Welcome to Redeemer! We re glad you ve joined us for worship this morning. We hope you feel welcomed and loved as we worship our great God together. Please use the attendance folder in the pew to tell us about yourself. What s Happening To keep up with church events and details, subscribe to Thursday s Email Blast on our website or Facebook page. See the back of this bulletin for upcoming ministry opportunities. Check out our Blog for pictures, stories, and news. Ways to Connect Community groups meet around Charleston during the week. Visit our website for a current list. Use our online directory to encourage one another during the week. Christian Ed. for all ages Sundays, 9:15 am Ways to View Ask a greeter for a LARGE PRINT edition, or find an electronic version on our website. Redeemer Presbyterian exists to glorify God as a Gospel presence in downtown Charleston by being a grace-filled community that worships Christ and develops disciples who serve Him in our families, neighborhoods, and the nations. Order of Worship October 5, 2014 CALL TO WORSHIP from Psalm 92:1-5 A psalm. A song. For the Sabbath day. LEADER: It is good to praise the LORD and make music to your name, O Most High, PEOPLE: To proclaim your love in the morning and your faithfulness at night, to the music of the tenstringed lyre and the melody of the harp. LEADER: For you make me glad by your deeds, O LORD; I sing for joy at the works of your hands. PEOPLE: How great are your works, O LORD, how profound your thoughts! SONGS OF PRAISE REJOICE THE LORD IS KING Rejoice, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore; mortals, give thanks and sing, and triumph evermore. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; rejoice; again I say, rejoice. Jesus the Savior reigns, the God of truth and love; when he had purged our stains, he took his seat above. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; rejoice, again I say, rejoice. His kingdom cannot fail; he rules o er earth and heaven; the keys of earth and hell are to our Jesus given. Lift up your heart, lift up your voice; rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 2
INDESCRIBABLE From the highest of heights, To the depths of the sea Creation s revealing Your majesty, From the colors of fall, To the fragrance of spring, Ev ry creature unique, And the song that it sings All exclaiming Indescribable uncontainable, You placed the stars in the sky And You know them by name, You are amazing God All powerful untamable, Awestruck we fall to our knees As we humbly proclaim, You are amazing God Who has told ev ry lightning bolt, Where it should go Or seen heavenly storehouses, Laden with snow Who imagined the sun, And gives source to its light Yet conceals it to bring us, The coolness of night None can fathom (chorus) SHOUT TO THE LORD My Jesus, my Savior, Lord, there is none like You. All of my days I want to praise the wonders of Your mighty love My Comfort, my Shelter, Tower of refuge and strength; Let ev ry breath, all that I am never cease to worship You. Shout to the Lord all the earth let us sing power and majesty, praise to the King; mountains bow down and the seas will roar at the sound of Your name. I sing for joy at the work of Your hands, forever I ll love You, forever I ll stand; nothing compares to the promise I have in You. Wee Ones Children are a blessing to the Redeemer family! For all nursery-related questions, find our on-duty Church Mouse next door. A nursery is provided on the first floor of the Education building for children up to 3 years. Pick up a kids activity box (ages 3-7) on your way into the service. Afterwards return the items to the basket. Just before the intercessory prayer, feel free to dismiss your children (3K-Kindergarten) for Children s Church where they ll sing songs, receive age-appropriate, Gospel-centered teaching, and make crafts. Pick up your child on the second floor next door. Welcome Home If you d like more information about church membership, attend one of our inquirers classes. Our list of scheduled class dates is available on our website. Washroom Restrooms and water coolers are located on the first and second floors of the Education building. 3
Who s Who Senior Pastor Craig Bailey Office Admin. JaiLynne Wood Communications Gray Morgan Children Tiffany Koch Elders Todd Christian John De La Cruz Deacons Kent McKerihan, chairman Jim Belton Joel Freeman Chris Jarvis Tyler Martin Paul Pepin Thomas Szymanski Robert Wood Within Community With a heart and passion for the people of downtown Charleston, the Downtown Community Group often helps with outreach events through Perichoreo (a program at Burke High School) and Loving America Street (a faith-based initiative focused on community development in Eastside). Pray for guidance for their outreach goals and that the Lord would change the hearts of those to whom they minister. Pray for Thomas Szymanski, their facilitator. PRAYER OF CONFESSION WORDS OF ASSURANCE from 1 Peter 1:17-21 Since you call on a Father who judges each man s work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. 4
