2021-12-05
Faith
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Sat Dec 11 | 8:30 am to 10:30 am | small kitchen – Cookie Walk
- Sun Dec 12 | 2 – 3 pm – Christmas Carol Sing
- Sun Dec 12 – Hat & Mitten Tree donations due
- Tue Dec 14 – Poinsettia orders due (cost $8)
- Fri Dec 24 | 5 pm & 11 pm – Christmas Eve Services
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Advent Reading | Candle Lighting
- Reading – [Luke 1:39-56 ESV]
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- 39 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country, to a town in Judah,
- 40 and she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.
- 41 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit,
- 42 and she exclaimed with a loud cry, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
- 43 And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
- 44 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.
- 45 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.”
- 46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord,
- 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
- 48 for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
- 49 for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
- 50 And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.
- 51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts;
- 52 he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate;
- 53 he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
- 54 He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
- 55 as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
- 56 And Mary remained with her about three months and returned to her home.
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- Worship Hymns
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- UMH 203 Hail to the Lord’s Anointed
- UMH 211 O Come, O Come Emmanuel – vs. 1,2,6, and 7
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- UMH 204 Emmanuel (2x)
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Faith”
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 196 Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-11-28
Worry
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Sat Dec 11 | 8:30 am to 10:30 am | small kitchen – Cookie Walk
- Sun Dec 12 | 2 – 3 pm – Christmas Carol Sing
- Sun Dec 12 – Hat & Mitten Tree donations due
- Tue Dec 14 – Poinsettia orders due (cost $8)
- Fri Dec 24 | 5 pm & 11 pm – Christmas Eve Services
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – UMH 881
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- I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth;
- And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord: who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried, the third day he rose from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
- I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen
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- Reading – [Luke 21:10-19 ESV]
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- 10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
- 11 There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
- 12 But before all this they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
- 13 This will be your opportunity to bear witness.
- 14 Settle it therefore in your minds not to meditate beforehand how to answer,
- 15 for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.
- 16 You will be delivered up even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death.
- 17 You will be hated by all for my name’s sake.
- 18 But not a hair of your head will perish.
- 19 By your endurance you will gain your lives.
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- Worship Hymns
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- UMH 585 This Little Light of Mine
- UMH 362 Nothing but the Blood
- UMH 89 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- TFWS 2041 Thou Art Worthy
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Baptism
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- Casen Royal Corbin
- Henry Needham Corbin
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- Sermon – “Worry”
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- [Matthew 13:18-22 ESV]
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- 18 “Hear then the parable of the sower:
- 19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the path.
- 20 As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy,
- 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.
- 22 As for what was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
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- [Matthew 13:18-22 ESV]
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- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 98 To God Be the Glory
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-11-21
Have You Drawn From the Well of Salvation?
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Wed Nov 24 | 7 pm – Thanksgiving Eve Service
- Sat Nov 27 | 9 am – Hanging of the Greens
- Sat Dec 11 | 8:30 am to 10:30 am | small kitchen – Cookie Walk
- Sun Dec 12 | 2 – 3 pm – Christmas Carol Sing
- Sun Dec 12 – Hat & Mitten Tree donations due
- Tue Dec 14 – Poinsettia orders due (cost $8)
- Fri Dec 24 | 5 pm & 11 pm – Christmas Eve Services
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Isaiah 26:1-4
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- 1 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “We have a strong city; he sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks.
- 2 Open the gates, that the righteous nation that keeps faith may enter in.
- 3 You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you.
- 4 Trust in the LORD forever, for the LORD GOD is an everlasting rock …”
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- Reading – [Romans 15:8-13 ESV]
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- 8 For I tell you that Christ became a servant to the circumcised to show God’s truthfulness, in order to confirm the promises given to the patriarchs,
- 9 and in order that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, “Therefore I will praise you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.”
- 10 And again it is said, “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”
- 11 And again, “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples extol him.”
- 12 And again Isaiah says, “The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.”
- 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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- Worship Hymns
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- UMH 694 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
- UMH 131 We Gather Together
- UMH 98 To God Be the Glory
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- UMH 95 Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Have You Drawn From the Well of Salvation?”
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- [Isaiah 12:1-6 ESV]
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- 1 You will say in that day: “I will give thanks to you, O LORD, for though you were angry with me, your anger turned away, that you might comfort me.
