THE CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP THE PRELUDE ANNOUNCEMENTS † THE CALL TO WORSHIP Leader: Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; People: He rises to show you compassion. Leader: For the LORD is a God of justice. People: Blessed are all who wait for him! Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us worship God. Isaiah 30:18 * † THE HYMNS OF PRAISE..............................................................................(8:30 A.M.) Hymn #55 To God Be the Glory (all verses) Eternal Weight of Glory (see below) Sing to the King (11:00 A.M.) Oh Lord, it’s You we recognize, let the veil be lifted from our eyes You are God, You created us to sing to You Sing to the King all the people Sing to the King, for He is the One Who is worthy of all the praise that we could ever give Sing to the One who paid our ransom Lift up His name higher than the heavens Sing to the King for who He is Oh Lord, we lift our praises high, may our voices and our hearts collide And perform You a living sacrifice, we were made for You O God above the nations, O God above our sins Lean your ear to hear us, let your church sing again Jordy Searcy. © 2013 When I Run Music and UMobile Publishing Eternal Weight of Glory Now the days and hours and moments of our suff’ring seem so long And the toilsome wait and wond’ring threaten silence to our song Now our pain is real and pressing where our faith is thin and weak But our hope is set on Jesus and we cling to him, our strength For behold! I tell a myst’ry, at the trumpet sound we’ll wake Death is swallowed up in vict’ry, when we meet our King of Grace Every year we thought was wasted, every night we cried “How long” All will be a passing moment in our Savior’s vict’ry song Oh eternal weight of glory, oh inheritance divine We will see our Lord redeeming every past and future time All our pains will be transfigured like the scars of Christ our Lord We will see the weight of glory and our broken years restored We will see our wounded Savior, we’ll behold him face to face And we’ll hear our anguished stories sung as vict’ry songs of grace All our pains will be transfigured like the scars of Christ our Lord We will see the weight of glory and our broken years restored Wendell Kimbrough © 2013 Wendell Kimbrough † THE PRAYER OF ADORATION THE MOMENT FOR MISSIONS.........................................................Mission to Sweden Phoebe Pritchett THE PRAYER TIME WITH 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, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. THE WELCOME THE OFFERING AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Romans 12:13 †THE SCRIPTURE READING.......................................................................James 1:21-27 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing. 26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. 27 Religion that is pure and unde- filed before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their afflic- tion, and to keep oneself unstained from the world. Pastor: This is God’s Word. People: Thanks be to God. Children grades PreK & 5K may be dismissed for Children’s Church. THE SERMON................................................................................................Chris Holland † THE HYMN OF CONSECRATION.............................................(8:30 and 11:00 A.M.) Hymn #252 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (verses 1,2) When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory died My richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast save in the death of Christ, my God All the vain things that charm me most I sacrifice them to His blood Isaac Watts. Public Domain. THE CONFESSION OF SIN THE ASSURANCE OF PARDONING GRACE The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23 † THE CONFESSION OF FAITH......................................................The Apostles’ Creed I believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and Earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell.* The third day He arose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on 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 Ghost; the holy catholic** church; the commu- nion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen. *experienced the full fury of the Father's wrath; was utterly forsaken, rejected, and abandoned **universal-not limited to any one particular denomination, nation, or ethnicity COMMUNION Communion elements are gluten free. Hymn #252 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (verses 3,4) See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled down Did e’er such love and sorrow meet or thorns compose so rich a crown Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too small Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all Isaac Watts. Public Domain. † THE BENEDICTION † THE SENDING HYMN..............................................................................The Doxology Praise God from Whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creatures here below Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen. * Indicates seating time for those who are detained. † Indicates the congregation standing, as able.
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THE CELEBRATION OF WORSHIPTHE PRELUDE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
† THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; People: He rises to show you compassion. Leader: For the LORD is a God of justice. People: Blessed are all who wait for him! Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us worship God. Isaiah 30:18
* † THE HYMNS OF PRAISE..............................................................................(8:30 A.M.) Hymn #55 To God Be the Glory (all verses) Eternal Weight of Glory (see below)
Sing to the King (11:00 A.M.)
