Worship Services. September 30, :30 and 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m.

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1 Worship Services September 30, :30 and 11 a.m. 6:30 p.m.

2 Welcome We are very glad to have you worshiping our gracious God with us today. To Our Guests, We especially welcome you today! More information about our church is available on our website at firstpresaugusta.org. You can also visit our welcome desk in the Welcome Center, located directly behind the sanctuary. Spiritual Care If you would like to speak to someone about what it means to know Jesus Christ or you have any spiritual need or question, please use one of the prayer cards in the pew rack to contact our pastors. Our church elders are also available to speak with you. An elder and his wife will be standing next to the pastor following the service to talk or pray with you. Children s Check-in We are committed to the highest level of protection possible for the children placed in our care on Sundays and at all church events. For this reason, we require parents of newborns through fifth grade children to check in their children before they go to the nursery, Sunday School, Catechism, Children s Church, or any other children s activity. Kiosks are available in the Narthex and in the Children s Lobby. The process is quick and easy, and volunteers are available to assist you. Children s Worship We offer a specially designed program for children in pre-k through fourth grade during the morning services. Leaders will escort children from the sanctuary to their classrooms during the hymn of preparation. Parents are welcome to accompany them to observe where to pick them up after the service. Children in pre-k through second grade remain in their classrooms until they are picked up by a parent. Nursery Nurseries are provided for infants and toddlers during the worship services and Sunday School. We provide a Mother/Infant Room (#160) located in the Ebenezer Building behind the sanctuary. The Telfair Room (#100) is designated as the Family Room. It is a great place for parents with restless children to be able to listen to the sermon and also train our youngest worshipers how to participate in the services. Both rooms are equipped with live video feed of the worship services. Ushers are available to direct you. Additional Seating Please see ushers for overflow seating. Flowers The sanctuary flowers are given today to the glory of God. As stewards of God s resources, we try not to print an excess of bulletins. We invite you to bring this bulletin with you when you return for the evening service.

3 The Morning Services Lord Teach Us to Pray Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them. John Calvin The Prelude Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners!... arr. McKechnie The Meditation Lead Me to the Cross... Fraser Savior, I come; quiet my soul. Remember redemption s hill, where your blood was spilled for my ransom. Everything I once held dear, I count it all as loss. Lead me to the cross, where your love poured out. Bring me to my knees; Lord I lay me down. Rid me of myself; I belong to you. O lead me, lead me to the cross. You were, as I, tempted and tried, human. The Word became flesh, bore my sin and death. Now you re risen. Everything I once held dear, I count it all as loss. The Call to Worship...Psalm 145:13-16, 18, 21 The Lord is trustworthy in all he promises and faithful in all he does. The Lord upholds all who fall and lifts up all who are bowed down. The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing. The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth. My mouth will speak the praise of the Lord, and let all flesh bless his holy name forever and ever. The Lord be with you. And with your spirit. Hyangbin Choi, piano; Mark Dickens, organ *Welcome and Announcements... Rev. John Franks Words and Music by Brook Fraser 2004 Hillsong Publishing Student Chapel Choir Hyangbin Choi, piano; Lee Myers, director Let us worship God! * Ushers may seat worshipers at this time. Indicates the congregation standing. 3

4 * The Hymn of Praise Love Divine All Loves Excelling...Beecher (All Verses) Charles Wesley, 1747 John Zundel, 1870; alt

5 The Invocation (Please lift hands) The Confession of Faith... The Heidelberg Catechism Q. 1 What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from all the power of the devil. He also preserves me in such a way that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; indeed, all things must work together for my salvation. Therefore, by his Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life and makes me heartily willing and ready from now on to live for him. The Psalter Lesson...Psalm 91 page 930 in the pew Bible The Response The grass withers and the flowers fall, But the Word of our God stands forever. The Personal Confession of Sin Indicates the congregation standing. Please kneel if able to do so. 5

6 The Corporate Confession of Sin Almighty, eternal God and Father, we confess and acknowledge that we were conceived and born in sin, and are therefore inclined to all evil and slow to all good, that we transgress thy holy commandments without ceasing, and ever more corrupt ourselves. But we are sorry for the same, and seek thy grace and help. Please have mercy upon us, most gracious and merciful God and Father, through your Son, our Lord, Jesus Christ. Grant to us and increase in us thy Holy Spirit, that we may recognize our sin and unrighteousness from the bottom of our hearts, attain true repentance and sorrow for them, die to them wholly, and please thee entirely by a new and godly life. Amen. from Martin Bucer s Strasburg Liturgy (1539) The Assurance of Pardoning Grace...Psalm 65:1-4 Praise awaits you, our God, in Zion; to you our vows will be fulfilled. You who answer prayer, to you all people will come. When we were overwhelmed by sins, you forgave our transgressions. Blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts! We are filled with the good things of your house, of your holy temple. *Doxology...Old Hundredth The Pastoral Prayer and 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. Indicates the congregation standing. Please kneel if able to do so. 6

