HOPE MORAVIAN CHURCH March 22, 2015

HOPE MORAVIAN
CHURCH
March 22, 2015
March 22, 2015
FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
10AM
Our Mission: Worshiping Christ, Growing Disciples, Serving All
Watchword for the Week: Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put
a new and right spirit within me. Psalm 51:10
Prayer upon entering the Pew: Lord Jesus, as you came to earth
searching for the lost, empower us, your followers, to lovingly search for
the lost in our community. In your saving love, may many be found,
made new in the power of your Holy Spirit. Amen.
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Welcome and Announcements
Prayers of the Congregation
Music for Praise and Adoration
O Sacred Head
Karg-Elert
*The Right Hand of Fellowship—Signifies our desire for unity and
peace in God’s Family
*Liturgy
LENT 2
p. 78—81
Children’s Chat
Anthem:
In Christ Alone
Presentation of Tithes and Offerings:
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
*Doxology Hymn
Praise God, from Whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Prayer
Sharing of Scripture:
Message:
*Sending Hymn:
*Benediction
Hayes
Reger
#817
Luke 15: 1-7
Search & Rescue!
Called by Christ to Love Each Other
#627
*Music for Praise and Service
O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
Johnson
WELCOME GUESTS!
We extend a special welcome to all guests who are worshiping with us
today. Please complete a welcome card, located in the pew rack, and place it
in the offering plate. Our goal is to be a nurturing and welcoming community
of faith. During our Sunday worship service, we offer a nursery (birth to
age 3) and “Children’s Church” for pre-school through 3rd grade children. “Children’s Church” begins following the Children’s Chat. Portable
hearing devices and/or large print hymnals are available if you need
them. Please ask an usher to assist you with them. For more information
about Hope Moravian, please go to our web site:
www.hopemoravianchurch.org.
Lent Study Series-“Why We Believe the Bible”
Session 5—Sunday, March 22 @ 6:00 PM
What Does the Bible Claim for itself?
"The CROSS of Hope" Donations
Choose an item you would like to donate on the posters located in the
Fellowship Hall. Take top layer with you and put your name on the
bottom layer. Return your item to Pastor Andy's office by April 12th.
Submit your receipt to a Trustee if you'd like to receive a tax credit for
your purchase.
Thank You!
The CROSS TEAM
Ministers
All Who Serve Christ
Pastor
Andy Kilps
Elder of the Day
Ed Settle
Nursery
Susie Dodd
Children’s Church
Karen Kilps
Organist/Choir Director
John Ziegler
Secretary ([email protected])
Anita Watkins
Treasurer
David Epperson
Congregational Watchword for 2015
Behold, children are a gift of the Lord. Psalm 127:3
Search & Rescue!
Luke 15:1-7
-Sermon Notes-
Jesus ______________ everyone! Do we?
There is no such thing as a sinner beyond the __________
of ______________.
Many will not _________ to us. We need to ____ to them!
Open the Bible each day - In step with Jesus you'll stay!
 Today
 Monday
 Tuesday
 Wednesday
 Thursday
 Friday
 Saturday
Exodus 15 & Luke 18
Exodus 16 & Luke 19
Exodus 17 & Luke 20
Exodus 18 & Luke 21
Exodus 19 & Luke 22
Exodus 20 & Luke 23
Exodus 21 & Luke 24
Time of Prayer
HOSPITALIZED/SURGERY THIS WEEK:
NURSING HOME & SHUT-INS:
MILLER’S MERRY MANOR—Sharon Seim, Harold Dailey,
Doris Robinette
AT HOME - Sally Scrogham (at her daughter, Rachael’s house),
Martha McDonald, Archie Herron, Rachael Ross, Tom Dodd, and
Mary Louise Hamilton
Rachel De Poy’s address—652 Isaiah Street, West Lafayette, IN 47906
Keep up-to-date on Sally’s progress at www.caringbridge.org.
PRAYER CONCERNS:
Ken Seim—Post-Surgery healing
Sally Scrogham—Prayers to regain strength
Susan Kloss—recovering from shoulder surgery
Leah Konetzka (June Gilliland’s niece) - brain tumor
John Fishel (Jo Ann Keller’s cousin) - Aortic valve replaced
Jenna Poe’s (technology coordinator at FRHC) father—home with chemo
Mary Louise Hamilton—cancer; discontinued chemotherapy
Richard Keller—preparing for Dialysis
Shirley Whitcher (Bill Runion’s mother) - therapy and rehab
Becky Ault (Kenny & Abby Calender’s friend) - lung cancer
John Tinkey—lymphedema
Evan Huffman’s sister and baby at Riley hospital
OUR CONFIRMANDS: Austin and Ashley Chambers, Will Trotter
Abby Walls, Emily Harker, and Luke Harker.
