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WELCOME
(Please complete your Gold Welcome Card at this time so it is ready to place in the offering plate later. Don't forget to add the titles of songs to be added to the Song Book -see the note in the announcements. Please put all gold cards, completed or not, into the offering plate.)
Prelude and Thought for Meditation
Lost and found! I have been there! Thank God I am within His
presence now. My purpose for those still lost…to be God's
presence to them. Found! - - From the lost!
*Call to Celebration
One: I am so happy I found my lost sheep. Let us celebrate!
ALL: NOW THAT SHEPHERD HAD HIS FLOCK TOGETHER.
HE OUGHT TO CELEBRATE!
One: I am so happy I found the coin I lost. Let us celebrate!
ALL: THAT WOMAN HAD HER COINS TOGETHER, TOO.
SHE HAS SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE!
One: Together! Together! Thank God, we're here together!
ALL: WE, TOO, HAVE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE, FOR
WE ARE ALL TOGETHER.
One: Yes, we have found each other. We can celebrate!
Yet…at the same time, I only see 99…or is it 9?
Can our celebration be complete when some are missing?
ALL: DO YOU SUGGEST THAT THOUGH WE HAVE FOUND
EACH OTHER, THE SEARCH STILL GOES ON?
One: I hear the cry of a sheep not within a fold…
I hear the tinkle of a coin gone astray…
ALL: THE SEARCH STILL GOES ON?
One: The search still goes on.
*Hymn "From All That Dwell Below the Skies" 49
Story Sermon
Special Music Selena Marks, Desiree White
Scripture Luke 15:1-10 NT 78
Message "Togetherness Plus One" Rev. Jim
*Hymn "Savior, Like A Shepherd, Lead Us" 355
Sharing Our Tithes and Offerings
(Please place gold cards in offering plate at this time)
Found: One lost sheep! Let us celebrate!
Found: One lost coin! Let us celebrate!
Found: One generous giver! Let us celebrate!
Offertory
*Offertory Song "Spirit of the Living God" 349
* Prayer
Sharing Of Community
Announcements
Concerns
Joys
Prayer
* Hymn "Blessed Assurance" 332
*Challenge
One: As we have been "found"…
ALL: LET US SEEK TO FIND THOSE WHO DO NOT YET
KNOW THE SAVIOR.
One: As we have received assurances…
ALL: LET US SEEK TO SHARE BLESSED ASSURANCES
WITH OTHERS IN JESUS' NAME.
One: Togetherness… plus one.
ALL: TOGETHERNESS… PLUS ONE!
Postlude & Handshakes All Around
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* Please stand as you are able.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
AS OF AUGUST 1ST a Pretzel Container has been placed on the usher's table for the deposit of change. This container will be auctioned off at the Disaster Relief Auction in September at the Lebanon County Fairgrounds on September 24 & 25. If anyone would like to contribute to the Sonbeams' Class's Theme Basket -"A Day at the Beach," you are welcome to add an item that you think would be helpful at the beach, to the basket in the Sonbeams' Classroom at the back of the sanctuary. Gloria will be putting one called "A Book Lover's Basket" together. If you would like to add to that one, see Gloria Ramirez with your item. Thanks!
CREEK HIKE at Abe's Home is this coming weekend, September 11th. Meet at the church by 3:00pm. From there, we will go to the Abe's Home to start the hike. Please bring old shoes to hike in. Bring a towel and dry shoes to wear home. Rafts and inner tubes are welcome, as well. Snacks and drinks will follow the hike. Please RSVP to Lisa Billman by September 8th.
GRANDPARENT'S DAY IS SEPT. 12, and Music & Worship plans to acknowledge our "Grands." You can help by providing pictures of your grandkids (baby to adult) and their special artwork. A box will be located in the narthex for your submissions (please make sure it is identified so we can return items to you). You can also e-mail photos to Rita Young at
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DURING THE WEEK OF SEPT. 12-18, Georgia Markey reports that a group is going to Chalmette, LA and needs a few extra helpers. Please call Georgia at 624-8636, ASAP, if you could volunteer some time to go with the group.
THE ALL CHURCH FAMILY PICNIC WILL BE HELD SEPT. 19. This Sunday will also be a Dress Down Sunday. Bring a dish to share and place settings for your family. After the Worship Service, a picnic will be held in the pavilion behind the church. The Fellowship & Rec. Commission will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, and drinks. Come, share a meal with the larger church family.
