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August 26, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007 Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church
9:30 a.m., August 26, 2007
Let the first tone of the organ be a call to quiet meditation in which all may become aware of God’s presence, and lift up a prayer for yourself and for Faith Church.
Prelude “The King of Love My Shepherd Is” Raymond Haan
“They'll Know We Are Christians By Our Love” Fred Bock
Welcome
Announcements
Mary Anderson – Lafayette Urban Ministry director
Greet One Another
Invocation
Hymn: “O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus” See Insert
Psalm: Jeremiah 31: 1 – 6 NIV (read responsively)
Dorothy Bethel
1 "At that time," declares the LORD,
"I will be the God of all the clans of Israel,
and they will be my people."
2 This is what the LORD says:
"The people who survive the sword
will find favor in the desert;
I will come to give rest to Israel."
3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying:
"I have loved you with an everlasting love;
I have drawn you with loving-kindness.
4 I will build you up again
and you will be rebuilt, O Virgin Israel.
Again you will take up your tambourines
and go out to dance with the joyful.
5 Again you will plant vineyards
on the hills of Samaria;
the farmers will plant them and
enjoy their fruit.
6 There will be a day when watchmen cry out
on the hills of Ephraim,
'Come, let us go up to Zion,
to the LORD our God.'"
Prayer for Illumination Dorothy Bethel
First Lesson: I John 4: 7 – 12 NIV Dorothy Bethel
7Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
Special Music "Hallowed Be Thy Name" Soloist, Elaine McVay
Children’s Sermon
Second Lesson: I Corinthians 12: 31 – 13: 13 NIV
Dorothy Bethel
31But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.
1If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
4Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
13And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Lector: “This is the Word of God.”
Congregation: “Thanks be to God for His Word.”
Hymn: “Though I May Speak” See Insert
Sermon: Series: “The Cardinal Virtues”
# 3 “The Most Important Thing!” Pastor Ronald M. Green
Gathering of Tithes and Offerings
At this time please sign and pass the welcome brochure.
Offertory “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go”
O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
My heart restores its borrowed ray,
That in Thy sunshine’s blaze its day
May brighter, fairer be.
O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to Thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
And feel the promise is not vain
That morn shall tearless be.
Response
Praise the Lord! Praise, you servants of the Lord,
Praise the name of the Lord!
Blessed be the name of the Lord!
Blessed be the name of the Lord
from this time forth and forevermore.
Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! ∆
Prayer of Dedication
Joys and Concerns
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Jean Howe, Henry Dukes, Amy Dale, the folk in the military, Theological College of Central Africa, Zambia, Rich & Kathy Stuebing
Hymn: “The Love of God” See Insert
Benediction
Postlude “All Ye Gentile Lands, Awaken”
Helmut Walcha (Germany, 1907-1991)
∆ ©1973 by Concordia Publishing House. Reproduced with permission under License Number 00:11-40 CCLI#387100
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.
Mission Notes
TCCA (The Theological College of Central Africa, Zambia)
The Theological College of Central Africa (TCCA), established by the Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia in 1982, is a training centre for those wanting to enter full-time Christian service.
TCCA is fully accredited with the Accrediting Council for Theological Education in Africa (ACTEA), and is recognized by Zambia's Ministry of Education for Teacher Training in Religious Education.
Both a three-year Diploma of Theology and a four-year Bachelor of Theology degree are offered with majors in Pastoral Ministry, Education and Missions.
Mission: To train those wanting to enter full-time Christian service.
TCCA's 164 living graduates from seven African countries represent a variety of ministries: pastoral ministry, theological education, evangelism, discipleship, Christian education, community development and Bible translation.
Eighty percent of TCCA graduates are currently in full-time ministry in both urban and rural settings. Another ten percent are either homemakers or pursuing further studies.
Richard & Kathy Stuebing (THETA, Zambia)
Richard and Kathy Stuebing are two of the original faculty members of the Theological College of Central Africa in Zambia. Richard teaches classes and, serves as business manager and Kathy also teaches college classes designed to help both students and spouses.
Announcements
Greeters this morning are David & Cathy McKinnis.
Ushers this morning are Ken & Lois Wark and Bert & Becky Chapman.
Java Hero of the Week – the Kucik’s.
Condolences to the Family of Yvonne Risk (Becky Chapman’s cousin). Yvonne passed away Friday, August 3rd.
Sunday Evening Bible Study begins TODAY Sunday, August 26. We meet from 6:30pm to 8:00pm at the Moore’s, 4840 Jackson Highway. Sharing, prayer, and discussion-based study. All are welcome. Contact Nancy Moore at 583-4583 for more information.
This fall semester we will do something different: read and discuss the Heidelberg Catechism. Heidelberg is the warmest and least polemical of the reformed catechisms and is a good summary of reformed teaching and its Biblical basis. Copies of the catechism will be provided. None of us will agree with everything Ursinus and Olevianous wrote in 1563, so stretch your mind by pondering a text that we often use in worship.
I wish to thank all of my Faith Family for the many, many hands that reached out to pull me back up the hill to recovery. Your prayers for me and my daughter, Candace Ann, are unforgettable. Back ASAP. Maxine Jones
Prayer Hotline - 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 or use the new prayer hotline at prayers@faithpresbyterian.org.
For those wishing to visit with Pastor Green his office hours are Tuesday and Thursday, 10:15am – 2:30 pm (lunch 12:30pm – 1:00pm), Wednesday 8:30am – 1:00pm, and Friday 10:15am – 1:00pm or by appointment.
Weekly Calendar for August 26, 2007
Today:
9:30 a.m. Congregation at Worship
Mission Sunday
2:30 p.m. Rosewalk Commons
6:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Bible Study at the Moore’s
This Week:
Tues., 10:00 a.m. FWF Bible study at Maxine Jones
Tues., 7:30 p.m. Bible study at Tippecanoe Co. Jail
Wed., 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayers & Breakfast (Lois Wark)
Wed., 7:00 p.m. Pastor’s Bible study at Grieke’s home
DIRECTORIES
The picture directories are finally here!! If you were photographed your directory with your name on it can be located on the table beside the office in a box. If you were not photographed there are plenty of extras located in a box on the floor next to the table.
MISSION SUNDAY
An Invitation to Mission Sunday
TODAY, the deacons will showcase the missions which the congregation of Faith Presbyterian Church supports. These missions range from the support of an individual to large organizations, from here in Lafayette to far away places such as Burkino Faso. Each deacon corresponds with one or more of the missions, and will put on a display in the fellowship hall during coffee time after the service next week. Please join the deacons and see how far and wide your offerings from our church travel.
***Congregational Reflection Study to Start***
The Session has announced that the Congregational Reflection Study, needed to prepare for calling a new pastor will begin after Labor Day. Members and Friends of Faith Presbyterian Church are encouraged to participate in this Study in one of two ways: attend one of the three scheduled discussion sessions and fill out the study instrument during the discussion or file out the instrument without attending a discussion meeting and returning the completed instrument to the Church Office (there is basket on the table). Please pick up one of the instruments for each member of your family on the table next to the office. Regular and LARGE print copies are available. The discussion meetings will be Sunday evening September 9th and 16th at Faith Church, 7:00 p.m. and Tuesday, September 11th at Westminister Village, 2741 North Salisbury Street, West Lafayette, IN. at 7:00 p.m. For information contact: Don Gentry, Study Coordinator.
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