Oh Lord, it’s You we recognize, let the veil be lifted from our eyesYou are God, You created us to sing to You
Sing to the King all the people Sing to the King, for He is the One Who is worthy of all the praise that we could ever give Sing to the One who paid our ransom Lift up His name higher than the heavens Sing to the King for who He is
Oh Lord, we lift our praises high, may our voices and our hearts collideAnd perform You a living sacrifice, we were made for You
O God above the nations, O God above our sinsLean your ear to hear us, let your church sing again
Jordy Searcy. © 2013 When I Run Music and UMobile Publishing
Eternal Weight of Glory
Now the days and hours and moments of our suff’ring seem so longAnd the toilsome wait and wond’ring threaten silence to our songNow our pain is real and pressing where our faith is thin and weakBut our hope is set on Jesus and we cling to him, our strength
For behold! I tell a myst’ry, at the trumpet sound we’ll wake Death is swallowed up in vict’ry, when we meet our King of Grace Every year we thought was wasted, every night we cried “How long” All will be a passing moment in our Savior’s vict’ry song
Oh eternal weight of glory, oh inheritance divineWe will see our Lord redeeming every past and future timeAll our pains will be transfigured like the scars of Christ our LordWe will see the weight of glory and our broken years restored We will see our wounded Savior, we’ll behold him face to faceAnd we’ll hear our anguished stories sung as vict’ry songs of graceAll our pains will be transfigured like the scars of Christ our LordWe will see the weight of glory and our broken years restoredWendell Kimbrough © 2013 Wendell Kimbrough
† THE PRAYER OF ADORATION
THE MOMENT FOR MISSIONS.........................................................Mission to SwedenPhoebe Pritchett
THE PRAYER TIME WITH 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, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE WELCOME
THE OFFERING AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Romans 12:13
†THE SCRIPTURE READING.......................................................................James 1:21-2721Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.26If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. 27Religion that is pure and unde-filed before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their afflic-tion, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Pastor: This is God’s Word.People: Thanks be to God.
Children grades PreK & 5K may be dismissed for Children’s Church.
THE SERMON................................................................................................Chris Holland
† THE HYMN OF CONSECRATION.............................................(8:30 and 11:00 A.M.)
Hymn #252 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (verses 1,2)
When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory diedMy richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast save in the death of Christ, my GodAll the vain things that charm me most I sacrifice them to His blood
Isaac Watts. Public Domain.
THE CONFESSION OF SIN
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDONING GRACE The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
† THE CONFESSION OF FAITH......................................................The Apostles’ CreedI believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and Earth, andin Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the HolyGhost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,dead, and buried; He descended into hell.* The third day He arose againfrom the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand ofGod the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick andthe dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic** church; the commu-nion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
*experienced the full fury of the Father's wrath; was utterly forsaken, rejected, and abandoned**universal-not limited to any one particular denomination, nation, or ethnicity
COMMUNION Communion elements are gluten free.
Hymn #252 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (verses 3,4)
See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled downDid e’er such love and sorrow meet or thorns compose so rich a crown
Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too smallLove so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all
Isaac Watts. Public Domain.
† THE BENEDICTION
† THE SENDING HYMN..............................................................................The DoxologyPraise God from Whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen.
* Indicates seating time for those who are detained. † Indicates the congregation standing, as able.
Loving God, Loving Others, Reaching Out
November 26, 2017
Michael Brock: Senior Pastor, [email protected] Davey: Assistant Pastor, [email protected] Pam McKee: BCS Head of School, [email protected] Brown: BCS Grammar School Principal, [email protected] Stewart: Church Administrator, [email protected] Mosely: Director of Missions, [email protected] Searcy: Director of Worship Arts, [email protected] Chris Holland: Youth Director, [email protected] Phoebe Pritchett: Girls Youth Assistant, [email protected] Davey: Director of Children’s Ministry, [email protected] Clarke: Assistant Nursery Coordinator, [email protected] Wiggins: Administrative Assistant, [email protected] Eileen Marsh: Administrative Assistant to Senior Pastor, [email protected] Philson: Accounting Manager, [email protected] McKee: Facilities Manager, [email protected] Mabry: Church Hostess, [email protected]
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THE CELEBRATION OF WORSHIPTHE PRELUDE
ANNOUNCEMENTS
† THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Leader: Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; People: He rises to show you compassion. Leader: For the LORD is a God of justice. People: Blessed are all who wait for him! Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us worship God. Isaiah 30:18
* † THE HYMNS OF PRAISE..............................................................................(8:30 A.M.) Hymn #55 To God Be the Glory (all verses) Eternal Weight of Glory (see below)
Sing to the King (11:00 A.M.)
