Welcome. TO OUR GUESTS We want to welcome you today! More information about our church is available on our website at fpcmacon.org.

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1 Worship Services

2 Welcome TO OUR GUESTS We want to welcome you today! More information about our church is available on our website at fpcmacon.org. 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 speak to one of the pastors after the service. 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 nursery-aged children to check in their children before they go to the nursery. Check in is available at the terminals in the Brickyard or at the desk in the nursery. The process is quick and easy and volunteers are available to help. Visiting parents of children ages 4K through sixth grade may check in at the Cornerstone desk with any of our Children s Ministry staff or volunteers. CHILDREN S BIBLE LESSON We offer a specifically designed program for children in pre-k through first grade during the morning services. Leaders will escort the children from the sanctuary to their classroom before the Hymn of Preparation. Parents are welcome to accompany them to observe where to pick up their children following the service. Parents of children in pre-k through first grade are asked to pick up their children following Sunday School or the 11:15 AM worship service. NURSERY Nurseries are provided for infants and toddlers during the worship services and Sunday School. We provide a mother/infant room located in the nursery with a live video feed of the service, as well as a cry room downstairs from the sanctuary for parents of fussy children with an audio feed. Ushers are available to direct you. FLOWERS The sanctuary flowers are given today to the glory of God and in loving memory of Mike Lucas and Mr. and Mrs. Mack Lucas by their family. Hearing assistance devices are in the Narthex for worshippers needing hearing assistance. 2

3 Corporate Worship We welcome you to our worship service today. It is our sincere hope and prayer that you will find your worship experience to be encouraging, challenging, invigorating, and renewing you in the knowledge of God and the wonderful hope that we have through the Gospel of Christ. Most of all, we hope that God will be glorified by the worship we render to him. WELCOME CALL TO WORSHIP Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation, and you have made them a kingdom and priests to our God, and they shall reign on the earth. - Revelation 5:9 10 PRAYER FOR GOD S PRESENCE 3

4 HYMN OF PRAISE Ye Servants of God Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim, And publish abroad his wonderful name; The name, all victorious, of Jesus extol; His kingdom is glorious and rules over all. God ruleth on high, almighty to save; And still he is nigh- his presence we have. The great congregation his triumph shall sing, Ascribing salvation to Jesus our King. Salvation to God, who sits on the throne! Let all cry aloud and honor the Son. The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim, Fall down on their faces and worship the Lamb. Then let us adore, and give him his right, All glory and pow r, and wisdom and might, All honor and blessing, with angels above, And thanks never ceasing for infinite love. ***Seating Interlude*** 4

5 SCRIPTURE READING Now the LORD said to Abram, Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. - Genesis 12:1 3 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER 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. 5

6 WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING Online giving may be done by texting fpcmacon to (During the offering, please sign the Friendship Pad and pass it down.) My Jesus, I Love Thee arr. Paul Sjolund My Jesus, I love thee, I know thou art mine; For thee all the follies of sin I resign; My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou; If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. I love thee because thou hast first loved me, And purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree, I love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow, If ever I loved thee, my Jesus 'tis now. In mansions of glory and endless delight I'll ever adore thee in heaven so bright; I'll sing with the glittering crown on my brow; If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. My gracious Redeemer, my Savior art thou; If ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now. We encourage any children second grade and above to continue in corporate worship if the parent wishes. All others will leave through the front left exit for Bible Lesson in Cornerstone. 6

7 PREACHING OF GOD S WORD - Chip Miller The Parable of the Workers in the Field Matthew 20:1-16 [1] For the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. [2] After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. [3] And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, [4] and to them he said, You go into the vineyard too, and whatever is right I will give you. [5] So they went. Going out again about the sixth hour and the ninth hour, he did the same. [6] And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing. And he said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day? [7] They said to him, Because no one has hired us. He said to them, You go into the vineyard too. [8] And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last, up to the first. [9] And when those hired about the eleventh hour came, each of them received a denarius. [10] Now when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more, but each of them also received a denarius. [11] And on receiving it they grumbled at the master of the house, [12] saying, These last worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat. [13] But he replied to one of them, Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? [14] Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this last worker as I give to you. [15] Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity? [16] So the last will be first, and the first last. - Matthew 20:1 16 7

