ANNOUNCEMENTS
The more drivers we have, the more blessings abound! The Ebenezer West Van Ministry is
dedicated to transporting church members and UGA students to and from church who
would otherwise be unable to attend worship, fellowship and attend the activities of our
church each Sunday and during the week. However, the EBCW Van Ministry NEEDS
additional DRIVERS to help fulfill this MISSION. If interested, please contact the church
office at 706-543-9644.
Clergy Appreciation Sunday! Please join us, Sunday, October 12 at 3:00 p.m. as the
Ebenezer, West Family shows appreciation and love to the Associate Ministers of EBCW!
The Rev. James Kendrick, Pastor of East Friendship Baptist Church is the guest speaker
along with the East Friendship Baptist Choir. Special guests also include the former Sons of
Ebenezer: Rev Reginald Woods, Rev. Anthony Granberry, Rev. Stanley Peaks and Rev.
Richard Haynes. Come, See, Share, and Invite a Friend!
The Women's Day Choir will rehearse Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. All women
ages 18 and older are encouraged to attend. You do not have to be current members of any
EBCW choir to participate. Sis. Dierdra Stroud.
2015 Ministry Officers Recommendations are due to the Church Office October 26, 2014.
The Ebenezer Senior Mission Ministry is offering book scholarships up to $200.00 per
applicant. Each applicant must meet the following criteria:
1.
Be enrolled in an institution of higher learning.
2.
Be an active member of Ebenezer Baptist Church, West Family.
3.
Provide proof that books have been purchased.
Application forms are available in the Church Office and must be received in the Church
Office no later than Friday October 31, 2014. Please contact the Church Office if you have
any questions.
Operation Christmas Child: Join the Children's & Youth Ministries in demonstrating
God's love in a tangible way to children all over the world by donating to this year's
Operation Christmas Child efforts. Our goal is to pack 75 boxes and we need your help!
Suggestions for items to donate include: small cars, kazoos, harmonicas, yo-yos, activity
and/or coloring books, crayons, markers, writing journals, toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap,
combs, washcloths, hats, gloves, scarves, gum, hard candy, and lollipops. Monetary
donations to purchase items and/or for shipping ($7 per box) are welcomed as well. The
deadline for all donations is November 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM. Thanks so much for your
support!
The EBCW Children's Ministry Lock-In is Friday, November 7 (6 PM) - Saturday,
November 8 (9:30 AM). All children ages 5 to 12 (Kindergarten - 7th grade) are invited.
Sign-Up Today - Children's/Youth Ministries office door!.
If you know something about God's Word, then share an encouraging word with a member
in the nursing home, home bound, hospitalized or in need of a special prayer. Pick up an
encouragement card from the baskets in the front foyer or Education foyer, complete it and
return it to the basket. Members of the Women's Ministry will mail it for you.
The Golden Girls of Athens Organization cordially invites you to become a valuable
sponsor of The 2nd Annual “50 shades of Pink Affair,” to benefit the Loran Smith Center
for Cancer Support. This event will be held October 25, 2014, Suite 220, One Press Place,
(Thomas Street, Athens Banner Herald Newspaper Building) Athens, GA, at 6:00 p.m. The
Pink affair is an after event following the “In Their Shoes Walk”, and will feature dinner,
live entertainment and The Athens Shades of Pink Choir. Call Bessie Freeman for
additional information at 706-308-7065 or Laura at 706-206-3154.
Monday – October 13
Christian Education Committee ........................................................................... 6:30 p.m.
Cub/Boy Scouts ................................................................................................... 6:30 p.m.
Evangelism Ministry ............................................................................................ 7:00 p.m.
Trustee Board ....................................................................................................... 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday – October 14
Toastmasters of Hope........................................................................................... 6:30 p.m.
Women’s Day Choir Rehearsal ............................................................................ 7:00 p.m.
Wednesday – October 15
Noon Day Worship .............................................................................................. 12 Noon
Worship on Wednesday (WOW) ......................................................................4:00 p.m.
Mission Rescue – Upstairs Educational Wing ...................................................... 4:30 p.m.
F.A.C.T. (Family At Church Time)
Lesson Focus: Session 6 (Part 2) – I’m a Lover, Not a Fighter:
A Case for Christian Pacifism
The Seed: Matthew 5:38-41
Dinner – EBCW Fellowship Hall ...................................................... 5:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.
