EGCC

February 17, 2013 Worship at 10:30am Sunday School at 9:00am

(All ages)

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* Please feel free to stand or be seated during the singing

** Junior Church is for children in grades pre-K - 4th grade in the Education wing. Age appropriate lessons, activities & snacks are provided.

(Children are dismissed for Jr. Church )

• Requests for a recording of today's service may be made imme-diately following the service at the media booth. The recordings can be picked up one week from the date of request at the booth.

• Podcasts of recent sermons are available on our website!

Together

February 17, 2013

Worship

Welcome & Ministry Opportunities (Nate Caldwell)

Hymn of Preparation

Benediction

Prelude

Postlude

Offering/Offertory (Rachel King)

Call to Worship

Songs of Worship

Morning Prayer (Barb King)

Message (Pastor Cliff)

Scripture Reading (Len Douglas)

Opening Prayer (Pastor Cliff)

Opening Praise

Closing Hymn

We invite your infants and toddlers to our nurseries where there is a

competent staff waiting to care for them during the service.

This Week (2/17):

• Crib: Brenda Mills • Crib: 10:30 - Rachel King, Haleigh Sweet, Tracie Dionne • Toddlers: 10:30 - Becky Blais & Katie Jahn

Next Week (2/24):

• Crib: Jane Stevenson • Crib: 10:30 - Susan Perregaux, Alise Dowling, Becca Kraines • Toddlers: 10:30 - Kim Switts, Megan Benner

We welcome you to our

worship service this morning and pray that you will be blessed in the presence of the Lord Jesus. It is our desire to glorify God

as a community of Christ followers who love God, love people, and make disciples because Jesus is the

way, the truth and the life.

If you do not have a personal relationship with Jesus or have ques-tions about your faith, please feel free to speak with Pastor Cliff, Pastor Phil or one of the Elders.

Communication Cards ~ please feel free to use these cards to ask for prayer or to update in-formation.

If you are a visitor, we would like to have a record of your visit. Cards may be placed in the offering plate or given to an usher on your way out of the sanctuary.

The Media Team is in need of new members and will train them. A MODERATE LEVEL of computer skills required. Please contact Steve Blais (egccmedia@gmail.com) if you are interested.

Weekly Finance Report:

Weekly Budget: $8,073

Tithes & Offerings: $6,316

Monthly Finance Report:

$28,707 January Income

$32,292 January Budget

($3,585) Difference

“Holy Grounds,” A Family Night Café:

Questions Answered!

Who: East Glenville Community Church adults, teens, kids, families What: An evening of memorable performances; music and drama, snacks and fellowship Where: Our own Buchanan Hall When: Friday night March 1st, beginning at 7pm Why: It will be fun! Well…it’s also great when the family of God gets together to share their gifts AND celebrate the creativity of others.

This has been a fun and popular event for our church, so you will want to sign up your act early! Be creative! Entertaining ideas could include a comedy routine, a piano solo, a dramatic reading, a vocal duet, skit, or family band! Please sign up your act with Melisa Olson. If you are interested in doing some baking for “Holy Grounds” please see Brenda Mills. Lots of goodies are very appreciated! We will once again be asking our teens to practice their serving skills by waiting on tables. This is a wonderful event to share with your en-tire family! We hope to see you there!

Please remember to continue to pray for the search committee as we move forward with identifying and evaluating suitable candidates to fill the Senior Pas-tor position.

Mark Your Calendars!

Feb 17 9:00am Generation Change

6:30pm IGNITE

Feb 18 6:45pm Lose It for Life

Feb 19 7:00pm Elder Meeting

Feb 20 NO WED NIGHT PROGRAM

Feb 21 7:00pm Youth Basketball

Feb 24 Care Group Meetings

6:30pm IGNITE

Feb 27 6:00pm Wed Night Program

Feb 28 7:00pm Youth Basketball

March 1 7:00pm Holy Grounds Family Café

March 2 8:30am Men’s Breakfast

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With the words, “... do this in remembrance of me,” in Luke 22:19, Jesus instructed us to participate in communion. The Chris-tian Education Board feels that it is important to include the Lord’s Supper in the spiritual training of our youth. The board is excited to announce the beginning of a four week study of the Lord’s Sup-per led by Ron and Sherri Benner. This study is primarily intended for third and fourth grade students and will take the place of their normal Sunday school curriculum. Older students are also wel-come. We ask that the students participate with a parent if possi-ble.

