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NEWS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
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Get Involved in The Story of God
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 What do you see when you open your Bible to the beginning and then flip all the way to the end? The first words found in Genesis 1:1 read: "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Then, if you turn all the way to the back of the book, Revelation 21:1, you find, "Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away . . ."
In the beginning God is creating the heavens and the earth. At the end he is creating a new heaven and a new earth. So the big question is this: "What on earth happened between the beginning and the end of the Bible?" If you can answer that question you will have uncovered the one seamless story of God.
Why not read God's story with your family this year? Studies indicate if the extent of your child's and grandchildren's exposure to things of the faith is only a weekly visit to church or Sunday School, the likelihood is very great that when he/ she graduates and leaves home their relationship with the Lord will turn cold. However, if you as a parent or grandparent engaging your children/ grandchildren in the experience of reading and discussing the Bible, chances go up astronomically that they will remain strong in their faith after leaving home. THIS WAS MY EXPERIENCE!
Get involved in The Story of God. It will forever transform your life and your family's life. Every day God is seeking to guide you, forming sentences that flow into paragraphs that over time write the chapter of your life -- a life committed to knowing him better. Will you choose today to take your life chapter and make it a part of the Big Story of what God is doing on earth? (The Story starts Wednesday, September 10th during G.I.F.T. and Sunday September 14th during Sunday school and worship!)
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KAPM Breakfast Meeting - September 7th
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All Kannapolis Area Presbyterian Men and Women are invited to attend the quarterly breakfast meeting of the KAPM this Sunday, September 7th from 8:00 until 9:00 AM at Bethpage United Presbyterian Church, 8701 Mooresville Road, Concord. We will enjoy wonderful fellowship and great food in the company of our brothers and sisters in Christ. Our dear friend, Lorie Fees, Development Manager and Church Liaison for Barium Spring Home for Children, will be our guest speaker. For further information, please contact Frank Melton at 704-795-8114 or 704-279-7583.
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Flowers in the Church This Sunday - September 7th
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| The flowers in the church sanctuary this Sunday, September 7th are given by the Darrell Ballard Family to the Glory of God and in loving memory of their grandson, Daniel Winslow Ballard, on the anniversary of his birth, September 13th and in honor of all grandparents for Grandparents Day.
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Expressing Our Condolences
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| The congregation of Bethpage Presbyterian Church extends its deepest Christian sympathy to Frances Hartsell and Barbara Fields and their families in the death of their brother, Oscar John Weaver. We join with these families as they celebrate their loved one's life in Christ.
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G.I.F.T. Program and Supper Resumes This Week!
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Be sure to join us each Wednesday evening beginning next week on September 10th as our G.I.F.T. Program resumes! As part of our G.I.F.T. program, you are invited to join us for supper and fellowship prior to the program each Wednesday at 5:45 PM.
To help us prepare for the correct number of people,
we ask that you make a reservation
by signing the Ritual of Friendship pad on Sunday morning,
by calling the church office (704-933-2209),
by submitting a form via the link below,
or the church's web site at www.bethpagechurch.org.
If you would like to be on our "standing reservations list" (this means you will remain on the list each week unless you call and ask us to remove you!) please indicate that when you sign up. Also, please be sure to indicate how many adults and how many children in your reservation! Deadline for supper reservations is Tuesday at Noon. We look forward to seeing you each Wednesday, beginning September 10th at 5:45PM!
Make a Supper Reservation!
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Volunteers Needed for Our Children and Youth!
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 The Christian Education Committee needs volunteers for the 2014-2015 year. We need Youth Sunday School Teachers and Helpers, Children's Worship Leaders and Helpers, and Nursery attendants for the 9:55 AM Worship Service. Our plan is to return to the one month at a time scheduling format to coordinate with all the other volunteer needs during our services and programs. As we embark on a church wide use of "The Story," we have wonderful materials ready to train our children in this weekly program in Sunday School, Children's Worship and Senior Highs. We need your help, so please contact Carrie Paxton or Roger Hamilton. Thank you, Christian Education Committee back to top |
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Stop Hunger Now Packing Event - September 20th
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WORLD HUNGER FACTS
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Undernutrition contributes to 2.6 million deaths of children under five each year - one third of the global total.
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Nearly 870 million people across the globe will go to bed hungry tonight, 200 million of them children.
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Undernourishment kills more people every year than malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS combined.
Please join Bethpage Presbyterian Church in the fellowship hall as we sponsor a Stop Hunger Now event on Saturday, September 20th from 8:00 AM until 12:00 PM. Stop Hunger Now is an international hunger relief agency that has been fulfilling its commitment to end hunger for more than 15 years. Their meal packaging program is a fun, hand's on mission project that is suitable for all ages. The assembly process combines rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and a flavoring mix including 21 essential vitamins and minerals into small meal packages. These meal packages are shipped around the world to support school feeding programs and crisis relief. The food stores easily, transports quickly and has a shelf-life of two years. Stop Hunger Now meal bags are often reused as a way to serve the meals, to hold leftovers for children to take home, as containers for water and even for planting seedlings! Come join us and enjoy a time of fellowship and helping others!
