The Celebration of Worship The Sixth Sunday of Eastertide May 6, 2018, 9:00 AM Introit “We Have Come to Join in Worship” Ingram Handbell Ensemble Invocation Welcome and Announcements The Church Praises * The Hymn of Praise “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” page 103 The Church Prays Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. The Church Gives Offering and Anthem “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” Handbell Ensemble Ingram * Doxology OLD 100th page 95 * Prayer of Thanksgiving The Church Prepares “For the Beauty of the Earth” page 92 (Verses 1, 2, 5, and 6) The Church Proclaims Sermon “The Promise of Flourishing” Jeremiah 17:5-8 The Church Responds “I Shall Not Be Moved” The Church is Sent * Benediction * Benediction Response “Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.” Postlude * Please stand if you are able. * You are invited to attend Stand-Around at 10:00 A.M. The Celebration of Worship The Sixth Sunday of Eastertide May 6, 2018 9:00AM Rev. R. Len Walker, Jr. Senior Pastor Rev. V. Lamar Helms Associate Pastor, Director of Music Lindsey Wesseling Leslie Grogan Youth Ministry Leadership Team Dr. Vernon S. Broyles Founding Chaplain Dr. Jimmy Allen Chaplain Emeritus Dr. James McCormick Chaplain Emeritus 10455 Big Canoe Big Canoe, GA 30143 470.273.6768 www.bigcanoechapel.org We are a Stephen Ministry Congregation. “With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh let me not wander from Your commandments!” Psalm 119:10 Today we affirm the presence of God: “And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER observance and celebration will be held today, May 6 at 5:00 PM at the Big Canoe Chapel Terraces Amphitheater located at 1851 Steve Tate Road. Planned festivities include a light supper, a celebration and praise band concert featuring David Glen and his latest albums “Relentless” and “We Are One”. A number of community and state leaders will speak and participate in a time of prayer for the nation and local community. Join in this special time of celebration and prayer. Everyone is wel- come!! Rain location—Trinity Church, Steve Tate Road Congratulations to Ray and Miki Roth, they will be celebrating their 65th Wedding Anniversary on May 13th. Vacation Bible School volunteers needed! Don't miss your chance to participate in this incredible week! Vacation Bible School is June 11th-14th from 9:00-12:30! Sign up now! A volunteer infor- mation meeting will be at 4:00 pm on May 22 in McCormick Hall. Contact Jean Lomax at 706-268-1396 for more information!
Transcript
The Celebration of Worship The Sixth Sunday of Eastertide
May 6, 2018, 9:00 AM
Introit “We Have Come to Join in Worship” Ingram Handbell Ensemble
Invocation
Welcome and Announcements
The Church Praises
* The Hymn of Praise “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” page 103
The Church Prays
Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer 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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
The Church Gives
Offering and Anthem “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee” Handbell Ensemble Ingram
* Doxology OLD 100th page 95
* Prayer of Thanksgiving
The Church Prepares
“For the Beauty of the Earth” page 92 (Verses 1, 2, 5, and 6)
The Church Proclaims
Sermon “The Promise of Flourishing”
Jeremiah 17:5-8
The Church Responds
“I Shall Not Be Moved”
The Church is Sent * Benediction
* Benediction Response
“Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard you calling in the night. I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in my heart.”
Postlude
* Please stand if you are able. * You are invited to attend Stand-Around at 10:00 A.M.
The Celebration of Worship The Sixth Sunday of Eastertide
May 6, 2018 9:00AM
Rev. R. Len Walker, Jr. Senior Pastor
Rev. V. Lamar Helms
Associate Pastor, Director of Music
Lindsey Wesseling
Leslie Grogan
Youth Ministry
Leadership Team
Dr. Vernon S. Broyles Founding Chaplain
Dr. Jimmy Allen
Chaplain Emeritus
Dr. James McCormick Chaplain Emeritus
10455 Big Canoe
Big Canoe, GA 30143
470.273.6768
www.bigcanoechapel.org
We are a Stephen Ministry Congregation.
“With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh let
me not wander from Your commandments!”
