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February 11, 2007
Sunday, February 11 Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church 9:30 a.m., February 11, 2007
We invite all into a common discipline of silence as we gather for worship. Then we will greet and welcome one another into the presence of the Lord.
Prelude “Voluntary IV” --G.F. Handel (1685-1759)
Prelude II --Hermann Schroeder (1904-1984)
Choral Introit “God is Our Refuge” --W.A. Mozart
Greeting & Invocation
Hymn # 6 “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”
Psalter: Psalm 27 (read responsively) Glenn Sparks
1The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
2When evildoers assail me to devour my flesh— my adversaries and foes— they shall stumble and fall.
3Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet I will be confident.
4One thing I asked of the Lord, that will I seek after: to live in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.
5For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will set me high on a rock.
6Now my head is lifted up above my enemies all around me, and I will offer in his tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing and make melody to the Lord.
7Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud, be gracious to me and answer me!
8“Come,” my heart says, “seek his face!” Your face, Lord, do I seek.
9Do not hide your face from me. Do not turn your servant away in anger, you who have been my help. Do not cast me off, do not forsake me, O God of my salvation!
10If my father and mother forsake me, the Lord will take me up.
11Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
12Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.
13I believe that I shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
14Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord!
Anthem “Jubilate, Sing to God!”
Prayer for Illumination Glenn Sparks
Old Testament Lesson: Ruth 1: 1 – 18
Glenn Sparks
1In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of Moab, he and his wife and two sons. 2The name of the man was Elimelech and the name of his wife Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went into the country of Moab and remained there. 3But Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died, and she was left with her two sons. 4These took Moabite wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. When they had lived there about ten years, 5both Mahlon and Chilion also died, so that the woman was left without her two sons and her husband.
6Then she started to return with her daughters-in-law from the country of Moab, for she had heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had considered his people and given them food. 7So she set out from the place where she had been living, she and her two daughters-in-law, and they went on their way to go back to the land of Judah. 8But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back each of you to your mother’s house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. 9The Lord grant that you may find security, each of you in the house of your husband.” Then she kissed them, and they wept aloud. 10They said to her, “No, we will return with you to your people.” 11But Naomi said, “Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb that they may become your husbands? 12Turn back, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband. Even if I thought there was hope for me, even if I should have a husband tonight and bear sons, 13would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from marrying? No, my daughters, it has been far more bitter for me than for you, because the hand of the Lord has turned against me.” 14Then they wept aloud again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. 15So she said, “See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law.” 16But Ruth said, “Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; Where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17Where you die, I will die— there will I be buried. May the Lord do thus and so to me, and more as well, if even death parts me from you!” 18When Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her.
Lector: “This is the Word of God.”
Congregation: “Thanks be to God for His Word.”
Children’s Sermon
Hymn # 14 “Be Thou My Vision”
New Testament Lesson: John 12: 20 - 26
20Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23Jesus answered them, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. 24Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 25Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.
Sermon “Jesus and the Good Life” Pastor Robertson
After the sermon children in grades K-6 may leave for children’s choir
Gathering of Tithes and Offerings
Offertory “O Love, How Deep” --Paul Manz
(See gray hymnal p 364)
Please sign and pass the register located in the pew.
Response
Praise God, from whom all blessing flow;
Praise him, all creatures here below.
Praise him above, you heavenly host;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. –OLD HUNDREDTH
Prayer of Dedication
Joys and Concerns
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Tom Housley, Marilyn Howland-Ross (Pat Short’s friend), Jim Brand (Carol Graefnitz’s brother), the folk in the military, Greg & Faith Hurst, ECHO
Hymn # 46 “I am Thine, O Lord”
Benediction
Postlude “Sing To the Lord” --Emma Lou Diemer
(See gray hymnal p. 96)
* The New Revised Standard Version (Anglicized Edition), copyright 1989, 1995 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Next Week’s sermon will be:
“Facing the Opportunity that Defines Life” Pastor Robertson
Worship
…is the quickening of conscience by God’s holiness;
the nourishment of mind with His truth;
the purifying of imagination by His beauty;
the opening of the heart to His love;
the surrender of the will to His purpose;
and all of this gathered up in adoration—
the most selfless emotion of which our nature is capable, and therefore the chief remedy for that self-centeredness
which is our original sin and the source of all actual sin.”
William Temple
Welcome
To all who are weary and seek rest; to all who mourn and long for comfort; to all who struggle and desire victory; to all who sin and need a Savior; to all who are idle and look for service; to all who are strangers and want fellowship; to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness; and to whosoever will come--this church opens wide her doors and offers her welcome in the name of Jesus Christ her Lord.
Guests please sign our guest book and join us in the Fellowship Hall after worship.
Babysitting is available during worship for infants up to 2-1/2 years old in the room behind the balcony. Children ages 2-1/2 through 5 will be in the Pre-School Nursery in the Education Wing. School age children worship with their parents.
SAVE THESE DATES
MARCH 4, Sunday at noon.
Join us for our MOAPI
(Details soon)
APRIL 15, Sunday evening
Appreciation Dinner for
Pastor Robertson and Bonnie.
Announcements
* Greeters this morning are Bert & Becky Chapman.
* Ushers this morning are Ann Freeman & Carol Graefnitz and Jim & Dorothy Bethel.
* The Robertson Wednesday evening study fellowship will be talking about Thomas a Kempis' "The Imitation of Christ."
* Please sign up on the Flower Calendar in the Narthex if you want to bring flowers.
* For those wishing a visit at any time by Pastor Robertson please be sure you let Stephanie know you are interested. Pastor Robertson’s office hours are Wednesday and Friday 9:00am – 12:00 pm, or by appointment.
* If you need prayer or other help from the church or know
of anyone else that does, please call one of the elders or deacons.
Weekly Calendar for February 11, 2007
Today:
9:30 a.m. Congregation at Worship
Congregational Meeting
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
1:30 p.m. Tippecanoe Villa worship
3:00 p.m. Friendship House worship
4:30 p.m. Kids’ Club
6:00 p.m. Youth
6:00 p.m. 1st year Hebrew
6:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Bible study
7:30 p.m. Hebrew
This Week:
Mon., 7:00 p.m. Deacons meeting
Tues., 10:00 a.m. Women’s Bible study
Tues., 7:30 p.m. Bible study at Tippecanoe Co. Jail
Wed., 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayers & Breakfast (Glenn Sparks)
Wed., 6:30 p.m. Adult Choir
Wed., 7:00 p.m. Robertson Bible study
Fri., 12:00 p.m. Book Fellowship
Sat. 6:oo p.m. Boy Scouts
Sigma Xi Public Lecture
“The Language of God”
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
At the National Institutes of Health
Member of the National Academy of Science
February 20, 2007
Loeb, 8:00 p.m.
Reception and book signing to follow in the West Foyer
Co-Sponsored by the Office of the Provost, Libraries, and Colleges/Schools
Posted by faithpres at February 11, 2007 10:11 AM