February 26, 2011

2011 HYMN FESTIVAL

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Song Service 9:20 a.m.

Program Our Legacy of Hymns 9:30 a.m. Shelly LaGrone, Program Presenter

Next Week Alwin Vyhmeister

Sabbath School Classes 10:00-10:50 a.m.

The sanctuary opens at 10:50. Prior to this time, rehearsing musicians appreciate privacy during their preparation for the worship service and thank you for this courtesy.

Sabbath School Classes

Green Lake Church is noted for its diversity. We welcome you wherever you are in your search for truth. Some classes work within a traditional Seventh-day Adventist framework, while others take a nontraditional approach. Choose the one that best fits your needs today.

Quarterly — Myrtle Mitchell, Donna Van Fossen Auditorium, Front South Follows the lessons in the Sabbath School Quarterly: Jesus Wept: The Bible and Human Emotions.

Walk Through the Bible — Matt and Liz Rickaby, Simon Tung Top Level Open Space The book of First Corinthians.

Discussion — Simona Vuletic Room 303 (Library) Encourages the open expression of ideas and experiences outside the scope of the traditional Sabbath School class.

Young Adults — Brian Lundstrom, Brian McGrath, Katrina Zafiro Auditorium, Rear North Truth Exploration … An interactive discussion based on the principles found in the Bible, using the Sabbath School Quarterly as a guide.

Pastor’s Class — David Wood Auditorium, Rear South The book of First Samuel.

Children’s Divisions Children in the Kindergarten through Earliteen age groups meet collectively each Sabbath at 9:45 in the Chapel for a dynamic and spiritually energizing “Praise Time.” This is a time when children come together to sing, pray, and share the good and difficult events of their lives from week to week. Children divide into their age-specific classes at 10:15. There is no supervision for classes prior to the beginning of Sabbath School at 10:15. Visitors are especially welcome to participate in any and all of these Sabbath School experiences at Green Lake Church.

Beginners (ages 0 through 3.5) Room 101 Leader: Heather Lauer

Kindergarten (ages 3.5 through 5) Room 301 Leader: Wes Lauer

Primary (ages 6 through 8) Room 203 Co-leaders: Mark Voth

Juniors (ages 9 through 11) Room 202 Leader: Liz Joseph

Earliteen (ages 12 through 14) Chapel Co-leaders: Kurt Johns, Susan Massey, Stephanie Mays

Youth (ages 15+) Room 302 Leader: Ken Fairchild

Young Adults (ages 18+) are invited to attend the YA Quarterly class.

2011 HYMN FESTIVAL

GATHER INTO ONE

PRELUDE Let Us Talents and Tongues Employ Jamaican Folk Melody Wanda Griffiths, Organ Words by Fred Kaan Setting by Mark Sedio

WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS David Wood

INTRODUCTION TO THE HYMN FESTIVAL Dana Waters

CHORAL CALL TO WORSHIP Ele Bibele Uhntu Tonga (“My Bible and I”)

CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 100 English: Carrie Wilbur Welsh: David Wood Romanian: Alex Gagiu

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands Serve the Lord with gladness; come before his presence with singing. Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise; Be thankful to him and bless his name.”

INVOCATION Carrie Wilbur

HYMN OF PRAISE Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race OLD HUNDRETH Please remain seated during the Flag Procession; stand as directed for the last verse.

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PLEASE BE SEATED.

CHORAL CALL TO THE CHILDREN’S STORY TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA Children of the Heavenly Father Swedish Folk Melody

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CHILDREN’S STORY Gloria Hiten

CHILDREN’S OFFERING Hands Across the Waters

OFFERTORY Ulufale Traditional Samoan Fia, Rose, and Sailau Tuitele

“Enter into his court with praise and into his gates with singing.

I lift up my hands in praise and tell of your glory.

Shout aloud. Halleluiah! Hosanna! I bow down before your presence.

The elders fall down and bow around your throne Angels in chorus are singing praise.”

OFFERING Carrie Wilbur Offering Designee Washington Conference Ministries

OFFERTORY Spre slava Ta uniţi Romanian (“To Your Glory, United We Stand”) Alex, Hellen, and Irina Gagiu

CHORAL CALL TO PRAYER Santo, Santo, Santo Spanish (“Holy, Holy, Holy”) You are invited to sing in Spanish, then in English, before kneeling in prayer.

PRAYER Carrie Wilbur The prayer concludes with The Lord’s Prayer in unison.

You are invited to pray it aloud in your most familiar language.

“Our Father, which are in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever.

Amen.”

