We Gather Together to Worship Our God
Prelude: Praise Him, Praise Him/ Chester Allen
Gathering Hymn: Songs of Faith #22 Living Waters
Today:
- 9 am, Sunday School for all ages. Preschool-7th meets downstairs, High School meets in the Fireside Room, and the Adult class is studying Christ in the Covenants in the Sanctuary.
- 10:30 Worship in the sanctuary.
- Following worship, Love and Respect Group. Lunch and childcare are provided.
- 5:30 pm, Tonight, Community Groups meet at the church. Fellowship meal, hymn sing, and then will break off into groups for prayer and study.
- 5:30 pm, Tonight, Young Adult Bible Study at Jay and Kayla’s. (Address in bulletin) Meal provided.
This Week:
- 6:00 pm, Monday, Session meeting.
- 4:30 pm, Wednesday, Worship Team; 5:00 pm, Choir Practice.
- 5:00 pm, Wednesday, Sonlight Puppeteer practice.
- 5:30 pm, Wednesday, Kids’ Quest for pre-k—7th grade. Meal provided.
- 5:30 pm, Wednesday, J-Curve Study for the adults at the church. Meal provided. See Ron B. for more information.
- 5:30 pm, Wednesdays, New Members’ class for the middle and high schoolers.
- 6:15 pm, Wednesday, High School Youth Group at the Community Center.
- 6 am Thursday, Men’s Prayer-time and Bible Study.
- 8 am Saturday, Men’s Prayer-time and Bible Study.
General:
- February 19th, we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper.
- Following worship, February 19th, please join us for a fellowship meal (see link to sign up) and a time to celebrate the Casey’s new baby.
- 6:00 pm, February 24th, Family Shepherd Evening. Plan to join for another great time of food (smoked elk or fish fry), fellowship, and study.
- 6-8 pm, February 24th, South Dakota Kids Belong Annual Gala at the Countryside Church in Spearfish; Dinner provided. Reserve your seat at americakidsbelong.ticketspice.com/rise-up-2023 Please see Clea B. for more information.
- We are participating in Bella Pregnancy Resource Center’s Annual Baby Bottle Fundraiser. Simply pick up a baby bottle, take home and fill with cash, check, and change, and return by February 26th.
- Following worship, February 26th Packing Mercy Bags. We would love to have you join us (children are welcome but will need assistance). The packing of these bags should take about 15-20 minutes. A Mercy Bag is part of our FCC outreach ministry. It consists of a quart-sized bag filled with toiletry items, water, food, and a Gospel tract. These bags will be available in the church foyer starting March 5. You are encouraged to take one or two of these bags and give them to someone in need.
Responsive Call to Worship: Psalm 63: 1 – 4
Leader: O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
All: Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
Prayer of Adoration
Hymn of Praise: Songs of Faith #33 May the Peoples Praise You
We Confess Our Sin
Prayer of Confession (Adapted from the Valley of Vision: Purification)
All: Lord Jesus, I sin — Grant that I may never cease grieving because of it, never be content with myself, never think I can reach a point of perfection. Kill my envy, command my tongue, humble me in my pride.
Give me grace to be holy, kind, gentle, pure, and peaceable, to live for you and not for self, to copy your words, acts, and spirit, to be transformed into your likeness, to be consecrated wholly to you, and to live entirely to your glory. Amen
Silent Confession of Sin
Assurance of Pardon: Ezekiel 36: 25 – 28
Leader: I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. You will be my people, and I will be your God.
Hymn of Assurance: Songs of Faith #40 He Will Hold Me Fast
We Give Thanks To The Lord
Tithes and Offerings
Offertory: Give Me Jesus/ Negro Spiritual— Guest Violinist Asher Burke- The plantation songs are the spontaneous outbursts of intense religious fervor. The cadences of sorrow invariably turn to joy, and the message is ever manifest that eventually deliverance from all that hinders and oppresses the soul will come, and man will be free.
Doxology
We Hear God Speak
Small Talk
(Following this time, a nursery is available, Toddlers’ Church for ages 2-4, and Children’s Church for ages 5-8.)
Prayer of God’s People
The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy Name. Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, As it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, The power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Magnifying Ministry Romans 11: 13-15
A copy of the sermon notes is available: 2-12-23 Sermon notes
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Hymn of Response: Hymnal #32 Great Is Thy Faithfulness
We Are Dismissed with God’s Blessing
Benediction
Christ Liveth in Me (verse 1)
Postlude: For The Beauty of the Earth/ Conrad Kocher