- 2 “Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation.”
- 3 With joy you will draw water from the wells of salvation.
- 4 And you will say in that day: “Give thanks to the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the peoples, proclaim that his name is exalted.
- 5 “Sing praises to the LORD, for he has done gloriously; let this be made known in all the earth.
- 6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel.”
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- [Isaiah 12:1-6 ESV]
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- Communion
- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 92 For the Beauty of the Earth
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-11-14
LIFE
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Today Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes due
- Sat Nov 20 | 9 am – 2 pm Christmas Items Sale
- Wed Nov 24 | 7 pm Thanksgiving Eve Service
- Sat Nov 27 | 9 am Hanging of the Greens
- Sat Dec 11 | 8:30 am to 10:30 am Cookie Walk
- Sun Dec 12 Hat & Mitten Tree donations due
- Sun Dec 12 | TBD Christmas Carol Sing
- Fri Dec 24 | 5 pm & 11 pm Christmas Eve Services
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – 1 John 5:11-13
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- 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
- 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- 13 I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life.
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- Reading – [Genesis 4:8-12 ESV]
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- 8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
- 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”
- 10 And the LORD said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to me from the ground.
- 11 And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
- 12 When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
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- Worship Hymns
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- TFWS 2022 – Great Is the Lord
- UMH 140 – Great Is Thy Faithfulness
- UMH 378 – Amazing Grace
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- UMH 377 – It Is Well with My Soul
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “LIFE”
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- Genesis 1:26-30, 2:7
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- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 374 – Standing on the Promises
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-11-07
Priorities
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Thur Nov 11 | 11:30 am | Veterans & their family lunch
- Sun Nov 14 | Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes | Filled shoe boxes due back | Cost to ship is $9, CC team covering $5
- Wed Nov 24 | 7:00 pm | Thanksgiving Eve Service
- Thur Nov 11 | 11:30 am | Veterans & their family lunch
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Psalm 1 #738 UMH
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- 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
- 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
- 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
- 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
- 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgement, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
- 6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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- Reading – [Exodus 20:1-6 ESV]
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- 1 And God spoke all these words, saying,
- 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- 3 “You shall have no other gods before me.
- 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
- 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me,
- 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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- Worship Hymns
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- UMH 89 – Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
- Living Hope by Phil Wickham
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- UMH 405 – Seek Ye First
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- Intercessory Prayer
- All Saints Remembrance
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- UMH 711 – For All The Saints
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- Sermon – “Priorities”
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- Deuteronomy 26:10
- Malachi 3:6-10
- Matthew 6:33
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- Communion
- Closing Hymn
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- TFWS 2024 – From the Rising of the Sun
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-10-31
Grace
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Today | 12:00 – 2:00 pm | Trunk or Treat
- November 7
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- All Saints Day Service
- Time Change Weekend – Make sure to reset your clocks
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- November 11 | 11:30 am | Veterans & their family lunch
- November 14 | Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes | Filled shoe boxes due back | Cost to ship is $9, CC team covering $5
- November 24 | 7:00 pm | Thanksgiving Eve Service
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Psalm 86:3-7
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- 3 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.
- 4 Gladden the soul of your servant, for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul.
- 5 For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you.
- 6 Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace.
- 7 In the day of my trouble I call upon you, for you answer me.
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- Reading – [Isaiah 30:18-21 ESV]
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- 18 Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
- 19 For a people shall dwell in Zion, in Jerusalem; you shall weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry. As soon as he hears it, he answers you.
- 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself anymore, but your eyes shall see your Teacher.
- 21 And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, “This is the way, walk in it,” when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left.
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- Worship Hymns
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- TFWS 2270 – He Has Made Me Glad
- TFWS 2162 – Grace Alone
- UMH 365 – Grace Greater than Our Sin
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- TFWS 2143 – O Lord, Your Tenderness
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Grace”
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- 2 Corinthians 9:8
- 2 Corinthians 12:9
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- Closing Hymn
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- TFWS 2281 – May You Run and Not Be Weary
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-10-24
Partners in the Gospel, and Generosity
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Today | 1:00 – 3:00 pm | Trunk or Treat
- November 14 | Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes | Filled shoe boxes due back | Cost to ship is $9, CC team covering $5
- November 24 | 7:00 pm | Thanksgiving Eve Service
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – 2 Corinthians 8:1-5
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- 1 We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia,
- 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
- 3 For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own accord,
- 4 begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints –
- 5 and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
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- Reading – [2 Corinthians 9:6-12 ESV]
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- 6 The point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
- 7 Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
- 8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all sufficiency in all things at all times, you may abound in every good work.
