Pentecost

Second Baptist Church
Worship Time
May 19, 2013 – Pentecost
Pastor Ray Merritt

Welcome

Call to Worship

Invocation Prayer

Songs:  “Come, Holy Spirit,” #250

“He Is Here”

Responsive Bible Reading:  “The Holy Spirit,” #644

Choir Anthem: “Let Your Holy Rain Fall Down”

Offering

Doxology #625

Children’s Lesson

Praises and Prayer Requests

Pastoral Prayer

Sermon:  Pentecost

Closing Song:  “Praise Ye the Triune God,” #264

Benediction

Focus Person of the Month:

May……… Ford Smith

Mill Creek Rd.

Edmeston, NY 13335

Upcoming Events

Today        May 19

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

4:00               ZG Picnic

Tuesday            May 21

7:00 p.m.                    Musical Rehearsal

Wednesday         May 22

10:00 a.m.                   Bible study @ West Hill Terrace

Thursday           May 23

7:00 p.m.                    Choir Rehearsal

Sunday             May 26

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

Prayer Requests

Announcements

      The bouquet of flowers in the church sanctuary are given in memory of their parents, Doris and Robert Wheeler, by Dixie Wheeler, Gordon and Pat Wheeler and their family.

      Today 4:00 – 9:00. Zero Gravity Youth Group Picnic. at Norton’s Pavilion, 380 Coontown Mtn. Rd, Edmeston.  Please bring a dessert or non-chip snack to share. If you have any questions, please call Lisa at 437-6331 OR 965-8024 or Colette/Heath at 965-2119 or 315-750-0163. Be sure to bring a change of clothes and warm clothes for after sunset.

      Sunday, June 9, is Children’s Day and Senior Recognition. This year an all-star cast will be performing the musical Spend A While on the Nile.

      We will begin our summer church schedule on June 23 with worship service starting at 9:30 a.m. (Sunday school will resume in September).

      A “Bucket List” clothesline has appeared in the sanctuary doorway to supplement the sign-up sheet for supplies needed for the Emergency Buckets. Please take as many cards as your generosity allows, but also sign-up on the sheet so we know who has taken them.

      +Camper scholarship forms have been distributed today. Please return them by next Sunday or, at the latest, Sunday the 26th.

      If you’d like your monetary contribution to go to benevolence funds, please use an envelope provided in the pews, or specify “missions” on the memo line of your check.

      Food Pantry needs: hot dogs, frozen vegetables, and other frozen food items.

      Thank you to all who contributed towards the purchase of a new computer to be used for our worship services. Our contribution goal has been met, and a new computer will be installed soon.

Ruth becomes a Mother

Order of Worship for Mothers’ Day, 2013

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Invocation:  Remember, O Lord, what You have worked in us and not what we deserve; and, as you have called us to Your service, make us worthy of our calling.  For those of us who have been called as parents, make us doubly worthy of our calling.  And for those who serve You as mothers in families,  we ask a special blessing today, that they may be able to rise above the discounted opinion of motherhood that prevails in the world and remember that You are the designer of the family and that Your Son entered our world through His mother, Mary.  These things we pray through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever, Amen.

Hymn:  “Amazing Grace,” #202

Bible Reading:  Proverbs 31:10-31

Choir Anthem:

Children’s Lesson

Offering

Doxology

Praises and Prayer Requests

Hymn:  “Day by Day,” #56

Sermon:  Ruth Becomes a Mommy (chapter 4 of the Book of Ruth)

Closing Song:  “It Took a Miracle,” #524

Benediction:  Numbers 6:24-26

The Lord bless you and keep you;

the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;

the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

“And She Came Softly”

Second Baptist Church
Worship Time
May 5, 2013
Rev. Ray Merritt, Pastor

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Prayer of Invocation

Creation Hymn: “Morning Has Broken,” #60

Choir Anthem:  “When I Survey the Wondrous Cross”

Prayer of Repentance

Responsive Reading:  Christ, the Bread of Life, #683

Communion Song:  “There Is a Redeemer,” #206

The Lord’s Supper

Mutual Blessings

Praises and Prayer Requests

Pastoral Prayer

Sermon:  “And She Came Softly”

Closing Hymn:  “Redeemed,”  #521

Benediction

Focus Person of the Month:

May……… Ford Smith

Mill Creek Rd.

