SERVING IN JULY
ELDERS: Mac Harris & Buck Jones
DEACONS: Renée Midyette (Capt.) Terry McCotter
Polly Surprenant Roger Surprenant
Caleb Schmidt Melissa Watson
COMMUNION TO SHUT-INS: Mac Harris & Buck Jones
DIACONATE FOR COMMUNION PREPARATION: Gladys Lee
ACOLYTES: Katie Bennett & Kaley Tijerina
GREETER: Tommy Banks
FLOWERS NURSERY
July 7: Hal Gordon July 7: Emily Harper
14: Pam & James Hardison 14:
21: Sandra & Floyd Hardison 21:
28: Emily & Eric Harper 28:
CHURCH LEADERSHIP
Children’s Church Chris & Melissa Watson
Organist Linda Davidson
Pianist Shirley Ensley
Music Sara Spalding
Bell Choir Sara Spalding
Chairman of Board Mac Harris
Chairman of Elders Doug Brinson
Chairman of Diaconate Christine Beeman
Church Clerk Linda Watson
Church Treasurer Randy Beeman
Financial Secretary Kelli Bailey
Memorial Fund Secretary Tommy & Clara Banks
Sunday School Superintendent Melissa Watson
Sunday School Secretary Gladys Lee & Susan Bissette
Literature Chairman Christine Beeman
CMF President James Hardison
CWF President Christine Beeman
Minister Merritt Watson
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BETHANY CHRISTIAN CHURCH
July 7, 2013
WE GATHER FOR WORSHIP
Prelude Linda Davidson
(Please sign the attendance registry)
Word of Welcome and Announcements Merritt Watson
*Call to Worship (Verse 1) 722
*Lighting of Candles (As Call to Worship is Sung) Acolytes
* Invocation
*Opening Hymn (All Verses) 720
“O Beautiful for Spacious Skies”
WE LISTEN FOR GOD’S WORD
Children’s Message
Prayer Concerns
Prayer Hymn (Verses 1, 2, 4) 658
“Restless Weaver”
Special Music Jericho Ringers
Sermon Galatians 6:7-16 P.948 Merritt Watson
“New Creation!”
*Hymn of Response (All Verses) 587
“Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross”
WE SHARE IN GIVING AND RECEIVING
The Offertory Meditation
The Offering
*Offertory Response “Doxology”
WE REMEMBER THE LORD’S DEATH FOR US
The Communion Invitation—We are Disciples of Christ, a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world. As part of the one body of Christ, we welcome all to the Lord’s Table as God has welcomed us.
Communion Hymn (Verses 1-3) 400
“When You Do This, Remember Me”
Thanksgiving Prayers of the Elders
Sharing in the Lord’s Supper
(All Christians are invited to share in the bread and cup. You do not have to be a member of this church to partake. We pass both the bread and the cup and only after all have received the bread and cup do we partake together)
*Response in Song (Verse 4) 400
“When You Do This, Remember Me”
WE GO FORTH TO SERVE
*The Benediction
*Congregational Response On Screen
“Victory in Jesus”
*Sending the Light into the World
(The Acolytes will carry the light from the candles on the Communion table from the sanctuary as a symbol of the light of Christ going out into the world.)
*PLEASE STAND WHERE YOU SEE THE ASTERISK
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR JULY 7
Welcome everyone. Please sign the attendance registers in the pews.
TODAY: Bible Quest Sunday School at 9:45 and will continue through the summer for students K-7th Grade.
The Vision Team will meet at 4:00 PM
The Board of Bethany will meet at 7:00 PM.
TUESDAY: The Choir will meet at 7:00 PM. The Jericho Ringers will meet after choir.
WEDNESDAY: The Southern Gospel Group will practice at 7:00 PM.
Bethany’s Back Pack Buddies will continue to collect food over the summer. Watch for sales and please check expiration dates.
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS
Serving in our Military: Brandon Bennett
Please help us to pray by keeping us informed about the people you put on our prayer list. Also give us an address so we can send
a card to each person, Thanks.
Bethany Christian Church
Church Phone: 249-0266
www.bethanyarapahoe.org
See our Bulletin, announcements, prayer list and
Sermon for Sunday on our website