First Moravian Church

304 South Elam Avenue Greensboro, North Carolina 27403

www.greensboromoravian.org

Vision Statement for First Moravian Church: United in Christ, reaching out in love, changing lives.

2016 Congregational Watchword: Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory

through our Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 15: 57

Sixth Sunday of Easter May 1, 2016

Watchword for the week from the Moravian Daily Text:

Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.”

John 14:27

Prelude “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” J.S. Bach

Olivia Beardsley, violin

Call To Worship Peyton Averitt

Praise be to God,

Who rescues us from the power of darkness; who redeems us,

and sets us free!

Praise be to Jesus Christ, the first born of all creation,

through whom all things were made, in heaven and on the earth.

Praise be to the Spirit of God,

whose presence sustains us, and whose breath renews all creation.

Behold! I am making all things new!

Come, O God, and make your home among us.

Pour out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth.

Songs of Invitation & Praise “As We Gather”

“Lord, I Lift Your Name On High”

Greetings Steven Davis

Congregational Concerns and Intercessory Prayer

Liturgy (Insert) “Liturgy For A New Heaven and New Earth” Maddie Beardsley

Presentation of Tithes and Offering CeCe Hindle Offertory Invitation Anthem “Jesus Makes My Heart Rejoice” Van Hayn Cherub Choir Doxology

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow

praise him, all creatures here below

praise him above, ye heav’nly host

praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Amen

Children’s Message Olivia Beardsley and Hannah Johnson

*There will be no Children’s Church today. Children may sit with their parents after the Children’s Message.

Songs of Expectation “Jesus Kingdom” “Open The Eyes Of My Heart” Preparation for Holy Listening Hearing of God’s Word Rebekah Wofford

Revelation 21:10, 21:22 - 22:5 pp 878-879

John 14: 23-29 page 764

Leader: The Word of God for the People of God. People: Thanks be to God!

Walking Meditation “New Heaven and New Earth” Olivia Beardsley, CeCe Hindle, Walker Hindle, Hollynn Johnson

Songs of Hope & Promise “He’s Alive” “Shine, Jesus, Shine”

Benediction (from Psalm 67) Maddie Beardsley

“Jude Benediction”

Postlude “No Time” Brumfield/arr. Davis

Steven Davis, piano

Please sign and pass the black friendship pad found in the pew rack so that we may acknowledge your presence. Large print hymnals and hearing devices are available from the ushers, and a nursery is offered on the first floor of New Fellowship Hall. Children’s bulletins and clipboards are available in the vestibule for children to use before the worship service. Flowers at the altar today are given in memory of Al Vernon, Jr. and in memory Al

Vernon, Sr. for their birthdays by June Vernon.

Restrooms are located in the vestibule

This Week’s Church Calendar

May 1 Men’s Fellowship Breakfast - NFH 8am Sunday School Gathering - OFH 9:45am Children’s SS Music Time- NFH 10am

- then to Sunday School Worship Service 11am Youth Sunday

Missions Committee Meeting 12 noon (following worship service)

Joint Board 6:30pm

May 2 Goshin Do Karate - OFH 6:30pm-8:30pm NA - OFH 9pm May 3 Swing Dance Lessons 6:30-9:30pm

May 4 Bible Study 6:30pm Candle Tea Crafts 6:30pm Youth 6:30pm Choir Rehearsal 7:30pm

May 5 Goshin Do Karate - OFH 6:30pm-8:30pm NA - OFH 10pm Bible Study 3pm

May 8 Mother’s Day Sunday School Gathering - OFH 9:45am Children’s SS Music Time - NFH 10am

- then to Sunday School Worship Service 11am 2nd Sunday Staple Stampede Ascension Sunday Oxford House – OFH 2pm-4pm Upcoming Events May 10 Friendship Circle (6pm)

May 15 Worship As You Are (9am) Pentecost Communion

Prayer Concerns

THIS WEEK:

