September 22, 2019 Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

Watchword for the Week – From the rising of the sun to its setting the name of the Lord is to be praised. Psalm 113:3 __________________________________________________________ Welcome to our service of worship for this fifteenth Sunday after

Pentecost - the season of the Holy Spirit. The Spirit was sent by the

Risen Lord, Jesus Christ, to supply the church with everything needed to

serve Him faithfully until the day of His return. As we worship today, let

us pray for a fresh outpouring of the Spirit upon ourselves, our church,

our community, nation and world. May more and more people

everywhere hear and respond to the Good News - that Jesus is the Way;

the Truth; the Life; the only source of salvation.

If you are visiting with us today we are especially glad you’re here.

Please take a moment to add your name, address and phone number to

the Friendship Register as it passed down the pew. We consider you an

honored guest and hope that you will return and worship with us in the

weeks to come. If you are looking for a church home we would love to

talk to you about joining the Friedberg church family.

Please silence all cell phones before worship.

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Prelude Wonderful, Wonderful Jesus Sellers

Welcome and Announcements

Liturgy of Reconciliation (Blue) p.13

(Children ages 4 – 2nd Grade may leave for Children’s Church)

Joys and Concerns

Pastoral Prayer Giving of Our Tithes and Offering

Prayer Anthem Standing on the Promises/Higher Ground Arr. McDonald Doxology Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (Blue) # 817

Holy Scripture Ephesians 3:16-19

Hymn Christians Hearts, in Love United (Blue) # 673

Sermon “Together We Experience Love”

Hymn They’ll Know We Are Christians (Burg) # 429

Benediction

Postlude Behold, What Manner of Love Van Tine

____ The flowers placed in the sanctuary are given to the glory of God and in memory of Charlie Rierson’s birthday. They are given by Nancy Rierson and family.

The C.E. Board will host the fifth Sunday breakfast on September 29 at

9:45 a.m. in the Family Life Center EVERYONE is invited. This will also

be a time to honor and show our appreciation to all our Sunday School

teachers. The breakfast will be a “cereal bar” with many types of cereals

(healthy and otherwise) along with some yogurt and fruit. Please make

plans to join us next Sunday morning for breakfast

The next Inquirer’s Class is scheduled for Friday, October 4 and

Saturday, October 5. The Inquirer’s Class is for all who have joined

Friedberg Moravian Church but who haven’t been a participant in the

class. We will start at 6:30 p.m. with supper followed by the first half of

the class. We will resume Saturday morning at 8:30 a.m. to finish the

class. Members of the congregation are invited to participate in the

Inquirer’s Class, too. If you are already a member, please show up at

7:00 p.m. Friday night for the beginning of the class. If you plan to

participate, please call the office and let us know so that we will have

enough booklets prepared for all participants. If you have any questions,

please see Pastor Jim or Pastor Dan.

All parents who have a child in children’s church will be required to

physically come down to the AV room on the first floor of the Family Life

Center and sign their child out before they are released at the end of

worship.

Please place all hymnals in the pew racks before you leave. Thank

you.

Sunday, September 22

9:45 a.m. Sunday School

11:00 a.m. Worship

4:00 p.m. Middle School Soccer Sunday

5:00 p.m. Youth

Monday, September 23

8:00 a.m. Fitness Walking in FLC until 9:30 a.m.

4:00 p.m. Prayers and Squares

6:00 p.m. Exercise Class in Children’s Center

7:00 p.m. Cub Scouts

7:00 p.m. Boy Scouts

7:00 p.m. Girl Scouts

Tuesday, September 24

8:00 a.m. Fitness Walking in FLC until 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, September 25

6:00 p.m. Youth Bible Study at the home of Karen Hill

6:15 p.m. Senior Bell Practice

7:30 p.m. Senior Choir Rehearsal

Thursday, September 26

8:00 a.m. Children’s Fall Consignment Sale in FLC until noon

5:00 p.m. Children’s Fall Consignment sale in FLC until 7:00 p.m.

6:00 p.m. Exercise Class in Disciple Class

7:00 p.m. Bethel Bible Study Classes

Friday, September 27

8:00 a.m. Children’s Fall Consignment Sale in FLC until noon

5:00 p.m. Children’s Fall Consignment sale in FLC until 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 28

9:00 a.m. Children’s Fall Consignment Sale in FLC until noon

Sunday, September 29

9:15 a.m. Band Prelude

9:25 a.m. Prayer Partners – Parlor

9:45 a.m. Sunday School Breakfast

11:00 a.m. Worship

4:00 p.m. Middle School Soccer

4:30 p.m. C.R.O.S.S. Kids

5:00 p.m. Youth

Everyone is invited to visit the Sonrise Café on Sunday mornings from

9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Each Sunday morning the Friedberg youth are

in the Youth room ready to serve you coffee, smoothies and lattes. You

can place your order and they will deliver to your Sunday School class.