7 **The Offering The Offertory Stronger...Fielding and Morgan You are stronger, you are stronger. Sin is broken; you have saved me. It is written, Christ is risen! Jesus, you are Lord of all. Student Chapel Choir There is Love that came for us, humbled to a sinner s cross. You broke my shame and sinfulness. You rose again victorious. Faithfulness none can deny through the store and through the fire. There is truth that sets me free, Jesus Christ who lives in me. No beginning, and no end. You re my hope and my defense. You came to seek and save the lost. You paid it all upon the cross. So let your name be lifted higher, be lifted higher, be lifted higher. Words and Music by Ben Fielding and Reuben Morgan 2007 Hillsong Publishing * The Peace The peace of the Lord be with you always. And also with you. Children in pre-k through fourth grade exit for Catechism classes at this time. **Online giving is available at firstpresaugusta.org. 7

8 * The Hymn of Preparation God, Whose Giving Knows No Ending... Nettleton (All Verses) Words: Robert L. Edwards, 1961 Music: Asahel Nettleton, , renewed 1989 by The Hymn Society 8

9 The New Testament Lesson... Luke 11:5-8 page 1614 in the pew Bible The Response This is the Word of God, Thanks be to you, O God. Sermon Bold Prayer...Rev. Andy Lee 1. Relationship 2. Response 3. Reality The Silent Prayers of God s People Sermons are available on the church website at firstpresaugusta.org/resources/sermons. 9

10 The Hymn of Response And Can It Be...Sagina (Verses 1, 3, 4) Thomas Campbell, 1825 The Benediction (Please lift hands) (Please be seated following the benediction) The Postlude Trumpet Tune in D Major...Johnson Mark Dickens, Organist 10

11 The Evening Service Philippians: Joy in Christ Prelude Great Are You Lord The Shorter Catechism: Q. 85 What does God require from us to escape his anger and curse, which we deserve for our sin? A. To escape God s anger and curse, which we deserve for our sin, God requires from us faith in Jesus Christ and repentance unto life along with diligent involvement in all the external ways Christ uses to bring us the benefits of redemption. Call to Worship and Invocation... Dr. Mike Phillips 11

12 Song 10,000 Reasons Kirk Sauers, Evening Worship Leader 12

13 Song Great Are You Lord 13

14 Song Be Thou My Vision 14

15 Testimony...Ashley Shaw, Westminster Schools of Augusta Evening Prayers Offering Offertory That Man is Blest Who, Fearing God... from Psalm 1 That man is blest who, fearing God From sin restrains his feet Who will not stand with wicked men Who shuns the scorner s seat Yea, blest is he who makes God s law His portion and delight And meditates upon that law With gladness day and night That man is nourished like a tree Set by the river s side Its leaf is green, its fruit is sure And thus his works abide The wicked like the driven chaff Are swept from off the land They shall not gather with the just Nor in the judgment stand The Lord will guard the righteous well Their way to him is known The way of sinners, far from God Shall surely be o erthrown From Psalm 1 The Psalter, 1912 Hymns and Sacred Poems, Dublin

