Worship Service - May 9, 2021
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The format below is designed for you to click your way through each element which together forms a cohesive and whole worship experience.
Prelude
I Surrender All
Arranged by John Pavik
John Pavik, Organ
Celebrating God’s Presence
Let Us Worship God Together
Rev. Dr. Kent Webber
Hymn
Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
Wyeth’s Repository of Sacred Music | Robert Robinson
Rachel Vail and Chris Studer, Vocals
John Pavik, Piano
Song
Mighty To Save
By Ben Fielding | Reuben Morgan
Cassie Carroll, Rachel Vail, and Chris Studer, Vocals
Chris Studer, Piano and Acoustic Guitar
Eric Rundstrom, Electric Guitar
Affirmation of Faith
Confession of 1967
Today's Worship Leader: Lesley VanDordrecht
Anthem
We Are Not Alone
Ensemble: Penny Cleary, Karen Dieterle, Kris Irvine, David Irvine and John Pavik, Vocals
Proclaiming God’s Word
Scripture Readings: Romans 6:1-13 (NRSV)
Christopher Huber is reading Scriptures this week.
The Scripture readings and text are included in the sermon recording. You may also refer to the passage using this link.
Sermon
Baptized into Christ | Dead to Sin & Alive to God
2021 Spring Sermon Series: A Community We Can Call Home
Rev. Dr. Kent Webber
Questions for Reflection
- According to Paul’s teaching, though God’s grace in Christ is available in abundance, what’s the problem with simply relaxing in and luxuriating in the gift of God’s grace and continuing with patterns of sinful attitudes and behaviors? In other words, if grace is so available, why not remain as you are after coming to Christ rather than seeking to become more Christ-like?
- If dying to sin in Christ is part of the meaning of Christian baptism, what
implication lies in Paul’s teaching that in baptism we look in anticipation to being raised with Christ to new life? - Since we all continue to be people “in process” of becoming more mature followers of Christ, what ongoing tensions do you see in your life or the lives or others around you in terms of living out Paul’s admonition to those who have been baptized, “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus”?
Encouraging God’s People
Song
Baptized in Water (Bunessan)
Gaelic melody | Michael Saward
Chris Studer, Vocals
John Pavik, Piano
Morning Prayer & The Lord’s Prayer
Lesley VanDordrecht
How can we pray for you?
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Offertory & Reflection
This Is a Day of New Beginnings
Carlton Young
John Pavik, Organ
Doxology
Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow
from *The Presbyterian Hymnal*, page 591
Text © Neil Weatherhogg, 1990 | Geneva Psalter, 1551
Music: Public Domain
John Pavik, Organ
FPC NEWS
Week of May 9, 2021
Serving God’s World
Song
Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
Chris Tomlin | John Newton | Louie Giglio
Chris Studer, Vocals, Piano, and Acoustic Guitar
Benediction
Rev. Dr. Kent Webber
Postlude
Wonderful Peace
By W. G. Cooper
John Pavik, Organ
First Kids
Darcy Fluitt
At 9:00: Infants through kindergartners gather downstairs for playtime and Bible stories. 1st through 6th graders are always welcome and encouraged to worship in the sanctuary with their families.
At 10:30: Infants through Kindergartners gather downstairs for activities, music, Bible stories, and outdoor play.
1st through 6th Graders are invited upstairs to join their small group leaders for activities, worship, and relationships. If you are traveling and/or cannot join in person, we provide links for videos, activities, and discussions giving you a 20 – 30 minute meaningful family experience custom-designed to the age of your kids.
Youth Rendevous
Cory Myers
Join us upstairs in Room 224 each Sunday for Rendevous at 10:30 - a time when we work to remove barriers that can prevent us from experiencing God. We listen, sing, pray, laugh, and learn.
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