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THE BRANDERMILL CHURCH STAFF
PASTOR John Briggs
ASSOCIATE PASTOR AND MINISTER OF ADULT DISCIPLESHIP Ed Kross
CONGREGATIONAL CARE CHAPLAIN Charles Hunt
DIRECTOR OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY MINISTRIES Tammy Tipton-Nay
DIRECTOR OF MUSIC MINISTRIES Jamie Barrack
DIRECTOR OF YOUTH MINISTRIES Ashley Haugh
OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR Dawn Rancka
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR Gina Glick
COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST Andrea Hammock
ACCOMPANIST Ashlee Albertson
WORSHIP LEADER Tonya Cory
VOCALIST Cece Peace
DIRECTOR OF THE BRANDERMILL PRESCHOOL Debbie Ellison
CUSTODIAN Robert Dunford
KITCHEN MANAGER/CHEF Sheila Mullen
AUDIO/VISUAL DIRECTORS Mike Rancka / Ben Brooks
A SERVICE OF WORSHIP
ENTRANCE *(Stand as able)
WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS Please take this opportunity to sign and pass the attendance register. If you are visiting and would like to learn more about our church, please provide your e-mail address. We will send you our weekly e-news. PRELUDE As the Deer arr. Mark Hayes
*CALL TO WORSHIP (Responsive) Leader: Let us join our hearts and voices in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God. People: Praise be to God. Leader: Let us open our minds that we might understand the difficult sayings of Jesus. People: Lord, help us to understand. Leader: Come let us worship together as we draw near to God, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
*HYMN BCH 98 / Screen To God be the Glory *OPENING PRAYER (Unison) Lord, we seek to make a total commitment to you, but sometimes we are not ready to pay the cost. In this time of worship, help us better to understand the sayings of Jesus, and by the power of your Holy Spirit enable us to be faithful to them. We pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.
*RESPONSE / Screen Great Is the Lord
*GREETINGS OF THE PEOPLE
“He calls the sheep by name.”
Week 1
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 9 AM to 4 PM
Friday 9 AM to 1 PM
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THE BRANDERMILL CHURCH 4500 Millridge Parkway
Midlothian, VA 23112
(804) 744-3661
Sunday, 10/11: 9:00 AM Worship (SY) 9:00 AM Sunday School Classes 10:30 AM Worship (SY) 10:45 AM Children’s Church (FH) 11:45 AM Youth Council Meeting (YR) 11:45 AM Video Shoot (MG) 3:00 PM Youth Scavenger Hunt (YR) Monday, 10/12: 9:30 AM Centering Prayer (SY) 10:15 AM Pilates (FH) 7:00 PM PNC Meeting (Class) Tuesday, 10/13: 7:00 PM Disciple Class (CR) 7:00 PM Ladies Bible Fellowship PM (Class) 7:00 PM Christian Conversations (offsite) Wednesday AM, 10/14: 8:00 AM Men’s Bible Study (Room 205A) 9:45 AM Yoga (FH) 10:00 AM Ladies Bible Fellowship AM (Rm. 205A) 11:30 AM Sacred Circle Dance (SY)
Wednesday PM , 10/14: 5:00 PM Dinner (MP) 5:30 PM Youth (FH, JR, CR) 6:30 PM Teach Us To Pray (Room 111) 6:30 PM Christianity Class (Rm. 205A) 7:00 PM Staff Parish Mtg. (CR) 7:00 PM Branderbells (SY) Thursday, 10/15: 7:30 AM Rotary Meeting (MP) 10:00 AM Thursday Morning Study (Room 205A) 1:30 PM Lena Bartges Circle (MP) 2:00 PM Knit Wits (CR) 7:00 PM Knite Wits (FH) 7:00 PM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal (SY) 8:30 PM AA Meeting (Room 205)
Friday, 10/16: 9:00 AM MOPS (FH, NSY, MP) Sunday, 10/18: 9:00 AM Worship (SY) 9:00 AM Sunday School Classes 10:30 AM Worship (SY) 10:45 AM Children’s Church (FH) 11:45 AM Branderboots (MP)
SY - Sanctuary Rm. 201 - Fellowship Hall Rm. 203 - Conference Room
Rm. 204 - Youth Room Rm. 205 - Multi-Purpose Room Rm. 205A - MP Classroom
Office - Pastor’s Office Rm. 202 - Nursery LL - Lower Level MG - Memorial Garden
KT - Kitchen Rm. 100 - Choir Room Rm. 105 - Art Room Rm. 111 - Family Classroom