- 9 As it is written, “He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever.”
- 10 He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness.
- 11 You will be enriched in every way to be generous in every way, which through us will produce thanksgiving to God.
- 12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God.
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- Worship Hymns
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- UMH 707 – Hymn of Promise
- UMH 348 – Softly and Tenderly Jesus is Calling
- Video – Here I am to Worship
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- TFWS 2055 – You Are My Hiding Place
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Partners in the Gospel, and Generosity” – Philippians 4:14-23
- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 701 – When We All Get to Heaven
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-10-17
Keep Holding On
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Trunk or Treat | Sunday | October 24 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm
- Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes | Filled shoe boxes due back by November 14 | Cost to ship is $9, CC team covering $5
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Psalm 1
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- 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
- 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
- 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
- 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
- 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
- 6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
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- Reading – [2 Kings 23:36 – 24:5 ESV]
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- 36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
- 37 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
- 1 In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
- 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by his servants the prophets.
- 3 Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,
- 4 and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.
- 5 Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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- Worship Hymns
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- TFWS 2040 – Awesome God
- UMH 467 – Trust and Obey
- Video – How Great is Our God by Chris Tomlin
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- TFWS 2167 – More Like You
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Keep Holding On” – Daniel 1:1-21
- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 95 – Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-10-10
Philippians – The Whatevers, Living in Excellence
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
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- Ladies bible study begins Tuesday October 12 | 6:00 – 7:30pm | Cindy Akre’s home
- Free flu shot clinic here | October 15 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
- Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes | assembling Saturday, October 16 (on the stage | 9:30 am until finished. Filled shoe boxes due back by November 14 | Cost to ship is $9, CC team covering $5
- Trunk or Treat | Sunday | October 24 | 1:00 – 3:00 pm
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- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Hebrews 4:14-16
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- 14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
- 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
- 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
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- Reading – [Hebrews 4:10-13 ESV]
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- 10 for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
- 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
- 12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
- 13 And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
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- Worship Hymns
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- This is the Day
- When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
- In Christ Alone
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- My Life Is in You, Lord
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Baptism – Grayson Clark Vandermyde
- Sermon – “The Whatevers, Living in Excellence” – Philippians 4:8-13
- Closing Hymn
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- God Be with You till We Meet Again
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-10-03
Philippians – Rejoice and Pray
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
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- 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
- 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.
- 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.
- 16 For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
- 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.
- 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.
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- Reading – [Matthew 6:25-29, 33-34 ESV]
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- 25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
- 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
- 27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
- 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,
- 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
- 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
- 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
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- Worship Hymns
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- UMH 95 – Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow
- UMH 71 – Glory Be to the Father
- TFWS 2022 – Great Is the Lord
- I Will Rise by Chris Tomlin
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- TFWS 2164 – Sanctuary (2x)
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Rejoice and Pray” – Philippians 4:1-7
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 154 – All Hail the Power of Jesus Name
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-09-26
Philippians – Press On!
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – UMH 69
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- Glorious God, source of joy and righteousness, enable us as redeemed and forgiven children evermore to rejoice in singing your praises. Grant that what we sing with our lips we may believe in our hearts, and what we believe in our hearts we may practice in our lives; so that being doers of the Word and not hearers only, we may receive everlasting life; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- All: Amen.
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- Reading – [Philippians 3:12-21 ESV]
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- 12 Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
- 13 Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,
- 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.
- 15 Let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think otherwise, God will reveal that also to you.
- 16 Only let us hold true to what we have attained.
- 17 Brothers, join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us.
- 18 For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ.
- 19 Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.
- 20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,
- 21 who will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body, by the power that enables him even to subject all things to himself.