Edmeston, NY13335

Upcoming Events

Today        May 5

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Monday             May 5

7:00 p.m.                    Trustee Meeting

Tuesday            May 7

6:30 p.m.                    Semi-Annual Meeting

7:00 p.m.                    Musical Rehearsal

Wednesday         May 8

10:00 a.m.                   Bible study @ West Hill Terrace

Thursday           May 9

7:00 p.m.                    Choir Rehearsal

Friday       May 10

6:00 p.m.                    Ladies’ Banquet

Sunday             May 12

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

12:20 p.m                    Board of Christian Ed. Meeting

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Prayer Requests

Announcements

      The Semi-Annual Meeting is on May 7 at 6:30 p.m.

      If you’d like your monetary contribution to go to benevolence funds, please use an envelope provided in the pews or specify “missions” on the memo line of your check.

      Food Pantry needs: hot dogs, frozen vegetables, and other frozen food items.

      Don’t forget about our Church Library – find lots of books and DVDs to entertain, inspire, teach, and nourish the soul! Wayne Clark just read The Mind of Jesus and highly recommends it.

      We would like to purchase an upgraded computer for use in our worship services, because our old one is no longer up to some of the tasks required of it.  We aim to spend about $600 on this, and are asking the congregation to contribute toward this need.  If you decide to respond to this appeal, please designate your gift on an envelope or on your check.

“Only those who see the invisible can do the impossible!”

God will answer when to thee,

Not a possibility

Of deliverance seems near;

It is then He will appear.

God will answer when you pray;

Yea, though mountains block the way,

At His word, a way will be

E’en through mountains, made for thee.

God who still divides the sea,

Willingly will work for thee;

God, before whom mountains fall,

Promises to hear thy call.

– Author Unknown*

*Excerpt from Springs in the Valley, a daily devotional copyrighted in 1939 by missionary Mrs. Chas. E. Cowman. This book is part of the “Older Than Dirt” section of the SecondBaptistChurch library.

“Under His Wings,” part 2

Second Baptist Church

Worship Time

April 28, 2013

Rev. Ray Merritt, Pastor

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Invocation Prayer

Morning Hymn:  “Praise the Lord!  Ye Heavens, Adore Him,” #9

Responsive Reading:  The Ten Commandments, #629

Bible Reading:  Galatians 3

Choir Anthem

Offering/Jingle-Jangle Offering for Missions*

Doxology #625

Children’s Lesson

Praises and Prayer Requests

Pastoral Prayer

Sermon:  “Under His Wings,” part 2

Closing Song:  “What a Wonderful Savior,”  #81

Benediction

Focus Person of the Month:

May……… Ford Smith

Mill Creek Rd.

Edmeston, NY13335

Upcoming Events

Today        April 28

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Tuesday            April 30

7:00 p.m.                     Musical Rehearsal

Wednesday         May 1

10:00 a.m.                   Bible study @ West Hill Terrace

Thursday           May 2

7:00 p.m.                    Choir Rehearsal

Friday       May 3

6:00 p.m.                    Ladies’ Banquet

Sunday             May 5

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

12:20 p.m                    Board of Christian Ed. Meeting

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Prayer Requests

Announcements

      *Today’s Jingle-Jangle offering is going to aid our commitment of support to missionaries Blake and Nicole Arensen. “Blake and Nicole are serving the Lord in East Africa. They work with a publishing group that produces a history magazine as well as books that focus on lives lived in Africa. The magazine and book publishing has been a very powerful tool for friendship evangelism and impacting some hard to reach communities in the region. Through the contacts and friendships that they make doors are opened to share Christ and His salvation (www.cten.org/blakeandnicole).” The Arensens have two children, Madelyn and Quinn, and are expecting a third, Tatu, in September.

      The Semi-Annual Meeting is on May 7 at 6:30 p.m.

      Saturday, May 4^th, Fransego Spring ABW Meeting at S. New Berlin Baptist church. Registration at 9:00 a.m. Program at 9:30. Bring dish to pass and own table service. Dessert and beverage will be provided.

      Food Pantry needs: hot dogs, frozen vegetables, and other frozen food items.

      Don’t forget about our Church Library – find lots of books and DVDs to entertain, inspire, teach, and nourish the soul!

      We would like to purchase an upgraded computer for use in our worship services, because our old one is no longer up to some of the tasks required of it.  We aim to spend about $600 on this, and are asking the congregation to contribute toward this need.  If you decide to respond to this appeal, please designate your gift on an envelope or on your check.

Our Joy for Christ

by Ryan Culver

Christ died to save us from our sins –

Bad loses, good wins.

We have been made
to serve the Lord.