All funds raised are used for youth activities and mission projects.

We are seeking willing servers for the dining room at the Fall Chicken

Pie Supper on Saturday, November. 2nd.This is such an important

service opportunity as we serve those who dine and fellowship with us.

First shift is 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and second shift is 5:30 p.m. to 7:30

p.m. There is no clean up or take down of tables for second shift. For

questions or to sign up, please contact Angie Fishel via email at

angiefishel61@gmail.com or text/call 336-414-4821 or email Michelle

Tucker at tuckedin88@yahoo.com or text/call 336-408-0477. We hope

you will consider volunteering and we look forward to hearing from you.

The Aging Well Fall Rally is Tuesday, October 15 at Advent Moravian

Church. The rally begins at 12:30 p.m. and the cost is $10/person. The

lunch menu is grilled chicken and ham, green beans, parmesan cheese

potatoes, tossed salad, roll and dessert. This year’s guest speaker is J.

Eric Elliott, the archivist of the Moravian Church Southern Province. You

can register online at bit.ly/agingwellfall19 by October 7.

“Cookies for Christ” – What can God do when the “Body of Christ”

gives from the heart for Christ? He can use the “Body of Christ” at

Friedberg to reach out and share the love of Christ to encourage and

build others up. From your gifts of love, we will purchase Moravian sugar

cookies and attach a message of love and thanks to each bag. Each bag

will be hand delivered to those serving this nation. It is amazing to see

how God can take a simple bag of cookies with a message attached, and

touch lives in a way we can never imagine.

▪ Love offering baskets can be found at each door – thru Oct. 13. ▪ If you wish to write a check, please make it payable to Friedberg

Moravian Church and reference “Cookies for Christ.” ▪ If you would like to have your donation added to your church

contribution, please use an envelope, complete all the

information requested and mark on the envelope “Cookies for

Christ.” “How many will you bless?” (Colossians 3:17)

In Christ, Keith Graham

ATTENDANCE LAST SUNDAY Sunday School 186 Worship Service 356

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GREETERS (09/22) Eddie & Karen Foltz

(Reminder for 09/29) Mike & Linda Ernst

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CHILDREN’S CHURCH Chris & Holly Durham

TODDLER NURSERY (09/22) Phil & Sarah Brame

(Reminder for 09/29) Kaci Long & Keri Williams

INFANT NURSERY (09/22) Chris & Julie Stone

(Reminder for 09/29) Sandy Ellis & Karen Wayne

____ SANCTUARY FLOWERS REMINDER (09/29) Spaugh Family

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OFFERING UPDATE:

Given to Budget 09/15/19 * . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11,817.00

Given to Building Fund 09/15/19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270.00

Given to Mission Fund 09/15/19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255.00

Total Given 09/15/19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 12,342.00

*Average Amount Needed Weekly to Meet Budget: $ 17,280.00

Operational budget receipts (thru 08/31/19) . . . . . . . . . . . $ 594,621

Operational budget expenses (thru 08/31/19) . . . . . . . . . . $ 592,518

Difference: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,103

Balance due on Multimedia Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11,763.22

Beginning Balance of Mission Fund (01/01/19) . . . . . . . . $ 5,904.23

YTD-Receipts (thru 08/31/19) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30,108.33

YTD Expenditures (thru 08/31/19) . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,445.03

Ending Balance of Mission Fund (thru 08/31/19) . . . . . . . $ 4,567.33

Giving Options – We have a number of ways you can make financial

contributions to the ministries of Friedberg. You can give during worship

or you can give online through our website – either a onetime gift or set

up automatic recurring gifts at www.friedbergmoravian.org. We also have

a giving app that works for Apple, Blackberry and Android devices. Just

search the app store on your device for “simple give” and download the

app and follow the on screen directions.

FRIEDBERG MORAVIAN CHURCH PRAYER CONCERNS

September 22, 2019

MEMBERS

Bernice Clinard

Ruby Clinard

Amanda Cook

Cecelia Cook

Ruth Coulter

Ed Davis

Hal & Peggy Essick

Jerry Evans

Garry Farrington

Hazel Fishel

Tim Fishel

Keith Freitag

Evva Hanes

Robbie Joyce

Vicki Jo Kimel

Ray Lambeth

Peggy Lawson

Aldine Lineback

Tom MacLeod

Bobby Miller

Margaret Miller

Audrey Mize

Paul Morrison

Chuck Nienow

Gail Ore

Reba Payne

Kolton Pennell

Warren Peters

Mary Lou Pitts

Martha Plyler

Barbara Reich

Betty Reich

Annie Rowe

Lois Rush

Greg Sapp

Merle Scott

Becky Sizemore

Robbie Stiefel

Cathie Tew

Gail Tolley

Kimmie Tutterow

Brent Waddell

Artie Walker

Wayne Whitaker

Family and Friends Prayer Concerns Submitted Since Last Sunday: Marlee Branch, Brenda Coleman, Fernandez Griffin, Jake Kennedy, Leigh Lowder, and Rodney Stuart

