February 5, 2012

Sharing the Peace of Christ

Prelude         Melinda Camplin, Violin

Gathering Praise       

“Jesus, Names Above All Names”
Jesus, name above all names, beautiful Saviour, gracious Lord.
Emmanuel, God is with us, blessed Redeemer, living Word.

“Cares Chorus”
I cast all my cares upon You, I lay all of my burdens down at Your feet
And anytime that I don't know, what to do, I will cast all my cares upon You

Call to Worship       led by Alekce Savill
Leader:          “The grace of the Lord, Jesus Christ, be with you all.”
People:         “And also with you.”
Leader:          “Jesus said “As my disciple, go into the world, and proclaim this message:”
People:         “The kingdom of God is near.” 
Leader:          “Heal the sick, raise the dead. Freely you have received, now freely give.” 
Response:     “Whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. He who receives you receives me.” 
(Mark 10)

Prayer of Adoration & Confession followed by The Lord’s Prayer (debts)

Hymn 420                   “Praise, I Will Praise”

Children's Time      

Song of Praise             “Meekness and Majesty”
Meekness and majesty manhood and deity
In perfect harmony the Man who is God
Lord of eternity dwells in humanity
Kneels in humility and washes our feet
Chorus
O what a mystery meekness and majesty
Bow down and worship for this is your God
Father’s pure radiance, perfect in innocence;
Yet learns obedience to death on a cross.
Suff’ring to give us life, conqu’ring through sacrifice;
And as they crucify prays, “Father, forgive.”                 Chorus

Message: New Year, New Life:
“Resurrection, for Tomorrow, for Today”
Rev. Tim Raeburn-Gibson

Offertory Anthem                                                   “What a Day That Will Be (arr. Fettke)   

Prayer of Thanksgiving and Intercession                 

Hymn 797              “Shall We Gather at the River” 

The Benediction and Choral Amen

Closing Chorus      “Soon and Very Soon”  
Soon and very soon, we are going to see the King.  (x 3)
Hallelujah, hallelujah!  We’re going to see the King.
No more crying there, we are…
No more dying there, we are…

Tuesday, February 14 - our Next Jr. High night is at 7pm here at the church.

Our Sr. High Winter retreat is coming up quick, February 24-26 at Crieff Hills…if your teen is planning to attend, please speak with Sean Angel so he can arrange appropriate transportation. Please register online by visiting www.cyfm.ca/SYNERGY and follow the instructions to register.

Family Fun Night - Our next one is on Friday, February 17th from 6:30-9:00pm here at the church. We will be having a potluck dinner and a great movie for the children.  It’s going to be a good night, so come on out.
CHURCH SCHOOL UPDATE

This week in Children and Worship our children will learn about “The Leaven.”  In Treasure Land our 2/3 students will be taught about “Real Power,” our 4/5 class will discuss “What Jesus Did for Me.” Also in our
6-8 class, our children will be debating the question “Why do Christians believe Christianity is the best religion?”

VACATION BIBLE CAMP

Mark your calendars – Vacation Bible Camp is coming up quickly. The dates for VBC this year are July 23-27, 2012. As always we will need many volunteers to help share God’s love with the children this year. 
If you can help out, we would love to have you. Please contact Sean Angel seanangel@rogers.com with any questions.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Library Lines –Interested in a nonfiction, multi-award-winning book on modern medicine, bioethics, race-relations, social wrongs, medical and scientific miracles? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks  is now in our library. Our book club has just finished this riveting but harrowing biography. Sign reserved list, if necessary.

WELCOME TO FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

It’s a Great Day to Be a Kid at First Pres!
We’re glad you’ve joined us this morning!

Child activity bags are available from our ushers. Our nursery is available prior to our services starting. Also, parents are always welcome to accompany their children to our Church School programs.
10:30AM  CHURCH SCHOOL PROGRAM
Lower Level
Nursery (Ages 0-2) 
Little Lambs - age 3 & JK
Upstairs
Children and Worship (SK - Grade 1) 
Treasure Land (Grade 2-8)

If you have any questions about our Children’s Ministry or wish to volunteer, please call Sean Angel at the Church (705) 445-4651 or
e-mail him at seanangel@rogers.com.

VISITORS
If you are new to our Church or a visitor, please fill out a blue card from the back of the pew and place it on the offering plate. Thank you to everyone who participated in worship today.

YOUR USHERS AND GREETERS
For the 9am service the ushers/greeters are Alex and Sharon Besse. For the 10:30am service, the ushers/greeters are: Judy and Sheri Bulfon, Brenda and Fred Patterson, and Doug and Lexie Trott. They welcome you to First Presbyterian Church.

NURSERY
Barb Stransky will be helping out at the 9am Service.
Leni Brown is in the Nursery at 10:30am. If you are interested in being a nursery volunteer, please contact Sean Angel at seanangel@rogers.com.

LITTLE LAMBS
Perry Cavill will be shepherding the Little Lambs this morning.

EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wed. Feb. 15th – the Centennial WMS (Women’s Missionary Society) will meet in the Conference room at 11:30 a.m. Please bring a brown bag lunch. The topic will be Native Missions in Canada. Contact Catherine Brown at cjbrown1@rogers.com or at 705-445-6941

Sat, February 11 th –  Grains of Sand Concert to raise funds for the Food Bank will be in the Sanctuary at 8 pm. Monetary donations and food donations will be received towards the Food Bank.

February 19th  Communion Sunday. We are having a potluck lunch immediately following the 10:30am service in the Lower Hall. Those families with the last name beginning with A-M please bring sandwiches. Those with last names beginning with N-Z please bring squares/cookies.

MUSIC MINISTRY

Thursday is Choir day at First Presbyterian Church

Outreach Singers ( 50+) – Outreach Singers will meet for practice on Thursday Feb.9th at 1:30 in the Sanctuary. Contact Catherine Brown cjbrown1@rogers.com or 705-445-6941.

Cherubs Choir [ages sk – Gr. 3]  6:30 – 7pm in the conference room. For info contact Angela Girdwood, agirdwood@mail1.scdsb.on.ca 

Intermediate Choir [gr.4-8] – 6:30 – 7pm upstairs, in the Gr. 2-3 Sunday school rm. For more info, contact Michelle Angel, michelleangel@rogers.com 

Adult Choir [sings at 10:30 services]  7:30 – 8:30pm in the Sanctuary.

Easter Story Choir - 8:30 - 10pm in the Sanctuary.
Thanks to Rob Newman and Ken Maynard for their music at the 10:30 service this morning.

DVDs of The First Christmas Story are available in the Welcome Centre
$5 each.