“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when we live

together in unity.”

Psalm 133:1

The Celebration of Worship Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost

September 18, 2016

“Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and praise His name.”

The Gathering

(Please use this quiet time to sign and pass the Friendship Pads.)

Introit “Christ, We Do All Adore Thee” T. Dubois The Chapel Choir

Welcome and Announcements Rev. R. Len Walker, Jr.

The Children’s Message (10:30 AM) Teri Sawyer

Voluntary “He Shall Feed His Flock” arr. G. F. Handel

Responsive Reading Psalm 133 (p. 850)Rev. V. Lamar Helms

Invocation Rev. Helms

* The Hymn of Praise “When Morning Gilds the Skies” page 185

Confession of Sin

Prayer of Confession Rev. Walker Eternal God, our judge and redeemer, we confess that we

have done wrong, for we have lived for ourselves and

apart from you. We have turned from our neighbors, and

refused to bear the burdens of others. In your great

mercy forgive our sins and free us from selfishness, that

we may choose your will and obey your commandments;

through Jesus Christ our Savior. Amen

Pardon Anyone who is in Christ is a new creation. The old life has gone; a

new life has begun. Know that you are forgiven and be at peace.

Amen.

Petition and Thanksgiving

Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer Rev. Walker 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Offering and Anthem “Cry Out and Shout” K. Nystedt The Chapel Choir

* Doxology 95 OLD 100th

* Prayer of Thanksgiving Rev. Walker

Proclamation of the Word and Response

* The Hymn of Preparation “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee” page 175

The Celebration of Worship September 18, 2016

Rev. R. Len Walker, Jr. Senior Chaplain

Rev. V. Lamar Helms

Associate Chaplain, Director of Music

Teri Sawyer Director of Children, Youth

and Family Ministries

Dr. Vernon S. Broyles Founding Chaplain

Dr. Jimmy Allen

Chaplain Emeritus

Dr. James McCormick Chaplain Emeritus

Email: chapel

@bigcanoechapel.org

10455 Big Canoe

Big Canoe, GA 30143

706.268.3203

www.bigcanoechapel.org

The Sending

* Benediction Rev. Walker

* Benediction Response (page 593, refrain)

“Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.”

Postlude “Take The Name Of Jesus With You” arr. Albin Whitworth * Please stand if you are able. * You are invited to attend Stand-Around at 10:00 A.M.

The “We Believe” Series” 9:00 am and 10:30 am A Series Based Upon the Big Canoe Chapel Statement of Faith

September 11 “The Trinity” September 18 “Jesus Christ” September 25 “The Holy Spirit” October 2 “The Bible” October 9 “The Church”

Thank you

for all the caring and prayers that people gave to Don and me during the last six months. Blessings to all of you.

Don and Jane Wyeth

Old Testament Reading: Isaiah 42:1-4 Rev. Helms * New Testament Reading: Colossians 2:6-12 Rev. Helms

Sermon “The Fullness of Christ” Rev. Walker

* The Hymn of Commitment“Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” page 381

From the Senior Chaplain

Please note;

Hearing devices are available from an usher.

The Nursery is available downstairs during the 9:00 & 10:30 am services.

Remember to turn your cell phones back on at the end of the service!

Today at the Chapel 8:30 AM Prayer with Senior Chaplain-Chapel 109 8:45 AM Fellowship Class Coffee-McCormick Hall 9:00 AM Fellowship SS Class-McCormick Hall 9:00 AM Worship Service-Chapel 10:00 AM Chapel Stand-Around-Cousins Hall 10:30 AM Seekers SS Class-McCormick Hall 10:30 AM Grace Walk SS Class-Broyles 102 10:30 AM Youth Breakfast Club-Teen Room 10:30 AM Children K-5 Chapel 107 10:30 AM Children 3’s & 4’s-Chapel 106 10:30 AM Nursery-Chapel 101 10:30 AM Worship Service-Chapel

Chapel Announcements

Chapel Member Prayer List

At Home: Ed Hawkins, (Nancy Popp’s brother), David Holmes, Dan Robertson, Waymon Moore, Milton Johnson, (Babs Price’s father), Lynda Case, Fred Hintze, John Willson, Judy Scanling.

Assisted Living: Jewell Duncan, (mother of Kathy Young).

In Treatment: Lou Ellen Dean, Blanche Hann, Jinny Carter, (Charley a nd Lillie Vick’s daughter).

Nursing Facility: Osco Bennett, (Glenda Molton’s father).

In Assisted Care: Martha Adkins, Gold City Personal Care, Dahlonega; Margie Hunter, Benton House, Alpharetta; Frances Smith, Hallmark at Phipps, Atlanta; Richard Krajec, 925 Spring Rock Dr., Lawrenceville, GA 30043, Betty Hickman, St. Anne’s Terrace, Atlanta; Peggy Lehmberg, Brightmore of South Charlotte, 10225 Old Ardrey Kell Rd., Charlotte, NC 28277; John Thurman, Garden Plaza, Lawrenceville, GA.

