SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
Sunday, February 12, 2023 9:00am/10:30am
GATHERING
PRELUDE
WORDSOFWELCOME
*CALLTOWORSHIP
Leader: Comeawayfromtheburdensoftheworld, People: Find rest in Jesus, and be renewed in the Spirit.
Leader: Comeawayfromthejudgmentsofthisworld, People: Find freedom in Christ, and hope of new life now.
Leader: Comeawayfromthewayofsininthisworld, People: Love God, love your neighbor, and seek forgiveness.
Come, let us worship God, who leads us into new life. Amen.
*PRAYEROFINVOCATION
*HYMN Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
*AFFIRMATIONOFFAITH(Apostles’Creed)
I believe in God the Father Almighty, 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 rose 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 communion of saints, The forgiveness of sins, The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.
PRAYEROFCONFESSION
God, we long to follow You, to walk in the way that You have shown us; to know Your commandments, and to practice them whole-heartedly. But we confess that we are easily distracted, lured away by our own interests and desires, enticed by the attitudes and practices of the world around us. Forgive us. Turn our eyes away from the things that distract us from Your way—from the attitudes and behaviors that sidetrack us from our desire to know You better and follow You more closely. Give us a hunger for Your Word and Your ways. Show us where true life and happiness are found—in knowing and doing Your will. In Jesus’Amen.
ASSURANCEOFPARDON(2Corinthians1:21-22)
Leader: Itis Godwho makesus standfirminChrist. He anointedus,sethisseal ofownership onus, and put his Spirit in our hearts as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Therefore, let us assureoneanotherofGod’spardon.
All: In Jesus Christ, we are forgiven. Thanks be to God.
*GLORYBETOTHEFATHERANTHEM
Surely, It Is God Who Saves Me
JackNobleWhite ChancelChoir
Refrain: Surely,itisGodwhosavesme; Iwilltrustinhimandnotbeafraid. FortheLordismystrongholdandmysuredefense, andhewillbemySavior.
Thereforeyoushalldrawwaterwithrejoicing fromthespringsofsalvation. Andonthatdayyoushallsay, givethankstotheLord,andcalluponhisName. Refrain
PRAYEROFILLUMINATION
Makehisdeedsknownamongthepeoples; seethattheyrememberthathisNameisexalted. SingthepraisesoftheLord, forhehasdonegreatthings, andthisisknowninalltheworld. Refrain
CryaloudinhabitantsofZion,ringoutyourjoy, Forthegreatoneinthemidstofyou istheHolyOneofIsrael. Refrain
Spirit of God, speak once again through the Words of Scripture that our listening ears may hear Your voice. Help us to place Your Word in our minds, treasure it in our hearts, choose it with our wills, and live it through our bodies. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
SCRIPTURE Matthew13:24-30NIV
24Jesustoldthemanotherparable:“Thekingdomofheavenislikeamanwhosowedgoodseedinhisfield. 25Butwhileeveryonewassleeping,hisenemycameandsowedweedsamongthewheat,andwentaway. 26Whenthewheatsproutedand formedheads,thentheweedsalsoappeared.
27“Theowner’sservantscametohimandsaid,‘Sir,didn’tyousowgoodseedinyourfield?Wherethendidtheweedscome from?’
28“‘Anenemydidthis,’hereplied.
“Theservantsaskedhim,‘Doyouwantustogoandpullthemup?’
29“‘No,’heanswered,‘becausewhileyouarepullingtheweeds,youmayuprootthewheatwiththem. 30Letbothgrowtogetheruntiltheharvest.AtthattimeIwilltelltheharvesters:Firstcollecttheweedsandtietheminbundlestobeburned; thengatherthewheatandbringitintomybarn.’”
Leader: ThisisthewordoftheLord.
All: Thanks be to God!
RECEPTION OF NEW MEMBERS (10:30am)
Diane Bannister, Jay Budzien, Mary Budzien, Joe Caglioti, Noemi Campbell, Beth Douglas, Jan Finnerty, Debby Fox, Howard Hurd, Redelle Hurd, Caleb Moody, Kameron Moody, John Peters, Frances Rimsza, Rick Sendele, Sandy Slaughter, BobTeal,AngelaTrouette, SusanWarren, and MarthaWeberr.
CARING
PRAYERSOFTHEPEOPLE THELORD’SPRAYER
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.
OFFERINGSOFTHEPEOPLE
OFFERTORY
I’ll Have a New Life
Men’sQuartet
On that resurrection morning when all the dead in Christ shall rise, I’ll have a new body, Praise the Lord, I’ll have a new life. Sown in weakness, raised in power, ready to live in Paradise, I’ll have a new body, Praise the Lord, I’ll have a new life.
LutherG.Presley
I’ll have a new home of love eternal with the redeemed of God to stand, There’ll be no more sorrow, No more pain, there’ll be no more strife; Yes, raised in the likeness of my Savior, ready to live in gloryland, I’ll have a new body, Praise the Lord, I’ll have a new life. What a hallelujah morning when the last trump of God shall sound, I’ll have a new body, Praise the Lord, I’ll have a new life. Graves all bursting, saints a-shouting, heavenly beauty all around, I’ll have a new body, Praise the Lord, I’ll have a new life.
I’ll have a new home of love eternal with the redeemed of God to stand, There’ll be no more sorrow, No more pain, there’ll be no more strife;
*DOXOLOGY#815 OLDHUNDREDTH
8Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”
10He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”
11And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12The man said, “The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
16To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
17To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.
18It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
20Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
21The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
*HYMN##797,vs.1-3
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come
PRAYER REQUESTS
ASSISTED LIVING & HOMEBOUND:
Anne Wellington(9), Yvonne Banducci
BEREAVEMENT PRAYER FOR FAMILY/FRIENDS:
Peggy Heydrick, Sandy Slaughter.
HEALING:
Nancy Taylor(6), Tom Purnell(13), Steve Haver(13), Ruth Blakeslee(8), Chris Scotti(5), Paul Meredith(7), Nancy Miles, Bill Hanley, Debbie Roam, Rev. David Philips
(#) Parish Shepherd
MILITARY:
Mathew Croteau, Austin Ast, Charles Porter, Kenn Mattson, Ben Williamsz, Ryan Richard, Isaiah Skinner, Isaac Corbett, Chanteal Williams Dotson, Ethan Groce, Clark Benham, Conrad McDermott, Graham Benham, Christopher Bingham, Cade Brennan, Joshua Fielder, Elizabeth Fricker, Gregory Fricker, Joseph Galaviz, Cherise (nee Harry) Smallcanyon, Aaron Heinricks, Ryan Leavitt, Kate Miller, Jonathan Mulder, Chris Skinner, Tyrus Smedes, and Kyle Reimer, Fred Alcantu.
IN NEED OF PRAYER?
DO YOU HAVE A JOY TO SHARE?
We are here to pray for you and with you. Our Sunday Prayer team believes in the power of prayer. Look for one of us with a purple lanyard throughout the church grounds before or after each church service. We will pray with you and/or fill out a prayer request card for continual prayer. Please submit your prayer request online at deserthills.org/request-prayer/ or call the DHPC Prayer Hotline at (480) 757-0700
WALKING BESIDE MINISTRY
Our confidence is in the God whose knowledge, wisdom, and power are perfect, infinite, and eternal. If you’reaChristian,Heisyourrefuge,sustainer,andprotector. However,adevastatingeventcancertainly strainhowweseeourrelationshipwithGodorcausedoubtaboutwhetherwehavearelationship.
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