PROVIDENCE CHURCH

      January 23, 2022

 

Welcome

Passing of the Peace: Though we are separated by distance our hearts are one in Christ. The peace of Christ be with you!  And also with you!

 

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow,

Praise him all creatures here below,

Praise him above, ye heavenly host;

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost.

Amen

 

Call to Worship:   Psalm 121

Leader:  I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

Congregation:  My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

Leader:  He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.

Congregation:  Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

Leader:   The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand.

Congregation:  The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

Leader:  The Lord will keep you from all evil; he will keep your life.

ALL:  The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore.

Songs of Praise:

Come, Thou Almighty King (Anon., ca 1757; tune Felice de Giardini, 1769)

Come, thou Almighty King, help us thy name to sing,

help us to praise.

Father, all glorious, o’er all victorious,

come and reign over us, Ancient of Days.

 

Come, thou Incarnate Word, gird on thy mighty sword,

our prayer attend.

Come, and thy people bless, and give thy Word success;

Spirit of holiness, on us descend.

 

Come, Holy Comforter, thy sacred witness bear

in this glad hour.

Thou who almighty art, now rule in every heart,

and ne’er from us depart, Spirit of power.

 

To the great One in Three eternal praises be,

hence evermore.

His sovereign majesty may we in glory see,

and to eternity love and adore.

 

Lord, I Lift Your Name on High (Rick Founds, 1989)

Lord, I lift your name on high

Lord, I love to sing your praises

I’m so glad you’re in my life

I’m so glad you came to save us

 

You came from heaven to earth, to show the way

From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay

From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky,

Lord I lift your name on high (Repeat all)

 

You came from heaven to earth, to show the way

From the earth to the cross, my debt to pay

From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky,

Lord I lift your name on high,

Lord I lift your name on high,

Lord I lift your name on high!

 

Jesus Strong and Kind (Rich Thompson, Jonny Robinson, Michael Farren, Colin Buchanan; CCLI #7139992)

Jesus said that if I thirst

I should come to him;

No one else can satisfy,

I should come to him.

Jesus said if I am weak

I should come to him;

No one else can be my strength,

I should come to him.

Chorus:

For the Lord is good and faithful,

He will keep us day and night.

We can always run to Jesus,

Jesus, strong and kind.

Jesus said that if I fear

I should come to him;

No one else can be my shield,

I should come to him. (Chorus)

Jesus said if I am lost

He will come to me.

And he showed me on the cross:

He will come to me. (Chorus 2X)

 

Confession/Assurance    

 

Psalm 103:8-14

 

8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.

9 He will not always chide,

nor will he keep his anger forever.

10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,

nor repay us according to our iniquities.

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,

so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;

12 as far as the east is from the west,

so far does he remove our transgressions from us.

13 As a father shows compassion to his children,

so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.

14 For he knows our frame;[a]

he remembers that we are dust.

 

Respond in Praise:

 

There is A Fountain (William Cowper, 1771; tune Lowell Mason, 1838)

There is a fountain filled with blood, drawn from Immanuel’s veins;

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, lose all their guilty stains:

Lose all their guilty stains, lose all their guilty stains,

And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, lose all their guilty stains.

 

The dying thief rejoiced to see that fountain in his day;

And there have I, as vile as he, washed all my sins away:

Washed all my sins away, washed all my sins away;

And there have I, as vile as he, washed all my sins away.

 

Dear dying Lamb, your precious blood shall never lose its pow’r,

Till all the ransomed church of God be saved to sin no more:

Be saved to sin no more, be saved to sin no more,

Till all the ransomed church of God be saved to sin no more.

 

Ever since by faith I saw the stream your flowing wounds supply,

Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die:

And shall be till I die, and shall be till I die,

Redeeming love has been my theme, and shall be till I die.

 

Musical Offering: King of Kings (Brooke & Scott LIgertwood & Jason Ingram, 2019)

In the darkness, we were waiting

Without hope, without light

Till from Heaven You came running

There was mercy in Your eyes.

To fulfill the law and prophets

To a virgin came the Word

From a throne of endless glory

To a cradle in the dirt.

 

CHORUS:      Praise the Father, praise the Son

Praise the Spirit, three in one

God of glory, Majesty

Praise forever to the King of Kings!

 

To reveal the kingdom coming

And to reconcile the lost

To redeem the whole creation

You did not despise the cross.

For even in Your suffering

You saw to the other side,

Knowing this was our salvation,

Jesus, for our sake You died.

 

CHORUS:      Praise the Father, praise the Son

Praise the Spirit, three in one.

God of glory, Majesty

Praise forever to the King of Kings!

 

And the morning that You rose

All of Heaven held its breath

Till that stone was moved for good,

For the Lamb had conquered Death.

