Percival Community Church: Sunday, October 12, 2025

Blessings

Good Morning!

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Sunday, October 12th, 2025
Courage for the Journey

Call to Worship - Isaiah 18:1-7

Hymn #118, “A Mighty Fortress is our God”

Offering and Doxology

Hymn #120, “He Hideth My Soul”

Praise and Prayers

Responsive Scripture - Isaiah 19:1-15

A Prophecy Against Egypt

1 See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

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“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian— brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

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The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing;
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.

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I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry.

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The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.
The reeds and rushes will wither,

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also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more.

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The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the waterill pine away.

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Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

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The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

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The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings”?

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Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty, has planned against Egypt.

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The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.

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The Lord has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

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There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm branch or reed.

Hymn #117, “A Shelter In Time Of Storm”

Special Music:
“Walk By Faith” by Jeremy Camp

Hymn #443, “I Need Thee Every Hour”

Sermon:
“Cush and Egypt in Time of Trouble”

Hymn #18, “The Love Of God”

Prayers:

Mary Sherwood - sign book if visiting, Wava and Mike Shipley -Rockport, Don Shipley, Betty Booker - health concerns, Sandra and Chase - Nancy’s family, Sherrie Thompson - cancer, Jan’s friend Glenda Wright - cancer, Davie Warren - back, falling issues, Ellie - Penny’s daughter, Lynn Handy - physical therapy weekly 3x, Barb Handy - health issues, Bev Powles - heart procedures soon, Joan Tiemeyer - back, hives, Rich Hobbfast - Jan’s friend, not well, Lucy Roth - lymph. leukemia, Beth’s friend, Diena - JoAnne’s friend, Linda and Ray Hendrickson - alzheimers, Don’s ministry, Mrs. McIntosh - cancer, Bob Miles - liver cancer, stage 4, Brenda Herivel - lung, pituitary tumors, Unspoken and personal prayers

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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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Looking Forward:

Sunday School - 8:45 am

Harvest Party for children - October 26th, 2 - 4 pm

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Chili for Congregation - October 26th, 11:30 am
Harvest Dinner - November 23rd, Decoration Day - November 23rd
November 30th - First Sunday of Advent

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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