MEMBERS AND RELATIVES IN MILITARY Dylan Bundy Andy Greenwood Jennifer Greenwood Adam Johnson

Clayton Johnson Drew Lamb Cameron Martin

Patrick Mickey Timmy Raiford Daniel Randleman

MISSIONARIES AND MINISTRIES RECEIVING

FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM FRIEDBERG Safie Braima - Sierra Leone Charlie & Vicki Brent – CRU (Campus Crusade), Texas A & M University Michael and Brenda Brent – CRU (Campus Crusade), Croatia Keith Graham - Cookies for Christ Dusty and Christin Harrison – Intervarsity, Clemson University Hoof and Paw Therapeutic Riding and Activity Center Phil III & Eunice Raiford, Commission to Every Nation (CTEN) - Mexico Michael and Ceci Tesh, Ray of Hope Orphanage – Kenya Friends of Moravian Prison Ministry Yokefellow - Prison Ministry Joey Yokely – Fellowship of Christian Athletes

C.R.O.S.S. KIDS

NEWS September 22, 2019

C.R.O.S.S. Kids

Sunday, September 22

There will not be a C.R.O.S.S. Kids meeting time this week because

of Family Camp. We will however be back at it again next week on

September 29.

FALL CHURCH RETREAT

Sign-up deadline is September 29

Don’t forget to sign-up for the church retreat coming up in October.

Because it is at Ridgecrest this year there are some changes in the

registration. Get signed up by

September 29-with balance

due by the 29th-so you do not

miss out on a wonderful “Love

Does” weekend!

C.R.O.S.S. Kids

Sunday, September 29

This week for C.R.O.S.S. Kids we will begin with a time of praise

and worship in the Children’s Center. After that we will have

dinner provided by MacLeod family, followed by devotions led by

the Portaros. Our focus for the night is about outreach and we will

begin to work on some different Fall projects that will be used for

multiple events throughout the next couple of

months. Mark your

calendar or scan the QR

code for it to be

automatically put into your

phone’s calendar.

C.R.O.S.S. KIDS

NEWS September 22, 2019

C.R.O.S.S. Kids

Sunday, September 22

There will not be a C.R.O.S.S. Kids meeting time this week because

of Family Camp. We will however be back at it again next week on

September 29.

FALL CHURCH RETREAT

Sign-up deadline is September 29

Don’t forget to sign-up for the church retreat coming up in October.

Because it is at Ridgecrest this year there are some changes in the

registration. Get signed up by

September 29-with balance due

by the 29th-so you do not miss

out on a wonderful “Love Does”

weekend!

C.R.O.S.S. Kids

Sunday, September 29

This week for C.R.O.S.S. Kids we will begin with a time of praise

and worship in the Children’s Center. After that we will have

dinner provided by MacLeod family, followed by devotions led by

the Portaros. Our focus for the night is about outreach and we will

begin to work on some different Fall projects that will be used for

multiple events throughout

the next couple of months.

Mark your calendar or scan

the QR code for it to be

automatically put into your

phone’s calendar.

Friedberg Moravian Church Crystal

3 Dimensional Replica of the Old

Friedberg Sanctuary

The details are amazing; Moravian star, pews, balcony,

communion service cart and trays in front of the pulpit

and much more.

We’ve only produced 100 and they are going fast!

Cost: $100.00 (all proceeds go toward 2020 youth missions)

(Make checks payable to: FMYouth)

Please contact: Karen Hill at

khill@friedbergmoravian.org or 336-399-1154 for

more information and/or pick up times

Name__________________ # ______

Put form in the offering plate and I will reserve you one

Friedberg Moravian Church Crystal

3 Dimensional Replica of the Old

Friedberg Sanctuary

The details are amazing; Moravian star, pews, balcony,

communion service cart and trays in front of the pulpit

and much more.

We’ve only produced 100 and they are going fast!

Cost: $100.00 (all proceeds go toward 2020 youth missions)

(Make checks payable to: FMYouth)

Please contact: Karen Hill at

khill@friedbergmoravian.org or 336-399-1154 for

more information and/or pick up times

Name_____________________ # ______

Put form in the offering plate and I will reserve you one