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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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 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. 100 YEARS The sanctuary flowers are given today to the glory of God and in loving memory of Captain Joseph N. Neel, Jr. ( ) and in honor of all who have served in the armed services by Joseph N. Neel IV. Memorial flowers have been placed in the Sanctuary on Veteran s Sunday since 1918 by the Neel family. 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. CHILDREN S CHOIR Trust In the Lord Mark Altrogge My father said, Don t forget my teaching but hold on tight to my commands, For long life and peace they will add to you. Don t let love and kindness leave you; write them down upon your heart And God and people will smile on you. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He ll make straight all your paths. Trust in the Lord. My father said, Don t be wise in your eyes but fear the Lord and turn from sin And God will heal you and give you strength. Look to Jesus to be your treasure; He s worth more than jewels and gold. For He s more precious than anything. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He ll make straight all your paths. Trust in the Lord. Jesus, You re my confidence; Jesus, You re my hope. You will keep my feet from stumbling. 3

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5 CALL TO WORSHIP Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace. - Ephesians 1:3-6 HYMN OF PRAISE All Hail the Power of Jesus Name (Verses 1, 3-6) All hail the pow r of Jesus name! Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all; Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all. Ye chosen seed of Israel s race, ye ransomed of the fall. Hail him who saves you by his grace, and crown him Lord of all; Hail him who saves you by his grace, and crown him Lord of all. Sinners, whose love can ne er forget the wormwood and the gall, Go, spread your trophies at his feet, and crown him Lord of all; Go, spread your trophies at his feet, and crown him Lord of all. Let ev ry kindred, ev ry tribe, on this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe, and crown him Lord of all; To him all majesty ascribe, and crown him Lord of all. O that with yonder sacred throng we at his feet may fall We ll join the everlasting song, and crown him Lord of all; We ll join the everlasting song, and crown him Lord of all. 5

6 AFFIRMATION OF FAITH Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. - Philippians 2:6-11 ***Seating Interlude*** SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM Matthew Richard Simmons, Jr. Covenant Child of Matt and Mary Jo Simmons SCRIPTURE READING All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people? And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities. - Isaiah 53:6-11 6

7 CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER WORSHIP THROUGH GIVING (During the offering, please sign the Friendship Pad and pass it down.) Sometimes a Light Surprises...Craig Courtney Sometimes a light surprises the Christian while he sings; It is the Lord, who rises with healing in His wings; When comforts are declining, He grants the soul again A season of clear shining to cheer it after rain. In holy contemplation we sweetly then pursue The theme of God's salvation, and find it ever new; Set free from present sorrow, we cheerfully can say, "Let the unknown tomorrow bring with it what it may." It can bring with it nothing but He will bear us through; Who gives the lilies clothing will clothe his people too; Beneath the spreading heavens no creature but is fed; And He who feeds the ravens will give His children bread. Though vine nor fig tree neither their wonted fruit shall bear, Though all the field should wither, nor flocks nor herds be there; Yet God the same abideth, His praise shall tune my voice, For, while in Him confiding, I cannot but rejoice. 7

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9 PREACHING OF GOD S WORD - Chip Miller I Corinthians 15:1-11 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you - unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. 7 Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. 8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me. 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. 11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. - I Corinthians 15:1-11 9

10 BENEDICTION DOXOLOGY 731 Praise God from whom all blessings flow; Praise him, all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heav nly host: Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen. Leading in Worship Today Chip Miller, Senior Pastor Andy Wyatt, Assistant Pastor Michael McGhee, Music Director, Organist Rebecca Lanning, Choir Director Lauren Cheek, Children s Choir Director Julia Rumph, Asst. Children s Choir Director Chancel Choir Children s Choir Ushers 9:00 AM 11:15 AM George Barnes Bill Barnes Steve Bragg Robert Bowen Gene Dunwody, Sr. Frank Cannon Chris Howard Jeff Hill Caleb Peed Bruce Jones Gregg Thompson Asa Peed Lowry Tribble Calvin Smith Jerry Thigpen 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 Chuck Duggan Ministry Coordinator Rebecca Lanning Choir Director Michael McGhee Music Director/Organist Rachel Pontier Fellows Director Donna Rumph Asst Director of Children s Ministry drumph@fpcmacon.org 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 Monni Parrish Financial Director mparrish@fpcmacon.org 11

12 CHURCH OFFICERS The Session Mark Baxter Ves Berry Chris Bolles, Sr. Kevin Bridges Paul Cable Lindsey Crosby Hal Foshee The Diaconate Adam Blakely Laurence Dantzler Van Edmonds Josh Farrell Dave Grant Andy Gray Steve Hensley Wayne Gullatt Don Hall Mike Hall Matt Kitchell Bruce Leicht Bobby Newman Pat O Connell Mike Peed Will Hooper Chris Hoover Chris Howard Kevin Lennon Kent McCormick John David Miller David Milligan Brent Pyles Tony Rodriguez Ashley Royal Charles Scurry Barry Shealy Jay Strickland Jerome Strickland Kim Thompson Caleb Peed Kort Peterson Steven Rumford Bryan Settle Jack Tatro Calder Willingham ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES - 10:15-11:00 AM Class Grad N Career Providence Logos Immanuel Connections Shepherds Trinity Covenant Canterbury Ladies Location Gathering Place Brickyard Education Building Y220 Education Building Y103 Basement Brickyard Education Building Y108 Education Building Y122 Education Building Y123 Education Building Y107 12