Document 6562018
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Document 6562018
ANNOUNCEMENTS The more drivers we have, the more blessings abound! The Ebenezer West Van Ministry is dedicated to transporting church members and UGA students to and from church who would otherwise be unable to attend worship, fellowship and attend the activities of our church each Sunday and during the week. However, the EBCW Van Ministry NEEDS additional DRIVERS to help fulfill this MISSION. If interested, please contact the church office at 706-543-9644. Clergy Appreciation Sunday! Please join us, Sunday, October 12 at 3:00 p.m. as the Ebenezer, West Family shows appreciation and love to the Associate Ministers of EBCW! The Rev. James Kendrick, Pastor of East Friendship Baptist Church is the guest speaker along with the East Friendship Baptist Choir. Special guests also include the former Sons of Ebenezer: Rev Reginald Woods, Rev. Anthony Granberry, Rev. Stanley Peaks and Rev. Richard Haynes. Come, See, Share, and Invite a Friend! The Women's Day Choir will rehearse Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. All women ages 18 and older are encouraged to attend. You do not have to be current members of any EBCW choir to participate. Sis. Dierdra Stroud. 2015 Ministry Officers Recommendations are due to the Church Office October 26, 2014. The Ebenezer Senior Mission Ministry is offering book scholarships up to $200.00 per applicant. Each applicant must meet the following criteria: 1. Be enrolled in an institution of higher learning. 2. Be an active member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, West Family. 3. Provide proof that books have been purchased. Application forms are available in the Church Office and must be received in the Church Office no later than Friday October 31, 2014. Please contact the Church Office if you have any questions. Operation Christmas Child: Join the Children's & Youth Ministries in demonstrating God's love in a tangible way to children all over the world by donating to this year's Operation Christmas Child efforts. Our goal is to pack 75 boxes and we need your help! Suggestions for items to donate include: small cars, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, activity and/or coloring books, crayons, markers, writing journals, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, combs, washcloths, hats, gloves, scarves, gum, hard candy, and lollipops. Monetary donations to purchase items and/or for shipping ($7 per box) are welcomed as well. The deadline for all donations is November 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM. Thanks so much for your support! The EBCW Children's Ministry Lock-In is Friday, November 7 (6 PM) - Saturday, November 8 (9:30 AM). All children ages 5 to 12 (Kindergarten - 7th grade) are invited. Sign-Up Today - Children's/Youth Ministries office door!. If you know something about God's Word, then share an encouraging word with a member in the nursing home, home bound, hospitalized or in need of a special prayer. Pick up an encouragement card from the baskets in the front foyer or Education foyer, complete it and return it to the basket. Members of the Women's Ministry will mail it for you. The Golden Girls of Athens Organization cordially invites you to become a valuable sponsor of The 2nd Annual “50 shades of Pink Affair,” to benefit the Loran Smith Center for Cancer Support. This event will be held October 25, 2014, Suite 220, One Press Place, (Thomas Street, Athens Banner Herald Newspaper Building) Athens, GA, at 6:00 p.m. The Pink affair is an after event following the “In Their Shoes Walk”, and will feature dinner, live entertainment and The Athens Shades of Pink Choir. Call Bessie Freeman for additional information at 706-308-7065 or Laura at 706-206-3154. Monday – October 13 Christian Education Committee ........................................................................... 6:30 p.m. Cub/Boy Scouts ................................................................................................... 6:30 p.m. Evangelism Ministry ............................................................................................ 7:00 p.m. Trustee Board ....................................................................................................... 7:00 p.m. Tuesday – October 14 Toastmasters of Hope........................................................................................... 6:30 p.m. Women’s Day Choir Rehearsal ............................................................................ 7:00 p.m. Wednesday – October 15 Noon Day Worship .............................................................................................. 12 Noon Worship on Wednesday (WOW) ......................................................................4:00 p.m. Mission Rescue – Upstairs Educational Wing ...................................................... 