S.E.E.D. – Children & Teens ......................................................... 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
S.E.E.D. – Adult ............................................................................. 6:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Billups/Rodgers Young Generation Choir Rehearsal ........................ 6:45 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Midweek Worship – Fellowship Hall ............................................ 6:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
EBCW Praise Team Rehearsal ............................................................................ Cancelled
EBCW R.E.A.L. Ensemble Rehearsal .................................................................. 7:30 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Winfred M. Hope
Pastor
2014 Theme:
“Growing The
Church for God’s
Glory from the
Inside Out”
October 12, 2014
Thursday – October 16
H.T. Edwards, Sr. Bread of Life Bible Study – Fellowship Hall ............................12 Noon
Moving In The Spirit (Beg.) Dance Ministry Rehearsal ....................................... 6:00 p.m.
Pastor’s Support Ministry..................................................................................... 6:00 p.m.
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal ................................................................................... 6:30 p.m.
Friday – October 17
Saturday – October 18
Bennie Tillman, Sr. Bible Study – McCoy Room ................................................ 8:30 a.m.
Community Ministry Worship – McCoy Room ............................... 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Moving In The Spirit (Adv.) Dance Ministry Rehearsal ...................................... 9:30 a.m.
New Member Orientation....................................................................................10:00 a.m.
Adult Ushers Ministry .........................................................................................11:00 a.m.
NWBA #8 Association........................................................................................11:00 a.m.
Sunday – October 19
Sunday School Class .......................................................................................... 8:30 a.m.
Ushers on Duty – Adult Ushers ............................................................................ 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service ............................................................................................... 10:00 a.m.
Billups/Rodgers Young Generation Choir
Sunday School Class – McCoy Sunday School Room.................................... 12:15 p.m.
Installation Service – Rev. William Price, Sr. ...................................................... 2:30 p.m.
Holly Springs Baptist Church, Bowman, GA
Church Office: 706-543-9644 • Church Fax: 706-549-3899
CD and DVD recordings of today’s message can be purchased
for the price of $10 for CD and $15 for DVD.
205 North Chase Street
Athens, Georgia 30606
www.ebcw.org
Colossians 1:9, 10
Preparing the Earthly
for Eternity
The Mission of Ebenezer Baptist
Church, West is to preach and
teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ
in such a way that transforms
non-believers into believers,
believers into disciples, disciples
into fruitful mature leaders, who
will in turn go back into the world
to reach others for Jesus Christ.
CHURCH COVENANT
ORDER OF WORSHIP
October 12, 2014
10:00 a.m.
“Exalting the Savior, Edifying the Believer, Evangelizing the Lost,
Extending the Mission”
MEMBERS IN THE NURSING HOME
WORSHIP THROUGH PRAYER & PRAISE
Prelude
EBCW Music Ministry
Praise & Worship
EBCW Praise Team
Devotion
Deacons Ministry
**
*Call to Worship & Invocation
Rev. Isaiah Ellison
*Hymn of Praise
Choir and Congregation
#531 – Only What You Do for Christ Will Last – Rasberry
**
Acknowledgement of Visitors
Sis. Lucille Davis
Pastor’s Support Ministry
**
HOLY COMMUNION
The Church Covenant
Prayer of Remembrance and Rededication
The Lord’s Supper
**
WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING
Offertory & Capital Stewardship Offerings
Rev. Ambrose Jackson
Commitment
We are a tithing church because the Word of God teaches tithing. Our experiences have
shown that God blesses as we follow His plan for giving. “So do not worry, saying, „What
shall we eat?‟ or „What shall we drink?‟ or „What shall we wear?‟ For the pagans run
after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first
His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well”
(Matthew 6:31-33 NIV).
Prayer
Choral Offertory
*Choral Response
“All things come of Thee, O Lord, and of Thine own
have we given Thee. AMEN”
(I Chronicles 29:14)
**
Choral Praise
**
Hymn of Meditation
Deacons Ministry
EBCW Sanctuary Choir
Choir and Congregation
EBCW Sanctuary Choir
Choir and Congregation
#116 – In the Garden – Miles
Altar Call
Rev. James Herron
**
WORSHIP THROUGH THE WORD
Sermon Hymn
#161 – Amazing Grace – Newton
Choir and Congregation
Sermon
Rev. Dr. Winfred M. Hope
“PASS THE SALT, PLEASE“
Matthew 5:13-16 (13) NIV
WORSHIP BLESSINGS
*Invitation to New Members and Call to Discipleship
Pastoral Expressions
Rev. Dr. Winfred M. Hope
Benediction
Postlude
*Those who are able, please stand
**Worshipers May Enter
Nurse on Duty: Sis. Sandra Draine
Little Lambs Nursery is open for children ages: Infants to 5 years old.
Bro. James Lumpkin, Sr. – Heritage Healthcare at Grandview
Bro. Mac Harris – Winterville Nursing Home
Sis. Alfreda Ballard – Unihealth Post-Acute Care on Hawthorne
Sis. Lena Mathews – Unihealth Post-Acute Care on Hawthorne –
Mother of Sis. Ilean Collins
Sis. Dorothy Jordan – Unihealth Post-Acute Care on Hawthorne
HOMEBOUND MEMBERS
Sis. Evelyn Billups
Sis. Dorothy Hemphill
Sis. Mary Lumpkin
Sis. Frances McBride
Rev. David Nunnally, Sr.