IN CHRIST ALONE In Christ alone, my hope is found. He is my light, my strength, my song. This Cornerstone, this solid ground, Firm through the fiercest drought and storm. What heights of love, what depths of peace, When fears are stilled, when strivings cease. My Comforter, my All in all, Here in the love of Christ I stand. In Christ alone who took on flesh, Fullness of God in helpless babe. This gift of love and righteousness, Scorned by the ones He came to save. Til on that cross as Jesus died, The wrath of God was satisfied. For ev ry sin on Him was laid, Here in the death of Christ I live. There in the ground His body lay, Light of the world by darkness slain. Then bursting forth in glorious day, Up from the grave He rose again. And as He stands in victory, Sin s curse has lost its grip on me. For I am His and He is mine Bought with the precious blood of Christ. No guilt in life, no fear in death, This is the pow r of Christ in me. From life s first cry to final breath, Jesus commands my destiny. No pow r of hell, no scheme of man, Can ever pluck me from His hand. Til He returns or calls me home, Here in the pow r of Christ I ll stand. OFFERTORY Parents, if you d like for your children (3K-Kindergarten) to participate in Children s Church, please dismiss them after the offering is collected. INTERCESSORY PRAYER See right sidebar for information about this week s missionary and left sidebar for information about this week s highlighted community group. 5 Where in the World Our missionary Sherry Bohn works with Entrust, an organization that assists churches in responding to the global cry for servantleaders through accessible, transformational, Biblical training. We at Redeemer use the Entrust method to train our teachers. Sherry has helped write and revise curriculum for women that includes facilitator training, child rearing, and methods for Bible study and women s ministering to women. She teaches these and other courses to women throughout the world. She s working on teaching curriculum tailored for training children, also. Praise that women across Eastern Europe have gained a deeper knowledge of the Word and can confidently speak from it and teach its truths; they attribute this ability to Entrust training. Pray that God grants them wisdom and Biblical discernment as they seek to make this training available in many cultural contexts, as Entrust will be revising its facilitator training soon. Send Sherry an email to encourage her at sbohn@entrust4.org.
SERMON from Luke 12:13-34 Mr. Kurt Brewer Subscribe to our itunes podcast, or listen online at redeemer-charleston.org/sermons. 6 6
HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word! What more can He say than to you He hath said, You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled? In every condition, in sickness, in health; In poverty s vale, or abounding in wealth; At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea, As thy days may demand, shall My strength ever be. Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed, For I am thy God and will still give thee aid; I ll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. When through the deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of grief shall not thee overflow For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply; The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not desert to his foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to break, I ll never, no never, no never forsake. Wentworth Parking Show your bulletin on Sunday mornings for free parking in the garage at 69 Wentworth Street. Parking stickers are available in the church office for use on Sunday in any of our parking lots, including the lot across Wentworth Street, the bank lot, and the lot on the corner of Meeting and Hasell streets. Ways to Contact Phone 843-724-1164 Address 43 Wentworth St. Charleston, SC 29401 Email info@redeemercharleston.org Web redeemercharleston.org Facebook facebook.com/ redeemer.charleston Twitter @RedeemerChas BENEDICTION Songs used by permission CCLI #1579589 7
MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES FIND YOUR COMMUNITY GROUP: Community groups at Redeemer are much more than just Bible studies. These groups are like house churches where we want to live in community with each other like Paul writes about in Acts 2:42-47. Community groups are where we can learn together as disciples, take care of one another as neighbors, and reach out to our communities in love. Read more about the Downtown Community Group including their prayer requests in the sidebar on page 4. Below you ll find the current list of all the groups around the Charleston area. ELDER ELECTION: Mark your calendars for Sunday, November 2 for a congregational meeting following the worship service for the purpose of electing elders. Find announcements, more details about upcoming events, and information about church life in our weekly Email Blast available at redeemer-charleston.org/e-mail-blast and on our Facebook page. CURRENT LIST OF COMMUNITY GROUPS: redeemer-charleston.org/connecting/community-groups DOWNTOWN Tuesdays, 7 pm T. Szymanski 704-572-3003 JAMES ISLAND Sundays, 6:30 pm Beth Plante 843-270-7542 MOUNT PLEASANT Wednesdays, 7 pm Liz Jarvis 703-999-9424 NORTH AREA Wednesdays, 6 pm Robert Wood 843-718-5185 Fridays, 5:30 pm Gray Morgan 843-478-7127 WEST ASHLEY Wednesdays, 6 pm Lisa Christian 843-224-6631 Thursdays, 6 pm Tony Paladino 616-430-2806 CHILDREN S MINISTRY SCHEDULE Coordinator: JaiLynne Wood, 843-412-2037, jl@redeemer-charleston.org October 5 October 12 Church Mouse - JaiLynne Wood Church Mouse - Lauren Pepin Christian Ed. - Robert & JaiLynne Wood Christian Ed. - Chad Slayton, Lauren Pepin Worship - Scott & Tara Peevy Worship - Paul Pepin, Laura Philpott 8