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Guest Organist
We welcome Lou Finger as our guest organist this Sunday, May 22nd. Thank you Lou!
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Red Cross Blood Drive at BPC
You can put the power of faith into action and help save a life. The American Red Cross and Bethpage Presbyterian Church are having a community blood drive this Monday, May 23rd from 4:00 until 8:00 PM in the BPC Fellowship Hall. To schedule your life-saving appointment, please contact Chris Ferguson at 704-680-2783 or visit redcrossblood.org and enter Sponsor Code: Bethpage Presbyterian. Your ONE donation could help save the lives of THREE people! Donors with type O-, O+, A- and B- are encouraged to donate red cells. For more information, visit redcrossblood.org or ask a Red Cross staff member at the blood drive.
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Sunshine Group Meets This Tuesday
The Sunshine Group will meet this Tuesday, May 24th, 9:00 AM at Libby's Pit Stop, located at 1801 N Cannon Blvd., Kannapolis, NC. All are welcomed to join us for a wonderful time of Christian fellowship.
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BPC Softball Games!
Come out and support the Bethpage Men's Softball team at their games this week:
Tuesday, 5/24, 9:00 PM at Bakers Creek
Thursday, 5/26, 8:00 PM at Bakers Creek
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1,000 Can Challenge to Benefit CCM's Summer Food Drive
More than one in four children in North Carolina struggle with hunger. During the summer, the struggle for children to find a meal gets even harder, as only one of seven students who receives a free or reduced price lunch during the school year will get lunch on any given summer day. To help combat that issue, Cooperative Christian Ministry will be holding a summer food drive. As part of this food drive, Bethpage Presbyterian Church has elected to participate in the 1,000 Can Challenge, a project being offered to area churches to raise 1,000 cans of food for CCM through their congregations. Canned food items we will be collecting are pork & beans, corn, peas, and green beans. Your food offering may be brought to the church any time beginning May 29th through July 31st.
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Quarterly Meeting of Kannapolis Area Presbyterian Men
The quarterly breakfast meeting of the Kannapolis Area Presbyterian Men (KAPM) will be held on Sunday, June 5th, at 8:00 AM at Second Presbyterian Church, 1578 Dale Earnhardt Blvd., Kannapolis. All area men and women are welcome! We will begin with a wonderful breakfast, prepared by the men of the church, which is always accompanied by great fellowship with our brothers and sisters in Christ. At this meeting of KAPM, we are pleased to welcome Ed Hosack, Executive Director of Cooperative Christian Ministry (CCM.) It is always a blessing and privilege to have Ed Hosack in our presence and to hear him testify to ways God works in our community through CCM. Invite your fellow church members, friends and neighbors to join us for this meeting which adjourns about 9:00 AM. For further information, contact Frank Melton at 704-279-7583 or 704-795-8114.
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Highlights of the Stated Meeting of the Session - March 21, 2016
- A quorum was declared by the moderator, Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner.
- The meeting was called to order following motion by Kim Gibson and seconded by Diane Mullinax. Opening prayer and study by Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner.
- Agenda was amended.
- Session approved the minutes from the Stated Session Meeting on February 22, 2016. Motion by Kim Gibson and seconded by Matthew Josey.
- Session reviewed and approve the April 2016 calendar.
- Session received the Moderator's report.
- Session reviewed the February 2016 financial reports.
- Communications Ministry Area discussed with Session a need for how to plan to handle activities in the Fellowship Hall.
- Mission/Evangelism Ministry Area reported that the Softball Fundraiser raised $1,530.00.
- Clearing the Roll Report. Session reviewed a membership report and former members were removed according to Standard Operating Procedure Guide Lines with exception of Jeff and Meg Patchett who asked to remain as members of Bethpage Presbyterian Church. Motion to approve new membership rolls was made by Dougie Kirkman and seconded by Sherry Childers.
- Session appointed Richie Goodman and Steve Gaskey to serve on the 2016 nominating committee representing the Session.
- Session discussed reducing the number of elders to correspond with the nine committees.
- Next Session meeting will be Monday, April 18, 2016 at 7:00 PM.
- Adjournment and closing prayer by praying The Lord's Prayer.
(If you have any questions or concerns, please contact a Session member.)
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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.
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Prayer Joys and Concerns
May 8
Joys: Mothers (Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner), Amanda Ritchie (Amy A. Ritchie), Choir
Concerns: Faye Rodgers (Marcia Graybeal), Baby Ryan, Friend of the Gibson Family, Lisa Christy (Betty Christy)
Joys: Chloe Mullinax's birthday
Concerns: The family of Fred Meyers (Ed Kusper's uncle), Margie Wagner (Jenny Linebarrier)
Joys: Christ Savior, Dalton's birthday, Kannapolis Area Presbyterian Men
Concerns: Dennis Graybeal and Family (Linda VanPelt), Shirley Smith, Diane Mullinax (Rick), Cassidy Snider (Diane Mullinax), Charlotte/Mallory Penland (Rev. Ellen), Scott and Timisha Waters (Barbara), Becky Eckels, Ronnie (Ellen), Betty Christy and Family
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Serving This Sunday
Head Usher
Linda VanPelt
Ushers
Eric McKnight
Ann Ennis
Rick and Diane Mullinax
Lector
Diane Mullinax
Children's Nursery (Sunday School & Worship)
Susan Smith & Hailee Scarborough
Children's Sunday School & Worship
Sandra Cox & Richie Goodman
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Our Attendance and Financial Stewardship
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OUR ATTENDANCE STEWARDSHIP
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May 15th
Worship Service - 63
Sunday School - 40
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OUR FINANCIAL STEWARDSHIP
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General Budget Giving
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Expenses
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Year-to-date
as of 5/11/2016
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$73,310.96
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$73,871.55
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5/15/2016
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$4,661.00
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$5,643.06
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Current Balance
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$77,971.96
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$79,514.61
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Year-to-date Budget Needs: $86,794.00
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10¢-A-Meal Offering received for 2016: $1,546.73
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Sermon from May 15, 2016
Rev. Ellen Campbell Gardner
"A Different Path to Walk"
Old Testament Reading: 2 Samuel 9:1-4a, 6-8, 13
New Testament Reading: Ephesians 4:31-5:2
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Daily Lectionary for May 22 - 28, 2016 |
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We would love to hear from you!
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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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