Home Worship March 27th, 2022

• 6:30 pm, April 5th, Mercy Ministry Team Meeting.
• 6:00 pm, April 11th, Session Meeting.
• 7:00 pm, April 15th, Good Friday Service.
• April 17th, there will be no Sunday School.
• VBS helpers and teachers are needed! VBS is June 7th-10th. See Amy K. for more info.
• Everyone in the congregation is invited to Right Now Media (rightnow.org). Email Foothillsccpca@gmail.com to be added.
• April Devotionals are available on the bookshelf in the back of the sanctuary. This month you will study: God’s preparing words to the Israelites before entering the Promised Land in Deuteronomy, the Israelites possessing the Promised Land under Joshua’s leadership, Israel compromising their faith in Judges, and will begin studying God’s covenant loyalty in Ruth.
• The Mercy Team would like to offer the congregation the opportunity to help the Sturgis Women’s Shelter during the months of March and April.  They have an ongoing need for the following items.  If you can help, please bring items to church to the collection basket in the foyer and we will make sure they are taken to the shelter.  THANK YOU!
  They need:
  Hygiene products (soap, shampoo, deodorant, lotions)
  Cleaning supplies
  Paper Towels
  Toilet Paper

Responsive Call to Worship: Hebrews 1: 3, Colossians 1: 15 – 20

Leader: Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.

All:         He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.  For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.  And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. 

Leader: After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

All:         And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.  For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,  and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

Prayer of Adoration

Hymn of Praise: Hymnal #310 Rejoice, the Lord Is King

We Confess Our Sin

Silent Confession of Sin

Corporate Prayer of Confession Adapted from The Valley of Vision: The Broken Heart

Responsive Assurance of Pardon: Westminster Shorter Catechism 33 and 34, Galatians 3: 24

Leader: What is justification?

All:         Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein he pardons all our sins, and accepts us as righteous in His sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.

Leader: What is adoption?

All:         Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.

Leader: The law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith.

All:         But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, for in Christ Jesus we are all sons of God, through faith. 

Leader: For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

All:         And if we are Christ’s, then we are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

Hymn of Assurance: Hymnal #693 Blessed Assurance

We Give Thanks To The Lord

Tithes and Offerings 

Offertory: Nearer, Still Nearer- Lelia Morris( 1862-1929) in the setting of Chopin’s Bb Minor Sonata-she was the wife of a Methodist preacher.

Doxology

We Hear God Speak

Graduation from Children’s Church: Carson C. and Christopher G.

Small Talk
*Following this time, a nursery is available, Toddler’s Church for 2-4 years old, Children’s Church for 5 to 8 years old.

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.

No Longer Slaves to Fear, But Heirs of God Romans 8: 14 – 17

A copy of the sermon notes is available: sermon notes 3-27-22

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Hymn of Response: Songs of Faith #12 Before the Throne of God Above

We Are Dismissed with God’s Blessing

Benediction

Step By Step

Postlude: Morning Prayer/ Peter Ill’yich. Tchaikovsky