FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF PENN YAN

224 Main Street                                      Penn Yan, New York

April 27, 2014                                                           10:00 AM

Our Mission

 To Create a Caring Community

To Honor and Serve God.

                                                                                                       

 

 

  Prelude ~ Chimes

 

  Welcome & Announcements

 

*Congregational Song           “Thou Art Worthy”                   PB no. 73

 

*Call to Worship

 

*Congregational Song           “Knowing You”                          On insert

 

  Solo                           “I’ll Walk With God”                      Barb Stewart

 

  Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer

 

  Offering

 

*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               Romans 3:1-8                              NT pg. 204

 

*Congregational Song           “God of Grace”                               No. 420

  

 Message                         “The Problem of Grace”         Stephen Sanden

           

*Congregational Song            “Room at the Cross”                  On Insert

             

*Benediction - Postlude

 

*If you wish to and are able, you are invited to stand.
 After the service, Please join us for coffee fellowship in the Great Room.

 

               Pastor:                  Rev. Stephen Sanden

                              PO Box 695, Penn Yan

Pastor’s Office:    315-536-9821

Pastor’s Cell:        386-986-6961

Pastor’s Email:     revsanden@aim.com

Choir Director:     Barbara Stewart

Organist:               Carrie Ahearn

            Ushers/Greeters    Greg Miller, head usher

                 Erik Miller, Sheryl Robbins, Trevor Conrad

Church Phone:      315-536-9821

Office Hours:        Mon – Fri 9 am to Noon

Church Email:       pyfbc224@gmail.com

Church Website :  www.pennyanfbc.com

 

 

Fran Anderson                    Donald & Beverly Hall        Ben Loomis

Tom Burke                          Ron Harris                            Gene Spanneut

Connie Gibson                    Eliza Moore

Gail Davis (Eva Dillon’s daughter)

 

Our Special Interest Missionaries:

International: Rev. Peter & Sarah McCurdy

Home: Jennifer Muniga, Cameron Community Ministries

 

Quail Summit:         Alice Wise

Clinton Crest:          Doris Barcliff                Milly Bloomquist  (In therapy at The Homestead)

The Homestead:     Helen Ansley                 Virginia DeLooza

                                 Marge Cornell              Willie Nelson

                                 Irene Wachala               Necia Smith

The Manor:             Margaret Hartwell        Billie Potts

                                 Mary Armstrong  

 

• Our Country and  Leaders
• Our Service Men and Women and their families                
• Those in our community who serve as law enforcement, fire fighter

            volunteers, teachers, community leaders, and community volunteers

 

If you know of someone who is ill, in the hospital, home bound etc. or if you have other prayer concerns, please call 536-9821 to let the church office and pastor know.  

 

 

Today, Sunday, April 27

11 am Diaconate Meeting

 

Monday, April 28

5 pm Church Supper – mac‘n chs, tossed salad, sugar-free jello/pudding

7 pm Community Chorus Rehearsal

 

Wednesday, April 30

4 pm Backpack Program

 

Thursday, May 1

9 am Homeschool Group

7 pm Boy Scout Meeting

7 pm Bd of Christian Education Meeting

 

Saturday, May 3

9 am Keuka Quilters

4 pm  PYUMC Closer Walk dinner/event

Happy Birthday to Lyle Conrad and Paul Nash!

 

Liturgical Colors

Currently we are in the Easter Season of White where we will remain until Pentecost.

 

 

FBC CROP WALKERS Diane DeLooza and Sheryl Robbins would appreciate any sponsors. The Walk is Sunday, May 4^th.

 

Diaconate Meeting Today -  Sunday, April 27^th

The Diaconate will meet next Sunday, April 27^th at 11 am

 

Chicken BBQ Today - Sunday, April 27^th

The Footprints Team from the Relay for Life will be holding their annual chicken barbecue, catered by Gale-Wyn, at the Lyons National Bank parking lot, serving 11 am ‘til sold out. The cost is $8.50 per dinner which includes dessert and beverage. Why not treat yourself and stop by after church? All proceeds go directly to The American Cancer Society. Thank you so much for your support.

 

Church Fellowship Supper - Monday, April 28

They’re back! Serving 5 pm to 6 pm each Monday.  $3.00 per person.

