We're continuing to offer the following Worship Service options for you:
• In the Sanctuary . . .
• In your Home or on your Phone . . . through Facebook Live & YouTube
• In the Sanctuary . . .
• In your Home or on your Phone . . . through Facebook Live & YouTube
A brief overview of the announcements
appearing in our April 21 worship bulletin:
Good Lord Willing & the Creek Don’t Rise
Sunday Services 9:30am Sunday School 10:30am Worship Service —11am Children’s Church 6pm Evening Service Wednesday Services ...Midweek at the Creek....................... 5:30pm Fellowship Meal 6pm Bible Study Groups —2 Groups for Children —1 Group for Youth —2 Groups for Adults |
• April 27/Sat (9am) Church Building & Grounds Workday
• *April 28/Sun (10:30am) Worship Service on the Grounds • April 28/Sun (11:30am) Picnic at the Pavilion • {April 28/Sun—NO Evening Service due to Picnic at the Pavilion} • May 5/Sun (4:30pm) Board of Trustees Meeting • *May 12/Sun (10:30am) Mother’s Day Recognition • {May 12/Sun—NO Evening Service due to Mother’s Day} • *May 19/Sun (10:30am) Graduate Sunday Recognition • May 24-25/Fri-Sat (7pm-7am) Youth Ministries Lock-In [Life Enhancement Center] • June 2/Sun (4:30pm) Board of Trustees Meeting • June 10-13/Mon-Thu—Overton Junior Camp [Rock Island] • *June 16/Sun (10:30am) Father’s Day Recognition • {June 16/Sun—NO Evening Service due to Father’s Day} • June 17-21/Mon-Fri—Overton Teen Camp [Rock Island] • *June 30/Sun (5pm) Fifth Sunday Summer FellowshipFest: Homemade Ice Cream Social |
Children’s Church is a shortened worship service designed for kids three to eight years old that meets in the Fellowship Hall midway through the Sunday morning Worship Service. The children learn a vital Bible lesson all while participating in roleplay, handouts, puppets, crafts, music, and directed instruction. And yes, we are much in need of volunteers who could lead Children’s Church on different Sundays throughout the quarter! So if this is a ministry you might be interested in—or maybe that’s tailor-made for you—please feel free to add your name to the list (on the entrance hallway table) for an upcoming Sunday or contact Sharon Williams for more information.
Our Midweek at the Creek is designed to help you recharge your batteries and refuel your tank spiritually on those hump-day evenings throughout the year. First up on Wednesdays is our simple everybody-together Fellowship Meal at 5:30 in the Fellowship Hall. (Our regular plans are to serve pizza on the first Wednesday of each month, fried chicken on the second, pasta on the third, hotdogs and chili plus soup on the fourth, and sub sandwiches on the fifth. And we’ll still be in need of a few side dishes and desserts from time to time. So if you’re interested in volunteering to help serve or to bring in some of these extras [vegetables, bread, or dessert], it sure would be appreciated.) After the meal, we break up into age-appropriate groups for Bible study at 6:00—two groups of children, one group of youth, and two groups of adults. So how about joining us for the fellowship and the discipleship studies? We sure would love to see you there!
Our Children’s Ministries Easter Egg Hunt is coming up next week (Sunday, March 24, right after the morning Worship Service), so make plans now to come out and join the fun with your whole family! In addition to the traditional hunt for eggs, there’ll be an onsite visit from the Easter Bunny himself! So kids, don’t forget to bring an empty basket for storing all those eggs you’ll find! (But we could use a lot help with the candy supply. So we’ve placed a small crate-box on the entrance hallway table where you can drop off bags of bite size candies or small toy items and stickers—just small enough to fit into the plastic eggs that’ll be hidden for the hunt. Thank you so much!)
We’re approaching our last big push toward gearing back up our JOY (Just Older Youth) Mentoring Club soon! What is it? It’s when one of our very special young people is paired with one of our very special mature Christians so that they can meet periodically to talk about and grow together in their faith. There’s a sign-up sheet on the table in the entrance hallway where you can enlist yourself as either a mentor or a mentee. If you would like to know more, feel free to contact Laura Gonzalez.
Few people within our community need the kind of direct and personal contact that is needed by the residents of our local nursing home. We realize that several of our church members regularly visit the nursing home on their own, but we’ve also developed and financially support a Nursing Home Ministry at the Dover Care Center, where we sponsor and serve at some monthly birthday parties. The next party we’re helping with is coming up Tuesday (on March 12); following that one will be the party on April 16. What a great ministry to get up close and personal with those who will cherish your tender loving care! If you would like to know more, feel free to contact Joy Gaston.
Our Evening Service is a great way to wrap up your weekend! On Sundays at 6:00 in the sanctuary, this is a more open and familiar service—a time to share testimonies and prayer requests and sing some of your favorite hymns together as a congregation. Plus, you still get to hear a message from one of our pastors! (And usually on the first Sunday night of each month, we celebrate a sacramental service—including communion and sometimes baptism. And as always, we sure would love to see you there! For more information, contact Verlon Pritchett.)
