Welcome We are so glad you are here

Welcome! We are so glad you are here!

Before the worship service begins, please turn off your God may be calling YOU, but probably not on your cell phone. Please turn off your cell phone, or put it on vibrate.

Welcome and Call to Reflection Prelude – How Firm a Foundation arr. Stephen Bulla David Hammaker, trumpet

The News of the Community

Visitors, to First Church! Following worship, please join us on the patio for a reception honoring our teachers.

Monday, August 27 th, 9 a. m. – Noon Friday, August 31 st: 9 a. m. – Noon

Share-A-Meal will meet in the church kitchen on September 1 st 11: 00 a. m. to prepare lunch for the homeless in our area.

A Deacon’s Fund offering will be collected NEXT SUNDAY. Please use the envelope provided in your bulletin.

For information about First Church and our activities, please visit our website: fpcoh. org

PRAYER OF TRANSFORMATION

HYMN Praise Ye the Lord, the Almighty #482, in the Blue Hymnal

Praise ye the Lord, the Almighty, the King of creation! O my soul, praise Him, for He is thy health and salvation! All ye who hear, now to His temple draw near; Join me in glad adoration!

Praise ye the Lord, who o'er all things so wondrously reigneth, Shelters thee under His wings, yea, so gently sustaineth! Hast thou not seen how thy desires e’er have been Granted in what He ordaineth?

Praise ye the Lord! O let all that is in me adore Him! All that hath life and breath, come now with praises before Him. Let the Amen sound from His people again, Gladly for aye we adore Him.

Prayer for Forgiveness (IN UNISON) Adapted from John V. Taylor, 1914 -2001

O living God, we, who are partly living, scarcely hoping, and fitfully caring, pray to you now to make us fully alive. Give us the vitality, awareness, and commitment that we see in Jesus Christ through the power of his death and resurrection. We ask this in Jesus’ name. Amen.

A Time for Silence You may use this time for silent prayer, meditation, or simply to rest in the presence of God.

Assurance of Forgiveness

*O FOR A THOUSAND TONGUES TO SING (# 466, verses 3 and 4) Christ breaks the power of reigning sin, And sets the prisoner free; Christ's blood can make the sinful clean, Christ's blood availed for me. My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honors of Thy name.

A TIME WITH THE

He’s the King

Let’s sing about the Lord! The greatness of our God, For He’s the King of everything.

We’re wild about his love. And all that he has done, For He’s the King of everything.

I know God; I talk about him Every single day I pray to him at all times; He’s the only way.

I love him! He loves me, No matter where I go, And everything I do will be for God and God alone.

Let’s sing about the Lord! The greatness of our God, For He’s the King of everything.

We’re wild about his love. And all that he has done, For He’s the King of everything.

I know God; I talk about him Every single day I pray to him at all times; He’s the only way.

I love him! He loves me, No matter where I go, And everything I do will be for God and God alone.

Let’s sing about the Lord! The greatness of our God, For He’s the King of everything.

We’re wild about his love. And all that he has done, For He’s the King of everything.

Let’s sing about the Lord! The greatness of our God, For He’s the King of everything.

We’re wild about his love. And all that he has done, For He’s the King of everything.

For He’s the King of everything!

WAUMBA!

Into the Bible!

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

Makes me wanna jump! Jump! Makes me wanna sing! Hallelujah!

It’s the greatest book. Come and take a look. Makes me wanna shout! Shout!

So that everyone will see I’m getting into the Bible And the Bible. . . is getting into me!

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

We’re discovering a brand-new world As we dig a little deeper (deeper), Finding out about who God is. Open it up and see it (see it)!

There’s nothin’ like God’s Word, and I get So excited. It makes me wanna, Makes me….

Makes me wanna jump! Jump! Makes me wanna sing! Hallelujah!

It’s the greatest book. Come and take a look. Makes me wanna shout! Shout!

So that everyone will see I’m getting into the Bible And the Bible. . . is getting into me!

The News of the Community

Visitors, to First Church! Following worship, please join us on the patio for a reception honoring our teachers.

