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PRELUDE – Jeanine Wheeler, Piano
WELCOME & OPENING PRAYER Rev. Steve Patterson
HYMN UMH No. 144 “This is My Father’s World”
CALL TO WORSHIP “Psalm 17” Trey Burke
RESPONSE UMH No. 600 “Wonderful Words of Life”
CHILDREN’S MESSAGE Claudia Anderson
PASSING THE PEACE
MORNING PRAYER Dr. John
– Join us in prayer for: School Staff, Teachers, Students, Parents, and Administration
– Share a new prayer request.
THE LORD’S PRAYER UMH No. 895
ANTHEM “‘Just a Closer Walk”- Adam Samuels
SCRIPTURE AND SERMON Rev. Steve
Staying Positive: Reasons To Be Encouraged
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as you are in fact doing.
1 Thessalonians 5:11 ESV
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Proverbs 18:21 ESV
But encourage each other every day while it is “today.” Help each other so none of you will be come hardened because sin has tricked you.
Hebrews 3:13 ESV
Don’t let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouth, but only words helpful for building others up.
Ephesians 4:29 ESV
And David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because all the people were bitter in soul, each for his sons and daughters. But David strengthened himself in the Lord his God.
1 Samuel 30:6 ESV
CHAZAQ-A Hebrew word meaning “to tell yourself to be strong”
AFFIRMATION OF FAITH UMH 881 “Apostles’ Creed” – Rev. Steve
OFFERTORY PRAYER Trey Burke
OFFERTORY RESPONSE HYMN “He Hideth My Soul”
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BENEDICTION Rev. Steve
POSTLUDE – Dustin Tatro, Organ