We can pray for joy
when we are bored.

It doesn’t matter if you
are mad or sad.

When we have the Lord,
we will be glad!

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Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

The Wings of Jehovah

Second Baptist Church

Worship Time

April 21, 2013

Rev. Ray Merritt, Pastor

Greeting and Announcements

Call to Worship:

Psalm 91          He who dwells in the secret place of the

Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress;

My God, in Him I will trust.”

Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler

And from the perilous pestilence.

He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

Invocation Prayer

Choir Anthem: “You Are My Shelter”

Children’s Lesson

Chorus:  “My Life Is in You, Lord”

Offering

Doxology #625

Praises and Prayer Requests

Bible Reading:  Ruth 2

Sermon:  The Wings of Jehovah

Closing Song:  “Under His Wings,” #356

Benediction

Focus Person of the Month:

April…….. Ed & Jean Losee

10 High Street

Edmeston, NY13335

May     Ford Smith

Mill Creek Rd.

Edmeston, NY13335

Upcoming Events

Today        April 21

9:30 a.m.                   Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

12:15 p.m.                    Coffee Hour

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

6:00 p.m.                    Prayers for Our Growing Season

Tuesday            April 23

6:00 p.m.                    Board of Missions Meeting

7:00 p.m.                    Musical Rehearsal

Wednesday         April 24

10:00 a.m.                   Bible study @ West Hill Terrace

Thursday           April 25

7:00 p.m.                    Choir Rehearsal

Sunday             April 27

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Prayer Requests

Announcements

      A coffee hour will follow the worship service today in the Fellowship Hall.

      Saturday, May 4^th, Fransego Spring ABW Meeting at S. New Berlin Baptist church. Registration at 9:00 a.m. Program at 9:30. Bring dish to pass and own table service. Dessert and beverage will be provided.

      Food Pantry needs: frozen vegetables, hot dogs, and other frozen food items.

      Don’t forget about our Church Library – find lots of books and DVDs to entertain, inspire, teach, and nourish the soul!

      We would like to purchase an upgraded computer for use in our worship services, because our old one is no longer up to some of the tasks required of it.  We aim to spend about $600 on this, and are asking the congregation to contribute toward this need.  If you decide to respond to this appeal, please designate your gift on an envelope or on your check.

      Call to Prayer:  Do you like to grow food or flowers in your garden?  Do you farm part time or raise animals for pleasure or profit?  If so, please join in with other believers at the front of the sanctuary this evening (6:00 p.m.) for a time of calling on the Lord of all the earth to bless His plants and animals and our efforts to cultivate them.  Because man was given dominion over this earth in the beginning, we would like to reclaim a substantial portion of our authority through faith and prayer.

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

Like A Shaft of Sunlight on a Dark Day

Second Baptist Church
Worship Time
April 14, 2013
Rev. Ray Merritt, Pastor

Welcome and Announcements

Call to Worship

Invocation Prayer

Chorus:           “This Is the Day”

“He Has Made Me Glad”

Bible Reading:  Psalm 40

Choir Anthem:  “Glory to God, Halleluiah”

Praises and Prayer Requests

Pastoral Prayer

Children’s Lesson

Offering

Doxology #625

Sermon:  Like A Shaft of Sunlight on a Dark Day

Closing Song:  “Make Me a Blessing,” #452

Benediction

Focus Person of the Month:

April…….. Ed & Jean Losee

10 High Street

Edmeston, NY 13335

Upcoming Events

Today        April 14

9:30 a.m.                   Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

12:15 p.m.                    BCE Meeting

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Monday             April 15

7:00 p.m.                    Haiti Missions Team

Tuesday            April 16

7:00 p.m.                     Musical Rehearsal

Wednesday         April 17

10:00 a.m.                   Bible study @ West Hill Terrace

Thursday           April 18

7:00 p.m.                    Choir Rehearsal

Sunday             April 21

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

6:00 p.m.                    Prayers for Our Growing Season

Prayer Requests

Announcements

      Board of Christian Ed. meets today following worship service

      Haiti Missions meets Monday, April 15th at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall.

      Food Pantry needs: frozen vegetables, hot dogs, and other frozen food items.

      Don’t forget about our Church Library – find lots of books and DVDs to entertain, inspire, teach, and nourish the soul!

      We would like to purchase an upgraded computer for use in our worship services, because our old one is no longer up to some of the tasks required of it.  We aim to spend about $600 on this, and are asking the congregation to contribute toward this need.  If you decide to respond to this appeal, please designate your gift on an envelope or on your check.

