Bulletin Sunday September 13 In Word

“A fellowship of believers who seek to be to each other what Christ has been to them.”

Bedford Baptist Church Affiliated with the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches & Canadian Baptist Ministries

Welcome! Visitors are invited to sign our Guest Book in the foyer. If this is your first time visiting with us, we wish you warmest of greetings. Please take time to fill out a “Welcome Card” located in the pew rack and place it on the offering plate.

September 13th, 2009 “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today and forever. ” Hebrews 13:8

bulletins may be obtained from the ushers.

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An audio loop is available for the hearing impaired. Parents of small children (under age 3) may take them to the Nursery, where a caring staff will supervise them.

158 Rocky Lake Drive PO Box 44073 Bedford, Nova Scotia B4A 3X5 Phone: 835-5966 Fax: 835-3984 Prayer Chain Erna Rand 835-3495 Envelopes: Marion Grant 835-3552 [email protected] www.bedfordbaptist.ca Radio CHSB 99.3 Hill Top FM

Ministers - All the congregation Rev. Robert Ohsberg Rev. Dr. Ida Armstrong-Whitehouse Lic. Kevin A. Haggarty Mrs Christine Cole Mrs. Sharon Higgins Mr. Joel Scott

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(Senior Pastor) (Associate Pastor) (Director of Youth Ministries) (Interim Organist) (Office Administrator) (Caretaker)

Service of Worship at 10:55 a.m.

(*indicates standing, if persons are able)

Worthy of Praise is the Lord Call to Worship Prelude

Memorial Carillon “When Morning Gilds The Skies” (Smith)

Ministry Opportunities *Time of Singing

(Children are invited to come to the front pews during the last song)

Christine Cole Pastor Kevin Worship Team

Rally Day: Today we recall God’s action through several of our ministries past and present. God is on a mission and so are we! Scripture Sermon Small Groups KidZone Song KidVenture

Joshua 4: 4-7 (OT pg. 196) “Let’s Remember“

Pastor Bob Michelle Vekeman Gill Davidson

“He Has Made Me Glad” (Children are directed to KidZone during singing) Andrea McCurdy

Tithes and Offerings Offertory *Offertory Response

Pastor Ida

“Let Us With A Gladsome Mind” (Archer) #600 “Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”

Tidal Impact/ Spiritual Week Song “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High” DVBS/Arts Camp Prayers of the People Other Ministries Hymn

#441 “Lord, Here Am I, Send Me” Vs 1 & 4

Benediction Postlude

“Postlude A Minor” (Boehm)

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Review of Sunday, Sept. 6th, 2009 Operational Budget Current/Bldg Fund Mortgage Missions Bulletins

$ 4,965.88 $ 321.07 $ 25.00

Total Operational Offerings

$ 5,311.95

Designated Special Offerings Benevolent $ 107.12 Beacon House $ 11.00 Bayside Camp $ 5.00 Sharing Way $ 10.00 Bldg. memorial -Pew $2,000.00 Outreach $ 900.00 Total Designated Offerings $3.033.12

Total Offering for Sunday, September 6th, 2009 $8,345.07 (Automatic debit weekly offerings are included in totals) Morning Service Last Week: 155

Year Ago: 189

Deacon on Duty Greeters at the Door Sound Tellers

Servants in the Lord’s Work This Week Next Week Sandra MacKenzie Herman Barrett Murrice Witherall Ivan & Marg MacPhee Phillip Cox Melvin Fiander Cathy MacMulllin, Minnie Cathy MacMulllin, Minnie Daniels & Hattie Nickerson Daniels & Hattie Nickerson

Contribution Statements Contribution statements to the end of August are available in the church foyer. Please pick up your statement to avoid mailing costs. If you would like to begin using church envelopes please contact Marion Grant at 835-3552.

September Calendar The September calendar of events is available for pick up in the foyer. Nuptial News Congratulations are extended to Neale and Sally (née Howell) Fraser who were united in marriage in Kingsclear, NB by Rev. Bob Ohsberg on Friday, August 28, 2009.

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10:00 am 10:55 am 10:55 am 10:55 am 11:15 am 6:30 pm 9:30 am 6:30 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:15 am 2:00 pm 6:30 pm 7:30 pm 9:30 am 6:00 pm 7-9:00 pm 9:30-11:30 am 1:00 pm 5:30 pm 7:00 pm 7-9:00 pm 8:00 pm 8:30 pm