MUSIC & WORSHIP COMMISSION would like to add new songs to the "Blue Song Book," and are really looking to you for suggestions and additions. If you have any favorites (we would really like to add some new contemporary pieces), let us know. Use the Gold Card in the bulletin and add the name of the songs. We will find the music and seek permission to reproduce.
THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE
TODAY, SUNDAY: September 5
9:00am Sunday School Classes
10:15am Sunday Worship
MONDAY, September 6
6:30pm Stewards' Commission
TUESDAY, September 7
9:00am Central Zone Pastors' Meeting at the Abe's
5:45pm Yoga
6:45pm Witness Commission
WEDNESDAY, September 8
6:45pm Choir Rehearsal
THURSDAY, September 9
6:00pm CCNS Back To School Picnic
7:00pm CCNS General Membership Meeting
SATURDAY, September 11
8:45am Yoga Class
3:00pm Creek Hike, meet at the church at 3:00pm
SUNDAY, September 12:
9:00am Sunday School
10:15am Sunday Worship
Food Bank Sunday
Grandparents' Day
UPCOMING EVENTS
September 14: Quilting Resumes
September 15: Newsletter Information Due in Office
September 16: Moody Bible Study Group
September 18: Chapel Pointe's Annual Concert on the Lawn
September 19: All Church Picnic, Reports for Annual Business
Meeting due in office
Pastor Marla is leading a retreat for the Wilkens Avenue Mennonite
Church in Baltimore this weekend. Let us pray for her work and for
travels to and from the workshop.
PRAYER CONCERNS
Our Congregation:
Our congregation and its mission
Donna Scott, health concerns
Virginia McCoy, health concerns
Marian Griffie, cancer treatments
Dale, health concerns, Verna George, recovering from surgery
Mary Jane King, recovering from rotator cuff surgery
Tim Thomas, frequent headaches
Shirley Peffer, recovering from hip surgery
Carol George, recovering from cataract surgery
Homebound:
Reba Peiper, Donna Scott, Virginia McCoy, Ruth Boyer
Other Requests:
World Peace
For relief of disasters around the world
All those looking for jobs or who have lost jobs
The church in Haiti, as it ministers to all those in distress
Marriages and families to be strengthened
Bob Baldwin, undergoing treatments for throat cancer
Noah Steinly, Nancy & Terry Barmoy's, grandson with special needs concern
TUNA COUNT August - 40 September ? Goal - 50
If you have a prayer concern, call Paul & Blanche Shenk (243-4249) so that we may join in prayer with you. You may also fill out the back of the gold attendance card or the back of the blue card in the pew.
The flowers on the altar this morning are being shared by
Bill Bixler, in loving memory of Calantha Bixler.
Don't forget to check the calendar on the Website. Also, read this week's topic on how we choose to whom we listen. www.carlislecob.org, then check in to the Forum.
We are scheduling Worship Leaders for the remainder of 2010. The Sign Up Sheet is on the Hall Bulletin Board. Please consider signing up for a Sunday. Pastors Jim & Marla will work with anyone new to this role. Thanks from Music & Worship!
We are called to be…
A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY SHARING THE LOVE OF GOD.
Serving You This Week:
Organist Marian Griffie
Pianist Mary Miller
Ushers September- Carol George, Patsy Myers,
Debbe Stansbury, Sue Scott
Flower Delivery Gloria Ramirez
Hospitality Ginny Wilson
This Week
Next Week
Head Usher Gene Roth Gene Roth
Song Leader Debbie Meenan Debbie Meenan
Sound Room Mike Strickler Dale MIller
Special Music Selena Marks &
Desiree White Choir
Worship Greeters Charles & Shyrl Carothers Charles & Shyrl Carothers
Worship Leader Rita Young
Lawn Care Dale Miller &
Craig Wert Bernie Koontz &
Dick Miller
Farewell Greeter George Bobb Gloria Ramirez
Worship Nursery Dot Bruckhart Francine Moody
Attendance Sunday School 22 Worship 85
The Carlisle Arts Leaning Center thanks the First Church of the Brethren for the opportunity to exhibit the photography of member, Ron Barrick. Please see the display of fine art on the left and right side of the hallway past the vestibule doors. |
