August 17, 2014 Liturgical Color: Green 8:00 am

GATHERING FOR WORSHIP

THE PRELUDE Mary Stevens

THE RINGING OF THE BELL

THIS WEEK AT ST. JOHN’S Rev. Steve Wood

THE CHURCH IN PRAISE CALL TO WORSHIP Psalm 90 page 929 Rev. Wood

Lighting of the Altar Candles

HYMN No. 8 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty Rev. Steve Wood

HYMN No. 488 He Keeps Me Singing

INVOCATION

MUSIC The Revelations

THE CHURCH IN FELLOWSHIP WELCOME TO OUR GUESTS Rev. Wood

+FELLOWSHP CHORUS To God Be the Glory (refrain only) Rev. Wood

Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the earth hear His voice!

Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord, Let the people rejoice!

O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son, And give Him the glory—great things He hath done!

CHILDREN’S TIME Rev. Wood

HEARING GOD’S WORD SCRIPTURE READING James 3:13-18 page 1883 Ben Karwoski

+Gloria Patri, +Apostles’ Creed, +Prayer of Affirmation

A TIME OF GIVING THE GIVING OF GOD’S TITHE AND OUR OFFERINGS Ben Karwoski

The Offertory The Revelations

+Doxology, +Prayer of Dedication

PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD THE MORNING MESSAGE 1 Kings 3:1-15 page 523 Rev. John Richter

CLOSING PRAYER AND THE LORDS PRAYER Rev. Richter

DEPARTING TO SERVE +BENEDICTION

+POSTLUDE Mary Stevens

________________________________________________________________________________ + Please Stand Acolytes: Bailey Schuman, Samantha Johnson

August Ushers: Ted Mauldin, Jerry Schuman, Harold Dye, Curt Brown NOTE: Our children’s offerings support the missions and ministries of St. John’s.

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Cullman’s Community Church

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TO ALL MEMBERS OF ST JOHN’S CONGREGATION: As was reported in all three services two weeks ago, The Pastoral Search Committee has

recommended to the Church Council that Rev. John Richter be the next Senior Pastor of St. John’s

Church. This decision was made after a meeting of the Search Committee on July 15th

. At that point,

the information was passed on to Church Council President Buddy Franey for Council consideration.

We appreciate the patience of the congregation while this matter was being resolved and ask for your

support.

Your Pastoral Search Committee

The Church Council met on July 25th

and agreed with the recommendation from the Senior Pastor

search committee to proceed forward with the process of making Rev. John Richter the next Senior

Pastor of St. Johns. With the formal announcement being made on Sunday July 27th

in all three

services, the church council has set a date of August 14th

at 6:00 pm for a Congregational

meeting for a question answer time with Rev. John. The following Sunday, August 24th

has been

designated the day to have the congregational vote in all three worship services for Rev. John to

become the next Senior Pastor.

Buddy Franey

President

St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church

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Fall sermon

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SASSY SAGES SEPTEMBER

ROADTRIP Our September Roadtrip to the Hunyadi Plant is

FULL. Those going are: Jo Webb, Chris Webb, Dot

York, Lorene Hyatt, Eloise Mauldin, Jean Clingan,

Dottie Henke, Faye Marty, Dian Gardner, George

Scott, Ronnie Scott, Pam Scott, Dwight McDowell,

June McDowell, Patsy Richter, Joyce West, Christine

Kessler, Susan Powell, Ellen Carroll, Ken Yeager,

Beverly Yeager, Curtis Driver, Jean Driver, Sherry

England, Charles Schuman, Karen Hassell and Rev.

Steve Wood. If there is an error in the list, Steve today

or call him in the office Monday morning.

TO SECURE YOUR SEAT: See Karen or Steve and

pay $15 (includes gas) by August 24th

.

Bring spending money and leave plenty of room for

peach ice cream on the way home. Leave at 7:00 am

and return by 5:00 pm.

