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FAMILY WORSHIP SUNDAY SPECIAL PRAYERS THIS WEEK: Kenya Joy Home
Creation Care Tip
Persecuted Churches
Michael, 11 years old
Recycle all paper, glass and aluminum in your home
Afghanistan
FPC Missionary: Sarah King, Serving in Israel/Palestine Maggie Waite, Serving in the Philippines Jim Wood & Bill Rawls, Serving in Kenya
Pastors at First Presbyterian Church: Jim Wood, Senior Pastor - jim@fpcnorfolk.org Valena Hoy, Executive Associate Pastor- valena@fpcnorfolk.org Jim Gates, Associate Pastor of Evangelism- jimgates@fpcnorfolk.org
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH www.fpcnorfolk.org MARCH 11, 2012
SEEKING CHRIST:
Family Worship- TODAY Sunday, March 11 will be a Family Worship Service; families will read scripture and the Cherub Choir will sing at 9:30. Join us at 9:30 and 11:00 in the Great Room (Old F.H.) and create a Resurrection Egg Basket for your family to take home. Our children will be baristas asking for donations in return for coffee with flavored creamers and hand decorated sleeves. All of their proceeds will benefit the Nazareth Joy Home. Makemie Woods- Speak to Mike Burcher this Sunday for more information on our wonderful camp and conference center, or visit www.makwoods.org. Wednesday I.D. (Institute of Discipleship) - Dinner is 5:30-6:15pm. Register Online or on the Connection Card. Cost: 6th grade to adult-$7.00; K to 5th-$5.00; Preschool is FREE! Max per family is $20.00. Adult class is Becoming a Contagious Christian with Jim Gates. 6:15-7:15pm. Virginia Symphony Orchestra- Seniors First presents the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Sunday March 18 at 6:00pm here at FPC. Visit www.fpcnorfolk.org for more information. Lost Art Show- Lost Art show will begin Sunday March 25, please email Kristine Rand at Kristine@fpcnorfolk.org if you are interested in participating in the show! Underground Intercessory Prayer Experience-Guided Prayer Exercise to intercede for our family members, friends and coworkers who don't know Christ. Each Sunday in Lent from 9:30 to 12:30. Marriage Ministries Meeting – There will be a meeting on Monday, March 19 at 6:00. Anyone who is interested in discussing ideas and planning activities, please come! Contact Jane Smack with any questions: 757-374-8592.
SHARING HIS LOVE:
Go 2 Blocks! -1 Block Sunday school +1 Block Worship; please park 2 blocks away to make room for visitors. Send Yourself to the Nations-Praise and Worship and Potluck- TODAY Sunday, March 11 at 5:30pm in First Hall. For additional information contact Sheryl@fpcnorfolk.org Massanetta Springs All Church Mission Camp- Sunday June 17- Tuesday June 19. Contact Sheryl Wood (Sheryl@fpcnorfolk.org) to reserve your spot! Easter Resurrection Flowers- Contribute $20.00 toward the flowers by filling out the portion of the Connection Card. Please be sure to add your check number, and make sure to print clearly! Add to the Community- Take the PRA•X•IS Evangelism challenge and pick up the materials in the Common! NEO Class- Join us in open discussion of our Christian Faith, in this non-threatening environment. Bring a friend from outside the church and enjoy this time of fellowship. Starts April 15. Visit www.fpcnorfolk.org.
First Time Guests -Stop by the Common for a free copy of Donald Miller’s Searching for God Knows What Free NIV Bibles- Are available in the Loft for anyone who would like one. Cross in The Common - A handmade cross will be added to the Pra•x•is cross in The Common each time the Lord blesses us with a first-time guest. We celebrate that 297 first-time visitors have been with us in worship since 9.11.2011. Please remember to invite your friends to church.
“...and day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.” Acts 2:47
SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY
MARCH 11, 2012 8:30 and 11:00 a.m. in the Sanctuary
Third Sunday in Lent
(Please silence your cell phone.)
Welcome
Call to Worship: Psalm 18: 1-2 *Hymn - #260 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Prayer of Confession (A prayer from our children)
Dear God, We love you very much. We are sorry that we have done some things that were not real nice this week to people we like. Thank you for Jesus and You. We will now take a moment to tell you things we did that were not pleasing to you silently. In your Son, Jesus Christ's name we pray. Amen
Silent Confession Confessional Response - Kyrie Kyrie eleison; Christe eleison; Kyrie eleison. Translation: Lord have mercy; Christ have mercy; Lord have mercy.
Assurance of Pardon: 1 Timothy 1: 15-17 *Congregational Response to God’s Grace: Gloria Patri
Hymn 579
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, Amen.
Greeting and Connecting Children through grade 5 are invited to come forward to receive Worship Packets & a RADICOL Kid’s bulletin if you did not receive one at the door.