4:30 p.m. F.A.C.T. (Family At Church Time) Lesson Focus: Session 6 (Part 2) – I’m a Lover, Not a Fighter: A Case for Christian Pacifism The Seed: Matthew 5:38-41 Dinner – EBCW Fellowship Hall ...................................................... 5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. S.E.E.D. – Children & Teens ......................................................... 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. S.E.E.D. – Adult ............................................................................. 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. Billups/Rodgers Young Generation Choir Rehearsal ........................ 6:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Midweek Worship – Fellowship Hall ............................................ 6:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. EBCW Praise Team Rehearsal ............................................................................ Cancelled EBCW R.E.A.L. Ensemble Rehearsal .................................................................. 7:30 p.m. Rev. Dr. Winfred M. Hope Pastor 2014 Theme: “Growing The Church for God’s Glory from the Inside Out” October 12, 2014 Thursday – October 16 H.T. Edwards, Sr. Bread of Life Bible Study – Fellowship Hall ............................12 Noon Moving In The Spirit (Beg.) Dance Ministry Rehearsal ....................................... 6:00 p.m. Pastor’s Support Ministry..................................................................................... 6:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal ................................................................................... 6:30 p.m. Friday – October 17 Saturday – October 18 Bennie Tillman, Sr. Bible Study – McCoy Room ................................................ 8:30 a.m. Community Ministry Worship – McCoy Room ............................... 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Moving In The Spirit (Adv.) Dance Ministry Rehearsal ...................................... 9:30 a.m. New Member Orientation....................................................................................10:00 a.m. Adult Ushers Ministry .........................................................................................11:00 a.m. NWBA #8 Association........................................................................................11:00 a.m. Sunday – October 19 Sunday School Class .......................................................................................... 8:30 a.m. Ushers on Duty – Adult Ushers ............................................................................ 9:30 a.m. Worship Service ............................................................................................... 10:00 a.m. Billups/Rodgers Young Generation Choir Sunday School Class – McCoy Sunday School Room.................................... 12:15 p.m. Installation Service – Rev. William Price, Sr. ...................................................... 2:30 p.m. Holly Springs Baptist Church, Bowman, GA Church Office: 706-543-9644 • Church Fax: 706-549-3899 CD and DVD recordings of today’s message can be purchased for the price of $10 for CD and $15 for DVD. 205 North Chase Street Athens, Georgia 30606 www.ebcw.org Colossians 1:9, 10 Preparing the Earthly for Eternity The Mission of Ebenezer Baptist Church, West is to preach and teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ in such a way that transforms non-believers into believers, believers into disciples, disciples into fruitful mature leaders, who will in turn go back into the world to reach others for Jesus Christ. CHURCH COVENANT ORDER OF WORSHIP October 12, 2014 10:00 a.m. “Exalting the Savior, Edifying the Believer, Evangelizing the Lost, Extending the Mission” MEMBERS IN THE NURSING HOME WORSHIP THROUGH PRAYER & PRAISE Prelude EBCW Music Ministry Praise & Worship EBCW Praise Team Devotion Deacons Ministry ** *Call to Worship & Invocation Rev. Isaiah Ellison *Hymn of Praise Choir and Congregation #531 – Only What You Do for Christ Will Last – Rasberry ** Acknowledgement of Visitors Sis. Lucille Davis Pastor’s Support Ministry ** HOLY COMMUNION The Church Covenant Prayer of Remembrance and Rededication The Lord’s Supper ** WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING Offertory & Capital Stewardship Offerings Rev. Ambrose Jackson Commitment We are a tithing church because the Word of God teaches tithing. Our experiences have shown that God blesses as we follow His plan for giving. “So do not worry, saying, „What shall we eat?‟ or „What shall we drink?‟ or „What shall we wear?