Knox Presbyterian

Church Listowel, Ontario

February 7, 2016

“…a welcoming family of God’s people, committed to worshipping Jesus Christ, sharing our faith and doing His

work in the world.”

February 7, 2016 10:30 am

Prelude

Entrance of Bible, Choir, and Minister

Gathering Song: “Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee” # 569

Welcome & Announcements

Responsive Call to Worship

Prayer of Adoration and Confession

Anthem: “Immortal, Invisible”

Greeting One Another

Children’s Time ending with Prayer and Lord’s Prayer (debts/debtors’) (Children may leave for Sunday School)

Hymn: “Seek Ye First”

Scripture Lessons Responsive Reading: (Psalm 143) # 665 New Testament: Matthew 7:7-14 (pages 1505-1506)

Offering Doxology: “O Bless the Gifts These Hands Have Brought”

Offertory Prayer

Sermon: “The Golden Rule” (Rev. Don McCallum)

Pastoral Prayer

Hymn: “All the Way My Saviour Leads Me” # 508

Benediction

Choral “Amen”

2 Quote of the week “Let everyone regulate his conduct... by the golden rule of doing to others as in similar circumstances we would have them do to us, and the path of duty will be clear before him.” (William Wilberforce, British MP who fought to abolish slavery)

Announcements Please see our bulletin boards for upcoming events!

We welcome everyone here today. We hope that

you feel comforted by our worship, and that you

will leave here refreshed and inspired in your

personal life. If you are a visitor today, thank you

for joining us and we ask that you would please sign the

Guest Register in the front foyer. We hope that you visit us

again soon!

Nursery & Sunday School: A supervised nursery, located

upstairs, is available for your children ages birth to 2 years.

Our Sunday School program for children and youth from JK

to Grade 8 will be dismissed during the service.

Please Join Us for Coffee, Cold Drinks and Fellowship

Served in the Main Hall following the service.

Hosted by: Jim & Marlene Henderson

February Ushers: Peter Nichol – Captain,

Jeff Bender, Paul Hemingway, Trevor Reading, Craig

Neable, Brett Nichol, Richard Keeso, Mac Nichol

The Annual Meeting will be held next Sunday, February 14,

following a ‘finger food’ pot luck lunch after the church

service. Please bring sandwiches, squares, cookies, etc. and

plan to attend.

The annual reports are available and are located in the

Narthex and on the table beside the office. We ask that you

take one per family please.

3 Youth for Christ Our local youth centre has a drop-in for youth on Tuesday and Thursday evenings. There are presently an average of over 20 young people who come on a regular basis. Youth for Christ presently has 2 volunteers running this program, but would appreciate more help. If you could give a couple hours of your time to assist with this needed program, please speak with Sue Knowlton (519-291-4133) or Kevin Nethercott (519-291-9296 or info@yfcnorthperth.com)

2015 Income Tax Receipts are available for pick up in the office during regular office hours.

Session Committee Members Needed: There are spaces for one member of the Christian Education Committee and two members for the AV Committee. If you are interested and able to help out please contact Clare Hood or Pam in the office. Thanks for your help in this area.

On Sunday February 21st “The Journeymen” quartet will be sharing their music with us before and during the worship service. The members of the quartet are: Bob Shaw; Bob Wilson; Bob Cooper; and Doug Sargent (who also sings in the choir here at Knox). They have been singing together for 14 years, led and accompanied by Joan Wilson. They sing a mixed style of music, with southern gospel as their forte.

YFC is holding their annual fundraising banquet on Friday, April 8. Kevin Pauls will provide some wonderful entertainment and again this year, we will have a silent and live auction with Dave Johnston auctioneering. If you would like to host a table of 8 guests for $200, be sure to call us early as the tables do sell out quickly. We would also appreciate donations to be used for our auctions. It’s your participation in this way that makes our auctions possible Please contact the office (519-291-9296) if you have something we could include in the auctions. If you have any questions about the event, please speak with Sue Knowlton (519-291-4133).

March Knox News Submission deadline is Tuesday February 16.

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Youth News The Kingdom Connection - Musical!

Calling all actors and singers. Nicole is

planning a new musical in May and is looking

for eager children and youth to take part,

both acting and singing.

The Musical revolves around a bible museum,

where the stories come to life. The children

tour and meet King David, King Saul, King

Herod, and that wise ruler, King Solomon!

Audition Packages are available from Nicole. Please speak to

her or email her if you have any questions.

Auditions will take place between February 7th and 14th.

*Please note all practices will be held outside normal

Sunday hours*

Camp Kintail 2016 Registration Forms are available on the

table by the office door. Send them early (or

enroll on line) to avoid disappointment as the

camps fill up quickly! Knox is once again

offering Camperships. Campership forms are available on the

bulletin board outside Rev. Don’s office. Please fill it out and

return it to the purple box outside the office by May 8. The

code to use is LSTWL. This brings the cost to families for

regular camp to $250.00 and $150.00 for Sprouts. Talk to

Pam in the office if you have any questions.

Board of Managers’ – Financial Report Attendees January 31, 2016:179 adults 30 Children & Youth General Contributions: $ 2,992.00 Presbyterians Sharing $ 330.00 Other Missions $ 185.00

Monday: 1:00 pm Knitting Club 7:00 pm Bible Study

Tuesday: Shrove Tuesday 9:00 am Bible Study Breakfast at Carson’s followed by Bible Study back at church

Wednesday: Ash Wednesday 2:00 pm Wallace WMS 6:30 pm Opportunity Knox @ Vecky’s

Thursday: 7:30 pm Adult Choir

Sunday: 1st Sunday in Lent 10:30 am Worship & Sunday School 11:30 am Pot Luck lunch 12:30 pm Annual Meeting

Knox Presbyterian Church 220 Livingstone Avenue North

Listowel, Ontario N4W 1P9 519-291-4690 knoxpres@wightman.ca

Minister: Rev. Donald P. J. McCallum

Cell #519-444-8434 donpmccallum@wightman.ca

Youth & Family Coordinator: Nicole Kaufman

nicole.m.kaufman@gmail.com Director of Music: Agnes-Marie Henderson

Office Administrator: Pamela Coleman pcolemanknox@wightman.ca

CCLI # 1209835 CRL # 134937 CVLI # 50160573

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm & 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm