The Worship of God

May 9, 2010

11:00 am

 

The Seventh Sunday after Easter

The Prelude                                                                                                    Bethany Braun

The Chiming of the Hour

 

The Call to Worship                             A Mother’s Love

 

The Opening Sentence                                                                                         

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;

All those who practice it have a good understanding.

                                                                                                          Psalm 111:10

 

The Greeting and the Lord’s Prayer                                                               Doug Edwards                                                                                                                                                                         

 

*The Opening Hymn  (see insert)                                                   Faith of our Mothers                    

 

The Scripture Lesson                           Exodus 2: 1-10

 

Now a man of the house of Levi married a Levite woman, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son.  When she saw that he was a fine child, she hid him for three months.  But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch.  Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.  His sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

 

Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river bank.  She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her slave girl to get it.  She opened it and saw the baby.  He was crying, and she felt sorry for him.  “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

 

Then his sister asked Pharaoh’s daughter, “Shall I go and get one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?”  “Yes, go,” she answered, and the girl went and got the baby’s mother.  Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this baby and nurse him for me, and I will pay you.”  So the woman took the baby and nursed him.  When the child grew older, she took him to Pharaoh’s daughter and he became her son.  She named him Moses, saying, “I drew him out of the water.”

 

This is the word of God for the people of God

Thanks be to God

 

The Morning Prayer

 

The Children’s Moment                                                                            Rev. April Sledge

 

**The Offertory Hymn # 275                                                                   I Surrender All  

The Offertory

*The Doxology # 253 

 

The Choral Worship                Not Too Far from Here                  Lisa Pennington, Soloist

 

The Sermon                                                                                                     Dr. Chambers

Protecting Your Spirit

Honoring the Spirit of Compassion

 

Moses, His Mother & Pharaoh’s Daughter

 

The Hymn of Response # 613                                                               The Servant Song         

 

The Dismissal With Blessing

 

Go forth in the name of the Lord.

This is God’s charge:

To give our allegiance to Jesus Christ

And to love one another as he commanded.

 

Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.

 

Thanks be to God.  Amen

 

The Choral Benediction                            Amen

 

The Postlude

 

 *All who are able please stand

** Boys and girls (grade 1 – grade 5) may leave for Children’s Church.

Age-appropriate teaching and child care is available each Sunday for babies and children through 5 years of age.  An usher will be glad to help you to the Preschool Area.

 

We Welcome You

We are happy that you have come to worship with us.  If you are a guest, we pray that you will be blessed by joining us in the praise and worship of our Lord.  May God’s spirit and our fellowship bring you comfort, joy and peace.

 

Sanctuary Flowers

            Hank and Kitty Frostick have given the flowers today in memory of their mothers and in honor of all mothers and grandmothers in each of our lives that mean so very much to us.

 

Congratulations

            We congratulate April Kay Gallagher, daughter of Robin and  Sondra upon  her graduation from Old Dominion University with a Master of Science degree in Education.

Good Job!  We wish her much success in her future endeavors.

 

Opportunities for the Coming Week

 

Monday          6:30 pm          Girls Bible Study

 

Tuesday          10:30 am         David and Mary Jo Newton Mission Group

7:00 pm          Finance Committee Meeting  

                       

Wednesday    6:00 pm          Wonderful Wednesday Dinner

 (Make your reservation by noon on Monday)          

6:30 pm          Children in Action

                        6:30 pm          Youth Bible Study

                        6:30 pm          Adult Prayer and Share

                        7:30 pm          Adult Choir Rehearsal

 

Friday             6:00 pm          Singles dinner at Lone Star Steak House

                        6:00 pm          Youth and Committee set-up for Concert

 

Saturday        4:00 pm          Skipwith Concert Fundraiser

 

                               Homebound Members

Send a card or call to Mr. Harry Rust, 2100 Brander Mill Woods Parkway, Unit 304, Midlothian, VA 23112.   Remember all our homebound members with your prayers.

 

Concert Fundraiser: Community Event

Our youth are hosting this event on May 15^th from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm.  There will be local bands and solo acts performing.  Tickets are $10.00 and all money goes toward their mission trip to Alabama.  There will be a concession stand and they need your help stocking this.  If you can please donate:  hot dogs, hot dogs buns, bottled water, sodas in cans, individual snack chip bags, and baked goods.  Any questions regarding the amounts of each please contact April.

 

Visiting Youth Choir -    We Need Your Help!

 

On Sunday, June 6^th , Skipwith will host the youth choir from First Baptist church, Forsyth, GA.   They will perform several musical selections during the 11:00 am worship service.  They have come to Virginia to participate in the “Christian Youth Music Festival” at Kings  Dominion on Saturday, June 5^th.   We have offered to help house the youth for Saturday night.  There are 18 groups of two needing housing.

 

Would you be willing to host 2 boys, 2 girls or 2 adults in your home on Saturday night?  You would pick them up in the Skipwith parking lot at 9:00 pm on Saturday.  Provide “light snacks and conversation that evening before bedtime, breakfast on Sunday morning then return them back to church at about 9:45 am.  Lunch will be provided for the ensemble and the host families after our 11:00 am worship service.  At 1:30 we will drop off our students at Ridge Baptist Church.

 

Please prayerfully consider helping out!  Sign up to be a host family today!

 

Thank You

Emmett and Lois Bass express their sincere appreciation for the many acts of kindness shown to them during and after their recent hospital visits.  The food, cards, visits, calls, transportation and grass cutting were all special but your prayers and friendship were very special.  We thank God for our Skipwith family.

 

Floyd and Pat Myers thanks you from the bottom of their heart for all the kindness you showed to them when Pat’s brother died.  All the acts of kindness were appreciated and very special to them. They thank you for being the caring people that you are.

 

 

 

 

Skipwith Baptist Church

1900 Skipwith Road

Henrico, Virginia 23229

804-282-2234

www.skipwithbaptistchurch.org

 

 

 

 

 

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But Mary treasured all these words

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pondered them in her heart

                                                                        Luke 2:19

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Dr. Cecil J. Chambers, Pastor

Rev. April Sledge, Children, Youth and Young Adult Minister

Mr. Richard A. Tinsley, Music Director

Mrs. Bethany H. Braun, Pianist/Organist

Mrs. Pauline K. Taylor, Ministry Assistant