25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 22, 2019

“The hour is coming and is now here”

John 5:19-47 (NRSV) (The Message)

• 8:08 a.m. – Contemporary Worship
• 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast served
• 9:45 a.m. – Sunday School
• 11:00 a.m. – Traditional Worship
  • Liturgist – Cathy Yancey
  • Children’s Church – Ellen Gould
  • Ushers – Carol and Dudley Barnes
• 12:00 p.m. – Baby Shower for Rachelle and Logan Messer

Mission of the month – Our September mission emphasis is donations for Murdoch Center, especially the celebration of Christmas at Murdoch with secret Santas for the residents.

Announcements:

· 24th – 7:00 p.m. – Choir Practice

· 25th – 12:00 p.m. – Midweek Prayer

In October, our local book club will start reading Marilynne Robinson’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel Gilead. Come join old friends and make new ones all while indulging your reading pleasure. Please let Alan know if you are interested in attending.

On October 5th from 9 a.m. to noon, there will be a sweet potato gleaning at First Fruits Farm in Louisburg. Former professional football player Jason Brown has grown sweet potatoes on his farm for several years for the purpose of donating the crop to various feeding agencies in Eastern North Carolina. If you are interested in participating in this “yam jam”, please contact Ellen Gould

Prayers for: Becky Baird, Isabella Baird, Michael Boyd, Ann Currin, Linda Diamond, Mike Diamond, Randy Downey, Julie Gaydon, Diane Heath, Fred Heath, Hannah Hobgood, Sue Huggins, Sis McCarty, Faye Newell, John Newell, Dottie Price, Greg Price, Glen Shelton

Happy Birthday to: Jean Ingram – 22nd; Jim Ingram – 25th; Lauren Yancey – 25th: Kathy Newell – 27th; Bryce Blair – 27th.

“Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable one. So I do not run aimlessly, nor do I box as though beating the air; but I punish my body and enslave it, so that after proclaiming to others I myself should not be disqualified.” (1 Corinthians 9:24-27 NRSV)

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