Morning Worship. Welcome! We re glad you re here! Please join us in praise and prayer.

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1 Morning Worship The Lord s Day :30 a.m. September 9, 2018 Welcome! We re glad you re here! Please join us in praise and prayer. Welcome and Announcements Call to Worship * My Life is in You, Lord * Cornerstone * That s Why We Praise Him Our Adoration of God Ministry of Music - Steve Sheffey Prayer of Oversight Tithes and Offerings * We Give Thee But Thine Own We give Thee but Thine own, What e re the gift may be. All that we have is Thine alone, A trust oh Lord from Thee. * Hymn #118 - A Mighty Fortress Is Our God God s Word Today Scripture - Exodus 2:1- Message - A Savior is Born Series - The Great Escape Celebration of Holy Communion (see insert) * Hymn #87 - Leaning on the Everlasting Arms * Benediction * Response - Find Us Faithful O may all who come behind us find us faithful; May the fire of our devotion light their way. May the footprints that we leave lead them to believe And the lives we live inspire them to obey. O may all who come behind us find us faithful. * Indicates congregation will stand, for those who are able. All music used by permission CCLI # Welcome, visitors! We extend a sincere welcome to our visitors. It s a privilege to have you with us. We d like to get to know you; please fill out a visitor card located in the pew rack and place it in the offering plate. As our guest, please do not feel obligated to participate in the morning offering. We thank Steve Sheffey for his ministry of music this morning. Reset / Refresh study begins tonight! Pastor Drew and Janel will begin teaching our new weekly study here at Forreston Grove tonight, September 9th. As a special treat on the first night, we ll have pizza at 5:30, followed by the study at 6 p.m. We ll focus on the books Reset for men, and Refresh for women, offering weary men and women strategies for living grace-paced lives. The books are available for $ each. Please sign the sheet on the bulletin board in the narthex if you plan to attend! Childcare will be available for children up to 5th grade. Women's breakfast tomorrow The women of the church are invited to fellowship together for breakfast tomorrow, Monday, September th at 9 a.m. at Farmers restaurant in Forreston. Session meeting Tuesday morning All active Elders are asked to meet here at the church for a Session meeting this Tuesday, September 11th at 9 a.m. This week at Forreston Grove Tonight, 6 p.m. - Reset/Refresh study Monday, 9 a.m. - Women s breakfast at Farmers restaurant Tuesday, 9 a.m. - Session meeting Wednesday, 6-7:30 p.m. - Pioneer Club Pick up a pictorial directory Our new church pictorial directories have arrived and are available in the narthex. If you participated in the photo shoot or submitted a photo, please take a directory and highlight your name on the list to indicate that you ve received your copy. If your name is not on the list but you would like a copy, please help yourself and add your name to the list. Once each family has received a copy, we ll make extra copies available. Thank you to all those who participated! (announcements continued on back )

2 Officer nominations continue The Session is accepting nominations for the offices of elder, deacon and trustee through Sunday, September 30th. Nomination forms can be found in the narthex. Questions? Contact Pastor Drew or any other elder. Women s conferences Davenport, Iowa - September 22nd - Iron Sharpens Iron - focalpointministries.net, or contact Linda DeVries St. Louis, Missouri - October 19th-20th - One - pcacdm.org/one-conferences, or contact Janel Jones Thank you from John Iben Thank you for all your prayers. Everything went well! John Iben Thank you from the Session The Session would like to extend a special thank you to the ladies of Forreston Grove for their help in making yesterday s presbytery meeting a success. We could not have done it without you! Flowers in honor of Keith Ludewig The flowers decorating our sanctuary this morning were donated by the family of Keith Ludewig. Keith passed away August 29th and his funeral was held at Prairie Dell Church this past Wednesday. Freeport Pregnancy Center s Walk for Life is Saturday The Freeport Pregnancy Center will host its annual Walk for Life on Saturday, September 15th, beginning at a.m. at Krape Park. After the walk, there will be free lunch, games, popcorn, cotton candy, face painting and a kids fun run. For more information, or for pledge sheets, visit September 9 September 16 September 23 September 30 Greeters Rich & Diane Johnson Loran & Judy Greenfield Butch & Tammy DeVries Jim & Nancy Parkinson Nursery Ashlee & Janel Kelly & Emily Daryl & Erika Deb & Sara Flowers Carolyn Greenfield Carolyn Greenfield Lauri Plambeck Lauri Plambeck Forreston Grove Church Presbyterian Church in America Pastor Drew Jones "To know Christ and to make Him known." Please contact Kelli Gunderson with announcements or other items to be included in next Sunday s bulletin. Kelli can be reached at kelli@forrestongrovechurch.com or at N. Freeport Road Forreston, IL 6l030 8l info@forrestongrovechurch.com

3 Sermon notes A Savior is Born Exodus 2:1- Sermon notes A Savior is Born Exodus 2:1- Questions about today's sermon? Contact Pastor Drew at or at drew@forrestongrovechurch.com. Questions about today's sermon? Contact Pastor Drew at or at drew@forrestongrovechurch.com.