(**note: if you are interested in going and your name

is not on this list, contact Karen or Steve (256-734-

0344) for your name to be placed on a waiting list

should there be a cancellation).

St. John’s Church is…..

Rooted in the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation. We believe we are saved by grace through faith in

Jesus, that the Bible is the rule for Christian life and faith, and that the Good News of Jesus should be

proclaimed in word and deed. Sacrament Celebrating. We believe God ministers to the community of believers in unique and special ways

through Baptism and Holy Communion. Liturgically Oriented. We believe remembering the whole life of Christ is important for spiritual maturity. We

follow the church calendar, celebrating seasons like Advent and Lent. Ecumenically Minded. In the context of our heritage, we believe all those who call upon Jesus as Lord will

share in his eternal blessings and so we welcome all believers who join us to participate fully in worship.

Thanks for visiting with us today! Feel free to call one of the pastors, Rev. John, Rev. Steve, Pastor Stephen or

Ben@ 734-0344 or check out our website (www.sjepc.com) to learn more about St. John’s.

NURSERY

Nursery is available for newborns up to 3 yrs. of age at both worship services and Sunday School. Please see any

usher or greeter this morning and they will direct you to the nursery.

FLOWERS

Flowers are placed on the altar today to the Glory of God and His grace given to each of us.

CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to Shannon Caretti and Jayson Phillips who were married Friday August 8, 2014 at St. John’s

Evangelical Protestant Church by Rev. Steve Wood.

Congratulations to Evon Nicolette Kent and Bobby Ray Higdon who were married Saturday August 16, 2014 at

St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church by Rev. John Richter.

BULLETINS BROUGHT

Bulletins were brought to us last week from Squad Sunday at Calvary Church in Tuscaloosa Al by Cannon and

Sawyer Trimble and from Evangel Church in Columbus, Ms from Steve, Sonya, Seth and Shane Whiting.

SASSY SAGES AUGUST LUNCHEON

Sassy Sages met this past Saturday for their regular second Saturday monthly luncheon. Those attending were:

Florine Clarke, Charlotte Dunlap, Curtis and Jean Driver, Jim and Miriam Jones, Virginia Griffin, Mary

Bowman, Helen Andrews, Christine Kessler, Bob Rigdon, George Scott, Cliff and Dot Kirkwood, Betty Gibbs,

Wesley and Billie Kelly, Lorene Hyatt, Catherine Nelson, Rev. Steve, Kim and Caleb Wood.

REUNION OF SPARES AND PARES

Do you remember the couples club Pairs and Spares? We are planning a reunion in the near future. If you are

interested in connecting with old friends, call Bill and Geraldine Hendrix (256-734-8316); Don and Gloria

Hewett (256-734-8815); or Andy and Liz Page (256-734-6097) for more information.

AUGUST CARD MINISTRY WORKDAY

August 19 is set for our workday this month. Contact Geraldine Hendrix if you cannot attend.

REGULAR WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEALS RESUME

Regular Wednesday night meals will resume on August 27th

. Due to the increased costs of food items this year

meal prices will be as follows: Adults: $5 and Kids $3. Meal Cards will be available for purchase prior to the

meal or during regular office hours.

SUNDAY MORNING BREAKFAST THRU AUGUST 28

Pastries, juice and coffee

BREAKFAST MENU CHANGE

Due to the continued increasing food costs, we will begin serving a modified version of our

regular breakfast on Sept. 7th

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Menu: Sausage Biscuit / OR Gravy Biscuit, pastry, juice / coffee

FELLOWSHIP BREAKFAST Serving time 8:45a.m. until 9:15a.m. Sunday School begins at 9:15 am

Sausage / Biscuit $1.00 Gravy / Biscuit $1.00

Coffee $.50 Juice $ 50 Muffin or Danish $.50

100 Boxes and A $1,000 bucks It’s Christmas in August!!

Starting August 1st and continuing the next four months, we are collecting food items for

Cullman Caring for Kids (CCFK) to fill 100 Food Boxes that we will put together here and

then offer the boxes for sale at the Christmas Market. We would like for each St. John’s Family

to consider donating the following items this month.

