Sunday, May 4, 2025

 Blessings

 

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 Sunday, May 4, 2025

Call to Worship and Prayer - John 20:30-31

Hymn #323, “Holy, Holy, Holy”

Offering and Doxology

Hymn #318, “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”

Praise and Prayers

Responsive Reading: John 21:1-14

 Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish

1 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. It happened this way:
2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus, Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together.
3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.
4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.
5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered.
6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.
7 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” As soon as Simon Peter heard him say, “It is the Lord,” he wrapped his outer garment around him (for he had taken it off) and jumped into the water.
8 The other disciples followed in the boat, towing the net full of fish, for they were not far from shore, about a hundred yards.
9 When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals there with fish on it, and some bread.
10 Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”
11 So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn.
12 Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.
13 Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish.
14 This was now the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.

Hymn #325, “All Hail The Power of Jesus' Name”

Special Music: “Unashamed” by Matthew West

Sermon: “Love My Sheep”

Hymn #18, “The Love Of God”

Benediction

 

 Prayers:

Mary Sherwood, Wava, Don and Mike Shipley, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren - cancer, back, Randy Snapp - cancer, Dr.  Woltemath - cancer, Harley Niles, kidney disease, Penny Warren -shoulder surgeries, Lynn Handy - back, Barb Handy - caregiver, Phyllis Layman - arthritis, Sharon Duffy (Mindy’s DIL mother) - spinal surgery, Jesse and Wyatt Burge, and baby Wade (#3.48), Drew Heuberger, Bev Powles - back, Farmers in the fields

 

 Praise: JoAnn’s shoulder is feeling better, rain quenching the land, Mary and Jan Zach for all their work for PCC.

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 LOOKING  AHEAD...

 May 11th - Mothers Day Brunch at 9:30 am

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Members of the congregation are asked to help with buying church supplies. Look for a sign-up sheet in the Fellowship Room

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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown

 

 Today's Sunday Church Share...

 

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Percy's Tidbit

 

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 Have a great week!

Sunday, April 27, 2025

 Blessings

 

 Good Morning!

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 Sunday, April 27th, 2025

Call to Worship and Prayer - Luke 24:32-34

Hymn #287, “Were You There”

Offering and Doxology

Hymn #256, “The Old Rugged Cross”

Praise and Prayers

Responsive Reading: Luke 24:13-31

On the Road to Emmaus
The congregation may read the even verses

13 Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[a] from Jerusalem.
14 They were talking with each other about everything that had happened.
15 As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them;
16 but they were kept from recognizing him.
17 He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast.
18 One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
19 “What things?” he asked. “About Jesus of Nazareth,” they replied. “He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people.
20 The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him;
21 but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place.
22 In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning
23 but didn’t find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.
24 Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see Jesus.”
25 He said to them, “How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”
27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself.
28 As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther.
29 But they urged him strongly, “Stay with us, for it is nearly evening; the day is almost over.” So he went in to stay with them.
30 When he was at the table with them, he took bread, gave thanks, broke it and began to give it to them.
31 Then their eyes were opened and they recognized him, and he disappeared from their sight.

Hymn #282, “Wounded For Me”

Special Music: “I Can See” by Steve Green

Sermon: “Seriously - It’s Him”

Hymn #18, “The Love Of God”

Benediction

 

 Prayers:

The family of Jim Glenn, Mary Sherwood, Wava, Don and Mike Shipley, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren - cancer, back
Randy Snapp - cancer, Dr. Woltemath - cancer, Harley Niles, kidney disease, Nancy Moran, Handy’s niece, Penny Warren - shoulder surgeries, Jesse and Wyatt Burge, and baby Wade, The family of Drew Heuberger, Nancy Houchins - caretaker, Lonnie Houchins - accident, Phyllis Layman - leg pain, Pastor Donna’s friend Kris, Nancy Newlon, Farmers in the fields, Victims of local tornadoes

 Praise for Kris and cats moving in with Pastor Donna, Macy Graham and her Grandmother joining us last Sunday, the arrangement of Paul Bennett’s lovely lilies, baby Wade Louis Burge,

Quasimodo Sunday, also known as Low Sunday, is the second Sunday after Easter, a day in the Christian liturgical calendar. The name comes from the opening words of the Latin Mass, "Quasi modo geniti  infantes," which translates to "like newborn infants". This phrase refers to the newly baptized and their renewed spiritual life after Easter.

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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown

 

 Today's Sunday Church Share...

 

 

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Percy's Tidbit 

 

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 Have a great week!

Going to leave you with this short little clip (less than a minute long) You can find the full video on youtube as well and it's only a little over a minute. This video is of the last few questions she was asked. Saw it a year or two ago and it has stuck with me ever since.  Watch it HERE.

 

  My thought after watching it...

 Isn't it amazing, so many things can be taken from us, but if Jesus truly lives in our heart, He's there to stay. -Mindy💗

 

 

 

Sunday, April 20, 2025

 Blessings

 

Good Morning and Happy Easter!

 

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 Easter Sunday, April 20th, 2025
        “Ultimate Courage”

Call to Worship and Prayer - Matthew 28:1-7

Hymn #289, “Christ The Lord Is Risen Today”

Offering and Doxology

Hymn #299, “He Lives!”

Song: "Man On The Middle Cross” by Rhett Walker

Praise and Prayers

Responsive Reading: Luke 24:1-12  Jesus Has Risen

1 On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb.
2 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,
3 but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
4 While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them.
5 In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
6 He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee:
7 ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’ ”
8 Then they remembered his words.
9 When they came back from the tomb, they told all these things to the Eleven and to all the others.
10 It was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the others with them who told this to the apostles.
11 But they did not believe the women, because their words seemed to them like nonsense.
12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. Bending over, he saw the strips of linen lying by themselves, and he went away, wondering to himself what had happened.

Hymn #292, “Because He Lives”

Special Music: “He Is Alive” by Don Francisco

Sermon: “The Price”

Hymn #18, “The Love Of God”

Benediction

 

 Prayers:
Donna Glenn - caretaker, horses, Jim Glenn, hospice at home, Mary Sherwood, Wava, Don and Mike Shipley, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren - cancer, back, Randy Snapp - cancer, Dr. Woltemath - cancer, Harley Niles, kidney disease, Penny’s grandson Erin, Nancy Moran, Handy’s niece, Penny Warren - shoulder surgeries, Jesse and Wyatt Burge, and baby, The family of Drew Heuberger, Farmers in the field, Nancy Houchins - caretaker, Lonnie Houchins - accident, Phyllis Layman - leg pain, Pastor Donna’s friend Kris, Nancy Newlon

 

 LOOKING AHEAD

 May 11th - Mothers Day Brunch at 9:30 am

Members of the congregation are asked to help with buying church supplies. Look for a sign-up sheet in the Fellowship Room

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The children were an important part of our Palm Sunday service last week.  Ezra and Mary read a Bible passage about Jesus's entry into Jerusalem. Then Waylon, Ezra, Greenly, and Gentry marched around the sanctuary waving palm branches while the congregation sang "Hosanna, Loud Hosanna!" -Mary Zach

 

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Old churches must not simply stand as monuments to the past but as spiritual grandparents that have invested in the future by passing on their life to others and releasing their offspring to form new congregations. ~ unknown

 

 Today's Sunday Church Share...

 

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Percy's Tidbit

 

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May the joy of Easter fill your heart with renewed faith and hope.  Happy Easter!