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CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP
Gathering Song Kwake Yesu nasimama/Here on Jesus Christ I Will Stand
SWAHILI Refrain: Kwake Yesu nasimama Ndiye mwamba ni salama, ndiye mwamba ni salama Ndiye mwamba ni salama
Here on Jesus Christ I will stand He’s the solid rock of my life, He’s the solid rock of my life. He’s the solid rock of my life
There’s no other place I can hide till the storm that rages subsidesMy voice cries to God from the flood, and I’m saved because of his blood
It is not the work of my hands that has washed away all my sinsI’m redeemed, and all of my days, Jesus Christ will be my heart’s praise
When my days on this earth are done, and I stand at God’s holy throneMy heart will not have any fear, in Christ’s righteousness I am here
traditional Kenyan © 2007 East Africa Annual Conference, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik · Adapt. © 2007 Greg Scheer, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik
Call to Worship Leader: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; People: To declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithful ness by night, Leader: To the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. All: For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us worship God. Psalm 92:1-4
Hymns and Songs of Praise Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven, to his feet your tribute bringRansomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like me his praise should singAlleluia, alleluia, praise the everlasting King
Praise him for his grace and favor to our fathers in distressPraise him, still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to blessAlleluia, alleluia, glorious in his faithfulness
Father-like, he tends and spares us, well our feeble frame he knowsIn his hands he gently bears us, rescues us from all our foesAlleluia, alleluia, widely as his mercy goes
Angels, in the heights adore him, you behold him face to faceSun and moon, bow down before him, dwellers all in time and spaceAlleluia, alleluia, praise with us the God of grace
From Psalm 2013. Henry F. Lite, George Searcy. © 2018 When I Run Music.
O Give Thanks (Psalm 107)
We were wand’ring in the desert with our souls so starved and weakWe were hungry for a homeland we did not know how to seekBut we lifted up our voices to the only One who hearsAnd the God of mercy came and brought us near We were locked out of the garden, and our backs bent down with painIn the shadow of death's darkness, we were slaves to sin and blameThen we cried out in our labor to the only One who hearsAnd the God of mercy wiped away our tears Oh give thanks to the LORD for His love endures forever We were wandering and lost, and our Father brought us home To a safe dwelling place, to a feast of joy and laughter Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good We were fools in our rebellion, with our hunger strike of prideWe were sick and growing closer to the death we should have diedThen He heard of our condition, and He called us by our namesAnd the God of glory took away our shame We were far out on the ocean, making wealth and chasing dreamsBut the waves of great destruction brought us tremb’ling to our kneesThen we cried like drunken sailors to the only One who hearsAnd the God of comfort took away our fears
Wendell Kimbrough © 2016 Wendell Kimbrough
Prayer of Adoration
Confession of Faith........................................................................Heidelberg Catechism #1Q: What is your only comfort in life and in death?A: That I am not my own, but belong-body and soul, in life and in death-to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven: in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to Him, Christ, by His Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him.
Confession of SinPray silently to the Lord: Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed.
Together: Grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Amen.
Assurance of Pardoning Grace ...everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. Acts 10:43
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow TheeDestitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall bePerish every fond ambition, all I’ve sought or hoped or knownYet how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own
Let the world despise and leave me, they have left my Savior, tooHuman hearts and looks deceive me; Thou art not, like them, untrueO while Thou dost smile upon me, God of wisdom, love, and mightFoes may hate and friends disown me, show Thy face and all is bright
Man may trouble and distress me, ’twill but drive me to Thy breastLife with trials hard may press me, Heaven will bring me sweeter restOh, ’tis not in grief to harm me while Thy love is left to meOh, ’twere not in joy to charm me, were that joy unmixed with Thee
Haste thee on from grace to glory, armed by faith, and winged by prayerHeaven’s eternal days before thee, God’s own hand shall guide us thereSoon shall close thy earthly mission, soon shall pass thy pilgrim daysHope shall change to glad fruition, faith to sight, and prayer to praise
Henry Francis Lyte and Bill Moore.. © 2001 Bill Moore Music.
