Weekly Bulletin – February 28, 2010
Posted on February 27, 2010
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The Lord’s Day
Feb. 28, 2010
WELCOME!
We’re delighted by your presence today. Our aim is to help you worship and grow in your spiritual life. Please join heartily in worship and fellowship.
Prepare Your Hearts
On this second Sunday in Lent, may our lives be more submissive to Your will, Lord. Deepen our spiritual knowledge and help us to grow in grace.
Announcements
- Sing Praise
- Come Christians Join to Sing (hymnal p. 2)
- Sing, Sing, Sing
- Your Name
- When We All Get to Heaven (hymnal p. 547)
- I Can Only Imagine
Our Offering / Special Music
“Honor the Lord with your possessions, and with the first fruits of all your increase; so your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.” Proverbs 3:9-10
Children ages 4 -7 may be dismissed for Jr. Church
A Word from God
- The Bare Minimum
- Acts 4:32 – 5:11
A Song in Our Hearts
- Refiner’s Fire
PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!
TODAY:
- Life Choices Baby Bottles are due back today!
- Financial Reports are available in the foyer.
THIS WEEK:
- Wed – Kidz Club, 6:30 PM / Fellowship Center
- Wed. Night Live (Teens), 6:30 PM – Let’s Make a Deal!
- Wed. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting, 7:00 PM
- Sat – Fellowship-center carpet tear-out, starting 8AM. Many hands will make a major task easier. Bring pry bars, carpet or utility knives, knee pads, claw hammers, mallets, and pick-up trucks for waste disposal.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Mar 07 – There will be a ladies softball meeting, after Sunday school. Anyone who was on the team last year or wants to play this year, please be there. We need to find out if there is enough interest to have a team.
- Mar 14 – Annual Business Meeting Luncheon – Following Sunday school at the Fellowship Center. You are all invited to join us. Only members can vote, but we encourage all to attend to learn the “State of FCC”.
Volunteers Desperately Needed:
- We are still in need of a couple adults to help out in the nursery. Especially during Sunday school. Please call, email or speak to Megan Reed if you could help out in this ministry. Thank you.
Lost & Found:
- In case you missed this notice last week, here it is one more time. Someone left postage stamps on the secretary’s desk. If you can describe them to Terry, she will return them to you. Otherwise, we will consider them a donation & thank you very much!
Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!
Sunday Feb 21, 2010: The Serpent Strikes
Posted on February 21, 2010
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Speaker: Pastor William Berkheiser
First Christian Church, Kirkwood, NY
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Weekly Bulletin – February 21, 2010
Posted on February 18, 2010
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The Lord’s Day
Feb. 21, 2010
Welcome!
On this first Sunday in Lent, we happily welcome you to the Lord’s house. May the risen Christ be our Guest, and may every heart be open to receive Him.
Prepare Your Hearts :
Dear Lord, stir up within us the desire to be more Christ like. Purify our spirits and lead us daily in all our thoughts and actions. Amen
Announcements:
Sing Praise:
- Song of Hope
- Wonderful Maker
- Hymn
- Sing Alleluia
Our Offering: / Special Music:
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38
Children ages 4 -7 may be dismissed for Jr. Church
A Word from God:
- “The Serpent’s Strike ” Acts 4:1-13 How to leave the snake on the mountain.
A Song in Our Hearts
- Wrap Me in Your Arms
PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!
TONIGHT: Institute of Biblical Studies, 6:00 PM in the Chapel.
THIS WEEK:
- Wed – Kidz Club, 6:30 PM / Fellowship Center
- Wed. Night Live (Teens), 6:30 PM / Chapel
- Wed. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting, 7:00 PM
- Sat – Valentine Progressive Dinner (Adults only). Treat your sweetie to a fun evening of great food & fellowship … at no cost! The adults will have a progressive dinner visiting five locations during the evening. There is a sign-up sheet in the back, please reserve your spot early. We need a few volunteers for some of the stops as well as a few who can bring a dessert. Sign-up today!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Feb 28 – Baby Bottles for Life Choices are due. If you took a baby bottle home with you, please return it by next week whether it is full or not. We need to account for each bottle, if you please.
- Mar 3 – Let’s Make a Deal! – Teen Wed. Night Live Grp., 6:30 PM
- Mar 14 – Annual Business Meeting Luncheon – Following Sunday school at the Fellowship Center. You are all invited to join us. Only members can vote, but we encourage all to attend to learn the “State of FCC”.
Volunteers Desperately Needed!
In order to keep young families active in our church, we need to provide nursery care. Right now we are sorely lacking when it comes to nursery workers. Would you please consider helping in this ministry. We need help during morning worship & also during Sunday school. Contact Megan Reed if you could help us out.
Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!
Protected: Prayer Requests – February 17, 2010
Posted on February 17, 2010
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Sunday Feb 16, 2010: Power Struggle
Posted on February 16, 2010
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Speaker: Pastor William Berkheiser
First Christian Church, Kirkwood, NY
Weekly Bulletin – February 14, 2010
Posted on February 11, 2010
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The Lord’s Day
Feb. 14, 2010
Welcome!
WARM GREETINGS TO ALL WHO HAVE COME TO WORSHIP ON THIS PRESIDENT’S DAY WEEKEND. YOUR PRESENCE IS A BLESSING TO US.
Prepare Your Hearts
Dear Lord, on this Valentine Day, grant us more love and more holiness that we might glorify You.