Estimated cost of food items this month: $8

2 cans Green Beans (15 oz ) 2 cans Canned Chicken (5oz)

2 cans Corn (15 oz) 2 cans Canned Tuna (5 oz)

2 cans Fruits (15 oz) 1 bag Rice (16 oz)

Boxes will be sold at the Christmas Market for $10.00 each. All donations will go to KKFK.

Please bring items by the church office. Remember to check fresh dates on all items.

Questions????? See Karen in the office or Rev. John.

Will you help us fill our boxes so we can feed others during the

Christmas Season when the food pantries are almost bare?

INFORMATION BOOTHS IN CHRIST HALL Looking for a few smiling faces….

We need a few volunteers to help us on Sunday mornings staff the information booths in Christ Hall before the

service begins. This could be a husband / wife team or a couple friends working together. If you would be

interested in volunteering 20 minutes before the service, please see Brother Steve to be scheduled

CHUCKLE FOR THE WEEK

A businessman from Tulsa, Oklahoma, went on a business trip to Amarillo, Texas. He immediately sent an e-

mail back home to his wife, Paula. Unfortunately, he forgot his wife's exact e-mail address and the e-mail ended

up going to a Mrs. P. Arnold in Rapid City, South Dakota, the wife of a preacher who had just died. The

preacher's wife, Penny, took one look at the e-mail and promptly fainted. When she was finally revived by her

daughter, Penny hysterically pointed to the message, which read, 'Arrived safely, but it sure is hot down here.!’

Last Sunday

"The Great Family Experiment"

Week 3 The Great Family Experiment is well underway! Packets are distributed each week to families

as they leave to begin their own “Experiments.” Please take pictures of your “Experiments” and

post to the FB Page (St. John’s Pioneer Club-The Great Family Experiment) and to Instagram.

All pictures and comments will be shown in Christ Hall during the fall kickoff this coming

Wednesday-- August 20th. Only 1 packet per family please! Drawings will be held that night

for families who have participated by posting pictures, comments and completed all 3 weeks of

the “Experiment.” Numbered weekly packets are available in the hallway by the church office

and at information booths in Christ Hall in the event you were absent last Sunday.

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STAFF EMAIL AND CONTACT INFORMATION:

Rev. Steve: steve.wood@sjepc.com

Rev. John: john.richter@sjepc.com

Pastor Stephen: stephen.folmar@sjepc.com

Ben Karwoski: benk@sjepc.com

Regina Baker: regina.baker@sjepc.com

Gyzelle Warren: gyzellew@sjepc.com

Karen Hassell: karen.hassell@sjepc.com

St. John’s Evangelical Protestant Church 512 2nd

Ave SE Cullman Al 35055

256-734-0344

2 Teachers still needed: Sunday School is for Everyone

K4-K5 Sunday School Teacher : Tiffany Richter

First Grade Sunday School Teacher : Jodi Leverett, Traci Johnson

Second Grade Sunday School Teacher : Fred and Lynda Hankey

Third Grade Sunday School Teacher Needed____________________________

Fourth Grade Sunday School Teacher___ ___________________

Fifth Grade Sunday School Teachers: Steve and Maria Stanford

Regular Fall Schedule Begins WEDNESDAY August 20

Complimentary Meal

5:00-5:45p Meal Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Potato Salad, Chips, Watermelon Praise and Pioneers (k4-5th)

Praise 5:15p-6:00 p (K4—2nd)

(3Rd —5th ) Pioneers 6:00p-7:00p

6:00 p—7p Youth, Adult Classes, Confirmation

7:00p Adult Choir

Reflections of Our Faithfulness: Attendance –August 10, 2014

8:00 159

9:30 63

10:30 205

Total: 427

God’s People Gave $13,293.00

*Designated Funds: $446.00

*Designated funds include SOC, Missions, Music and Youth Contributions. SOC contributions are used

for debt reduction.