CHORAL RESPONSE Santo, Santo Santo Spanish (“Holy, Holy, Holy”)

SCRIPTURE LESSON 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 English: Carolyn Lacy Lozi: Berina Mazila Russian: Viktoriya Voth

“Just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one

body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.”

HYMN Pues Si Vivimos (see Page 7) Spanish (“In All Our Living”)

Spanish singers are invited to come to the loft and join the choir in singing the first verse in Spanish.

Congregation join singing the English verses.

SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 12:14-18 English: Carolyn Lacy Tamil: Metilda Rajah Korean: Ellen Park

“For the body does not consist of one member but of many. If the foot should say, ‘Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,’

that would not make it any less a part of the body. And if the ear should say, ‘Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,’

that would not make it any less a part of the body. If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing?

If the whole body were an ear, where would be the sense of smell? But as it is, God arranged the organs in the body, each one of them, as he chose.”

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HYMN Sekai no Tomo (see Page 8) Japanese (“Here O God Your Servants Gather”)

The first verse will be sung in Japanese. Please join on the English verses.

SCRIPTURE 1 Corinthians 12:19-21, 26, 27 English: Carolyn Lacy Norwegian: Hanna Helmersen Japanese: Chieko Koyama

“If all were a single organ, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.

The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you,” nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”

If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.

Now you are the body of Christ and individually members of it.”

ANTHEM Tandi, Tanga Jesus Nambian and Tanzanian Tune: Traditional; arr. Bradley Ellingboe (“I Am Thanking Jesus from My Heart”) Text: Traditional

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SCRIPTURE Revelation 7:9, 10 English: Carolyn Lacy Croatian: Simona Vuletic Hawaiian: Keoni Smith

“After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues,

standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice,

‘Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb!’”

HYMN The Right Hand of God Music by Noel Dexter See Page 10 Words by Patrick Prescod

PLEASE BE SEATED.

CLOSING HYMN In Christ There Is No East nor West ST. PETER See Page 11

BENEDICTION Numbers 8:24-26 English: Carrie Wilbur Welsh: David Wood

“The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious unto you;

The Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace, both now and ever more. Amen.”

CHORAL BENEDICTION Shalom Ancient Hebrew Benediction

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Congregation stands.

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POSTLUDE Setting by Michael Burkhart Toccata on “Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race”

The worship service was prepared by the Hymn Festival Committee Virginia Bock, Hellen Gagiu, Wanda Griffiths, Jan Johnson, Shelly LaGrone, Marleen Land,

JoAnne Megale, Charlene Morrow, Darchelle Worley, and Dana Waters

Presiding Elder Carrie Wilbur

Presiding Deacons Andy Muth, Dick Wonderly

Security Mark Voth

Minister of Music Wanda R. Griffiths

Organist Wanda R. Griffiths

Worship Division Chair Dana Waters

Program Carolyn Lacy

Hymn Notes Jan Johnson, Dana Waters

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Introduction to the 2011 Hymn Festival

The Adventist church is a “World Church”—a church born in North America and now with most of its members outside North America. During the last half of the twentieth century, Christianity and the Adventist church made a demographic shift from northern Europe and North America to the southern hemisphere. Most of our worship practices and our official hymnal (now 26 years old) re-flect a North American and northern European worship.

“The gospel came to us as a potted plant. We have to break the pot and set the plant in our own soil,” states D. T. Niles, a Sri Lankan churchman and ecumenist who cultivated the liturgical soil of Asia by writing hymns and developing the first hymnal to make significant use of Asian music and original texts.

With this metaphor in mind, the Hymn Festival Committee has chosen hymns and songs that have been nourished in non-North American soil. Congregational singing draws us into a powerful com-munion with fellow believers—a communion that transcends time and space as we stand with others beyond our local church and our community.

God was made flesh for us-for all of us. The more we see another view of God’s unique gift to us, the more we understand the nature of salvation. Singing songs of the world church helps us utter a more complete praise to our Creator. And, finally, singing together allows a glimpse of our future to-gether with Christ when all people will join in a joyful banquet and all tongues will sing the same song.

We look forward to the time when, in the words of Charles Wesley, we all “cast our crowns before Thee, lost in wonder, love, and praise.”

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Hymn Notes

CALL TO WORSHIP Title: Ele Bibele Uhntu (“My Bible and I”) Text: The verse is an affirmation of one’s need of and love for the Bible as a guide into eternity—“My Bible and I...Alleluia, amen;” the chorus is, “Come, please come to heaven with me!” an invita-tion for others to join the journey leading to eternal life. Language: Tonga, one of 70 languages spoken in Zambia; Tonga is spoken by the Tonga people, the first tribe to settle in Zambia; they live mainly in the southern and western provinces of Zambia and in northern Zimbabwe. Musical Influence/Characteristics: Christian music, hymns in particular, continue to influence tradi-tional and popular music. Faith communities also sing choruses such as Ele Bibele Uhntu that reflect the traditional songs formed around the repetition of short sentences and/or phrases, strong rhythm, and the African “call and response,” or invitational element that often includes accompanying mo-tions.

