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VOLUME 47, NUMBER 10

March 6, 2016 David J. Bailey Chris Cole Debbie Foster Mandy Davis Pastor Organist Parish Associate Director of Music

Stephen Price Amy Rawlings Interim Director of Christian Education Director of Christian Education for Youth & Young Adults for Adults & Children Ministries

Fourth Sunday in Lent

The flowers beneath the cross are

given to the Glory of God

Given Anonymously

The following Sundays are

available: April 3,10, 17 & 24

Call now to reserve your date!

Our annual Mission Drive

will run through March 20.

Booklets with details about

the drive and the missions

supported are available in

the narthex. The goal is

$23,500, and the total

raised so far is $6010.00. Thank you!

NEW VAN! A 2014 van has been purchased for

the Scout troop/church! Many

thanks to the Scout troop for all the

fundraising efforts; to Robert Hayes and Ralph Hayes Toyota for locating

and negotiating for the vehicle and

doing the extras to get it ready for use; and to all who made

contributions in order to make this

possible.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE

March 24, 7 p.m. – Maundy

Thursday Communion Service at First Presbyterian

March 25, 7 p.m. – Good Friday

Service at Central March 26, 10 a.m. – Easter Egg

Hunt and picnic lunch

March 27, 7 a.m. – Easter Sunrise

Service at Cater’s Lake, followed by pancake breakfast

March 27, 10:30 a.m. – Easter

Sunday Worship and Communion

MYRTLE BEACH OR BUST!

This weekend 14 members of Central’s Youth Choir, led by

Mandy Davis, are in Myrtle Beach

attending the Festival By the

Sea. Please keep them in your prayers as they travel to attend a

weekend of singing and worship

along with other youth choirs from the Southeast.

WITH PEOPLE ‘NEATH THE STEEPLE Please remember in your prayers:

Kay Gilbert, Mary Jane Keathley,

Jody Moesley, Michael McCaulley,

Julie Blankenship’s father and

brother, Walter and Mark Hartmann, Frances Calvo, Frances Sandifer

(Mimi Anderson’s mother),

Cathy Moore, Jerry Lane, Barb Heintz, Sheron Lee, Cecil

Stephenson, Scott Stewart and

Jennifer Perkins’ father, who has been diagnosed with colon cancer.

GIFTS OF WOMEN

Today is “Celebrate the Gifts of Women” Sunday. Debbie Foster will

preach and a number of Central’s

women will help in worship

leadership in a variety of ways.

Congratulations to our

former Director of Youth and Christian Education

Catherine Neelly Burton

and her husband John at the birth of a

daughter, Alice Crenshaw Burton! They live in Wichita, Kansas, where

she is pastor of Grace Presbyterian

Church.

Free Program sponsored by :

Rhodes Respite Care

Of First Presbyterian Church Anderson

presents

MUSIC AND MEMORY

Thursday, March 10th, 2016,

4:30 pm — 6:00 pm

First Presbyterian Kirk

Program Presented By:

Karen Nichols, RN, NHA, CRCFA

(Administrator at Foothills Retirement

Community)

Anyone caring for someone with

dementia should at-tend this program.

You will learn how personalized music

can enhance a person’s

cognitive abilities and much, much

more.

Contact Gail Marion,

Director of Rhodes

Respite Dementia Care

at 245-1694 if you would like more

information.

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not get group replies. Stephen sends

2-4 texts per week.

Sunday, March 6

PYC 6:00pm - 8:00pm Small Groups

Want to work at Summer Fun? Applications are due March 31st!

Find them on the church website &

youth room!

Annual Sports Banquet

Sunday, March 13 - 6pm

Montreat Sr. High Retreat March 11-13 We will leave Central at 3:30pm on

Friday, March 11. We will return

Sunday afternoon. More details to come in your email!

CENTRAL TO HOST ASTL Central will host the winter event of

the Anderson School of Theology

for Laypersons on March 4-5. This event is being co-sponsored by

our presbytery and will feature well

known author and speaker Diana

Butler Bass. The theme will be

“Grounded: Finding God in the

World.” There will be four

presentations: “God in a Post-

Religious Time,” “The Rise of the

Mystics,” “Religion in America:

Decline or Transformation?” and

“ T he Demo crat izat io n o f

Religion.” All sessions will take

place in the sanctuary except

Saturday afternoon, which will be in the Fellowship Hall. Session I will

be Friday, March 4, from 6:30-8:00

p.m. Sessions II and III will be Saturday morning from 9-12.