Baptism (8:30 a.m.) Gracie Renee Colbert (Daughter of Andrew and Sarah Colbert)
Introduction of New MembersPrice Beall Doug and Ledela BeanAlillian Craven Jill JonesAmanda, Landon and Max Miller Brian, Jill, Camille and Jantzen O’NeilGary and Judith Shaw Keith and Veronica Worley
Prayer Time with The Lord’s Prayer 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.
Offering and Prayer of Dedication Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you. Deuteronomy 16:17
Scripture Reading.................................................................................................................Acts 24:1-27
Pastor: This is God’s Word.People: Thanks be to God.
Children grades PreK & 5K may be dismissed for Children’s Church.
Sermon............................................................................................................Rev. Michael Brock
Hymn of Consecration As the Hart Longs for Flowing Streams
As the hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for Thee O GodMy soul does thirst for the living God, when shall I come to see Thy face
My tears have fed me day and night while men have said where is your GodBut I recall as my soul pours dry the days of praise within Thy house
Why do I mourn and toil within when it is mine to hope in GodI shall again sing praise to Him, He is my help He is my God
Based on Psalm 42. Works by Danna Harkins, Appalachian folk melody. © 1975 Word Music.
Benediction
Sending Hymn..............................................................................................Lift High the CrossLift high the Cross, the love of Christ proclaim
Till all the world adore His sacred name
Loving God, Loving Others, Reaching Out
August 12, 2018 11:00 a.m.
Michael Brock: Senior Pastor, [email protected] Clarke: Assistant Nursery Coordinator, [email protected] Davey: Director of Children’s Ministry, [email protected] Davey: Assistant Pastor, [email protected] Chris Holland: Youth Director, [email protected] Marie Mabry: Church Hostess, [email protected] Marsh: Pastoral Administrative Assistant, [email protected] McKee: Facilities Manager, [email protected] McKee: BCS Head of School, [email protected] Mosely: Director of Missions, [email protected] Philson: Accounting Manager, [email protected] Searcy: Director of Worship Arts, [email protected] Keith Stewart: Church Administrator, [email protected]
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CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP
Gathering Song Kwake Yesu nasimama/Here on Jesus Christ I Will Stand
SWAHILI Refrain: Kwake Yesu nasimama Ndiye mwamba ni salama, ndiye mwamba ni salama Ndiye mwamba ni salama
Here on Jesus Christ I will stand He’s the solid rock of my life, He’s the solid rock of my life. He’s the solid rock of my life
There’s no other place I can hide till the storm that rages subsidesMy voice cries to God from the flood, and I’m saved because of his blood
It is not the work of my hands that has washed away all my sinsI’m redeemed, and all of my days, Jesus Christ will be my heart’s praise
When my days on this earth are done, and I stand at God’s holy throneMy heart will not have any fear, in Christ’s righteousness I am here
traditional Kenyan © 2007 East Africa Annual Conference, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik · Adapt. © 2007 Greg Scheer, admin. General Board of Global Ministries t/a GBGMusik
Call to Worship Leader: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High; People: To declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithful ness by night, Leader: To the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre. All: For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy. Leader: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Leader: Let us worship God. Psalm 92:1-4
Hymns and Songs of Praise Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven, to his feet your tribute bringRansomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like me his praise should singAlleluia, alleluia, praise the everlasting King
Praise him for his grace and favor to our fathers in distressPraise him, still the same forever, slow to chide and swift to blessAlleluia, alleluia, glorious in his faithfulness
Father-like, he tends and spares us, well our feeble frame he knowsIn his hands he gently bears us, rescues us from all our foesAlleluia, alleluia, widely as his mercy goes
Angels, in the heights adore him, you behold him face to faceSun and moon, bow down before him, dwellers all in time and spaceAlleluia, alleluia, praise with us the God of grace
From Psalm 2013. Henry F. Lite, George Searcy. © 2018 When I Run Music.
