Welcome to Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church Worship is both discovery and sharing. As we share the Word of God, prayer, and the sacraments in an atmosphere of praise, Christ Jesus reveals the Living God in ever greater fullness. May God bless you and your worship today. Visiting? If you have questions or need assistance, please ask. Please fill out an Visitor Card to register your attendance with us. Listening devices are available from the sound booth. For more information: Our website: www.spepchurch.org Our facebook page: go.spep.church/fbpage SPEPlink our e-newsletter-subscribe or read it online (www.spepchurch.org) Connections our newsletter-available in the Narthex Our Purpose: To Glorify God Our Mission: Discovering in Christ the greatness of God, and sharing those discoveries with others. Our Vision: A church where Jesus mends broken lives with the goodness of God, and equips us to join him in his work. Our Values: Firm in biblical standards, flexible in ministry style. Confident that Jesus is at work. Humbly transparent, with respect and compassion for others. Delighted in God. Passionate for spiritual growth and ministry skill. Committed to be part of what Christ is doing in the church and in the world.
Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church Worshipping Sundays at: 9:30am & 11:00am October 16, 2016 Preparation for Worship: You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low. You are my lamp, O LORD; the LORD turns my darkness into light. - 2 Samuel 22:28-29 NIV This morning s sermon: But I See Four Men Daniel 3:1-30 Pastor Glenn Parkinson 3
Order of Worship Entering God s Presence Call to Worship from Psalm 18:1, 3 Leader: I love you, O LORD, my strength. People: I call upon the LORD, Leader: who is worthy to be praised, People: and I am saved from my enemies. Gathering Song You Alone Can Rescue Page 9 Prayer of Invocation Mutual Greeting Responsive Reading, Elder Mark Good from Matthew 10:24-39 4 Leader: A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. People: It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. Leader: If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household. People: So have no fear of them, for nothing is covered that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Leader: And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. People: Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Leader: Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
People: Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. Leader: So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, People: but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven. Leader: Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, People: and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. Leader: And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. People: Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. Leader: This is the Word of the Lord People: Thanks Be To God Pastoral Prayer Song of Response Lord I Need You Page 10 Hymn of Affirmation How Firm a Foundation Page 11 Hymn # 275 Good News for Kids (11:00) Jen Kraker Missions Report Roberta Brown - MTW 5
Offering Ourselves to God Tithes and Offerings Offertory In Christ Alone Page 8 Dedication and Doxology Hymn # 625 Enjoying God s Fellowship Sermon But I See Four Men Pew Bible Pastor Glenn Parkinson Page 739 Sermon text: Daniel 3:1-30 Sending Song Christ Is Risen Page 12 Benediction from Psalm 25:13-15 6
Offertory 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 every 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 power of Christ I ll stand. Words and Music by Keith Getty and Stuart Townend 2001 Thankyou Music CCLI Licence # 56194 8
Gathering Song You Alone Can Rescue Who O Lord could save themselves Their own soul could heal Our shame was deeper than the sea Your grace is deeper still Chorus And You alone can rescue You alone can save You alone can lift us from the grave You came down to find us led us out of death To You alone belongs the highest praise You O Lord have made a way The great divide You healed For when our hearts were far away Your love went further still Yes Your love goes further still We lift up our eyes Lift up our eyes You re the giver of life We lift up our eyes Lift up our eyes You re the giver of life (REPEAT 4X) To You alone belongs the highest praise To You alone belongs the highest praise To You alone Words and Music by Matt Redman and Jonas Myrin 2008 Thankyou Music; sixsteps Music; Said And Done Music; SHOUT! Music Publishing CCLI License # 56194 9
