FLAT ROCK BAPTIST CHURCH

              Worship Service        January 4, 2009

Prayer & Prepare Month

   “Commit to the Lord whatever you do,
and your plans will succeed.”         Proverbs 16:3
 

Good morning and welcome to Flat Rock!

We hope you experience Jesus Christ in a new and meaningful way this morning.

 
Prelude

Welcome & Announcements                        Rev. Kevin Wilson

Greeting

Call to Worship

Prayer

                                                                                    

*Worship Through Music

                   “I Love You, Lord”                                           P. 80

        “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”                                  P. 1

             “Let’s Just Praise the Lord”                                  P. 107

                   

Worship Through Giving

Tithes and Offerings

 

Prayer                                                                       Tim Watson

 

Offertory    

 

Anthem              “The Love of God”                                  Choir

[Children are dismissed to Children’s Worship]

 

Worship Through the Word

Sermon                                                               Rev. Todd Byrd

          “How Deep is Your Love?”                     John 15:12-17   

 

*Worship Through Response     

 Song and Time of Response

  “They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love”           P. 284

                                                                       

*Those that are comfortable standing are invited to stand


Nursery is available for birth through age 3.
Children’s Worship is available for ages 4 – 7.

PRAYER LIST – Char Sayer, Charles Haymore, Mattie Inman, Nancy Edwards, Eddy Haymore, Marsha Lowe,  Derrick Thompson, Alfred & Lois Hiatt, Dorsie Combs, Eva Vogler, Larry Mills, Carson Mauldin, Billie Simmons, Mike Langley, Frankie Hensley, Ben & Laura Whitaker, Hosea Cook, Patsy Paul, Mary Alice Hodges, Palmer Miles, Dwight Marshall, Alan Gwyn, Neil Fleming, Vada Gates, Margaret Stone, Meghan Thompson, Loretta Thompson, James Thompson, Susan Dillon, Royce Bobbitt, Willie Martin, Danny Bateman, Mary Moser, Randy Brock, Sandy Beam, Bertie Norman, Maude Reynolds,  Josh Hill, Bill Bennett, co-workers of Tommy Rogers, Dwayne Roberts, David Willard, Eara Scott, Carrie Sparks, Sherry Barnard, family concerns, our nation and leaders.     


HAPPY BIRTHDAY THIS WEEK TO:

5) Malinda Riggs
6) Yvonne Horton, Greg Haynes
7) Aaron Brintle
8) Sandra Leonard
10) Austin Warren


TEAM SCHEDULES

NURSERY

January 4 – Tammy Dixon, Renee Greeson, Betty Wilhite

January 11 –

 

CHILDREN’S WORSHIP

January 4 – Mary Richardson

January 11 – Becky Jefferson

 

AUDIO VISUAL

January 4 – Doug Dixon

January 11 – Corey Bumgardner

 

USHERS for next week, January 11th               

Bill Cockerham, Tim Watson, James Watson, Tommy Hicks

 

DOOR GREETERS for next week, January 11th            

Early Service:  Charles and Ruth Haymore

10:30 Service:  Becky Jefferson, Vergie Hiatt, Gladys McHone, Janice Combs, Henry Richardson

THIS WEEK AT FLAT ROCK BAPTIST

Sunday, January 4 - Saturday, January 10, 2009

 Today

Early Service – 9:00                                  Sunday School – 9:45
Worship Service – 11:00                         

Tuesday

Visiting Team – 10:30
Widow Support Group
 

Wednesday
Prayer and Bible Study – 6:30
Choir Practice – 7:30
 

Thursday
Fellowship and Bible Study – 10:00
            

Offering envelopes for 2009 are now available in the Sunday School classes and in the vestibule.
 

If you have not already picked up your calendar for 2009, please pick one up from the bench in the hallway.
 

Our youth help with Special Olympics the 2nd & 4th Sunday of each month.  If you would like to contribute individual snack packs or drinks, you may leave them in Kevin’s office.
 

Today is the deadline for YOUTH to sign up for our Winter Retreat at Snowshoe Ski Resort.  See Kevin today.

 

          COME CELEBRATE !  

Next Sunday, January 11, we will be celebrating our 110th Birthday here at Flat Rock.  Our Worship Services will be at 9:00 and 10:30 AM.  We will have special music, testimonies and special visitors.  Everyone is invited to stay for the covered dish lunch following the 10:30 service.  Please invite your family, friends and/or previous members and come with your baskets full!  

 

 HOMEBOUND MEMBER OF THE WEEK
Frank and Pansy Gangloff
1619 E. Pine St.
Mount Airy, NC  27030


CHURCH  STEWARDSHIP  for Dec. 28, 2008
2008 budget: $183,925.97/year    $3537.04/week
Actual Tithes and Offerings to date: $ 207,951.31           
Last Week’s Offering: $ 3,300.00
Designated Offering: $ 5.00
Weekly Average: $ 4,077.48
Discipleship Training - 66
9:00 AM Worship Service – 37
11:00 AM Worship Service - 156
 
  Deacons of the Church

 Tim Watson, Chairman ……………………...……… 320-2199

Eddy Haymore ……………………………………… 789-9358  

Scott McHone ………………………………………. 786-9198

Brenda Joyce ………………………………............... 789-0019

Clyde Horwath ……………………………….......…. 786-5131

John Brim ………………………………………..…. 789-4049

Chris Fallaw…………………………...…………….. 351-6599
 
Deacon of the Week
Tim Watson
320-2199

 
Flat Rock Baptist Church exists as a congregation of believers focused on knowing God through Jesus Christ, using creative, effective and ethical means to encourage those who would follow on the journey to wholeness.

Staff & Ministry Leaders

Pastor ……………………………………………….Todd Byrd

Associate/Youth Pastor …………………...……. Kevin Wilson

Minister of Music ………………………..……… Alice Rogers

Music Accompaniment ……………………..……… Jane Tesh

Children’s Ministry …...…….. Jamie Martin, Mary Richardson

Custodian …………………………….………. Bill Cockerham

Secretary …………………………………..……… Pat Blakley

Treasurer …………………………………….. Nancy Haymore

Evangelism ……………………………………. Ricky Sawyers

Discipleship ……………………………..……… Brenda Joyce

Fellowship ………….…………………...….. Carol Cockerham

Young at Hearts Senior Ministry ………….……. Jennie Gwyn

WMU ………………...………… Sylvia Mayer, Joan Horwath

Men’s Ministry ……………………….………. Clyde Horwath