The infamous Tax Day is now just six weeks away. If you’re already at work on getting your last year’s return prepared, you may need an Annual Charitable Contribution Statement for 2023. That being the case, please feel free to add your name to the list on the entrance hallway table (or request one from our treasurer, Angel Wallace, or the pastor), and we’ll be sure that you get the needed statement as soon as possible. And thank you again for giving to the work of God’s church!
Our CreekWeb Internet Ministry is an excellent way to stay connected to the church with lots of online ways to keep in touch! You can get the complete text of the pastor’s message on Sundays (This Week at the Creek) or our emailed announcements on Fridays (Preview of the Creek), by sending an email to DyersCreekChurch@aol.com and typing “Subscribe” in the subject line. Plus, we’ve got social media pages on Facebook (especially The Church at Dyers Creek) where you can check out our various posts and even watch—or view a recording of—the Sunday service. We’ve also uploaded a YouTube channel (The Church at Dyers Creek) as well, yet another place where you can watch—or view a recording of—the Sunday service. And yes, we do have a website (www.DyersCreek.com) where you can read the Worship Service message, catch up on announcements, and view an assortment of photos. So how about going online sometime this week and checking in with us?
Have you noticed our “Tithes & Offerings” receptacle in the entrance hallway? (On the left wall as you enter—by the nursery door?) Please feel free to drop in your contribution! Plus, we now have a program through which you can now contribute your tithes and offerings to the church online! All you have to do is click on the Tithe.ly Online Giving link; a Dyers Creek First Church of God window will open through which you can designate an amount and the account from which you’d like to give. (You can even set up a recurring gift, if you so choose.) Where might you find this link? One place is toward the end of your Preview of the Creek and This Week at the Creek emails. Another is on our Facebook pages (both The Church at Dyers Creek and Dyers Creek First Church of God), where the link is pinned to the top of each page. And a third way is on our website (www.dyerscreek.com) through the “Give” button toward the bottom of each page. But whatever manner you choose to give, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for giving to the work of God’s church!
Throughout the month of January, the church is holding a food drive to benefit Good Samaritans of Stewart County. Though the ministry helps both the spiritually and physically needy of our community, it is the physical needs that are the most obvious side of this ministry—providing food, clothing, household items, furniture and appliances, and even housing assistance for the less fortunate. So let’s help this great ministry bolster its food bank during this difficult winter! Donations will be accepted any time the church is open. Just place your nonperishable foodstuffs underneath the entrance hallway table. (A table has also been set up under the awning of the Life Enhancement Center as well for your convenience.) Also, if you prefer to donate money, make your check out to the church and include the words “Food Drive” on the “For” line; for cash donations, please place the money in an envelope designated “Food Drive.” All monetary donations can be dropped into the “Tithes & Offerings” box in the entrance hallway. (The ministry will use these monetary gifts to purchase perishable food such as bread, meat, and fresh vegetables.) Just so you’ll know when scanning your kitchen cabinets or the grocery store shelves, the most requested nonperishables are spaghetti sauce, beef stew, hamburger helper, canned fruit, cereal, peanut butter, jelly, flour, and cornmeal. And thank you so much for helping out our local Good Samaritans, a nondenominational Christian ministry that our church has supported with both financial and personnel assistance since it opened its doors back in 1992. For more information on how you can help, contact Susie Williams.
With great gratitude to Mike Miller for compiling and creating it, we are happy to present the 2023 Year in Review video showing pictures of so many of the church’s highlights from the year just past. And if you would like to see a complete playlist of Mike’s Year in Review church slideshows from 2016 to 2023, simply scan the QR code in this week's bulletin.
Our Midweek at the Creek is designed to help you recharge your batteries and refuel your tank spiritually on those hump-day evenings throughout the year. First up on Wednesdays is our simple everybody-together Fellowship Meal at 5:30 in the Fellowship Hall. (Our regular plans are to serve pizza on the first Wednesday of each month, fried chicken on the second, pasta on the third, hotdogs and chili plus soup on the fourth, and sub sandwiches on the fifth. And we’ll still be in need of a few side dishes and desserts from time to time. So if you’re interested in volunteering to help serve or to bring in some of these extras [vegetables, bread, or dessert], it sure would be appreciated.) After the meal, we break up into age-appropriate groups for Bible study at 6:00—two groups of children, one group of youth, and two groups of adults. So how about joining us for the fellowship and the discipleship studies? We sure would love to see you there!
Our Children’s Ministries Easter Egg Hunt is coming up next week (Sunday, March 24, right after the morning Worship Service), so make plans now to come out and join the fun with your whole family! In addition to the traditional hunt for eggs, there’ll be an onsite visit from the Easter Bunny himself! So kids, don’t forget to bring an empty basket for storing all those eggs you’ll find! (But we could use a lot help with the candy supply. So we’ve placed a small crate-box on the entrance hallway table where you can drop off bags of bite size candies or small toy items and stickers—just small enough to fit into the plastic eggs that’ll be hidden for the hunt. Thank you so much!)