In Hospital: none

Home: Dwight McDowell, Ronald Sullins

Sj’s Student Ministry

Youth Center

Fall Schedule beginning August 24

Wednesday’s 6-7p all ages (7th

-12th

) Engage –Sundays 5-6:30p all ages (7th

-12th

)

Sunday School 9:15-10:15am

Bring a friend!! For more information contact Youth Director Ben Karwoski @ 256-734-0344 or

email: benk@sjepc.com

Gifts Given Last Week:

Designated Funds…

Memory of Hazel Warren by George Scott;

Little Lambs School…

..memory of Hazel Warren by Ted and Gail Mauldin; Don and Gloria Hewett;

Women’s Guild / Whit’s Place..

…memory of Hazel Warren by Catherine Nelson; Charles and Clairce

Face book

If you have a Smartphone, ipad, laptop, tablet or home computer, search “St. John’s, Cullman” and “like” our

page to add us to your newsfeed. Articles of interest to read, announcements and prayer requests are posted

regularly on our St. John’s Face book page. Remember prayer requests posted here, are for your church family to

see. (Remember FB is a public forum so please word prayer requests carefully.)

Has your email address changed? If so and you are not periodically receiving church wide emails, please fill out

your new email address on the attendance register this morning or email Karen your new address to:

karen.hassell@sjepc.com

CONTRIBUTIONS

When making contributions to any fund other than the general fund (Strengthen Our Church (SOC),

Music Fund, or Youth Fund, Women’s Guild) please write a separate check made specifically to that fund.

CONTACT INFORMATION

To make sure you can receive the latest announcements about events at our church, please take a second and

update your email address OR a new cell number by emailing Karen Hassell at karen.hassell@sjepc.com with

your new information.

HELP OTHERS FIND THEIR WAY HOME!!

For the past few months we have been announcing that soon we will begin striking our inactive membership

from the church roster. If you’ve missed someone for a while, let them know they are missed and invite them

back.

CREDIT / DEBIT CARDS …..YES!! NOW ACCEPTED!!

Visa, MasterCard, Discover and debit cards are now being received for your contributions to the church. You can

sign up for weekly, bi-monthly or monthly contribution debits. Forms are available in the church office during

regular business hours.

CHURCH CALLING INFORMATION CARDS

Have you filled out yours? Notification choices are: text message; email, or by calling your home phone.

PLEASE SELECT ONLY ONE METHOD FOR THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT YOU. Cards available

in the information rack in the education building. Turn in at the office.

Assisted Living:

Westminster Assisted Living: Virginia Richter

Cullman Healthcare: Eloise Mauldin

Falkville Nursing Home: Mildred Martin; Rocky Ridge Retirement Living, B’ham.: Charlotte Newman

St. John’s is …. A Caring Church

UPDATED PRAYER LIST

St. John’s prayer list is renewed the first of each month. Please fill out a new prayer card with

your individual requests each month and indicate clearly if you would like it published in the

bulletin—otherwise it will remain on the Pastor’s Prayer list only. Likewise as your prayer

request needs to be removed from the list, please let us know that too. The Prayer lists are

published in the bulletin as space allows each week.

CHURCH MEMBERS:

Mavous Speegle; David York; Theolene Moon, Dale Miller; Greg Sears,; Vicky Fisher; Jackson Ray, Gary

Dean, Bobbie Cleghorn; Pam Campbell, Tommy Durden; Jim Witte; Ed Edmondson; Gail Mauldin; Carolyn

Huck

EXTENDED CHURCH FAMILY AND FRIENDS:

Myrl Dobbins; Johnny Laney; Brenda Heatherly, Mike Duke; Gloria Hudson; Bobby Witte; Tessa Kate Cooley;

Tamika Powell; John Powell; Mary Gabriel; Kay Carpenter; L.E. Shaneyfelt

Military Prayer List: Help us update our Military Prayer list. Please look over the list and see if your family member or friend has

changed locations or has now arrived back at home.

