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CHURCH STAFF Pastor, Reverend Martha Starnes, [email protected]
Children & Youth, Gloria Burns, [email protected]
Admin. Asst., Dianna Hendricks, [email protected]
Treasurer, Faye Heal, [email protected]
Music Director, Jennifer Flory, [email protected]
Organist, Kate Phillips, [email protected]
Child Care Providers: Robin Collins
Jacob Poole OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Thursday, 8:30 - 4:30
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ONLINE GIVING
SESSION CLASS OF 2014 CLASS OF 2015 CLASS OF 2016
Rosemary Begemann, Clerk Dave Baarda Marianne Edwards
Frankie Holder Anne Smart Sam McChesney
Sue York John Bradley Nancy Miller
DEACONS Mary Jordan, Moderator Bill Werts Alice Tenold
Deanna Bivins Margie Dodd Joseph Dean
Doris Moody Millie Murphy Rob Grimes
COME JOIN US
APRIL 27, 2014
Come join us at the Fellowship Hall immediately
following worship service, to say Thank You to
Kate Phillips, our talented and dedicated organist of over 38 years.
Please bring a favorite finger food (i.e., sandwiches, cookies,
cheese or fruit tray, chips/dip, etc.) or dessert.
Contact Deanna Bivins, Chair of Congregational Life,
as to what you might bring.
Home: 478-932-0013
email: [email protected]
or leave a message at the Church Office - 478-452-9394.
APPRECIATION RECEPTION
EASTER SUNDAY
APRIL 20, 2014
GATHERING AROUND GOD’S WORD
PRELUDE “Festive Prelude” David Evan Thomas WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Leader: The peace of our Lord, Jesus Christ be with you all.
People: And also with you. (You are invited to stand and greet your neighbors with the peace of Jesus Christ.) CHIMING OF THE HOUR CHORAL INTROIT “Easter Fanfare” David Ashley White CALL TO WORSHIP Marianne Edwards, liturgist
Leader: God calls us together for a celebration. Come and rejoice!
People: We have come seeking Jesus of Nazareth. We want to know the One who
comforts and heals.
Leader: Enter into this time of worship with thanksgiving; receive once more the good
news of peace.
People: God is our strength and our song, having acted in Christ for our salvation.
All: Let everything that breathes praise God!
*HYMN NO. 123 “Jesus Christ Is Risen Today” arr. David N. Johnson PRAYER OF APPROACH (unison)
God of amazing good news, you call our names, and you touch us where we are. Your
love spans time and space, yet wraps itself around us here and now. Defeat is turned to
victory; death is overcome by life. We watch for your light, O God. Grant us the grace
of seeing, and awaken us to life in all its fullness. Strengthen us to live as resurrection
people. In the name of Christ, the Healer, we pray. Amen. CHORAL RESPONSE “Christ Is Risen” Douglas E. Wagner PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD CONVERSATION WITH THE CHILDREN ANTHEM “Christ Is Risen, Alleluia” Mark Shepperd SCRIPTURE READINGS Jeremiah 31:1-6
John 20:1-18 SERMON “With the Stone Rolled Away” Reverend Martha Starnes
RESPONDING TO GOD’S WORD
*HYMN NO. 111 “Good Christians All, Rejoice and Sing!” Arr. Hal H. Hopson *AFFIRMATION OF FAITH (adapted from A Brief Statement of Faith, PCUSA)
In life and in death we belong to God, and through grace we trust in this one triune God.
Through God’s love, we trust in Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God. Jesus was crucified,
suffering the depths of human pain and giving his life for the sins of the world. God raised
this Jesus from the dead, vindicating his sinless life, breaking the power of sin and evil,
delivering us from death to life eternal.
We trust in the Holy Spirit, everywhere the giver and renewer of life. The Spirit justifies
us by grace through faith, and binds us together with all believers in the one body of
Christ, the Church.
In gratitude to God, empowered by the Spirit, we strive to serve Christ in our daily tasks
and to live holy and joyful lives. We rejoice that nothing in life or in death can separate us
from the love of our triune God. Amen. PRAYER OF THE PEOPLE AND OUR LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we
forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen. THE OFFERING
OFFERTORY (see insert) “On Emmaus Journey” Arr. John Ferguson
*HYMN OF DEDICATION
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise God, the source of all our gifts! Praise Jesus Christ, whose power uplifts!
Praise the Spirit, Holy Spirit!
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION BEARING GOD’S WORD INTO THE WORLD *HYMN NO. 122 “Thine Is the Glory” arr. Robert A. Hobby *CHARGE AND BENEDICTION *CHORAL BENEDICTION “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah George Frederic Handel
POSTLUDE “The Strife Is O’er, the Battle Done” Arr. David N. Johnson *We invite you to stand. Brass Quartet
Trumpets: Jay Davis and Cliff Towner
Trombones: Maureen Horgan and James Jimenez
Restrooms are to the left of the front of the sanctuary.
