CELEBR ATION OF WORSHIP
Peachtree is a community of Jesus followers inviting people to follow God in heart, mind, and strength.
ASSEMBLE IN GOD’S NAME
LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD
Congregational Introit Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation #433
IN THE BEGINNING… GOD
Prelude
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Prayer of Adoration*
GIVE PRAISE TO GOD Hymn of Praise** Glorify Your Name Not in Hymnal
Genesis 1; John 1 (Pew Bible 1– 3; 1645 –1648) Marnie Crumpler 8:45, 10:00, 11:15
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* God of Grace and God of Glory #358 Invitation and Benediction* Postlude
Offering Our Gifts Awake the Harp! Franz Joseph Haydn Awake the harp, ye choirs, awaken, Loud let the praise of God be sounded. Rejoice in the Lord, the mighty God, Rejoice in the Lord, the mighty God; Surely the heavens and earth has He girded with splendor and light.
Doxology* Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #544
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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: Olivia Grace Hamilton by her mother, Barbara, and her brothers, Jacob and Caleb
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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
BIRTH
Marnie Crumpler Executive Pastor Jay Madden Pastor for Mission Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Mary Hoffman Director of Music 10:00
Marnie Crumpler Executive Pastor Vicki Harrington Franch Pastor for Pastoral Care Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Mary Hoffman Director of Music 11:15
Marnie Crumpler Executive Pastor Jay Madden Pastor for Mission Vic Pentz Senior Pastor Mary Hoffman Director of Music
Cora Kennedy Zielinski 12/21 Elizabeth & Clay Zielinski
HOSPITALS
Fred Cox Home Hospice Care Bill Davies Northside Margie Glover Home Hospice Care June Mindrup Home Hospice Care Ned Stiemke Roswell Nursing Center
FAMILY MEMBER DEATHS
Sara Helen (Sallie) Clark Gailey 12/25 Sister-in-law of Malcolm Gailey
CELEBR ATE THE SACR A MENT 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: It is right, and a good and joyful thing to give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, creator of heaven and earth. We enter this new year mindful of the grace that has surrounded us and sustained us in the year gone by. We gather at your table confident and hopeful that your grace will meet us in days yet to come. Our times, O God, are in your hand. We ask you now to pour out your Holy Spirit on us gathered here, and on these gifts of bread and wine. Make them be for us the body and blood of Christ that we, as your people, may be the presence of Christ in the world. All glory and honor be yours, O God, both 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.
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