Lord s Day September 10, 2017 FAITH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Presbyterian Church America 620 South Shirley Tacoma, Washgton 98465 Misters: Robert S. Rayburn, Richard H. DeMass, Steven A. Nicoletti 2537527601 fpc@faithtacoma.org www.faithtacoma.org
Lord s Day September 10, 2017 Upon enterg sanctuary please mata silence for sake congregation s preparation for worship, and please make sure electronic devices are f or usg silent mode. Prelude Fugue G Major, BWV 576.... J. S. Bach (1685 1750) Welcome and Announcements +Silent Prayer How lovely is your dwellg place, O Lord hosts! My soul longs, yes, fats for courts Lord; art and flesh sg for joy to livg God. Even sparrow fds a home, and swallow a nest for rself, wre s may lay r young, at your altars, O Lord hosts, Kg and God. Blessed are those who dwell your house, ever sgg your praise! O Lord God hosts, ar prayer; give ear, O God Jacob! O Lord hosts, blessed is one who trusts you! From Psalm 84:14, 8, 12 (ESV) Call to Worship Glory, glory, hallelujah! Sce I laid burden down. I feel better, so much better, Feel like shoutg, Hallelujah! I am climbg Jacob s ladder, Ev ry round goes higr and higr, Sce I laid burden down. Traditional Spiritual, arr. Bradley Ellgboe *Hymn Praise to God All Praise to God, Who Reigns Above No. 4 +Confession S Silent Prayer Corporate Prayer Most merciful God, we confess to you that we are by nature sful and unclean, and that we have sned agast you thought, word, and deed; not only outward transgressions, but also secret thoughts and desires that we are unable to understand, but which are all known to you. For this reason, we flee for refuge to your fite mercy, seekg and implorg your grace, through our Lord Jesus. Forgive us, renew us, and lead us so that we can delight your will and walk your ways, to glory your holy name. Amen.
Assurance Pardon What n shall we say to se thgs? If God is for us, who can be agast us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will not also with him graciously give us all thgs? Romans 8:3132 (ESV) *Confession Faith Q. What do you believe concerng forgiveness ss? A. I believe that God, because s atonement, will never hold agast me any ss nor sful nature which I need to struggle agast all life. Rar, his grace God grants me righteousness to free me forever from judgment. Heidelberg Catechism No. 56 *Hymn Faith In Alone Unison Readg God s Law Luke 10:2537 (ESV p.869) Worship God with Tis and Offergs Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele (Soul, Adorn Yourself )...Johannes Brahms (1833 1897) Doxology Praise God from whom all blessgs flow; Praise him, all creatures re below; (Alleluia). Praise him above, ye av nly host: Praise Far, Son, and Holy Ghost. (Alleluia). Amen. (Tune: Lasst uns Erfreuen) *Congregational Petitions Scripture Lesson Genesis 41:4157 (ESV p. 35) Sermon God s Faithfulness and Ours *Hymn Take My Life, and Let It Be No. 586 *Benediction +Silent Prayer Let words mouth and meditation art be acceptable your sight, O Lord, rock and redeemer. Psalm 19:14 (ESV)
Hark, I ar harps eternal Rgg on farr shore, As I near those swollen waters, With ir deep and solemn roar. Hallelujah, hallelujah, praise Lamb. Hallelujah, hallelujah, glory to great I AM. And soul though staed with sorrow, Fadg as light day, Passes swiftly o er those waters To city far away. Hallelujah, hallelujah, praise Lamb. Hallelujah, hallelujah, glory to great I AM. Souls have crossed before me, satly, To that land perfect rest; And I ar m sgg fatly In mansions blest. Hallelujah, hallelujah, praise Lamb. Hallelujah, hallelujah, glory to great I AM. Traditional Spiritual, Tune: Invitation, arr. Alice Parker Postlude How Firm a Foundation from T Sacred Harp, 1844... arr. Don Hustad (1918 2013) *Congregation standg +T congregation is vited to kneel CCLI License #751114 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday September 10 Morng Worship Sunday School Choir Rearsal Eveng Service Welcome & Announcement Elders Phil German Jim Price Congregational Petitions Leaders Chad Isenberger Craig Morse & 9:45 am 4:30 pm
Nursery Scdule Dolly & Ruth Larson Racl Moore & Noel Sukhia Katra & Mackenzie Knight Jane Lewellen & Sandy Milton Cfee/Tea Hosts Jim & Stacey Sridan Nancy Rowan Jim & Shari Roland Church Library Felicity Matsuda Buildg Monitors Joe Lethbridge Ken Kvale 9:45 am Prep for 11:00 Service 9:40 10:45 am Monday September 11 Better English on Sixth 6:50 8:30 pm Tuesday September 12 Ladies Bible Study, WIC Room 117 9:30 am 12:00 pm ACM Gloria Rearsal, Choir Room 6:30 9:00 pm Wednesday September 13 Prayer Meetg, 7:00 pm, Sanctuary, Ah! How ten, ians, hath God kissed you at begng prayer, and spoken peace to you midst prayer, and filled you with joy and assurance upon close prayer! Thomas Brooks Sr. High Youth Group 7:00 8:30 pm Thursday September 14 Tea & Talk/Knittg Friendships, WIC Room 117 1:00 3:00 pm Session Meetg, Conference Room 6:30 pm Lauren Miller Baby Shower, DeSoto Hall 7:00 pm Samson Society, Pastor Rayburn s Office 7:00 8:00 pm Sunday September 17 Morng Worship & Sunday School 9:45 am Lunch with Lur Family Fun Luncon 1:00 pm Choir Rearsal 4:30 pm Eveng Service Welcome & Announcement Elders Steve Jack Peter Chiou
