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January 11, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009 Bulletin
The Order for the Worship of God
Faith Presbyterian Church 9:30 a.m., January 11, 2009
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 Fantasy On Of the Father's Love Begotten
Gerald Kemner
The King of Love My Shepherd Is Raymond Haan
Welcome and Greeting
Hymn # 13 Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise
(Green Supplemental Hymnal)
Psalter: Psalm 51: 1 – 6 & 8 - 13 NRSV (read responsively)
Jurgen Honig
1Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.
2Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
4Against you, you alone, have I sinned, and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless when you pass judgment.
5Indeed, I was born guilty, a sinner when my mother conceived me.
6You desire truth in the inward being; therefore teach me wisdom in my secret heart.
8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have crushed rejoice.
9Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.
10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me.
11Do not cast me away from your presence, and do not take your holy spirit from me.
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and sustain in me a willing spirit.
13Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.
Prayer for Illumination Jurgen Honig
First Lesson: Acts 19: 1 - 7 NRSV Jurgen Honig
1While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul passed through the interior regions and came to Ephesus, where he found some disciples. 2He said to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” They replied, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” 3Then he said, “Into what then were you baptized?” They answered, “Into John’s baptism.” 4Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.” 5On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6When Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied— 7altogether there were about twelve of them.
Lector: “This is the Word of God.”
Congregation: “Thanks be to God for His Word.”
Anthem In the Bleak Midwinter
Gustav Holst/arr.Roger Emerson
Children’s Sermon
Hymn # 269 Baptized in Water
(Gray Psalter Hymnal)
Second Lesson: Matthew 3: 13 - 17 NRSV
13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16And when Jesus had been baptized, just as he came up from the water, suddenly the heavens were opened to him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, the Beloved, with whom I am well pleased.”
Sermon “Why Was Jesus Baptized?” Pastor David Horner
After the sermon children in grades K-6 may leave for children’s choir
A Renewal of our Baptismal Vows
Sisters and brothers in Christ, our baptism is the sign and seal of our cleansing from sin, and of our being grafted into Christ. Through the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Christ, the power of sin was broken and God’s kingdom entered our world. Through our baptism we were made citizens of God’s kingdom, and freed from the bondage of sin. Let us celebrate that freedom and redemption through the renewal of the promises made at our baptism.
I ask you, therefore, once again to reject sin, to profess your faith in Christ Jesus, and to confess the faith of the church, the faith in which we were baptized.
Renunciation (read responsively)
Trusting in the gracious mercy of God, do you turn from the ways of sin and renounce evil and its power in the world?
I do.
Do you turn to Jesus Christ and accept him as your Lord and Savior, trusting in his grace and love?
I do.
Will you be Christ’s faithful disciple, obeying his Word and showing his love?
I will, with God’s help.
Profession (read responsively)
Do you believe in God the Father?
I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God?
I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, he is seated at the right hand of the Father, and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit?
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.
Prayer
Remembering Our Baptisim
Gathering of Tithes and Offerings
Please sign and pass the register located in the pew.
Offertory Let Us Ever Walk With Jesus Paul Manz
Let us ever walk with Jesus, Follow His example pure,
Flee the world,
which would deceive us and to sin our souls allure.
Ever in His footsteps treading, body here, yet soul above.
Filled with faith and hope and love,
we shall do the Father's bidding.
Faithful Lord, with us abide; Savior, lead, be Thou our guide
Response
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases,
His mercies never come to an end.
They are new every morning, new every morning,
Great is Thy faithfulness, O Lord,
Great is Thy faithfulness. ∆
Prayer of Dedication
Joys and Concerns
Prayers of Thanksgiving and Intercession
Paul Rund’s family (Becky Chapman’s co worker), Lewis & Kari Hauer (Mike Bergmann’s sister & husband), Ezekiel Housley (Tom & Peggy Housely’s grandson), folk in the military, Jonathan & Ali Nichols (World Concern), Jack & Mary Anne Voelkel (IVCF)
Hymn # 1 The Church’s One Foundation
(Green Supplemental Hymnal)
Benediction
Postlude Toccata in Seven John Rutter
* 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.
∆ © Edith McNeill, ©1974, 1975, and this arr. ©1986 by Celebration. Admin. by Maranatha! Muscic. 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.
Announcements
* Greeters this morning are Dennis and Nancy Dunn.
* Sunday Evening Bible Study will re-convene for the Spring semester at Jane and Terry Stewart's. They'll be letting you know when in January---thanks Jane and Terry!
Weekly Calendar for January 11, 2009
Today:
9:30 a.m. Congregation at Worship
11:00 a.m. Sunday School
1:30 p.m. Tippecanoe Villa worship
3:00 p.m. Friendship House worship
6:00 p.m. Youth
No Bible study at the Moore’s
This Week:
Tues., 9:30 a.m. FWF Bible study
Tues., 7:00 p.m. Boy Scout Troop 338
Tues., 7:30 p.m. Tippecanoe Co. Jail Bible study
Wed., 7:00 a.m. Morning Prayers & Breakfast (David Horner)
Wed., 6:30 p.m. Adult Choir
Thurs., 7:00 p.m. Bible Study at the Horner’s
Fri., 6:30 p.m. Cub Scout Troop #3338
Sat., 8am –12pm Indiana Blood Drive
Posted by faithpres at January 11, 2009 09:02 AM