Morning Worship Service
11:00 A.M.
April 6, 2014
Regina Mangum, Organist Gail Luck, Pianist
PRELUDE TO WORSHIP Regina Mangum
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Rev. Matt Riggsbee
INVOCATION
MUSICAL MEDITATION Regina Mangum
CALL TO WORSHIP Chancel Choir
“Break Me, Lord”
ORDINANCE OF BAPTISM Candidates: Kendall Gaines, Mollie Walker, Hannah Parries & Evan Parries
*OFFERTORY HYMN No. 345
“Now I Belong to Jesus”
OFFERTORY PRAYER
WE WORSHIP GOD WITH HIS TITHES AND OUR OFFERINGS
CHILDREN’S SERMON Rev. Matt Riggsbee
“A Savior Who Weeps”
SPECIAL MUSIC “Four the Lord”
“Get In Line, Brother”
CONCERNS AND MORNING PRAYER
*HYMN OF PRAISE No. 583
“O Zion, Haste”
SPECIAL MUSIC Chancel Choir
“Come With Me”
SCRIPTURE Luke 14:12-24
(Pew Bible, Pg. 874 )
MORNING MESSAGE Dr. Gary McCollough
“An Outward Focus”
*HYMN OF DECISION No. 312
“Softly and Tenderly”
LORD’S SUPPER
*BENEDICTION AND RESPONSE No. 387
“Blest Be the Tie”
*CONGREGATION STANDING
Welcome Visitors ! We are pleased to have you visiting with us today. If you are visiting with us for the first time, please take a moment to fill out a visitor’s card so that we may have a record of your visit.
Upcoming Events
April 14 Etta Stadtmiller, 7 pm
Mission Prayer Circle, 7 pm
17 Maundy Thursday Service, 7 pm
19 Children’s Easter Egg Hunt, 10 am
20 Chancel Choir Presents Easter Cantata,
“Then Came the Morning”
27 Baptist Men’s Breakfast, Crew B,
8:30 am
Operation Christmas Child – April – Items & Toys For Boys
Yo-yo, marbles, baseballs, ball caps, T-shirts, Bible story books, solar calculators, flashlights & batteries, stickers, toy cars and trucks
Donations of individually-wrapped candies are needed to stuff plastic Easter eggs. The Children’s Easter Egg Hunt will be Saturday, April 19 at 10 am.
The WMU will be collecting items for the Annual 2014 Food Roundup for Baptist Children’s Homes during the month of April. There is a list of needed items posted on the bulletin board outside the church office. The collection box will be in the small kitchen. (The deadline for the collection of these items is 4/24/14.)
Vacation Bible School Helpers Needed !!
Anyone interested in helping out in our VBS scheduled for June 16 – 20 should contact Matt Riggsbee.
In celebration of Girls in Action’s 100th Anniversary, our GA’s are collecting items for cats and dogs (leashes, collars. dog and cat food, dog and cat toys, etc.) to donate to Carolina Animal Rescue and Adopting located at the end of Deep River Road.
M E M O R I A L S
IMO Ed Sloan – Regular Offering IMO Ed Sloan – S.A.M. Ministry
Betty Jean Sloan McKinney Tom & Gail Luck
Jesse & Athelene Walker Clyde & Peggy Watson
David & Maureen Aycock
Roy & Virginia Johnson IMO Zelma Mayfield – Reg. Off.
Roy High Ruby Watson
IMO Ed Sloan – Music Program IMO Ed Sloan – House & Grounds
Leonard Harris Gail Bridges
Worship Opportunities
Sunday 9:00 Finance Committee Mtg.
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship
3.30 FSYC Rehearsal
4:30 Awana & Journey
5:00 “Eternity”
6:00 “Four the Lord”
Monday 10:00 Directory Committee
Tuesday 5:00 S.A.M. Home Visitation, Dairy Bar
7:00 Nominating Committee Meeting
Wednesday 5:45 Wednesday Night Supper - Spaghetti
6:45 Angel Choir, “Instruments of Christ”
and “FSYC”
Prayer Meeting
7:30 Mission Friends, GA’s, Acteens,
& RA’s
Chancel Choir Rehearsal
Thursday 2:00 Ann Graves/Pearl Johnson Circle
6:30 Children’s Ministry Leadership Meeting
Sunday 9:45 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship (Baby Dedication)
3:30 FSYC Rehearsal
4:30 “Journey” and “Awana”
5:00 “Eternity”
6:00 “Four the Lord”
Our family would like to express our sincere appreciation for every act of Christian kindness shown to us during our father’s illness and passing. God has richly blessed our family and gives the peace that only He can give.
In His Love,
Family of Clifford Dickens
Dear Friends and Family:
I would like to start by saying what a mighty God we serve. I cannot begin to express how grateful I am for the chance to serve the people of Montroius, Haiti. I am forever changed by the awesome people I met in Haiti. Words or pictures can never represent the experience I had. I am so humbled by the donation of goods as well as monetary funding. I am so blessed with a great church family. Thank you so much for the prayers and support!
God bless,
Hayley Davis
An Outward Focus
Luke 14:12-24
INTRODUCTION
Have you ever seen things out of focus? Without my glasses, the world is tremendously fuzzy! We must make sure we are seeing the world through the eyes of our Savior or we will see things out of focus. Today, let’s examine what a clear outward focus would look like.
I. Opportunity of the Obvious
a. Jesus takes the occasion of a meal at the home of a Pharisee to turn the attention to the Messianic Banquet.
b. An outward focus sees every situation as an opportunity to share the faith.
c. We are challenged to see everyone in a different way, the obvious way God sees them.
II. Obligation to share Outwardly
a. We must extend the invitation for others to come.
b. We can’t live wrong and share right.
c. We can’t live “right” enough to not share also.
III. Overflow of the Ordinary.
a. God desires a full house of ordinary people.
b. An outward focus will allow God’s love to overflow in the ordinary situations of life.
c. It is the overflow of God’s love that attracts people to God.
CONCLUSION
Today, as we focus on the elements of communion to help us look inward, may we plan to leave our worship with an outward focus.
Bernice Allen
Norma Ayers Family
Betty Lou Burns
Charles A. Burns
Frank Carraway
Terri Ciehowski
Nathan Coggins
Mildred Crissman
Margery Gregson
Lou Anne Griffin
Marjorie Holt
Tom Jackson Family
Nell Knapp
Foster Mason
Billy Miller
Milliken Family
Linda Moor
Jean Oldham
Rosemary Parten
Ed Paschal Family
Evelyn Watson
C.M. Wicker
Nursery Workers:
Sunday Morning:
11:00 Daniel & Kalah McFarland
Next Sunday:
11:00 Mary Lou Gregory & Kalyn Mangum
Deacon Of The Month – Tommy Bridges
Tom Luck, Chairman-2014, Betsy Phillips, Secretary-2015, Steve Cotten-2014, Bobby Hurley-2014, Tommy Bridges-2015, Mark Jackson-2015, Davis Harris-2017, Bill Cotten-2017 & David Aycock -2017
Children’s Church:
04/06/2014 Josh & Anna Smith
04/13/2014 Justin & Amanda Covert
Dr. Gary McCollough, Pastor
Rev. Matt Riggsbee, Associate Pastor of
Family Ministry
Leonard Harris, Minister of Music
Kathy Seal, Church Secretary
Flat Springs
Baptist Church
4148 Deep River Road
Sanford, NC 27330
(919) 775-5922
www.flatspringsbaptist.com
Flat Springs Baptist Church is a family of believers who seek . . .
to Glorify God,
to Guide others to Christ,
to Grow in our faith, and
to Give of ourselves.