Psalm 119:10
Today we affirm the presence of God:
“And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:19
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER observance and celebration will be held today, May 6 at 5:00 PM at the Big Canoe Chapel Terraces Amphitheater located at 1851 Steve Tate Road. Planned festivities include a light supper, a celebration and praise band concert featuring David Glen and his latest albums “Relentless” and “We Are One”. A number of community and state leaders will speak and participate in a time of prayer for the nation and local community.
Join in this special time of celebration and prayer. Everyone is wel-come!!
Rain location—Trinity Church, Steve Tate Road
Congratulations
to Ray and Miki Roth, they will be celebrating their 65th Wedding Anniversary on May 13th.
Vacation Bible School volunteers needed! Don't miss your chance to participate in this incredible week! Vacation Bible School is June 11th-14th from 9:00-12:30! Sign up now! A volunteer infor-mation meeting will be at 4:00 pm on May 22 in McCormick Hall. Contact Jean Lomax at 706-268-1396 for more information!
Please note;
The Nursery is available downstairs during the 9:00 & 10:30 am services.
Remember to turn your cell phones back on at the end of the service!
8:30 AM Prayer with Senior Pastor-Chapel 109 8:45 AM Fellowship Class Coffee-McCormick Hall 9:00 AM Fellowship SS Class-McCormick Hall 9:00 AM Grace Walk SS Class-Broyles Room 102 9:00 AM Blended Worship Service-Chapel 10:00 AM Chapel Stand-Around-Cousins Hall 10:30 AM Faith Quest-Room 102 10:30 AM Seekers SS Class-McCormick Hall 10:30 AM Book by Book SS Class-Board Room 10:30 AM Koinonia SS Class-Room 107 10:30 AM Middle School Youth-Teen Room 10:30 AM Children K-5 Chapel 107 10:30 AM Children 3’s & 4’s-Chapel 106 10:30 AM Nursery-Chapel 101 10:30 AM Traditional Worship Service-Chapel
Today at the Chapel Chapel Announcements
Serving Today at the Chapel…
9:00AM
Pianist: Sam Holmes Organist: James Garner
Ushers: David and Vee Thompson Lauren Grant Faye Webster
Guest Hosts: Lynn Pope Verna Rauschenberg
Cart Driver: Henry Moldt
Stand-Around: Bill and Ann Tinkler
Head Usher: Dick Girdler Technical Ministry Team: Randy Grogan, Win Cates, Leslie Grogan
This Week at the Chapel
Welcome!
Big Canoe Chapel is a multi-denominational Christian con-gregation united in our faith in Jesus Christ as Lord. The Chapel gladly welcomes anyone desiring to become a regu-lar, associate, or fellowship member.
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From the Senior Pastor
The Legacy of Caring Marketplace Men’s Toys & Tools’ store will be set up under tents in the lower Chapel parking lot on May 18 & 19 offering used tools and sporting goods of interest to men. Donations for this store will be accepted at the Big Canoe Chapel Broyles Center, lower level, the week of the marketplace, starting on Monday, May 14, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Chapel Member Prayer List
Ric Rack-Pray for those in our community who have physical needs.
At Home: David Holmes, Cathy Scott, Dianne Ward, Susanne Newell,
Harry Yarbrough, Bill and Bettye Hinson.
Rehab: Tom Faucette, Pruitt Health, Jasper.
Hospice: Martha Adkins, Gold City Personal Care, Dahlonega, Bob Wil-liams, Roswell, Jane Williams, (Ann Tinkler’s mother), The Montclair, Deca-tur, GA.
Assisted Living: Oscar Williams (Sandra Gadd’s father), Gracemont Sen-ior Living in Cumming, Richard Jackson (Fran Farias’s brother), Hudson Memorial Home, Arkansas.
In Assisted Care: Margie Hunter, Benton House, Alpharetta; Frances Smith, Hallmark at Phipps, Atlanta; Ben Johnson, Mt. Vernon Village, 475 Mt. Vernon Rd., A201 Sandy Springs, GA 30043, Richard Krajec, 925 Spring Rock Dr., Lawrenceville, GA 30043, Peggy Lehmberg, Brightmore of South Charlotte, 10225 Old Ardrey Kell Rd., Charlotte, NC 28277; John Thurman, Garden Plaza, Lawrenceville, GA.