O Give Thanks (Psalm 107)
We were wand’ring in the desert with our souls so starved and weakWe were hungry for a homeland we did not know how to seekBut we lifted up our voices to the only One who hearsAnd the God of mercy came and brought us near We were locked out of the garden, and our backs bent down with painIn the shadow of death's darkness, we were slaves to sin and blameThen we cried out in our labor to the only One who hearsAnd the God of mercy wiped away our tears Oh give thanks to the LORD for His love endures forever We were wandering and lost, and our Father brought us home To a safe dwelling place, to a feast of joy and laughter Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good We were fools in our rebellion, with our hunger strike of prideWe were sick and growing closer to the death we should have diedThen He heard of our condition, and He called us by our namesAnd the God of glory took away our shame We were far out on the ocean, making wealth and chasing dreamsBut the waves of great destruction brought us tremb’ling to our kneesThen we cried like drunken sailors to the only One who hearsAnd the God of comfort took away our fears
Wendell Kimbrough © 2016 Wendell Kimbrough
Prayer of Adoration
Confession of Faith........................................................................Heidelberg Catechism #1Q: What is your only comfort in life and in death?A: That I am not my own, but belong-body and soul, in life and in death-to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with His precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven: in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to Him, Christ, by His Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for Him.
Confession of SinPray silently to the Lord: Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed.
Together: Grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Amen.
Assurance of Pardoning Grace ...everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name. Acts 10:43
Jesus, I My Cross Have Taken
Jesus, I my cross have taken, all to leave and follow TheeDestitute, despised, forsaken, Thou from hence my all shall bePerish every fond ambition, all I’ve sought or hoped or knownYet how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own
Let the world despise and leave me, they have left my Savior, tooHuman hearts and looks deceive me; Thou art not, like them, untrueO while Thou dost smile upon me, God of wisdom, love, and mightFoes may hate and friends disown me, show Thy face and all is bright
Man may trouble and distress me, ’twill but drive me to Thy breastLife with trials hard may press me, Heaven will bring me sweeter restOh, ’tis not in grief to harm me while Thy love is left to meOh, ’twere not in joy to charm me, were that joy unmixed with Thee
Haste thee on from grace to glory, armed by faith, and winged by prayerHeaven’s eternal days before thee, God’s own hand shall guide us thereSoon shall close thy earthly mission, soon shall pass thy pilgrim daysHope shall change to glad fruition, faith to sight, and prayer to praise
Henry Francis Lyte and Bill Moore.. © 2001 Bill Moore Music.
Baptism (8:30 a.m.) Gracie Renee Colbert (Daughter of Andrew and Sarah Colbert)
Introduction of New MembersPrice Beall Doug and Ledela BeanAlillian Craven Jill JonesAmanda, Landon and Max Miller Brian, Jill, Camille and Jantzen O’NeilGary and Judith Shaw Keith and Veronica Worley
Prayer Time with The Lord’s Prayer 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.
Offering and Prayer of Dedication Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God that he has given you. Deuteronomy 16:17
Scripture Reading.................................................................................................................Acts 24:1-27
Pastor: This is God’s Word.People: Thanks be to God.
Children grades PreK & 5K may be dismissed for Children’s Church.
Sermon............................................................................................................Rev. Michael Brock
Hymn of Consecration As the Hart Longs for Flowing Streams
As the hart longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for Thee O GodMy soul does thirst for the living God, when shall I come to see Thy face
My tears have fed me day and night while men have said where is your GodBut I recall as my soul pours dry the days of praise within Thy house
Why do I mourn and toil within when it is mine to hope in GodI shall again sing praise to Him, He is my help He is my God
Based on Psalm 42. Works by Danna Harkins, Appalachian folk melody. © 1975 Word Music.