CONTINUING PRAYER NEEDS: Sharon Shrader, Merrill and Norma
Clouse, Elsie Hege, Katie Burnett, Josh Burnett, Darlene Harker, Suzanne McClain, Eleanor Settle, Susan Kloss, Josh McClain, Brian Snyder,
Kris Van Orden, Paul Keller, John Gilliland, Dave Calender, Dave Spangler, Tom Dodd, Glen Keller, Joey Ross, Zach Toross, Ron Hatton, Nate
Riley, Pete Ingram, Dave Spiece, Ruth Ann Smith, Paula Compton, Jon
Templeman, Jesse Lopez, Ed Fulkerson, Mike Tungett, Sean Williamson,
and Jeri Smith.
Please contact the office if anyone’s name should be added or removed from this list.
You may email prayer concerns for the prayer chain to Dawn Wilson at:
[email protected]
Food Bank Needs
Sugar, Flour, Oil, Ketchup, Dried packages of beans, Canned potatoes,
Hygiene products
News of the Church Alive!
TODAY—ALL RALLY REGISTRATIONS DUE TO THE OFFICE!!!!!!!
11:00AM—Cody Wilson’s Potato Bar Fundraiser/MOC
6:00PM—Lenten Study & Discussion in the Sanctuary
MONDAY, March 23
5:00PM – Meal Site
5:30PM—7:15PM—Boy Scouts/FH
6:30PM – 8:00PM – Cub Scouts/MOC and church
TUESDAY, March 24
6:00—7:00PM—MOC/Zumba
7:00PM—Prayer Group
7:00PM—VBS Decorating Committee
WEDNESDAY, March 25
6:00AM—Men’s Breakfast
6:00PM—8:00PM—MOC/reserved
7:30PM—Choir
THURSDAY, March 26
6:00PM—AA/MH
6:00PM—MOC/Zumba Toning
6:30PM— “Christ in the Passover” Presentation
FRIDAY, March 27
5:30PM—8:00PM—MOC/reserved
SATURDAY, March 28
12PM—8PM—MOC reserved/Walters
1PM—6PM—FH reserved/private
SUNDAY, March 29—PALM SUNDAY
9:00 AM – Sunday School
10:00 AM – Worship with Receiving New Members!
11:00 AM— SNAK~N~YAK
SWAT lunch and laser tag
6:00PM—Lenten Study & Discussion in the Sanctuary
SPRING RALLY: Spring Rally is coming!!! It is for youth in grade 6
through age 21. Dates of Rally are April 10—12 in Millersburg, OH.
Registrations are available at the south entrance. Please return completed forms to the office TODAY at the latest.
Easter
flowers
2015
Please note—if you will be bringing Easter flowers for the
sanctuary, you need to bring your flowers to the church by
7PM on FRIDAY, APRIL 3!!!
Name of the person(s) in whose memory/honor the flowers are given:
_______________________________________________________________
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Name of the donor_______________________________________________
If you would rather make a donation to one of our funds (Cemetery, Morning Star
Preschool, Building Fund, Camp Scholarship Fund, etc.), please fill out the
information below:
Name of the person(s) in whose memory/honor the donation is given:
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
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Name of the donor________________________________________________
Name of the fund for the donation___________________________________
PLEASE RETURN THIS SHEET TO THE
CHURCH OFFICE BY SUNDAY, MARCH 29!!!
If you are making a donation, please attach your check to this sheet. Thanks!
(Other forms are available at the north and south entrances.)
Dynamic
Eight hundred miles south of the North Pole, burrowed deep within a
sandstone mountain on Spitsbergen Island, part of a remote Norwegian
archipelago, the Svalvald Global Seed Vault just might be the planet’s
final refuge of agricultural biodiversity. The ultimate backup plan,
Svalvald houses duplicates of seed samples already preserved in more
than 1,700 seed banks throughout the world. With room for as many as 4.5
million samples, the facility beneath the permafrost presently contains
more than 770,000 separate varieties. In the event of natural or created
disaster, Svalvald’s meticulously maintained collection would provide the
miraculous seeds needed to regrow the world’s food supply.
Not just the ones preserved under protocol and scrutiny, but every
seed—from the speck of a radish to the small-fisted avocado—is a dynamic package of life, ready and waiting to bust out, burst open and
grow. Some seeds will remain viable (on a cold, dark shelf in your garage)
for a year or two, and some will hold their life force for decades, even centuries. Some varieties have proven to withstand dormancy for thousands
of years!
A seemingly lifeless grain of wheat that flourishes into a crop with the
potential to nourish the world—this is the metaphor Jesus attaches to his
death and resurrection, and the reason for it all. The impending events,
he knows, will be devastating. Disastrous. But his story will not, of
course, end there. What will come next for Jesus and for humanity will be
every bit as extraordinary as a latent kernel sprouting its branching roots,
its sheath, its blade, its seedhead. Salvation is as simple and as complex
as a spring garden, a fall harvest, and the cycle that ties them permanently together.
Chris Johnson, pastor, Fry’s Valley Moravian Church,
New Philadelphia, Ohio
Hope Moravian Church
Established 1830
202 Main Street
Hope, Indiana 47246
Office Phone: (812) 546-4641
[email protected].
Parsonage Phone: (812) 546-5051
Pastor Andy’s cell: (812) 447-9013
www.hopemoravianchurch.org
Fifth Sunday of Lent
March 22, 2015