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9 AFFIRMATION OF FAITH My only comfort in life and in death is 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. - Heidelberg Catechism #1 SACRAMENT OF THE LORD S SUPPER 9

10 HYMN OF RESPONSE Jesus Paid It All I hear the Savior say, Your strength indeed is small, Child of weakness, watch and pray, find in me your all in all. Refrain Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe; Sin had left a crimson stain, He washed it white as snow. Lord, now indeed I find your power, and yours alone, Can change the leper s spots, and melt the heart of stone. (Refrain) For nothing good have I whereby your grace to claim - I ll wash my garments white in the blood of Calvary s Lamb. (Refrain) And when, before the throne, I stand in him complete, Jesus died my soul to save, my lips shall still repeat. (Refrain) BENEDICTION As you exit, deacons will be at the door to receive the Deacon s Fund Offering. Funds received are used for deeds of mercy for members of our congregation. Leading in Worship Today Chip Miller, Senior Pastor Justin Leslein, Assistant Pastor Michael McGhee, Music Director/Organist Rebecca Lanning, Choir Director Tom Rule, Pianist Chancel Choir Texts printed by permission CCLI#

11 PASTORAL STAFF Chip Miller Senior Pastor Chris Bennett Assistant Pastor to Youth John Kinser Assistant Pastor to Senior Adults Justin Leslein Assistant Pastor to Young Adults Andy Wyatt Assistant Pastor to Mid-Adults PROGRAM STAFF Amy Bennett Director of Special Needs Ministry Chuck Duggan Ministry Coordinator Rebecca Lanning Choir Director Michael McGhee Music Director/Organist Rachel Pontier Fellows Director Mary Sanchez Director of Children s Ministry msanchez@fpcmacon.org Mary Anne Shipley Director of Women s Ministry maryanneshipley1@gmail.com Winnie Winford Director of Female Youth Ministry wwinford@fpcmacon.org ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF Margaret Baker Receptionist mbaker@fpcmacon.org Mercy Chamberlin Administrative Assistant mchamberlin@fpcmacon.org Jay Evans Business Administrator jevans@fpcmacon.org Lori Gillis Nursery Administrator lgillis@fpcmacon.org Tammy Jones Pastoral Assistant tjones@fpcmacon.org April Kitchell Missions Secretary missions@fpcmacon.org Rachel Lamar Publications Coordinator rlamar@fpcmacon.org Calleene Miller Children s Ministry Assistant calleene@fpcmacon.org Monni Parrish Financial Director mparrish@fpcmacon.org Today s Greeters - Charley and Alice Causey, Julian and Emily Hutchins Dwight and Tracy Jones, Andy and Lydia Gray 11

12 CHURCH OFFICERS The Session Ves Berry Kevin Bridges Paul Cable Doug Cole Lindsey Crosby Andy Gray Wayne Gullatt Don Hall Ken Harper Julian Hutchins Sam Jones Matt Kitchell Pat O Connell Mike Peed Mike Phillips Charles Scurry Barry Shealy Jerome Strickland The Diaconate Adam Blakely Joey Brumbelow Shaun Hill Will Hooper Chris Hoover Jeremy Johnson John Kitchens Kevin Lennon Brooks Lindsey Kent McCormick David Milligan Wynne Pearson Caleb Peed John Michael Phillips Jim Self Calder Willingham Jared Wozny YOUTH AND ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES - 10:15-11:00 AM Class Location Topic Youth Education Building - 3rd Floor I Peter Grad N Career Education Building Y118 Jonah Providence Brickyard James Logos Education Building Y220 Ten Commandments Immanuel Education Building Y103 II Peter Connections Basement Gospel of John Shepherds Brickyard Acts Trinity Education Building Y108 Praying with Paul Covenant Education Building Y122 Hosea Canterbury Education Building Y123 Revelation Ladies Education Building Y107 I, II and III John 12