The study will be during Sunday school starting March 3rd. We will work from the workbook “The Lord’s Supper… Let’s Get Ready”. There will be some homework. On April 7th, the congregation will recognize the participants during service and they will celebrate communion, as the Spirit guides them. Please sign-up in advance sign-up by February 24th. Contact Ron or Sherri Benner at 399-5868 or e-mail @ rbenner2@nycap.rr.com.

Lose It For Life is not about dieting. It’s not

about exercising. There are no quick fixes, magic

diets, or promises of a thin body. Losing the

weight and keeping it off may have more to do

with changing what you’re thinking and feeling at

any given moment than what you’re eating or whether you’re in a

regular exercise program. Lose It For Life is about creating a life-

style of permanent weight management that emphasizes the whole

you: your spirit, mind, body and emotions. Come join us on Mon-

day, February 18th at 6:45pm - No cost!

There will be a Women's Craft Night on March 7th at 7:00. We will meet at 19 Laury Lane and work on a fun Spring craft, enjoy some treats and conversation and start planning for the future. I hope to see many of you "crafty" women on the 7th. Please RSVP to Colleen Switts at 424-9121.

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Youth

Basketball

Thursdays

at 7pm

Middle School & High School

SUNDAYS 6:30pm to 8:30pm

Growing Students

into life-long

followers

of Christ

Volunteers needed to help out at the Holy Grounds Family Café Night. Please contact Nate if you are interested. Thank you!

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During the month of March, the Community outreach team will be supporting a program called Healthy Schenectady families. This program offers home-based services to expectant and new par-ents; beginning prenatally or shortly after the baby is born until the child is 5 or enters preschool or head start. Schenectady participants are visited by Family Support Workers (FSW’s) who also promote literacy from birth. At one point this part of the program was funded and they were able to provide one book a month for each child starting at birth. The books used are cardboard books such as ABC’s, Good night Moon, The little Engine that Could etc. The community outreach team will be collecting these type books throughout the month of March. For a complete list of books, please visit the “board” above the Giving Chest in Hall of Missions. As always, we thank you for your support of our community. We look forward to expressing our “Love for the family” by providing them with a number of “new” books!

Wednesday Night Program Please RSVP for the catered dinner

(using your communication card in your pew or by calling the office)

6:00pm - Dinner 6:45pm - Sonshine Singers, 7:00pm - Worship Choir 7:00pm - Men and Women’s Bible Study

Cost: 0-4 Free, 5-12 $3, 13-Adult $5 ($20 Family Max)

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Our study meets at 7:00 every Wednesday night and 9:00 every Thursday morning - into May. One in a Million- Journey to your Promised Land, by Priscilla Shirer, speaks to women who hunger to experience God’s power, hear His voice, and live in the abun-

dance of His promises. There are 7 video sessions and a workbook with a fresh, new format. Cost is $15. We invite you to join us in BH1. Contact is Susie Bandy (srmbandy@earthlink.net).

Men’s Ministry Breakfast We had a 30+ turnout last Saturday for the Men's Ministry Break-fast. We unanimously voted to start a monthly Men's Ministry Breakfast. So moving forward the first Saturday of every month there will be a Men's Ministry Breakfast in Buchanan Hall; starting at 8:30 am. We will be starting things with a Men's video series put together by Family Life called Stepping Up - A Call to Courageous Manhood. Please consider joining us for our next breakfast which will be Saturday, March 2nd!

Prayer Guide

Missions • Cherie & Rick Vedder, New York (YFC)

• Gordon & Sara Williams, Wisconsin (WBT)

Answer me when I call to you, O my righteous God. Give me relief from my distress; be merciful to me and hear my prayer. - Psalm 4:1

Praise • For a successful vote as we reconvened the Annual Meeting

Prayer Requests • A Healthy Winter for our church family, friends and loved ones

• Church finances

• EGCC family’s & friends’ salvation • Pray for EGCC Elder Board and Search Committee

• Send us into people’s lives to share God’s love in Christ through our witness • Those who are unemployed, especially those who are a part of our church family

• The marriages and families within the church

• Unsaved loved ones

Unfortunately, space limits the requests we can run continuously. Please continue to pray for those not appear-ing in this week’s bulletin. Please contact us if your prayer request needs to be updated.

