Dedication Of

Family Life Center

September 27, 2009

OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE

AT NEW COVENANT THIS WEEK

New Covenant United Methodist Church Web Site—www.newcovenantumc.org The New Covenant Grapevine Newsletter is available on the Web Site.

NURSERY THIS WEEK—Due to the Family Life Center Dedication Service, there will be no nursery today.

NURSERY NEXT WEEK—8:45 Chris & Holly Adams; 11:00 Shannon Reavis & Savannah Cooper, Melissa Hallman & Kristy Ballard, Cheryl Smith & Brittany Hutchison

VISITATION TEAM THIS WEEK—Johnny Stewart & Sam Price

USHERS FOR SEPTEMBER—Randy Hallman, Terry Hallman, Sam Price, Bobby Riggins

Sunday, September 27 9:30 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

Sunday School Family Life Center Dedication Service Covered Dish Luncheon UMYF Christian Soldiers

Monday, September 28 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Handbells Administrative Council Meeting

Tuesday, September 29 9:00 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 7:00 p.m.

Prayer/Bible Study UMW Workshop Prayer Meeting

Wednesday, September 30 5:30 p.m. 6:15-6:45 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 7:00 p.m.

Youth Supper Club Children’s Musical Practice UMYF Adult Choir Practice

Thursday, October 1 7:00-9:00 p.m. 5:00-9:00 p.m.

Praise 150 Practice Gepetto’s Pizza Night

Friday, October 2

Saturday, October 3 8:30-2:30 p.m.

Custom Car Show & Bake Sale

Bulletin Deadline is NOON Wednesdays

Dedication of Family Life Center September 27, 2009

Gathering in Sanctuary

* Opening Prayer Angela Hallman

* Prayer by the Congregation Father, we come to celebrate the dedication of this Family Life Center. Send your Spirit upon us that we may reflect your holi-ness. Make us living temples within this building and help us to share this place with those who need to see you through us. Amen.

* Responsive Reading Psalm 24

The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it.

The world and all its people belong to him.

For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas

and built it on the ocean depths.

Who may climb the mountain of the Lord?

Who may stand in his holy place?

Only those whose hands and hearts are pure,

Who do not worship idols and never tell lies.

They will receive the Lord’s blessing

And have right standing with God their savior.

They alone may enter God’s presence

And worship the God of Israel.

Open up, ancient gates!

Open up, ancient doors,

And let the King of glory enter.

Who is the King of glory?

The Lord, strong and mighty,

The Lord, invincible in battle.

Open up, ancient gates!

Open up, ancient doors,

And let the King of glory enter.

Who is the King of glory?

The Lord Almighty, he is the King of glory.

* Songs Celebrate Jesus

Jesus Is Just Alright With Me

Offering

Offertory Music Children’s Choir

Offertory Response

Recognition of Building Committee/Finance Committee

Song Because We Believe Choir

Morning Prayer

Reflections by Tommy Everhart and Alan Sumner

Challenge by Pastors

Dedication of Building

Trustees Chair Donny Coltharp

Congregational Response

To the glory of God the Father, who has called us by his grace; to the honor of his Son, who loved us and gave himself for us and to the praise of the Holy Spirit, who leads us and cleanses us, we dedicate this building to be an instrument reflecting God’s grace until the coming of the Lord.

Youth Teresa Auten

Sunday School Teachers Eddy and Sandy Cox

Worship Janet Hinson

UMW and UMM Martha Coltharp and Johnny Stewart

Congregational Response

We, the people of this church and congregation, surrounded by a great cloud of witnesses, grateful for our heritage and the sacri-fices made on our behalf, dedicate ourselves anew to the worship and service of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

* Closing Song Choir

* Benediction

* Extinguishing the Candles

Prepare for Fellowship Meal

UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Preschool Board Meeting on Thursday, October 1st, at 6:30 p.m. Young Adult Sunday School Class—A new Young Adult Sunday School class (ages 20s-30s) will be starting on October 11th, to be held in the new Family Life Center (room TBA). The class will be lead by Sam and Judy Price and Adam and Amy Overbay. Nursery Workers Needed!—New Covenant is truly blessed to have lots of young children each Sunday! While all of our preschooler families are currently assisting in the nurseries, we still need a few more nursery workers to help out . . . If you would be willing to donate just 4-8 hours a YEAR to help out, it would be a huge help. See Angie or call her at 704-908-0181 to sign up. Thanks for your help!

UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS UPCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly – fa la la la la la la la la……—Yep! It’s that time again….time to start getting ready for the Christmas season by learning the special music. Come to choir practice starting Wednesday, September 30th at 7:00 p.m. We will be starting our Christmas cantata and you are WELCOME to join us!!! We will dedicate the first 30 minutes of practice to the cantata, so if you only want to be a part of the seasonal music – that’s OK. I think you might, how-ever, just get addicted to the fun of choir! No experience is necessary and you don’t have to think you sing well to come have fun making a joyful noise with the choir! We will take care of all those details. You never have to sing by yourself if you don’t want to and I’ll teach you everything you need to know. Janet Gepetto’s Pizza Night will be on Thursday, October 1st, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Gepetto’s will donate 10% of the sales back to our Building Fund. So go eat some pizza and tell them that you are with New Covenant. This is a tasty way to make money for our building fund. Gepetto’s is located on Hwy. 73. Fellowship Meal—Beginning October 14th, we will resume the Wednesday night fellowship meals from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. This is for the purpose of raising funds for the Building Fund. Please extend the invitation to your friends, and people you see to join us for fellowship and great food! Charge Conference—New Covenant will have Charge Conference on Thursday, October 15th, at 7:00 p.m. Mission Trip to Louisiana—If you are going on the mission trip to Louisiana, Jane Riggins needs a check for $72 for lodging by October 11th. Hope for Gaston Service Project, October 10th—Volunteers needed for one day home repair service project in Gastonia. See Wade or Adam Overbay for information and to sign up. Brick Orders—We would love to add more bricks to the walkway going to our Family Life Center. You can purchase one or as many as you like to remember a loved one or in honor of your family, etc. The cost is $75 each. For an organiza-tion, the cost is $100 each. Forms are available in the narthex. Please turn your order in to the church office.

Emergencies!—If you have an emergency and need one of our pastors, please call Wade at (704) 820-0603 or Tony at (704) 827-6987. If you cannot reach Wade or Tony, please call Linda Stroup at (704) 822-0433. The flowers placed in the Family Life Center were donated by Rabb Florist in honor of our Family Life Center Dedication. Prayer Quilts—The quilts placed on the altar today are for Catherine Coving-ton, Mack Wilson and Talmadge McInnis. The quilts to the left of the altar were placed on the altar last week. The quilts to the right are on the altar for the first time. Please say a prayer and tie a knot for each of these individuals. Food Donations Needed—The Mt. Holly CRO needs nonperishable food items. There is a donation box in the narthex. If your have any questions re-garding the CRO, please see Frances Smithey or Ann Crocker. Children’s Musical—All children grades 2nd-5th are welcome to participate with singing and speaking parts. Practice continues on Wednesdays from 6:15 to 6:45 p.m. Thank You! Mrs. Kat Administrative Council Meeting—On Monday, September 28th, at 7:00 p.m., there will be an Administrative Council meeting. New Covenant UMC 12th Annual Car Show & Bake Sale will be held on Sat-urday, October 3rd, at 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This car show is open to 1976 and older cars and trucks. $20 day of show. Show Registration is 8:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on October 3rd. Make checks payable for the car show regis-tration to the New Covenant United Methodist Men. If you have questions re-garding the Car Show, please see Brian Weyeneth. Breakfast and lunch will be available. Bake Sale—We will need lots of homemade cakes, pies and goodies to sale on October 3rd. If you have any questions about the Bake Sale, please see Cindy Ganous or Linda Stroup. Silent Auction—We need items for this year’s Silent Auction that will be held during the Car Show & Bake Sale. If you would like to donate an item, please see Brian Weyeneth. Help Needed—We still need cashiers and people to help in the kitchen on October 3rd. If you can help, please see Martha Coltharp. UMM Breakfast will be on Sunday, October 4th, at 7:00 a.m. UMW Unit Meeting—The UMW will have a Unit Meeting on Sunday, October 4th, at 4:00 p.m. All ladies are invited to attend. UMW Morning Circle will meet on Thursday, October 8th, at 10:00 a.m., at the church. UMW Evening Circle—The UMW Evening circle will meet on Thursday, October 8th, at 6:30 p.m., at the home of Shannon Reavis. Luann Elliott will lead our study of Chap-ter 7, "The Better Part" in "Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World". All ladies of the church are welcome to join us. If you would like to carpool, please con-tact Cindy Ganous or Sherrill Beatty.

STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Weekly Giving Goal $ 5,486.00 Building Fund Giving for 9/20 $ 1,632.15

Given 9/20 $ 4,481.45 Building Fund Balance $109,677.37

Giving Goal to Date $208,468.00 Love Offering Smith Family $ 1,081.00

Given to Date $183,944.84

Deficit $ 24,523.16

Attendance for September 20th—196