The Beth Page   |   March 20, 2016   |   Quick Linkstop
6020 Mooresville Road   |   704-933-2209
A Word from Rev. Ellen
 
     Hosanna!  Hosanna in the highest heaven!  These word's accompanied by pretty palms waved slowly back and forth are what many of us picture when we think of Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem.  What a sweet picture! HARDLY!  That cry, opening this meditation, literally means "Save Us, we pray! Save us we pray - in the highest heaven!"  It was a political cry for deliverance from Roman bondage then and 2000 years later it remains a cry of freedom from sin; for lasting salvation!
     As long as there is sin. . . until Christ returns to finish God's redemptive story . . . shouts of Hosanna and Good Fridays and Easter Mornings still ring out as real, as vital, as that first Holy week so long ago.  Prepare your hearts for Christ's Passion; behold your salvation comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessings,  Rev. Ellen
Palm Sunday, March 20th
 
Softball Chicken Dinner this Sunday!

The Bethpage Presbyterian  Church softball team will be hosting a chicken dinner fundraiser on this Sunday, March 20th in the BPC Fellowship Hall.  The price is $10 per plate, with plates being available for carryout or dine-in between 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM.  You may purchase a ticket from a member of the softball team or the church office.
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An Important Request from the Nurture Committee

Last week the BPC Nurture Committee handed out two consent forms to church members.  One of these forms is for allowing you to give your consent for your photos or videos to be published in our church literature or on the Internet via the church's web site and Facebook page.  The other form is for allowing you to give your consent for your name to be printed in our prayer joys and concerns.  If you have not filled out your forms, please do so and place them in the offering plate or return to the church office.  A couple may fill out one form, printing and signing both names in the appropriate spaces.  Additional forms are available outside the church office.  Thank you!
Sunshine Group Meets this Tuesday

The Sunshine Group will meet this Tuesday, March 22nd, 9:00 AM at Cracker Barrel, located at 1175 Copperfield Blvd NE, Concord.  All are welcomed to join us for a wonderful time of Christian fellowship!
Deadline for Newsletter Articles

The deadline for items for the April 3rd edition of The Beth Page is this Tuesday, March 22nd.
Wednesday Evening Spring Schedule

There will not be a Wednesday evening supper or G.I.F.T. Program on March 23rd or March 30th.  Regularly scheduled activities will resume on April 6, 2016.  There will be no Sunday School classes on Easter Sunday, March 27th.
Holy Week Services
 


Easter Sunday


Please join us as we celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on Sunday, March 27th.

Sunrise Service at 7:15 AM in the Church Cemetery
(Don't forget to bring a chair to sit in and flowers for the cross.)

Easter Breakfast following the Sunrise Service
in the Fellowship Hall

No Sunday School Classes

The Celebration of the Resurrection
with Communion
at 9:55 AM in the Church Sanctuary

Easter Egg Hunt and Refreshments
at 11:00 AM
One Great Hour of Sharing Offering

A gift to the One Great Hour of Sharing enables the church to share God's love with our neighbors-in-need around the world by providing relief to those affected by natural disasters, provide food to the hungry, and helping to empower the poor and oppressed. Bethpage will receive an offering for One Great Hour of Sharing on Easter Sunday, March 27th.  Please give prayerfully consideration to your donation to this worthwhile cause.  To learn more about this offering, click on the logo below.

Easter Sunday Egg Hunt

Next Sunday, March 27th, there will be an Easter Egg Hunt immediately following the morning worship service.  Children are encouraged to bring a friend to share in the fun which will include light refreshments.  Don't forget to bring your easter basket!
Senior High Yard Sale

The Senior Highs will be holding a fund-raising yard sale on Saturday, April 2nd from 7:00 AM until 2:00 PM.  Proceeds will be used for the mission trip this July.  If you have items to donate, Senior Highs will come and pick them up from members' homes.  As an additional fundraiser, Senior Highs will be selling sausage biscuits in the morning and hotdogs for lunch.  The congregation is invited to come by and enjoy!
Community Garden Work Day at BPC

Everyone is invited to join with the Mission/Evangelism committee for a Community Garden work day on Saturday, April 2nd from 9:00 AM until 12:00 Noon.  Planning for planting will also be done.
Recent Memorials