CHURCH MEMBERS

PHIL AVERITT and family (on death of his father, George Averitt); PEYTON AVERITT; JUDITH BERRY; MARGARET CASS; GARRY COLLINS; JOYCE CRUMPACKER and family (on death of her sister, Mary Ann Larson); MARY JEANNE FONES (on passing of her daughter, Melissa Howard Fones-DiCrocco); Families of SAM POST, JR., HEATHER

MITCHELL, SARAH POST and KIM BELL, REBECCA POST-MAY (on death of CINDY and STUART Good); CAROLE HAYWORTH (on passing of her husband, TOMMY HAYWORTH); WYN HRDLICKA and family (on passing of her husband, JIM HRDLICKA); HUNTER

JOHNSON; ADRIENNE JUD (on passing of her husband, DON JUD); RON LUTZ; KAREN

MASHBURN; DORIS and CHARLES MEECE; SHERRY OWENS; JAMES PARLIER and family (on death of his mother, MARIA PARLIER); MARY ELIZABETH PATTON (on passing of her mother, POLLY WALL); PHILIP MELVIN; JEANNE MEYERS; EMMA RUSH; HELEN

SANGINITE; JUNE VERNON and family (on passing of her son, AL VERNON, JR.).

EXTENDED CHURCH FAMILY:

CLAIRE BALDWIN (DOT JACKSON’S friend); JAYNE BARGER (JANE WALL’S niece); BEN

BARKLEY (TERRY HINDLE’S brother); AUDREY BROADUS (DOT JACKSON’S friend); NORMA BERNHARDT (LYDIAN AVERITT’S mother); MARIE CARRUTHERS (pancreatic cancer, BEE PIPER’S friend); JAMES AND JONNI CATLETT (RUTHIE HARRIMAN’S father and mother); JIMMY CHESTER (COPD) & MICKIE CHESTER (LISA SETLIFF’S sister); INEZ

COMMANDER (MARIAN CARTER’S aunt); EDDIE CONNELL (MARY JEANNE FONES’ nephew); ANNIE COUNCIL (daughter-in-law of CAROLINE COUNCIL); HUBERT ELLISOR

(JAN ELLISOR’S husband); ROBERT FONES (MARY JEANNE FONES’ son); ELIZABETH GEVAS

(GEORGE KIORPES’ sister); MARY ANN JOHNSTON (friend of MARGARET CASS); LAURA

KESLER (BEE PIPER’S sister); PATT AND JOHN LENFESTEY (JEANNE MEYERS’ daughter); CAROLYN MANESS (BEA ADAMS’ niece); DEBORAH MCGREGOR & ANNIE MAE ROBINSON

(DOT JACKSON’S friends); CHASE MCKINNEY (friend of Steven Davis); TOM and

LINDSAY MCKINNON (for the loss of their sons Patrick, 10, and Logan, 5; JAN AND

CHARLES MORTIMORE (parents of JILL PETERY and JEFF MORTIMORE); SCOTTIE MOORE

(friend of the church); DEWEY PARLIER (JAMES PARLIER’S father); BUEL PATILLO

(MARGARET CASS’ uncle); ARNOLD MCKINNEY (heart failure and lung cancer, CHARLES MCKINNEY’S father); ELSIE MCKINNEY (CHARLES MCKINNEY’S mother); RICK

SELLS (fighting late-stage cancer, LAURA HAYWORTH’S brother-in-law); EUGENE

“GENE” SETLIFF (Lisa Setliff’s father-in-law); ALGIE SPENCER (BETH SMITH’S father ); SANDRA THOMAS (NANCY WALL’S friend); CINDY WAKEFIELD (ANNE SPAUGH’S friend); RICHARD WALL (JANE WALL’S son); NAYAN WARRINGTON (LUCILLE SAMUEL’S friend); family of DAVID WHITAKER.

BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK!

J.C. Key, 1st

Marie Key, 5th

Sunday Morning Prayer Every second and fourth Sunday, please join us at 9:30am in the Sanctuary. We will petition God in the Name of Jesus, praying in the Spirit as a group – for our church, its minister, its members, our friends, our government and anything else our group is led to bring before the Lord. A short Bible verse or meditative thought will begin each meeting. We are looking forward to this time of intercessory prayer together.