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- Worship Hymns
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- Awesome God performed by Maranatha Music
- TFWS 2229 – We Are One in Christ Jesus
- TFWS 2218 – You Are Mine
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- TFWS 2203 – In His Time
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Press On!” – Philippians 3:12-21
- Closing Hymn
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- TFWS 2241 – The Spirit Sends us Forth to Serve
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-09-19
Philippians – The Best of News for Troubling Times
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – UMH 602
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- Blessed Lord, you have caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning. Grant us so to hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which you have given us in our Savior Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, One God, forever and ever.
- All: Amen.
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- Reading – [Philippians 3:1-11 ESV]
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- 1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you.
- 2 Look out for the dogs, look out for the evildoers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh.
- 3 For we are the circumcision, who worship by the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh–
- 4 though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more:
- 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;
- 6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
- 7 But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
- 8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
- 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith–
- 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
- 11 that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
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- Worship Hymns
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- Open the Eyes of My Heart by Michael W. Smith
- TFWS 2173 – Shine, Jesus, Shine
- TFWS 404 – People Need the Lord
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- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
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- UMH 420 – Breathe on Me, Breath of God
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- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “The Best of News for Troubling Times” – Philippians 3:1-11
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
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- TFWS 2272 – Holy Ground
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-09-12
Philippians – Family Connections
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – UMH 838 – Psalm 117
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- Leader: Praise the Lord, all nations!
- All: Extol the Lord, all peoples!
- Leader: The Lord’s steadfast love toward us is great!
- All: The faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever! Praise the Lord!
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- Reading – [Philippians 2:19-30 ESV]
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- 19 I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be cheered by news of you.
- 20 For I have no one like him, who will be genuinely concerned for your welfare.
- 21 For they all seek their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ.
- 22 But you know Timothy’s proven worth, how as a son with a father he has served with me in the gospel.
- 23 I hope therefore to send him just as soon as I see how it will go with me,
- 24 and I trust in the Lord that shortly I myself will come also.
- 25 I have thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to my need,
- 26 for he has been longing for you all and has been distressed because you heard that he was ill.
- 27 Indeed he was ill, near to death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
- 28 I am the more eager to send him, therefore, that you may rejoice at seeing him again, and that I may be less anxious.
- 29 So receive him in the Lord with all joy, and honor such men,
- 30 for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
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- Hymns
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- I Can Only Imagine by Mercy Me
- UMH 707 – Hymn of Promise
- UMH 404 – Every Time I Feel the Spirit
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- Offering
- Hymn
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- UMH 349 – Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus
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- Corporate Prayer
- Sermon – “Family Connections” – Philippians 2:19-30
- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 419 – I Am Thine, O Lord
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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2021-09-05
Philippians – Salvation and The Word of Life
- Prelude
- Welcome | Announcements
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – UMH 556 – Litany for Christian Unity
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- Leader: Let us ask the Lord to strengthen in all Christians faith in Christ, the Savior of the world.
- All: Listen to us, O Lord.
- Leader: Let us ask the Lord to sustain and guide Christians with his gifts along the way to full unity.
- All: Listen to us, O Lord.
- Leader: Let us ask the Lord for the gift of unity and peace for the world.
- All: Listen to us, O Lord.
- Leader: Let us pray. We ask you, O Lord, for the gifts of your Spirit. Enable us to penetrate the depth of the whole truth, and grant that we may share with others the goods you have put at our disposal. Teach us to overcome divisions. Send us your Spirit to lead to full unity your sons and daughters in full charity, in obedience to your will; through Christ our Lord.
- All: Amen.
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- Reading – [1 Corinthians 15:8-10 ESV]
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- 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.
- 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
- 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
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- Hymn
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- How Great is Our God by Christ Tomlin
- UMH 98 – To God Be the Glory
- UMH 469 – Jesus is All the World to Me
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- Offering
- Hymn
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- TFWS 2080 – All I Need Is You
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- Corporate Prayer
- Reading – [1 Peter 1:1-5 ESV]
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- 1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia,
- 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
- 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 4 to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
- 5 who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
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- Sermon – “Salvation and The Word of Life” – [Philippians 2:12-18 ESV]
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- 12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, so now, not only as in my presence but much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling,
- 13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
- 14 Do all things without grumbling or disputing,
- 15 that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,
- 16 holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
- 17 Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
- 18 Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
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- Communion
- Closing Hymn
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- UMH 715 – Rejoice, the Lord is King
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- Benediction
- Postlude
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