Salem Baptist Church

First Fruits

April 16, 2017

Easter

Prelude/Countdown Call to Worship Worship Choir “Hallelujah! What a Morning” Congregational Singing Careen Stanley “Because He Lives (Amen)” (Matt Maher) “For All of Us” (Natalie Grant) Opening Prayer Pastor Shannon Welcome/Announcements Pastor Kevin Prayer of Intercession Offering The Bells of Salem “Christ the Lord Arose!” Children’s Message Cindy Ecklesdafer Special Music Salem Kids’ Choir “Glorious is the Day” solos: Kayla Ellis and Elsie Lynd Message Pastor Kevin Song of Worship Choir/Congregation

“Sacred Ground” Response “Glorious Day” (Casting Crowns) Closing Prayer Postlude

Salem Baptist Church

11 O’clock Service

April 16, 2017

Easter Prelude Aileen Pitts Call to Worship Bells of Salem “Christ the Lord Arose!” Welcome and Announcements Time of Prayer Special Music Worship Choir “Hallelujah! What a Morning” Time of Singing* Congregation

269 “He Lives” 270 “Christ the Lord is Risen Today”

Time of Giving Careen Stanley “Lamb of God”

“Doxology” Special Music “Mercy Tree” Worship Choir Message Pastor Kevin Special Music “Sacred Ground” Choir/Congregation Response 288 “One Day” Closing Prayer Postlude Aileen PItts * Page Numbers refer to blue Baptist Hymnal in the pew rack

Salem Baptist Church 24032 Sparta Road Milford, VA 22514

804-633-5583 www.salembaptist.org Rev. Kevin C. James – Pastor

Rev. Shannon Kiser – Minister to Students and Families Careen Stanley – Music Director

In an effort to keep the weekly prayer list updated and current, the list will be blank on the first Sunday of every month except for military and nursing home residents. You may use the tear off portion of your bulletin to list the prayer concern,

email gayle@salembaptist.org or call the office, 633-5583. Please include the name of the person making the request and you may put it in the offering plate or place it in the box outside of the church office. Urgent prayer needs will be updated daily via email. If you would like to be added to the prayer and praise email list please email Barbara Beale at bwb@bealenet.com or contact the church office. Military

Phil Richards – Fort Hood John Phillips Joey Medill Ethan Peake-Italy Travis Reese –Afghanistan Matt Wilcox Josh Burton-Japan Mark D’Antonio – Cuba John Philips

Christopher Briggs Nick Stanley – Lackland AFB Paul Ormond Nursing Home Rachel Cecil Charlotte Doggett Rudy Pitts Marjorie Richardson – The Hermitage, 1600 Westwood Avenue, Richmond, VA 23227

Special Requests

Diane Tanner Fuzzy Jones

Tommy Parke – New Church Plant

Bruce Wood Craig Woodward

Donald Barham Diane Wright

Mary Helms

Deacons of Salem –Chairman – Richard Schreck, Joey Schiebel, Randy

Thomas, Mike Vossberg, Scott Richards, Todd Beasley, A. C. Farmer, Randy

Pitts, Ray Simunek, Russ Langford, Craig Woodward, Keith Gayle, Chip

Rosemond, Frank Beale and David Chewning.

Unified Budget and Budget Needs through –04/9/2017 Last Sunday’s offering Year-to-Date Budget Needs

$7,327.00 $119,1460.81 $120,6284.55 Weekly Budget Needs: $8,591.71 Find Us Faithful: $50.00

Annie Armstrong - $2,579.48 Rise Against Hunger - $8,949.25

Calendar for the Week

Easter -Prayer Time 9:15 am Monday April 17 -Glory Outreach Clothing Team 9:30 am-11:30 am -Girl Scouts 6:30 pm Tuesday April 18 -Glory Outreach 6-8 pm -WOM Night 7 pm Wednesday April 19 - Wednesday Night Activities Thursday April 20 -Deacons Meeting 7 pm

Wednesday Dinner April 19th is crusted parmesan chicken, mashed potatoes and green beans. Dessert as always. Sugar free dessert available by request at the window. 5:15-6:15pm. $12 max per family or singles at $2/age 2-11 and $4/over age 12. April 22nd is opening day for Caroline Little League!! Salem’s inflatables

will be there. Volunteers are needed to assist watching over the little ones

playing for 1 hour slots. Please sign up today!