Benediction
Sending Hymn..............................................................................................Lift High the CrossLift high the Cross, the love of Christ proclaim
Till all the world adore His sacred name
2018 - Rob Adamson, Jay Colbert, John Hailey2019 - John Barrow, Mike Finerty, Bill McNair, Bo Wheeler 2020 - Paul Ellis, Jason Henderly, John Hope, Joe Kearney
Elder Emeritus - Paul Fellers Jr., Pete ScarbroughSabbatical Elders: Newt Blackerby, Rick Skinner, Mike McCrary, Tripp Oliphant, Tim Finnamore
Prayer for Upcoming Marriage. Please keep this couple in prayer.Bryant Brock and Bride Elect-Mariah Root-October 7, 2018
Please keep these families and their babies in prayer:Bowen and Maggie Weir: due August 2018
THIS WEEK AT ESPCAugust Duty Deacons: Will Kahlbau and Thomas Gross
Sunday, August 12 8:30 a.m. Traditional Worship 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Blended Worship
Wednesday, August 15 6:30 p.m. Session Meeting
Greeter’s ScheduleAugust 128:30 a.m. Chuck Snead/Michael and Katherine Robinson/ David and Bebe Cox11:00 a.m. Bill and Lana McNair
August 198:30 a.m. Arch and Carol Middleton/Tripp and Barbara Oliphant/ Jerry and Julie Harcrow11:00 a.m. Carlyle and Wendy McCall
Rapid Visitation Schedule
August 12 Slade and Wendy McLendonAugust 19 Derek Nelson
Nursery Ministry SchedulePlease arrive 10 minutes early
August 128:30 a.m. Shonna Nance, Melinda Patin, Debbie Hailey, Lauren Hailey, Karin Hutchins11:00 a.m. Emma Colbert, Eliza Colbert, Kelli Kearney, Wil and Lori Scarbrough, Brooke Preus, Tierra White
August 198:30 a.m. Emily and Rob McGowin, Emily Chappell, Melinda Patin, Lauren Hailey 11:00 a.m. Emma Cole, Eliza Colbert, Kelli Kearney, Chase and Kayla Labrato, Curt and Cheryl Smith, Janie Justesen, Terri Peacock
Loving GodWorshipping Reverently & JoyfullyGrowing Strong in the Grace & Knowledge of GodStudying God’s Word ActivelyPraying DiligentlyGiving Generously
Loving OthersDisplaying Christlike Character Serving One Another ThoughtfullyConnecting with Fellow Believers Honestly
Reaching OutSharing the Gospel Wisely, Intentionally & GraciouslyCaring for Diverse & Needy People with Humility & DiscernmentSupporting Missions Energetically
Our Mission“Him we proclaim...presenting everyone mature in Christ.” (Colossians 1:28)
One who is “mature in Christ” will be:
Session (Elders)
Sunday School Classes FIRST FRUITS CLASS ENCOURAGERS CLASS YOUTH The 10 Commandments J.I. Packer: Concise Theology FLC Gym Disciple Center 408 (Upstairs) White Bldg. Room 9 Pat Davey Multiple Teachers CORNERSTONE WOMAN TO WOMAN CLASS TOLLE LEGE Advanced Biblical Studies The book of Psalms The Gospel of Luke New Testament Survey White Bldg. Room 8 Disciple Center 401 (Upstairs) Disciple Center 404 (Upstairs) Dianne Balch, Lisa Snead, Joe Kearney and Scott Kearney Andrew Colbert Kimmie Sprayberry & friends
ELECTIVE Study: Theological Foundations II Disciple Center 402 (Upstairs) Jay Colbert, Bo Wheeler Cost for Materials: $35
Diaconate (Deacons)2018 - Oliver Gilmore, Will Kahlbau, Scott Kearney, Clay Lovelady, Puffer Thompson
2019 - Richard Beall, Jonathan Carrigan, Brooks Cash, Justin Chappell, Jay Elliott, Kenny Engel, Thomas Gross, Thomas Key, Rob McGowin, Matt Miller, Daniel Nance, Wil Scarbrough, Nathan Upshaw
2020 - Mark Boles, Mike Justesen, Christian Preus, Michael Robinson, Bowen Weir, Dick WhiteDeacon Emeritus - John Parker