We Gather Together to Worship Our God
Prelude: Nobody Knows de Trouble I’ve Seen/ Spiritual
Gathering Hymn: Hymnal #111 This Is My Father’s World
Announcements:
Today:
- 9:00 Sunday School for all ages. Pre-k – 7th meet downstairs, the High School class meets in the Fireside Room, and the Adult Class meets in the Sanctuary.
- 10:30 Worship in the sanctuary.
- Today we will celebrate the Lord’s Supper.
This Week:
- 10:00 am, Monday, “Entrusted to Be Invested” Women’s Bible Study.
- 6:30 pm, Monday, “Build a Rudder” Teen Discipleship at the church. Contact Kayla, Jay, or Aaron with questions.
- 6:30 pm, Tuesday, “Entrusted to Be Invested” Women’s Bible Study.
- 6:20 am, Thursday, Men’s Prayer-time and Bible Study.
- 8 am, Saturday, Men’s Prayer-time and Bible Study.
General:
- Following worship, July 28th, Communicants’ Class meets. Meal provided.
- 5:30 pm, July 28th, Young Adult Bible Study at the Jay and Kayla’s (address in bulletin). Meal provided.
- 6:00 pm, July 29th, Session meeting.
- 6:30 pm, Tuesday, July 30th, Mercy Ministry Team Zoom Only Meeting. Please contact Daniel B. for details on how to join in.
- August 4th– September 1st, no Sunday School. The Fall Sunday School schedule will begin on September 8th.
- August 4th, there will be no nursery.
- August 4th and 11th, there will be no Toddler’s Church.
- Save the Date: October 11th & 12th, a women’s ministry conference at Foothills Community Church! Our speaker is Teri Anderson, and the conference is titled, Created for Community, a Covenantal Framework for Life and Ministry. Registration begins in August and the fee will be $35.
- Please see the Goldenrod sheet for information on how you can help with the ministry at Foothills.
Responsive Call to Worship: Deuteronomy 4: 36 – 39; 2 Samuel 7:22
Leader: Out of heaven the Lord let you hear his voice, and because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them to give you an inheritance, know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. There is no other. Worship today the Lord of heaven and earth.
All: You are great, O Lord God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you.
Prayer of Adoration
Hymn of Praise: Hymnal #110 Hallelujah, Praise Jehovah
We Confess Our Faith
Responsive Reading: The Apostles’ Creed
We Confess Our Sin
Call to Confession: from Hebrews 4: 16
Leader: The scriptures teach that there is no distinction since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. The scriptures also teach that we have a high priest who has been tested as we are, yet without sin. As the letter to the Hebrews encourages us, “Let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.” With this great confidence in the work of our Great High Priest, let us pray.
Silent Confession of Sin
Corporate Prayer of Confession:
All: Sovereign God, we confess that we have not turned away from sin. You call us to study the Scriptures, but we are easily distracted. You ask us to be persistent in prayer, but we are quickly discouraged. Forgive us, God of grace. Write your Word in our hearts, so that we may truly know you and joyfully serve you. Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Responsive Assurance of Pardon: From Ephesians 2:4-10
Leader: God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ — by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.
All: Thanks be to God! For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
Hymn of Assurance: Songs of Faith #2 Reformation Song
We Give Thanks To The Lord
Tithes and Offerings
Offertory: My Savior’s Love/ Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932) was considered to be the most popular and influential gospel writer during the Billy Sunday crusades. He wrote more than 8000 gospel songs.
Doxology
We Hear God Speak
Small Talk
(Following this time, a nursery is available for ages 0-2, and Toddlers’ Church for ages 2-5.)
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.
Prayer of God’s People
Being Reformed in An Unreformed World: A Matter of Perspectives Daniel 1: 1 – 4
A copy of the sermon notes is available: 7-21-24 sermon notes
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We Prepare Our Hearts to Commune With the Lord
Hymn of Response: Songs of Faith #7 O Church Arise
The Lord’s Supper
A Word About Communion: Foothills Community Church welcomes all baptized Christians who are willing to forsake their sin and who are trusting in Jesus Christ for salvation to receive Communion with us. If you are not able to take Communion, we invite you to use this time to pray before God.
The Bread (is gluten-free)
The Cup (outer ring contains wine; inner rings contains grape juice)
Hymn of Response: We Will Feast In The House of Zion
We Are Dismissed with God’s Blessing
Benediction
Hymn: Songs of Faith #2 Reformation Song (Chorus Only)
Postlude