And the dead rose from their tombs

And the angels stood in awe

For the souls of all who’d come

To the Father are restored.

And the Church of Christ was born

And the Spirit lit the flame

Now this gospel truth of old

Shall not kneel, shall not faint.

By his blood and in his name

In his freedom I am free

For the love of Jesus Christ

Who has resurrected me.

CHORUS:      Praise the Father, praise the Son

Praise the Spirit, three in one

God of glory, Majesty

Praise forever to the King of Kings, Praise forever to the King of Kings!

 

Scripture Reading:    Matthew 17: 14-20

 

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

 

14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” 17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon,[a] and it[b] came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly.[c] 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”[d]

 

”This is the Word of the Lord.   Thanks be to God!

Sermon:  “Grown in Faith!”                                                                                                             

 

Hymn of Dedication

 

Change My Heart, O God (Eddie Espinosa, 1995 CCLI #1565)

Change my heart, O God,

Make it ever true,

Change my heart, O God,

May I be like You.

 

You are the Potter, I am the clay;

Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.

 

Change my heart, O God,

Make it ever true,

Change my heart, O God,

May I be like You.

 

You are the Potter, I am the clay;

Mold me and make me, this is what I pray.

 

Change my heart, O God,

Make it ever true,

Change my heart, O God,

May I be like You.

 

 

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.

Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil:

for thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory.  Amen

 

Hymn of Thanksgiving

Jesus, What a Friend for Sinners (Charles Wesley, 1744; tune Rowland Pritchard, 1855)

Jesus, what a friend for sinners! Jesus! Lover of my soul;

Friends may fail me, foes assail me, He, my Savior, makes me whole.

 

Chorus:

Hallelujah! What a Savior! Hallelujah, what a friend!

Saving, helping, keeping, loving, He is with me to the end.

 

Jesus! What a strength in weakness! Let me hide myself in him;

Tempted, tried, and sometimes failing, he, my strength, my vict’ry wins.

(Chorus)

 

Jesus! What a help in sorrow! While the billows o’er me roll,

Even when my heart is breaking, he, my comfort, helps my soul. (Chorus)

 

Jesus! What a guide and keeper! While the tempest still is high,

Storms about me, night o’ertakes me, he, my pilot hears my cry. (Chorus)

 

Jesus! I do now receive him, more than all in him I find;

He hath granted me forgiveness, I am his, and he is mine. (Chorus)

 

Benediction 

 

KNOW

Welcome to Providence Church! We are glad that you are here, joining us in person or via Zoom!.

Sunday School:   Adult and Youth Sunday School is at 11:15. Paula Rhodarmer will be teaching.   Will/Christina are leading a study of The Risen Lord for couples/singles. Bill/Jerry are leading the Youth SS in a classic book by CS Lewis.

Fellowship Time: Between the end of our worship service and before SS

Children of all ages are invited to participate in the entire service of worship.  Childcare for children up to 6 years of age, in our downstairs Christian Ed wing (on the left) at the end of the hallway.

Nursery Worker Needed –     Providence is looking to hire a part time nursery worker for each Sunday from 9:45 to 12noon.  Please contact Edward Brouwer 828-550-4615, or Linda Wilson, 901-230-7178, providencechurchassistant@gmail.com, if you are interested or know of anyone that might be.  Also, please be in prayer that God will guide this process. Thank you!

Congregational Meeting:  The annual congregational meeting of Providence Church will take place on January 23rd following Sunday worship.  The purpose of the meeting is to vote on pastors term of call, elect one elder for the class of 2024 and to hear the budget for 2022.  Those attending by Zoom will be counted for the quorum and will be able to vote.

 

 

.GROW

Pastor Bible Study – meets each Tuesday at noon in the fellowship hall to discuss the previous week’s sermon as well as the upcoming sermon.   Bring your Bible and a bagged lunch if you would like.

Women’s Prayer Group – 10:15am Tuesday mornings, contact Linda Roberts for more info

Men’s Prayer Group – 6:45am Thursday mornings, contact Sam Mitchell for more info.

 

GO

Open Door Soup Kitchen: This is an ongoing commitment of Providence Church to the least, the last, the lost and the lonely of our community.  While Open Door is no longer able to serve meals, we are still volunteering to cook the meals on the first Friday of each month.  If you can serve in this way, please let Linda Wilson know at 901-230-7178.  Thanks for your faithfulness.

 

 

Prayer Requests: Healing: Glenda White, Judd and Susanne Heriot, Robbie Hargrove, Mike and Rhonda Lear, Chuck & Carole Torpy; Thom Morgan’s mother; Lisa Rhodarmer’s mother Ruth and brother Michael; Sarah Altman’s brother-in-law Dan