OPENING HYMN Title: Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race Tune: OLD 100th — This wonderful tune is sung worldwide in the Christian church. The tune first appeared in a 1551 Huguenot psalter edited by Louis Bourgeois. (A psalter is a book of paraphrased Psalms in verse to be sung during worship.) At one point, Bourgeois was imprisoned for having, with-out a license, “changed the tunes of some printed psalms,” because “the faithful were disorientated by the new melodies.” Fortunately, hymnists do not face such strict penalties today. The tune is named OLD HUNDREDTH because it was the tune set for Psalm 100 in the Sternhold and Hopkins (1562) version of metrical psalms. It was called the “old” version when Tate and Brady produced a revised psalter in 1696. Text: Diverse in Culture, Nation, Race by Ruth C. Duck Ruth Duck is professor of worship at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. She has been teaching at the seminary since 1989. Ordained in United Church of Christ, she has served local churches in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts. Duck has edited three books of worship resources. Her hymns appear in many hymnals and supplements. In 1973, she served on the committee that produced the first twentieth-century collection of hymns adapted for inclusive language. Dr. Duck advised moving ahead with expansive language, but with gentleness and respect for treasured word associations that help to form the spiritual dimension. “God re-ceives our lives respectfully, carefully, without coercion, at our own speed,” she said. Each name enlarges our sense of God. Rather than narrow the imagery, the committee chose to expand it by using only gender-neutral names. She has devoted much of her career to bringing understanding and adding to the expansive imagery and language of worship.

Ruth Duck

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CHORAL CALL TO THE CHILDREN’S STORY Title: Children of the Heavenly Father Text: This beautiful, tender hymn about the Heavenly Father’s loving concern for his children was written by Carolina Berg (1832-1903). She was known as the “Fanny Crosby of Sweden” and wrote more than 650 hymns in her lifetime. Tune: TRYGGARE KAN INGEN VARA takes its name from the first words of the Swedish original, “No one can be safer.” The tune, a Swedish folk song, was first published in Song Book for Sunday Schools in Stockholm in 1871.

OFFERTORY: HANDS ACROSS THE WATER Title: Ulufale Music and Lyrics: Traditional Samoan Protestant and Catholic missionaries arrived in Samoa in the 1790s, with devastating effects on tradi-tional culture. Christian hymns changed the musical ear of the Samoans, and new hybrid forms of music based on imported church music mixed with the remnants of traditional singing. Today, although the ukulele is everywhere, the most important instrument in Polynesia is the voice. “Everybody sings,” and church singing is one of the treasured activities of Polynesian life.

OFFERTORY Title: Spre slava Ta uniţi (“To Your Glory, United We Stand”) This is Hymn #1 of the current Romanian Union Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymn Book (2006). Tune: Traditional, most famously used by George Enescu in his Romanian Rhapsody No. 2, Op. 11 (1901). Enescu (1881-1955) was a prodigiously gifted musician. He distinguished himself as a violinist, conductor, and composer, and was also an ac-

complished pianist, able cellist, and a famous violin teacher. Much of his early work was based on folk music. The hymn/musical arrangement (2000) is provided by Gabriel Dumitrescu, Choral Director and Manager, Publisher, and Editor of Musica Romanica in Kent, WA. In the past, Gabriel’s wife, Cristina, attended Green Lake Church, and they now visit us occasionally. Text: Florin Laiu (1999), a Bible scholar teacher at the Romanian Seventh-day Adventist Theological Institute in Cernica, Romania.

CALL TO PRAYER Title: Santo, Santo, Santo (“Holy, Holy, Holy”) Text: Anonymous, Latin America 20th Century This song begins with a three-time repetition of the word “holy” based on Isaiah 6:3, (“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory”) but then moves into a personal prayer of adoration. The text is simple and can be sung in many languages broadening the conception of “heart” to be more corporate and universal

George Enescu

Florin Laiu

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.Tune: Anonymous, Latin America 20th Century God’s holiness causes both holy fear and holy attraction; the latter is at work here. The tone is pas-sionate and intimate, as if sharing and savoring words with a treasured friend.

