January 21, 2012
The Church at Study
9:15am – 10:30am
Lesson Study Guide (1st Quarter 2012): Glimpses of Our God
This week’s lesson: “God as Redeemer“
Adult Classes
Location
Ann Foster/Thomas Hardy/Chito Pugao........... Sanctuary - Front
André Wilson........... Sanctuary - Back
Magaria Waitara/Musa Garba(Swahili/English Class)........... Upstairs Right
The Circle (Gibran/Wilcox)........... Music Room
New Believers Class (Pastor)........... 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:........... Nathan Wood
Pianist:........... Doug Pratt
A/V Operator:........... Ken Johns
Greeters:........... Danett & Danielle Guy
Deacon for the day:........... Kwabena Addison-Amponsah
The Church at Worship
God Invites Us to Worship
In Songs of Worship and Preparation Pat Ward
“We Sing Alleluia”
* In the Call to Worship:
“All your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your saints shall bless You. They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power, to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom” Psalm 145:10-12.
We Respond
* In Praise “Majesty”
In Invocation Pastor Melvin Santos
In Hymn of Praise #221
“Rejoice, the Lord is King”
God Invites Us to Confess
** In Congregational Song
“Soften My Heart, Lord”
In Prayer Joan Gibran
God Invites Us to Respond
In Giving Our Offerings Charlotte Hardy
First Church Budget
In Heart of Praise and Thanksgiving
“Great Are You Lord”
In the Children’s Story Stephanie Mazza
We Receive Him
Through Scripture Reading Mimi Garba
John 13:34; Ephesians 5:2
Through Special Music Patricia Matsinhe
Through the Word Pastor Charles Byrd
“Love is a ‘P’ ”
We Depart to Serve
* With His Song #588 (verses 1, 2 & 5)
“Lord of All Nations”
* With His Benediction
(Please be seated following the Benediction)
Postlude Doug Pratt
*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
Church Budget Update
Expenses paid in 2011 $118,604 One-day School Goal $5,000
Donations Received in 2011 $113,358 One-day School Raised $4,827
-$ 5,246 Amount needed $ 173
January Received $2,593
Month 2012 +/- - $8,071
NEXT WEEK’S OFFERING: Religious Liberty
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: 5:01 pm Sunset Next Friday: 5:08 pm
Church Calendar
TODAY – January 21, 2012
· AY meeting in the fellowship hall at 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 25th
v Scripture Study Series at 6:30 p.m. at the church.
Hand Bell Choir Practice Schedule: Please meet in the music room at 9:00 a.m.
Children’s Church Schedule
Children’s Church will be held on the following dates:
Social Committee Calendar of Events:
February 11th – “Dinner Destination; the Orient”, a Valentine’s event for the whole family; young, not-so young, single, married, etc. You must register for this event. Please see bulletin insert for more information.
“The Family that plays together stays together!”
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:
Curtis, Tracy and Adrian Shortlidge
Dexter & Florence Shurney
Viateur & Marceline Sibomana, sons Lucky and Prince
Prayer Requests for Healing:
· Donald Johnson – heart by-pass surgery
· Thomas “TJ” Egan – terminal illness, wife, Beth Egan; co-worker of Pat Ward
· Betty Underhill – full healing and restoration of sight
· John Brinson – cancer
· Heather Wood – complete recovery from stroke, daughter of Pastor Jerry & Judy Rimer
· Jarrett Wilson - liver transplant surgery, father of 2 small children, nephew of Shauneille Morton (Sherifa)
· Eucabeth Ongau –fused ankle surgery, complete recovery
· Mina Angwenyi – full recovery, hip replacement surgery (2nd hip)
· Ruth Swain – health recovery
· Nate Hatcher, Jr. – health concerns
· Baby Michael Copeland – premature birth complications
· Clyde Ward – kidney disease, on dialysis
· Richard Andal - recovery from stroke, father of Ric Andal
Prayer Requests (other):
· Irene Chunn – discouragement, home bound member
· Dorothy Hunt – has moved in with daughter, pray for her to be content
· Perry & Erika Houston – for Holy Spirit as they labor in literature evangelism and medical ministry.
· First Church members/attendees seeking employment
Announcements for January 21, 2012
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.
Donation receipts for 2011 are ready for pick-up. Please see Adwoa Amponsah, Brian or Raylene Wilcox in the foyer after worship services to receive your receipt.
Discipleship Advanced Training with Pastor Santos, today, January 21st, at 2:00pm in the sanctuary. Open to all members who have completed the Basic Training. Bring your Bible, pen, notebook, and a teachable spirit.
