May 10, 2009, 11:00 AM

WE ENTER INTO GOD’S PRESENCE
Preparation for Worship
*Call to Worship – Isaiah 66:10-13
*Opening Praise – 499:1,4,5 “My God, How Wonderful You Are”
* The Living Jesus Welcomes Us
*We Greet Each Other
*Continuing Praise
           “In Christ Alone”
           “O How I Love Jesus”
Call to Confession – I John 1:8
Silent Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon – I John 1:9
*Song of Response – 489:3 “It Is Well with My Soul”
WE HEAR GOD’S WORD
Children’s Time
Prayer of Preparation
Scripture Reading – John 15:1-8
Message – “New Life:  Fruitful Life”
Prayer
WE RESPOND WITH THANKSGIVING
Song of Preparation – 302:2,3 “Christ, the Living Bread from Heaven”
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper – Luke 24:13-16, 26-35
           The bread that we break is a sharing in the body of Christ.
           We who are many are one body, for we all share the same loaf.
The cup for which we give thanks is a sharing in the blood of Christ.
The cup that we drink is our participation in the blood of Christ.
Holy Father, in thanks for the sacrifice of Jesus Christ,
in the joy of his resurrection,
in the hope of his coming again,
we present ourselves a living sacrifice
and come to the table of our Lord.
The gifts of God for the people of God.
The body of Christ, given for you.
Thanks be to God.
The blood of Christ, shed for you.
Thanks be to God.
*Song of Thanksgiving – 490 “Blessed Assurance:  Jesus Is Mine’
The Offerings– First:  General Fund
                        Second:  Youth Ministry Work Camp
Offertory Prayer
Sharing Joys and Concerns
Intercessory Prayer
WE ARE DISMISSED TO LOVE AND SERVE
Opportunities for Ministry and Fellowship
*God Blesses Us
*Closing Song – 291:1,5 “May the Mind of Christ, My Savior”
Postlude

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Today we celebrate the Lord’s Supper as part of our worship.  Let us give thanks to God for caring for us so much that he left us this observance of the saving death and resurrection of Jesus so we can regularly be strengthened in our faith walk.  Receiving the bread and cup and then eating and drinking after all have been served is for all those who have at some time in a Christian church publicly professed a personal faith in Jesus as lord and savior.

In recognition of Mother’s Day, at the close of the service children will hand out flowers to all the adult women in the church.  Moms, you are certainly a blessing to us all.  Many of us came to know the love of God best through your example and words.

The second offering today is for Valley Church’s youth ministry and specifically to help with expenses for the work camp trip planned for this summer for youth and their adult leaders.

Tuesday, 7:00 PM Growth and Renewal Team meets
Wednesday, 6:00 AM Men’s Breakfast and Bible study at the Spot
                    9:30 AM Women’s Bible Study at
(study Romans 2)
Saturday, 8:00 AM - ??  Church cleanup day
        
This Saturday is the annual church clean up day.  Your hands and energy, joined with many others, will give a new shine to the church building and grounds.  Lunch will be provided.

Next Sunday morning you will have an opportunity to participate in the annual “Offering of Letters” presented by Bread for the World.  There will be a DVD about this year’s focus, which is to urge Congress and the administration to fix US foreign aid so it is more effective in reducing hunger and poverty.  The deacons will have sample letters to help you with writing, along with coffee and donuts as you write.

Danielle Wood’s father is in a rehab hospital following his spinal stroke.  Pray that he can partially compensate for his lower body paralysis and for him and the family as they deal with this sudden change in life.  Pete will help to modify his home to make it more accessible for him.

Council Notes:

NEXT SUNDAY, May 17, 2009

SUNDAY SCHOOL:  9:45 AM  Sunday School classes for all ages.  The adult class continues a series of classes offering biblical principles relating to our finances in these difficult economic times.  Learn what God’s Word says about “Giving and Saving”.  Thanks to Tim Brown for leading this study.


MORNING WORSHIP:  11:00 AM  Pastor Gelder brings the message, “New Life:  Secure Life”, based on John 10:28, continuing a post-Easter series of messages on “New Life”.   This will also be the Sunday we will recall the ascension of Jesus to heaven, which took place forty days after his resurrection on Easter.