28 Youth Meeting in Library (11:30 a.m.)

Lobby Mailboxes

Please remember to check your lobby mailbox for important flyers, prayer notes, etc.

Faith Church is seeking to conserve resources by reducing the number of inserts we place

in the bulletin. Contact the church office if you would like a mailbox.

FAITH CHURCH Loving Jesus for Life. Loving Others to Life.

Pastor Brett Kindig, Lead Pastor

pastorbrett@wearefaithec.com (610) 844-2712 Cell

Pastor Tim Valentino, Pastor of Connectional Ministry

timval3106@gmail.com (484) 269-4313 Cell

Today at Faith Church

9:00 a.m. Christian Education for All Ages

10:15 a.m. Morning Worship Service

Nursery (Infants through Age 3)

Junior Church (Ages 4 through Grade 4)

This Week at Faith Church

Monday Evangelism Commission Meeting (7:00 p.m.)

Wednesday Worship Team Rehearsal in Sanct. (6:00 p.m.)

Saturday Bowman Celebration of Life Service (10:30 a.m.)

Looking Ahead

January 14 Prayer Meeting in Sanctuary (4:00 p.m.)

14 Light Meal in Fellowship Hall (5:00 p.m.)

14 Prayer Commission Meeting (After Meal)

15 Ministry Council Meeting in Annex (7:00 p.m.)

17 Worship Team Rehearsal in Sanct. (6:00 p.m.)

18 Muhlenberg Food Pantry (2:45 p.m.)

19 Church Family Game Night in FH (6:00 p.m.)

21 Stewardship Team Meeting (11:30 a.m.)

24 Worship Team Rehearsal in Sanct. (6:00 p.m.)

28 Fellowship Coffee Hour in FH (9:30 a.m.)

Series: One Another’s (Why Christian Connection Matters)

Sermon: Love One Another

Pastor Brett @ Faith Church Sunday, January 7, 2018

Leviticus 19:18 “You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of

your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.”

John 13:34-35 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you,

so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,

if you love one another.”

1 John 4:7-8 “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Every-

one who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does

not know God, because God is love.”

John 15:12-13 “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater

love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

Romans 12:8 “Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love

one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”

Introduction: Elephant In The Room

Loving One Another Reminders:

Reminder #1: God is l__________, God c____________ us to love one another

and God m_______ what true love is! (1 John 4:7-12)

7 “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been

born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we

might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his

Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to

love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and

his love is made complete in us.” 1John4:7-12

Reminder # 2: Jesus taught us the w______ to l_____ o______ a_________!

John 13:34-35

34 “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one an-

other. 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” John

13:34-35

Question: God the Father and the Son have set the precedent, but why do they set

such a precedent to love one another?

Reminder # 3:Love c___________ over a m_______________ of s_____! 1 Pe-

ter 4:8

8 “Above all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.”1Peter4:8

How blessed the church — especially the church in transition

— that loves like this!

Communion Reflection Video: “Remembrance” by Matt Maher

(Scenes from The Passion of the Christ)

Communion in the Evangelical Congregational Church

1. You must have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ in order to partake of com-

munion today.

2. You do NOT need to be a member of an EC Church, or any church, in order to par-

take this morning.

3. If you have a child with you today, whether you are the parent or guardian, it is your

decision whether they partake of communion or not. Please make sure they under-

stand the following:

a. They know Jesus Christ by faith as their Lord and Savior.

b. They understand what the bread and the juice represent.

