Sunday, March 17, 2024

 Blessings

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.  Romans ~ 15:13

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Good Morning!

 

 Lenten Awakening 

“Jesus Uniting Us”

 Call to Worship and Prayer 

 Hymn  “Onward Christian Soldiers” 

 Tithes and Offerings 

 Doxology

 Hymn “How Firm A Foundation” 

 Praise and Prayer

 Responsive Reading: Jesus Prays for All Believers

 Leader: We can thank Paul for teaching us that the church is like a human body made up of its different parts. We are those parts, working together to enable the church to fulfill its purpose. God has made Christ the head of this body, and when the body follows the head, it expresses “the fullness of Christ” himself (Ephesians 1:22-23)

 Women: The gifts are given to members of the body to equip the church for service and to build up the members of the body (Ephesians 4:11-13).

 Men: And we grow, joined and held together by Christ, the head, as we build ourselves up in love and make our important contributions (Ephesians 4:16).

 Leader: Sounds wonderful, but as Paul learned quickly, it doesn’t always work to perfection, because of both our own imperfections and sinfulness. Paul himself acknowledges this again and again in his letters.

 All: I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the minds of naive people. (Romans 16:17-18).

 Leader: Jesus prayed for all believers: “Father, may they all be one as You are in Me and I am in You: may they be in Us, for by this unity the world will believe that You sent Me. All the glory You have given to Me, I pass on to them. May that glory unify them and make them one as We are one, I in them and You in Me, that they may be refined so that all will know that You sent Me, and You love them in the same way You love Me. (John 17:21-23).

 Special Music: “Somebody Prayed For Me” by Dorothy Norwood 

 Sermon: “Jesus Uniting Us”

 Hymn  “Crown Him With Many Crowns” 

Benediction

 

 

Prayer

 Mary Sherwood, Jim and Donna Glenn, Unspoken prayers, Don Baker’s African Mission , Roger and Pat Polsley, Riverton family, house fire, Larry and Betty Moyer, Beth Lueth, Bev Powles, Phyllis Layman, Crystal and Andrew

 

 

 

 Happy Birthday Mary Z., 18th, and Phyllis Layman, 22nd 

 Board meeting after the service.

 Monetary donations are being accepted for the new stove.

 March 23 Percival Hometown Pride: Firehouse pancakes and Easter egg hunt at the park. 

 March 24 Palm Sunday: pancake breakfast, bring a side dish to share. 

 May 1st: Pastor Donna invites the ladies to a Tea Party in Malvern.

 

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Another spring table by Phyllis Layman

 

 Thanks Phyllis!

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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
 

 

Every moment of worry weakens the soul for its daily combat.

 

 

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Have a good week