May 23, 2021

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If you shop online with Amazon, Amazon will contribute 0.5% of your purchase to the Church of the Brethren. There is no cost; simply sign up and Amazon does the rest. 0.5% is not much, but spread across all of the Amazon shoppers in our denomination, it will certainly add up. Click on "Account," then go to "Your Lists," and finally click "AmazonSmile Charity Lists.” Follow the prompts and select Church of the Brethren, Elgin, IL. In the future, remember to shop at "smile.amazon.com” instead of just "amazon.com," but all of your information transfers automatically.

May 24 – Floor Waxing Begins in EVENING; Please DO NOT enter the church.

May 28 – Floor Waxing Concludes

June 2 – Bible Study, 6:30 pm (tentative)

May 23, 2021 Bulletin

Psalm Reading

Psalm 104: 24-35 (NRSV taken from BibleGateway)

24 O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great. 26 There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it. 27 These all look to you to give them their food in due season; 28 when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good thing. 29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground. 31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works -- 32 who looks om the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. 33 I will sing to he Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord. 35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!

Opening Hymn

I sing the mighty power of God

Praise Hymn

Awesome God

Children's Story

Joys & Concerns

Please check out the Facebook Group for updates, details, and additional Joys & Concerns.***

Please continue to pray for the following: Larry Brockmiller, Tammy Sutton, Family of Denise Bowles, Cindy Warlitner, Bruce Hill, Joyce Long, Jerry Shelton, Rita Furr, the Pastoral Search for our Church. from Bulletin
Pray for the Parkway Church as the congregation anticipates disorganization at the 2021 Virlina District Conference. Let us give thanks to God for the ministry and mission accomplished by this congregation and for seeds planted that yet await blossom and fruit-bearing. from Virlina District
Please pray for my mom. from Allison Stetar
Please pray for those suffering from injuries on the crews at Aspen Cleaning. from Allison Stetar

Prayer Hymn

Breathe on me, breath of God

Morning Prayer

Spend some time in prayer… Click on the video’s play button if you would like to have an instrumental song for mediation.

Special Music

You'll Never Walk Alone

Scripture & Sermon

"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got."

This quote is attributed to Janis Joplin and has been written in a number of yearbooks as a more profound way to say, "Don't change!" In all honesty, though, it is not accurate. You are not all you've got, and if you have been made whole in Christ Jesus, then compromising yourself also means compromising him. Learn more in Reverend Hicks's sermon...

Closing Hymn

Move in our midst

Benediction

May Christ dwell in your hearts through faith — that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

AMEN

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