Congregational Petitions Leaders Andrew Milton Robert Schuster Nursery Scdule Trish Papadopoulos & Tam Hanks Kimberly, Maggie & Aubren Reis Emily Downie & Ali Nichols Sandra & Allyson Chiou Cfee/Tea Hosts Zach & Katie Raes Ta LeFebvre Thom & Becky Wilson Church Library Brandon Welch Buildg Monitors Craig Morse Kirk Bentson 9:45 am Prep for 11:00 Service 9:40 10:45 am Upcomg Events For details please see Information/Events on web site. September 21 Women Church KickOff Dner September 27 Blake Purcell speakg at Prayer Meetg September 28 Mors Encouragement Group Begs September 28 & 29 Pacific NW Presbytery Meetg, White Swan, WA September 30 Men Faith Oktoberfest October 3 Baby Shower for Kare Fahlg October 57 Annual WIC Retreat, Seabrook WA October 11 Daniel Robbs speakg at Prayer Meetg October 18 Dan & Judy Norman speakg at Prayer Meetg This Eveng Tonight we beg a series sermons on 1 Peter, fascatg and wonderfully lpful letter by leader Lord s band disciples and a member Lord s nermost circle friends and lpers. T Lord s Supper will be served. T Lord s Supper is observed every Lord s Day at Faith Presbyterian Church alternatg between morng and eveng services. T ficers have wanted to reta eveng communion not only because all Lord s Suppers explicitly mentioned New Testament were eveng, but as well to reforce importance Sunday eveng worship as a regular part observance Lord s Day. Eveng Prelude Begs at 5:40 p.m. Beautiful music enlivens our spirits and adds to our Sabbath joy. Each Sunday eveng prior to worship service, musicians beg to play or sg at 5:40 pm. New Members Now that we are back from summer vacations, we would like to brg you up to date with names our new members: Rich & Debra Dryden, Alex Hass, and Marco Marcelli, joed by
reaffirmation; Ava Downie, joed by child pression; Payton Chiou, Jonas Kvale, Will Lewellen, Mackenzie Knight, Gage Welch, Watchman Tammga, and Noelle Roberts, joed from communicant to votg membership; David & Lauren Miller with Selah, and Joel & Kare Fahlg, joed by transfer membership. Welcome to our new members. Women Church Thursday, September 21 st KickOff Dner Attention, all Ladies, junior high and older: Our kickf dner and meetg for Women Church will be ld Thursday, September 21st. Dner starts at and meetg begs at 7:00 pm. Our me this year is Buildg on a Firm Foundation and Pastor Rayburn will be our speaker. Come and ar about all fun events we have planned for upcomg year and fd out ways you can be volved buildg up our sisters. Jo us for a fun eveng fellowship! Signup today narx. Men Faith Oktoberfest September 30th, 2017 Our 8th annual Oktoberfest will be on Saturday, September 30th from 2:00 5:00 pm at home Ken Kvale. Our guest speaker this year will be our own Robert Rogland. Bob has authored numerous books cludg Romans: A Study Guide and Lur s NetyFive ses for 21st Century. Bob will brg us a message on topic Mart Lur s Netyfive ses. Oktoberfest has become kickf for our next book to read and discuss toger small groups. T 500th anniversary Mart Lur s NetyFive ses is October 31, 2017 and we will be readg Bob Rogland s book mentioned above. A signup set will be available Narx on September 10, 17, and 24. T cost is $8 for adults and $5 under age 21. Teenage sons are most welcome. Jo us for a Delicious German cookout. If you have any questions, please contact Chad Isenberger. Ladies Bible Study Begs This Tuesday, September 12 th Ladies, we will beg a new study on Tuesday, September 12, 9:30 am noon WIC room downstairs. If you are terested studyg God s Word with or women as well as fellowshippg and deepeng friendships, prayg with and for each or, please jo us every Tuesday morng. This fall we will study a new book by our own Bob Rogland, Galatians: Freedom. T Apostle Paul s letter to churcs Galatia presents genue gospel, a gospel Galatians were danger abandong for a false one. Current research shows that well over half Americans today have fallen to same error as Galatians. Every ian needs a solid understandg truth gospel as laid out Galatians. This study guide will lp Bible student better to understand and apply truths Galatians. Babysittg is available. If you need a book or have any questions, please see Dawn Darby. Tea & Talk/Knittg Friendships Begs this Thursday, September 14 th Tea & Talk/Knittg Friendships will meet each Thursday, begng September 14 th. meet 1:00 3:00 pm WIC Room 117. We Baby Shower for Lauren Miller This Thursday Ladies, jo us showerg Lauren Miller as s is expectg a baby boy! Wear somethg blue and meet us DeSoto Hall this Thursday, September 14 th at 7:00 pm! T box will be narx if you would like to contribute to group gift. Make ccks payable to Stacie Aown.
