ANNOUNCEMENTS

We are off to a good start in our efforts to Support ECHO During June.

(See today’s “most needed” list insert.) ECHO has two big food drives a

year, one in November and one in May, and last month’s drive collected

21,857 pounds of food. That is a lot of food, but in its last fiscal year,

ECHO gave out an average of 17,500 pounds of food each month. To fill

the gaps between the big drives, ECHO depends on the community’s

individual and group donations. June is Westwood’s month to help out.

Please donate as many items as you can.

Impact Training continues with session #2 today, followed by final

session #3 on June 26, both at 4:30-5:45 p.m. Both sessions are mandatory

for students travelling to Wise, VA for Impact 2016. Excused absences

must be arranged in advance with Tom Kern.

Child Protection Training—All volunteers who work with children and

youth who DID NOT TRAIN in 2015 must attend one training session this

year. Check the list at the Welcome Center to find out whether you need to

take a CPT class this year. Training will be held on Tuesday, June 21 at

9:30 a.m.; and Sunday, June 26 at 9:45 a.m.

Children and families are invited for Popsicles on the Playground this

Tuesday, June 14 at 6:45 p.m. Join the fun!

Youth will meet at Westwood at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 24, for a day at

KingsFest at Kings Dominion. Bring a friend! The cost is $25 (for

admission to the park and the concert) plus money for food and snacks.

Sign up at the Welcome Center or at SNL! Payment and permission slips

must be turned in no later than Sunday, June 19.

The first of our Summer Book Conversations will be a discussion of the

book Half Truths: God Helps Those Who Help Themselves and Other

Things the Bible Doesn’t Say by Adam Hamilton, on Tuesday, June 21.

Join us from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Music Suite as we look at common

Christian-sounding clichés and compare them to the truth that is found in

the message and ministry of Jesus. Future book conversations will

include The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for

Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown on Tuesday,

July 19; and Life Lessons from a Bad Quaker: A Humble Stumble Toward

Simplicity and Grace by J. Brent Bill, on Tuesday, August 9. Books are

available for purchase ($10 each) at the Welcome Center.

Get ready to “Catch the Wave of God’s Amazing Love” at the Surf Shack!

Register online for Vacation Bible School, coming July 11-15. To

volunteer, please contact Pam Bryson, Randa Gray, Ginger Schiffner, or

Rebecca Larson.

Flower Dedication—The flowers in the sanctuary today are given to the

glory of God by Ed and Martha Newman to celebrate and bless the

marriage of their daughter Katharine to Glen McLeod.

THIS WEEK

June 12-19, 2016

TODAY 9:00 a.m. Child Protection Training-WH

9:45 a.m. Sunday School

11:00 a.m. Worship-Graduate Recognition

2:00 p.m. IBR Worship

4:00 p.m. IBR Bible Study

4:30 p.m. Impact Training #2

6:00 p.m. Youth Dinner/Sunday Night Live!

Monday 1:00 p.m. Quilting

Tuesday 1:00 p.m. Canasta at Greenspring

6:45 p.m. Popsicles on the Playground

Wednesday July Westwood World Deadline

Thursday 7:00 p.m. IBR Rehearsal

Friday 7:30 p.m. IBR Worship

Sunday Father’s Day

9:45 a.m. Sunday School

11:00 a.m. Worship

1:00 p.m. IBR Celebration

4:00 p.m. IBR Bible Study

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LAST WEEK

Unified Offering

Budget Goal Through May June 5 $ 131,031

Budget Year-to-Date Amount Received $ 117,792

WORSHIP LEADERS

James Abernathy Senior Pastor

Stephen Gray Associate Pastor

Pat Close Minister of Music

Rebecca Larson Dir. of Preschool & Children’s Ministries

Olga Teutler Organist

Robert Whitten Pastor Emeritus

Virginia Hole Worship Deacon

Graduate Recognition Sunday

Westwood Baptist Church

June 12, 2016

11:00 a.m.

“For what does it profit a man to gain the

whole world and forfeit his soul?”

(Mark 8:36)

Welcome and Opportunities for Service Rev. Gray

Prelude The Strife Is O’er Smith

* Call to Worship

Leader: We gather this morning to honor the living God, maker of

heaven and earth.

People: To God be the glory, great things He has done!

Leader: We gather this morning to celebrate our graduates and the

blessing of their achievements.

People: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his

voice.

All: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people

rejoice!

* Invocation Rebecca Larson

* Hymn # 4 To God Be the Glory

Children’s Time Kathy Freeman

Special Music All the People Said Amen arr. Hamby

Youth Singers

Recognition of Graduates

Charge to the Graduates Danny Purkey

Graduate Speakers Sarah Robertson, Ryan Balluck

and Julian Beecher

Presentation of Bibles Dr. Abernathy

Presentation of Forester Scholarship Awards Eddie Maguire

Prayer for the Graduates Sheena Forester

Offertory I Heard the Voice of Jesus Jordan

*+ Response # 249 Glorify Thy Name (chorus) Jesus, we love you, we worship and adore you.

Glorify Thy name in all the earth.

Glorify Thy name, Glorify Thy name

Glorify Thy name in all the earth.

* Prayer of Dedication Virginia Hole

Special Music As Water to the Thirsty Scott

Sanctuary Choir

Message “Profit and Loss ... The Cost of Discipleship” Dr. Abernathy

Mark 8:34-38

* Hymn of Commitment Here I Am, Lord Schutte

* Benediction

Postlude Gaudeamus Igitur Mansfield

(Let Us Now in Youth Rejoice)

* All who are able, please stand. Please see an usher for large print bulletins and hearing devices. CCLI #421482

+ Children (grades 1-3) leave for Children’s Church. (Please pick up in Room 106 – FunDay School Art Room.)

Westwood Baptist Church

8200 Old Keene Mill Road, Springfield, VA 22152

703.451.5120 www.westwood-baptist.org

Here I Am, Lord

WORDS: Daniel L. Schutte; based on Isaiah 6:8

MUSIC: Daniel L. Schutte

Congratulations to Our Congratulations to Our Congratulations to Our Congratulations to Our

2016 Graduates2016 Graduates2016 Graduates2016 Graduates

Lake Braddock Secondary School

Julian Beecher Erin Rodgers

Robinson Secondary School

Ryan Balluck

St. John Paul the Great

Catholic High School Sarah Robertson

West Springfield High School

Brent Nachison Benjamin Taylor

David Wilson

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James Madison University

Brianna Hogan

United States Air Force Academy

Caroline Bates

University of Kentucky

Clayton Abernathy

University of Virginia

Devin Rothwell

Wesley Theological Seminary

Andre Towner