Worship 02.12.23

TheWorshipofGod

Sixth Sunday After Epiphany

February 12, 2023 ╬ 11:00 a.m.

*We invite you to stand as you are able.

Gathering at God’s Invitation

Welcome AngelaZimmerman

CalltoWorship AngelaZimmerman

If you have a seed of faith within you And want to help it grow, God welcomes you to worship.

If you are feeling burnt and dried up, In need of refreshment and renewal, God welcomes you to worship. God is already at work in you. You have a place and a purpose here. God welcomes us to worship.

LightingoftheChristCandle

We light the Christ candle as a reminder that Christ is the one who has drawn us to this place, abides with us now, and is with us to the end of the age.

Prelude Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross with Wm.Doane&IthamarConkey In the Cross of Christ I Glory arr.CindyBerry

LifeoftheCommunity JeffStegall

Offering Ourselves to God

*Hymn#263 To Worship, Work, and Witness WEBB

PsalterReading

The Word of God for the People of God

Thanks Be to God.

TheChurchatPrayer&TheLord’sPrayer

Remembering in Prayer:

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FamilyofAlfredWard,ReginaCarter’sbrother,NancyHudson,FernKanode’ssister Janet,LowellRoberts,BobHoggard(AngelaZimmerman’sdad),EdithHinton,Jimmy &PatsyHobson,JeannieThomas(EdnaGriffith’scousin),BishopJoeGravely,Gabe Spencer,NancySnyder,J.G.McMillan,MaggiePilson,Gloria&TerryRoop,Lauren Werner,DanaSharon,RobertSherwood,SusanneTravis,PeteMabry,LoisJohnson, Jeanette Draper, Linda Harris, Christy Mattox & Regina Carter

OurCountry;AllThoseAffectedbyWar&Violence;OurHomeboundMembers

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 trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

*Hymn#306 Come, Christians, Join to Sing MADRID

GivingourTithesandOfferings

OffertoryPrayer MargaretCaldwell

Offertory Tell Me the Stories of Jesus FredericChallinor arr.ClayCampbell

*Doxology(Hymn#706)

Praise God from whom all blessings flow; praise Him, all creatures here below; praise Him above, ye heavenly host, praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Listening to God

Anthem Spiritual Medley with Jeff Stegall, Soloist Choiraccompanied byFernKanode

(Please stand for the reading of the gospel.)

*ScriptureReading 1Corinthians3:1-9NRSV AngelaZimmerman

For the Word of God in Scripture, for the Word of God among us, for the Word of God within us.

Thanks be to God

Sermon “God Made it Grow”

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Responding to God’s Word

*Hymn#624

The Lily of the Valley SALVATIONIST

If you sense God calling you today, we invite you to respond during this time of invitation. If God is calling you to follow Jesus for the first time, to rededicate yourself as a Christ-follower, or as a faithful Christian, to join the fellowship of our church, we encourage you to come forward to speak to our pastor during this closing hymn.

Sending Into God’s World

Benediction AngelaZimmerman

Postlude

Jesus, I Come GeorgeStebbins arr.FrankBreazeale

(Please put your nametag in the basket provided at either entrance when leaving.)