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Stewardship Welcome! We thank you for your faithful tithing and cheerful giving! We welcome all of our regular members & friends and especially Your tax deductible gifts help us operate our ministries and you who are our “first time” guests. All guests are asked to meet our financial obligations. complete a guest card and place it in the offering so we can get to Sunday AM offering: General Expense. know you better and minister to you more effectively. Please be Sunday PM offering: Latino Ministry Pastor Wilfredo Perez. sure to get a “Welcome” folder from an usher. Wednesday offering: Community Outreach Ministry for Everyone.

Weekly Scheduled Services & Activities Guest Speaker Tonight The Latino pastor, Wilfredo Perez, will be the guest speaker Sunday Anglo-Latino Fellowship tonight at 6pm. Please plan to attend this special fellowship We are brothers & sisters in Christ. 9:20am: Choir Rehearsal. service with our Latino brothers and sisters. A love offering 9:45am: Christian Education Classes. will be received for Pastor Perez. Somos hermanos en Cristo. 10:30am: Children’s Church. 10:30am: Worship & Life Lesson. Inclement Weather Notification Church of God of Prophecy 2:00pm: Creados Para Adorar (Clases Biblicas). In the event of inclement weather (heavy snow or ice storm, etc.), please watch WFMY News 2 to receive notices that “A place to believe, belong, and become.” 6:00pm: Praise & Prayer Meeting. 6:00pm: Youth Meeting. we are either closing, delaying or rescheduling services. A 211 North Ward Avenue phonetree notification will also be sent out provided there is High Point, NC 27262 Monday no power outage. Of course, always exercise caution and don’t be on the roads if you believe it is unsafe in your area. Sunday, January 28, 2007 7:00pm: Recreation in Gym. Annual Heritage Membership Renewals Church Phone Numbers Tuesday 7:30pm: Creados Para Adorar (Oracion). It’s time again to either join or rejoin the Heritage Ministry by Church Office: (336) 883-7953 paying $10 each. This ministry supports our Fields of the Family Life Center: (336) 883-7180 Wednesday Wood Bible theme park in Murphy, NC. See Betty Whitten Senior Pastor’s Cell: (336) 870-0640 for details. 7:00pm: Bible Studies for all ages. PhoneTree Messages 7:45pm: Choir Practice. Call the Senior Pastor (i.e., cell phone) to send out a ministry Baby Shower Scheduled th message or prayer request. Also, please inform him if you Saturday On Saturday, February 10 , from 2-4pm, in the FLC, you want to be added to or deleted from the Church PhoneTree System. 7:30pm: Creados Para Adorar (Adoracion). are invited to attend a Baby Shower for Chastity Glover hosted by her family. Our church ladies are encouraged to E-Mails Serving Us this Week: attend. They are having a girl and are registered at Babys Senior Pastor: [email protected] Moderators: am-Braxton Burney; pm-Bill Ellas. R Us and Target. See Vickie Burney if you have questions. Bulletin Publisher: [email protected] Speakers: am-Pastor Duncan; pm- Pastor Perez. Note: Please submit bulletin announcements on/before each Nursery: am-Drema Pizzino & Cheryl Dykes; Outreach Food Pantry Items Wednesday evening. Thank you. pm-Kathy Schaefer & Amanda Moore. This month, January, the item we are asking each one Children’s Church: Family Day. Children sit with family. to bring for our food pantry is “Jelly (large jar)”. Church Web Site: Kids’ Rock: Brooklynn Burney. Please bring your item(s) and place them in the foyer. Any www.highpointcogop.org Usher: Paul Terrell. questions, please see Peggy Pierce. Thank you very much. Greeters: Cindy Fletcher. Pastoral Care & Office Staff Extension Class: Bill Ellas. Snacks for Hospital Senior Pastor: Bishop Benjamin M. Duncan, D.Min. Audio Visual: Gary Ellas & Mariea Shean. Please remember to bring a box of individually wrapped Pastor Emeritus: Bishop Robey Ayers Hymn(s): n/a. snacks each week for placement in the surgical waiting Pastor Emeritus: Bishop Daryl Shaffer Praise Team: pm-Latino Ministry. Lay Pastor: Deacon Eugene Cook rooms of our local hospital (High Point Regional). Place your Lay Pastor: Deacon Braxton Burney Choir: n/a. snacks in the box provided in the foyer. See Judy Johnson Lay Pastor: Deacon Jeffrey Poole Ensemble: am-Cindy Fletcher, et al. for more details. Thank you for your donations. Latino Ministry Pastor: Minister Wilfredo Perez Special: am-Pat Ansel (solo), Susan Poole (solo). Youth Ministry Director: Gary Ellas, B.F.A. Pianist: am-Lori Dennis; pm-Rose Barnes. Children’s Ministry Director: Brooklynn Burney, M.A.T. Greeter Program Christian Education Director: Ashleigh Haire, Ph.D. We have an opening in the greeter program for the first Clerk & Treasurer: Luann Haire Sunday of each month. Anyone having a heart of ministry Bulletin Publisher: Corrie Ellas for this program, please see Cindy Fletcher or giver her a call at 882-7349.

