First Presbyterian Church Americus, Georgia A community of faith, responding to God s call Loving, learning and leading people to Jesus Christ. Welcome to Worship! We hope and pray that you are embraced by God's Love through our members, our pastor, and our staff this morning. If you are a guest, please fill out one of our guest cards so we can be in touch with you. We invite you to join us for Sunday School next week at 9:45 a.m.
Sunday, October 8, 2017-11:00 a.m. Sunday Worship *All Are Invited to Stand in Body or in Spirit The congregation is invited to respond at the bold print OCTOBER CALANDAR OF EVENTS Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat PRELUDE WELCOME and ANNOUNCEMENTS Camron Cummings, Organist 8 9 10 Pastor Sommer Bible Study Magnolia Manor 11 12 13 Fall Youth Overnight (Group Leaders arrive) 14 Fall Youth Overnight (Check-in begins at noon) CALL TO WORSHIP O Lord, you are God. There is no other God but you. We renounce all that we have allowed to come between us. O Lord, we worship you. We praise and honor your name. We worship you on this, your holy day. For your love, for your word, for all that you have given: O Lord, we thank you and praise you. We love you. *HYMN (Blue 481)... Praise the Lord, God s Glories Show..... PRAYER OF CONFESSION We are guilty, O God. We are guilty of forgetting your saving acts among your people and in so doing, failing to give thanks, to worship, to call upon your name to live according to your grace. Instead, we create gods of our idols...those images we worship, putting them ahead of you as if they can save us from ourselves. We are guilty, O God, of failing to love our neighbor, of living our lives in ways that center our attention on ourselves instead of the other and justifying our behavior by the gods to which we bow. We are guilty. God, forgive us, we are guilty, and the evidence of our guilt is before us for we are reaping what we have sown. Hear our prayers. Write your name upon our hearts, O God, that we might remember that we are your people and you are our God, and love as we have been loved. 15 Pancake Breakfast - 9am Fall Youth Overnight 16 17 22 23 24 29 Reformation Sunday Pastor Sommer Magnolia Manor Chapel - 4pm 30 31 10am-Help bag treats Volunteers Needed 18 Building & Grounds Mtg. 6pm 19 Pastor Sommer Referation Project (Lake Blackshear) 25 26 Pastor Sommer @ CSM Kiwanis Pet Parade and Downtown Trick or Treat 4pm 20 21 Flint River Presbytery Meeting Columbus, GA 27 28 Pres House - Campus Ministry Board Mtg. VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE Elder of the Month Sharon McFarland October 8th: Ushers/Greeters: Russ Childers - Ronnie Greer Radio Announcer: Jim Griffith BK: Ronnie Greer
Please Join us Sunday, October 15th at 9:00a.m. for the Fall Youth Pancake Breakfast ASSURANCE OF PARDON Beloved, forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, let us press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus, knowing that in Christ we find salvation for our souls. In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! Thanks be to God! *RESPONSE TO FORGIVENESS (Blue 579) Gloria Patri Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen CHILDREN S MESSAGE Pastor Sommer Bible Study at Magnolia Manor at 10:30 a.m. on Pastor Sommer continues her monthly Bible study at Magnolia Manor. Come join her on Tuesday, October 10th on the Section 3 sun porch at 10:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. *PASSING OF THE PEACE The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you and also with you Let us share the peace of Christ with our neighbors. PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE 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. Volunteers needed Tuesday, October 24th at 10:00a.m. to help stuff treat bags for the Kiwanis Pet Parade and Downtown Trick or Treat.
PRAYER FOR ILLUMINATION SCRIPTURE Exodus 20: 1-4, 7-9, 12-20 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; 3 you shall have no other gods before me. 4 You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 7 You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name.8 Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. 12 Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.13 You shall not murder. 14 You shall not commit adultery. 15 You shall not steal. 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.17 You shall not covet your neighbor s house; you shall not covet your neighbor s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.18 When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sound of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking, they were afraid and trembled and stood at a distance, 19 and said to Moses, You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, or we will die. 20 Moses said to the people, Do not be afraid; for God has come only to test you and to put the fear of him upon you so that you do not sin. Prayer List Please Pray For - Our Nation, Our Church; Our Pastor, Our Staff, Our Officers, Campus Ministry, Our Community and especially: MEMBERS AND CHURCH FRIENDS HOMEBOUND &/OR IN RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES Bob & B.J. Bryan Rev. Bill Gettys MariAnne Griffith Marthalene House Mary Mackey Nancy Miller Kitty Williams MEMBERS REMEMBERED IN PRAYER Rev. Bill Gettys Ronnie and Gladys Greer David Ndaayezwi MISSIONARIES REMEMBERED IN PRAYER Benji and Esther Campbell WBT Anne D (India) Lois and Tim Hunter, Wycliffe Bible Translators. Please notify the church office at 924-2162 or office@americuspresbyterian.org if you would like to add someone to our prayer list and/or request a PrayerGram. Please have an address available for PrayerGram requests.
*HYMN (Blue 339)...... Be Thou My Vision.... *BENEDICTION MESSAGE... A Picture of How Free People Live".Pastor Sommer *POSTLUDE..........Camron Cummings, Organist OFFERTORY Todays Flowers are lovingly offered in memory of those who lost their lives and in honor of those impacted by the terrible event that shocked our nation in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1, 2017. *DOXOLOGY (Blue 592)... Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow... 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 PRAYER OF DEDICATION *HYMN (Insert)... Will You Come and Follow Me...
ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION OF ELDER Ordination and Installation of Karen Gatewood PROFESSION (whole congregation) With the whole church, let us confess our faith. Do you believe in God the Father? I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth. Do you believe in Jesus Christ, the Son of God? I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead. Do you believe in God the Holy Spirit? I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen ANOINTING AND CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS ORDINATION PRAYER FOR ELDERS/LAYING ON OF HANDS 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. DECLARATION OF ORDINATION AND INSTALLATION CHARGE