Anthem
Your Servant I Will Be
Mark Patterson
Soloist: Charlotte Leib
Children’s Message (11:00 a.m.) Old Testament Reading: 1 Kings 19: 8-18, Page 326, O.T., NRSV New Testament Reading: Romans 10: 5-17 Page 160, N.T., NRSV
Read by the Tysinger Family at 8:30am Read by the Leib Family at 11:00am
The Preached Word
Add to the Community
Presentation of our Gifts: Romans 10: 14 How are they to hear without someone to proclaim him?
Jim Gates
Offertory Anthem
Here I Am
*Doxology and Prayer of Dedication
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, Praise Him, all creatures here below, Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Affirmation of Faith
The Apostles‘ Creed, Page 14 Hymnal
I believe in God, the Father almighty, Maker of heaven and earth and in Jesus Christ, His only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almighty; from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body and the life everlasting. Amen.
Concerns and Prayers of Our Church Family
The Lord’s Prayer [in unison]
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive us our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Thine is the kingdom, and power, and glory, forever.
*Hymn - Nothing But the Blood of Jesus 1. Refrain:
What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus. O precious is the flow that makes me white as snow; no other fount I know; nothing but the blood of Jesus.
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For my pardon this I see: nothing but the blood of Jesus. For my cleansing this my plea: nothing but the blood of Jesus. (Refrain)
3. 4.
Nothing can for sin atone: nothing but the blood of Jesus. Naught of good that I have done: nothing but the blood of Jesus. (Refrain) This is all my hope and peace: nothing but the blood of Jesus. This is all my righteousness: nothing but the blood of Jesus. (Refrain)
*An Invitation to Christian Discipleship
*Benediction and Congregational Response Amen, Amen, Amen Flowers in the Sanctuary - The flowers in the Sanctuary are given in loving memory of Mary Crawford Boutwell, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton E. Boutwell, Sr. and Clinton E Boutwell, Jr. By Dr. and Mrs. Richard Boutwell and children.
CONTEMPORARY WORSHIP
MARCH 11, 2012 9:30 a.m. in First Hall
Third Sunday in Lent
(Please silence your cell phone.)
ENTERING INTO THE WORD Songs of Praise and Prayer:
Our God is Greater Jesus Paid it All
Greeting & Prayer FPC Cherub Choir -
The Wise Man & The Foolish Man Pianist: Rachel Crumbly
Children’s Sermon Songs:
You Hold My World Here With You
ENCOUNTERING THE WORD
Old Testament Reading: 1 Kings 19: 8-18, Page 326, O.T., NRSV New Testament Reading: Romans 10: 5-17 Page 160, N.T., NRSV
Read by the Schwerin Family
The Preached Word
Add to the Community
ENGAGING THE WORD AND THE WORLD
Offering Our Gifts & Prayers: Romans 10: 14 How are they to hear without someone to proclaim him?
Benediction and Song of Response:
Our God is Greater
Jim Gates
SUNDAY MORNING CLASSES
MARCH 11, 2012
For help finding a class for yourself or your child, please stop by the Welcome Center.
Children and Youth Sunday School Resurrection Egg Basket Creation Stations 9:30 & 11:00 Bethlehem Babies Nursery Birth -23 months ~ 8:20 - 12:10 p.m. Check your child in at the Nursery Area. Jr. High Sunday School Grades 6-8 ~ 9:30 & 11 a.m. in the Catacombs Sr. High Sunday School Grades 9-12 ~ 9:30 in Youth Director’s Office on Staff Square; 11 a.m. in the Catacombs
Adult Sunday School 9:30 Basic Bible Class - Studying the Epistles of Paul (Rabbi Room) B90X- Read or Review the Bible in 90Days (Northminster House) Covenant Class - Isaiah (The Center) 11:05 Holy Land Group - 2nd & 4th Sundays (The Center) Bible Study -Study of 1 John (The Center) B90X- Read or Review the Bible in 90Days (Northminster House)
In The Common:
Free Bibles in The Loft & Sermon DVDs, free for visitors. A Special Gift for Visitors: First-time visitors receive a copy of Donald Miller’s book, Searching for God Knows What, found on the table in The Common.
Program Staff: Andrew Callan, Minister of Administration - andrew@fpcnorfolk.org Lucy Gates, Director of Family & Children’s Ministries - lucy@fpcnorfolk.org Hunter Mackey Johnston, Children’s Ministry Coordinator - hunter@fpcnorfolk.org Kristine Rand, Director of Prayer & Spiritual Growth - kristine@fpcnorfolk.org Josh Whitaker, Director of Youth & Young Adults - josh@fpcnorfolk.org Sheryl Wood, Mission Outreach Coordinator - sheryl@fpcnorfolk.org Annie Blakey, Director of Youth Ministries - annie@fpcnorfolk.org