Bayshore Gardens Community Church Believing, Again Gaining Hope Caring Relationships Christ Jesus
WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO MEMBERS, REGULAR ATTENDERS, and THOSE VISITING TODAY. If you are visiting with us, we welcome you to our church! You are no longer a stranger for you are with the people of God.
WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN THE WHITE ATTENDANCE PAD so that we may celebrate your presence with us today! Please pass it on to the next person and then back down the row
TODAY is Father s Day Proverbs 3:13; 8:3-4; 11:25; 12:14; 15:23; 28:14
DAD S NAMES IN THE BOWL You are invited to write your father s name on one of the blue slips of paper and then place it in the glass bowl. This includes dads now in heaven and dads still on this earth. We will have a prayer remembering our dads later in the service.
The Sacrament of Holy Communion will be offered on Sunday, July 3 9:00am
Please Take Your Bulletins Home With You And Read the Announcements We invite you to take advantage of the Opportunities for fellowship and service
The General Synod of the Reformed Church in America, met this past week, June 8-14, on the campus of Trinity Christian College in Palos Heights, Illinois. If you would like details on the events and voting at General Synod, please log on to https://rca.org/rca-basics.
THE FATHER S DAY CALL TO WORSHIP [ Pastor / CONGREGATION] Blessed is the man WHO DOES NOT GIVE IN to the influences of evil, WHO DOES NOT FOLLOW after the methods OF THOSE WHO OFFEND GOD, who does not associate WITH THOSE WHO RIDICULE OTHERS.
Blessed is the man who chooses TO FOLLOW AFTER GOD for he will find peace IN FULFILLING that which God expects. ON GOD S ORDINANCES, the man of God always meditates. THE MAN WHO FOLLOWS the ways of the Lord IS LIKE A TREE PLANTED by the streams of living water.
THIS TREE BRINGS FORTH an abundance of fruit in its season, A TREE WHOSE LEAF does not wither and fall away. THE WAYS OF THE MAN WHO SEEKS after the Lord will flourish. THIS IS NOT THE WAY IT IS FOR MEN who continually sin against God. SUCH MEN ARE LIKE THE CHAFF which the wind blows away.
UNGODLY MEN WILL NOT FIND FAVOR in God s judgment, NOR WILL SUCH MEN JOIN in the assembly of the righteous. THE WAYS OF MEN WHO ARE HATEFUL will certainly perish, BUT THE LORD WILL BLESS THE WAYS of God-honoring men THROUGHOUT ALL ETERNITY.
**THE OPENING HYMN #809 GOD OF OUR FATHERS [ All who are able please stand ]
(1) God of our fathers, Whose almighty hand Leads forth in beauty all the starry band. Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise.
(2) Thy love divine Hath led us in the past.; In this free land By Thee our lot is cast; Be Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay, Thy Word our law, Thy paths our chosen way.
(3) From war s alarms, From deadly pestilence. Be Thy strong arm, Our ever sure defense; Thy true religion In our hearts increase, Thy bounteous goodness Nourish us in peace.
(4) Refresh Thy people on their toilsome way; Lead us from night To never-ending day; Fill all our lives With love and grace divine, And glory, laud and praise be ever Thine.
SILENT PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON Psalm 103:13 As a loving father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who revere Him.
SILENT PRAYERS OF THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION THE ASSURANCE OF PARDON Psalm 103:13 As a good father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who revere Him.
FIND US FAITHFUL (Praising God for the forgiveness of our sins) 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.
Carl and Joyce VanWyk
THE HEBREW SCRIPTURE DEUTERONOMY 6:1-9 Read by Elder Roy Palk, J.D. Now this is the commandment--the statutes and the ordinances--that the LORD your God charged me to teach you to observe in the land that you are about to cross into and occupy, so that you and your children and your children's children may fear the LORD your God all the days of your life. Keep all his decrees and his commandments that I am commanding you, so that your days may be long.
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe them diligently, so that it may go well with you, and so that you may multiply greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, has promised you. Hear, O Israel: The LORD is our God, the LORD alone. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them when you are at home when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
Bind them as a sign on your hand, fix them as an emblem on your forehead, and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
THE SONG OF PREPARATION See Screen - DVD
THE SERMON: PASSING THE BATON Text: Deuteronomy 6:1-9 Bayshore Gardens Community Church Dr. Daniel Herlein Please see sermon outline
DEUTERONOMY 6:4-7 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments I give you today are to be upon your hearts. IMPRESS THEM ON YOUR CHILDREN. Talk about these commandments when you sit at home, when you walk along the road, when you lie down, and when you get up.
The most important thing we can teach our children and grandchildren is to put God first in their lives, and THAT begins with an example from parents and grand-parents.
From Psalm 78... Hide not the truths of God from your children; Tell the next generation about your expectations and about presence of the Lord, His power, and the wonders He has done. THERE IS NO MOLDING WITHOUT MODELING.
PASSING THE BATON
The Pastoral Prayer and The Lord s Prayer OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME. THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE, ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD, AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS; AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL. FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM, AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER AMEN.
OUR OFFERING As A Tangible Expression Of Our Gratitude To God, We Joyfully Offer Our Monetary Gifts To Financially Support God's Work At Bayshore Gardens Community Church
OFFERTORY MUSIC NO ONE UNDERSTANDS LIKE JESUS Harriet Hoeksema, organist
THE DOXOLOGY PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW; PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW; PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOST; PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST. AMEN
**THE CLOSING HYMN #404 FAITH OF OUR FATHERS [ All who are able please stand ]
(1) Faith of our fathers! living still In spite of dungeon, fire and sword: O how our hearts beat high with joy Whene er we hear that glorious word! Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to Thee till death.
(2) Faith of our fathers! We will strive To win all nations unto Thee, And thru the truth that comes from God, Mankind shall then be truly free. Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to Thee till death.
(3) Faith of our fathers! We will love Both friend and foe in all our strife: And preach Thee, too, as love knows how, By kindly words and virtuous life. Faith of our fathers, holy faith! We will be true to Thee till death.
THE PASTORAL BENEDICTION Go forth from this place as God s elect and covenant people... AMEN