CARE BOXES - Attention Parents of College Students and those Serving in the Military - Each year we send care packages to college students and Military members of our church. We are using new forms, which may be found online or in the information rack in the narthex. Send the completed form to Mary Don Shumaker at [email protected] or turn into the church office. Please return by October 24th to be included in the fall distribution. CROP WALK - Crop Hunger walks are community-wide events sponsored by Church World Services and organized by local congregations to raise funds to end hunger at home and around the world. Mark your calendars for Sunday, Nov. 1st from 2:00-4:00 at the Sunday Park Pavilion. Additional information is available on the church website. Please join us and make a difference. KAIROS PRISON MINISTRY COOKIES ARE NEEDED! Please help support the upcoming Kairos Prison Ministry event at the Greensville Correctional Center, October 22-25. Please visit the church website for more information or contact Martin Reid at [email protected] if you have any questions. BLOOD DRIVE - Sunday, October 25, 8am - noon. Sign-up sheets are in the Fellowship Hall today. Contact Jenn Inman for more information, or to make an appointment, at [email protected] or 833-7002. LIBERATION FAMILY SERVICES (LFS) - Currently they are in need of food storage containers, plastic beverage glasses, metal forks, new or washed bed pillows, cutlery, bath and hand towels, washcloths, kitchen towels and small kitchen appliances - coffeemakers, can openers and small microwaves. Donations may be placed in the LFS bin in the Fellowship Hall. For additional information, contact Jeff Branyon at [email protected]
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This Week’s Calendar
BRANDERBOOTS - Sunday, October 18 – Join the Branderboots to hike the Riverfront Canal Walk, which runs 1-1/4 miles along the James River and the Kanawha and Haxall canals. Bring lunch to enjoy after the 10:30 a.m. worship service then we’ll head out with our multi-generational group. More information is available on the church website. GOOD NEWS FOR ALL: THE GOSPEL OF LUKE - Join us Sundays at 9 AM, as we explore Luke’s gospel speaking to the outcast and the establishment, for the religious and those searching. For more information, please contact Steve Begg, [email protected] for more info. WE MAKE THE ROAD BY WALKING - Growing in our faith is not only about exploring our beliefs. It is also about learning to encounter God through prayer, scripture reading, worship and service. This class meets Thursdays at 10 AM. Contact: Pastor Ed Kross, [email protected] for more info. LADIES BIBLE FELLOWSHIP AM & PM - These groups are studying John Ortberg’s God is Closer Than You Think. The PM group meets Tuesdays at 7 PM and the AM group meets Wednesdays at 10 AM. For additional info, contact: Jenn Inman at [email protected] (PM) or Dorothy Werkmeister at [email protected] (AM) or visit the church website. CHRISTIANITY: IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK - This is an 8-week, DVD-based study by popular author and presenter Andy Stanley. Is the word "Christian" even in the Bible? What did it mean then and what does it mean now? This group meets on Wednesday nights at 6:30PM.
October 11, 2015
The Twentieth Sunday After Pentecost 9:00 AM and 10:30 AM
We have Sunday School for children (ages 3 through 5th grade) in the lower level and youth and adult small groups at 9:00 AM. Children’s Church for ages 4 to 4th grade takes place after children’s time during the 10:30 AM Service. Childcare for infants
and children up to age 4 is available in the Nursery located in the entryway.
Rocking chairs are available in the rear of the Sanctuary for parents who would like to rock their infants and young children.
Please join us for refreshments in the Fellowship Hall at 10:00 AM. Your coffee is welcome during morning worship!
Worship Leaders 9:00 Sharon Mann
10:30 Rev. Ed Kross Faye Musselman
Ushers
9:00 Dave Saunders, Horst Arfert, John Chamberlain,
Craig & Caroline Moses 10:30 Youth Usher Team
Acolytes Mandy Begg and Ben Handzel
The flowers on the altar are in loving memory of our grandmothers,
Isabel McCormack and Ann Quinn, given by Jason & Elizabeth Ford..
