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LAST WEEK’S CHURCH RECORD Sunday School ………………………………………………….. Cancelled Worship Attendance …(via Facebook Livefeed)……….. 2,800 Weekly Budget Requirement …………………………. $15,608.00 Budget Gifts ………………………..…….…..…….…..…….. $8,050.00 YTD Budget Requirements …………….....…………. $388,838.00 YTD Budget Receipts ……………………………….…… $391,799.87
THE FAITH JOURNEY Total Campaign Goal………………………………... $1,070,000.00 Gifts for Week 123…………………………………...….….. $2,035.00 Total Gifts to Date…………………………………..……..$644,692.73
OUR CHURCH CALENDAR
TODAY 10:15am Morning Worship (via Facebook Live feed) MONDAY 9:00am-1:00pm Office Hours TUESDAY 9:00am-4:00pm Office Hours WEDNESDAY 9:00am-4:00pm Office Hours THURSDAY 9:00am-4:00pm Office Hours FRIDAY 9:00am-4:00pm Office Hours
OUR KNOWN SICK Rex: Judith “Pete” Pearce
At Home: Peggy Debnam, Eddie Meyer and Phillip Meeler
OUR CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY
Our Christian sympathy is expressed to Treasure Carter in the death of her sister.
Zebulon Baptist Church
Zebulon, North Carolina
L. Jack Glasgow, Jr., Senior Pastor Barbara D. Glasgow, Minister of Music and Senior Adults
Shannon Speller, Minister of Children, Outreach and Missions Lynn McLaughlin, Minister of Spiritual Formation
Lauren Glasgow, Minister of Youth Linda Perry, Accompanist
Cindy Carver, Assistant Accompanist June Sanders, Office Administrator
Candace Heath, Office Assistant Visit our website at myzbc.org
Our Welcome In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, we welcome you to a place in the sanctuary. May your coming and going be attended with richest blessing.
The Lord’s Day March 29, 2020 The Sanctuary Ten-Fifteen a.m.
THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT And the light shines into the darkness,
And the darkness could not lay hold of it. — John 1:5
CONNECTION — WITH GOD AND WITH ONE ANOTHER Prelude — “He Giveth More Grace/No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus”……………............................................. arr. Hayes Welcome to Worshipers The Lighting of the Fifth Candle — The Spared Woman’s Candle Hymn of Gathering — “How Wide the Love of Christ” …..… No. 437 How wide the love of Christ! It knows not class or race, But holds our one humanity within its broad embrace. How long the love of Christ! Its patience will not cease Until this broken world is bound in everlasting peace. How high the love of Christ! Beyond all thought it soars And yet upon our passing lives unmeasured mercy pours. How deep the love of Christ, descending to a cross! He bears within His wounded hands all human pain and loss. All praise, to You, O Christ, for love whose depth and height, Whose length and breadth fill time and space with endless life and light! The Invocation and Lord’s Prayer Greetings and Exchange of Christ’s Peace Our Lenten Chorus — “What Meekness and What Majesty” What meekness and what majesty, What beauty and what mystery, That You, O Christ, would die for me, My blessed Savior and my Lord! The Children’s Sermon CONFESSION — HONEST WITH GOD AND OURSELVES
Litany of Confession Leader: We have sinned.
YOUTH NEWS
PASSPORT 2020 — Sign up for youth attending Passport Missions in Green-ville, South Carolina (July 6-11) has concluded. The final payment of $375 ($100 deposit has already been paid) will be due no later than May 1. Please give payment to Lauren Glasgow by the due date.
Vacation Bible School 2020 July 13th- 17th
We’re going on a quest this summer and we need you to join us on our way to Knights of North Castle! Please contact
Valerie Shelton at [email protected] or Shannon Speller at [email protected] to sign up for
opportunities to serve, lead, and HAVE FUN on an adventure at Knights of North Castle!
Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his power.
Ephesians 6:10
EASTER LILY We still hope to be able to have a live stream from the Sanctuary on Easter with lilies in place. If you would like to help beautify our sanctuary for Easter by giving an Easter Lily as a visible remembrance of a loved one or to honor a friend, please complete the form below and place it in the offering plate or turn in to the office by March 29. The Purple Worship team has made arrangements for the purchase of these lilies, and the cost per plant will be $11. All orders must be accompanied by payment. Checks should be made payable to Zebulon Baptist Church and designated “Easter Lily.”
Easter Lily Order Form
I wish to give a lily in honor of ___________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Given by: ___________________________________________________ I wish to give a lily in memory of _________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Given by: ____________________________________________________ Total number of lilies: ______ Total amount @$11.00 each _________
SPIRITUAL FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS
WOMEN’S LUNCHEON — ATTENTION: Reverend Jill Getty is unable to be here on March 29, so the Women’s Luncheon will be postponed to a later date.
THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT is placed in the sanctuary today in loving memory of Rosa Mae Perry who would be celebrating her 103rd birthday on April 3. She now celebrates in heaven with her Lord and Savior. We love and miss you! Candace, Matthew and Zachary Heath THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT is placed in the sanctuary today by Craig and Sherrie Hopkins in honor of our grandson, Fields Craig Hopkins, who will celebrate his 6th birthday on April 3. We are so thankful and blessed for this “special” little boy. THE FLOWER ARRANGEMENT is placed in the sanctuary today in memory of Bobbie Lou Massey whose birthday is April 11 by David and Prenby Meyers.
