APRIL 12, 2026
8:30 | 9:45
Prelude
Great Is Thy Faithfulness | #595
Welcome and Cultivate Liturgy
How Firm a Foundation | #294
The Sacrament of Baptism
Oh How Good It Is | Hymn #580
Life of the Congregation *
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
Psalm 23
1 SAMUEL 25
DR. RICHARD KANNWISCHER Senior Pastor
Speak O Lord | Hymn #292
Invitation and Benediction
Postlude
* For 9:45 service only
11:15
Firm Foundation
Welcome and Cultivate Liturgy
The Sacrament of Baptism
Take My Life
Life of the Congregation
Pastoral Prayer and the Lord’s Prayer
Tremble
1 SAMUEL 25
DR. RICHARD KANNWISCHER Senior Pastor I Speak Jesus
Invitation and Benediction
Postlude
Congregational songs are listed in bold italic.
8:30
Daughter | Born: October 20, 2025
Parents: Alex and Scott Barlow
Grandparents: Beth and Jim Barlow; Kelly and Matt Strange
PSALM 139:13-14
For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
9:45
Son | Born: October 21, 2025
Parents: Candler and Shields Goodman
Grandparents: Sarah and Scott Goodman; Leigh Ann and Foster Yeilding
NUMBERS 6:24-26
The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.
Son | Born: February 21, 2025
Parents: Emily and Spence Hall
Grandparents: Susan Hall; Janet Raville; Steve Raville
1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
9:45
Son | Born: December 27, 2024
Parents: Emma Kate and Robert Hays
Grandparents: Debra and Kevin Buster; Jennifer and Robert Hays
1 JOHN 3:1
See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!
Son | Born: June 13, 2025
Parents: Amanda and Adam Monich
Grandparents: Kyle Colley; Jeanne Monich
PSALM 139:14-16
I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
11:15
Son | Born: June 19, 2025
Parents: Carlton and Jake DeLany, Jr.
Grandparents: Paige and Jim DeLany; Dina and Jeff Middlekauff
2 CORINTHIANS 4:6
For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
11:15
Son | Born: November 6, 2025
Parents: Annabelle and Robert Hilburn
Grandparents: Diane and Jay Geier; Kristy and Robert Hilburn
GALATIANS 3:26-27
So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Daughter | Born: April 14, 2025
Parents: Maddie and Drew Lewis
Grandparents: Laurie and Rusty Bogue; Amanda and Michael Brown; Kim and Jon Lewis; Amy and Lloyd Martin
PHILIPPIANS 4:4-7
Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Son | Born: July 9, 2025
Parents: Helen and Jack Richards
Sibling: Whit (4)
Grandparents: Ann and Russ Richards; Cynthia and Chip Dunn
MATTHEW 5:14
You are the light of the world.
1 Samuel 25
When we lose ourselves, God sends someone to remind us who we are.
1. A Huge Loss
“Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him.” (v. 1)
2. A Foolish Insult
“Nabal answered David’s servants, ʻWho is this David? Who is this son of Jesse?ʼ” (v. 10)
3. A Rising Anger
“David said to his men, ʻEach of you strap on your sword!ʼ So they did, and David strapped his on as well.” (v. 13)
4. A Courageous Interruption
“Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.” (v. 18)
“When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed down before David with her face to the ground. She fell at his feet …” (v. 23)
5. A Restored Identity
“Even though someone is pursuing you to take your life, the life of my lord will be bound securely in the bundle of the living by the Lord your God, but the lives of your enemies he will hurl away as from the pocket of a sling. When the Lord has fulfilled for my lord every good thing he promised concerning him and has appointed him ruler over Israel, my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself.” (v. 29-31)
6. A Different Ending
“David said to Abigail, ʻPraise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you today to meet me. May you be blessed for your good judgment and for keeping me from bloodshed this day and from avenging myself with my own hands. Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, who has kept me from harming you, if you had not come quickly to meet me, not one male belonging to Nabal would have been left alive by daybreak.ʼ Then David accepted from her hand what she had brought him and said, ʻGo home in peace. I have heard your words and granted your request.ʼ” (v. 32-35)
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
– Matthew 5:9
Monday, April 20 | 6:30pm
Join us for our monthly gathering, called the Table, just for singles in their 30s and 40s. No pressure—just good food, shared stories, and a chance to build friendships.
The Treehouse Restaurant and Pub 7 Kings Cir NE, Atlanta, GA 30305
Scan the QR code for more information. No registration required.
SUNDAY MAY 3 PM THE SANCTUARY 3
Just as families keep in touch about joys and sorrows, our church family at Peachtree wants to do the same. During your prayers this week, we ask you to lift up these people to God.
Mary Blake Tinney | 3/31
Caroline and Tyler Tinney
Grandparents: Jennifer and Blake Hall; Mary Emily and Steve Tinney
Marge Anderson | Georgian Lakeside (Rehab)
Ann Armistead | Piedmont Hospital
Elizabeth Munson | Home Hospice Care
Sue Rudder | North Fulton Medical Center (Rehab)
Maricia Capps | 4/5
Gary Rogers | 3/17 Father of Greg Rogers; Grandfather of Lorin Joel, Mary Alyson Rogers, and Gregory Rogers; Great-Grandfather of Lyons Joel
Bob Funk | 4/1 Brother of Lynn Salman
Maricia Capps | 4/5 Wife of Ron Capps, Mother of Holly Cayce
The beautiful flowers in the Sanctuary this morning are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of
L. Frederick Glass, Jr., and Sydney McCampbell Healey
by Robert and Cameron Glass and Family
To receive your Steeple Coffee welcome gift, stop by Connection Central on Sunday morning in the Williams Center and show your Connect Card confirmation to one of our staff or volunteers.