PROVIDENCE CHURCH

      January 30, 2022

 

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 host;

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Amen

 

Call to Worship:   Psalm 150

Leader:  Praise the Lord!  Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens!

Congregation:  Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness!

Leader:  Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!

Congregation:  Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!

Leader:  Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals!

ALL:  Let everything that has breath praise the Lord!  Praise the Lord!

Songs of Praise:

All Who Are Thirsty (Brenton Brown, Glenn Robertson, 1998; CCLI #2489542)

All who are thirsty, all who are weak,

Come to the fountain, dip your heart in the stream of life.

Let the pain and the sorrow be washed away

In the waves of his mercy, as deep cries out to deep:

 

We sing, “Come, Lord Jesus, come; Come, Lord Jesus, come.”

(Repeat)

 

“Holy Spirit, come; Holy Spirit, come.”

 

 

You Have Been Good (Twila Paris, 1988; CCLI #59452)

Oh Lord, You have been good,

You have been faithful to all generations.

Oh Lord, your steadfast love

and tender mercy have been our salvation.

 

For by your hand (for by your hand)—we have been fed (we have been fed),

And by your Spirit—we have been led. (Repeat all)

 

Oh Lord, Almighty God, Father unchanging, upright and holy,

Oh Lord, you have been good, you have been faithful, you have been good.

 

For by your hand (for by your hand)—we have been fed (we have been fed),

And by your Spirit—we have been led.

 

Oh Lord, you have been good, you have been faithful, you have been good.

You have been faithful, you have been good,

You have been faithful, you have been good.

 

Living Waters (Ed Cash, Kristyn Gettys; CCLI #7063743)

Are you thirsty? Are you empty?

Come and drink these Living Waters.

Tired and broken, peace unspoken,

Rest beside these Living Waters.

 

Christ is calling: Find refreshing

At the cross of Living Waters.

Lay your life down, all the old gone:

Rise up in these Living Waters.

 

Chorus: There’s a river that flows with mercy and love,

Bringing joy to the city of our God;

There our hope is secure, do not fear anymore.

Praise the Lord of Living Waters!

 

Spirit moving, mercy washing,

Healing in these Living Waters.

Lead your children to the shoreline,

Life is in these Living Waters (Chorus)

 

Jesus said, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to Me and drink.  Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within him.” (John 7:37)

 

Are you thirsty? Are you empty?

Come and drink these Living Waters

Love, Forgiveness—vast and boundless—

Christ, He is our Living Waters (Chorus)

 

Chorus: There’s a river that flows with mercy and love,

Bringing joy to the city of our God;

There our hope is secure, do not fear anymore:

Praise the Lord of Living Waters!

There our hope is secure, do not fear anymore:

Praise the Lord of Living Waters!

 

Confession/Assurance    

 

Respond in Praise:

 

May the Mind of Christ My Savior (Kate Wilkinson, 1925; tune A. Cyril Barham-Gould, 1925)

May the mind of Chirst my Savior live in me from day to day,

by his love and power controlling all I do and say.

 

May the Word of God dwell richly in my heart from hour to hour,

so that all may see I triumph only through his power.

 

May the peace of God my Father rule my life in everything,

that I may be calm to comfort sick and sorrowing.

 

May the peace of God my Father rule my life in everything,

him exalting, self abasing, this is victory.

 

May his beauty rest upon my as I seek the lost to win,

and may they forget the channel, seeing only him.

 

Scripture Reading:    Matthew 17: 24-27

 

The Temple Tax

24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel.   Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.”

 

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

Sermon:  “Receiving an Exemption”                                                                                                        

 

Hymn of Dedication

 

Glorify Your Name (Donna Adkins, 1976; CCLI #1383)

Father, we love you, we worship and adore you.

Glorify thy name in all the earth.

Glorify thy name, glorify thy name, glorify thy name in all the earth!

 

Jesus, we love you, we worship and adore you.

Glorify thy name in all the earth.

Glorify thy name, glorify thy name, glorify thy name in all the earth!

 

Spirit, we love you, we worship and adore you.

Glorify thy name in all the earth.

Glorify thy name, glorify thy name, glorify thy name in all the earth!

 

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

My Hope is Built on Nothing Less (Edward Mote, 1834; tune William Bradbury, 1863)

1.My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;

I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

 

Chorus: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;

All other ground is sinking sand, all other ground is sinking sand.

 

2.When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace;

in every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil. (Chorus)

 

3.His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood;

when all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay. (Chorus)

 

4.When he shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in him be found:

dressed in his righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne. (Chorus)

 

Benediction 

 

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. Paula Rhodarmer will be teaching.   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.

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!

 

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GROW

 

Pastor Bible Study – NO PASTOR BIBLE STUDY THIS WEEK

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.   Please join us this Friday, February 4, 2022 to bless and be blessed.

 

 

Prayer Requests: Deaths:  Beadie Morgan (prayers for Morgan family) Healing: Glenda White, Judd and Susanne Heriot, Robbie Hargrove, Mike and Rhonda Lear, Chuck & Carole Torpy; Lisa Rhodarmer’s mother Ruth and brother Michael; Sarah Altman’s brother-in-law Dan

 

A Special Welcome Home:  Beadie Morgan was welcomed into the arms of Jesus on 1-27-2022 at the age of 99 yrs old.  Beadie was a woman of deep faith and strong determination. She believed that you could accomplish anything with faith in God, and hard work. She also valued education as a tool to help one get ahead in life and demonstrated these beliefs in her own life.  Please keep Thom and family in your thoughts and prayers.