      Call to Prayer:  Do you like to grow food or flowers in your garden?  Do you farm part time or raise animals for pleasure or profit?  If so, please join in with other believers at the front of the sanctuary next Sunday evening (6:00 p.m.) for a time of calling on the Lord of all the earth to bless His plants and animals and our efforts to cultivate them.  Because man was given dominion over this earth in the beginning, we would like to reclaim a substantial portion of our authority through faith and prayer.

A Note from Pastor LaGuerre in Haiti

Greetings folks, in the precious name of our Lord

Hereby, I want to make clear for you all what I would love to see accomplished one by one.

1-I want and will start a church in Onaville  (I do not need your financial help for it now because I do have big tents to start it in, Only your prayers I require)

2- I would love you to sponsor the schooling of my three children. This year I have been having some hard time to pay the schooling of the children. I still am in need to finish it. Every year I have to pay the school fees and the monthly fees.

3- I will start a school for the poor children in the church while we will be praying for God help us to build a school building.

4- I would love to you to help finishing the multipurpose building already started which will be use for # 1. a bible school for pastors because many are those who leads the church of God without any biblical formation at all. # 2. another part will be used for a guest house. The idea behind that is that I am trying to be self-sustaining and for the family and for the ministry.

5- I want to continue to travel in all Haiti preaching, helping the poor, providing them with what I can for the Lord’s sake.

6- Always have the truck alive because without the truck a good part of the ministry is down. (A great part of the ministry relies on the truck)

7- Help me to entertain some trips in the USA in order to give live report about the program( what has already done) sharing perspective for the future, encourage more people to gather together, for the cause of Haiti.

May the Lord add His blessings on what we are doing together in building His kingdom in Haiti!

Pastor Thomslay Budlaire LAGUERRE

If you are interested in supporting Pastor Laguerre in any of these pursuits, please see a Board of Missions team member.

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

Check Out the Church Library

The Church Library located in the Fellowship Hall has lots of inspirational books and DVDs. The newest ones include 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper; Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom; and Time Piece and Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans.

We have shelves of books for women, men, children, and family, about faith, healthy living, history, and more. There are poetry collections, novels, and Bible studies. Some are recent publications and some are “older than dirt” (located in the “Older Than Dirt” section).

It’s easy to borrow them: just sign on the sign-out sheet located by the library door and cross out your signature when you return it.

Church World Service Clean Up Kits

The ABW group is trying to put together 3 cleanup kits for Church World Service through the months of April, May & June. Below is a list of items we will need for EACH 5 gal. bucket. There is a sign-up sheet in the foyer and we would ask everyone to sign up for a specific item so we don’t have too many of the same things being brought. These buckets are used for any disaster that strikes and the warehouse was wiped out of all they had after Hurricane Sandy. We would also ask that you stick to the sizes specified or all will not fit in the bucket with the top on.

Thanks

5 scouring pads

7 sponges (ass’t sizes)

1 scrub brush

18 reusable cleaning towels

1 50-78 oz. box dry detergent

1 12 oz. bottle liquid concentrated cleaner (like Lysol)

1 25 oz. bottle liquid disinfectant dish soap

1 pkg  48-50 clothespins

2 50′ or 1 100′ clothesline

5 dust masks

2 pr. Playtex gloves

1 pr. work gloves

28 bag roll of HD trash bags 30-45 gal.

1 6-9 oz. bottle insect repellant (not aerosol)

The Eternal Gospel

Second Baptist Church
Worship Time
April 7, 2013
Rev. Ray Merritt, Pastor

Order of Worship for April 7, 2013

Greeting & Announcements

Call to Worship

Invocation

Worship Songs:  “Seek Ye First the Kingdom of God,” #42

“We Will Glorify,” #72

Scripture Reading:  John 20:19-31

Praises and Prayer Requests

Pastoral Prayer

Sermon:  The Eternal Gospel

Offering

Doxology

Solo:  “Supper”

Responsive Reading:  Christ, the Bread of Life, #683

Communion Hymn:  “Cleanse Me,” #438

The Lord’s Supper

Closing Song:  “Blest’ Be the Tie”

Focus Person of the Month:

April…….. Ed & Jean Losee

10 High Street

Edmeston, NY13335

Upcoming Events

Today        April 7

9:30 a.m.                   Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service & Lord’s Supper

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Tuesday            April 9

7:00 p.m.                     Musical Rehearsal

Wednesday         April 10

10:00 a.m.                   Bible study @ West Hill Terrace

Thursday           April 11

6:00 p.m.                    Jr. Choir Rehearsal

7:00 p.m.                    Choir Rehearsal

Sunday             April 14

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

12:15 p.m.                    BCE Meeting

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Prayer Requests

Announcements

      Board of Christian Ed. meets next Sunday, the 14th, after church

      Haiti Missions meets Monday, April 15th at 7 p.m. in the fellowship hall.