4 Prayer Concerns Pray that Forreston Grove Church would overflow with love for God, one another, and our community. Pray that we would live beautiful, holy lives. Pray that we would strive to glorify the Lord in all we do, think, and say. Pray that the Session would faithfully lead, shepherd, and defend the flock. Pray that the deacons and trustees would diligently look after the physical needs of the church. Pray that we would be devoted to prayer and reading God s Word. Pray that we would both individually and as one body joyfully share the good news of Jesus Christ with all who will hear. Ongoing concerns: John Iben (pray for healing) Becky Holaday (pray for peace and health) Jennifer Ruzicka (pray for healing and successful treatment) Thelma Meeks (pray for continued strength) Glenn & Gayle Beckwith (pray for health) Leann Heimerdinger (pray for overall health) Remember our shut-in in: Roger Artman (Stephenson Nursing Center) Remember our missionaries: Bob Allums (A Praying Life ministries); Cody & Allison Buriff (Cru-Indiana); Anna Gabriel (UIM-New Mexico); Rob & Jenny Ilderton (MTW-England); Charles & Mary Kay (Pioneers-France); Alvin Low (ACTS-Colorado/Asia); Jim & Shelley Savage (Wycliffe-Australia); Cathy Schmidt (CrossWorld-Germany); Chris & Heather (Turkey); Joel & Stephanie Swanson (MTW-France); Joel & Emily (Middle East); Uncle Tim (ICBM- Michigan); Tom & Karen Virtue (Cru-California); Bruce & Barbara Wannemacher (MTW- South Africa); Tom & Dana Yeakley (Navigators-Colorado) Remember our supported missions: Cal Farley s Boys Ranch, Freeport Pregnancy Center, Gideons International, Kids Around the World, Pioneer Club, Presbyterian Church in America, Presbytery of Northern Illinois, Radio Bible Class, Rockford Rescue Mission, Vacation Bible School Prayer Concerns Pray that Forreston Grove Church would overflow with love for God, one another, and our community. Pray that we would live beautiful, holy lives. Pray that we would strive to glorify the Lord in all we do, think, and say. Pray that the Session would faithfully lead, shepherd, and defend the flock. Pray that the deacons and trustees would diligently look after the physical needs of the church. Pray that we would be devoted to prayer and reading God s Word. Pray that we would both individually and as one body joyfully share the good news of Jesus Christ with all who will hear. Ongoing concerns: John Iben (pray for healing) Becky Holaday (pray for peace and health) Jennifer Ruzicka (pray for healing and successful treatment) Thelma Meeks (pray for continued strength) Glenn & Gayle Beckwith (pray for health) Leann Heimerdinger (pray for overall health) Remember our shut-in in: Roger Artman (Stephenson Nursing Center) Remember our missionaries: Bob Allums (A Praying Life ministries); Cody & Allison Buriff (Cru-Indiana); Anna Gabriel (UIM-New Mexico); Rob & Jenny Ilderton (MTW-England); Charles & Mary Kay (Pioneers-France); Alvin Low (ACTS-Colorado/Asia); Jim & Shelley Savage (Wycliffe-Australia); Cathy Schmidt (CrossWorld-Germany); Chris & Heather (Turkey); Joel & Stephanie Swanson (MTW-France); Joel & Emily (Middle East); Uncle Tim (ICBM- Michigan); Tom & Karen Virtue (Cru-California); Bruce & Barbara Wannemacher (MTW- South Africa); Tom & Dana Yeakley (Navigators-Colorado) Remember our supported missions: Cal Farley s Boys Ranch, Freeport Pregnancy Center, Gideons International, Kids Around the World, Pioneer Club, Presbyterian Church in America, Presbytery of Northern Illinois, Radio Bible Class, Rockford Rescue Mission, Vacation Bible School

5 Celebration of Holy Communion September 9, 2018 Serving of the Bread The Church s One Foundation - Hymn #547, vs. 1 & 2 The Church s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord, She is His new creation by water and the word From heaven He came and sought her to be His holy bride With His own blood He bought her, and for her life He died. Elect from every nation, yet one o er all the earth, Her charter of salvation, one Lord, one faith, one birth One holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses, with every grace endued. Serving of the Cup The Church s One Foundation - Hymn #547, vs. 3 & 4 Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war, She waits the consummation of peace for evermore Till with the vision glorious her longing eyes are blest And the great Church victorious shall be the Church at rest. Yet she on earth hath union with God, the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we Like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with Thee. Amen. Celebration of Holy Communion September 9, 2018 Serving of the Bread The Church s One Foundation - Hymn #547, vs. 1 & 2 The Church s one foundation is Jesus Christ her Lord, She is His new creation by water and the word From heaven He came and sought her to be His holy bride With His own blood He bought her, and for her life He died. Elect from every nation, yet one o er all the earth, Her charter of salvation, one Lord, one faith, one birth One holy name she blesses, partakes one holy food, And to one hope she presses, with every grace endued. Serving of the Cup The Church s One Foundation - Hymn #547, vs. 3 & 4 Mid toil and tribulation, and tumult of her war, She waits the consummation of peace for evermore Till with the vision glorious her longing eyes are blest And the great Church victorious shall be the Church at rest. Yet she on earth hath union with God, the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion with those whose rest is won O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we Like them, the meek and lowly, on high may dwell with Thee. Amen.