‟ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well” (Matthew 6:31-33 NIV). Prayer Choral Offertory *Choral Response “All things come of Thee, O Lord, and of Thine own have we given Thee. AMEN” (I Chronicles 29:14) ** Choral Praise ** Hymn of Meditation Deacons Ministry EBCW Sanctuary Choir Choir and Congregation EBCW Sanctuary Choir Choir and Congregation #116 – In the Garden – Miles Altar Call Rev. James Herron ** WORSHIP THROUGH THE WORD Sermon Hymn #161 – Amazing Grace – Newton Choir and Congregation Sermon Rev. Dr. Winfred M. Hope “PASS THE SALT, PLEASE“ Matthew 5:13-16 (13) NIV WORSHIP BLESSINGS *Invitation to New Members and Call to Discipleship Pastoral Expressions Rev. Dr. Winfred M. Hope Benediction Postlude *Those who are able, please stand **Worshipers May Enter Nurse on Duty: Sis. Sandra Draine Little Lambs Nursery is open for children ages: Infants to 5 years old. Bro. James Lumpkin, Sr. – Heritage Healthcare at Grandview Bro. Mac Harris – Winterville Nursing Home Sis. Alfreda Ballard – Unihealth Post-Acute Care on Hawthorne Sis. Lena Mathews – Unihealth Post-Acute Care on Hawthorne – Mother of Sis. Ilean Collins Sis. Dorothy Jordan – Unihealth Post-Acute Care on Hawthorne HOMEBOUND MEMBERS Sis. Evelyn Billups Sis. Dorothy Hemphill Sis. Mary Lumpkin Sis. Frances McBride Rev. David Nunnally, Sr. Sis. Hilda Sutton Sis. Louise Walton HOSPITALIZED/SURGERY THE WEEK OF 10/6–10/14 Sis. Paula Royal-Wallace Bro. John Payne – ICU – STMH – Brother of Sis. Agnes Cannon & Bro. Richard Payne Sis. Deborah Green – Outpatient Surgery – Monday, October 13th – Emory (Midtown) SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS AND NEEDS Sis. Kyla Mapp & Family Sisters Pat Harris & Helen Roberson Breast Cancer Patients & Survivors Sis. Rosie Jarrell Bro. Jonathan Williams – Japan Sis. Audrey Fisher Sis. Vickie Ellison Sis. Mildred Stokes Sis. Ethel Jordan Trustee Ministry Sis. Joan Wakefield Bro. Johnathan Rucker Bro. Garmon Randolph Sis. Juanita Ellis Sis. JoAnn Lynn-Walters & Family Sis. Juanita H. Robinson Sis. Elaine Stovall Sis. Lucille Davis Bro. J.R. Skinner Sis. Faye Poe Dea. Gary Taylor Sis. Henrietta Jackson Sis. Sheila Merritt Sis. Cassandra Stroud Sis. Anisha Barnes Sis. Christine Hopkins Sis. Connie Woodall Sis. Lynn Brown Bro. Alfonza Brown I, II and III Sis. Julia P. Russell Sis. Ileane Nunnally Bro. George & Sis. Alma Stroud & Family Sis. Frances Glenn Sis. Ellen Hill Bro. Shaquille Moody – U. S. Navy Bro. Bailey Grimes Sis. Deborah Lattimore Sis. Janet Sims Alexander Sis. Sarah Sims Hawes Sis. Flora Bankston Sis. Daisy Watkins Sis. Jeanettie Dyson Sis. Beverly Neal Sis. Alice Harris Sis. Shirley Hudson Bro. Christopher Lester – Afghanistan Bro. Demetrius Sims Bro. Brandon Greene – Persian Gulf Bro. Sidney B. Young Bro. Tavolzio Rittenberry Bro. Randall Lumpkin Bro. Scotty Hawks Sis. Mary G. Riley, Rochester, NY Bro. Roderick Moody Sis. Blanche Ervin, Savannah, GA Situations in Middle East & Syria FUNERAL Bro. Joe Newsome, husband of Sis. Goldie Newsome of Shear Performance Saturday, October 11, 2014 Sis. Carolyn Gordon Dunham, Thursday, October 16, Dublin, GA Aunt of Sis. Deborah Green & Sis. Sara Battey Great Aunt of Washington, Kathleen and Claiborne Green **************** Please contact Sis. Danette Crawford, Church Secretary ASAP at (706) 543-9644 with Sickness or Bereavement Information; or email at [email protected]. Having been led, as we believe, by the spirit of God, to receive the Lord Jesus Christ, as our Savior, And on the profession of our faith, having been baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, We do now, in the presence of God, angels, and this assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with one another, as one body in Christ. We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of this church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort; To promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines; To contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor, and the spread of the gospel through all nations. We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions; to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our kindred and acquaintances; To walk circumspectly in the world, to be just in our dealings; faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our deportment; To avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger; to abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage, and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our Savior. We further engage to watch over one another in brotherly love; To remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling and courtesy in speech; To be slow to take offense, but always ready for reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it without delay. We moreover engage that when we remove from this place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other church, where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the principles of God’s Word.