Sunday, July 20, 2025

 Blessings

Bringing back a memory.  Does anyone remember this little Hollyhock doll?  Don Shipley made it a few years back and brought it to church one Sunday.

 

Tiny hands and Sunday best, 

Hollyhocks in bloom and rest.

Petals dressed in quiet grace,

cradled in a sacred place.

While hymns were sung and

 prayers were said,

a flower doll bowed her tiny head.

Childlike faith, so soft and small...

God smiled gently over all. 

 

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 Good Morning!

 

 Sunday, July 20th, 2025

Call to Worship and Prayer: Psalm 135:1-5

Hymn #337, “Praise to The Lord, the Almighty”

Offering and Doxology

Hymn #347, “All Creatures of Our God and King”

Praise and Prayers

Responsive Scripture: Psalm 9:1-11

1        I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

2        I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

3        My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you. 

4        For you have upheld my right and my cause, sitting enthroned as the righteous judge.

 

5       You have rebuked the nations and destroyed the wicked;  you have blotted out their name for ever and ever. 

6       Endless ruin has overtaken my enemies, you have uprooted their cities; even the memory of them has perished.

7       The Lord reigns forever; he has established his throne for judgment.

8       He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

9       The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

10     Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.

11     Sing the praises of the Lord, enthroned in Zion; proclaim among the nations what he has done.

Hymn #363, “To God Be the Glory”

Special Music: “That’s Who I Praise”by Brandon Lake

Sermon: “Praise”

Hymn #18, “The Love of God”

Benediction

 

 Prayers:
Mary Sherwood, Wava, Don and Mike Shipley, Sherrie Thompson, cancer, Davie Warren - cancer, back, Dr. Woltemath - cancer, Harley Niles, kidney disease, Lynn Handy - at home, Barb Handy - caregiver, Bob Geiger,  Bev Powles - very bad back, Rich Hobbfast - Jan’s friend, not well, Lucy Roth - lymphatic leukemia (Beth’s friend), Mindy’s Dad, Damon Birkby: Hungary for work,  Zane Burge - employment, Unspoken prayers, personal prayers

 

 Praise for a wonderful celebration of life for 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  

 

 

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