Prayer Blankets: Remember prayer blankets are always a blessing for peo-ple needing comfort. They are in a cabinet along with spiritual music CDs in Room 103 in the Broyles Center.
The Legacy of Caring invites you to tour five unique homes by bus from the Chapel. Tickets are $30 and are available for morning or after-noon tours at Stand-Around today and for the next two Sundays. Tickets are also available online www.bigcanoelegacy.org. The Legacy of Caring is hosted by the Chapel Women’s Guild to benefit charitable organizations in Pickens and Dawson counties. Angels in the Woods is a year round program through which donations can be made to the Women’s Guild Legacy of Caring to honor or in mem-ory of a person or group. With Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and graduation season approaching, now would be the perfect time to honor or remember those special people in our lives. Visit www.bigcanoelegacy.org/Angels for more information or to download an Angels in the Woods’ donation form.
Legacy of Caring, Bear Paw Bakery will be accepting your donations of homemade cupcakes, cakes, cookies, sweet rolls, brownies & snacks, including gluten-free and diabetic friendly items, in the Broyles Center kitchen from 10 am to 4 pm, on Thursday, May 17, and on Friday morning, May 18. Please label all donations and mark if your item contains nuts. Volunteers will package and price items for sale. Thank you for baking! The Legacy of Caring is hosted by Big Canoe Chapel Women’s Guild to benefit charitable organizations whose primary focus is the wellbeing of women and children.
Mon. 5/7 New Visitor/Membership Meeting-B. Room 1:00PM Mon. 5/7 Property Committee Meeting-Room 107 1:00PM Tues. 5/8 C. S. Lewis Men’s Group-Teen Room 9:00AM Tues. 5/8 Bella Voce Rehearsal-McCormick Hall 9:00AM Tues. 5/8 Wellness Collab-Healthy Living-C. Hall 2:00PM Wed. 5/9 Ridgerunners Book Club Mtg.-Room 107 10:00AM Wed. 5/9 Communications Committee Mtg.-Rm. 102 1:00PM Wed. 5/9 Creative Stitchery-Room 101 1:00PM Wed. 5/9 Finance Committee Meeting-Board Room 2:00PM Wed. 5/9 Vespers-Chapel 6:00PM Wed. 5/9 Stephen Minister Training-Room 107 6:00PM Wed. 5/9 Youth Ministry-McCormick Hall 7:00PM Thurs. 5/10 Ensemble Rehearsal 7:00PM Thurs. 5/10 Women’s Guild Meeting-Cousins Hall 9:00AM Fri. 5/11 Activities Committee Meeting-Cousins H. 10:30AM Sat. 5/12 AA Meeting-Teen Room 9:00AM Sun. 5/13 Legacy of Caring Marketplace-all facilities 12:00PM Sun. 5/13 Bella Voce sings 9:00 & 10:30AM
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.”
Romans 8:28
In his classic devotional book, My Utmost for His Highest, Oswald Chambers declares, “I am sorry for the Christian who has not something in his circumstances he wishes was not there.” The first time I read that I scratched my head. Why would I or anyone want to have difficult or painful circumstances? I think I prefer the easy and simple path. Clear the way. Remove the thorny obstacles and let me proceed unhindered. Like you, I dis-covered life simply doesn’t work that way.
However, is there value in the most pressing challenges of life? Is there something we learn in the fire that we’ll never know in the cool comfort of ease and peace? What is the point Cham-bers is trying to get across? I think I have an idea.
In the various trials and difficult circumstances of life, we have the opportunity to see the hand of God at work. It’s seen through the eyes of faith but it’s as evident to the Christian as the sun on a cloudless day. It is the fresh and vibrant realization of the care and provision of the Father. It is the reminder that God is on your side. Did you hear me? God is on your side! Think of all the people throughout the history of the church who were lifted to a new level of faith when God stepped in. That person is never again the same.
The apostle Paul speaks of “all things” in Romans 8:28. Later on in the chapter, he enumerates some of those things. Death, life, angels, demons, trouble, hardship, and sword. That’s a pretty sobering list, isn’t it? But in it all, God works in redemp-tive and restorative power.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not going around looking for trouble. But when that trouble comes——and it will——I get to see God work. And the blessings of His grace, power, and presence will transform life altogether. Thanks be unto God!
