Welcome to Guthrie Grove Church of God. We're glad that you are here; make yourself at home in God's House, with God's people. Gathering Together in the Presence of the Lord

Organist: Joyce Williams
Pianist: Susan Durham

Welcome/Concerns and Celebrations of the Congregation ~

Call to Worship ~
Hymn #366
Sunlight

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)

We Worship in Song ~
Hymn #463
Jesus Never Fails
My Life is in You, Lord
My life is in You, Lord, My strength is in You, Lord
My hope is in You, Lord, in You, it's in You.
My life is in You, Lord, My strength is in You, Lord,
My hope is in You, Lord, in You, it's in You.
I will praise You with all of my life,
I will praise You with all of my strength;
With all of my life, with all of my strength,
All of my hope is in You.
My life is in You, Lord, My strength is in you, Lord,
My hope is in You, Lord, in You, it's in You.
My life is in You, Lord, My strength is in You, Lord,
My hope is in You, Lord, in You, it's in You, in You.

An Offering in Song ~

Morning Message ~

Closing Song ~
(To be announced)

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Looking Ahead...
Jan 01: Evening Service (6:00 with Pastor Jim Shaull)
Feb 03: Bible Study for all ages/BYF: 7 pm
Feb 04: Weight Watchers at Guthrie Grove (5:30 Weigh-in)
Feb 05-07: Winter Ski Retreat (Blowing Rock, NC)
Feb 09: Adelle Chandler Ladies Group meets at the church
Feb 14: Fundraising Luncheon after church
Feb 19-22: Annual Minister's Conference (Cruise to Bahamas)
Feb 24: BYF Family Night (Parents/grandparents: feel free to come see what's happening with the youth)
Feb 27: Carolina Conference Board Mtg.: Ryan's of Asheville
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 23-25: Women's Retreat, Blowing Rock, NC (Resurrection Hope-Host)
Apr 25-28: Annual Theological Conference (Norcross, GA)
Jun 20-25: Carolina Conference Youth Camp near Blowing Rock, NC

Prayer Concerns...
Janice Garrett, Ruby Kay, Nellie Palmer, Tracie Scott, Donna Roper, Nancy Weeks, Joan Adams (Beginning Radiation/Chemo), Margaret Weisner, Teresa and Jackie Smith, Scott Hughes, Chris Picklesimer, Allen Skelton, Tootsie Lanford, Charles Dantzler, Bernice Gambrell, Louise Durham (Cataract Surgery), Jerry Trotter, Bill/Loree Pierce, Peaches Melton, Beth Shirley, Joan McKee, Kathy Martin, Bill Jameson Family, Shorty Gentry (Heart Valve), Rollin Carblom Family (Death of Rollin's mother), Betty Brown, Joan Durham, Eunice Browning, Ann & Brad (Ambassador Class), Betty Davis, Joe Pack, Susan Bradley, Leon Paxton, Edward Smith (Hospitalized this past week), Alva Huffer, Kimberly Petromichelis, Doris Cole, Peggy Durham, York family, Bobby Thomason, Milton Pack, Becky Cooper, Wilola Stargel, Earl/Margaret Elwell, Marj Overmyer, Walter Young, Danny Durham, Herschel Lyda's upcoming trip to Tanzania, Margie Lanford's upcoming Central American rip, Jim Mattison (Future Cataract Surgery), Jamie Davis, Pastor Jack Hearp, Those in Haiti, Adri Patterson (Brain Tumor), Jerry Briggs, James (Alma Linley's friend), the unemployed, our silent requests, travelers, Troops, Country, and the Peace of Jerusalem

See Jenny Durham if you haven't picked-up you year-end giving receipts.

The flowers on the Communion Table today are placed in loving memory of Mary Beth Durham Simpson.
01/31/2010:
counters: Johnny Lanford/Bobby Lee P.
van driver: Mike Smith
nursery: Jonathan/Amy York
01/07/2010:
counters: Mike Smith/George Martin;
nursery worker: Andrea McMinn
van driver: Johnny Lanford

Happy birthday this week to Cathy & Chris Cunningham, Victoria Holt, Jennifer Upton, Mark Durham, Jim Mattison, Noel Durham, Paul Naumoff, & Robert Stanley.
Today is Roy & Joyce Davenport's wedding anniversary.

This afternoon (2-4) Donald L. Roper (Donna's father) will be honored at the Piedmont Community Center. The Piedmont History Museum will be named in honor of his contributions to the local historical society. Congratulations!

Don't forget that registration forms are now available for the upcoming Christian Worker's Seminar (Or register online: www.abc-coggc.org).

Thanks to Sister's Act and to the Berean Youth Fellowship for their recent efforts to help the hungry/needy. Thanks as well to all who have donated canned goods/non-perishable food items to benefit Anderson Interfaith Ministries and/or the Anderson Meals on Wheels Program.

On Valentine's Day, there will be a fundraising luncheon after church to benefit the youth fund. Treat your sweetie to a delicious meal on Feb 14 and support a good cause (Checks payable to BYF).

Check out the bulletin insert, "Guthrie Grove Trader". If you have goods & or services that you need, or would like to provide, please participate. (Any questions, see Pastor Jim)

"Angel Food Ministries" is a food ministry w/ a servant's heart, providing low cost boxes of food to any who wish to participate. Nearby hosts include Grace United Methodist (Williamston) & Piedmont Emergency Relief Center (Main St., Piedmont). Deadline for ordering this month's $30 signature box is 2 pm., Feb 18. The February menu can be viewed on-line (angelfoodministries.com).

Our College Student of the Week is Josh Fletcher (Taking classes at Greenville Tech, with a major in Culinary Arts). Josh plans to complete his program in the Spring of 2011. Josh is instrumental (No pun intended) to our Berean Youth Youth Praise Band. Cards of encouragement can be sent to:
653 Hwy. 17,
Piedmont, SC 29673.