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Pre-service Prayer Morning Worship Service Nursery Church-time Preschool KidZone After worship Rally Day – Corn Boil & Hotdogs Youth Fireside Volleyball Hi/KidVenture Registration Hi/KidVenture Leader’s Meeting Stewardship Meeting College & Career Volleyball Ladies Alive Friendship Circle Guys Playing Stuff Trustees Meeting Volleyball Youth Group Library Committee LAFF “What in the World is Going On?” Pastoral Staff Meeting Association Council Sanctuary Choir Girls in Motion Volleyball Volleyball Church Fall Retreat Camp Mush A Mush Guest Speaker Borden Scott Beacon House Sunday Pre-service Prayer Worship Service Nursery (Tim McLean, Kim McLean & Brianna Bates) Church-time Preschool (Duane and Judy Yeomans) KidZone Youth Fireside

Prayer Room Sanctuary

Gymnasium

New Library Gymnasium Heffler Room Heffler Room Heffler Room Gymnasium New Library Heffler Room Heffler Room Sanctuary Heffler Room Gymnasium Gymnasium

Prayer Room Sanctuary

Beacon House Suggested items for the month of September are canned tuna, canned beans or box of cereal. Items may be placed in the Beacon house box located in the foyer.

Sunday Prayer Link Please pray for Rev. Greg Jones, who serves as Director of Development for our Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches, as he launches a new three year Appeal for UIM entitled “Transforming Churches, Transforming Lives Appeal”. Please pray for safety as he bedfordbaptist.ca

travels to conduct a number of Appeal Launch seminars throughout our Convention over these next six weeks. Also, please pray for effectiveness as he works with pastors, churches and associations in raising the understanding of Biblical Stewardship as well as the importance of the ministry that we as churches share through the CABC. LAFF Program The LAFF program will commence this Thursday, September 17th. This session study will be held on “What in the World is Going On? – 10 Prophetic Clues You Cannot Afford to Ignore” by Dr. David Jeremiah. Facilitator - Lic. Miriam MacDonald. Please pick up the Fall newsletter in the foyer to learn more about LAFF and this study. For further information please call Miriam @864-6208. KidZone KidZone Families: If you have a child in KidZone this morning, could you please come down and see us before you head to the corn boil as we would like to update our information files for the coming year. There will be a table in the vestry set up for that purpose. Thank you!! Gill Davidson Hi/KidVenture Exciting children’s Program which includes gym time crafts, stories, singing, snacks and frog pond. Starting Monday, September 21 6:30pm – 8:00pm All children welcome who are 4 years of age up to and including grade 6 Volunteers Needed We are making plans for an exciting Fall Program for Hi/KidVenture. This program will be meeting on Monday nights from 6:30-8:00pm. We are looking for volunteers who are willing to help out on Monday evenings in a variety of capacities. If you are interested in becoming a Hi/KidVenture volunteer or would like more information, please contact the church office @ 835-5966.

Small Groups Small groups will begin the evening of September 27! The following books will be studied: “Life You Always Wanted” by John Ortberg; “Images of the Spirit” by Dale and Sandy Larsen; “Who Stole My Church” by Gordon MacDonald; bedfordbaptist.ca

“Forgiveness – Breaking the Power of the Past” by Kay Arthur, David & BJ Lawson “Discussion on the Basic Questions of Faith!” Facilitators will be announced in the coming weeks! Reading Program –Only 2 Weeks Left Over 220 books have been borrowed from our library since the “Summer Fun Reading Program” began! Over 66 folks have indicated that they have read books! ONE PROBLEM - the Library Committee needs to know how many you have read. Also, if you have not signed your name on one of the charts outside the Library, would you be so kind as to do so. (The list of prizes available is in library. For adults, prizes range from $5.00 - $25.00, many of which are gift certificates) Please see the list of prizes to ascertain the number of books needed for various prizes. Visitation Committee The purpose of the Visiting Committee is “to show the love and compassion of Christ by having contact with those of our church family who are sick, shut-in, bereaved, or new to the church community to offer comfort and encouragement”. To aid us in fulfilling this role, it would be helpful if you would contact the Pastoral Staff or Miriam MacDonald, Coordinator of the Visiting Committee, (864-6208) if you know of someone we can be of assistance to in this way. This is particularly important if the person’s name has not been placed on the Sick and Shut-in List in the Sunday bulletin. Visitation Committee Our fall Committee meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 23rd at 1:00 p.m. in the Heffler Room. It will be helpful and very much appreciated if you are able to attend this meeting, as we will be updating the Visitation List and the Visitation Committee list. Seniors Fall Bus Trip Our bus trip is scheduled for Friday, September 25. We are planning to have lunch at Old Orchard Inn. There will be a tour of the Botanical Gardens at Acadia University and our regular stop at Hennigar's. The bus will leave the church at 10:15 am. We expect to be back to the church around 5:00. A donation of $15 is suggested to help with the bus rental. There is a sign-up sheet in the foyer.

