September 5, 2021

Announcements

Check out the Office of Peacebuilding and Policy (a witness of the Church of the Brethren) has provided resources for the Top 5 Ways to Support Afgans Seeking Refuge.

September 5, 2021 Bulletin

Psalm Reading

Psalm Psalm 146 (NRSV taken from BibleGateway)

Praise for God's Help

1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God all my life long. 3 Do not put your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help. 4 When their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish. 5 Happy are those whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord their God, 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; who keeps faith forever; who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free; 8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind. The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down; the Lord loves the righteous. 9 The Lord watches over the strangers; he upholds the orphan and the widow, but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin. 10 The Lord will reign forever, your God, O Zion, for all generations. Praise the Lord!

Opening Hymn

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Praise Hymn

Shine, Jesus, Shine

Children's Story

Joys & Concerns

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Please continue to pray for the following: Larry Brockmiller, Tammy Sutton, Cindy Warlitner, Bruce Hill, Joyce Long, Jerry Shelton, Jim Harvey, the Pastoral Search for our Church. from Bulletin
Please pray for Tammy Sutton and her family on the passing of her mother.
Pray for the National Older Adult Conference (NOAC) of the Church of the Brethren to be held online from September 6 – 10, 2021. Let us give thanks for the commitment of those whose faith has preceded and informed ours as they gather for spiritual growth and the nurture of relationships both human and divine. from Virlina District
Please continue to pray for my mom. She will have surgery on September 16th. from Allison Stetar

Prayer Hymn

Spirit of the living God

Morning Prayer

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Special Music

For Those Tears I Died

Scripture & Sermon

Have you ever felt left out? Unworthy? Rejected? Be assured that you are enough, and you are enthusiastically invited to God's table to receive his blessings! And not just the crumbs! Oh no... You are welcomed with full status! Learn more in Reverend Hicks's message by clicking below.

Closing Hymn

Ask ye what great thing I know

Benediction

For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

AMEN.