August 2, 2015

WELCOME WORSHIP Blessed Be Your Name Better Is One Day

PRAYER WORSHIP Lord I Lift Your Name on High

Sanctuary

OFFERING MEDITATION OFFERING SPECIAL MUSIC Chris Mowry

FELLOWSHIP TIME

SERMON Redeem Time SCRIPTURE Colossians 4:5 PREACHING Brian Harris

DECISION HYMN Above All

COMMUNION MEDITATION COMMUNION LORD’S PRAYER CLOSING SONG Forever

PLEASE STAND WHEN THE OFFERING IS BROUGHT FORWARD.

Sam Draper, Lead Pastor Chase Hill, Family Pastor

Jill Savory, Youth Associate

Sunday Sunday School, 9:00am for all ages

Worship, 10:00am Junior Church, Grades K - 5 during service

Monday-Friday Men’s Fraternity, 6:15 - 6:35am

Monday sHebrews, 7:15am Herbery uptown

Wednesday Praise Band, 6:30pm

sHebrews meet at 7:15am at the Herbery Coffee Shop uptown. All are welcome.

Life Groups are taking a summer hiatus. They will resume meeting again after Labor Day.

Men’s Fraternity meets at FCC Monday - Friday, 6:15 - 6:35am.

Life Groups meet at 8:00am on Aug. 8th & 22nd in fellowship hall. All men are welcome!

Men’s Ministry

Women’s Ministry

If you or a loved one is in the hospital and would like a visit from the pastors, please call the church at 445-8112. Area hospitals do not always communi-cate with us. Thank you, Pastor Sam

Hospital Policy

First Christian Church 139 E. Main St., Somerset PA 15501

Phone: 814.445.8112 Fax: 814.443.9882

Web: www.somersetfirstchristian.org Email: fccsomerset@comcast.net

Sunday school: 9:00am Worship: 10:00am

Given in memory of Sam Sanner by Audrey and family.

Sanctuary Flowers

Adult Sunday School

Classes: 9:00am

99 & Under class meets in the fellowship hall.

Golden Achievers meet in the classroom in the back of the worship center.

Romans class meets on the 2nd floor of the Sunday school area.

World View Studies class meets behind the stage in the Worship Center (in the old parsonage).

Wednesdays at noon, join the Somer-set Ministerium and Pastor Sam/Chase at Trinity Park for a community time of prayer. All are welcome!

Do you have a prayer concern? Write your concerns (names only please) on one of the 3 X 5 cards, & pin it on the Prayer Wall. Our volunteers will pray over your requests through-out the week. As your prayers are met, please remove them.

Resource Rack Near the Sunday school bulletin board, you will find all kinds of resources that are available to you for free:

Quarterly Devotionals The Lookout Magazine Pictorial Directories Information 0n Camp Christian Senior Living Adoption Shriner’s Hospital And more

Feel free to take whatever resources you need.

My Name is Brian Harris, my wife is Jael Harris, I was raised in Wilson NC, Jael was raised in Acme PA. We met at Mid Atlantic Christian University. We have been married for almost 7 years, I have been in youth ministry for 9 years, Son Rise Church of Christ, Beaver Dam Church of Christ and Grand Avenue Christian Church. Cross cultural missions has always been a

passion of ours. When the opportunity came for us to help in a new mission, in Cameroon, we immediately felt a yearning to go. After much prayer and counsel we made a commitment to go and help in the mission. Jael and I are planning on moving to Cameroon Africa in January of 2015 to start schools. We will be working along Brittney and Jeremiah Hostet-ter, missionaries currently in Cameroon. The hope in starting schools in Came-roon is to be a foundational place of discipleship, with anticipation that we can send the graduates as missionaries to the rest of West Africa. Cameroon is unique in that it has two national languages, English, and French. In all of West Africa the language is either English or French. By start-ing a school in the English side of Cameroon and then the French side of Cam-eroon we can potentially make local African disciples to do God's work through-out the rest of the countries in Western Africa. Other avenues of outreach are a gym ministry which is already established by Jeremiah Hostetter, basketball and soccer camps, and VBS's. There are also many opportunities to preach in local churches. We will be living in the city of Buea, it is 10 miles from the coast and 60 miles from the border of Nigeria. In order to do this we will need your help, most importantly through the power of prayer. We know that if we ask anything according to his will He hears us and we know that if He hears us we have the request (1 John 5:14 and 15) and because God wants the world to be saved we know this is in His will. But also we need your help monetarily. Please give liberally to help save souls across the sea. We need monthly commitments, but one time gifts are much appreciated as well. All donations are tax deductible, please send donations to Grand Avenue Christian Church

1305 East Grand Avenue Carbondale IL 62901

Write “Harris mission” in the memo line

Or go to https://gacc.cloverdonations.com/harris-mission/

One in Christ,

Brian and Jael Harris

Wheelchair Lift Pledges

22 pledges have been received to date, raising $5,096.38.

In order to proceed with installation of the

Wheelchair (which will provide access to the fellowship hall, kitchen and downstairs

classrooms for those who use wheelchairs) we still need to raise $8,552.62

If you would like to make a pledge of $198.86

to the new wheelchair lift: Pick up a GOLD ENVELOPES at the information station.

Your pledges are very important to moving forward with this project. If you pick up a

pledge envelope, you do not have to return it in a week. Return it when you have the

additional monies available.

