This week's bulletin includes the order of worship, announcements, prayer requests and calendar items, Rev. Green's sermon , is entitled "Immersion into Faith” scripture reading from Matthew 3:13-17 and Acts 10:34-48.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2011
10:30 A.M.
The Worship of God

*Welcome – Rev. Henry Green

Prelude – “Be Still My Soul”

Call to Worship “At the Break of Day” Choir

Invocation – Thad Jackson

*+Hymn 295 “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”

Duet – Adam Cogliano and Patrick Green
“Praise You”

+Hymn 449 “Baptized in Water”
+Pastoral Offertory Prayer
+The Lord’s Prayer
Giving of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory – “Whiter than Snow”
*+Doxology Hymn 706
(Girls and boys in K-Grade 5 may leave for Faith Quest)

Anthem “Come Be Baptized” Adult Choir
Please follow along in Hymn 451 as the choir sings

Sermon – Rev. Green
Matthew 3:13-17 and Acts 10:34-48
“Immersion into Faith”

+Hymn 497 “I Have Decided to Follow Jesus”
Introductions
+Benediction

Postlude “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”

+Congregation Standing
*The ushers will seat latecomers
Please turn off all pagers and cell phones or place on silent mode.  Please no food or drink in sanctuary
Attention Youth Choir!  There will be no rehearsal today, but there will be next Sunday, January 16, at 5:15.  See you there!

The Youth will meet tonight from 6-7 o’clock.

Our All-Committee Night will take place today at 6 o’clock, beginning with a light supper.  We will then divide into our areas of responsibility.

If you would like to provide a Youth Choir snack supper on some Sunday afternoon, please sign up on the sheet located on the Youth bulletin board (by the entrance to the chapel).

The Lunch Bunch will greet and eat on Tuesday at 11:30 am at the Italian Market on Route 450 (close to the Annapolis Mall.  Everyone is welcome to come.

For Wednesday’s dinner the cooks will be serving Romaine Salad, Chicken and Dumplings, Mixed Vegetables and dessert.  If you plan to attend the dinner and do not already have a permanent reservation, please fill out the bottom of the Worship Registration with the number attending, or call the church office by noon on Monday.  By doing this the cooks know how many to prepare for.

The Trustees will meet this Thursday at 7:00 pm.

If you have not picked up your Boxed Offering Envelopes for 2011, please do so today.  If you do not find one with your name on it and would like to have envelopes, please contact Edie Stucker in the church office

The Deacon Family Ministry Books are ready.  If you are an active deacon you may pick yours up in the church office.

January is the month when the Heritage Learning Center begins registration for the 2011-2012 school year.  Children who have reached their 2nd, 3rd, or 4th birthday by September 1 are eligible for enrollment.  Members of Heritage Baptist Church have priority registration.  There is still time for you to register your child.  If you are interested in enrolling your child in the Learning Center, please act early to avoid disappointment as the classes do fill rapidly.  

Food Pantry Distribution: Tuesday, January 11 – Jim Smith and Thursday, January 13 – Mary Ann Fulford.

January 16: Extended Care Workers: Nursery: Melissa Manuel and Emily Morehead; Preschool: 2’s and 3’s – Frankie Morehead and Heather Merritt; 4’s and 5’s – Mike Irwin and Adam Cogliano. Bus Driver: Pete Mager. Pianist: Jane Willingham.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR JANUARY 9-15

PRAYER CONCERNS
Our military and civilian personnel, their families, and leaders; Pauline Howard, Zach Pope, Betty Phipps, Joe Lee, Helen Light, Fred Wagner, Joe Clemmons, Adele Stockett, Hamilton Nunnally, Rachel Hall, Ed and Hilda Copeland, Faye Smith, Kristy Keller, Tena Quesada, Rebecca Storck, Joan Sumner, Violet Zalewski, Doug Marks, Kaeleigh Beld, Keith Bouilard, Brenda Cook, Ray Harris, Ron Winters, David Treadwell, Mario Vidotto, Ben Winstead, Blake Lennon, Minnie May Claggett, Kelley Miller, Esther Settembrini, Brad Carter, Cheryl Lijewski, Andrew Patterson, David Cook, Dana Killendenz, Bob Long, Mary Pearce, Joan Blandford, Ellie McCabe, Richard Hatfield, Bill Snyder, Allan Jones, Bruce Fullerton, Daniella Bornisen, Mary Catherine Furr, Joe Smith, Dorothy Shea, Paul Bobbitt, Jimmy Hurd, Caitlyn Jones, Mabel Atwell, Angela Perez, Jonathan Pickett, Evelyn Cabral, Shelley Thompson, Wally Denham, Faye Mager and her aunt.
The Mission of
Heritage Baptist Church

As followers of Christ, we share God’s love and serve others.

PASTOR
Henry Green

MINISTER OF MUSIC
Ralph Manuel

DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
Everett Golihew

MINISTER TO SENIOR ADULTS
Charles Barnes

YOUTH DIRECTOR
Patricia Welker

ORGANIST
Eleanor Sturgis
ASSISTANT ORGANISTS
Ruth Anne Shiplette
Ellen Welker

LEARNING CENTER DIRECTOR
Helen Holmboe

SECRETARY
Sally Morehead

FINANCIAL SECRETARY
Edie Stucker

FACILITIES MANAGER
Clair Morehead

RELIEF CUSTODIAN
Clyde Morehead

NURSERY COORDINATOR
Amy Henry