The film that can save your life, “Forks Over Knives,” featuring discoveries by Dr.’s T. C. Campbell & C. Esselstyn, puts the idea of food as medicine to the test! See how they found that degenerative diseases could almost always be prevented or reversed by diet! Showtime, followed by Health Professionals’ Panel Discussion, tonight, January 21 at 5pm, Hillcrest SDA Church, 2010 – 25th Ave. N., Nashville, 37208.
Scripture Study Series continues this Wednesday evening, January 25th at 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Come join us for this exciting Bible study. Bring your Bible, Bible study guides (given during Prophecies Decoded seminar) pen, notebook and a friend!
The Social Committee invites you to Dinner Destination: the Orient, on Saturday night, February 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. All are invited to participate; adults and children (no babysitting will be provided). After dinner we will show the Disney comedy “The Love Bug.” Reservations are required - Please help us plan by using the bulletin insert to reserve seating and food for your family! Registration deadline is Sabbath, February 4th.
Mad About Marriage seminar with Mike and Gayle Tucker, Friday, February 17th, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. and Sabbath afternoon, February 18th, 2:00 – 5:30 p.m. 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 great weekend as we explore ways to stay "madly in love" forever. Please register at www.madaboutmarriage.com. Child care will not be provided during this event. Parents, please make arrangements for your children so you can focus on the seminar. The seminar is free of church; however, donations to the church will be gratefully accepted to defray cost.
HEAL Ministry Health Briefs, Thursday, February 2nd at 6:00 p.m. in the Library. Topic will be announced later.
The Adventist Community Services Center – 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!
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!
Please continue to save the UPC/bar code portion of packaging/labels from Worthington Foods, Loma Linda Foods, Morningstar Farms, Morningstar Farms Organic and Natural Touch products. Bring your labels to the church and place in the drop-box located in the foyer. Reimbursed labels will go to the quarterly Sabbath School mission project.
The Church at Study
9:15am – 10:30am
Lesson Study Guide (1st Quarter 2012): Glimpses of Our God
This week’s lesson: “God as Redeemer“
Adult Classes
Location
Ann Foster/Thomas Hardy/Chito Pugao........... Sanctuary - Front
André Wilson........... Sanctuary - Back
Magaria Waitara/Musa Garba(Swahili/English Class)........... Upstairs Right
The Circle (Gibran/Wilcox)........... Music Room
New Believers Class (Pastor)........... 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:........... Nathan Wood
Pianist:........... Doug Pratt
A/V Operator:........... Ken Johns
Greeters:........... Danett & Danielle Guy
Deacon for the day:........... Kwabena Addison-Amponsah
The Church at Worship
God Invites Us to Worship
In Songs of Worship and Preparation Pat Ward
“We Sing Alleluia”
* In the Call to Worship:
“All your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your saints shall bless You. They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power, to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom” Psalm 145:10-12.
We Respond
* In Praise “Majesty”
In Invocation Pastor Melvin Santos
In Hymn of Praise #221
“Rejoice, the Lord is King”
God Invites Us to Confess
** In Congregational Song
“Soften My Heart, Lord”
In Prayer Joan Gibran
God Invites Us to Respond
In Giving Our Offerings Charlotte Hardy
First Church Budget
In Heart of Praise and Thanksgiving
“Great Are You Lord”
In the Children’s Story Stephanie Mazza
We Receive Him
Through Scripture Reading Mimi Garba
John 13:34; Ephesians 5:2
Through Special Music Patricia Matsinhe
Through the Word Pastor Charles Byrd
“Love is a ‘P’ ”
We Depart to Serve
* With His Song #588 (verses 1, 2 & 5)
“Lord of All Nations”
* With His Benediction
(Please be seated following the Benediction)
Postlude Doug Pratt
*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 in 2011 $118,604 One-day School Goal $5,000
Donations Received in 2011 $113,358 One-day School Raised $4,827
-$ 5,246 Amount needed $ 173
January Received $2,593
Month 2012 +/- - $8,071
NEXT WEEK’S OFFERING: Religious Liberty
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: 5:01 pm Sunset Next Friday: 5:08 pm
Church Calendar
TODAY – January 21, 2012
- All church fellowship lunch will be served in the fellowship hall approximately 15 minutes after services. All Invited!!
· AY meeting in the fellowship hall at 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 25th
v Scripture Study Series at 6:30 p.m. at the church.