Communion at Faith Church

Here at Faith Church, we serve communion in the pews and occasionally at the altar

rail. Today’s communion is at the altar rail; therefore, let us explain a few things:

1. We use bread and grape juice for communion here at Faith Church.

2. The first table will be those assisting Pastor Brett and Pastor Tim as they serve

communion this morning. (Pianist, Ushers, Pastor Tim, and Sonya)

3. After the first table, an usher will come by your pew and dismiss your pew to come

to the altar rail; please follow the following directions:

a. Exit your pew to the window side of the Sanctuary, and when you are dis-

missed from the altar rail, please come back through the middle aisle.

b. If you cannot kneel or stand, please sit in one of the first pews; the Pastors will

serve you there.

c. When you arrive at the altar rail, please remaining standing until one of the

Pastors says, “Please kneel if you are able.” You may kneel or stand at the altar

rail at this point.

Communion Challenges: 10 Practical Ways We Can ‘Love One An-

other’

(From the article, “10 Ways A Church Family Can Love One Another” by Aaron Gray)

Table #1: Pray (1 Thessalonians 5:25) Table #6: Encourage (1 Thessalonians

5:11)

Table #2: Gather (Hebrews 10:25) Table #7: Forgive (Colossians 3:13)

Table #3: Community (Romans 12:16) Table #8: Play (Ecclesiastes 3:13)

Table #4: Serve Together (Ecclesiastes 4:9) Table #9: Speak Truth (Ephesians 4:15)

Table # 5: Show Honor (Romans 12:10) Table #10: Pursue Godliness (2 Peter 1:5

-7)

Actions That Can Help Us Love One Another

1. Drop an encouraging card in the mail or send an email or an encouraging text.

2. Pray through our church directory.

3. Invite someone over for a meal.

4. Come to game night.

5. Have a game night at your house and invite some people from Faith Church.

6. Have coffee with someone and get to know them.

7. If you know of an “issue,” don’t let it fester; speak truth wrapped in love to the ap-

propriate people. (Holding on to it or not speaking about it is not helping us to love

one another.)

Sonya Valentino, Ministry Director

timsonya@ptd.net (484) 269-4314 Cell

Ruth Aquiline, Office Secretary

ruth@wearefaithec.com (610) 929-1895 Office

Bill Bowman, Phone Prayer Chain Contact

(610) 926-9246 Home

FAITH EVANGELICAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

400 N. Temple Boulevard Temple, PA 19560

(610) 929-1895 www.wearefaithec.com

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Communion Sunday

Welcome to Faith Church! Thank you for silencing your

mobile device before the service begins. If you’re worshiping with us for the first time, please fill out a con-

nection card and place it in the offering plate when it comes around. Thank you for joining us today!

Prelude ................................................................. Debbie Green

Welcome & Announcements .................... Pastor Tim Valentino

Time of Reflection .............................. All the People Said Amen

Call to Worship ......................................... Pastor Tim Valentino

Worship in Singing His Praise ....... Faith Church Worship Team

10,000 Reasons

Jesus, Thank You

Lord, I Need You

Congregational Prayer ............................. Pastor Tim Valentino

Worship in Giving Our Offerings......................... Congregation

Offertory ........................................ Faith Church Worship Team

Doxology .................. Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow

Dismissal to Children’s Church ............. Ages 4 through Grade 4

Worship in Hearing God’s Word ................. Pastor Brett Kindig

“Love One Another” (Various Scriptures)

Worship in Partaking Holy Communion ............ Congregation

Response Song .................... How Deep the Father’s Love for Us

Benediction .................................................. Pastor Brett Kindig

Postlude ............................................................... Debbie Green

Spotlight Announcements

WITH GRATITUDE: I would like to thank everybody for their cards and prayers. – Eleanor

Hoagland

FELLOWSHIP COFFEE HOUR: The Coffee Fellowship events are held the last Sunday of

each month from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Please see Ellie Scheipe if you

would be willing to coordinate one of these monthly events in 2018.

KINDIG OPEN HOUSE: The “Kindig Shindig” will be held on Sunday, January 21 from 4:00

to 7:00 p.m. See Pastor Brett or Michele for directions to their house.

Childcare Workers for January

January 7 Nursery: Patsy Shannon

Jr. Church: Michele Kindig & Lisa Ayello