Dorcas Daughters will be taking a trip to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens to visit the Butterfly Exhibit and Botanical Garden on April 22. Will be leaving Salem at 9 am. You will have lunch at the gardens. Cost is $11 for seniors plus bring money for lunch and gifts. Please RSVP to Mary Beth Green.

Rise Against Hunger! Salem’s spring food-packing event is coming Sunday, April 23! On the day of the event, early service food packers will come to the sanctuary at 9 a.m. (not 8:30 a.m.), and late service packers will come to the sanctuary at 11 a.m. Each group will move to the fellowship hall after a short time of worship and prayer, followed by instructions from the Rise Against Hunger representative. Friends and family are welcome! Just make sure everyone is signed up, and that all children are supervised. Questions? See Chuck Womble for more information.

Join us for the 3rd Annual Skeet Shoot at Salem Baptist Church April 29th, 11 am benefitting our youth program. The money raised will be going

directly to our youth to cover all mission expenses. You are welcome to bring your own ammo or it will be available for purchase at the event.

Please come out for a day of fun, food, and skeet! Event will be held rain or shine.

WMU Associational meeting April 25th, 6:15 pm at Bowling Green Baptist Church. Dinner is at 6:30 pm and the program begins at 7:15 pm. Our guest speaker is Laura Davis, Mission Involvement Coordinator for WMU Virginia. Please call the office to confirm your spot! 633-5583 or Loretta Shelton 540-479-6375 or Joyce Tignor 633-6124. Glory Outreach is in need of someone to pick up food from Food

Lion in Bowling Green every Sunday. No experience necessary, just

a desire to serve. If you feel called to this mission or would like to

discuss other possible ways to serve in this ministry, please email

gloryoutreachinfo@gmail.com or call Heather Button 202-547-0339

cell.

Would you be interested in taking the Dave Ramsey Course during the Sunday School hour and 11 am worship? This class will be 9 weeks long. Please sign up in the foyer or contact the church office! We will have the class if enough interest is shown. Eyes, Arms, Hands and Feet of Jesus requested to assist in Salem’s Two

Nurseries: Baby Nursery & Toddler Nursery are so important to our wee

ones, and to their parents. This gives these parents time to attend Worship

each week, without having to struggle with the children, or NOT even come

at all! Think about it!

Remember – it is ONLY 12 hours a year, if you sign up for once a month

coverage! Twelve hours – that’s it! BE A BLESSING – VOLUNTEER!

Contact the church office if you can help out!!

BEEN VISITING SALEM? And would like to have lunch with Pastor Kevin to know more? Then come join him on Sunday, May 7 after second service for a time to enjoy lunch (that you do not have to prepare), and chat with Pastor Kevin about our church. Look for the clipboard for signup being passed during worship today. You may also call Gayle in the office at 633-5583 to make sure we have enough food.

VBS is coming to Salem....July 10-14, 9am-noon each day. We are

looking for lots of teen and adult volunteers. Please contact Kristen

Beale or Shelly Beale if you would like to help in some way. Stay

tuned for more information about registration in the near future!

If anyone has the DVDs “Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage” and “War Room” Please return it to the church office. Thanks! Trip to Rockville International Learning Center, sponsored by Hermon WMU, Monday May 1st. Leaving Salem at 10 a.m . We will be touring the facility and then have lunch, $10 for the trip and lunch is included. Make checks payable to Hermon Association WMU. Reserve your spot by April 17th. Contact Loretta Shelton or Linda Durrett to go! The International Learning Center is the housing facility while missionaries are being trained for their mission location. They learn language, culture and get medical preparation during their time there. A new group will arrive the first part and April and we may be able to see them when we visit.

Nicklesville Mission Trip

Sunday July 16 thru Saturday, July 22nd

See Chuck Womble to get signed up and more information

KIDS’ CHOIR NEWS

The spring session will begin on April 20th.

Rehearsals are Thursdays, 4-5:30 p.m., with bus pickup

from BGES available by reservation. The kids’ choir will

lead worship on Graduate Sunday, May 21, at

10 a.m., and also in 1st service on Father’s Day, June

18th.

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Graduate Sunday, May 21, 10 a.m. service

Please contact Shannon for more information!

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2017 Homecoming on Patriot Sunday,

July 2, 2017 Combined worship service at 10:00 a.m. followed by a church-wide picnic on

the grounds. Great music! Church history! Games and activities for kids! Mark

your calendars now!