Faith Presbyterian Sunday Service 2021

May you be blessed by this service of worship! Communion Sunday! Text is Psalm 22 Sermon Title: "“All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord: A Psalm about Christ” Pastor Jim

May you be blessed by this service of worship! Scripture is Psalm 19: 1-10, 14. Sermon Title: "The heavens are telling the glory of God, and the law of the Lord is perfect"

Faith Presbyterian Sunday Service 2021

Faith Presbyterian Sunday Service 2021

Faith Presbyterian Sunday Service 2021

Faith Presbyterian Sunday Service 2021

Faith Presbyterian Sunday Service 2021

Faith Presbyterian Sunday Service 2021

Faith Presbyterian Sunday Service 2021

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Faith Presbyterian Church of East Wenatchee, Washington Sunday, March 7th, 2021 Thought for the Day Most people fail to realize that money is both a test and trust from God. ~ Rick Warren, Minister and Author of “The Purpose-Driven Life” Prelude / Welcome, and Greeting †Hymn of Praise Christ is Made the Sure Foundation Purcell Call to Worship Adapted from Proverbs 3 Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver, and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her; those who hold her fast will be blessed. Therefore, let us worship God. Hallelujah! and Amen. Moment for Reflection /Opening Prayer Songs of Praise Build Your Kingdom Here Rend Collective Song of Praise Cornerstone Myrin, Morgan Bradbury, Liljero Call to Confession Prayer of Confession Patient Lord, we have cluttered the “temples” of our lives with so much unnecessary things that they have blocked out your healing words of hope and mercy. We have been keenly aware of our economic situation and have spent much time and energy worrying about these things. Forgive us when we have been so preoccupied with these things that we have not listened to your words and followed your ways. Clear away our fears and frustrations. Give us clean hearts and spirits. Help us to be confident in your mercy and transformational love. We offer this prayer in the name of Your son, our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Words of Blessing and Assurance Song of Preparation When Christ Went to the Temple Words by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette (tune is "Lead On, O King Eternal") 1 When Christ went to the Temple to worship God one day, He entered through the courtyard where anyone could pray. That court was for the nations — and all could enter in. But Jesus found a market, a shameful robbers' den. 2 There, cattle, sheep and pigeons were sold for sacrifice, And moneychangers shouted of quality and price. Outsiders could not enter the inner courts for prayer. Their only place to worship was in the courtyard there. 3 When prayer gave way to profit, and pride closed many doors, The Lord cried out in anger and made a whip of cords. He shooed the sheep and cattle and scattered pigeons, too. God's house was for all people — not for a chosen few. 4 O God, you love the nations and call us all to pray. Forgive us when our worship turns other folk away. As Christ, in loving protest, fought prejudice and pride, May we who follow Jesus now welcome all inside. Prayer of Preparation Scripture John 2:13-22 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a market-place!’ His disciples remembered that it was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’ The Jews then said to him, ‘What sign can you show us for doing this?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews then said, ‘This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. Sermon “Flipping priorities: Learning from Jesus’ interactions with the money-changers in the temple” Pastor Jim Deal Song of Reflection Be Thou My Vision Offering Doxology

Faith Presbyterian Church Pastor Jim Deal Second Sunday of Lent, February 28, 2021 Thought for the Day “Compassion will cure more sins than condemnation.” Henry Ward Beecher, American minister, 1813-1887 Prelude / Welcome, and Greeting †Hymn of Praise Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness Edwards Call to Worship Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and do not forget all His benefits — As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear Him. For He knows how we were made; He remembers that we are dust. As for mortals, their days are like grass; they flourish like a flower of the field; for the wind passes over it, and it is gone, and its place knows it no more. But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him. He righteousness towards our children’s children, to those who keep His covenant and remember to do His commandments. Let us bless the Lord, with all we have within us, let us bless His holy name. Let us worship God! Hallelujah! and Amen. Moment for Reflection /Opening Prayer Songs of Praise Blessed Be Your Name Redman Potters Hand Zschech Call to Confession Prayer of Confession Merciful God, we confess that, just like Jesus’ disciples, we too sometimes lose patience with people who need our help and support. Like the disciples, we find ourselves wishing that they would just go away, and leave us in peace. In Your mercy, forgive us. Remind us again of the deep love You showed toward us when we were still in need— a love so deep that it sent You willingly to the cross on our behalf. Show us how to love others as You have loved us. Teach us Your compassion, so that we may be Your hands and feet to those in need. Words of Blessing and Assurance Song of Preparation Come, Just as You Are Sabolick Prayer of Preparation Scripture Mark 6:30-44 page 41 (NT) The apostles gathered around Jesus, and told him all that they had done and taught. He said to them, ‘Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.’ For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. Now many saw them going and recognized them, and they hurried there on foot from all the towns and arrived ahead of them. As he went ashore, he saw a great crowd; and he had compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and he began to teach them many things. When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, ‘This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat.’ But he answered them, ‘You give them something to eat.’ They said to him, ‘Are we to go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give it to them to eat?’ And he said to them, ‘How many loaves have you? Go and see.’ When they had found out, they said, ‘Five, and two fish.’ Then he ordered them to get all the people to sit down in groups on the green grass. So they sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. Taking the five loaves and the two fish, he looked up to heaven, and blessed and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before the people; and he divided the two fish among them all. And all ate and were filled; and they took up twelve baskets full of broken pieces and of the fish. Those who had eaten the loaves numbered five thousand men. Sermon The Compassionate Care of Christ: How Jesus meets our varied needs Pastor Jim Deal Reflection Song Lead Me to the Cross Brooke and Fraser Offering †Doxology 815

Order of Worship Prelude Welcome, and Greeting †Hymn of Praise Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessings Call to Worship (Psalm 150) Praise God! Praise God in this house of prayer; Give praise throughout the mighty universe. Praise God for the saving deeds of Christ; Give praise for such exceptional love. Praise God with the blast of trumpets; Give praise with guitar and keyboard. Praise God with timbrel and dance; Give praise with violin and flute. Praise God with drums and cymbals; Give praise with thundering organ. Let everything that draws breath, praise God; Praise, yes praise our wonderful God! Together, let us worship the Lord! Hallelujah! and Amen. Moment for Reflection Opening Prayer Songs of Praise Lord, I Need You Reeves, Stanfill, Maher, Nockels and Carson Create In Me a Clean Heart Keith Green Call to Confession Prayer of Confession Loving and merciful God, we thank you for the community in which you have placed us, and for the brothers and sisters with whom we walk this pilgrim journey. Yet, we confess that we fail to love as You love. We push aside those whom we believe are the least in your Kingdom. We fail to see your Kingdom in parables, because we fail to see your Kingdom in each other. Forgive for ignoring the promptings of Your Spirit. Pardon us for our selfishness, when we are called to servanthood. We ask forgiveness for the times when we have hurt others, rather than ministering to them. Form in us a new vision of community in which there is neither East nor West, neither South nor North. We pray this prayer for the sake of your Kingdom, and in the name of Your Son, and our Lord, Jesus Christ. Amen. Words of Blessing and Assurance Song of Preparation Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Prayer of Preparation Scripture First Corinthians 10: 1-4, 16-17, 23-24, 31-33 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ? The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ? Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread. ‘All things are lawful’, but not all things are beneficial. ‘All things are lawful’, but not all things build up. Do not seek your own advantage, but that of others. So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. Give no offence to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but that of many, so that they may be saved. Sermon The cup of blessing which we bless: The past, present, and future meaning of communion for believers Pastor Jim Deal Communion Song One Bread, One Body Foley Communion Offering Doxology