MILITARY ADDRESSES

If you have friends or family currently serving in the US Military, our card ministry would like the opportunity

to send cards to them throughout the year. Please submit (clearly print) complete mailing addresses to Geraldine

Hendrix or bring them by the church office during regular business hours.

Chaplain Chris Hester—Virginia Beach, Va;

CW4 James Williams—North, Little Rock, Ark; Col. Philip Clemmons, Jr.—Pentagon;

PFC Justin Williams—Ft. Stewart, Ga; Captain Kellie Scott Hyatt—Birmingham, Al ; Lt. Scott and Lt.

Commander Roz Love, Portsmouth, VA- US Navy; A1C Will Sapp US Air force, Qatar; USAF; Sgt. Tony

Parker, Air Force, Kandahar; John Lancaster, US Navy; Jason Beck, US Army, Afghanistan; Sgt. Arron Wayne

Cosper, US Army, Fort Poke, La.; Sgt. Terry Smith- Afghanistan; Adam Ramos – USS Green Bay LPD 20 San

Diego, CA, Derek Ramos – Naval Air Station Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla; Cpt. John Forbes, Pentagon; A1C Clay

Bradford—Fairchild Air Force Base, Spokane, Wa.; Danny Durkin, Camp LeJune, NC; Sgt. Zach Whisenhunt,

Camp LeJune, NC

PLEASE EXCUSE OUR ACTIVITY!

When you notice any of the staff slipping out of 8:00 worship on Sundays, please know we are preparing for

Sunday School, or conducting rehearsals for the upcoming service, etc. If you see us on the move, please pray

for us and for all of our worship services!

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

8:00-9:00 Worship- Sanctuary

8:40-9:10-Light Breakfast

9:15-10:15 Sunday School

*9:30-10:25 Communion Service-Sanctuary

(*Note: this time does conflict with the Sunday school hour. Please understand if you intend to bring your

children to this service they will miss this important time of Christian education.)

10:30-11:30 Worship-Christ Hall

EMAIL ADDRESSES

Please notify us when your email address changes by emailing karen.hassell@sjepc.com so you can receive the

church wide email messages.

CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS

Mike Baker, Jimmy Banes, Buddy Franey, Tricia Fuller, Dewayne Hill, Deanna Little, Mike Murphy, Tim

Richter, Robin Sandlin, Pam Scott, Jim Thompson, Rusty Turner.

HOW DOES ST. JOHN’S EXTEND A CALL FOR A NEW SENIOR PASTOR? For only the third time in over forty years we will be calling a new Sr. Pastor to lead St. John’s.

After a Senior Pastor announces his retirement/resignation, the Church Council serves as, or appoints, a Search

Committee. After establishing a vision for pastoral leadership (gifts, qualities, attributes, expectations, etc.) in

accord with Article VIII of the Constitution, the position is announced through a variety of places (web sites,

seminaries, etc.). Interested individual’s present resumes to be reviewed by the search committee.

When the Search Committee has selected the person they feel God has called to be the new Sr. Pastor, they (the

Search Committee) present the candidate to the Church Council for approval and formal nomination to the

Congregation.

Following the nomination, several opportunities will be made available for the congregation to get to know the

candidate and his family. This process concludes with a sermon delivered during Sunday morning worship.

This process is done in accordance with our Church Constitution: ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 7. The Council shall nominate one candidate for Pastor to be voted upon by the

Congregation. The Congregation shall consider only one candidate at a time and shall vote by ballot for his

election or rejection. A Pastor is considered to have been elected if he is acclaimed by a two-thirds majority of

those communicant members attending the Congregational meeting, provided a quorum is present. A quorum is

said to be ten percent of the communicant members.

A congregational meeting will be called to order before the first service on the day the prospective pastor

preaches and adjourned after the last service of that day. A congregational vote, by ballot, will take place at the

conclusion of each service on that day. Votes will be tallied and results announced following the last service.