Baby Shower for Kare Fahlg Ladies, re will be a baby shower for Kare Fahlg on Tuesday, October 3rd Desoto Hall at 7:00 p.m. T box will be narx if you want to contribute to group gift. Please designate Fahlg baby shower and make ccks payable to Ta LeFebvre. Kare and r husband are new to church so this is a great opportunity to get to know r and surround r with care and support. Please jo us as we celebrate upcomg birth this new baby girl! A Reformation Sunday School Class Begs Next Lord s Day In preparation for our celebration 500th Anniversary start Reformation, Elder Hannula will teach a 6 week class begng September 17th sanctuary entitled: Highlights German Reformation. Adult Sunday School T Women Faith Class I (WIC Room 117) We are readg and discussg Dick Hannula s book, Heralds Reformation: Thirty Biographies Ser Grace. In Fall 2017 we celebrate 500th anniversary Reformation, so what better subject to cover than story struggle between ological authorities and men and women who refused to keep quiet about ser grace Gospel. Please jo us. You don t need a copy book. T Women Faith Class II (Covenant High School Office) We are studyg toger book Luke. T Word Faith Class (Sanctuary) Esr is not Yester Politics Matters A Sunday School class on a new phrase by phrase commentary on book Esr by Robert Case. High School Sunday School (North Half DeSoto Hall) Pastor Nicoletti and high school class contue ir yearlong study Dante s Dive Comedy. Better English on Sixth ESL Sunday School (Room 304) This class led by Kathy Lewis is readg aloud T Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. Study guides and copies book are provided free for class attendees. Jo ACM Festival Choir to Sg Vivaldi s Gloria durg Advent 2017 Rearsals for timeless oratorio, Gloria, by Antonio Vivaldi will beg this Tuesday, September 12 and contue on succeedg Tuesdays through November. Gloria will be performed by ACM Festival Choir under Ron Bechtel s direction on December 3. For more formation, click acmusicians.org. Explanation Cover Symbol T anchor is an ancient ian symbol for hope. It is derived from Hebrews 6:19: We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor soul... Wn combed with a cross it makes pla that ian hope is and His redemption. T symbol was frequently used this sense catacombs ancient Rome.
Men Faith, Morng Prayer Meetgs & Devotions Tre are opportunities to meet with fellow Men Faith for prayer and devotions each week: MondayFriday morngs Fit for Cross devotions with Jim Roland, 5:30 am at church, Room 304. Come to North door church. Any questions call Jim. Wednesday morngs with Phil Perks: We meet at Old Town MarKee cfee shop at 2312 N. 30th St., Tacoma. This group meets at 6 am for Bible readg and prayer. After several years we contue to focus solely on Psalms which serve as a life guide. One ancient church fars, Athanasius wrote, Whatever your particular need or trouble, from this same book ( Psalms) you can select a form words to fit it, so that you...learn way to remedy your ill. Thursday morngs with Thom Wilson, 6:30 am at church. Jo us studyg through books Ezra and Nemiah as we pray for our concerns and world around us. College & Career Community Groups College & Career is a young adult mistry Faith Presbyterian Church. T goal is to provide opportunities for young adults 18 and older, wr sgle or married, to do life toger throughout week and form deep ian friendships. C&C Community Groups are weekly small groups that meet a home for dner and fellowship. We currently have two establisd groups: one that meets on Tuesday at Caleb and Tamala Bestvater s home at 7 pm and one that meets on Thursday at Nate and Rachael Slden s home at 6:30 pm. For more details, or if you re terested jog a C&C Community Group, please contact one us and we ll lp you get connected! A Remder about Parkg As a courtesy to our neighbors, please do not park on south side South 8th Street, on South Wnifred Street behd church, or wre curb is pated yellow. Nursg Mors In addition to nursery rooms, Room #117 Women Church room, is open and available for your convenience durg all Worship Services. T service can be seen and ard WIC room. Hearg Assistance If you would like a device to lp with arg worship service, please see a Deacon.
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