Announcements
- I’ll Fly Away
- Holy is the Lord
- Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
- This is Our God
Our Offering / Special Music
“Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” Luke 6:38
Children ages 4 -7 may be dismissed for Jr. Church
A Word From God
- Today’s Sermon: “Power Struggle” Acts 4:1-12
A Song in Our Hearts
- Breathe
PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!
THIS WEEK:
- Wed – Kidz Club, 6:30 PM / Fellowship Center
- Wed. Night Live (Teens), 6:30 PM / Chapel
- Wed. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting, 7:00 PM
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Feb 21 – Institute of Biblical Studies, 6:00 PM in the Chapel.
- Feb 27 Valentine Progressive Dinner (Adults only). Treat your sweetie to a fun evening of great food & fellowship … at no cost! The adults will have a progressive dinner visiting five locations during the evening. There is a sign-up sheet in the back, please reserve your spot early. We need a few volunteers for some of the stops as well as a few who can bring a dessert. Sign-up today!
VARIOUS NOTES:
- Full Baby Bottles for Life Choices, can be placed in the green box on the cabinet in the foyer. Bottles, whether full or not, need to be returned by Feb. 28th. Last year we raised $409.00. Let’s see if we can surpass that.
Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!
Prayer Meeting Feb. 10th 2010
Posted on February 10, 2010
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There will be no prayer meeting or other activities tonight due to the weather. Stay in and stay warm. -WHB
HEALING RAIN Acts 3:1-19
Posted on February 6, 2010
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Our life is full of brokenness – broken relationships, broken promises, broken expectations. How can we live with that brokenness without becoming bitter and resentful except by returning again and again to God’s faithful presence in our lives. -Henri Nouwen
It was his life. Settling for less, when God was willing to do so much more. Such is the reality for many of us as we make our journey, no, as we sit our way through the Christian life. Acts 3 tells the story of the healing of the man lame from birth. His life consists of sitting at the entrance of the temple hoping for some financial assistance. Thus the context is created for Peter to say, “Silver and gold have I none.” But Peter did have Christ and in the name of Jesus this man rises and walks.
Luke is melding “act” with “proclamation.” The coming of the Holy Spirit was an act and Peter expounds on it with a proclamation of Christ. Here in Acts 3 the healing of the lame man is an act and Peter responds with a proclamation of Christ. Jesus is very much at the center of the narrative. God is acting in human history. Just because Jesus has ascended up into heaven does not mean he is now passively watching from above. He remains active here in the life of people. A major development is that he is not only active but active through his people. We are believer-priests, the hands and feet of Christ. Christ not only works in us but through us to advance his mission of building his church.
In this text we learn that the healing power of God is a witness to the the lordship of Christ. Jesus not only is Lord, but he actively demonstrates that truth in human history. He does it in our lives. Perhaps we are too attached to the norm of Christian experience. We like to to be sanitized and predictable. That way it doesn’t intrude too much into the rest of our lives. God really does change our lives. He is the God who heals. As the body of Christ it is our mandate to be his emissaries in ministering the message of the cross. Jesus said, “which is easier, tell this man rise up and walk or to forgive sins?” Perhaps we have a hard time expecting either. When he is the one who blots out our sins, makes it as if it never happened. Jesus is healing rain, falling down, all over me, all over you….. -WHB
Weekly Bulletin – February 7, 2010
Posted on February 4, 2010
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THE LORD’S DAY
Feb. 7, 2010
WELCOME!
- We welcome everyone as children of the heavenly King. Your presence adds joy to our gathering and enthusiasm to our worship. May God’s presence be real to us all.
Prepare Your Hearts:
- Holy God, please grant us a portion of your holiness as we humbly come into your presence. Amen.
Announcements:
Sing Praise:
- Glorified
- Exalted
- Victory In Jesus (hymnal p. 587)
- King of Glory
- Enough
Our Offering: / Special Music:
“So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.”
Children ages 4 -7 may be dismissed for Jr. Church
A Word From God:
- Today’s Sermon: “HEALING RAIN” Acts 3:1-19
A Song in Our Hearts:
- Complete
PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL NEXT!
TODAY: Nominating Committee Meeting right after Sunday school.
TONIGHT: Institute of Biblical Studies, 6:00 PM in the Chapel. Please join us as we study the book of Samuel.
THIS WEEK :
- Wed – Kidz Club, 6:30 PM / Fellowship Center
- Wed. Night Live (Teens), 6:30 PM / Chapel
- Wed. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting, 7:00 PM
UPCOMING EVENTS:
- Feb 14 – Valentine’s Day – Remember our shut-ins with a card or phone call. Ruth Getman, Gladys Jackson & Beverly Bronson. Addresses & phone numbers are in the directory.
- Feb 21 – Institute of Biblical Studies, 6:00 PM in the Chapel.
- Feb 27 Valentine Progressive Dinner (Adults only). Treat your sweetie to a fun evening of great food & fellowship … at no cost! The adults will have a progressive dinner visiting five locations during the evening. There is a sign-up sheet in the back, please reserve your spot early. We need a few volunteers for some of the stops as well as a few who can bring a dessert. Sign-up today!
VARIOUS NOTES
- Full Baby Bottles for Life Choices, can be placed in the green box on the cabinet in the foyer. Bottles, whether full or not, need to be returned by Feb. 28th. Last year we raised $409.00. Let’s see if we can surpass that.
Thanks for attending FIRST CHRISTIAN, please come again!
Protected: Prayer Requests – February 3, 2010
Posted on February 4, 2010
Filed Under Prayer Requests