Blessings
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Sunday, September 7, 2025
Call to worship and Prayer Isaiah 9:1-7
Hymn #180 "What Child is This, Who Laid to Rest"
Offering and Doxology
Hymn # 169 "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel"
Praise and Prayers
Responsive Scripture Isaiah 9:8-21
8 The Lord has sent a message against Jacob; it will fall on Israel.
9 All the people will know it—Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria
- who say with pride and arrogance of heart,
10 “The bricks have fallen down, but we will rebuild with dressed stone; the fig trees have been felled, but we will replace them with cedars.”
11 But the Lord has strengthened Rezin’s foes against them and has spurred their enemies on.
12 Arameans from the east and Philistines from the west have devoured Israel with open mouth. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
13 But the people have not returned to him who struck them, nor have they sought the Lord Almighty.
14 So the Lord will cut off from Israel both head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day;
15 the elders and dignitaries are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail.
16 Those who guide this people mislead them, and those who are guided are led astray.
17 Therefore the Lord will take no pleasure in the young men, nor will he pity the fatherless and widows, for everyone is ungodly and wicked, every mouth speaks folly. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised.
18 Surely wickedness burns like a fire; it consumes briers and thorns,
it sets the forest thickets ablaze, so that it rolls upward in a column of smoke.
19 By the wrath of the Lord Almighty the land will be scorched and the people will be fuel for the fire; they will not spare one another.
20 On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, but not be satisfied. Each will feed on the flesh of their own offspring]:
21 Manasseh will feed on Ephraim, and Ephraim on Manasseh; together they will turn against Judah. Yet for all this, his anger is not turned away, his hand is still upraised
Hymn # 168 "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus"
Special Music: "Isaiah 9" by Project of Love
Sermon, "He's Coming and You're Not Ready"
Hymn #18 "The Love of God"
Prayers
Mary Sherwood, Don, Wava, and Mike Shipley, Betty Booker-health concerns, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren- cancer, back, Dr. Woltemath, cancer, Lynn Handy at home-bad back, Barb Handy-caregiver, Bev Powles-back surgery, Rich Hobbfas-Jan's friend, not well, Lucy Roth-lymphatic leukemia, Beth's friend, Mindy's Dad moved to nursing home, Zane Burge-looking for employment, Damon Birkby-Hungary for work (4 months) Penny- a lot of shoulder pain, Ellie-caregiver, Linda and Ray Hendrickson-alzheimers, Unspoken and Personal prayers, Kati's baby due 9/8 (Handy's granddaughter)
Praises
Birkby's great grandchild #11, Hudson #9, 21 in.
Crops look good
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Sunday School begins today.
September 10th, Bible Study
September 14, Pie Day
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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