In memory of Glenn Bickerstaff:
Bill and Peggy Overcash
Darrell and Doris Ann Ballard
Rodgers and Kathie Bickerstaff
Barbara Peer
NEW Procedure for Placing Flowers in the Church for Worship

Would you like to place flowers in the Bethpage church sanctuary for the Sunday morning worship service?  If you would like to commemorate a special occasion in this way, please sign up on the sheet in the hallway between the Sunday school office and the sanctuary AND call Kilby's Florist at 704-933-7955 with your order and any special instructions.  Make arrangements directly with Kilby's for payment.  Please remember to contact Donna in the church office at least a week before your reserved Sunday, to let her know how you would like your gift of flowers recognized in The Beth Page.  If you leave the flowers at the church or allow them to be distributed to our local retirement communities following the worship service, you will be bringing joy to many others AND your gift is tax deductible.
Prayer Joys and Concerns

March 13

Joys:  Marty Paxton/Carrie Paxton (Rev. Ellen)

Concerns:  Andrea Waters (Amy A. Ritchie), Becky Walters (Barbara Shifflett), Ronnie's migraines and nephew (Ronnie Hall), Rick/Diane Mullinax Family (Jimmie Melton)

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March 6

Joys:  Sherry Childers

Concerns:  Ervin Helms (Betty Christy)

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February 28

Joys:  Curt & Kim Gibson, Robbie Tate (Glenda Kirkman), A.J. Smith, remembering Sarah Parks (Jenny Linebarrier)

Concerns:  Bickerstaff family, Rick Mullinax & our family (Diane Mullinax), Rick & Diane Mullinax (Jenny Linebarrier), Keith Garrell (Sandra Cox), Rev. Campbell Gardner

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February 21

Joys:  Jacob Smith (Rev. Ellen), Calvin Rodgers & family (Rev. Ellen

Concerns:  Bick Bickerstaff & family (Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner), Annie Benton (Marcia Graybeal), Treva Collins Leach (Jean Brown), MacLaughlin Family (Connie Goodman), Roger Whittington (Curt Gibson), Ann Allen (Amy A. Ritchie),
Ren� Ludwig (Sherry Childers), Brandi Coley (Rev. Ellen), Rick & Diane Mullinax (Christel Josey)

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ST. ANDREWS LIVING CENTER:  Eloise White
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servingServing This Sunday

Head Usher
Carrie Paxton

Ushers
Steve & Sandy Gaskey
Paula Myers
Macky Petrea

Lector
Jean Brown

Children's Nursery (Sunday School & Worship)
Dougie Kirkman & Hannah Jackson

Children's Sunday School & Worship
Ellen Shore & Heather Kirkman 
Our Attendance and Financial Stewardship

  
 
OUR ATTENDANCE STEWARDSHIP
 
 
March 13th
 
Worship Service - 75

Sunday School - 41
 
 
 
OUR FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
 
 
 
General Budget Giving
 
Expenses
 
Year-to-date
as of 3/9/2016
 
  $40,938.66
 
   $34,773.72
 
3/13/2016
    $3,172.00
     $7,217.07
Current Balance
  $44,110.66
   $41,990.79
 
Year-to-date Budget Needs:  $47,736.70
 
 
10�-A-Meal Offering received for 2016:  $1,000.90
 
 
  
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sermonSermon from March 13, 2016


Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner's sermon from March 13, 2016
"Giving:  A Reflection of the One We Worship"
Old Testament:  Exodus 35:4-10a, 20-21
New Testament:  2 Corinthians 8:7
lectionaryDaily Lectionary for March 20 - 26, 2016

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Monday, March 21, 2016

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Thursday, March 24, 2016

Friday, March 25, 2016

Saturday, March 26, 2016

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photo by Jean Brown
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Sunday School at 9:00 AM - Worship Service at 9:55 AM

Bethpage Presbyterian Church, Kannapolis
6020 Mooresville Road | Kannapolis, N.C. 28081
704-933-2209 (church office phone)
Church office hours:  8:30 AM until 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday

Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner, pastor
704-431-3700 (cell)
704-934-3457 (home)



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