16 Song Rock of Ages 16

17 Sermon Unity in Christ...Rev. John Barrett Philippians 2:1-4 page 1827 in the pew Bible 17

18 Song How Great Thou Art The Benediction (Please lift hands) CCLI License Number

19 Mike Hearon Interim Lead Pastor ext John Franks Associate Pastor, Family Nurture and Worship ext Pastoral Staff John Barrett Executive Pastor ext Mike Phillips Associate Pastor, Discipleship ext Andy Lee, Assistant Pastor Jim Knight, Pastoral Associate Robert Vasholz, Pastoral Associate Louise Coleman Director of Children s Ministry lcoleman@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Vonnie Eidson Director of Communication veidson@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Church Ministry Directors Vanessa Hawkins Director of Women s Ministry vhawkins@firstpresaugusta.org, ext 8842 D.T. House Director of Youth Ministry dthouse@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Chris White Director of Ministry Operations cwhite@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Rick Keuroglian Director of Young Professionals Executive Director of City Hope Alliance rkeuroglian@firstpresaugusta.org, George Lazari Director of Medical Campus Outreach Augusta george@mcoaugusta.org, ext Outreach Ministry Directors Clark Newton Regional Director of Medical Campus Outreach clark@mcoaugusta.org, ext Luke Niday Director of Shalom Project lniday@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Stephen Pittman Director of Hope for Augusta stephen@hopeforaugusta.org Andrew Sears Regional Director of Campus Outreach andrew.sears@campusoutreach.org, ext Elizabeth Barone, Children s Ministry Ministry Assistant ebarone@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Leslee Bogdanow, Children s Ministry Elementary Coordinator lbogdanow@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Sarah Boudet, Youth Intern sboudet@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Bonnie Bowles, Bookkeeper bbowles@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Beth Carson, Ministry Associate, Membership bcarson@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Beth Cave, Children s Ministry Preschool Coordinator bcave@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Daniel Cirincione, COA Financial Manager daniel.cirincione@campusoutreach.org Natalie Cook, Youth Intern ncook@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Karen Crisler, Ministry Assistant, Youth, Family Nurture, and Worship kcrisler@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Mark Dickens, Organist mdickens@firstpresaugusta.org, ext John Farmer, Pastoral Intern jfarmer@firstpresaugusta.org Ministry Staff Sarah Graybeal, Hope for Augusta Director, Arrow Institute of Art sarah@hopeforaugusta.org Lesley Hamm, Database Administrator lhamm@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Jonathan Harper, Ministry Associate, Missions jharper@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Rachel Hyatt, Graphic Designer rhyatt@firstpresaugusta.org, ext David Jones, MCO Resource Director david@mcoaugusta.org, ext Sandy Lanclos, Facilities and Events Coordinator slanclos@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Susie Lovekamp, Hand in Hand Coordinator slovekamp@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Ellen McGaha, CO Communications Director ellen.mcgaha@campusoutreach.org, ext Kaitlyn McNair, MCO Women s Director kaitlyn@mcoaugusta.org, ext Jon Meshanko, Youth Intern jmeshanko@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Lee Myers, Information Technology and Audio Visual Coordinator lmyers@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Jess Romer, Discipleship Coordinator jromer@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Mike Rosser, Hope for Augusta Walton Oaks Coordinator mrosser@hopeforaugusta.org, Kirk Sauers, Evening Worship Leader ksauers@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Mallory Sides, Canterbury Choir Director msides@firstpresaugusta.org Kelly Tabb, Children s Ministry Nursery Coordinator ktabb@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Gregory Trent, Maintenance Supervisor gtrent@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Pam Turley, Finance and Accounting Manager pturley@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Candyn Turman, Hope for Augusta Associate Director candyn@hopeforaugusta.org, Londi Welborn, Reception lwelborn@firstpresaugusta.org, ext Chris Williams, Hope for Augusta Pastoral Intern chris@hopeforaugusta.org, Steven Zhang, CO Resource Director steven.zhang@campusoutreach.org

20 Adult Sunday School Classes Class Class Description Location College In college or of college age Room 200 MCO Health care students Murphy Hall Young Professionals For those in their 20s and 30s, single or married Baker House Young Married Young married couples Room 112 Restorers For ages St. Andrew s Hall (Rm 115) Sojourners For ages Room 201 Cornerstone Parents of college students and older Letchford Hall Covenanters Empty Nesters Room 114 Trinity Those with grandchildren and older Eve Room (Rm 103) International For those in the international community Room 211 September Greeters 8:30 a.m. Ken Lanclos, Mike Harris, Allen Pelletier, Bill McCartney, Jim Carroll 11 a.m. Gerald Killian, Skip Wiggins, Gene Betts, Barry Whitney, Michael Merwin 6:30 p.m. Ken Lanclos, Mike Harris, Allen Pelletier, Bill McCartney, Jim Carroll Active Elders Phil Ames Wheeler Parish Julian Battle Masters Parish Gene Betts Lake Forest Parish Sylvester Brown Grovetown Parish Cliff Eckles Savannah Rapids Parish Billy English Pleasant Home Parish Jim Grayson Brynwood Parish Steve Hubbard Downtown Parish Ron Jeffcoat Lakeside Parish Gerald Killian Palmetto Parish Steve Lutz Belair Parish Sean Lynch Wheeler Parish Dale Martin Westminster Parish Bill McCartney Wheeler Parish Jerry Miller Wheeler Parish Byron Morris River Parish Ashley Paulk Wheeler Parish Jim Scarbrough Brynwood Parish Ron Skenes Belair Parish Bruce Van Peursem River Parish Mike Watts Savannah Rapids Parish Jeremy Wells Lake Forest Parish Jeff Westergreen Wheeler Parish David Whitcomb Martintown Parish Skip Wiggins Brynwood Parish Matt Willis Evans Parish All active officers are listed at firstpresaugusta.org/officers