Welcome to Guthrie Grove Church of God. We are glad that you are here today, and pray that your faith will be strengthened as a result of worship.

Musical Prelude ~
Organist: Joyce Williams
Pianist: Susan Durham

Welcome/Concerns and Celebrations of the Congregation ~

Call to Worship ~
Responsive Reading (Selected Psalms)
(L) Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD.
(C) Come before him with thanksgiving & extol him with music and song.
(L) Rejoice in the Lord & be glad. Sing, all you who are upright in heart!
(C) Let all who take refuge in you be glad; let them ever sing for joy.
(L) Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
(C) Praise be to the LORD forever! Amen and Amen.
Hymn #70
For the Beauty of the Earth

Invocation ~

Receiving of Tithes and Offerings ~

We Worship in Song ~
Hymn #156
All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name
Hosanna
Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in the highest! Hosanna, Hosanna, Hosanna in
the highest! Lord, we lift up your name with hearts full of praise;
Be exalted O Son of God! Hosanna in the highest!
2. Glory, Glory, Glory to the King of kings! Glory, Glory, Glory to the King
of Kings! Lord, we lift up your name with hearts full of praise;
Be exalted O Son of God! Glory to the King of Kings!
(Used with permission: CCLI#279191)An Offering in Song ~

Morning Message ~
"To Wait for His Son from Heaven" (1 Thess. 1:10a)

Closing Song ~
Hymn #481
He is Coming Again

Benediction ~

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(*Please Stand if Able)
Looking Ahead...
Sep 20: Sunday School Picnic (4:30) at Guthrie Grove (NO Higher Ground or Children's Program tonight)
Sep 22: Sister's Act meets at the church (6:30 pm)
Sep 23: National "See You at the Pole" Observance
Sep 26: Carolina Conference Board Meeting (Ryan's in Asheville)
Sep 26: Fellowship Hall reserved for afternoon Baby Shower
Sep 27: Fundraising Luncheon to help fund this year's Trunk or Treat; 6 pm Congregational Meeting
Sep 29: Van departs from the church at 9:30 am for a day trip to Hendersonville
Oct 02-04: Southeast Fall Retreat, Blowing Rock, NC (3rd graders and up)
Oct 18: Carolina Conference meets at Joy Fellowship (3:30)
Oct 24: Trunk or Treat at Guthrie Grove
Oct 25: "Faith Day" (Wear red to church as part of Red-Ribbon Week)
Oct 31: "Boo in the Park" (Williamston)
Nov 22: Annual Thanksgiving Program starts at 6 pm
Dec 13: Christmas Cantata
Dec 19: Re-scheduled AnMed Blood Drive at Guthrie Grove at 7 am.

Prayer Concerns...
Dot Stephens, Janice Garrett, Ruby Kay, Nellie Palmer, Tracie Scott, Donna Roper, Donna's cousins (Nancy Weeks: Radiation; Andy Cason: Chemo), Margaret Weisner, Teresa Smith, Lois Wells, Nancy Young, Karen Holt, Garmon Smith (Gary's dad: Riverside), Scott Hughes, Chris Picklesimer, Tootsie Lanford, Suzanne Moss, Charles Dantzler, Bernice Gambrell, Louise Durham, Jerry Trotter, Don/Thelma Campbell, Bill/Loree Pierce, Peaches Melton, Beth Shirley, Jun Holiday, Joan McKee, Kathy Martin, Joan & Jane Jameson, Joan Durham, Ethel Lesley (Ann's mom-NHC of Anderson), Cameron Durham, Eunice Browning, Joe Pearson, Mary Milne, Wanda Stucker, Linda Mulch, Joe Pack, Susan Bradley, Leon Paxton (Surgery: 09/22), Edward Smith, Kimberly Franzen Petromichelis (Cancer), Jim Mattison, Cara Sargent, Doris Stroud, Cecil Williams (And family), Bill Jameson, Alva Huffer, Jessie Donald, Doris Cole (Cancer), Keith Bagwell (Karen Thomason's father), Peggy Durham (BJ's wife: Cancer), Those mourning the death of Louis Elmore (Jackie McMinn's husband),This weekend's ABC Christian Emphasis Weekend, Our silent requests, travelers, Troops, Country, and the Peace of Jerusalem

Praise: Baby girl Robbie Jo Hood arrived on Sep 13 (6 lbs.: 13 oz. and 20 & ½ in.). Robbie is the daughter of Jason & Malena, and the granddaughter of Kathy Hood.

Today's counters: Bob Alcumbrack & B. Lee Partain
Today in the nursery: Fae Smith
Today's driver: Berry Durham
counters next week: Eugene Grant & Wilola Stargel
in the nursery next week: Jon & Lindsey Martin
driver next week: Mike Smith

Don't forget this afternoon's Sunday School Picnic; come for a time of fun/food/ fellowship. Enter the home made pie & the home made ice cream contest. Hot dogs and hamburgers will be served at 5:30. Please bring a dish or two to share.

This year's "See You at the Pole" observance is Wed., Sep 23. Go to your school's flagpole at 7 am & pray for your family, friends, school, community, & the world. This year's theme is from 2 Kings 22:13: "Engage: Go and pray."
Our youth will engage in a prayer circle on Wednesday evening at 7 pm.

Registration forms for the upcoming SE Fall Retreat (Blowing Rock, NC) are now due. Registration will begin at the campground at 7 pm on Friday, Oct 2. The retreat concludes after a noon lunch on Sunday, Oct 4. Tuition is $50. See Telva right away if you have not turned in your registration form.

Practice for our 2009 Christmas Cantata ("The Wonder of Christmas") has begun. Please start attending practices NOW if you plan to sing this year. We welcome you, and need your voices; no practice today, due to the picnic.

Please sign the Special Music Schedule in the entryway. God has gifted us all in various ways; share your musical talents to His glory.

Attention Sister's Act: Bring an apple dish of any kind to share at the Sep 22 Sister's Act Meeting at the church. All ladies are invited to attend.

It's Bethel's turn to provide transportation for next Saturday's Carolina Conference Board Meeting. If you plan to go, be at Bethel by 9 am.

To learn more about "Pillars of Faith" (A Sanctuary beautification project), please speak to Kerry Pack or Sheila Hiles.

Congregational Mtg. 09/27 (6 pm): The Church Board recommends that funds from the Building Fund be used to pay off (Cancel the debt to the Building Fund) the balance owed to the Building Fund on the purchase of the Milne property.

On Sep 29 the van will depart (9:30 am) for the Stepp Farm in Hendersonville. The owner (91 yr. old Son Stepp) is a life-time member of Anderson Chapel. Pick your own apples, or purchase from a wide variety of apples & apple gifts.

We will celebrate the ordinance of Communion on Sun. evening, Oct 4 (6 pm). Guthrie Grove practices open communion. If you are a baptized member of the Body of Christ, please feel free to participate in this Scriptural command.

Happy birthday to Molly Cunningham, Corey Kelley, Jason Lanford, Logan McAlister, David Huffer, Jason Hood, & Telva Elwell.
Celebrating a wedding anniversary on Sep 23rd is Bruce & Birtha Elwell.