Song of Response Lord, I Need You Lord I come, I confess. Bowing here, I find my rest. And without You, I fall apart. You re the one that guides my heart. Chorus: Lord, I need You, oh, I need You. Ev ry hour I need You. My one defense, my righteousness; Oh, God, how I need You. Where sin runs deep, Your grace is more. Where grace is found is where You are. And where You are, Lord, I am free. Holiness is Christ in me. So, teach my song to rise to You When temptation comes my way. And when I cannot stand, I ll fall on You. Jesus, You re my hope and stay. Jesus, You re my hope and stay. Christy Nockels Daniel Carson Jesse Reeves Kristian Stanfill Matt Maher 2011 worshiptogether.com songs sixsteps Music Sweater Weather Music Valley Of Songs Music Thankyou Music CCLI License # 56194 10
Hymn of Affirmation 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, To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled? 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 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 its foes; That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I ll never, no never, no never forsake! From John Rippon s Selection of Hymns, 1787 Trad. American melody; Caldwell s Union Harmony, 1837 11
Sending Song Christ Is Risen Let no one caught in sin Remain inside the lie of inward shame But fix our eyes upon the cross And run to Him who showed great love And bled for us Freely You ve bled for us Chorus: Christ is risen from the dead Trampling over death by death Come awake come awake Come and rise up from the grave Christ is risen from the dead We are one with Him again Come awake come awake Come and rise up from the grave Beneath the weight of all our sin You bowed to none but heaven s will No scheme of hell no scoffer s crown No burden great can hold You down In strength You reign Forever let Your church proclaim O death where is your sting O hell where is your victory O church come stand in the light The glory of God has defeated the night Singing O death where is your sting O hell where is your victory O church come stand in the light Our God is not dead He s alive He s alive Matt Maher, Mia Fieldes 2009 Thankyou Music spiritandsong.com SHOUT! Publishing CCLI License No. 56194 12
Roberta Brown Serving the Church in Japan Roberta was born and raised in Linthicum, MD and became a Christian in high school, where her sense of missions began to grow. After graduating from Towson State University and working in the business world for eight years, she joined the Tokyo/Chiba Church-planting team as a short-term worker in 1992 and a career member in 1997. There she helped the team by teaching conversational English, leading English Bible studies, and acting as team treasurer. Living in Japan has helped her see the tremendous need for the gospel to be proclaimed in that country and hearts to be touched and changed by it. Japan is a country of over 126 million people, of which only 1/2 of 1% are professing to know Jesus as Lord and Savior. By being there she hopes to help facilitate the Tokyo/Chiba churchplanting team s goal of a grace-based church-planting movement throughout Japan. Prayer Requests: Thanks to the Lord for: a vehicle and housing; accountability and reconnection with friends. Please pray: 1. Immediate need: Pray for a good use of time as I develop weekly routines. Pray for ESL lesson prep, Bible studies, and further Japanese learning. Pray also for wisdom between church involvement and needed private study and rest. Pray also for the regional Japan Partnership Conference being held at Chapelgate Church Oct 21-23. 2. 6 weeks from now: As I begin to share with churches, pray that God would stir the hearts of those listening and raise up workers for Japan. 3. 1 year from now: Pray that I would be able to write Bible times to be used in our English classes in Japan. Pray that they would identify and address the felt needs of the Japanese and highlight the Bible s answers to those needs. RobertaMTW@aol.com http://mtwtokyo.com/about/who-we-are/roberta-brown/ 13
Reflection & Preparation Reflection: Daniel 3:1-30 This Week: Quote Obedience to other human beings is always limited. God s authority alone is supreme and limits every form of human authority Scripture requires the believer to follow God, even when that action amounts to civil disobedience or revolt Of course it is almost too easy for us, when we simply disagree with an authority, to concoct a reason as to why God would have us disobey. We should remember that for us God s will is limited to Scripture, and that we need to be rigorously careful in our determinations of God s will from Scripture. (John Frame, The Doctrine of the Christian Life, pg. 581) 1 Samuel 17:37-47 David and Goliath Acts 12:7-11 Luke 4:1-13 An Angel Rescues Peter from Prison Satan tempts Jesus 14 Prayer: Almighty and eternal God, so draw our hearts to You, so guide our minds, so fill our imaginations, so control our wills, that we may be wholly Yours, utterly dedicated to You; and then use us, we pray, as You will, and always to Your glory and the welfare of Your people; through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen (From the Book of Common Prayer) In Preparation for Sunday: Daniel 4:1-47 The Pray for Me Campaign: This week we are praying for the gift of Faith for our youth; Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.