PROVIDENCE CHURCH

November 7, 2021

Welcome

Passing of the Peace: Though we are separated by distance our hearts are one in Christ. The peace of Christ be with you!  And also with you!

 

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow;

Praise him all creatures here below;

Praise him above, ye heavenly hosts;

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

 

Call to Worship:   Psalm 66 (selected verses)

Leader: Come and see what God has done:

he is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.

Congregation: Come and hear, all you who fear God,

and I will tell what he has done for my soul.

Leader: I cried to him with my mouth,

and high praise was on my tongue.

Congregation: If I had cherished iniquity in my heart,

the Lord would not have listened.

Leader: But truly God has listened;

he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

All: Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer

or removed his steadfast love from me!

 

 

Songs of Praise:

Come, Let Us Worship (Fernando Ortega, 2006  CCLI Song #4854735)

Come, let us worship and bow down, and kneel  before the Lord, our Maker;

Come, let us worship and bow down, and kneel  before the Lord, our Maker. (2X)

He is our God, He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture.

He is our God, He is our God, and we are the sheep of his hand.

 

Come, let us worship and bow down, and kneel  before the Lord, our Maker.

Come, let us worship and bow down, and kneel  before the Lord, our Maker.

He is our God, He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture.

He is our God, He is our God, and we are the sheep of his hand.

 

Worship the Lord in holiness; let the whole earth stand in awe.

He will come to judge the world in righteousness and truth…

 

He is our God, He is our God, and we are the people of his pasture.

He is our God, He is our God, and we are the sheep of his hand. (2X)

 

Come, let us worship and bow down, and kneel before the Lord, our Maker.

 

I Could Sing of Your Love Forever (Martin Smith, 1994  CCLI Song #1043199)

Over the mountains and the sea, your river runs with love for me,

And I will open up my heart and let the Healer set me free.

I’m happy to be in the truth, and I will daily lift my hands,

For I will always sing of when your love came down.

 

I could sing of your love forever, I could sing of your love forever.

I could sing of your love forever, I could sing of your love forever. (Repeat)

 

Fairest Lord Jesus (Muster Gesangbuch, 1677; tune Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842)

Fairest Lord Jesus, Ruler of all nature,

Son of God and Son of Man!

Thee will I cherish, thee will I honor,

thou, my soul’s glory, joy and crown.

 

Fair are the meadows, fairer still the woodlands,

robed in the blooming garb of spring:

Jesus is fairer, Jesus is purer,

who makes the woeful heart to sing.

 

Fair is the sunshine, fairer still the moonlight,

And all the twinkling, starry host:

Jesus shines brighter, Jesus shines purer

Than all the angels heav’n can boast.

 

Beautiful Savior! Lord of the nations!

Son of God and Son of Man!

Glory and honor, praise, adoration,

now and forevermore be thine.

 

Confession/Assurance    

 

Respond in Praise:

 

We Believe (Graham Kendrick, 1986  CCLI #190689)

We believe in God the Father, maker of the universe,

And in Christ the Son, our Savior, come to us by virgin birth.

We believe He died to save us, bore our sins, was crucified;

Then, from death, He rose victorious, ascended to the Father’s side—

 

Jesus, Lord of all, Lord of all,

Jesus, Lord of all, Lord all;

Jesus, Lord of all, Lord of all,

Jesus, Lord of all, Lord of all—

 

We believe He sends his Spirit on his Church with gifts of pow’r,

God, his Word of truth affirming, sends us to the nations now.

He will come again in glory, judge the living and the dead;

Ev’ry knee shall bow before Him, then must ev’ry tongue confess:

 

Jesus, Lord of all, Lord of all,

Jesus, Lord of all, Lord all;

Jesus, Lord of all, Lord of all,

Jesus, Lord of all, Lord of all—Lord of all.

 

Scripture Reading:    1 John 5:1-5

 

Overcoming the World

 

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome. 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

 

This is the Word of the Lord.   Thanks be to God!

Sermon:  “Christian Birthmarks”                                                    Matthew Brouwer                     

 

Hymn of Dedication

 

Living Hope (Brian Johnson, Phil Wickham, 2019 CCLI #7106807)

1.How great the chasm that lay between us,

How high the mountain I could not climb

In desperation, I turned to heaven

And spoke your name into the night.

 

Then through the darkness your lovingkindness

Saw through the shadows of my soul.

The work is finished, the end is written,

Jesus Christ, my Living Hope.

 

2.Who could imagine so great a mercy,

What heart could fathom such boundless grace?

The God of Ages stepped down from glory

To wear my sin and bear my shame.

 

The Cross has spoken, I am forgiven,

The King of kings calls me his own.

Beautiful Savior, I’m yours forever,

Jesus Christ, my Living Hope

 

Chorus: Hallelujah, praise the One who set me free,

Hallelujah, Death has lost its grip on me!