HYMN Title: Pues Si Vivimos (“In All Our Living”) Text: Anonymous Robert Escamilla (1931- ) learned the one original stanza when he was a small boy in Mexico. An anonymous writer wrote the Spanish words based on Romans 14:8: “If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord’s.” Dr. Escamilla wrote the remaining stanzas of the hymn in the early 1950s. Dr. Escamilla has served on the faculty of the Methodist Theological School and the Perkins School of Theology. He is the currently the Minister of Evangelism for the First Methodist Church in Ada, Oklahoma. Tune: Anonymous (SOMOS DEL SENOR)

HYMN Title: Sekai no Tomo (“Here, O God, Your Servants Gather”) Text: Tokuo Yamaguchi (1900-1995) was educated at the Aoyama Gakuin Theological Seminary (1924) and became a minister in the Methodist Church. He wrote the text for the fourteenth Interna-tional Christian Education Conference held in Tokyo in 1958. The theme of that conference was “Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” The hymn was sung in both Japanese and English at the conference. Tune: Isao Koizumi (1907-1992) graduated from the Osaka University of Commerce in 1932. For the next ten years he taught at that school, and was an organist in Tokyo. He conducted the Tokyo Choral Society and edited several hymnals. A writer and translator of books and articles on church music, Koizumi also composed and arranged hymn tunes. He is considered a leading figure in mod-ern Japanese hymnody.

The music of this hymn is an arrangement of a melody of the Gagaku court music tradition of the Japanese emperor. Like much Asian music, this melody consists of only five pitches and is meant for unison singing.

This hymn expresses Christian unity in diversity, especially cultural or ethnic diversity. As servants of the Lord, believers sing of hope amid change and turmoil. They find rest in the Lord’s peace and proclaim their purpose by living the way of Christ. Based on Jesus’ words in John 14:6 and on Christ-centered teachings such as those in Romans 10:12-13 and Ephesians 1:7-14, “Here, O Lord” states that Jesus, our Savior, is the Way; Jesus, our Teacher, is the Truth; and Jesus, our Healer, is the Life. The song closes with a prayer asking Jesus, our Master, for continued help and guidance.

Robert Escamilla

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ANTHEM Title: Tandi, Tanga Jesus (“I am Thanking Jesus from my Heart”) Text: Traditional Namibian and Tanzanian Tune: Traditional African tune arranged by Bradley Ellingboe This traditional African song features strong rhythm and the repetition of short sentences and phrases. It is sung by the adult choir in Namibian, Tanzanian, and English.

HYMN Title: The Right Hand of God Text: Patrick “Pat” Prescod is a composer, arranger, and teacher who has been a musical force on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent for more than 50 years. He has been a director of the St. Vincent Gilbert and Sullivan Society and is the founding director of the New Kingstown Chorale, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010. Tune: Noel Dexter is a noted Jamaican musicologist, composer, and director. Currently the Director of the University Singers at the University of the West

Indies (Mona, Jamaica campus), a position he has held since 1977, he is the for-mer Director of Music at the University of the West Indies. His compositions in-clude sacred songs, folk songs, anthems, and music for theatrical productions, many of which highlight the Jamaican language and Afro-Caribbean rhythms.

Church music in the Caribbean was influenced by Catholic and Protestant missionaries. Most hymns were translations of English hymns or transplants from the Latin-speaking European church. With the development of liberation theology in the church and the struggles for justice throughout the continent, new music developed that spoke of the people’s struggle and commitment. This hymn is an

energetic and well-loved example.

CLOSING HYMN Title: In Christ There Is No East nor West Text: Written by the English writer William Dunkerley (aka John Oxenham) (1852-1941), this mis-sionary hymn text was part of a script for a pageant at a giant missionary event sponsored by the London Missionary Society’s exhibition, “The Orient in London.” More than a quarter of a million people viewed this presentation. Though originating in the missionary movement in the 19th and early 20th centuries, this hymn gratefully lacks the triumphalism of so many mission hymns of this era. Perhaps the author’s extensive travel helped him develop a sense of Christian unity beyond the racial and cultural differences that he observed. The text reflects his strong feeling against sectarianism and is based on Galatians 3:28, “There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ.”

Patrick Prescod

Noel Dexter

William Dunkerley

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With the passage of time, the focus of this hymn has shifted from world missions in the early 20th century to a great hymn of Christian unity for the 21st-century church. Tune: ST. PETER was composed by Alexander Reinagle (1799-1877). The tune name commemo-rates the church where he was the organist near Oxford, England. The tune was published in his Psalm Tunes for the Voice and Pianoforte in 1836.

