITH YOUNGER CHRISTIANS Camila Weiss Bohl

ANTHEM “Jesus, Lover of My Soul” Joseph M. Martin

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION Marcia Graybeal

OLD TESTAMENT READING Isaiah 43:15-21 (Bible, OT p. 672)

This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God!

NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURE John 14:1-10 (Bible, NT p. 108)

This is the Word of the Lord. Thanks be to God!

SERMON “I am the Way: Roadmap to the Father!”Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner

*HYMN 485 “To God Be the Glory” TO GOD BE THE GLORY

*ASSURANCE OF FAITH The Apostles’ Creed (Hymnal, p. 14)

I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven andearth, and in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; who wasconceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, sufferedunder Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; hedescended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead;he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of Godthe Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge thequick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; thecommunion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrectionof the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE & THE LORD’S PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is inheaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us ourdebts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not intotemptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdomand the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

GIVING GOD’S TITHES & OUR OFFERINGSand OUR 10¢-A-MEAL OFFERING

Offertory “Aria” G.F. Handel

*Doxology 592 OLD HUNDREDTH

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;Praise God, all creatures here below;Praise God above, ye heavenly host;Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

*Prayer of Dedication

THE SENDING

*HYMN 388 “O Jesus, I Have Promised” ANGEL’S STORY

*BLESSING AND CHARGE

*POSTLUDE “Giga” E. Bossi, arranged by Virgil Fox

† † † † †*An asterisk indicates that all who are able may stand.

TO OUR VISITORSWe welcome you to our worship, and we ask that you sign our Ritual of Friendshipas it is passed along the pew. We hope that you will return to worship with us again!We have a nursery lovingly and carefully attended by church members.

MEMBERSHIPWe welcome into membership all who love Jesus Christ, accept him as Lord of alllife, and seek to serve him as part of his body in the church. We invite you to speakto one of our elders, greeting you at the door as you leave the worship service.

THE SESSION OF OUR CHURCH

Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner, ModeratorRoger Hamilton, Clerk of Session

Dennis Graybeal, Treasurer

CLASS OF 2018

Sherry Childers, PersonnelDougie Kirkman, Mission/Evangelism

Brandi Lackey, Christian Education

CLASS OF 2019

Connie Goodman, WorshipMark Gurley, PropertyChristel Josey, Nurture

CLASS OF 2020

Jean Brown, CommunicationsEd Kusper, Stewardship

Madison Scarborough, Fellowship

USHERS

HEAD USHERMadison Scarborough

USHERS:Steve & Sandy Gaskey

LECTOR

Marcia Graybeal

CHILDREN’S NURSERY(Worship only)

Brandi LackeyLeslie Gibson

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP

Christel JoseyTeresa Kincaid

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