Oh Lord, it’s You we recognize, let the veil be lifted from our eyesYou are God, You created us to sing to You
Sing to the King all the people Sing to the King, for He is the One Who is worthy of all the praise that we could ever give Sing to the One who paid our ransom Lift up His name higher than the heavens Sing to the King for who He is
Oh Lord, we lift our praises high, may our voices and our hearts collideAnd perform You a living sacrifice, we were made for You
O God above the nations, O God above our sinsLean your ear to hear us, let your church sing again
Jordy Searcy. © 2013 When I Run Music and UMobile Publishing
Eternal Weight of Glory
Now the days and hours and moments of our suff’ring seem so longAnd the toilsome wait and wond’ring threaten silence to our songNow our pain is real and pressing where our faith is thin and weakBut our hope is set on Jesus and we cling to him, our strength
For behold! I tell a myst’ry, at the trumpet sound we’ll wake Death is swallowed up in vict’ry, when we meet our King of Grace Every year we thought was wasted, every night we cried “How long” All will be a passing moment in our Savior’s vict’ry song
Oh eternal weight of glory, oh inheritance divineWe will see our Lord redeeming every past and future timeAll our pains will be transfigured like the scars of Christ our LordWe will see the weight of glory and our broken years restored We will see our wounded Savior, we’ll behold him face to faceAnd we’ll hear our anguished stories sung as vict’ry songs of graceAll our pains will be transfigured like the scars of Christ our LordWe will see the weight of glory and our broken years restoredWendell Kimbrough © 2013 Wendell Kimbrough
† THE PRAYER OF ADORATION
THE MOMENT FOR MISSIONS.........................................................Mission to SwedenPhoebe Pritchett
THE PRAYER TIME WITH 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, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
THE WELCOME
THE OFFERING AND PRAYER OF DEDICATION Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality. Romans 12:13
†THE SCRIPTURE READING.......................................................................James 1:21-2721Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.22But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.26If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless. 27Religion that is pure and unde-filed before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their afflic-tion, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Pastor: This is God’s Word.People: Thanks be to God.
Children grades PreK & 5K may be dismissed for Children’s Church.
THE SERMON................................................................................................Chris Holland
† THE HYMN OF CONSECRATION.............................................(8:30 and 11:00 A.M.)
Hymn #252 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (verses 1,2)
When I survey the wondrous cross on which the Prince of glory diedMy richest gain I count but loss and pour contempt on all my pride
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast save in the death of Christ, my GodAll the vain things that charm me most I sacrifice them to His blood
Isaac Watts. Public Domain.
THE CONFESSION OF SIN
THE ASSURANCE OF PARDONING GRACE The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
† THE CONFESSION OF FAITH......................................................The Apostles’ CreedI believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and Earth, andin Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived by the HolyGhost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,dead, and buried; He descended into hell.* The third day He arose againfrom the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand ofGod the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick andthe dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic** church; the commu-nion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.
*experienced the full fury of the Father's wrath; was utterly forsaken, rejected, and abandoned**universal-not limited to any one particular denomination, nation, or ethnicity
COMMUNION Communion elements are gluten free.
Hymn #252 When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (verses 3,4)
See from his head, his hands, his feet, sorrow and love flow mingled downDid e’er such love and sorrow meet or thorns compose so rich a crown
Were the whole realm of nature mine, that were a present far too smallLove so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all
Isaac Watts. Public Domain.
† THE BENEDICTION
† THE SENDING HYMN..............................................................................The DoxologyPraise God from Whom all blessings flow, praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost, Amen.
* Indicates seating time for those who are detained. † Indicates the congregation standing, as able.