Mon. 9/19 Prayer Blanket Ministry-McCormick Hall 9:00AM Mon. 9/19 Board of Trustees Meeting-Board Room 2:00PM Mon. 9/19 Handbell Rehearsal-Cousins Hall 3:30PM Mon. 9/19 Journey Group 3-Room 102 7:00PM Tues. 9/20 AV Team Meeting-Room 107 9:30AM Tues. 9/20 Bella Voce Rehearsal 9:30AM Tues. 9/20 Benevolence Committee Meeting-B. Room 2:30PM Tues. 9/20 Handbell Rehearsal-Cousins Hall 3:30PM Wed. 9/21 Men’s Fellowship Community Golf Tourn. 7:00AM Wed.. 9/21 Women’s Fall Bible Study-McCormick Hall 9:30AM Wed. 9/21 Creative Stitchery-Room 101 1:00PM Wed. 9/21 Christian Believer Bible Study-Board Room 4:30PM Wed. 9/21 Epic of Eden Bible Study-McCormick Hall 4:30PM Wed. 9/21 Vespers Service-Chapel 6:00PM Thurs. 9/21 Big Canoe Mission Committee-Board Room 9:00AM Thurs. 9/22 Men’s Journey Group 1-Room 107 9:00AM Thurs. 9/22 Men’s Journey Group 2-Room 102 9:00AM Thurs. 9/22 Guild Board Meeting-Board Room 10:00AM Thurs. 9/22 Men’s Chorus Rehearsal 7:00PM Sat. 9/24 AA Meeting-Teen Room 9:00AM

Sun. 9/25 Men’s Chorus sings both services 9:00AM

Serving Today at the Chapel…

9:00AM 10:30AM

Pianist: Sam Holmes Sam Holmes

Organist: James Garner James Garner

Ushers: John and Carol Willoughby Tom and Jeanette Crawford Ted and Tudi Sprague Nancy White Sue Hammill

Greeters: Barbara Henry Wayne and Judy Erickson Faye Webster

Cart Driver: Jerry Truitt

Stand-Around: Hollis and Kay Lathem Roger and Eve Bartlett

Worship Steward: Charley Vick Audiovisual Technician: Phil Farias Randy Lewis

This Week at the Chapel

GriefShare is a thirteen week support group for those who are hurt-ing from the loss of a loved one. We will show a video each week and hear from well known counselors and people like yourselves who will give you positive input on how to deal with your pain. You will bond with the people in your group as talking to them about your feelings is very healing. We will start on Oct.10th, and go to Dec. 19th. The group will resume on Jan. 9th, and end on Jan. 16th. We will meet downstairs in the Broyles Center in the Big Canoe Chapel and will begin at 5PM and end at 6:30. It is rewarding to meet former partici-pants who will say they couldn't have managed their grief without GriefShare and how their life has become so full again. Contact San-dra Hintze at (706.268.1937), Bob Layfield (706.268.1356), Della Clendenan, (706.516.8192). Women’s Guild Fall Retreat: Thursday, October 13, 9 am – 12:30 pm, at Peach Brandy Cottage, Dawsonville. Retreat Leader: Rev Julie Merritt Lee. Your $25 reservation includes morning coffee and a deli-cious buffet lunch. Purchase at Stand Around today or place your check, payable to BC Chapel, in the envelope in the Guild Alpha box in the postal facility. Call Bonnie (706.579.012) or Brenda (706.268.2118) with questions. Retreat Leader, Rev. Merritt Lee, was pastor of Providence Bap-tist Church in Hendersonville, North Carolina from July of 2009 until this summer. In June, she and her husband moved to Houston, Texas where she is working on her spiritual direction certificate. Before Providence she held a number of pastoral positions in Dallas, San An-tonio and Waco, Texas. Rev. Merritt Lee was the plenary speaker at the CBF (Cooperative Baptist Fellowship) General Assemblies held in Houston in 2009 and in Dallas in 2015. Blanket Ministry-At Stand Around next Sunday (September, 25th) the Blanket Ministry will be offering children's caps and scarves and adult scarves and shrugs. Don't know what a shrug is? Come and see. These will make good Christmas presents and the children's items will fit nicely in an Operation Christmas Child shoebox. These items were made from the leftover fleece in the Blanket Ministry. There is no charge for these items but donations will be appreciated.

Welcome!

Big Canoe Chapel is a multi-denominational congregation united in our faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. The Chapel gladly welcomes anyone desiring to become a regular, associate, or fellowship member.

As we proceed over the next few weeks looking at the Big Canoe Chapel statement of faith, I hope you will be mindful of the living dynamic that the statement represents. It is cer-tainly more than a mere document expressing some very im-portant foundational truths. It is that but it is much, much more. It’s actually a testimony of a spiritual reality being ex-perienced in the lives of God’s people at Big Canoe Chapel.

Recently, I came across a poem by W.E. Sangster. It’s a poem of petition. I discovered it in a book that I often use in my devotional time. Petition is the inward look. The prayer of petition is the cry of the heart for the individual believer. Sometimes it arises from a bankruptcy of the soul. Often it expresses a need that is far beyond our ability to meet. Listen to what Sangster writes:

Lord Jesus, I am longing From sin to be set free: To find my deep desiring Forever fixed on Thee. All hope I now abandon Myself to conquer sin; Invade my willing nature And come and dwell within.

Sangster concludes his prayer with what the living Jesus seeks to do in your life and mine. It rises far above a doctrinal distinctive.

If Thou should’st stand close by me ‘Tis more than I deserve; But, being still outside me, From virtue yet I swerve. Come nearer, Lord, than near me, My succour to begin Usurp the heart that craves Thee! O come and dwell within.

Jesus dwells within! The statement of faith at the Chapel leaps off the page and inflames every heart! Thanks be unto God.

Grace and peace,

Len