To know Christ personally, to mature spiritually, to build community and to show God's love faithfully.

Committed to Christ and His Word

JOHN

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Service for the Worship of God

May 3, 2020 | 11:00 AM

REFLECTION

If self-righteous piety sometimes snuffs out genuine compassion, it must also be admitted, with shame, that social activism, even that which meets real needs, sometimes masks a spirit that knows nothing of worship and adoration.

D.A. Carson: Commentary, The Gospel According to John

WELCOME CALL TO WORSHIP (from Psalm 103)

(Leader) Praise the Lord, my soul;

all my inmost being, praise his holy name.

Praise the Lord, my soul,

and forget not all his benefits—

who forgives all your sins

and heals all your diseases,

who redeems your life from the pit

and crowns you with love and compassion.

HYMN OF PRAISE (see page 7) HOW GREAT THOU ART Hymnal #44

Because we

believe God

initiates with

sinners, we begin

worship

with His Word:

His invitation to

us to gather in

His name.

You are

encouraged to

prepare for

worship by

quieting

your mind and

heart.

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PRAYER OF ADORATION CONFESSION OF SIN (Philippians 3:7-12)

Leader:

But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ.

What is more, I consider everything a loss

compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord,

for whose sake I have lost all things.

Congregation:

I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him,

not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law,

but that which is through faith in Christ

the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith.

All:

I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection

and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings,

becoming like him in his death,

and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.

Silent prayer, confessing our sin.

THE 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.

ASSURANCE OF PARDON (Ephesians 1:7-8)

In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in

accordance with the riches of God's grace that he lavished on us with all

wisdom and understanding.

Jesus is good to

lead us from the

sorrow and

shame of our sins

into the security

and joy of His

grace.

The reading of

scripture, which

exposes our sin.

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HYMN OF ASSURANCE (see page 8)

YET NOT I BUT THROUGH CHRIST IN ME

DECLARATION OF FAITH THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM

(Leader) Q.1. What is your only comfort in life and in death?

(ALL) A. That I am not my own, but belong

-body and soul, in life and in death—

To my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.

He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,

and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil.

He also watches over me in such a way

that not a hair can fall from my head

without the will of my Father in heaven;

in fact, all things must work together for my salvation.

Because I belong to him,

Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life

and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready

from now on to live for him.

SCRIPTURE READING JOHN 12:1-11

SERMON SERIES: JOHN: THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE Some Things Are Just More Important! Pastor Harry Long

PRAYER OF APPLICATION

HYMN OF PURPOSE (see page 9) TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE Hymnal #585

We boldly

proclaim what

we believe.

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PRAYER OF PETITION & THANKSGIVING PETER MARTIN

CONGREGATIONAL RESPONSE (hymnal #644)

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

That I may be calm to comfort sick and sorrowing.

OFFERING DOXOLOGY (hymnal #731)

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.

PRAYER OF DEDICATION CLOSING REFRAIN (hymnal #565, verses 1 & 5)

All for Jesus! All for Jesus!

All my being’s ransomed pow’rs:

all my thoughts and words and doings,

all my days and all my hours.

O what wonder! How amazing!

Jesus, glorious King of kings,

deigns to call me his beloved,

lets me rest beneath His wings.

BENEDICTION

We give thanks

to God and bring

our needs to him.

As recipients of

his grace, we give

back to God a

portion

of what is

already his.

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SERIES: JOHN THAT YOU MAY HAVE LIFE STUDIES IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

...that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

and that by believing you may have life in his name.

John 20:30-31

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Today: Some Things Are Just More Important! John 12:1-11

Pragmatic Compassion vs. Extravagant, Unqualified Devotion

The poor you will always have with you,

but you will not always have me.

1. Mary’s offering

2. Judas’ objection

3. Jesus’ observation

4. The chief priests’ obstinance

Sermon Notes

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HYMN OF PRAISE HOW GREAT THOU ART #44

We praise our

Triune God for

who He is and

what He does.

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HYMN OF ASSURANCE YET NOT I BUT THROUGH CHRIST IN ME

By CityAlight

We rejoice in

the promise of

forgiveness!

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HYMN OF PURPOSE TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE

#585

We rejoice in

the promise of

forgiveness!

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Financial Information

Harry D. Long, Senior Pastor Marty Cates, Associate Pastor of Family & Youth Ministries Ambrose Winfree, Assistant Pastor of Hispanic Ministry Becky Boone, Director of Kid ’s Ministry Michael Breakall, Director of Worship Christine Bates, Assistant Director of Youth & Discipleship Evan Maddox, Assistant Director of Youth & Outreach Sandra Learned, Administrative Team Leader Kate Maguire, Administrative Assistant Margarita Wallace, Administrative Assistant

STAFF

Dave Antoline* Jim Bates* Rob Cross* Brian Kaman Glenn Kurtz Peter Martin Dave Prior* Dennie Pritchard*

Amish Ray Stephen Righter* Trevor Roberts Phil Rohrer* Jim Shefferly Jim Ulmer Gene Whitehead

*active session

ELDERS

Tyler Burgess Jim Hankins Pat Murphy Kevin Newman

Steve O’Brien Scott Shefferly Frank Stokes John Vick

DEACONS

Leadership

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April offering goal: $83,706 April offering (as of 4/30/20) $85,129 102%

Year to Date 4/1/19 - 3/31/20

Budget: Actual:

YTD offering goal: $1,132,650 YTD offering: $1,127,645 ($5,005 und er)

YTD expenses: $1,132,650 YTD expenses: $1,132,650