November 26, 2011
The Church at Study
9:15am – 10:30am
Lesson Study Guide (4th Quarter 2011): The Gospel in Galatians
This week’s lesson: “Paul’s Pastoral Appeal“
Adult Classes
Location
Ann Foster/Thomas Hardy/Chito Pugao Sanctuary - Front
André Wilson/Josef Poole Sanctuary - Back
Magaria Waitara/Musa Garba(Swahili/English Class) Upstairs Right
The Circle (Gibran/Wilcox) Music Room
New Believers Class (Pastor/Poole) Fellowship Hall
Collegiate/Young Adult (Orville Bignall) Library
Children’s Classes
Beginners Ages: Infant – 4
Kindergarten Ages: 5 – 7
Primary Ages: 8 -10
Juniors & Earliteens (Upstairs Left) Ages: 11 – 14
Youth (Young Adult Classroom) 9th grade and up
Church Family Time
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coordinator Brian Wilcox
Welcome, Family Fellowship & Song “The Family of God”
Please turn off or silence all beepers, cell phones and other electronic devices.
“You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:30.
Platform Coordinator: Mimi Garba
Pianist: Pat Ward
A/V Operator: Vic Briggs
Greeters: Winston & Martha Tucker
Deacon for the day: Nate Hatcher, Sr.
The Church at Worship
God Invites Us to Worship
In Songs of Worship and Preparation Carol Bibee
“We Sing Alleluia”
*In the Call to Worship:
Let the redeemed thank the Lord for His steadfast love, for His wonderful works to the sons of men! And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of His deeds in songs of joy! From Psalm 107
We Respond
* In Praise “Majesty”
In Invocation Pastor Melvin Santos
In Hymn of Praise #559
“Now Thank We All Our God”
God Invites Us to Confess
** In Congregational Song
“Soften My Heart, Lord”
In Prayer Chito Pugao
God Invites Us to Respond
In Baptism
In Giving Our Offerings James Marlowe
Kentucky-Tennessee Conference Advance
Offertory: Marjie Johns & Pat Ward
In Heart of Praise and Thanksgiving
“Great Are You Lord”
In the Children’s Story Sochel Thomas-Shibira
We Receive Him
Through Scripture Reading
Romans 5:6
Through Special Music Church Choir/Bell Choir
Through the Word Pastor Melvin Santos
Daniel and Revelation Series: “The Focal Point of Thanksgiving”
We Depart to Serve
* With His Song #341 (1st verse only)
“To God Be the Glory”
* With His Benediction
(Please be seated following the Benediction)
Postlude Marjie Johns
*Congregation please stand ** Congregation please kneel
Nashville First Seventh-day Adventist Church
2800 Blair Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-297-1343
www.nfsda.org / E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone Directory
Melvin Santos, Pastor (home) 472-1721/ (cell) 810-241-3399
Orville Bignall, Head Elder (home) 876-5021 / (cell) 512-9193
Nate Hatcher, Sr., Head Deacon 242-5235
Sherri Bohnert, Co-Head Deaconess 884-0134
Laura Breece, Co-Head Deaconess 650-8416
Dean Flint, Personal Ministries (home) 868-0820/ (cell) 585-2108
Raylene Wilcox, Church Administrator
Church Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Please have all bulletin information to the church office Thursday mornings before 10:00 a.m. You may leave messages on the church answering machine if necessary. Thank you. MONTHLY CHURCH BUDGET is $10,644. Please note your faithfulness in giving your offerings to the Lord. Offerings marked “church budget” are the only funds that help with the operational costs of the church. FYI: Remember our tithes, which show our faithfulness to God, are based on 10% of your wage or income & offerings have no percentage because it symbolizes the unlimited love for Christ. It can be 3%, 5%, 10%, 20%, etc. Church Budget Update Expenses paid for October $8,332 One-day School Raised $2,800 Total received for Month $8,204 One-day School Goal $5,000 - $ 128 Year 2011 +/- - $3,279 NEXT WEEK’S OFFERING: First Church Budget The Nursery, located in the foyer across from the kitchen, is open for parents needing a private place to feed or change their babies. The Toddler “Time-Out” Room is located in the Beginners classroom during the church service. There are monitors in these rooms so parents can continue to see and hear the worship service. If your small child would enjoy a quiet diversion during the worship service, please see