Session IV will be from 1-3

Saturday afternoon. All are welcome

to attend!

EASTER EGG HUNT! Join us on Saturday March 26th at

10am for our annual church Easter Egg

hunt followed by a picnic lunch! Each

child should bring 12 filled eggs (candy

should be peanut safe). We will have

special jumbo eggs for our smaller friends 2 and younger and crafts to enjoy

by all!!! Cost for the picnic lunch is $4/

person : we will be serving chicken

tenders, Josh’s Pimento cheese

sandwiches, fruit, and pasta salad!

If we have nice weather make sure to

bring a blanket to enjoy a picnic on the

lawn with your church family!

SUMMER PROGRAMS for KIDS

Summer Fun: June 15th, 16th, 21st,

23rd,29th, 30th, July 5th, 7th, 19th, 21st,

26th, 28th

Registration for

members is March

20th!

Vacation Bible School:

July 11th - 15th Volunteer &

Participant

Registration is open

ONLINE

2016 CAMP BUC SCHEDULE

Through the gifts from donors and

churches, Foothills Presbytery is able to

offer five weeks of Camp on site at the

Buc Outdoor Center Summer 2016.

Week 1 June 19 –24

Explorers, CIT, Middle School Mission

Week 2 June 26 – July 1 Braves, Pathfinders, Explorers

Week 3 July 10 – 15

Braves, Pathfinders, Expl., Rock &Raft

Week 4 July 17 – 22

Pathfinders, Expl, 2 Wk Expl.*

(*Two-week option July 17 – 29)

Week 5 July 24 – 29

Pathfinders, Explorers, Cave & Wave

Full Camp descriptions and fees can be

found at bucoutdoorcenter.org Camp Registrar, LeAnne White,

lwhite@foothillspresbytery.org

THIS WEEK AT CENTRAL

SUNDAY, March 6

9:30 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship

6:00 pm PYC

MONDAY, March 7

9:00 am Preschool/Kindergarten

10:00 am Matthew Study Group

1:30 pm Mary Circle 6:00 pm Kerygma

6:30 pm Grief Group

TUESDAY, March 8

9:00 am Preschool/Kindergarten

10:00 am Elizabeth Circle

6:15 pm Scouts/Cub Meeting

WEDNESDAY, March 9

6:30 am Men’s Group 8:30 am Matthew Study Group

9:00 am Preschool/Kindergarten

3:00 pm Elementary Open Gym

3:45 pm Acolytes/K2 3:45 pm Youth Open Gym

4:45 pm Children’s Choirs

4:45 pm Central Sisters 5:15 pm Central Bridge Meal

6:00 pm Adult Handbells

6:15 pm Central Bridge Classes 7:00 pm Chancel Choir

THURSDAY, March 10

9:00 am Preschool/Kindergarten

FRIDAY, March 11 9:00 am Preschool/Kindergarten

3:30 pm Youth leave for Montreat

THIS WEDNESDAY

March 9th Classes 6:15 pm

5:15 pm Dinner:

Hamburgers, Tater Tots, Beans or Fruit, Dessert

USHERS Mary Garvin

Beverly Barkley

Alice McCallum Kim Stewart

Olivia Williams & Jocelyn Piel

GREETERS Judy Swizdaryk & Patsy Belk

REPRESENTATIVE Candy Diggins

ACOLYTES

Sullivan Harrelson & Ashlyn Price

CHILDREN’S CHURCH

SHEPHERD

Kyle Bryans

HELPERS Trey & Erin Thomas

John & Ashley Waters

HANDBELL RINGERS

Libby Middleton &

Garrett Middleton

LITURGIST

March 6 - Carrie Pannell

March 13 - Sara Jane Orr

SUNDAY SCHOOL

SUPERINTENDENT March 6 - Tom Diggins

March 13 - Andy Anderson

PYC SUPPER March 6 - Piel/Helvie

March 20 - Roberts/Lindley

Boy Scout Troop 84

will hold its annual

barbecue fundraiser on

Saturday, March 19, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Fellowship hall. The cost

is $8, eat in or carry out. Free

delivery available for ten or more plates to the same location. Tickets

available after worship each Sunday.