Tentative Church Calendar  Feb 4: Family Night. No 6pm evening service.  Feb 8: COME Meal. Nursing Home Teacher Needed!  Feb 10: 2pm – 4pm, in FLC, Family Baby Shower for Are you looking for an opportunity to serve? Have a Chastity Glover. All church ladies invited. passion for ministering to the elderly? Time required?  Feb 11: 6pm, Guest Speaker: Bishop Robey Ayers. Only one hour each month. An opening for service is  Feb 16- 18: Couples Retreat at Pigeon Forge, TN, available as a Sunday School Teacher on 2nd sponsored by Greensboro COGOP. Sunday's at the Evergreens Nursing Home in High Point.  Feb 18: 5pm, in FLC, Church Baby Shower for Ollie These students are special and a delightful extension of our Hamilton in FLC. All church ladies invited. own church Sunday School. You will be blessed by them!  Feb 21: Ash Wednesday. Begin church-wide 40 days Please contact Ashleigh Haire if you are interested in filling fast. this position. (Email: [email protected])  Feb 24: 9am, Seniors’ Ministry Fellowship Breakfast in FLC.

th  Feb 25: 11am & 6pm:, Guest Speaker: Rev. Ron Marriage Retreat Feb. 16-18 2007 Blackmon, NC COGOP Director of Stewardship, Family The Marriage Retreat will be in Pigeon Forge, TN. & Men’s Ministries, Missions, & Hands Across Carolina. The guest speakers this year will be Fred & Betty  Mar 4: 6pm, Guest Speaker: Bishop Shaffer. Fisher. The total cost for the weekend is $175 per  Mar 8: COME Meal. th  Mar 9: Ladies’ Conference at Fayetteville sponsored by couple. The deadline for registration is Jan. 26 2007. Breezewood COGOP. The registration deposit of $100.00 is non-  Mar 9 – 11: Couples Retreat at Pigeon Forge, TN, returnable unless cancellation is made by Feb. 2nd. sponsored by Asheville COGOP. The balance is due on arrival.  Mar 11: DST resumes. Add 1 hour. rd Please contact George Mclaughlin At 336-769-0918  Mar 11: 6pm, 3 Quarterly Business Conference. or email: [email protected] if you would like  Mar 17 – 21: Revival with Bishop Jesse Yanez.  Mar 24: 9am, Seniors’ Ministry Fellowship Breakfast in more information or interested in attending the FLC. Marriage Retreat.  Mar 25: Family Night. No 6pm evening service. Session Schedules:  Mar 26 – Apr 1: Furniture Market. Friday Evening,  Apr 1: Palm Sunday. End church-wide 40 days fast. Feb 16th 7:30-9:30 pm  Apr 1: 6pm, Guest Speaker: Bishop Ayers.  Apr 6: Good Friday. 11am – 1pm: “Walk – in” Saturday Morning Communion at our church. Feb 17th 10-12 pm  Apr 7: Children’s Easter Egg Hunt. Time & place tba. Sunday Morning  Apr 8: Easter Sunday. Feb. 18th 10-12 pm  Apr 8: Family Night. No 6pm evening service. * Sat. Afternoon and Evening  Apr 12: COME Meal.  Apr 13 – 15: Statewide Men’s Conference sponsored by Free time to sight-see, shop, or relax. Wilmington COGOP.  Apr 14: 7:30pm, Pastor Duncan is the guest speaker to Am Red Cross Training the Latino Church. Everyone is welcome to attend. All of our members who are American Red Cross volunteers  Apr 15: 6pm, Guest Speaker: Pastor Perez. should consider taking some more classes to update your  Apr 17 – 21: Leadership Development Institute in skills and enhance your readiness to respond to disasters. Cleveland, TN. Please see the bulletin board for the current training  Apr 18-20: American Red Cross Local Chapter Disaster schedule to sign up for a class at our local High Point ARC Readiness Exercise and Evaluation. Church Volunteers chapter. Thank you. be ready to respond.  Apr 22: 6pm, Guest Speaker: Bishop Shaffer.  Apr 28: 9am, Seniors’ Ministry Fellowship Breakfast in FLC.  Apr 29: 6pm, Called Conference. Pastor’s Evaluation & Review Committee will present their findings and recommendations regarding the pastor’s scheduled 2007 review.