1Church Weekly Bulletin  ---  122808

St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church

 

Sunday, December 28, 2008

 

10:45 a.m.  Candle Lighting & Consecration

Please enter the sanctuary with reverence, meditation, and prayer

 

11:00 a.m................................................ Call to Worship

 

Congregational Hymn. O, How I Love Jesus  p. 363

 

Announcements, Welcome of Visitors, Pastoral Concerns

 

*Responsive Reading.............. “The Life and Ministry

                                                           of Jesus” p. 568

 

*Invocation.......................................... Choral Response

 

Ministry in Song......................... God’s Littlest Angels

 

Period of Giving................................................... Ushers

 

*Doxology

Prayer and Praise

 

Preparation of the Word........ Rev. Jimmie McKnight

Ministry of the Word

Rev. Jimmie McKnight

 

*Call to Christian Discipleship

*Benediction – Depart to Serve

*Please Stand


Pray Always For All Our Members And Friends,

Our God Does Hear And Answers Prayers.

 

NURSING HOME:

Bro. Edgar Adkins, Rm. 232/Sealie E. Sayles, Rm. 201, Golden

    Living Center – PO Box 350 – Glasgow, WV 25086

Sis. Carolyn Adams – Heartland of Charleston, Rm. 130,

   3819 Chesterfield Ave., Charleston, WV 25304

Sis. Mary Boles, Rm. 139 – Sunbridge Care & Rehab –

    Teays  Valley, WV 25526

Sis. L. Louise Mann, Rm. 105/Sis. Beatrice Jackson Woods–

    Rm. 133, Golden Living Center, St. Albans, WV  25177

Bro. Everett T. Carr, Jr. – Marmet Center, Rm. 111, One Sutphin

     Dr., Marmet, WV  25313

 

HOME:

 

Sis. Yvonne Bennett.... 7960 Flager Circle, Manassas, VA 20109

Bro. George Brown............ 219 Byram St., St. Albans, WV 25177

Sis. Mildred Epps........ 504 Kanawha Dr., St. Albans, WV 25177

Sis. Mary Ruth Elliott... 208˝ Bream St., Charleston, WV 25302

Bro. Drew Gordon....... 2849 Fairlawn Ave., Dunbar, WV 25064

Bro. Nathaniel Gordon......... 1107 Pinewood Dr., Dunbar 25064

Sis. Virginia Jackson........ 6970 Cedar Dr., Riverdale, GA 30296

Rosa Johnson..................... 650 6th St., Apt. 105, St. Albans 25177

Sis. Vernetta Williams........ PO Box 690364, Houston, TX 77269

 

SPECIAL PRAYER LIST:

 

Cheryl Allen; Mary Jo Chester; Roger J. Walker, Sr.; Alice Adams; Elizabeth Adkins; Emmanuel Bego; Brandon Sherrod; Roger Smith; Rose Watson; Ramona Wiley; Montell & Tunissha Marshall (montell.d.marshall@us.army.mil); Kenneth Williams (Pastor’s Brother); Cheniesa Farmer; Patricia Murray (Rev. Bennett’s great niece); Jacqueline Williams; Evelyn Fredrick; Stephanie Stowers; George Jackson; Eddie Booker; Roger Washington; David Grass; Pam Court & Kathy McGraw Phillips (Rev. Herk McGraw’s Sister & Daughter); Elvis Easley; Ruben Johnson (VA Hospital – Huntington); Alfred James; the President Elect and Family; National & State Leaders; Military; and the Uncommitted and Unsaved.

 

 


ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

For the month of January, the Consecration Service will be presented by the Deacons and the Wednesday Night Dinner will be provided by the Deaconess Board.

 

The Church office will be closed through Tuesday, December 30.  The secretary will be back in the office on Wednesday, December 31.

 

On December 31 (New Year’s Eve) St. Paul will be holding a Night-Watch Service from 9:00 p.m. to midnight.  The celebration will feature a concert by participating churches, including Pilgrim Home, Mount Zion, First Baptist of Vandalia and Kanawha City Baptist Church, with a breakfast immediately following the service.  Come and be blessed.

 

Auxiliary members, please be mindful of turning in your End-of-Year reports before December 31, as this important information must be compiled to hold our annual meeting.

 

A reminder:  The bus to attend the inauguration will leave at midnight on January 20, 2009, and leave to return at noon the same date.  The balance of the payment is due by December 31, 2008.

 

There will be a meeting of the Deacon/Deaconess Board, Saturday, January 3, 2009 at 9:00 a.m.

 

There will be a Leaders and Workers meeting, Saturday, January 3, at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall.

 

On Sunday, January 4, St. Paul will be installing its new officers in an act of Dedication.  We welcome all officers of the Church.

 

On Saturday, January 10, the bus will be leaving at noon for Morgantown to attend the basketball game in which Renee Montgomery will be playing.  The sign-up sheet is in the office.

 

On Saturday, January 10, at 9:00 a.m., there will be a Brotherhood meeting, and a Missions meeting at 10:30 a.m.

On Monday, January 12, at 7:00 p.m., St. Paul will be holding its annual business meeting.

 

On Saturday, January 17, at 1:00 p.m., St. Paul will be hosting a Missionary Christmas Party of the Mt. Olivet Association.

 

St. Paul’s website is under construction.  You can visit it at stpaulbaptist.com while it is being recreated.  If any auxiliary would like a page on the website, please contact Doris Smith with the information at sterlingdoris@suddenlink.net. You can now pick up the weekly bulletin on the website.  Also, if you would like a picture beside your name, on the member’s page, please send the picture by email.

 

Notes From Today’s Sermon

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Notes to remember, consider, and apply to my life

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Financial Statement for  12/21/08

 

Tithes

  $2,221.00

General

       383.00

Sunday School

         25.00

Sacrificial Giving

        555.00

TOTAL

   $3,184.00

 

 

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