THIS WEEK: Today 9:45 Bible Study
11:00 Easter Worship
21 Mon. 6:30 Session 23 Wed. 6:30 Potluck Supper
7:15 Bible Study
24 Thurs. 5:00 MCGA
6:30 IOBI
7:00 Choir
26 Sat. Noon Prison Family Lunch
27 Sun. 9:45 Bible Study
11:00 Worship Service
Noon Reception for Kate Phillips Bulletin articles due by April 22nd
Newsletter articles April 24th.
Prison Family Lunch has been moved
to April 26th due to the Easter holiday.
Illnesses: Tom Murphy, colon cancer, Kathy
Carroll’s brother
Robbie White, cancer, Betty
Hattaway’s friend
April McMillan, cancer, Jeanene
Vinson’s granddaughter
Bill Brenner, prostate cancer, Bill
Flory’s uncle
Amy Smith, cancer
Carmen Silva, pancreatic cancer
Chris Pearson, Sunda Coleman’s
son, eye & health issues
Evelyn Knight
Wendy Chance, sister-in-law to
Donna Gautier, hospice
Deborah Pettepher Lovell, home
Leigh Humphrey, friend of Bill &
Ruby Werts, kidney failure
Judy Powell, friend of Letha & Sandra,
diagnosed with MDS
Angela Brewster, Lexington, KY,
friend of Jackie Northington,
breast cancer
Thomas Manley, recovering
from a car accident
Ben Gautier, home, visitors welcome
Kristen Arnold recovering from
surgery, grand niece of Faye Heal
Jesse Osterhoudt, stroke, at home
Marty Flory, home from hospital
Jennifer Flory’s mother-in-law
Gloria Burns, ICU Stroke Center,
Grady Hospital, Atlanta, no visitors
at this time, cards may be sent to her
home at 200 N. Jefferson St.,
Milledgeville, GA 31061
IN OUR PRAYERS:
MEMBERS HELPING MEMBERS The Congregational Life Ministry Team (CLMT) will be working with those FPC Members who are in
need of certain types of services, i.e.: Transportation: Doctor Appointments, Pharmacy Visits, Grocery Shopping, Other Errands
Sitters: When Primary Caregivers are Unavailable, Have Appointments or Run Errands
Meals: Due to Illness or Death in the Family
Visitation: Nursing Home/Home Bound (Phone Calls or In-Person Visits) Please call the Church Office at:478-452-9394, or Deanna Bivins, Chair, CLMT at 478-932-0013 or 478-
955-8801 if you, or someone you know, may be in need of any assistance so the necessary arrangements
can be made. This Ministry Team also needs people who are available to provide the above services. If you would like
to assist with this ministry, please contact the church office or Deanna Bivins. The Deacons of the Church are committed to this ministry. Additional help from the Congregation is
welcomed and needed. Thank you for your continued support!
Dear Friends,
Sue York, Sam McChesney and I are pleased to announce that the Rev. Martha Starnes has been hired as
our Interim Pastor. Martha has many friends here at First Presbyterian, and I know she will be making
more as she assists us with our journey in seeking a new pastor for our church.
Martha will be available Sunday through Wednesday here at the church. She has a small apartment here
in Milledgeville. She will be working from home (Atlanta) on Thursdays, but will be reachable by phone.
The office will be closed on Fridays as in the past. Our Administrative Assistant will continue to monitor
any messages that are left and will direct them to Martha. If you need pastoral counseling, visitation or
bereavement support, please do not hesitate to contact the church or Martha by phone if it is during the
days when the office is closed.
During the week of April 28-May 3, Martha will be attending further Interim Pastor training and will not
be in Milledgeville. Please continue to contact the church office and we will address any issues to the best
of our abilities.
The Interim Pastor search committee is grateful for our church family’s patience as we sought to bring the
best person to our pulpit.
Nancy Miller
Assisted Living: Banny Lundy, Green Acres
Katherine Lyda, Louise Sallstrom’s mother, Green
Acres
Laurette Smith, back at Savannah Court after brief
hospitalization
Jonnie Tenold, Mike Tenold’s mother, Savannah
Court
Harold Gillis, Sr., Lee Gillis’ father, Scotia Village,
Laurinburg, NC
Mary Jane Deckard, Green Acres
Our Sympathies:
We extend our sympathies to Elaine Goggans and family upon the death of
her sister, Lita Westmoreland, in Oklahoma
We extend our sympathies to the family of Charlene Carpenter, who died
on Monday, April 14, 2014.
From the Treasurer: March Year-To-Date Undesignated Income $22,111 $56,893
Budgeted Expenses 24,107 68,410
Net income/(Loss) (1,996) (11,517) The expenses for March included the annual property insurance of $7,917. I hope everyone saw the picture in The Union-Recorder of Mary Baker and Nancy Holbrook receiving the
$3,500 check from Tri-county EMC for our Food Pantry Ministry. As always if you have any questions about the finances of 1st Presbyterian, please contact me at
[email protected] or 478 451-7118.