Sis. Hilda Sutton
Sis. Louise Walton
HOSPITALIZED/SURGERY THE WEEK OF 10/6–10/14
Sis. Paula Royal-Wallace
Bro. John Payne – ICU – STMH – Brother of Sis. Agnes Cannon & Bro. Richard Payne
Sis. Deborah Green – Outpatient Surgery – Monday, October 13th – Emory (Midtown)
SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS AND NEEDS
Sis. Kyla Mapp & Family
Sisters Pat Harris & Helen Roberson
Breast Cancer Patients & Survivors
Sis. Rosie Jarrell
Bro. Jonathan Williams – Japan
Sis. Audrey Fisher
Sis. Vickie Ellison
Sis. Mildred Stokes
Sis. Ethel Jordan
Trustee Ministry
Sis. Joan Wakefield
Bro. Johnathan Rucker
Bro. Garmon Randolph
Sis. Juanita Ellis
Sis. JoAnn Lynn-Walters & Family
Sis. Juanita H. Robinson
Sis. Elaine Stovall
Sis. Lucille Davis
Bro. J.R. Skinner
Sis. Faye Poe
Dea. Gary Taylor
Sis. Henrietta Jackson
Sis. Sheila Merritt
Sis. Cassandra Stroud
Sis. Anisha Barnes
Sis. Christine Hopkins
Sis. Connie Woodall
Sis. Lynn Brown
Bro. Alfonza Brown I, II and III
Sis. Julia P. Russell
Sis. Ileane Nunnally
Bro. George & Sis. Alma Stroud & Family
Sis. Frances Glenn
Sis. Ellen Hill
Bro. Shaquille Moody – U. S. Navy
Bro. Bailey Grimes
Sis. Deborah Lattimore
Sis. Janet Sims Alexander
Sis. Sarah Sims Hawes
Sis. Flora Bankston
Sis. Daisy Watkins
Sis. Jeanettie Dyson
Sis. Beverly Neal
Sis. Alice Harris
Sis. Shirley Hudson
Bro. Christopher Lester – Afghanistan
Bro. Demetrius Sims
Bro. Brandon Greene – Persian Gulf
Bro. Sidney B. Young
Bro. Tavolzio Rittenberry
Bro. Randall Lumpkin
Bro. Scotty Hawks
Sis. Mary G. Riley, Rochester, NY
Bro. Roderick Moody
Sis. Blanche Ervin, Savannah, GA
Situations in Middle East & Syria
FUNERAL
Bro. Joe Newsome, husband of Sis. Goldie Newsome of Shear Performance
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Sis. Carolyn Gordon Dunham, Thursday, October 16, Dublin, GA
Aunt of Sis. Deborah Green & Sis. Sara Battey
Great Aunt of Washington, Kathleen and Claiborne Green
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Please contact Sis. Danette Crawford, Church Secretary
ASAP at (706) 543-9644 with Sickness or Bereavement Information;
or email at [email protected].
Having been led, as we believe, by the spirit of God, to
receive the Lord Jesus Christ, as our Savior,
And on the profession of our faith, having been baptized
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost,
We do now, in the presence of God, angels, and this
assembly, most solemnly and joyfully enter into covenant with
one another, as one body in Christ.
We engage, therefore, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to
walk together in Christian love; to strive for the advancement of
this church, in knowledge, holiness, and comfort;
To promote its prosperity and spirituality; to sustain its
worship, ordinances, discipline, and doctrines;
To contribute cheerfully and regularly to the support of
the ministry, the expenses of the church, the relief of the poor,
and the spread of the gospel through all nations.
We also engage to maintain family and secret devotions;
to religiously educate our children; to seek the salvation of our
kindred and acquaintances;
To walk circumspectly in the world, to be just in our
dealings; faithful in our engagements, and exemplary in our
deportment;
To avoid all tattling, backbiting, and excessive anger; to
abstain from the sale and use of intoxicating drinks as a beverage,
and to be zealous in our efforts to advance the kingdom of our
Savior.
We further engage to watch over one another in
brotherly love;
To remember each other in prayer; to aid each other in
sickness and distress; to cultivate Christian sympathy in feeling
and courtesy in speech;
To be slow to take offense, but always ready for
reconciliation, and mindful of the rules of our Savior to secure it
without delay.
We moreover engage that when we remove from this
place we will, as soon as possible, unite with some other church,
where we can carry out the spirit of this covenant and the
principles of God’s Word.