Hand Bell Choir Practice Schedule: Please meet in the music room at 9:00 a.m.
- January 21 – Teen/Adult Choir
- January 28 – Primary/Junior Choir
- February 4 – Teen/Adult Choir
- February 11 – Primary/Junior Choir
- February 18 – Teen/Adult Choir
- February 25 – Primary/Junior Choir
Children’s Church Schedule
Children’s Church will be held on the following dates:
- January 28th
- February 11th
- March 12
Social Committee Calendar of Events:
February 11th – “Dinner Destination; the Orient”, a Valentine’s event for the whole family; young, not-so young, single, married, etc. You must register for this event. Please see bulletin insert for more information.
“The Family that plays together stays together!”
WELCOME!
Welcome to the Nashville First SDA Church! We are delighted you chose to worship with us this Sabbath.
This Week’s Prayer Focus Families - Remember in prayer this week:
Curtis, Tracy and Adrian Shortlidge
Dexter & Florence Shurney
Viateur & Marceline Sibomana, sons Lucky and Prince
Prayer Requests for Healing:
· Donald Johnson – heart by-pass surgery
· Thomas “TJ” Egan – terminal illness, wife, Beth Egan; co-worker of Pat Ward
· Betty Underhill – full healing and restoration of sight
· John Brinson – cancer
· Heather Wood – complete recovery from stroke, daughter of Pastor Jerry & Judy Rimer
· Jarrett Wilson - liver transplant surgery, father of 2 small children, nephew of Shauneille Morton (Sherifa)
· Eucabeth Ongau –fused ankle surgery, complete recovery
· Mina Angwenyi – full recovery, hip replacement surgery (2nd hip)
· Ruth Swain – health recovery
· Nate Hatcher, Jr. – health concerns
· Baby Michael Copeland – premature birth complications
· Clyde Ward – kidney disease, on dialysis
· Richard Andal - recovery from stroke, father of Ric Andal
Prayer Requests (other):
· Irene Chunn – discouragement, home bound member
· Dorothy Hunt – has moved in with daughter, pray for her to be content
· Perry & Erika Houston – for Holy Spirit as they labor in literature evangelism and medical ministry.
· First Church members/attendees seeking employment
Announcements for January 21, 2012
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.
Donation receipts for 2011 are ready for pick-up. Please see Adwoa Amponsah, Brian or Raylene Wilcox in the foyer after worship services to receive your receipt.
Discipleship Advanced Training with Pastor Santos, today, January 21st, at 2:00pm in the sanctuary. Open to all members who have completed the Basic Training. Bring your Bible, pen, notebook, and a teachable spirit.
The film that can save your life, “Forks Over Knives,” featuring discoveries by Dr.’s T. C. Campbell & C. Esselstyn, puts the idea of food as medicine to the test! See how they found that degenerative diseases could almost always be prevented or reversed by diet! Showtime, followed by Health Professionals’ Panel Discussion, tonight, January 21 at 5pm, Hillcrest SDA Church, 2010 – 25th Ave. N., Nashville, 37208.
Scripture Study Series continues this Wednesday evening, January 25th at 6:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Come join us for this exciting Bible study. Bring your Bible, Bible study guides (given during Prophecies Decoded seminar) pen, notebook and a friend!
The Social Committee invites you to Dinner Destination: the Orient, on Saturday night, February 11th at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. All are invited to participate; adults and children (no babysitting will be provided). After dinner we will show the Disney comedy “The Love Bug.” Reservations are required - Please help us plan by using the bulletin insert to reserve seating and food for your family! Registration deadline is Sabbath, February 4th.
Mad About Marriage seminar with Mike and Gayle Tucker, Friday, February 17th, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. and Sabbath afternoon, February 18th, 2:00 – 5:30 p.m. 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 great weekend as we explore ways to stay "madly in love" forever. Please register at www.madaboutmarriage.com. Child care will not be provided during this event. Parents, please make arrangements for your children so you can focus on the seminar. The seminar is free of church; however, donations to the church will be gratefully accepted to defray cost.
HEAL Ministry Health Briefs, Thursday, February 2nd at 6:00 p.m. in the Library. Topic will be announced later.
The Adventist Community Services Center – 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!
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!
Please continue to save the UPC/bar code portion of packaging/labels from Worthington Foods, Loma Linda Foods, Morningstar Farms, Morningstar Farms Organic and Natural Touch products. Bring your labels to the church and place in the drop-box located in the foyer. Reimbursed labels will go to the quarterly Sabbath School mission project.