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 Precious Lord, Take My Hand Arr. Andy Bayles Congregational Introit Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation Prayer of Adoration*
GIVE PRAISE TO GOD Hymn of Praise† Holy, Holy, Holy #11
Lighting the Candles 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.
Offering Our Gifts A Reflection of Christ David Schwoebel May the mind of Christ my Saviour Live in me from day to day, By his love and pow’r controlling All I do and say. May the word of God dwell richly In my heart from hour to hour, So that all may see I triumph Only thro’ his pow’r. May the peace of God, my Father, Rule my life in ev’rything, That I may be calm to comfort Sick and sorrowing.
LISTEN TO GOD’S WORD
STRETCHED
2 Corinthians 3:17–18 (Pew Bible 1797) Jay Madden 8:45, 11:15 Chuck Roberts 10:00
CELEBRATE THE SACRAMENT See pages 4–5
GO IN GOD’S NAME
Hymn of Response* Love Divine, All Loves Excelling Invitation and Benediction* Postlude
May the love of Jesus fill me, As the waters fill the sea. Him exalting, self abasing, This is victory, May I run the race before me, Strong and brave to face the foe, Looking only unto Jesus As I onward go. May his beauty rest upon me, As I seek the lost to win, And may they forget the channel, Seeing only Him. Doxology* Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow #544
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 * Those who are able, please stand. † 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 Nursing Mothers and Infants Room off of the Williams Center.
LEADING WORSHIP
MILESTONES
8:45
HOSPITALS
Jay Madden Pastor for Mission Vicki Harrington Franch Pastor for Pastoral Care 10:00
Harry Cundiff Emory
Chuck Roberts Pastor for Congregational Life Vicki Harrington Franch Pastor for Pastoral Care
MEMBER DEATHS
11:15
Frances Lounsbery 12/28 Wife of Bill Lounsbery
Jay Madden Pastor for Mission Scott Tucker Interim Associate Pastor
Faeverner Kramer 12/30
“You who seek the Lord: look to the rock from which you were hewn…” —Isaiah 51:1
Harvey Merrill 12/30
LIGHTING THE CANDLES
Megan Snipes, Charlotte Blackmon 8:45
LEADING THE MUSIC
The Chancel Choir Mary Hoffman Director of Music Andy Bayles Assoc. Director of Music & Worship Steven Wooddell Organist Mace Hibbard Saxophone
Cari Ouderkirk 1/1 Wife of Dave Ouderkirk; Mother of Laura & Sarah Ouderkirk
Everyone carries brokenness. We are as stones, once whole, now shattered.
FAMILY MEMBER DEATHS
The master craftsman, God, makes beauty from the pieces of our lives. God creates a mosaic out of our grief.
David Ross 12/27 Brother of Lynne Pounders
There is beauty in the midst of your brokenness. Share your grief and let others help you discover the work of art God can make in you.
Reggie Jones 12/28 Brother of Bob & Ed Jones
Robert Skillen 1/3 Grandfather of Joe Skillen; Great Grandfather of Avery & Ezra Skillen
The church is the place where the wounded gather. Peachtree is made up of wounded people who are being made whole and beautiful by the glue of grace. GriefShare, a faith-based support group, features biblical teaching on grief and recovery topics. A new group will be meeting for 13 weeks starting January 23, from 7:00– 8:30 pm in the Harrington Library just off the Williams Center. For more information or to sign up, contact Carol Hughes at 770-449-7451 or hug.carol@gmail.com.
peachtreechurch.org/griefshare
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: 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 hands. 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.
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.
“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
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