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Oasis Reflections 2009 The most exciting part of Convention for me was Reggie McNeal's ability to take "our role" in "God's Church" and simplify it to the most amazingly simple "chore"... I loved it when he said (I'm paraphrasing here) "what makes us think that we are the ones who should be responsible for leading people to accept Jesus Christ as their Savior... and we should do it by going out and bringing them in to "our churches" NO... we are to go out and be servants to God's people... on His behalf... then stand back and pray for those people we have served... and watch God "show off" with what He can do in His people's hearts! God is the one doing the blessing... not us... we are the ones called to serve!" His examples of such fundamental and simplistic "little things" we can do in our everyday lives was soooo refreshing... sooo inspiring! Can't wait to get the DVD's and share them with anyone interested in seeing them! Another highlight that was how beautifully we all worked together in the business sessions... it was much more respectful and "listening" than I remember from the past years I attended A time and place that I experienced God's presence hard to say if it was the worship music or Reggie McNeal that was the most poignant... but a smaller example (because there were so many) would be the blessings of meeting and getting to really talk to others I didn't know prior... especially during meals and having folks who were not in harms way from "Bill" where they lived... who once they knew where I lived... offered up prayer support for all of us who were! Another was being on the same floor as Shant Manuel,.who was so funny when I met him in the lounge... because he was sure he had to be on the wrong floor... "surely they aren't putting men and women on the same floor?" LOL... Yes indeed! I told him I thought that they were trusting we were all big enough people to behave by now! LOL But this was the relaxed intro. into my asking if he was married to Ginny... which he is of course... and telling him how I knew her as a child... from Camp Peniel (outside of Yarmouth)... he immediately pulled out his cell... and called her and told her "I have someone here from your past"... it was fun for sure... but it was reassurance that God makes these kind of things happen for a reason. Who shows up the next night but Ginny! The night before that... Shant and I had a wonderful chat about how his call has led him... and I heard about his newest mission plan... to go back to India and teach so many new Pastors! I don't know where this might all lead in the years ahead... but I know without a doubt that there is a reason it all happened that way. At that time there was too much excitement in my heart for it to just stop right there! Not sure where this all fits... but I think the most pronounced "message" I got this year... was that we have to stop building "our church"... and get out there and live our Christian lives... serve God's people... and let God do His work without us messing it up with our ideas of how important numbers of attendees are... how many new families we brought into the church this year... that kind of thing... just get the word out... and trust that God will make the rest happen! Cheryl Hartlen bedfordbaptist.ca

For me, Convention Oasis is a time of connecting with new ideas and having a time of being with friends I’ve made over the past 40 years. Each year my circle of new friends increases but the passing of old friends is bittersweet. It was touching to know that Rev. Nelson Metcalfe and Rev. Ted Britton (son-in-law of the Dawson’s, former members of Bedford Baptist ) were honoured by the Baptist Convention for their long time service in ordained ministry. I appreciate the new format of Convention Assembly. I like the learning opportunities provided through a multitude of workshops. I went to a very humorous one on “Using Your Leadership Style in an Effective Manner”. I wished that you could have been with me to hear that presenter. I did take notes. It did my heart good to see 14 people from our church attend this Baptist gathering of around a 1000 participants at Acadia University. As a Convention of over 500 churches in the Atlantic Provinces, we had opportunity to praise God and be spiritually challenged. I hope some of you will join us next year in Moncton. Rev. Ida

Please Be in Prayer for our Sick & Shut-In

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QEII Infirmary Mrs. QEII VG Site Mrs. Dykeland Lodge Mrs. Parkland Estates (Cameron Hall) Mrs. Parkland Estates (Drummond Hall) Windsor Elms Mrs. Northwood Center Saint John Regional At Home

Ruth (Pierce) Chiasson Lola Murphy Helen Beeler Norma Sutherland Mrs. Beth Kennedy Marjorie Levy Ms. Brenda Carson Mr. Alfred Shuve

Mrs. Sydney Derrah Ms. Carol Lumsden Mrs. Elisabeth Manteuffel Ms. Pauline Mason Mrs. Myrtle Mayhew Mrs. Mabel Murphy Mrs. Mona Welsford Mrs. Bea Witherall

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Halifax Halifax Windsor Halifax Halifax Windsor Halifax Saint John, Mt. Pleasant, NB Bedford Hammonds Plains Lower Sackville Bedford Halifax Lower Sackville Bedford

Want to take part in supporting Bayside Camp? A cookbook is being created and they are looking for recipes. If you would like you to submit your favourite recipes and/or order a cookbook, please check the bulletin board for details. To submit your recipe on line, please contact the church office for the form.

A Special Day At Bayside Camp For The Young At Heart! Seniors Luncheon - Thursday, September 24 Friends old and new are invited to join us at camp to sing favourite hymns, hear stories from the summer ministry season and enjoy a lunch together. The program will begin at 11:00 a.m. and lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Reserve your seat by calling the Camp Office at (902) 868-1237

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