Mission Corner…

Thank you for making a "Joyful Noise unto the Lord." Our children collected an additional $57.34 and we had a generous donation in memory of Stuart Good. Our total collections for the Moravian Secondary School Lunch Program are $416.07. With these coins, we "Serve the Lord with gladness" and "come before his presence with singing."

Our next Second Sunday Staple Stampede is May 8th on Mothers' Day when we will be collecting jars of peanut butter and jelly for Pathways. Imagine the joy of those mothers as their little ones enjoy this tasty, nutritious treat.

Many thanks,

Your Mission Committee

Church Information

SS Music Time We have been enjoying the new Sunday School format for a few weeks now and have started learning some traditional Moravian hymns. We hope to be able to sing those in church soon. We’re also going to keep working on our music reading skills with a chime piece which will teach half notes. The children seem to be enjoying their music time. They are super smart and pick things up SO quickly!! If you have musical gifts you’d like to share with our children, please contact Chip Cook (Christian Education Chair), Teresa Walker or Laura Hayworth. We’d love to hear your ideas!

RCC UPDATE – STOP HUNGER NOW! More than 70 persons gathered at Moravia Moravian this past Sunday to share with other RCC churches in tasty food, delightful fellowship, superb music, and lively games to support the joint Mission effort of STOP HUNGER NOW. Together we raised $2,241 toward our goal of $2,900 to prepare 10,000 meals. It's not too late to contribute. We only need $659 in order to help feed the one in every nine people on our planet who go to bed hungry each night. Contact Carey Pahel or Marian Carter to make a contribution to change lives!

CHICKEN PIE REMINDER The Men's Fellowship and Women's Fellowship will be making Moravian chicken pies the first and third week of May.

May 1st & May 15th, we will cook, pick and chop the chicken.

May 2nd & May 16th, we will assemble, package and freeze the pies.

All men and women of the church are asked to please place these dates on your calendar and come join in making this project a success. Thanks, Russ Walker

Candle Tea Crafts We will continue to meet at 6:30 pm each Wednesday to work on crafts for the Candle Tea store. Please join us as often as you can. We will have tasks you can complete, or you may bring you own projects. All skill levels welcome! For information, please call Penny Wofford at 336-312-7500 or Joann Davis at 336-292-9517.

First Moravian Church Staff

Rev. Anthony E. (Tony) Hayworth, Pastor

Dr. George Kiorpes, Director of Music

Gay Cass, Treasurer

Linda Newsom, Administrative Assistant

Preferred Childcare, Nursery

Church Telephone: 336-272-2196

Linda Newsom’s office hours Monday through Friday 9am-1pm e-mail: office@greensboromoravian.org

Pastor’s hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Available for appointments early to late

Parsonage 336-897-0860

Cell 336-978-2620

Pastor e-mail: pastor@greensboromoravian.org

Sunday Servants Children’s Message: Today: Youth Group

Next Week: 2nd Sunday Stampede Greeters: Today: Lisa Setliff and Lydian Averitt Next Week: Michael Cockman and Dalton McLean SS Nursery: Today: FMC: Dot Jackson PCC: Bria Burton Next Week: FMC: Dot Jackson PCC: Bria Burton Worship Nursery: Today: FMC: Jackie Fouts PCC: Bria Burton Next Week: FMC: PCC: Bria Burton 2016 Board of Elders 2016 Board of Trustees Tony Hayworth (Chair) Russ Walker (Chair)

Susan Hindle (Vice Chair) Zack Dunn (Vice Chair) Steven Davis (Youth Rep) CeCe Hindle (Youth Rep) Ashlyn Bruning Charles McKinney Beth McLean Michael Cockman Peter Meyers Penny Wofford Randy Furches Sue Kiorpes Caroline Council Carey Pahel, RCC rep Marian Carter, RCC rep