Blessings
Sunday, September 21st, 2025
Courage for the Journey
Call to Worship and Prayer: Isaiah 13:1-13
Hymn #69, “Standing On The Promises”
Offering and Doxology
Hymn #56, “Good Will Take Care Of You”
Praise and Prayers
Responsive Scripture: Isaiah 14:3-17
3 On the day the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you,
4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury[a] has ended!
5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
6 which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
7 All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.
8 Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say,
“Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.”
9 The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming;
it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.
10 They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.”
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
13 You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
16 Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate:
“Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,
17 the man who made the world a wilderness,
who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?
Hymn #71, “Faith Is The Victory”
Special Music:
“The Battle Belongs To You” by Phil Wickham
Sermon “Babylon”
Hymn #18, “The Love Of God”
Prayers:
Mary Sherwood - sign book if visiting, Gary Sherwood, Wava and Mike Shipley -Rockport, Don Shipley, Betty Booker - health concerns
Mindy Raymond, Barbara Armstrong, Sandra and Chase (Nancy’s family), Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren - back, falling issues
Lynn Handy - physical therapy weekly 3x, Barb Handy - caregiver, Bev Powles - procedures this month, Joan Tiemeyer - back, Rich Hobbfast - Jan’s friend, not well, Lucy Roth - lymphatic leukemia, Beth’s friend, Zane Burge - looking for employment, Birkby’s family in Mexico, Linda and Ray Hendrickson - alzheimers, Don’s ministry,
Kim Dyke, Bonnie Hickey and Family, Family of James Armstrong - Mindy’s father, Family of Andy Jones, Unspoken and personal prayers
Praises:
Nice photos all around of great grandchildren .Delicious desserts for Pie Day last Sunday, Pastor won the vote in the Malvern Special Election, Damon Birkby - enjoys work in Europe
Mary Z. requests the congregation to collect for her empty plastic milk jugs, gallon size or half gallon. She needs about 30 of them for a Halloween craft at our Fall Festival.
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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
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