The Fear of Rejection Speaker: Pastor Rodney Murphy

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1 October 12, am & 11 am Rodney D. Murphy, Lead Pastor The Fear of Rejection Speaker: Pastor Rodney Murphy Coming Up This Week Tonight: 6:00 PM Pastor Appreciation Dessert Social Family Life Center Monday: Prayer & Fasting Emphasis Pray that we would live for the acceptance of Christ and not in the fear of man. Wednesday: 7:00 PM Family Night Church-wide Thursday: 11:00 AM Ladies Prayer Group Sanctuary 6:00 PM Celebrate Recovery Family Life Center

2 Welcome Thank you for joining us in worship today. We praise God for what He is doing and how lives are being changed. At Faith Assembly of God, our services are designed to be powerful and inspiring. Our goal is to incorporate video, drama, multi-media, and a blend of contemporary music with heartfelt worship to complement the Biblical message of the day. We talk about the issues you face every day and connect God s wisdom and Word to your life. Our prayer is that our services challenge and touch you as you grow in your relationship with Christ and with those around you. Sharing Life Together, Connection Card...We Want to Hear From You! Visitors & Newcomers We are here to serve you! Please complete the Connection Card located in the pew in front of you and drop it off at the church office for a free Hershey s bar. Regular Attendees Please fill out the red attendance booklet in your pew; Complete the Connection Card if any pertinent contact information has changed. Prayer Requests Please fill out the back of the Connection Card with your prayer request and give it to the ushers during the offering. Friendly Reminders Cell Phones Please silence your phones while in the sanctuary. Small Children If you have small children, please help us by sitting near one of the exits and taking your child out of the service if he or she becomes uncomfortable. We do have a volunteer staffed nursery available for infants thru age 3, Preschool church for ages 3-5, and Club 21:16 for grades K-6th grade. Driving Please consider our neighbors and watch your speed along Fox Manor Road. 25 M.P.H. is reasonable. Please enter our parking lot through Fox Manor Road, and refrain from using the Fine Line Homes driveway. Thank you for your consideration in this matter. Faith Assembly of God 34 Fox Manor Road, Hazle Township, PA PHONE: (570) FAX: (570) office@faith-ag.com ASSEMBLIES OF GOD NATIONAL PRAYER CENTER: PRAYER 2 Rodney Murphy Lead Pastor

3 Faith Assembly Hot Sheet Catch up on what s new at Faith Assembly and mark your calendars for upcoming events! Pastor Appreciation Dessert Social >> TONIGHT! 6:00 PM Family Life Center We have a great pastoral staff. We are going to celebrate the team that God has given us here at Faith Assembly with a dessert social tonight! Please sign up at the activities table. Christmas Outreach Forming a Choir >> Saturday Evenings 6:00 PM Sanctuary We are looking to create a multigenerational choir for a new Christmas outreach! If you are interested, practices will begin on Sunday, October 19 at 6:00 PM. Water Baptism >> Saturday, October 26, :00 AM Sanctuary If you have not yet been baptized, and desire to do so, please pick up a form on the bulletin board. They must be turned into the office by Wednesday, October 15. Baptism Orientation Class will be held on Sunday, October 19 at 10:30 AM in Room 6. Nominating Ballots for the Office of Deacon/Deaconess >> Members: Please pick up your nominating ballot in the office! The ballot must be returned in the attached envelope with your name on it TODAY. Seasons Women s Life Group >> Wednesday, October 15, :00 PM Room 7 Join Penny Cannella as she shares about the Feast of Tabernacles. We will learn how God tabernacles (dwells) with us. Join us as we discover how this Old Testament feast affects us today. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 1:14 3

4 Kingdom Kids Children s Ministry This week s nursery serving schedule: >> Wednesday, October 15, :00 PM Toddlers Cindy Riddle Babies Erin Zimmerman >> Sunday, October 19, :00 AM & 11:00 AM First Service Second Service Toddlers Lisa Weston & Gene Metz Toddlers Mayra Castro & Maryann DiSpirito Babies Volunteer Needed Babies Barbara Pelszynski This week at God Speaks Why don t I hear god speak? Eli Disobeys God Main Focus: We must remove all obstacles to hearing God s voice. Power Verse: O my people, listen to my instructions. Open your ears to what I am saying. Psalm 78:1 Watt s up: I will keep my ears tuned in to God! 4

