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Birthday & Anniversary Wishes
Happy Birthday to:
Cheryl Miller
5/18
Tanya McNease
5/20
Michelle Miller
5/21
Austin Brink
5/22
Becky Coleman
5/23
Tiffany Stanley
5/23
Happy Anniversary to:
Lee & Ashley Ratcliffe
5/19
Dates to Remember:
May 31
Carry-In Dinner (noon) (no p.m. services)
June 6
HeathYouth Outdoor Movie & Cook-Out
(Picnic Pavilion)
June 7
Rev. David Kendall, special speaker (a.m. & p.m.)
June 13
HeathSeniors “Breakfast & Bible Study”
(9:30 a.m. – Fellowship Hall)
June 22 – 26
VBS!
June 28
VBS Program (10:30 a.m. – no p.m. services)
July 19
Concert w/ The Lebeaus! (6 p.m.)
Aug. 14 – 16
HeathYouth Summer Retreat
(Camp Caraway, Asheboro)
Stay Connected….
www.heathchurch.org
OPPORTUNITIES OF THE WEEK
Heath Church
May 17, 2015
...Be strong and
courageous. Do
not be terrified;
do not be
discouraged, for
the Lord your
God will be with
you wherever
you go.
Joshua 1:9
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Prelude
Worship in Song (Congregation)**
Tithes / Offerings
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HeathKids Choir / Offering March
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Recognition of New Members
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Welcome Time
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Announcements
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Call to Prayer
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Special Music
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Sermon
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Invitation / Benediction
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Postlude
** Congregation, please stand. If you are
unable to stand, please feel free to remain
seated during any “standing activity.”
Sunday -
9:30 A.M.
10:30 A.M.
Coffee Fellowship /
Sunday School
Worship Service
(Sermon: “Treasures of the
Snow” Pt.VIII – Pastor Dan)
Monday -
6:00 P.M.
Annual Membership Mtg. &
Election of HeathDirectors
8:15 P.M.
Church Softball Game
(Holly Grove Lutheran Ballfield)
Tuesday -
6:30 – 8:00 P.M.
HeathAdventurers
Troop Meetings
Welcome to Worship!
Today is New Members’ Sunday! It is a great joy to welcome twelve
(12) BRAND-NEW MEMBERS into the official membership of Heath
Church!
This annual event is always a special blessing because it is a reminder
of GROWTH! (1)-Spiritual Growth in the Grace of our Lord, Jesus (2)Numerical Growth in the Church’s Active Participants, (3)-Social
Growth in the Joys of Being a Part of a Lively, Vibrant Church!
Today, we welcome our new members. May each of you lead others to
Christ and to Heath Church in future days. Let’s keep GROWING (in
the grace) & (for the glory) of Jesus Christ, our Lord!
Welcome To Worship!
Dan Downing – Senior Pastor
336.472.3457 / 336.239.1731
[email protected]
Bruce Johnson – Assistant Pastor
336.243.2679
[email protected]
Wednesday -
7:00 P.M.
HeathYouth Bible
Studies/Fellowship
HeathKids & HeathJrs.
Bible Classes-Fun-Food
Annual Members’ Meeting and Election of HeathDirectors
Our annual members’ meeting and election of Board of Directors
members (HeathDirectors) will be held this evening (May 17), at 6:00 p.m. in
the main sanctuary. There will be no other P.M. services today.
Please note that there will be A VERY SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
shared with our members in this meeting!! We hope ALL can be present. If
you are not able to be at the meeting, absentee ballots (with instructions) are
available on the table in the foyer.
ATTENTION:
Prayer Concerns
Jesica Harrison - Accident Injuries
Emily Downing - Women’s Hospital
The Family of Rev. Ben Stowe (bereavement)
Steve Sadler (Mary Campbell’s brother) – stroke/heart/diabetes
Mary Campbell – heart blockage
The Family of Anne Kelley (Ashley R’s mother) – bereavement
Todd Stoopes (43 yr old nephew of Marsh Bessler) - Brain Tumor and
other critical health issues
Nancy Reagan – Baptist Hospital
Marsha Bessler – surgery recovery
Tyler Leonard – physical need
Monique Brite – surgery recovery
Kris McCrosky – surgery recovery
Joyce Thompson (Jeff’s mother) – cancer recovery
Julie Hardee (Debbie’s daughter-in-law) – cancer
Bessie Olson (Larry’s mother) – urgent physical need
Marian Bessler – (John’s mother) – physical need
Brian Kelley (Ashley Ratcliffe’s brother) – physical need
David Jones – special need
Arlene Rhoades – Cancer Recovery
Randi Conard – physical need
Tom McGuire – physical need
Irvan Reagan – physical need
Ronald Davis – (Ronnie & Betty’s son) – Cancer Recovery
Our Armed Forces
Military
Andrew Willoughby
Mikey Bowles
Matt Grubb
Brandon Studebaker
Luke Welton
Gary Bailey
Dustin Tharp
Doenisha Smith
John Bryant
David Shelley
Do Your Associate Pastor “Homework!”