UPCOMING CENTRALITE

ACTIVITIES:

April 5, noon, luncheon in the

Fellowship Hall.

April 14, 8:00 concert by the Clemson University Singers, dinner

en route.

Easter Lily Order Form

$8 each

Name______________________

How Many_______

In honor /In memory of _______________________________

_______________________________

Sunday, March 6, 2016 – 10:30 am. Fourth Sunday in Lent

THE PREPARATION OF GOD’S PEOPLE

PRELUDE

WELCOME - ANNOUNCEMENTS Carrie Pannell

* CONGREGATIONAL INTROIT We All Are One in Mission

We all are one in mission; we all are one in call,

our varied gifts united by Christ, the Lord of all.

A single, great commission compels us from above

to plan and work together that all may know Christ’s love.

* CALL TO WORSHIP

One: In Christ, we have access to a new community.

All: Those who were far off have been brought near

by the blood of Christ.

One: Because Christ has broken down the diving walls, we are one.

All: Christ is our peace.

One: Through Christ, we have access to God by the Spirit.

All: Therefore, we are no longer strangers,

but citizens and part of God’s family.

One: Together, let us rejoice! Let us worship God!

* HYMN 372 O for a World AZMON

* CALL TO CONFESSION

One: We come seeking reconciliation and peace.

We come to experience forgiveness.

In faithful witness to your grace, O God, we confess our sins before you and one another.

Let us pray.

* PRAYER OF CONFESSION

All: O God, universal architect,

you created the church to be a community,

a family with many members,

working in unity under the control of its head, Jesus Christ.

Forgive us if we have treated other persons

as if they did not matter.

Forgive us for discriminating against others

and giving some persons higher recognition,

while rejecting others from your community, from the family.

We have held back, not sharing our resources and gifts

with those whom we consider different.

Forgive us, we pray, through Jesus Christ,

who receives all persons and has made us citizens

and also members of God’s family, in whose name we pray...

* SILENT CONFESSION

* ASSURANCE OF PARDON

One: Amen. Sisters and brothers, let us work for the good of all and for those in the family of faith.

Believe the good news of the Gospel: In Christ we are forgiven!

All: Thanks be to God for his great gift of love!

Large print Bulletins and Hearing Amplification Devices are available.

Nursery provided for infants through 2-year-old children.

* CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE - Gloria Patri #581

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in

the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.

THE PROCLAMATION OF GOD’S WORD

A TIME FOR ALL GOD’S CHILDREN Dr. Bailey

(Following this, children ages 3, 4, and 5 may leave for Children’s Church)

PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION

All: God of all history, thank you for the Bible.

Through your Word we learn that you love your people dearly,

and we learn that we are your people.

Thank you for your Word shaping our identity.

Thank you for your Word that gives us hope for the future.

As your Word is read and preached,

send your Spirit so that we can know

our role in your ongoing work in our world. Amen.

OLD TESTAMENT READING, p. 344 2 Kings 12:4-16

ANTHEM For Al the Faithful Women Stuempfle/Evans

GOSPEL READING, p. 49 Mark 12:38-44

SERMON Less Than Rev. Foster

THE RESPONSE OF GOD’S PEOPLE

* HYMN 730 I Sing a Song of the Saints of God GRAND ISLE

* STATEMENT OF FAITH — The Apostles’ Creed, p. 35

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE AND THE LORD’S PRAYER

MOMENT FOR MISSION

PRESENTATION OF OUR TITHES AND GIFTS

OFFERTORY Offertory John Ness Beck

Barb Heintz, alto

* RESPONSE, page 606 The Doxology OLD HUNDREDTH

* PRAYER OF DEDICATION

* HYMN 23 God, You Spin the Whirling Planets AUSTRIAN HYMN

(This text was written for the

1979 National Meeting of United Presbyterian Women)

* BENEDICTION

* CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE We All Are One in Mission

Now let us be united and let our song be heard.

Now let us be a vessel for God’s redeeming word.

We all are one in mission; we all are one in call,

our varied gifts united by Christ, the Lord of all.

* POSTLUDE

*Those who are able, please stand.