“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called.

“But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”

1Peter 2:9     

Come Into This House

Leader: Praise the LORD!  Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!

People: Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD, or declare all his praise?  

Responsive Call To Worship

Psalm 106

Leader: Blessed are they who observe justice, who do righteousness at all times!

People: Remember me, O LORD, when you show favor to your people; help me when you save them,  

Responsive Call To Worship

Psalm 106

Leader: that I may look upon the prosperity of your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance.

People: Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name and glory in your praise.  

Responsive Call To Worship

Psalm 106

All: Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting!  And let all the people say, “Amen!” Praise the LORD!

Responsive Call To Worship

Psalm 106

Our God Chris Tomlin

Water you turned into wineOpened the eyes of the blind

There’s no one like you, none like youInto the darkness you shine

Out of the ashes we riseThere’s no one like you, none like you

Arise My Soul, Arisewords by Charles Wesley, music by Kevin Twit

Confession of SinGracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and give us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image; through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Amen.  

Silent time for personal confession

Hallelujah Hillsong

September 2312:45-2:30 p.m.—Fellowship Hall

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MINISTRY FAIR 2012

September 09, 2012 @ FCF

Yeah, we have gotten involved with a bunch of stuff around FCF.

PLAN Learning Center

Worship Team

Scripture Reading

Nursery

Snow Shoveling -- Snowmageddon 2010

Gospel Choir

PLAN Board

Covenant Group: Craig’s List

Men’s and Women’s Retreats

R2K12 Planning Committee

HEBREWS 12:1Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.

Our Great Cloud of Witnesses…

…just to name a few.

Eric Hanson

Paul Kangas, Sr.

Glenn Parkinson

Tom Osterhaus

Tom Wenger

Paul Jeneke

Tom & Sue Frech

Dan and Kathy Knight

Drew and Becky Derreth

Nancy Blake

Patrick Donahue

Dave & Flo Wolfe

Tim Trezise

Stephen & Beth Badorf

Eric and Alice Molicki

Coach Bitzer

Jim Midberry

Gil Nadolney

Doris Neilsen

Jim Andreone

Joanne Wenger

Cindy Bauchspies

Santo Garofalo

Mr. & Mrs. I

Jackie and Ken Henley

Lynn Nolt

Dick McNeil

Ruth Pearson

Alice Williams

Greg Dutcher

Dottie Maddox

Bob and Amy McFarland

Matt Wilson

Bill and Jeanne Beans

Jerry and Carol Bullinger

Bill and Kate Hildebrand

Anne Scott

Sisi Wills

Linda Nolan

Jon and Danielle Snyder

Tonya Dentry

Teresa Ciampaglia

Melisa Warrington

Mr. Mackin

Mr. D

Christina Riddlesburger

Wynne Lenz

Lisa Ali

Renda Costa

Trip Beans

Steve Lubie

Anton McCullem

I Thessalonians 2:8

We loved you so much that we were delighted to share with you not only

the Gospel of God, but our lives as

well, because you had become so

dear to us.

Scripture Reading2 Timothy 2:1-13

 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, 2 and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 3 Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. 5 An athlete is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 It is the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. 7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.

8 Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, 9 for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! 10 Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 11 The saying is trustworthy, for:

Scripture Reading2 Timothy 2:1-13

If we have died with him, we will also live with him;12 if we endure, we will also reign with him;if we deny him, he also will deny us;13 if we are faithless, he remains faithful—for he cannot deny himself.

Scripture Reading2 Timothy 2:1-13

Deuteronomy 1

1 ¶ These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

2 It is eleven days’ journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.

3 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them, 4 after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and in Edrei.

5 Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to explain this law, saying,

6 “The LORD our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain.

7 Turn and take your journey (break camp and advance), and go to the hill country of the Amorites and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negeb and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates.

8 See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’

Encouragements to Advance

God’s assurances to the advance.

Our unfaithfulness against the advance.

God’s faithfulness in spite of our failures.

1) God’s assurances to the advance.

“Moses spoke to the people of Israel according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them, after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan,…”

Vs 3,4

God, the great Creator of all things, also upholds everything. He directs, regulates, and governs every creature, action, and thing, from the greatest to the least, by His completely wise and holy providence.

2) Our unfaithfulness against the advance

“The LORD our God said to us in Horeb, ‘You have stayed long enough at this mountain. Turn and take your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites…” vs 6,7

“If we refuse to change paradigms, then we will continue to see the decline of the church throughout the Western world. As uncomfortable as it might feel at first, we must learn to think and act differently or else be responsible for not having the guts to make the strategic (and yes sometimes risky) decisions in a time when they were most needed. History will judge us badly if we fail at this juncture; we will have had more money, resources, platform and people than at any other time in history. Fear is not an option.”

Alan Hirsch, The Forgotten Ways

3) God’s faithfulness in spite of our failures.

“See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’ Vs 8

3) God’s faithfulness in spite of our failures.

“See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.’ Vs 8

Applications

1) Don’t waste your wilderness

2) Obey God’s call to advance

3) Encourage the Reading of God’s Word

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“ See, I have set the land before you. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their offspring after them.”

Deuteronomy 1:8