Worship Attendance 10/4/15: 9:00 - 147 10:30 - 185 Total - 332
Last Week’s Offering:
$21,584.98
TODAY’S WORSHIP The Reverend John Briggs, Preacher
MINISTRIES OF THE CHURCH Pastor Nominating Committee, Capital Campaign Committee,
Wednesday Night programs, Small Group Studies
CHURCH FAMILY Sam Gentz, Ann Spencer, Evelyn Gesell, Jane Keeble,
Gwen Westerfeld, Alice Lescault
HOMEBOUND/ASSISTED LIVING/NURSING HOME/ONGOING HEALTH ISSUES Marie Ball, Penny Goodall, Alice Palmer, Ethel Butler, Pauline McFarlane,
Mary Alice McCarthy, Virginia Reid, Dottie Arnaudin, Joe Ruggiero, Helen Payne, Bernard and Eleanor Curtis
The extended prayer list is available in the entrance hallway.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT DINNER - This week, Shelia and crew are serving a hearty Chicken Pot Pie with mixed fresh fruit and a tossed green salad. Choco-late Chip cookies are for dessert. $6 for adults and youth. Children’s Chicken Tenders Dinner (includes side, dessert and drink) is $3. Youth pizza (2 slices, drink and dessert) is also $3. Family max is $20. You may sign-up in the Fellow-ship Hall today or call the church office. Reservations (or cancellations) are needed by noon Tuesday. PRAYER STATION - For the next six weeks in the back of the Sanctuary there will be a prayer station set up with a different style of prayer each week, culminating in a labyrinth. At your leisure, you are invited to check out the prayer station throughout the week. A BRIEF TIME OF PRAYER - Please join Church Council members after each service for a brief time of prayer for our Pastor Search Committee. We will meet in the Memorial Garden to pray immediately following each service this morning.
COLLECTING BABY ITEMS - The Children’s Ministry is collecting new items for babies in Hillside Court. Donations of baby blankets, diapers, wipes and baby formula may be placed in the Hillside Court bin in the Fellowship Hall.
KIDS CONNECT - If you are in the 2nd-5th grade, join us on October 21st from 5:45-6:30PM for “The Breath Prayer”. Please see Tammy for more info.
YOUTH COUNCIL will meet TODAY, October 11 at 11:45 in the youth room. We plan to make a final decision for Summer trips for 2016 and to discuss fund-raising options. Please see Ashley if you have questions. SCAVENGER HUNT - TODAY, October 11 at 3pm the youth will meet for a Driving Scavenger Hunt. We could use a few more adult drivers and please have your youth RSVP for this event. Youth will need to bring money for dinner while they are traveling around with their groups.
PROCLAMATION AND RESPONSE CHILDREN’S TIME & CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL (9:00) CHILDREN’S TIME & CHILDREN’S CHURCH (10:30) JOYS AND CELEBRATIONS
SACRAMENT OF HOLY BAPTISM (9:00) / Screen Mia Ashley Neighbors Daughter of Heather and Jimmy Neighbors
MORNING PRAYER *HYMN BCH 405 / Screen Seek Ye First
SCRIPTURE READING Luke 12:49-56 (page 848)
SERMON “...for Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory...” The Rev. John Briggs (Part 4 of 5)
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever. Amen.
ANTHEM I Hear a Voice a-Prayin’ arr. Houston Bright The Ensemble
INVITATION TO THE OFFERING OF OUR TITHES AND GIFTS OFFERTORY I Sing the Mighty Power of God arr. Ashlee Albertson
*DOXOLOGY / Screen
*PRAYER OF DEDICATION (Unison) Eternal God, we present these offerings as part of our commitment to you and the building of your kingdom. We do not yet understand the meaning of total commitment, but pray that our faith and understanding will continue to grow that we may use all that we have to your glory. Amen.
SENDING FORTH
*HYMN BCH 580 / Screen Lead On, O King Eternal *BENEDICTION
*RESPONSE / Screen Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying
*POSTLUDE Precious Lord, Take My Hand arr. Jack Schrader
The Lord’s Prayer
“This prayer is not for getting what we want, but rather for bending our wants toward what God wants.”
By praying The Lord’s Prayer,
we are being made into a people whose journey is a sign to the world that God has not abandoned the world to its own devices.”
- W. H. Willimon
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Children & Family Ministry
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