Midtown Seventh-day Adventist Church, Columbia, S.C., Bulletin and Announcements

Bulletin and Announcements
for Week ending December 17, 2011

Church at Study(10:00)

We will be studying with Jim McDonald from the Sabbath School Quarterly, The Gospel in Galatians. Today’s lesson is #12 on page 96, Living by the Spirit.

Church at Worship (11:15)

	Welcome and Announcements - Pastor Walter Fry
	Joash Box Offering - Pastor Walter Fry
	Introit: The Lord is in His Holy Temple [Elders and Deacons Enter, Congregation Kneel]
	* Glory Be to the Father (660) - Chorister
	* Invocation - Elder Bob Garner
	* Call to Worship: Proverbs 16:16 - Elder of the Day
	* Hymn: Hail Him the King of Glory (202) - Chorister
	Scripture: 2 Timothy 4:7-8 - Charlie Jones
	Prayer Prelude: As We Come to You in Prayer (671) - Chorister
	Congregational Prayer - Elder of the Day
	Prayer Postlude: Hear Our Prayer, O Lord (684)
	Call for the Offering: Carolina Advance - Charlie Jones
	* Doxology (694) - Chorister
	* Offering Prayer - Charlie Jones
	* Hymn: Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee (12) - Chorister
	Message: Presuming, Assuming, or Knowing? - Elder Bob Garner
	* Hymn: Power in the Blood (294) - Chorister
	Benediction - Elder of the Day
	Recessional - Pianist
	[Deacons dismiss by rows]

	* Standing

Announcements

	Welcome, Visitors! We're so happy to have you here today. If this is your first time here, please fill out a visitor card so we can get to know you better.
	Blessings to all on God's holy Sabbath day. We praise God for every faithful worshiper today and pray for the Holy Spirit to rest on each member and visitor alike as we worship together.
	Tomorrow, December 18, Gregory and Rose will be holding their annual Christmas Drop-In from 2 to 6 p.m. Directions are available on the literature table, or call 755-1441 or 397-7285 for more information
	Thanks to all those who showed up to help Healthy Choice Lifestyle Ministry pass out warm hats and scarves to those in need at Finlay Park last Sunday.
	Sonlight Health and Wellness Center: The grand opening of the new health and wellness center will be Jan. 8, 2012 from 9:00 am-5:00pm. The center is operated and owned by local Seventh-day Adventists. The aim is to help restore whole body wellness the natural way through massage, hydro treatments, exercise, training schools, classes, and much more. At the open house you can get gift certificates, light refreshments, and much more. If you have any questions call us at (803) 667-9647. We are located at 4949 Two Notch Rd. Suite 201, Columbia, SC 29204.
	Come and join your church family for some good old fashioned caroling on Friday night, December 23 at 6:00 p.m. We will meet to organize at the church and sing for thirty or forty-five minutes on the streets around the church. Then we will come back to the Church House for hot carob. This will be our Christmas gift to the community. Everyone is welcome to share Jesus through song and fellowship with church family. What a wonderful way to bring in the Sabbath.
	Sabbath ends today at 5:16 pm. Next Sabbath begins Friday, December 23, at 5:19 pm.

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Calendar, December 2011

	December 3	December 10	December 17	December 24	December 31
Greeter	Pat Stephen	Lauren Simms	Wally Fry	Pat Stephen	Doug Leonhardt
Speaker	Pastor Walter Fry Parable of the Sower	Pastor Walter Fry Enlarged Requirement, Enlarged Promise	Elder Bob Garner Presuming, Assuming, or Knowing?	Pastor Walter Fry Christmas Program	Pastor Walter Fry The Final Homecoming
Call to Worship	Elder of the Day Proverbs 16:12-13	Elder of the Day Proverbs 16:14-15	Elder of the Day Proverbs 16:16	Elder of the Day Proverbs 16:17	Elder of the Day Proverbs 16:18-19
Scripture	Charlie Jones Matthew 13:1-9,18-23	Charlie Jones John 1:12	Charlie Jones 2 Timothy 4:7-8	Charlie Jones	Charlie Jones Psalms 63:1-7
Chorister	Helen Koon	Bob Sitko	Bob Sitko	Susan Balcerzak	Helen Koon
Pianist or *Electronic Music	Lonna Petsch	Lonna Petsch	Gary Beihl	Lonna Petsch	*Bob Sitko
Violinist	Meganne Kelly	Meganne Kelly	Meganne Kelly	Meganne Kelly	Meganne Kelly
Hymns	186, I've Found a Friend 286, Wonderful Words of Life 369, Bringing in the Sheaves	195, Showers of Blessings 12, Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee 507. Moment by Moment	202, Hail Him the King of Glory 12, Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee 294, Power in the Blood		206, Face to Face 230, All Glory, Laud and Honor 108, Amazing Grace
Prayer	Elder of the Day	Elder of the Day	Elder of the Day	Elder of the Day	Elder of the Day
Call for Offering and Offering Prayer	Charlie Jones	Charlie Jones	Charlie Jones	Charlie Jones	Charlie Jones
Offering	Church Budget	Adventist Community Services	Carolina Advance	Church Budget	Carolina Breakthrough
Sabbath School Teacher	Jim McDonald	Jim McDonald	Jim McDonald	Jim McDonald	Jim McDonald
Elder of the Day	Bob Garner	Bob Garner	Bob Garner		Bob Garner
Deacon of the Day	Narcissus Washington	Charlie Jones	Michael Clarke	Bob Sitko	Narcissus Washington
Lunch		Fellowship Lunch
Sabbath Ends	5:14	5:14	5:16	5:19	5:24