one of the greeters for a children’s “Quiet Bag.” Please return the bags to the basket at the welcome table in the foyer after the worship service. Sunset Tonight: 4:34 pm Sunset Next Friday: 4:32 pm Church Calendar TODAY – November 26, 2011All church fellowship lunch will be served in the fellowship hall approximately 15 minutes after services. All Invited!! Next Week Wednesday, November 30th Scripture Study Series with Pastor Santos at 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.Hand Bell Choir Practice Schedule –9:00 a.m. in the music room December 3rd - Primary Children’s choirDecember 10th – Teen/Adult choirNovember 17th – Teen/Adult choirChildren’s Church Schedule Children’s Church will be held on the following dates:December 3rd January 28thFebruary 11thUpcoming Events at Nashville First: Mad About Marriage seminar with Mike and Gayle Tucker, February 17-18, 2012 (note change). Marriage is a marvelous and complex relationship. Mad About Marriage asks the question, "Are you madly in love, or just plain mad?" We've found that most couples have both experiences, and we're looking forward to spending a wonderful weekend as we explore ways to stay "madly in love" forever. More information soon! In Everything Give Thanks For all that God in mercy sends – For health and children, home and friends; For comfort in the time of need, For every kindly word or deed, For happy thoughts and holy talk, For guidance in our daily walk – In everything give thanks. - Author unknown WELCOME! Welcome to the Nashville First SDA Church! We are delighted you chose to worship with us this Sabbath. First Church Family Prayer List: This Week’s Prayer Focus Families - Remember in prayer this week: Joseph & Miryam Poole Doug & Susan Pratt, daughter Erika Chito & Myrna Pugao Prayer Requests for Healing: Betty Underhill – full healing and restoration of sightLois Kerwin – knee replacement John Brinson – cancerWilla Morton – recovery from surgery, mother of Shauneille Morton (Sherifa)Heather Wood – complete recovery from stroke, daughter of Pastor Jerry & Judy RimerJarrett Wilson - liver transplant surgery, father of 2 small children, nephew of Shauneille Morton (Sherifa)Mark Fitzhugh – cancer, Raylene Wilcox’s other bossEucabeth Ongau –fused ankle surgery, complete recoveryMina Angwenyi – full recovery, hip replacement surgeryRuth Swain – health recoveryClara Johnson – health concerns, co-worker of Pat WardNate Hatcher, Jr. – health concernsBaby Michael Copeland – premature birth complicationsClyde Ward – kidney disease, on dialysis Richard Andal - recovery from stroke, father of Ric Andal Prayer Requests (other): Dorothy Hunt – has moved in with daughter, pray for her to be contentPerry & Erika Houston – for Holy Spirit as they labor in literature evangelism and medical ministry.First Church members/attendees seeking employmentNikii Mitchell & daughters McKenzie, Ashley & Cortney – special Issue Announcements for November 26, 2011 Today, immediately following the pastoral prayer, those who would like to be part of an intercessory prayer group to pray again over the requests brought to the elder’s Bible are invited to meet in the Swahili classroom (upstairs right) with Mike Hite. All are invited to fellowship lunch after the worship service today in the fellowship hall. To expedite set-up and clean up, everyone please help with set-up and clean-up of chairs, tables and floors in fellowship hall. Scripture Study Series with Pastor Santos, on Wednesday evenings, November 30th - December 14th at 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Come join us for this exciting Bible study. Bring your Bible, pen, notebook and a friend! We will schedule one more baptism for 2011 in December (date to be announced). If you would like to be a part of this baptism, please contact Pastor Santos or one of the other Elders as soon as possible. December 10 Offering Supports Adventist Community Services – Your offering on December 10th will allow Adventist Community Services to continue extending Christ’s love by providing assistance to people affected by natural disasters and other tragedies. ACS care for people’s immediate needs