CELEBRATION OF WORSHIP
Peachtree is a community of Jesus followers inviting people to love God in heart, mind, soul, and strength.
ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME Prelude
Congregational Introit* Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation
Doxology* Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #544
LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD
Prayer of Adoration*
GIVE PRAISE TO GOD
Hymn of Praise** Come, Christians, Join to Sing #131
WHAT MAKES YOUR HEART BEAT? Radical Hospitality
Lighting of the Candles
Acts 2:42–47 (Pew Bible, 1694) Vic Pentz 8:45, 10:00, 11:15
Placing of the Bible
Celebrate the Sacrament See pages 4–5
Life of the Congregation** Pastoral Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer 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 our debtors, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
GO IN GOD’S NAME
Hymn of Response* We Are Called to Be God’s People Not in hymnal Invitation and Benediction* Postlude
Offering Our Gifts Create in Me a Clean Heart Terre Johnson Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a right spirit in me. Cast me not away from Thy presence, And take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Thy salvation, And uphold me with Thy free spirit. Create in me, O God. —Psalm 51:10 –12
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Those who are able, please stand.
The beautiful flowers in the Sanctuary this morning are given to the glory of God and in Loving Memory of: Ben Shippen by the Shippen family **
Ushers will seat latecomers at this time.
If your young child needs attention during worship, live broadcasts of the service are available in the Williams Center and the Family Room off of the Williams Center.
LEADING WORSHIP
MILESTONES
8:45
BIRTHS
Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Chuck Roberts Pastor for Congregational Life Jay Madden Pastor for Mission Mary Hoffman Director of Music 10:00
Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Chuck Roberts Pastor for Congregational Life Vicki Harrington Franch Pastor for Pastoral Care Mary Hoffman Director of Music 11:15
Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Mark Crumpler Pastor for Teaching & Spiritual Formation Vicki Harrington Franch Pastor for Pastoral Care Mary Hoffman Director of Music
LIGHTING THE CANDLES Gavin & Trista Rohrer 10:00 Ella Hart 11:15
Barnwell (Wells) Palmer 2/2 Brynn & Palmer McArthur
MEMBER DEATHS Charles Taylor 2/4 Husband of Betty Taylor
FAMILY MEMBER DEATHS
Marjorie Cook 2/4 Mother of Nancy Barnes & David Cook; Mother-in-law of Rick Barnes Al McCuen 2/8 Father of Janie McCuen Ann O’Meara 2/3 Grandmother of Jay O’Meara; Great Grandmother of Jacob, Katelyn & Jackson O’Meara
Lent. That’s a Catholic thing isn’t it? That question seems to come up every year. The answer is “No.” Lent is not a Catholic thing —it’s a Christian thing. The word ‘Lent’ comes from an Anglo-Saxon word that means ‘length’ (Old English lencton). This word was used to denote that season of the year in which the days lengthen. The season of Lent blends ascetic or ‘wilderness’ themes with the hope of new life. It is a season for anticipating the coming Resurrection. Lent can be a time for saying “yes” as you deliberately take up the spiritual disciplines. This approach to Lent means you purposely take up practices that will lead you deeper into the way of Jesus. Lent can be a time for saying “no” as you choose to fast from some normal activity or food as you humbly turn away from anything in your life that keeps you at a distance from God (repentance). Join us for a time of worship, prayer, and reflection as we make our way through the Passion of Jesus to Resurrection Sunday.
CELEBRATE THE SACRAMENT THE COMMUNION PRAYER Pastor: The Lord be with you. People: And also with you. Pastor: Lift up your hearts. People: We lift them up to the Lord. Pastor: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. People: It is right to give our thanks and praise. Pastor: Holy and loving God, we gather at this table giving you thanks for the gift of your kindness shown to us in your Son Jesus Christ. In his life, he was a friend to sinners, touching the outcast, healing the broken, and proclaiming your love for the world. In his death, he paid the price for our sin that we might stand before you joyfully and without fear. As we receive the bread and the cup, pour out your Holy Spirit on us that we might extend your kindness to the world. Through your Son Jesus Christ, all honor and glory is yours, Almighty God, now and forever. Amen.
“I am the bread of life. All who come to me shall not hunger, and all who believe in me shall never be thirsty.” —John 6:35
WORDS OF INSTITUTION/DISTRIBUTION OF THE BREAD & CUP To symbolize our individual experience of God’s grace, please partake of the bread* as it is served. To symbolize our common experience together of God’s grace, please retain the cup until all have been served. * The communion bread was made gluten free but not cut in a dedicated facility.
UNISON PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING Gracious and loving God, you have made us one in the body of Christ, and nourished us at your table with holy food and drink. Thank you for feeding our hunger and relieving our thirst. Now send us into the world to do the work you have given us to do: to find the lost and lonely, to heal broken souls, to free prisoners, and to love in Jesus’ name. Grant us strength to persevere in resisting evil, and to proclaim in all we say and do your good news in Christ Jesus our Savior. Amen.
TOURS OF PEACHTREE Tours of Peachtree will be given today following each worship service. Please meet in the Williams Center by the piano.
DID YOU KNOW… • Peachtree is a 444,000 square foot facility perched on over 15 acres of land? • The Gym at Peachtree hosts over 50 classes per week and 62 men’s basketball league teams? • The Ascension Window was crafted by Joseph V. Llorens? Llorens considered it his finest work.
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