FOOD PANTRY
The Food Pantry needs your help in keeping our shelves stocked so that we can meet the growing need for food assistance in our Community. The following is a list of food items that are needed to enable us to continue this important ministry of our church. Food items can be placed in the marked bins by the Church Office (Building D).
Canned Meats Spaghetti Sauce Peanut Butter Cereal Canned Vegetables Dried Beans Spaghetti Noodles Jelly Canned Fruit Mac and Cheese Saltine Crackers Rice
HELP BEAUTIFY OUR COURTYARD The Women’s 4 Class (formerly Faithful Workers) would like to give you the opportunity to contribute to our courtyard by making a gift in memory of a family member or loved one. The members of this class are responsible for planting flowers and main-taining our courtyard. Your gift of $8 or more will help with the costs of this project. If you would like
to participate, please get your money turned in to the office by April 8. A list of donations will be in the bulletin on Easter Sunday.
People: We have fallen. Leader: We are broken. People: We are fearful. Leader: Our lives are laid open before God who knows our secret places, People: Before God who knows completely who we are and what we have done.. Leader: We desire God’s forgiveness, People: We trust God’s mercy. Leader: We accept God’s grace. People: We are restored by God’s healing love. Leader: God’s grace empowers us to throw down our stones of condemnation and judgment, People: And to pray for others to experience the same forgiving love and grace that has transformed our lives in Christ.
A Time for Silence and Confession The Morning Prayer The Offertory Moment Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small, Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all!
CONVERSATION — GOD SPEAKS, WE RESPOND Scripture Reading ………………………………………………………... John 8:1-11 Special Music — “Forgiven” ………………………………... Blankenship-Red Sermon — “The Sound of Dropping Rocks”
Lenten Sermon Series — Meeting Jesus in John Hymn of Commitment — “Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive” No. 694 Forgive our sins as we forgive, You taught us Lord, to pray, But You alone can grant us grace to live the words we say. How can Your pardon reach and bless the unforgiving heart, That broods on wrongs and will not let old bitterness depart? In blazing light Your cross reveals the truth we dimly knew; What trivial debts are owed to us, how great our debt to You! Lord, cleanse the depths within our souls, and bid resentment cease; Then bound to all in bonds of love, our lives will spread Your peace.
Closing Words Benediction Choral Response What joy if those in need could see, Your light of love aglow in me, I sing this song eternally, My blessed Savior and my Lord! Postlude — “Grace Greater Than Our Sin” ………………………. arr. Shackley CCL# 14377
LIFE TOGETHER/LIFE APART This is Sunday III of our altered lifestyles due to the COVID-19 disease and Sunday V in Lent. As I write this on Wednesday, our hope is to continue to live stream our worship from the Sanctuary this week. Thank you for your responses of appreciation and affirmation for this ministry. We try to show you the Sanctuary so that you can visually see a place important to so many of you, hoping that you can almost feel like you are there. Please know how much you are missed! Phone calls, emails, visual contact through Zoom or Face Time and texts are keeping us in touch with one another. We are certainly praying for one another. As Wake County asks us to stay at home, we are trying to act responsibly — our food pantry is an important ministry along with our reaching out through media. Perhaps we will be able to keep the office open on a more limited basis to keep the food ministry moving forward. But we want all of our members to be safe. Please try to stay home as much as you can. Call on us if you have things that someone can pick up for you, and we will try to match your need with a willing volunteer.
MEMBERS TO REMEMBER: At Home: Artelia Perry
Carillon at Knightdale: Louise Sherron Remember these persons this week with your
prayers, cards, contacts or visits!
GIVING OPTIONS AVAILABLE With ZBC having to cancel worship and programs here at the church during this crisis, members may be wondering how to get your offerings to church. Here are several options available to you: You can give easily through our website with a credit card. Just go to
the Worship tab and then click on Giving. We cannot process any ACH (direct from your checking account) with this option. Your infor-mation is secure with this option.
ACH (electronic draft) payments are another option. I can set up an electronic draft from your checking/savings account. We have a lot of members using this option to make their regular contributions. Contact me if you have questions about this option or want to set up a draft. Your information is secure with this option.
If you have online banking, you can set up your contribution as a bill pay.
You can always mail your check to us. We are working and will be checking the mail daily. Please mail to: ZBC, P. O. Box 366, Zebulon, NC 27597
You can call me, June, at (919) 269-7329 or (919) 605-6166 or email me at [email protected] with any questions and/or assistance.
STAYING CONNECTED THIS WEEK What are some things you can be doing as a ZBC member this week? First of all, follow the guidelines and comply with the mandates — we want you to stay safe and well. Take care of yourself and your family. Second, pray for your church, our leaders, and for everyone. Please do not lose faith in the value of fervent prayer asking God’s help in this health crisis. Third, resolve to be helpful. This is no time for bashing leaders, complaining, and being self-centered. Fourth, affirm and encourage peo-ple who need it. Let that health care professional know you appreciate them. Let someone taking a hard economic hit know that you are sorry. Appreciate the sacrifice being made by young people who are missing important things in their lives for the greater good of others and let them know how deeply sorry you are and how much you admire their sacrifice. Contact the elderly and lonely and sick and find out how you can help them and then do it. Visit myzbc.com regularly for connection to the church and worship with us via the live stream. There will be blogs to read, bits of inspiration and encouragement, links to information, ideas for spiritual formation, and opportunities to serve. We are grateful to our staff for providing creative ways to stay in touch and to find inspiration for all ages of our church family.