      All ages needed to participate in the musical “Spend Awhile on the Nile”. Let Sue or Gloria know you’re interested.

      Don’t forget about our Church Library – find lots of books and DVDs to entertain, inspire, teach, and nourish the soul!

A Note of Thanks

Dear Baptist Church fellowship,

We want to thank you for blessing our family with your kindness during the passing of our Dad and Grandfather (John Stanton). The food was delicious! We appreciate your hard work and dedication.

The Stanton family

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

Check Out the Church Library

The Church Library located in the Fellowship Hall has lots of inspirational books and DVDs. The newest ones include 90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper; Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom; and Time Piece and Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans.

We have shelves of books for women, men, children, and family, about faith, healthy living, history, and more. There are poetry collections, novels, and Bible studies. Some are recent publications and some are “older than dirt” (located in the “Older Than Dirt” section).

It’s easy to borrow them: just sign on the sign-out sheet located by the library door and cross out your signature when you return it.

Church World Service Clean Up Kits

The ABW group is trying to put together 3 cleanup kits for Church World Service through the months of April, May & June. Below is a list of items we will need for EACH 5 gal. bucket. There is a sign-up sheet in the foyer and we would ask everyone to sign up for a specific item so we don’t have too many of the same things being brought. These buckets are used for any disaster that strikes and the warehouse was wiped out of all they had after Hurricane Sandy. We would also ask that you stick to the sizes specified or all will not fit in the bucket with the top on.

Thanks

5 scouring pads

7 sponges (ass’t sizes)

1 scrub brush

18 reusable cleaning towels

1 50-78 oz. box dry detergent

1 12 oz. bottle liquid concentrated cleaner (like Lysol)

1 25 oz. bottle liquid disinfectant dish soap

1 pkg  48-50 clothespins

2 50′ or 1 100′ clothesline

5 dust masks

2 pr. Playtex gloves

1 pr. work gloves

28 bag roll of HD trash bags 30-45 gal.

1 6-9 oz. bottle insect repellant (not aerosol)

First Fruits

Second Baptist Church
Worship Time
March 31, 2013
Easter Sunday
Rev. Ray Merritt, Pastor

Welcome

Choir Anthem:  “The Tomb Is Empty!”  David M. Edwards

Call to Worship

Invocation Prayer

Hymn Celebration:      Reading–Page 214 in the hymnal

“Alleluia!  Alleluia!” p.215

“Christ Arose,” p. 216

“Christ the Lord Is Risen Today,” p. 217

Bible Reading:  Mark 16

Junior Choir:  “Hallelujah, He’s Alive!”

Offering

Doxology #625

Prayer

Sermon:  First Fruits

Closing Song:  “Because He Lives,” p. 213

Benediction

Focus Person of the Month:

April…….. Ed & Jean Losee

10 High Street

Edmeston, NY13335

Upcoming Events

Today        March 31

7:00 a.m.                    Sunrise service at cemetery

8:30 a.m.                    Easter breakfast

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

Tuesday            April 2

10:00 a.m.                   ABW Meeting

6:00 p.m.                    Official Board Meeting

7:00 p.m.                    Bible Study @ Gloria Robinson’s

Wednesday         April 3

10:00 a.m.                   Bible study @ West Hill Terrace

Thursday           April 4

6:00 p.m.                    Jr. Choir Rehearsal

7:00 p.m.                    Choir Rehearsal

Sunday             April 7

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

5:00 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Prayer Requests

Announcements

      ABW Meeting: Tuesday, April 2, l0:00 a.m.  at Linda Button’s, program by Ginny Merritt.

      Layette or Health Kit Needs:
March — hand towels (16”x28”)

      Food Pantry Needs:  March — hotdogs

      Current ABW Girls and Women Scholarship Forms for new and continuing participants are available. See Marge Holdridge for these. All completed forms must be in to the State Chairman by March 3l.

      All ages needed to participate in the musical “Spend Awhile on the Nile”. Let Sue or Gloria know you’re interested.

Request for Cards

Kim Westervelt

NYCP Hospital/Milstein Bldg.