Prayer for Upcoming Marriage. Please keep this couple in prayer.Jonathan Oliphant and Bride-Elect Olivia Blackmon-December 16, 2017
Please keep these families and their babies in prayer:Patrick and Jessica Keeton: due February 2018Chris and Amanda Holland: due March 2018
THIS WEEK AT ESPCNovember Duty Deacons: Puffer Thompson and Matt Miller
Sunday, November 26 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Blended Worship 12:15 p.m. Choir Lunch and Rehearsal 5:15 p.m. All Youth SNF (Sunday Night Fellowship) 5:30 p.m. Community Groups/Children‘s Activities
Monday, November 27 5:30 p.m. Missions Committee Meeting 6:00 p.m. Trail Life Troop Meeting
Wednesday, November 29 6:00-8:00 p.m. All Youth Dinner and Study 6:30 p.m. ESL (English as a Second Language) Classes
Saturday, December 2 9:00 a.m. - noon Christmas Concert Dress Rehearsal (children 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.)
GREETER’S SCHEDULENovember 268:30 a.m. Kenny and Connie Engel/Dick and Cherryl White/ Joe and Kim Vosicky11:00 a.m. Paul and Marilyn Ellis
December 38:30 a.m. Tim and Claudia Finnamore/John and Peggy Powell/ Bob and Jane Jones11:00 a.m. Mike and Chris Finerty
RAPID VISITATION SCHEDULE
November 26 Scott and Denise JonesDecember 3 Carlyle and Wendy McCall
NURSERY MINISTRY WORKERSPlease arrive 10 minutes early
November 268:30 a.m. Melinda Patin, Maggie Weir, Kim Vosicky, Anita Lovelady, Kelli Kearney, Mandy Barber, Elizabeth Darrough11:00 a.m. Susan Patin, Deb Mosely, Derek Nelson, Marianne Cash, Nicole Carrigan, Elizabeth Key
December 38:30 a.m. Kelli Kearney, Steve and Heather Leigh Stanley, Shonna Nance, Chris Griffith11:00 a.m. Susan Patin, Vanessa Kaiser, Greg and Anne Collett, Tammy Dennis, Melinda Patin, Tripp and Barbara Oliphant
2017 - Tim Finnamore, Tripp Oliphant, Mike McCrary, Wells Wilson2018 - Rob Adamson, Jay Colbert, John Hailey
2019 - John Barrow, Mike Finerty, Bill McNair, Bo Wheeler Elder Emeritus - Paul Fellers Jr., Pete Scarbrough
Loving GodWorshipping Reverently & JoyfullyGrowing Strong in the Grace & Knowledge of GodStudying God’s Word ActivelyPraying DiligentlyGiving Generously
Loving OthersDisplaying Christlike Character Serving One Another ThoughtfullyConnecting with Fellow Believers Honestly
Reaching OutSharing the Gospel Wisely, Intentionally & GraciouslyCaring for Diverse & Needy People with Humility & DiscernmentSupporting Missions Energetically
Our Mission“Him we proclaim...presenting everyone mature in Christ.” (Colossians 1:28)
One who is “mature in Christ” will be:
Session (Elders)
Sunday School Classes FIRST FRUITS CLASS ENCOURAGERS CLASS YOUTH The book of Galatians The book “Let’s Study Hebrews” The book of James Disciple Center 408 (Upstairs) White Bldg. Room 9 FLC Gym Pat Davey Pete Scarbrough Chris Holland CORNERSTONE WOMAN TO WOMAN CLASS TOLLE LEGE Advanced Biblical Studies “Intentionally Following Jesus The Gospel of Luke Old Testament Survey Through John” Disciple Center 401 (Upstairs) Disciple Center 404 (Upstairs) White Bldg. Room 8 Joe Kearney and Scott Kearney Andrew Colbert Dianne Balch, Lisa Snead
MAN TO MAN CLASS THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS Study: The Gospel and Work Study: Theological Foundations I Disciple Center 403 (Upstairs) Disciple Center 402 (Upstairs) Keith Frye and Fraser Reid Jay Colbert, Bo Wheeler Cost for Materials: $35
Diaconate (Deacons)2017- Henry Barber, Jeff Hauge, Scotty Keenan, Curt Smith
2018 - Oliver Gilmore, Wes Johnson, Will Kahlbau, Joe Kearney, Scott Kearney, Clay Lovelady, Puffer Thompson2019- Richard Beall, Jonathan Carrigan, Brooks Cash, Justin Chappell, Jay Elliott, Kenny Engel, Thomas Gross,
Thomas Key, Rob McGowin, Matt Miller, Daniel Nance, Wil Scarbrough, Nathan UpshawDeacon Emeritus - John Parker
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