PROVIDENCE CHURCH

      October 23, 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 13   

Leader:  How long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? Forever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?

Congregation:  How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

Leader:  Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

Congregation:  Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Leader:  But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

ALL:  I will sing unto the Lord, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.

 

 

 

Songs of Praise:

All Creatures of Our God and King (Francis of Assisi, 1225)

All creatures of our God and King, lift up your voice and with us sing alleluia, alleluia!

Thou burning sun with golden beam, thou silver moon with softer gleam,

O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

Thou rushing wind that art so strong, ye clouds that sail in heav’n along, O praise him, alleluia!

Thou rising morn in praise rejoice, ye lights of evening, find a voice,

O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

All ye who are of tender heart, forgiving others, take your part, O sing ye, alleluia!

Ye who long pain and sorrow bear, praise God and on him cast your care,

O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

Let all things their Creator bless, and worship him in humbleness, O praise him, alleluia!

Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son, and praise the Spirit, three in one,

O praise him, O praise him, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

 

Christ, Our Hope in Life and Death(Keith Getty, Matt Boswell, Jordan Kauflin, Marr Merker & Matt Papa)

What is our hope in life and death?

Christ alone, Christ alone

What is our only confidence?

That our souls to him belong

 

Who holds our days within his hand?

What comes, apart from his command?

And what will keep us to the end?

The love of Christ, in which we stand

 

Chorus: O sing hallelujah!

Our hope springs eternal

O sing hallelujah!

Now and ever we confess

Christ our hope in life and death

 

What truth can calm the troubled soul?

God is good, God is good

Where is his grace and goodness known?

In our great Redeemer’s blood

 

Who holds our faith when fears arise?

Who stands above the stormy trial?

Who sends the waves that bring us nigh

Unto the shore, the rock of Christ? (Chorus)

 

Unto the grave, what will we sing?

“Christ, he lives; Christ, he lives!”

And what reward will heaven bring?

Everlasting life with him

 

And we will rise to meet the Lord

Then sin and death will be destroyed

And we will feast in endless joy

When Christ is ours forevermore (Chorus 2X)

 

Tag: Now and ever we confess

Christ our hope in life and death

 

Amazing Love (You Are My King) (Billy James Foote, 1999)

I’m forgiven because You were forsaken

I’m accepted, You were condemned

I’m alive and well, Your Spirit is within me

Because You died and rose again (2X, first time through)

 

Chorus:

Amazing love, how can it be,

That You my King would die for me?

Amazing love, I know it’s true—

It’s my joy to honor You;

In all I do, I honor You

(Repeat from top)

 

You—are my King

Jesus, You—are my King

Jesus, You—are my King

Jesus, You—are my King

 

Chorus:

Amazing love, how can it be,

That You my King would die for me?

Amazing love, I know it’s true—

It’s my joy to honor You

In all I do, I honor You

In all I do, I honor You

In all I do, I honor You

 

Confession/Assurance    Romans 8

 

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.   For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.   For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God.   For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.   And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.   For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees?   But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

 

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.   And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.   And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.   For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.   And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.

Respond in Praise: 

Jesus, Lover of My Soul (Charles Wesley, 1740; tune Joseph Parry, 1879)

Jesus, lover of my soul, let me to thy bosom fly,

While the nearer waters roll, while the tempest still is high:

Hide me, O my Savior, hide, till the storm of life is past;

Safe into the haven guide, O receive my soul at last!

 

Other refuge have I none, hangs my helpless soul on thee;

Leave, ah! leave me not alone, still support and comfort me!

All my trust on thee is stayed, all my help from thee I bring;

Cover my defenseless head with the shadow of thy wing.

 

Thou, O Christ, art all I want; more than all in thee I find:

Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, heal the sick, and lead the blind.

Just and holy is thy name; I am all unrighteousness;

False and full of sin I am, thou art full of truth and grace.

 

Plenteous grace with thee if found, grace to cover all my sin;

Let the healing streams abound; make and keep me pure within:

Thou of life the fountain art, freely let me take of thee;

Spring thou up within my heart, rise to all eternity

 

 

 

Scripture Reading:   2 Thessalonians 1:1-7     

 

Greeting

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

 

Thanksgiving

We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.  Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

 

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

 

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

Sermon:  “ Patient Endurance to the End”                                                                                                             

 

Hymn of Dedication

 

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—we have been fed

And by your Spirit—we have been led

 

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—we have been fed

And by your Spirit—we have been led

 

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—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

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

Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners (Charles Wesley, 1744; tune Rowland Pritchard, 1855)

Jesus, what a friend for sinners! Jesus! Lover of my soul;

Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole.

 

Chorus:

Hallelujah! What a Savior! Hallelujah, what a friend!

Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.

 

Jesus! What a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in him;

Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, he, my strength, my victory wins.

(Chorus)

 

Jesus! What a help in sorrow! While the billows o’er me roll,

Even when my heart is breaking, he, my comfort, helps my soul. (Chorus)

 

Jesus! What a guide and keeper! While the tempest still is high,

Storms about me, night o’ertakes me, he, my pilot hears my cry. (Chorus)

 

Jesus! I do now receive him, more than all in him I find;

He hath granted me forgiveness, I am his, and he is mine. (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 in Exodus.  Children’s Sunday School – K-3 downstairs and 4-6 upstairs at the end of the hall.

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!

Providence Mission Yard Sale– Nov. 17- 19 , Thursday – Saturday. Mark your calendars to come help as many hands make light and profitable work for Missions at home and around the globe!  Please bring your gently used items to donate to the church before Nov. 8th if possible.

 

 

GROW

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY – From 6:30pm until 8:00pm, we are excited to hold our Wednesday night bible study. The study will continue every other week until Advent season.  We will also have a short praise and prayer time. Childcare provided if needed. Contact the Luke       Allsbrook with any questions.

Women’s Prayer Group – 10:15am Tuesday mornings, contact Linda Roberts for more info        828) 506-3101

Men’s Prayer Group – 6:45am Thursday mornings, contact Sam Mitchell for more info              (828) 734-1392

 

 

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Operation Christmas Child (OCC) Shoebox gifts:   Once again we have the joy to collect a small shoebox of items to send to a child who needs to know the true joy of Christmas. Samaitian’s purse OCC project uses these small boxes of happiness which YOU can pack to bring eternal joy through a discipleship program, The Greatest Journey Ever to bring the Good News of the Gospel to children around the globe. Collection dates for Providence shoeboxes are Sunday Nov. 13 and Nov.20. More “how to detail” to come next week.

OCC Shoebox Packing Center Opportunity– Mark your calendar to reserve Dec. 2 , 2022 for a trip to the OCC shoebox area packing center in Charlotte.  We have 14 slots available and a sign up sheet will be on the mission table in the Foyer.

 

Prayer Requests:   Healing: Lisa Rhodarmer’s surgery recovery, Tim and Becky Brittain illness recovery  Deaths: grandmother of Sam Allsbrook (and Boyd)  pray for comfort and grace,   For Mercy and Grace:  Bill Silverthorne, Glenda White, Robbie Hargrove, Mike and Rhonda Lear, Chuck & Carole Torpy