You have broken every chain,

There’s salvation in your name,

Jesus Christ, my Living Hope!

 

3.Then came the morning that sealed the promise,

Your buried body began to breathe.

Out of the silence, the roaring Lion

Declared the Grave has no claim on me. (Repeat verse 3)

Jesus, yours is the victory! (Chorus 2x)

Jesus Christ, my Living Hope, O God you are my Living Hope!

 

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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil:

for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory.  Amen

 

Hymn of Thanksgiving

Be Thou My Vision (Irish poem and trad. Irish melody, 8th century, tr. Mary Byrne, Eleanor Hull)

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart;

Naught be all else to me, save that thou art—

Thou my best thought by day or by night,

Waking or sleeping, thy presence my light.

 

Be thou my wisdom and thou my true word;

I ever with thee and thou with me, Lord;

Thou my great Father, I thy true son;

Thou in me dwelling, and I with thee one.

 

Be thou my battle shield, sword for my fight;

Be thou my dignity, thou my delight,

Thou my soul’s shelter, thou my high tower:

Raise thou me heav’n-ward, O Pow’r of my pow’r.

 

Riches I heed not, nor man’s empty praise,

Thou mine inheritance, now and always:

Thou and thou only, first in my heart,

High King of heaven, my treasure thou art.

 

High King of heaven, my victory won,

May I reach heaven’s joys, O bright heav’n’s Sun!

Heart of my own heart, whatever befall,

Still be my vision, O Ruler of all.

 

Benediction 

 

Welcome Matthew Brouwer.  Matthew is son of Glenda and Edward and is married to Clair.  Matthew is a Bio-medical Engineer who is attending seminary in Raleigh, NC

 

 

 

KNOW

Welcome to Providence Church! We are glad that you are here, joining us in person or via Zoom!.

Sunday School:   Adult and Youth Sunday School is at 11:15.  Thom and Pastor Edward will alternate teaching a study this semester.   Will/Christina are leading a study of The Risen Lord for couples/singles. Bill/Jerry are leading the Youth SS in a classic book by CS Lewis.

Fellowship Time: Between the end of our worship service and before SS

Children of all ages are invited to participate in the entire service of worship.  Childcare for children up to 6 years of age, in our downstairs Christian Ed wing (on the left) at the end of the hallway.

Operation Christimas Child Shoebox Collection –  It’s that time of year to build shoeboxes to carry the Gospel to the ends of the earth.   Please bring your completed boxes each Sunday between now and Nov 14.  What to pack info and materials are in the Narthex.  Please include $9 donation for shipping and discipleship material in each box.  Get packing!

Church Christmas Decorating – NEED HELP decorating the church for Christmas on Nov 21, after SS.  This is a great family event to start the holiday cheer!

OCC Collection Center Volunteer Opportunity:  If you are interested in processing OCC boxes at the Charlotte collection center on Nov. 22, 1-6 please contract Renee Mitchell,  828-734-8791, we have only 8 spaces available.

Haywood Children’s Outreach:  Would you like to help Christ love shine in a special way this Christmas for children in Haywood County? Providence Church is donating a Storybook Bible for those children affected by the flooding in Cruso.  The Bibles will be distributed at an event December 4, “Hope for the Holidays”, a workshop for those who have suffered loss during the past year.  To make a monetary gift donation, mark it for “Haywood Children’s Outreach”.   Any surplus funds from this collection, along with other mission funds will be used to help purchase Bibles for the Junaluska Bible Club’s Christmas party.

Nursery Worker Needed –     Providence is looking to hire a part time nursery worker for each Sunday from 9:45 to 12noon.  Please contact Edward Brouwer 828-550-4615, or Linda Wilson, 901-230-7178, providencechurchassistant@gmail.com, if you are interested or know of anyone that might be.  Also, please be in prayer that God will guide this process. Thank you!

 

GROW

Pastor Bible Study – NO BIBLE STUDY THIS TUESDAY

Wed. Night Bible Study:  Wednesday Night Bible study meets in Fellowship Hall from 6:30-8:00

Women’s Prayer Group – 10:15am Tuesday mornings, contact Linda Roberts for more info

Men’s Prayer Group – 6:45am Thursday mornings, contact Sam Mitchell for more info.

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Open Door Soup Kitchen: This is an ongoing commitment of Providence Church to the least, the last, the lost and the lonely of our community.  While Open Door is no longer able to serve meals, we are still volunteering to cook the meals on the first Friday of each month.  If you can serve in this way, please let Linda Wilson know at 901-230-7178.  Thanks for your faithfulness.

 

Prayer Requests: Healing: Glenda White, Judd and Susanne Harriot, Robbie Hargrove, Mike Lear, Chuck & Carole Torpy; Glenn & Laura Glad; Thom Morgan’s mother; Lisa Rhodarmer’s mother Ruth and brother Michael; Sarah Altman’s brother-in-law Dan