This week - Mac‘n chs, tossed salad, sugar-free jello/pudding

(NOTE: The times given in the paper edition of the April Newsletter are incorrect.)

 

Pastoral Relations meets Wednesday, May 7^th
There will be a meeting of the Pastoral Relations Committee on Wednesday, May 7^th at 3 pm

 

Board of Mission meets - Friday, May 9^th

The Mission Board will meet on Friday, May 9^th at 10 am.

 

Help Wanted:

For Monday Night Church Dinners. Please call or see Bill Decker at 607-243-5843 for dates you are able to assist.

Ø      Set-up buffet line and serve

Ø      Make desserts or offer to make your favorite meal

Ø      Clean-up

 

Movie Night Returns

We plan to start a weekly movie night in June. We are asking for suggestions of your favorite family friendly movies in either dvd or vhs format. See Don Lawrence, Greg Marion or Pastor Stephen.  Keep watch here in the bulletin for details. Be thinking about who you can invite to join you, perhaps someone who doesn’t have a home church.

 

Spring cleaning? - Yard Sale items needed

For the Yard/Craft/Bake Sale, July 5^th and 6^th

Are you doing your spring cleaning? Be sure to keep FBC in mind by donating your “junk” so that it can become someone else’s “treasure” and help us in our efforts to reduce the $12,000 budget deficit! The Yard/Craft/Bake Sale will be held July 5^th and 6^th here at the church. We are accepting: furniture, small appliances, kitchen/home décor items, and infant/toddler clothing and toys. (No adult clothing). Bring your items to church anytime. Contact a member of the Men’s Group if you need assistance. Remember that we will need help at the time of the sale. For sale questions contact the committee members: Karen Rasmussen, Karen Sanden, Nancy Marion or Bill Decker.

 

Attendance and Financial Report:

Were you here?               Mar. 30      Apr. 6     Apr. 13      Apr. 20

                                                   33             62             73              74

Budget Figures

Received last week: 

     Pledges & Loose Offerings   $1,083

     Lenten Offering $70

     Needed each week: $1,825

 

 

Mission Nugget – NYS Baptist Camps and Camp Vick :

No child is turned away from Camp Vick for lack of funds.

Our church contributes both to the support of the camp and to the Scholarship Fund. Each year the camp grants more in scholarships to families in need than what is received as donations into this fund. “The purpose of our American Baptist New York State Camping Ministries is to provide a safe environment in which to bring people of all ages into a vital, living relationship with Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior. We will do this by introducing people to Jesus and equipping them to grow spiritually and to minister to their world.”

 

A Prayer for NYS Baptist Camps and Camp Vick

Gracious God, we pray for the ministries of our New York State American Baptist Camps and for those who will lead and attend the camping sessions this summer. May they know your presence in their midst as well as your guidance and protection. May all find this to be both a safe environment and a spiritual one where your love will become deeply felt not just for the camping week but as an enriching experience with will grow into a vital, living relationship with Christ Jesus as Lord and Savior.

 

Mission Giving:

Mission Income on Easter Sunday was $344 for the Budget and $360 in the Easter Offering. The Easter Offering total is now up to $495, which is $155 short of our budgeted goal of $650. This is an important part of our budget. Thank you for your generosity. Remember that today is the last Sunday for the Spring contribution to the BackPack Program. Any contributions after that will be sent in at the end of the year.

 

Board of Missions Backpack Spotlight Items:

April item to benefit  Milly’s Backpack Program: Fruit/Pudding/Applesauce Cups

May item: Canned Tuna & Chicken

Thank you very much for your support of this mission! You do make a difference in the lives of our YC Youth!

 

 

Chicken BBQ – Today, Sunday, April 27

Lyons National Bank parking lot. serving 11 am ‘til sold out. The cost is $8.50 per dinner which includes dessert and beverage. All proceeds go directly to The American Cancer Society. Thank you so much for your support.

 

Community Supper at the Penn Yan United Methodist Church will be on Tuesday, April 29^th from 5;30 – 7 pm. Free/Open to all.

 

 

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.

 

For your convenience hearing devices are available. Please see an usher for assistance

 

Visitors - Welcome  to  First  Baptist  Church! 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.

 

John 3: 16