Our Associate Pastor Search Committee is working hard to
wade through, process, vet, interview, and recommend various
candidates for the full-time ministry position of Associate Pastor, here at
Heath Church. This is no mean task! God bless our committee for the
hundreds of hours they will, no doubt, log before this process is
complete.
THEY, however, are not the only ones who need to put forth effort
toward the accomplishment of this gargantuan project. We ALL have
important roles to play. That means YOU!
– PRAY! Pray for the committee; pray for the candidates;
pray for the church that GOD will have HIS way in this
critically important process and result.
–BECOME A MEMBER & VOTE! If you are saved, 18 or
over, and Heath Church is “your church” why don’t you
become a member if you’re not already. That way you
can let your voice be heard as we’re voting for our new
Associate Pastor. (Only official members are afforded
the privilege of voting for church officers/ministers).
(New Member forms are on the Literature Table].
–REMEMBER! After you become a member, then you need
to “RE-Member!”  As different candidates come to
our church for Sunday services and preach, meet, &
greet, we need to PAY ATTENTION and REMEMBER
what/how we felt and what we construed as God’s
direction and our reaction to each candidate. Though
you’re just SO SURE you’ll remember ALL ABOUT that
certain candidate, the fact is – you probably WON’T a
few weeks down the road! Take notes; listen to the
sermon(s) again online; discuss the candidate with your
family; pray; and REMEMBER!
If you would like to add a prayer concern to the bulletin, please e-mail it to [email protected]
by Wed., 5:00 p.m. in order to ensure that it appears in the following Sunday’s bulletin.
Attendance Averages – April 2015
Sun. A.M. - 198
Sun. P.M. – 61
A.M. Attendance Averages: 2005 - 134 / 1995 - 111
God will always do HIS part. But .. He won’t do OUR homework for
us, if can do it ourselves! Let’s ALL be a part of God’s great kingdombuilding work here at Heath Church, as He leads us along to bigger,
better and brighter days ahead! 
Special Speaker – June 7
Sermon Notes:
On Sunday, June 7, Rev. David Kendall and his family of Knoxville, TN,
will be here at Heath Church for the purpose of trying out for the position of
Associate Pastor. Rev. Kendall will be preaching in both the 10:30 a.m. and
6:00 p.m. services – Lord willing.
“Treasures Of The Snow”
(Pt. VIII)
There will be a joint-meeting of HeathDirectors, The Assoc. Pastor
Search Comm., and Rev. Kendall, at 3 p.m. that day, in the church
fellowship hall, for the purpose of more extensive and in-depth interview.
Job 38 : 1, 22a
Let’s keep praying for God’s divine leadership in this important matter!
(The Treasures of:
VBS NEEDS
I.- CHRISTIANITY
V.- SERVILITY
IX.- VICTORY
II.- PURITY
VI.- __________
X.- __________
III.- UNITY
VII.- LIBERTY
XI.- PROSPERITY
IV.- ____________
VIII.- RELIABILITY
Our annual Kids’ Summer Vacation Bible School (which, this year, is
centered around - “A Trip To Mt. Everest!”) - is scheduled for June 22 – 26.
 Let’s PRAY for VBS that God will use it to win souls to Him!
 Let’s INVITE others and do all we can to bring the kids we know and
Have You Entered Into:
have an influence on.
 Let’s SAVE & SUBMIT all our cardboard toilet tissue rollers to use for
VBS crafts between now and then.
 Let’s BELIEVE God for the greatest VBS, ever! 
Church Softball!
Our “boys of summer” are back at it for a new church softball season, so
come out and cheer on our team! All games will be played at The Holly
Grove Lutheran Ballfield on Holly Grove Road. The schedule for games will
appear every week in the “Opportunities For The Week” section of this
bulletin. GO HEATH!
Sunday Nurseries
For families with babies & children up through 3 yrs. of age, a FullyFurnished / Staffed Nursery is provided every Sunday from 9:30 a.m. –
till the close of a.m. worship service.
There is also a Partially-Furnished Moms’ Nursery with one-way
sanctuary view & service audio available. This nursery is open during
all services, and is located behind the main sanctuary, adjacent to the
ladies’ restroom. Please ask an usher if you need further direction to one
of our nurseries.
XII. - The Treasure of ____________
“As the rain comes down from the heavens - and also
the SNOW - and does not return to the skies, but stays on the
ground to water the earth, and causes the grain to grow and
produces seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry ..
SO ALSO IS MY _______! I SEND IT OUT and it
ALWAYS __________ FRUIT! It NEVER RETURNS VOID
(or empty)! It SHALL ACCOMPLISH all that I want it to
accomplish, and it SHALL _________ wherever I send it!”
(Isaiah 55 : 10 – 11)
“You SHALL BE _________ (MINISTERS) of & for Me!”
(Acts 1 : 8)