Welcome to Guthrie Grove Church of God. Elizabeth Prentiss, the author of our closing hymn wrote, "To love Christ more is the deepest need, the constant cry of my soul out in the woods, & on my bed, & out driving, when I am happy and busy, & when I am sad & idle, the whisper keeps going up for more love, more love, more love!" May we feel the love of God and of Christ in a special way today, and may we all leave whispering with gratitude, "Surely it has been good to be in the House of the Lord."

Musical Prelude ~
Organist: Joyce Williams
Pianist: Susan Durham

Welcome/Concerns and Celebrations of the Congregation ~

Call to Worship ~
Hymn #141, Because He Lives
This is my Commandment
This is my commandment that you love one another, that your joy may be full.
(Repeat)
That your joy may be full, that your joy may be full. This is my commandment
that you love one another, that your joy may be full.

Invocation ~

Receiving of Tithes and Offerings ~
"You should each give, then, as you have decided, not with regret or out of a sense of duty; for God loves the one who gives gladly." (2 Cor. 8:7)

Special Musical Offerings ~
Madison Farr and Sara Farr

We Worship in Song ~
I Love You, Lord
I Love You, Lord, and I lift my voice to worship You, O my soul rejoice.
Take joy, my King, in what You hear; May it be a sweet, sweet, sound
in Your ear.
Father, I Adore You
Father, I adore You, lay my life before You, How I love You.
Jesus, I adore You, Lay my life before You, How I love You.

Morning Message ~

Closing Song ~
Hymn #313
More Love to Thee

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Looking Ahead...
Feb 14: Fundraising Luncheon after church; Evening Service (6 pm)
Feb 17: Bible Study for all ages/BYF: 7 pm
Feb 18: Weight Watchers at Guthrie Grove (Weigh-in at 5:30 pm)
Feb 19-22: Annual Minister's Conference (Cruise to Bahamas)
Feb 23: Sister's Act meets at the Ballard/Dauksas Home (6:30 pm)
Feb 24: BYF Family Night (Parents/grandparents: feel free to come see what's happening with the youth)
Feb 26: Grades K-6 Sleepover at the church
Feb 27: Carolina Conference Board Mtg.: Ryan's of Asheville
Mar 04: Lunch-out w/Wayne and the Gang
Mar 07: Sunday School Fellowship (9:30 am)
Mar 25-27: ABC Invitational (9th grade and up: theme is "Consumed")
Mar 27: 33rd Annual Cooper River Bridge Run (Register at crbr.com)
Mar 28: Bethel hosts the Spring Carolina Conference Business Mtg.
Apr 04: Easter Sunday
Apr 11-16: Christian Worker's Seminar, Pigeon Forge, TN (Registration deadline is Mar 3)
Apr 22-25: Christian Women's Tropical Retreat, Panama City Beach, FL
Apr 23-25: Women's Retreat, Blowing Rock, NC (Resurrection Hope-Host)
Apr 25-28: Annual Theological Conference (Norcross, GA)
May 7: "Relay For Life" (Easley High School): Plan to participate
Jun 20-25: Carolina Conference Youth Camp near Blowing Rock, NC

Prayer Concerns...
Janice Garrett, Ruby Kay (rm. 418), Nellie Palmer, Tracie Scott, Donna Roper, Nancy Weeks, Joan Adams, Margaret Weisner, Teresa/Jackie Smith, Scott Hughes, Chris Picklesimer, Allen Skelton, Elizabeth Cooper, Tootsie Lanford, Charles Dantzler, Bernice Gambrell, Louise Durham, Jerry Trotter, Bill/Loree Pierce, Peaches Melton, Beth Shirley, Joan McKee, Kathy Martin, Bill Jameson Family, Shorty Gentry, Betty Brown, Joan Durham, Eunice Browning, Betty & Harold Davis, Joe Pack, Susan Bradley, Leon Paxton, Alva Huffer, Petromichelis Family, Doris Cole, Peggy Durham, Bobby Thomason, Milton Pack, Becky Cooper, Wilola Stargel, Earl/Margaret Elwell, Marj Overmyer, Danny Durham, Herchel Lyda's trip to Tanzania, Jim Mattison, Jamie Davis, Pastor Lesly & those in Haiti, Adri Patterson, Jerry Briggs, James (Alma Linley's friend), Myra Montgomery, Rebecca Dauksas, Gary/Debra Smith, Our silent requests, the unemployed, our travelers, Troops/Country, & the Peace of Jerusalem

02/14
counters: Jason Lanford/Chris James
nursery worker: Fae Smith
van driver: Jason Lanford
02/21
counters: Bob Alcumbrack/Carol James
van driver: Greg Smith

We appreciate Harold and Mary Ann, as well as the youth who prepared today's Fundraising Luncheon. Please stay, enjoy a good meal, & support a good cause.

Happy birthday this week to Vallie Durham, Tammy Barkley, Bobbie Martin, Jean McCombs, Joey Martin, Mickey Durham, Joan McKee, Patsy Burris, Sarah Hood, & Alta Saylors.
Bill & Joan Jameson celebrate a wedding anniversary.

Thanks to the men who helped trimmed the shrubbery yesterday following the monthly Men's Breakfast.

The registration deadline for Christian Worker's Seminar is approaching; forms are on the entryway table, or register online: www.abc-cogcc.org.

"Angel Food Ministries" is a food ministry w/ a servant's heart, providing low cost boxes of food to any who wish to participate. Deadline for ordering this month's $30 box is 2 pm., Feb 18. Go on-line to angelfoodministries.com.

Interested in fellowshipping with other Christian women in beautiful Panama City Beach, FL? Join Rebekah Martin and others on Apr 22-25. $130 per person covers food and lodging. Rebekah can be reached at 770-961-6746.

Sister's Act: Plan to attend the Chocolate Party, Tues., Feb 23rd at the Dauksas/Ballard home. Bring your favorite chocolate dish to this 6:30 pm event. (All ladies of the church are invited to attend Sister's Act)

Thanks to all who helped provide 43 shelf-stable meals for the Anderson County Meals on Wheels program. Thanks, Lynda for delivering the meals. We are presently taking up Birthday Bags for MOW, as well.

The Guthrie Grove Sunday School recently sent 50 handmade Valentines to HIS Radio, to be distributed to children in the hospital. Thanks to our youth for making another child's hospital stay a little brighter.

Sunday School Superintendent Sherry Alcumbrack wishes to invite ALL to a special fellowship/refreshment time on Sunday morning, Mar 7th (9:30 am). If convenient, bring a breakfast snack; be sure to bring yourself and a friend!

This year, a team from Guthrie Grove will participate in the annual "Relay 4 Life" (Cancer). Sign up sheets are available to walk all, or part, of the night. See Cayce Ballard or Lynda Grant for more information.

Parents: A special "Lock-in" is planned for Feb 26-27th for our younger kids, grades K-6. (7 pm Friday night: pizza served: through 10 am Saturday)

Welcome home Margie Lanford; we're anxious to hear about your experience in Central America. Thank you (And your colleagues) for helping others.

Thanks to our youth workers/chaperons who took our young people to last night's Winter Jam at the BiLo Center. We appreciate all who volunteer.