by setting up mobile distribution units, offering spiritual and emotional care for survivors, and more. Learn more or donate now at www.communityservices.org. Please do not forget Hope For Humanity (ingathering) donations in your 2011 year-end giving. Hope For Humanity is the new face of one of the longest and most effective humanitarian ministries in the history of Adventism - what used to be called "Harvest Ingathering." For more than a century, Seventh-day Adventists have reached out to their communities to share in the support of the compassionate ministry of Jesus. A portion of what Nashville First Church raises can be returned to us to use in local out-reach efforts. Make checks payable to Nashville First SDA Church and mark your offering envelope “Hope For Humanity.” Sermon Copies: We have available upon request copies of sermons presented each Sabbath. Please find the clip-board in the foyer on the lectern by the double doors and fill out forms you will find there. DVDs are $5.00 and CDs are $3.00. Please give your completed form and funds to the Media personnel (Ric Andal, Brent Cordis, Lauren Andal) and your order will be processed for the next week. Please Note: You may view sermons from our website (nfsda.org) for free! The Adventist Community Services Center (Madison) Remember, we are responsible for keeping the following food items in stock: Canned beans (all varieties), canned tomatoes, canned fruit, canned soup, canned pasta sauce, pasta noodles (i.e. spaghetti). When we don’t do our part, others must step in and cover for us . . . Please bring in 3 or 4 cans each week to help us keep “our” shelves stocked! ACS current needs: small appliances, jewelry, watches, china, glassware, pots & pants, silverware, blankets, towels & washcloths, wall pictures, toys (clean, in working order, etc.), bicycles (in working order), small desks, dinette sets, recliners, etc. We cannot accept donations of old computers, printers, encyclopedia sets, executive desks, and king mattresses and box springs. FEED THE HUNGRY - ACS CENTER AT 403 FOOD PANTRY This is the time of year when we have the most demand for food. We average the following in assistance to the community: Over $3,000 a month is given to those in need.We help an average of 100 families each month.403 Center purchases food items as needed, at cost and sales tax free. We are able to do so much as a result of your donations and we appreciate the food that you bring in to our center and to the collection baskets at our area churches. We would like to encourage you to consider giving cash for food as well. We benefit more with cash. Why? Because we can purchase food in bulk and select the food needed to re-stock the pantry. Your cash donations are tax deductible. If you donate now, you can receive a deduction for the 2011 calendar year. TAX FREE and AT COSTYour dollars buy 20 – 30% more food when you donate cash, rather than food items. When making monetary donations through your church use an offering envelope and mark the donation “ACS Center – Pantry.”
The Church at Study
9:15am – 10:30am
Lesson Study Guide (4th Quarter 2011): The Gospel in Galatians
This week’s lesson: “Paul’s Pastoral Appeal“
Adult Classes
Location
Ann Foster/Thomas Hardy/Chito Pugao Sanctuary - Front
André Wilson/Josef Poole Sanctuary - Back
Magaria Waitara/Musa Garba(Swahili/English Class) Upstairs Right
The Circle (Gibran/Wilcox) Music Room
New Believers Class (Pastor/Poole) Fellowship Hall
Collegiate/Young Adult (Orville Bignall) Library
Children’s Classes
Beginners Ages: Infant – 4
Kindergarten Ages: 5 – 7
Primary Ages: 8 -10
Juniors & Earliteens (Upstairs Left) Ages: 11 – 14
Youth (Young Adult Classroom) 9th grade and up
Church Family Time
10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Coordinator Brian Wilcox
Welcome, Family Fellowship & Song “The Family of God”
Please turn off or silence all beepers, cell phones and other electronic devices.
“You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord” Leviticus 19:30.
Platform Coordinator: Mimi Garba
Pianist: Pat Ward
A/V Operator: Vic Briggs
Greeters: Winston & Martha Tucker
Deacon for the day: Nate Hatcher, Sr.
The Church at Worship
God Invites Us to Worship
In Songs of Worship and Preparation Carol Bibee
“We Sing Alleluia”
*In the Call to Worship:
Let the redeemed thank the Lord for His steadfast love, for His wonderful works to the sons of men! And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of His deeds in songs of joy! From Psalm 107
We Respond
* In Praise “Majesty”
In Invocation Pastor Melvin Santos
In Hymn of Praise #559
“Now Thank We All Our God”
God Invites Us to Confess
** In Congregational Song
“Soften My Heart, Lord”
In Prayer Chito Pugao
God Invites Us to Respond
In Baptism
In Giving Our Offerings James Marlowe
Kentucky-Tennessee Conference Advance
Offertory: Marjie Johns & Pat Ward
In Heart of Praise and Thanksgiving
“Great Are You Lord”
In the Children’s Story Sochel Thomas-Shibira
We Receive Him
Through Scripture Reading
Romans 5:6
Through Special Music Church Choir/Bell Choir
Through the Word Pastor Melvin Santos
Daniel and Revelation Series: “The Focal Point of Thanksgiving”
We Depart to Serve
* With His Song #341 (1st verse only)
“To God Be the Glory”
* With His Benediction
(Please be seated following the Benediction)
Postlude Marjie Johns
*Congregation please stand ** Congregation please kneel
Nashville First Seventh-day Adventist Church
2800 Blair Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615-297-1343
www.nfsda.org / E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. "> This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Phone Directory
Melvin Santos, Pastor (home) 472-1721/ (cell) 810-241-3399
Orville Bignall, Head Elder (home) 876-5021 / (cell) 512-9193
Nate Hatcher, Sr., Head Deacon 242-5235
Sherri Bohnert, Co-Head Deaconess 884-0134
Laura Breece, Co-Head Deaconess 650-8416
Dean Flint, Personal Ministries (home) 868-0820/ (cell) 585-2108
Raylene Wilcox, Church Administrator
Church Office Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays
Please have all bulletin information to the church office Thursday mornings before 10:00 a.m. You may leave messages on the church answering machine if necessary. Thank you. MONTHLY CHURCH BUDGET is $10,644. Please note your faithfulness in giving your offerings to the Lord. Offerings marked “church budget” are the only funds that help with the operational costs of the church. FYI: Remember our tithes, which show our faithfulness to God, are based on 10% of your wage or income & offerings have no percentage because it symbolizes the unlimited love for Christ. It can be 3%, 5%, 10%, 20%, etc. Church Budget Update Expenses paid for October $8,332 One-day School Raised $2,800 Total received for Month $8,204 One-day School Goal $5,000 - $ 128 Year 2011 +/- - $3,279 NEXT WEEK’S OFFERING: First Church Budget The Nursery, located in the foyer across from the kitchen, is open for parents needing a private place to feed or change their babies. The Toddler “Time-Out” Room is located in the Beginners classroom during the church service. There are monitors in these rooms so parents can continue to see and hear the worship service. If your small child would enjoy a quiet diversion during the worship service, please see one of the greeters for a children’s “Quiet Bag.” Please return the bags to the basket at the welcome table in the foyer after the worship service. Sunset Tonight: 4:34 pm Sunset Next Friday: 4:32 pm Church Calendar TODAY – November 26, 2011All church fellowship lunch will be served in the fellowship hall approximately 15 minutes after services. All Invited!! Next Week Wednesday, November 30th Scripture Study Series with Pastor Santos at 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.Hand Bell Choir Practice Schedule –9:00 a.m. in the music room December 3rd - Primary Children’s choirDecember 10th – Teen/Adult choirNovember 17th – Teen/Adult choirChildren’s Church Schedule Children’s Church will be held on the following dates:December 3rd January 28thFebruary 11thUpcoming Events at Nashville First: Mad About Marriage seminar with Mike and Gayle Tucker, February 17-18, 2012 (note change). Marriage is a marvelous and complex relationship. Mad About Marriage asks the question, "Are you madly in love, or just plain mad?" We've found that most couples have both experiences, and we're looking forward to spending a wonderful weekend as we explore ways to stay "madly in love" forever. More information soon! In Everything Give Thanks For all that God in mercy sends – For health and children, home and friends; For comfort in the time of need, For every kindly word or deed, For happy thoughts and holy talk, For guidance in our daily walk – In everything give thanks. - Author unknown WELCOME! Welcome to the Nashville First SDA Church! We are delighted you chose to worship with us this Sabbath. First Church Family Prayer List: This Week’s Prayer Focus Families - Remember in prayer this week: Joseph & Miryam Poole Doug & Susan Pratt, daughter Erika Chito & Myrna Pugao Prayer Requests for Healing: Betty Underhill – full healing and restoration of sightLois Kerwin – knee replacement John Brinson – cancerWilla Morton – recovery from surgery, mother of Shauneille Morton (Sherifa)Heather Wood – complete recovery from