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College and Military Addresses
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We need the addresses of any members of our Bethpage church family who will be in college or serving in the military this year! You may get your address to us by writing it on the Ritual of Friendship pad, e-mailing it to info@bethpagechurch.org, or calling the church office (704-933-2209). Please help us keep in touch with these folks while they are away from home!
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Spares and Pairs will not meet in September, but will resume on Monday, October 6th, at 6:30 PM in the BPC Fellowship Hall.
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In memory of Ralph Chapman:
Frank and Jimmie Melton
In memory of Mary McKnight:
Ann and Al Ennis
Gip and Eloise Rumple
Phil and Ann Allen
In memory of George Oehler, Jr.:
Phil and Ann Allen
In memory of Mary Ellen Suther:
Phil and Ann Allen
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 Prayer Joys & Concerns |
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August 31:
Joys: Linda VanPelt is home and doing well (Carrie Paxton), Thank you for all your prayers and cards (Ann Ennis), Eric Hamilton and Amanda Ritchie home from college (Rev. Ellen)
Concerns: Ralph Chapman's family on his passing (Ed Kusper), Mrs. Woody's cancer treatment and her son who lost two brothers last year (Chris Ferguson), Portia Fairly - tough times n life (Sherry Childers), Christy Fraiser - Breast cancer treatment (Sandra Cox)
August 24:
Joys: Ann Ennis' surgery went well, Rick Mullinax at service
(Jimmie Melton)
Concerns: prayers for her daughter, Jen - going to Boston (Beth Hintz), Linda VanPelt hip replacement Wednesday (Carrie Paxton), prayers for Eloise White (Joyce Deal), prayers for all the children and teachers going back to school (Sherry Childers), prayers for Ralph Chapman in at-home Hospice care (Ed Kusper), prayer concern for Randy and Becky who lost their son this week on the night their grandson was born, prayers for Charlotte Penland for test next week and prayers for her brother-in-law Todd, prayers for Amanda for this college year (Amy Ritchie), prayer concerns for safety for Steve and Sandy Gaskey and any other victims of the earthquake in California (Linda VanPelt), prayers for BPC and the meeting this afternoon with Robert Astell
August 17:
Joys: Members of the congregation and women of the church for their love and support DURING Mary's illness and funeral (Eric McKnight), Beth Hintz's dad is recovering beautifully from his back surgery (Beth Hintz), School starting for all our youth and teachers - special prayers for our college freshmen (Rev. Ellen)
Concerns: Daren Barger recovering from a heart attack (Jerry Deal), Jason Deal - searching for a new job (Joyce Deal), Glenn Bickerstaff in hospital (Diane Mullinax), Ann Ennis surgery on Tuesday (Rick Mullinax), Eloise Rumple is healing/getting therapy at home (Beth Hintz), Pat Trice in and out of hospital, Micah having dentistry issues (Hannah Grey)
August 10:
Joys: Youth Mission Trip
Concerns: Eloise Rumple, Linda Linn - tests, Stephany - tests (Fred Helms), Seniors going off to college, Eric McKnight and Petrea Family
BIG ELM RETIREMENT CENTER: Paul Christy
TRINITY OAKS RETIREMENT CENTER: Shirley Helms
ST. ANDREWS LIVING CENTER: Eloise White
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Watch the Sermon from August 31, 2014
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 | Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner's sermon from August 31, 2014
Scripture - 1 Peter 1:13-16 |
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Serving This Sunday
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USHERS
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GREETERS
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Head Usher: Margaret Griffin
Ushers: Sherry Childers, Curt & Kim Gibson, Macky Petrea
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Bill & Peggy Overcash
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LECTOR
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Margaret Griffin
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CHILDREN'S NURSERY
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
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WORSHIP
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YOUNG CHILDREN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
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CHILDREN'S WORSHIP
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Communion
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Our Attendance and Financial Stewardship
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OUR ATTENDANCE STEWARDSHIP
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Worship Service - 60
Sunday School - 35
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OUR FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
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8/31/14
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Year-to-date
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General Budget Giving
Weekly Budget Needs
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$4,385.00
$4,854.43
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$161,743.94
$169,905.05
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10¢-A-Meal Offering received for 2014: $2,527.06
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Lectionary for the week of September 7-13, 2014
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
Monday, September 8, 2014
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Friday, September 12, 2014
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Please drop us an email and let us know if there is something you would like to see included in the newsletter.
We would love to hear from you!
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Sunday School at 9:00 AM - Worship Service at 9:55 AM
6020 Mooresville Road - Kannapolis NC 28081
704-933-2209 (church office phone)
Church office hours: 8:30 AM until 3:30 PM, Mon - Fri
Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner: 704-431-3700
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