Upcoming Meetings Aug. 5th: Youth Team, 6:00pm Aug. 11th: Elders Business, 6:00pm Aug. 19th: TNT, 11:00am, Tailgatez Aug. 27th: Offsite Land Meeting, 6:00pm

Board Meetings Aug. 17 † Deaconesses: 6:15pm † Deacons: 6:30pm † Church Board, 7:00pm Reports available in the church office beginning August 9th.

Pledges received Pledges needed

$13,649.00

$13,000.00

$12,000.00

$11,000.00

$10,000.00

$9,000.00

$8,000.00

$7,000.00

$6,000.00

$5,096.38

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$3,500.00

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$1,500.00 $1,000.00

Wheelchair

Lift

Pledges

GOAL

Golf Tournament To benefit Young Life Saturday, August 30th Indian Lake Gold Club Cost: $120 per golfer

Contact: Tim Thompson (279-2556) or Ben Savory

(ylsomerset@gmail.com) More details are available at the

information station.

URGENT MESSAGE: CHILD ABUSE CLEARANCES If you presently have one from your employer, please submit a copy in a sealed envelope to the church office ASAP.

Due to the confidentiality of the clearances, we can not do them without you present to complete the process and approve the clearances. Therefore, we have set aside Sat., August 15th from 8 - 10am to assist you with the clearances. If you are out of town on August 15th please set up an appointment with Cheryl in the office (445-8112) to proceed with your child abuse clearance. Thank you, the Youth Team

TNT Join TNT, the Dynamite Seniors, at Tailgatez on Aug. 19th at 11:00am. Sign up at the information station. Speaker: June Weakland Topic: Exercise for Arthritis Sufferers

Mobile Ministry August 4th: At Stonebridge August: 6th: At Village Way August 11th: At Stonebridge August 13th: At Village Way August 18th: At Stonebridge August 20th: At Village Way

Crossroads Aug. 2nd @ FCC, 6:30pm. Crossroads Aug. 16th @ Sherbines, 506 Byers Rd., Somerset, 6:30pm. UP Small Groups are on a break and will resume in September. Youth Committee Meeting Wednes-day, August 5th at 6:00pm

Youth News

We are so glad you chose to worship with us today. Please take a minute

to fill out the connection card located in this bulletin and take it to the

information station for a special gift from our church family to

you and your family.

There are Bibles for you located in the pews. If you are in need of

one, please feel free to take it home with you.

Our greeters and ushers are happy to assist you with any needs

you may have this morning.

We invite all Christians to partake in the Lord’s Supper.

We hope you will return to worship with us again. If you are visiting

from out of town, we pray you will have a safe trip home.

Please stop by the information station with any questions. Our

volunteers are happy to help you in any way.

Welcome Visitors

Serving Schedule Ministries This week Next week

Offertory Meditation Denise Ferris Andrew Bassler

Offertory Prayer Shane Lenhart Jim Moon

Communion Meditation Denise Ferris Andrew Bassler

Communion Prayer Tom Minnick Shane Lenhart

East Visitation Terry & Rita Fisher Shane Lenhart

West Visitation Dave & Denise Ferris Norm & Sandy Knepper

Nursery Tiffany S. & Sarah R. Ann & Megan King

Info. Station Volunteers Deb & Dave Barndt Deb & Dave Barndt

Greeters Christine Cooper Mary Ann Jock

Christine Cooper Mary Ann Jock

A.V./Soundboard Tom Minnick Tom Minnick

Communion Denise Grove Denise Ferris

Denise Grove Denise Ferris

S. S. Nursery Teacher Sue Slope & Denise Grove Sue Slope & Denise Grove

S. S. Beginners Teacher Rebecca Knopsnider Rebecca Knopsnider

S. S. Grade 2-5 Teacher Bill & Tammie Gerhart Bill & Tammie Ggerhart

S. S. Jr. High Teacher Lamberts/Schrocks Lamberts/Schrocks

Jr. Church Teachers Christy Hay & Jill Buck Christy Hay & Jill Buck

Jr. High Small Groups On break until fall On break until fall

Baked Goods Needed

Costa Rica Mission Trip

June 25 - July 1, 2016 Sign up at the information station.

Deposit of $250 per person is due Sept. 13th.

Approximate cost is $1400 depending on airfare.

High school students can go with parental permission. Junior High students can go if accompanied by a parent.

Saturday, August 8th for the Antique Fair

from 6:00am - 4:00pm (approximately)

The proceeds raised at the Antique Fair benefit the FCC Student Aid Book Fund which

provides college students, who are members of FCC, with up to $400 per semester for

college books.

Donut Sunday

Back by Popular Demand Join us Sunday, September 6th at 8:30am for donuts and fellowship.

We need volunteers to help - in the

coming months. See Denise Ferris or Deb Barndt (deaconess chairs) to vol-unteer to help with this monthly fel-

lowship. FCC pays 100% of the cost.

Senior Retreat August 7th at Camp Christian. Meet in the chapel at Camp Christian at 9:30am. Call the camp at 1-724-455-2700 to register.

Church Picnic Sunday, September 27th following morning service at Hickory Hollow Campground. Wear your picnic attire to church and join us for an afternoon of food, fun & fellowship. We need volunteers to help with set up, clean up and games. Sign up to volunteer and to attend at the infor-mation station. Please bring a LARGE covered dish to share.