Serving Our Country & Community • All active members of the military, the veterans, and all of their families • Our President and National Leaders • Our local leaders and government

Loved ones and friends who need our prayers… • For the friends and family of Jean Schwegman, who passed away on February 13th • Sharon Pedersen, wife of retired missionary, Ed Pedersen has a blocked carotid artery • Grace Bartholomew, wife of retired missionary, Paul Bartholomew has suffered a stroke and

has lost movement on the left side of her body. They are asking for prayer to guide her phy-sicians with the proper treatment plan

• Judith Feuer, mother of Ted, who has been in the hospital with pneumonia since last Friday. Please pray for her family and for her doctors as they decide on a treatment plan

• Vina Kaczmarczyk, for pain management following a fall • Kelli DeLeonardo’s neighbor, Erin, for strength and healing from a neurological, autoimmune

disease • Karen Baxter who just had surgery for lung cancer. She came through the operation fine,

but the cancer may have entered her blood stream • Andrea Slover, following surgery • Longtime family friend of Emma Miner-Squires, Isha, for healing from illness that keeps her

hospitalized.” • Caleb Sloan in Combat Training with the Marines • Don Schoenberger, who is in rehabilitation • All homebound members

Sermon Notes:

Sermon: “Christian Disciplines” Scripture: I Corinthians 9:24-27

I. The Purpose of the Disciplines II. The Dangers of the Disciplines

Missionaries John & Melinda Bernard, South Carolina (UWM)

Sharon Carlson, New York (IAM)

Alex & Laura Crum, New York (WBT)

Glen & Beverly Ewart, New York (IVCF)

Joseph & Tamara Hill, Arizona (PIONEER)

Paul & Nanette Holt, New York (IVCF)

Rev. Ted & Diane Holzmann, Germany (TEAM)

Alex & Fran Knauss, North Carolina (TWR)

John & Gail Morris, Colorado (AOE)

Cherie & Rick Vedder, New York (YFC)

Gordon & Sara Williams, Wisconsin (WBT)

Mark & Rae Wilson, Guinea (SIM)

General Outreach Conservative Congregational Christian Conference,

East Glenville Christian Preschool, National Association of Evangelicals, Mekeel Christian School, Spa Christian School,

Dorcas Society and Flannelgraph (EGCC), City Mission of Schenectady, Capital District Youth for Christ, Latham, NY

Retired Missionaries Paul & Grace Bartholomew (WBT), Claire Burford (BCM), Ruth Gibbs, North Carolina (SIM), Cliff & Melba Greene (WBT), Betty Hoffman (AWM), Rev. Mi-

chael & Athena Kantartjis (OC), Richard & Priscilla Mellen (WBT), Rev. Edwin & Sharon Pedersen (SAM), Natasha Poysti (RCR), Ardy Soules (ISI), Fred &

Goldie Stoll (SIM), Chuck and Muriel Davis (AIM), Evie McNutt (MM)

Remember to pray for our missionaries

and supported agencies daily

Rev. Cliff Christensen Interim Senior Pastor Sandie Wanamaker Director of Worship Ministries Susan Perregaux Director of Children’s Ministries

National Association of Evangelicals We are affiliated with:

Conservative Congregational Christian Conference

East Glenville Community Church 335 Saratoga Road

Glenville, NY 12302

EGCC STAFF SERVING IN HIS NAME

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU!

EGCC Christian Preschool 335 Saratoga Road, Glenville, NY 12302

Linda Wachtel, Director

518-399-6894 or egcc.preschool@verizon.net

Rev. Phil Sears Assistant Pastor

Nathan Caldwell

Director of Student Ministries

Gina Vendetti Administrative Assistant

Office Phones: 399-3151, 399-3105 Fax: (518)399-0302 OFFICE HOURS

9:00 am- 2:00 pm Monday through Friday

WEB SITE: www.egcchurch.org E-MAIL: Office: office@egcchurch.org

Sandie: egcc.music@verizon.net

ELDER BOARD

Tom Bischoff Dave Brzozowski

Alex Crum Jim Fischer Don Kraines Gary Williams