5 BGMC Monthly Offering BGMC is the AG missions program for kids that instills a heart of compassion to reach the lost through praying, giving, and going. All funds raised through BGMC go to meet critical needs around the world such as feeding programs, water wells, Bible schools, curriculum, and whatever else a missionary needs in their part of the world. The Boys & Girls Missionary Challenge offering for October will be taken on: Sunday, October 26. Remember to fill up your Buddy Barrel! CrossOver Youth Ministry Grades 7-12 This Wednesday Nite Come support DJ Galade as he brings the Word this week at CrossOver! The fun starts at 7pm in the FLC! Come back tonight for Pastor Appreciation Nite in the Family Life Center! Meet us here at 6pm. Check out our page! faith-ag.com/crossover-youth...for upcoming events and serving opportunities... Corn Maze! We are heading to Catawissa to Rohrbach Farms for an a MAZE ing time! We leave from the church at 6pm and will return at 10pm. Cost is $6, plus food money. Mark your calendars for the Mall Outreach Friday, October 24 5

6 Wish List Donations Faith Assembly Ministries >> Gifts received as of October 9, 2014 Item: Cost: Amount Given: Still Needed: Web Cam Upgrade $2, $ $1, LED Outdoor Dusk to Dawn Lighting 3 ($850 each) $2, $1, $1, New Building Signage $2, $2, Smart TVs (TV, DVD, Brackets, Installation) 6 TVs ($800 each) $4, $4, Asphalt Patching, Parking Lot Repair $10, $5, $5, Sound System (Total of $16,000.00) New Speakers and Sub-Woofers $6, $6, Installation $6, $6, Equalizer $ $ Digital Sound Board $3, $3, Celebrate Recovery Thank you for your support with these projects! >> Thursdays Nights at 6:00 PM in the Family Life Center (Use Side Door) Celebrate Recovery has achieved gratifying results by offering wholeness to people everywhere. This program is not simply to recover from past sins and hurts, but to become Christ-like in character. Celebrate Recovery is not just a means of recovery for those struggling with drugs and alcohol. It is for individuals dealing with overeating, sexual addiction, shame and guilt, co-dependency, and other hurts, habits and hang-ups. Celebrate Recovery provides a safe environment where people can deal with their issues in anonymity and experience life-change. Groups meet weekly on Thursdays from 6:00 PM 9:00 PM in our Family Life Center. Registration is not necessary to participate and you do not need to be a member or attendee of Faith Assembly to attend. Celebrate Recovery now has 5 Sub-Groups to attend: men s dependency, women s dependency, co-dependency, post traumatic stress disorder, and eating disorders. 6

7 Meet the Team Rodney Murphy Art Riddle Jim Paisley Maureen Gregory Lead Pastor Senior Associate Pastor Youth/Worship Pastor Children s Pastor mo@faith-ag.com Catherine Teter Associate Pastor catherine@faith-ag.com Sal Reyes Outreach Pastor sal@faith-ag.com Craig Stirling Missionary in Residence craig@faith-ag.com Rico Ortiz Evangelism Pastor office@faith-ag.com Wendy Paisley Sonshine ELC sonshine@faith-ag.com Liz Ferrari Preschool Coordinator office@faith-ag.com Dianna Leininger Nursery Coordinator office@faith-ag.com Guy Scatton Missions Director africanmp@gmail.com Kim Gerhart Lenore Kotsur Vickie Harding Alyssa Reyes Life Coaching Director kim@faith-ag.com Office Manager lenore@faith-ag.com 7 Accounting Manager vickie@faith-ag.com Secretary alyssa@faith-ag.com

8 The Fear of Rejection For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. 2 Timothy 1:7 (NKJV) Ephesians 3:19; Proverbs 29:25 Rejection Traps 1. Overly. 1 Samuel 15:24 - Approval addicts have an inability to. - Approval addicts give in, but are inwardly angry and. 2. Overly. Proverbs 28:14; John 12:42-43 How to Overcome the Fear of Rejection 1. Say to pleasing God. 1 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Kings 22:5; Matthew 6:33 2. Say to pleasing people. Isaiah 51:12b-13a; Galatians 1:10 GOAL: Live for an audience of. John 5:30 Secure in God s love, I will not surrender my self-worth to the opinions and judgments of others. When I am rejected, I will not retaliate; when I am hurt, I will allow God s love to heal me. And knowing the pain of rejection, I will seek to love those who suffer from its anguish. - Lloyd Ogilvie