BENEDICTION RESPONSE Title: Shalom My Friends An anonymous tune and text, its origin is variously noted as “Palestinian” or “Israeli” folk song. It was published in the folk music publication Sing Out! in 1950 and sung by The Weavers in a re-corded Carnegie Hall concert in 1955. It quickly was picked up by summer camps because of its uplifting words and simple tune that can be sung as a round, producing instant harmony. By 1982, it appeared in mainstream church hymnals. The translation of the Hebrew is, “Peace, friends ’til we meet again.”

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Welcome to our Visitors … We welcome everyone who joins us in worship on this, our annual Hymn Festival Sabbath. If you would like to join our membership, fill in one of the gray cards in the pew holders and drop it in the offering plate or hand it to the pastor.

Hymn Festival Worship Service Today … Green Lake Church benefits from our members who are here from many parts of the world, and the church similarly is blessed with hymns and spiritual songs from the world over. This year’s Hymn Festival features hymns from around the world. Our after-church fellowship will offer bites of national food.

Prayer Team … The prayer team meets on the first and third Sabbath in the Parent’s room after the worship service. Any person who feels the need to pray together with the team is welcome to join. There are three boxes in the narthex for prayer requests, answers, and silent prayers. For those needing immediate prayers during the week, please feel free to contact Naomi Lundstrom (nvodell@yahoo.com or 507-358-3341) or Pastor Wood. All prayer requests are confidential except when specifically asked to share.

Prayer List Liz Joseph’s father, who is battling cancer. Scott Lanphear, dealing with health issues. Patricia Ward, mother of Steve Vaira, diagnosed with breast cancer. Nikki Williams, mourning the loss of her father. Parent requesting prayer for a child with serious illness.

Adventist Forum … Jon Dybdahl, Professor of World Missions at Andrews University, will be the speaker at the next meeting of the Pacific Northwest Adventist Forum at 3:00 p.m. on February 26 in the Everett Forest Park Seventh-day Adventist Church. The presentation will focus on the centrality of the spiritual life of the church and “the tragedy of the worship wars” involving the kinds of music used for worship in Adventist churches. The address of the Everett Forest Park Church is 4132 Federal Avenue, Everett, WA. Directions: From I-5, exit at 41st Street/Broadway (Exit 192). Go west on 41st through 3 traffic signals. Beyond Evergreen Way the street bends left (if you don’t turn, you end up in a computer store) and immediately on the right is a one-lane road (Grandview) that zigzags up the hill. Take it and at the top turn right onto Federal Avenue. The church is on the left. (When taking the freeway exit from NB I-5, do not merge onto Broadway. The exit has been totally revamped in the past year or two.)

Announcements

GREEN LAKE CHURCH OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS

6350 East Green Lake Way North, Seattle, WA 98103-5416 Phone: 206-522-1330 · Fax: 206-522-7980

e-mail: office@greenlakesda.org · Website: www.greenlakesda.org

Senior Pastor: David Wood 206-920-1845 Associate Pastor: Tim Dunston 206-446-0990

Minister of Music: Wanda Griffiths 206-542-2558 Orchestra Conductor: Alex Gagiu Office Administrator: Carolyn Lacy

The church office is open from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Wednesday and Friday.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS Bible Study ............................................................................................................... Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m. Choir Practice ....................................................................................................................... Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Church Board .................................................................................................................... March 15, 7:30 p.m. Division Chairs .................................................................................................................. March 15, 6:30 p.m. Evensong ........................................................................................................................... March 16, 7:00 p.m. Finance ............................................................................................................................... March 9, 6:30 p.m. Hospitality Potluck .......................................................................................................... March 12, 12:30 p.m. Seattle Federation, Adventist Community Services ...................... March 13, 12 noon to 2:00 p.m. (GLC Library) Worship Planning .............................................................................................................. March 10, 7:00 p.m.

PULPIT SCHEDULE

Family — Strengthening Connections Fall 2010–Summer 2011

Winter Quarter Theme: Finding Peace of Mind (For the Rebellious) March: Eve

March 6 ............................................................ Wonder Woman ............................................................. David Wood March 12 ................................................................. The Phoenix Factor ............................................................ David Wood March 19 ............................................................ A Mother’s Broken Heart ....................................................... David Wood March 26 ....................................................................................................................................................... Myrtle Mitchell

OFFERINGS CHURCH BUDGET ACTUAL BUDGET DIFFERENCE 2/19/2011 $ 1,122 $ 3,965.40/wk $ ( 2,844) Year to Date $ 14,272 $ 31,723.20 YTD $ ( 14,608)

NEW ORGAN GOAL RAISED TO DATE BALANCE TO RAISE Total funds to date $ 455,411 $ 420,404 $ 35,007

HANDS ACROSS THE WATER ACTUAL YEAR TO DATE 2/19/2011 $ 104 $ 685

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