We’re approaching our last big push toward gearing back up our JOY (Just Older Youth) Mentoring Club soon! What is it? It’s when one of our very special young people is paired with one of our very special mature Christians so that they can meet periodically to talk about and grow together in their faith. There’s a sign-up sheet on the table in the entrance hallway where you can enlist yourself as either a mentor or a mentee. If you would like to know more, feel free to contact Laura Gonzalez.
Few people within our community need the kind of direct and personal contact that is needed by the residents of our local nursing home. We realize that several of our church members regularly visit the nursing home on their own, but we’ve also developed and financially support a Nursing Home Ministry at the Dover Care Center, where we sponsor and serve at some monthly birthday parties. The next party we’re helping with is coming up Tuesday (on March 12); following that one will be the party on April 16. What a great ministry to get up close and personal with those who will cherish your tender loving care! If you would like to know more, feel free to contact Joy Gaston.
Our Evening Service is a great way to wrap up your weekend! On Sundays at 6:00 in the sanctuary, this is a more open and familiar service—a time to share testimonies and prayer requests and sing some of your favorite hymns together as a congregation. Plus, you still get to hear a message from one of our pastors! (And usually on the first Sunday night of each month, we celebrate a sacramental service—including communion and sometimes baptism. And as always, we sure would love to see you there! For more information, contact Verlon Pritchett.)
The infamous Tax Day is now just six weeks away. If you’re already at work on getting your last year’s return prepared, you may need an Annual Charitable Contribution Statement for 2023. That being the case, please feel free to add your name to the list on the entrance hallway table (or request one from our treasurer, Angel Wallace, or the pastor), and we’ll be sure that you get the needed statement as soon as possible. And thank you again for giving to the work of God’s church!
Our CreekWeb Internet Ministry is an excellent way to stay connected to the church with lots of online ways to keep in touch! You can get the complete text of the pastor’s message on Sundays (This Week at the Creek) or our emailed announcements on Fridays (Preview of the Creek), by sending an email to DyersCreekChurch@aol.com and typing “Subscribe” in the subject line. Plus, we’ve got social media pages on Facebook (especially The Church at Dyers Creek) where you can check out our various posts and even watch—or view a recording of—the Sunday service. We’ve also uploaded a YouTube channel (The Church at Dyers Creek) as well, yet another place where you can watch—or view a recording of—the Sunday service. And yes, we do have a website (www.DyersCreek.com) where you can read the Worship Service message, catch up on announcements, and view an assortment of photos. So how about going online sometime this week and checking in with us?
Have you noticed our “Tithes & Offerings” receptacle in the entrance hallway? (On the left wall as you enter—by the nursery door?) Please feel free to drop in your contribution! Plus, we now have a program through which you can now contribute your tithes and offerings to the church online! All you have to do is click on the Tithe.ly Online Giving link; a Dyers Creek First Church of God window will open through which you can designate an amount and the account from which you’d like to give. (You can even set up a recurring gift, if you so choose.) Where might you find this link? One place is toward the end of your Preview of the Creek and This Week at the Creek emails. Another is on our Facebook pages (both The Church at Dyers Creek and Dyers Creek First Church of God), where the link is pinned to the top of each page. And a third way is on our website (www.dyerscreek.com) through the “Give” button toward the bottom of each page. But whatever manner you choose to give, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for giving to the work of God’s church!
Throughout the month of January, the church is holding a food drive to benefit Good Samaritans of Stewart County. Though the ministry helps both the spiritually and physically needy of our community, it is the physical needs that are the most obvious side of this ministry—providing food, clothing, household items, furniture and appliances, and even housing assistance for the less fortunate. So let’s help this great ministry bolster its food bank during this difficult winter! Donations will be accepted any time the church is open. Just place your nonperishable foodstuffs underneath the entrance hallway table. (A table has also been set up under the awning of the Life Enhancement Center as well for your convenience.) Also, if you prefer to donate money, make your check out to the church and include the words “Food Drive” on the “For” line; for cash donations, please place the money in an envelope designated “Food Drive.” All monetary donations can be dropped into the “Tithes & Offerings” box in the entrance hallway. (The ministry will use these monetary gifts to purchase perishable food such as bread, meat, and fresh vegetables.) Just so you’ll know when scanning your kitchen cabinets or the grocery store shelves, the most requested nonperishables are spaghetti sauce, beef stew, hamburger helper, canned fruit, cereal, peanut butter, jelly, flour, and cornmeal. And thank you so much for helping out our local Good Samaritans, a nondenominational Christian ministry that our church has supported with both financial and personnel assistance since it opened its doors back in 1992. For more information on how you can help, contact Susie Williams.
With great gratitude to Mike Miller for compiling and creating it, we are happy to present the 2023 Year in Review video showing pictures of so many of the church’s highlights from the year just past. And if you would like to see a complete playlist of Mike’s Year in Review church slideshows from 2016 to 2023, simply scan the QR code in this week's bulletin.
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And thank you ever so much for giving to God's work!