FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PENN YAN
224 Main Street
December 30, 2012
Penn Yan,
New York
10:00 AM
We, as God's people, will use our gifts and talents to seek out and
bring people to Christ
by maturing in our faith, by deepening our fellowship,
and by caring for people for the honor and glory of God.
Prelude ~ Chimes
Welcome & Announcements
*Song of Praise “Majesty” PB no. 74
*Call to Worship
*Hymn “The
Family of God” PB no. 76
Anthem “Dona Nobis Pacem”
Children's Time
Pastoral Prayer & Lord's Prayer
Offertory
*Doxology Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him
all creatures here below
Praise Him
above ye heavenly host
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.
Offertory Prayer
Scripture Reading Matthew 2:1-12 Pew Bible NT pg. 2
*Hymn “We Three Kings of Orient Are” No. 66
Sermon “What
About the Gifts?”
Rev. Stephen Sanden
*Invitational Hymn “Go, Tell It on the
Mountain” No. 29
*Benediction ~ *Postlude
*If you wish to
and are able, you are invited to stand.
Greeters: Paul Nash
Lay
Reader: George Jensen
Ushers: Stan Ovens, Erma Mullins, Cheryl Stewart,
Brittany Giffith
Organist:
Carrie Ahearn
Choir
Director: Barbara Stewart
Pastor:
Rev. Stephen Sanden
Pastor's
Phone: Cell 386-986-6961
PO Box 695, Penn Yan
Pastor's
E-Mail:
revsanden@aim.com
Church Phone: 315-536-9821
Church E-mail: pyfbc224@gmail.com
Church
Website: pennyanfbc.com
Please be in
Prayer for:
Tom Burke Julanne Guild
Rachel Carter
Ben
Loomis Fran Morse
Doug Gibbs
The family of Barbara Mortensen
Our Special
Interest Missionaries:
Rev. Charles and Mrs. Sarah Clement-West, Zambia
Courtney Crisler, The Place, Norwich,
NY
Quail Summit: Alice
Wise
Clinton Crest: Necia Smith
Doris Barcliff
Margaret Drakeley
The Homestead: Helen
Ansley
Virginia DeLooza
Dick
Sharman Willie Nelson
The Manor: Margaret Hartwell Billie Potts
Mary Armstrong
Geneva Living Ctr: Irene
Wachala
Our Service Men and Women and their
families
Our Country and Leaders
Those in our community
who serve as law enforcement, fire fighter volunteers,
teachers, community leaders, and community volunteers
This Week at First Baptist
Today
5 pm Wellspring
Fellowship Service
Monday, December 31
Happy Birthday to Virginia DeLooza and Darryl Johnson!
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Happy New Year! The
church office will be closed.
Wednesday, January 2
4 pm Backpack Program
6
pm Habitat for Humanity dinner/meeting in the Great Room.
Committee reports are
due to the office today
Thursday, January 3
9 am
Homeschooling
7 pm Advisory Council
7 pm Boy Scout
Meeting
Church News
Annual Report Deadline
Committee
reports are due by Wednesday, January 2, 2013.
Lay Studies
Evelyn Emerson will
lead a series of classes on “Christian Education” for the Finger
Lakes Baptist Association. Classes will be held here at PYFBC on
January 12 and 26th, February 9 and 23rd, and March 9.
Contact Evelyn by January 4th, at 536-0225 if you are interested.
Game Night
The annual Castillo
hosted Game Night will be on Saturday, January 12th at 7 pm. Everyone is invited!
Official Notice
The FBC of PY Annual
Meeting will be held on Sunday, January 20, 2013. The meeting will begin at 11
am and will be followed by an all church pot-luck luncheon. We hope to see you
there!
Now Available
Your 2013 Offering Envelopes are available for you to pick up at the
rear of the sanctuary.
Help Wanted
FBC is searching for
someone to be our “news reporter”. This person will forward information on the
events at FBC to the Chronicle Express and the Dundee
Observer. For more information call the church office. Coaching is available
from past “reporters”.
Sign Me Up!
There is a new sign
up sheet for Greeters and Lay Readers for the month of January. This is a rewarding way to serve the church.
Mission Treasury
Mission giving on December 23rd was:
$80 for the budget, $10 for the RMMO (total $813), and 75 cents for Pennies for
Milly's Pantry.
Attendance
and Financial Report
Were you here? 12/9 12/16 12/23 12/24
64 65 68 104
Current Expenses $1,312 $2,684 $1,689
BT&T 90 2,091 1,200
Total $1,402 $4,775 $2,889
Thank You to
*Those who helped in the preparation and the decoration of the
church building for the Christmas Season.
*Everyone for making
it possible for so many groups in the community to have a meeting place:
Habitat for Humanity, Boy Scouts, Cub Scouts, Community Chorus, Keuka Quilters, YC Summer Concerts, Backpack Program, ARC
Worship Service, Food for the Needy, Home School Group, Wellspring Youth Bible
Quiz Team, Wellspring Fellowship, Friendship Square Dance Group, Lenten
Luncheons. While some groups do support us financially; some are non-profits
who cannot.
*Those who helped to make the Christmas Eve service special;
choir members & director, lay reader,
greeters, ushers, organist and pastor.
*Those who volunteered their time and rang the bell at Tops
Supermarket for the Christmas for the Needy program.
*Jack
Clancy for serving as the FBC News Reporter for the last 6 months.
*To the person who
will volunteer to serve as the FBC News Reporter beginning in January.
*Those who give their
time and talents in the church serving as lay readers, greeters, committee
members, committee chairpersons and secretaries, those who help clean, those
who donate supplies, mow the lawn, plant flowers, spruce up the property,
perform maintenance tasks, those who care for the financial business, serve in
the library and nursery, and Sunday School teachers.
Welcome to First
Baptist Church
of Penn Yan. We are glad you joined us and
hope you’ll feel at home, as we celebrate our faith and praise God together. In
the pew in front of you, you will find a “get-to-know-you” card. Please take a
moment to fill it out and place it in the offering plate.
You are invited to bring your children to the
nursery during the service for a safe and Christian environment so that you may
more fully experience Worship. Following today’s service please come to enjoy
coffee, refreshments and
fellowship in the Great Room.
One
resolution I have made,
and
always try to keep, is this:
To rise above the little things.
~ John Burroughs