5GS Room 354

177 Fort Washington Ave.

New York, NY10032

(Kim is hospitalized far away from her friends and family as she awaits a heart transplant.)

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

Ladies –

Please Save the Date!

Friday evening, May 3 is our annual

Ladies’ Banquet

with special guest speaker,

Grace Fabian, author of Outrageous Grace.

You may wish to check out her website at www.gracefabian.com or read one of the three copies of her book that are circulating.

Dinner begins at 6:00 p.m.

Dessert and beverages will be provided.

Please bring a dish to pass.

A love gift for Grace will be taken.

Any questions?

Contact Isabel Culver at 965-8307

or Marge Holdridge at 965-8731

The Castaway King

The Downfall of Angels and Men

Second Baptist Church
Worship Time
March 10, 2013
Rev. Ray Merritt, Pastor

Welcome

Opening Prayer

Call to Worship:  Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child with his mother, Like a weaned child is my soul within me. O Israel, hope in Jehovah From this time forth and for evermore.  (Psalms 131:2-3)

Choruses:  “O Lord, You’re Beautiful”

“Sanctuary”

Bible Reading:  Deuteronomy 8

Choir Anthem:  “Are You Washed in the Blood?” (Hoffman & Willbanks)

Offering

Doxology #625

Drama Sketch:  “Swinging Through the Courts of Power,”
by Patti Souder from the Biblical book, “Esther,”

Narrated by Justin Brown with Ian Bolin as Haman
and Teagen Bolin as Zeresh

Praises and Prayer Requests

Pastoral Prayer

Sermon:  The Downfall of Angels and Men

Closing Song:  ”Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken,” #377 verses 1&4

Benediction

Focus Person of the Month:

March…… Betty Zimmerman

c/o Barbara Hilts

21 Conkey Ave

Norwich, NY13815

Upcoming Events

Today        March 10

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

12:15 p.m.                    Fellowship Lunch/Purim Celebration

5:30 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Tuesday            March 12

10:00 a.m.                   ABW Meeting @ Joan Reed’s

7:00 p.m.                    Haiti Missions Meeting

7:00 p.m.                    Bible Study @ Gloria Robinson’s

Wednesday         March 13

10:00 a.m.                   Bible study @ West Hill Terrace

Thursday           March 14

6:00 p.m.                    Jr. Choir Rehearsal

7:00 p.m.                    Choir Rehearsal

Sunday             March 17

9:30 a.m.                    Morning Muffin Ministry

9:45 a.m.                    Sunday School

11:00 a.m.                    Worship Service

5:30 p.m.                    Zero Gravity

Prayer Requests

Announcements

      Today we will be observing a couple of aspects of the Jewish holiday of Purim, based on the book of Esther. Ian and Teagen Bolin will be presenting a dramatic sketch during Sunday school and the worship hour; and a filled cookie in the shape of a 3-cornered hat called “Hamantaschen” will be offered at the fellowship lunch.

      Remember the Easter Art Gallery; please be thinking of what you might create to add to our worship through the visual and written arts. If you have questions, please check with Ginny. Submissions should be in no later than next Sunday, the 17th.

      Game Night! March 176:00 – 8:00 in the Fellowship Hall. Please bring a game, a snack, a beverage, a friend – and wear something green!

      Layette or Health Kit Needs:
March — hand towels (16”x28”)

      Food Pantry Needs:  March — hotdogs

      Current ABW Girls and Women Scholarship Forms for new and continuing participants are available. See Marge Holdridge for these. All completed forms must be in to the State Chairman by March 3l.

      All ages needed to participate in the musical “Spend Awhile on the Nile”. Let Sue or Gloria know you’re interested.

Request for Cards

Kim Westervelt

NYCP Hospital/Milstein Bldg.

5GS Room 354

177 Fort Washington Ave.

New York, NY10032

(Kim is hospitalized far away from her friends and family as she awaits a heart transplant.)

Community Share Day!

Saturday, March 23

9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

At BurlingtonFlatsBaptistChurch

Bring in things you no longer need and browse freely for some things you could use.

Donated items must be clean, sorted, and in working condition.

You may drop things off between 7:00 and 8:00 a.m. You MUST stop back to pick up your items that didn’t find new homes from 3:00 to 3:30 p.m. (hopefully all will have been adopted!).

A ministry outreach sponsored by F.I.S.H.in’ the Flats (Friends in Service Here … Meeting one another’s needs)

For more information, please contact Kathi and Carl Gelatt (607)368-0042