stroke, daughter of Pastor Jerry & Judy RimerJarrett Wilson - liver transplant surgery, father of 2 small children, nephew of Shauneille Morton (Sherifa)Mark Fitzhugh – cancer, Raylene Wilcox’s other bossEucabeth Ongau –fused ankle surgery, complete recoveryMina Angwenyi – full recovery, hip replacement surgeryRuth Swain – health recoveryClara Johnson – health concerns, co-worker of Pat WardNate Hatcher, Jr. – health concernsBaby Michael Copeland – premature birth complicationsClyde Ward – kidney disease, on dialysis Richard Andal - recovery from stroke, father of Ric Andal Prayer Requests (other): Dorothy Hunt – has moved in with daughter, pray for her to be contentPerry & Erika Houston – for Holy Spirit as they labor in literature evangelism and medical ministry.First Church members/attendees seeking employmentNikii Mitchell & daughters McKenzie, Ashley & Cortney – special Issue Announcements for November 26, 2011 Today, immediately following the pastoral prayer, those who would like to be part of an intercessory prayer group to pray again over the requests brought to the elder’s Bible are invited to meet in the Swahili classroom (upstairs right) with Mike Hite. All are invited to fellowship lunch after the worship service today in the fellowship hall. To expedite set-up and clean up, everyone please help with set-up and clean-up of chairs, tables and floors in fellowship hall. Scripture Study Series with Pastor Santos, on Wednesday evenings, November 30th - December 14th at 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Come join us for this exciting Bible study. Bring your Bible, pen, notebook and a friend! We will schedule one more baptism for 2011 in December (date to be announced). If you would like to be a part of this baptism, please contact Pastor Santos or one of the other Elders as soon as possible. December 10 Offering Supports Adventist Community Services – Your offering on December 10th will allow Adventist Community Services to continue extending Christ’s love by providing assistance to people affected by natural disasters and other tragedies. ACS care for people’s immediate needs by setting up mobile distribution units, offering spiritual and emotional care for survivors, and more. Learn more or donate now at www.communityservices.org. Please do not forget Hope For Humanity (ingathering) donations in your 2011 year-end giving. Hope For Humanity is the new face of one of the longest and most effective humanitarian ministries in the history of Adventism - what used to be called "Harvest Ingathering." For more than a century, Seventh-day Adventists have reached out to their communities to share in the support of the compassionate ministry of Jesus. A portion of what Nashville First Church raises can be returned to us to use in local out-reach efforts. Make checks payable to Nashville First SDA Church and mark your offering envelope “Hope For Humanity.” Sermon Copies: We have available upon request copies of sermons presented each Sabbath. Please find the clip-board in the foyer on the lectern by the double doors and fill out forms you will find there. DVDs are $5.00 and CDs are $3.00. Please give your completed form and funds to the Media personnel (Ric Andal, Brent Cordis, Lauren Andal) and your order will be processed for the next week. Please Note: You may view sermons from our website (nfsda.org) for free! The Adventist Community Services Center (Madison) Remember, we are responsible for keeping the following food items in stock: Canned beans (all varieties), canned tomatoes, canned fruit, canned soup, canned pasta sauce, pasta noodles (i.e. spaghetti). When we don’t do our part, others must step in and cover for us . . . Please bring in 3 or 4 cans each week to help us keep “our” shelves stocked! ACS current needs: small appliances, jewelry, watches, china, glassware, pots & pants, silverware, blankets, towels & washcloths, wall pictures, toys (clean, in working order, etc.), bicycles (in working order), small desks, dinette sets, recliners, etc. We cannot accept donations of old computers, printers, encyclopedia sets, executive desks, and king mattresses and box springs. FEED THE HUNGRY - ACS CENTER AT 403 FOOD PANTRY This is the time of year when we have the most demand for food. We average the following in assistance to the community: Over $3,000 a month is given to those in need.We help an average of 100 families each month.403 Center purchases food items as needed, at cost and sales tax free. We are able to do so much as a result of your donations and we appreciate the food that you bring in to our center and to the collection baskets at our area churches. We would like to encourage you to consider giving cash for food as well. We benefit more with cash. Why? Because we can purchase food in bulk and select the food needed to re-stock the pantry. Your cash donations are tax deductible. If you donate now, you can receive a deduction for the 2011 calendar year. TAX FREE and AT COSTYour dollars buy 20 – 30% more food when you donate cash, rather than food items. When making monetary donations through your church use an offering envelope and mark the donation “ACS Center – Pantry.”