Worship Bulletin

May 10, 2020

11:00 a.m. Worship

Inviting all generations into a growing life with Jesus Christ

The Gathering

PRELUDE For the Beauty of the Earth
Setting by Donald Rotermund

GOOD NEWS AT FIRST PRES Pastor Kellen Smith

CALL TO WORSHIP 1 Corinthians 13, †CEB

1 If I speak in tongues of human beings and of angels but I don’t have love, I’m a
clanging gong or a clashing cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and I know all
the mysteries and everything else, and if I have such complete faith that I can move
mountains but I don’t have love, I’m nothing. 3 If I give away everything that I have
and hand over my own body to feel good about what I’ve done but I don’t have love,
I receive no benefit whatsoever.

4 Love is patient, love is kind, it isn’t jealous, it doesn’t brag, it isn’t arrogant, 5 it isn’t
rude, it doesn’t seek its own advantage, it isn’t irritable, it doesn’t keep a record of
complaints, 6 it isn’t happy with injustice, but it is happy with the truth. 7 Love puts
up with all things, trusts in all things, hopes for all things, endures all things.

8 Love never fails. As for prophecies, they will be brought to an end. As for tongues,
they will stop. As for knowledge, it will be brought to an end. 9 We know in part and
we prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, what is partial will be brought to
an end. 11 When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, reason like a child, think like
a child. But now that I have become a man, I’ve put an end to childish things. 12 Now
we see a reflection in a mirror; then we will see face-to-face. Now I know partially,
but then I will know completely in the same way that I have been completely known.
13 Now faith, hope, and love remain—these three things—
and the greatest of these is love.

OPENING SONG
Hymn 305 Come Sing, O Church, in Joy!

The Confession

CALL TO CONFESSION Pastor Stephen Kellough

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

God, you give us more love and grace than we can fully know.
Forgive us when we ignore the ways you guide and provide for us.
Wash away our sin in the waters of your mercy.
Teach us to embody the love you modeled for us
in Jesus our Savior, through whom we pray.
Please continue in silent prayer for confession of personal matters.

DECLARATION OF GOD’S PARDON

The Word

WORD IN SONG A Mother’s Prayer by Keith Getty,
Kristyn Getty, & Fionan de Barra


Before you close your eyes to sleep

I have a promise still to keep
As I hold you in my arms.
I pray your little frame grows strong
And that faith takes hold while you are young;
This is my prayer for you.

Hold my hand;
I’ll teach you the Way to go.
Through the joys, through the tears,
The journey of these years,

May you trust Him ‘til the end.
May you trust Him in the end.

This world is not as it should be,
But the Savior opens eyes to see
All that’s beautiful and true.
Oh may His light fill all you are
And the jewel of wisdom crown your heart;
This is my prayer for you.

Hold my hand;
I’ll teach you the Way to go.
Through the joys, through the tears,
The journey of these years,
He is with us ‘til the end.
He is faithful ‘til the end.

You’ll travel where my arms won’t reach
As the road will rise to lead your feet
On a journey of your own.
May my mistakes not hinder you
But His grace remain and guide you through;
This is my prayer for you.

Take His hand
And go where He calls you to.
And whatever comes, seek Him
With all your heart;
This will be my prayer for you.
mmmm Father, hear my ceaseless prayer;
Oh keep them in your care.

MESSAGE Pastor Kellen Smith

A Magnificent Mother

Proverbs 31:10-31, †CEB

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PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE Pastor Stephen Kellough

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.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever.

Amen.

The Sending

CLOSING SONG
Hymn 833 O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go

O Love that wilt not let me go,
I rest my weary soul in thee;
I give thee back the life I owe,
that in thine ocean depths its flow
may richer, fuller be.

O Light that followest all my way,
I yield my flickering torch to thee;
my heart restores its borrowed ray,
that in thy sunshine’s blaze its day
may brighter, fairer be.

O Joy that seekest me through pain,
I cannot close my heart to thee;
I trace the rainbow through the rain,
and feel the promise is not vain
that morn shall tearless be.

O Cross that liftest up my head,
I dare not ask to fly from thee;
I lay in dust life’s glory dead,
and from the ground there blossoms red
life that shall endless be.

OFFERING Pastor Kellen Smith

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the ministries of the church continue for our community. Thank you for giving

by text, online, or mailing your gifts into the church office.

BLESSING Trumpet Tune
POSTLUDE by Robert Carrara

Leading Music

Jessica Coffey, vocals
Micah Sanders, cello | Doug Zimmer, organ
Kedrick Armstrong, Director of Music Ministry