Dear Bay Shore Mission Commission,
COA is so grateful for your continuing support of our mission [$200 of Smart & Final scrip each month]. Sad to say, we are seeing a dramatic increase in people who need our services. So your support is vital. We invite you to visit us.
Blessings,
Dixie Dohrmann
Gather up your excess documents and personal papers for a FREE “SHRED-IT” DAY. Secure, free document shredding Sponsored by: Sensible Space Organizing Services, & The Marketplace Long Beach
WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 26
10 AM TO 1:30 PM
@ The Marketplace
VOLUNTARY DONATIONS: TO BENEFIT HEIFER INTERNATIONAL
We will have two different times we will need help decorating for the fundraiser First, Saturday, April 26th at 9:30 a.m., and again, May 3rd at 9:30 a.m. Decorations provided, along with lots of fellowship!
Coming after worship Sunday, May 4
Good Food, Fellowship, Silent and Live Auctions
Shepherd’s Staff on call for April is Debby Griffin. Call her if you have a need for this confidential help when you are going through crisis.
Thanks to God for answered prayers, God’s grace, infinite love & the daily miracles that bring joy to our lives, soul of Kevin Adams, the Adams family & Jolene Clark, Betty Outten, Andrew Turley, Peace, the soul of Harry Kaul, Ellen Kaul & family, Bobby & others caught in alcoholism, prayers of healing, thanks for keeping us safe, JoAnna Jones, all those heading for surgery, Kevin Davis, Kim Walker family, Rick Distasio, Judy Row, Marilyn Mathias, Marcia Frisella, Susan Quinn, Liz Carlton, Gina Bituye, Al & Marilynn Sykes, Jerry Sandarg, Patrick’s family, Herb Sauvageau, soul of Patsy Miller, Doug Incledon, soul of Norman Miller, soul of Jean Lane, Irene’s healing, our family, Eric, in memory of John Hauser, Harry D’Vries, Walter Enrst & Zazu, Phill Lyons, Richard Braley, Dena Deck, Christopher, Ted & Billie Anderson, Courtney Stanley, Terry Pynchon, Dr. Gerry Ganz, Mariela Thomas, Rick Jones, Pat Horn, family of Emilio Diaz, Wendy Labasan, Cody Waters, Meylor family, Maria Solar, Tracey Condon, Marshall family, Sara Metherall & family, prayers for jobs for young people & older people making changes, Dad, Guenivere, Chelsea, Ben, Rich Elliott, Mike, all caregivers, Carmen Sperry, Liz, Susan.
The postlude will be an arrangement of the hymn tune MADRID, titled Come, Christians, Join to Sing (Chalice Hymnal No.90). The words were written by Christian Henry Bateman (1813-1889), a minister of the Richmond Place Congregational Church, Edinburgh, Scotland.. Originally, the first line was “Come, children, join to sing,” growing out of Bateman’s desire to have hymns particularly for children to sing. In 1933, the Presbyterian Church USA changed the text to be all inclusive substituting “Christians” for “children”. The tune, a popular Spanish folk melody, was arranged for Bateman’s text in 1927 by David Evans (1874-1948). Each verse ends with “Alleluia, Amen” an exclamation of praise. My our worship together guide us to a closer relationship with God and each other.
Alicia Adams
9:30a.m. Worship – Sunday School - Nursery
The Rev. Charles Ensley’s Sermon:
“WHERE’S YOUR MORAL COMPASS?”
Sermon request: “Remind us of our basic Christian moral issues.”
Where do we get our moral directions in life? Who and what moulds us into the people we become? How do we know right from wrong? We’ll ponder what guidance we get from the Bible this Sunday as well.
Scripture Lesson: Exodus 20:1-17
Lay Reader: Chris Wells
Chancel Choir anthem: I Will Arise
Bay Shore Community Congregational Church
5100 The Toledo
Long Beach, California 90803-5539
Rev. Charles E. Ensley, Jr.
Senior Minister
revcee@bayshorechurch.org
Church Office: Tel (562) 433-0401 Fax (562) 433-5078
Bayshorechurch@aol.com
www.bayshorechurch.org
This Sunday’s Activities
8:30 Parish Outreach Commission
8:30 Chancel Choir Rehearsal
9:30 Worship, Sunday School and Nursery
11:00 Worship Commission
11-12 Children’s Choir Rehearsal
4:00 Final Confirmation Class at Tess Richie’s
Flowers on the altar are given by Lisa Sierveld in celebration of Greg’s 49th birthday on May 2.
Flowers in the niche are given by Neil and Judy Kupchin in celebration of their 25th wedding anniversary.
Greeters are: Monty and Tracy Maples
Lay Reader: Chris Wells
Chris has been a member of Bay Shore Church for 25 years. His favorite church involvement is donut time! He lives in Long Beach with his wife Melinda and they have two grown children, Michael, 30 and Julie, 26. Chris is Professor of Communication Services at El Camino College. His main interest is surfing.
“Make A Joyful Noise”
April 20, 2008
Psalm 95:1-2
For the the prelude on this Music Appreciation Sunday, I have selected a piece written by André Knevel (Netherlands.1950). At the age of eight, Knevel began formal musical training on the organ and piano with several well-known Dutch masters. At nineteen years of age, he gave his first official organ recital in the St. Vitus Cathedral of Bussum. In 1975, Knevel emigrated to Canada, making St. Catharines, Ontario, his permanent residence. The piece, “Toccata in g minor” is light hearted (even though it is written in a minor key), lyrical, and brings a smile to my face. My hope would be that the music this piece brings to your ears will provide a beginning for our worship together.