Kick-off Sunday, September 2 nd, 10 AM Waumba Land Everyone will gather in the sanctuary for Waumba. Land Worship (a service with a few kid-friendly songs)

BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 WE’RE GOING FROM ONE WORSHIP SERVICE TO TWO! From 10: 00 to 10: 45 AM Waumba. Land 11: 00 AM What is currently our main worship service will move to 11 AM.

ANTHEM — Share His Love William Reynolds Rachael Klein, soloist The Anthem is a prayer. Please, no applause.

The love of God is broader then earth’s vast expanse, ‘tis deeper and wider than the sea. Love reaches out to all to bring abundant life, for God so loved the world His only Son He gave.

Share His love by telling what the Lord has done or you, share His love by sharing of your faith, and show the world that Jesus Christ is real to you every moment, every day.

Thanksgiving for the Word

O Word of God incarnate, O Wisdom from on high, O Truth unchanged, unchanging, O Light of our dark sky: We praise You for the radiance That from the hallowed page, A lantern to our footsteps, Shines on from age to age.

SCRIPTURE READING— Philippians 4: 10 -13 (New Testament, Page 199 in pew Bible)

I rejoice in the Lord greatly that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned for me, but had no opportunity to show it.

Not that I am referring to being in need; for I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty.

In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being well-fed and of going hungry, of having plenty and of being in need.

I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

* This We Believe (in unison) Matthew 6: 33 NRSV

But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.

HYMN Now Thank we All Our God # 555 in the Blue Hymnals

Now thank we all our God With heart and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom this world rejoices; Who, from our mothers’ arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours today.

O may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessèd peace to cheer us; And keep us in God’s grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next.

All praise and thanks to God, Who reigns in highest heaven, To Father and to Son And Spirit now be given. The one eternal God, Whom earth and heaven adore, The God who was, and is, And shall be evermore.

The Prayers of the People

Turn your eyes upon Jesus, Look full in his wonderful face And the things of earth will grow strangely dim In the light of his glory and grace.

Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer (Debtors version)

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 Forgive us our debts As we forgive our debtors. Lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. For Thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. Amen.

OFFERING OUR TITHES AND GIFTS ( If you completed a visitor card, please place it in the offering plate. )

Anthem – Amazing Grace arr. James Curnow David Hammaker, fluglehorn

THE RESPONSE OF PRAISE Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise God, all creatures here below; Praise God above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Offering of Prayer (in unison) Adapted from St. Augustine of Hippo (354 -430)

Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in you. Grant us purity of heart and strength of purpose, that no selfish passion may hinder us from knowing your will,

and no weakness hinder us from doing it; but that in your light we may see light, and in your service find our perfect freedom; through Jesus Christ our Lord we pray. Amen.

*Hymn The Church’s One Foundation # 442 in the Blue Hymnals

The Church’s one foundation Is Jesus Christ her Lord; She is His new creation By water and the word. From heaven He came and sought her To be His holy bride; With His own blood He bought her And for her life He died.

Mid toil and tribulation, And tumult of her war, She waits the consummation Of peace forevermore; Till with the vision glorious Her longing eyes are blest, And the great church victorious Shall be the church at rest.

Yet she on earth has union With God the Three in One, And mystic sweet communion With those whose rest is won: O happy ones and holy! Lord, give us grace that we, Like them, the meek and lowly, May live eternally.

CHARGE AND BLESSING Congregational Response: God be with you till we meet again; Loving counsels guide, uphold you, With a Shepherd’s care enfold you; God be with you till we meet again.

Postlude – Rondeau arr. John H. Head David Hammaker, trumpet

For information about First Church and our activities, please visit our website: fpcoh. org

MORE News of the Community

Kick-off Sunday, September 2 nd, 10 AM Waumba Land Everyone will gather in the sanctuary for Waumba. Land Worship (a service with a few kid-friendly songs)

BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2, 2018 WE’RE GOING FROM ONE WORSHIP SERVICE TO TWO! From 10: 00 to 10: 45 AM Waumba. Land 11: 00 AM What is currently our main worship service will move to 11 AM.

Monday, August 27 th, 9 a. m. – Noon Friday, August 31 st: 9 a. m. – Noon

Share-A-Meal will meet in the church kitchen on September 1 st 11: 00 a. m. to prepare lunch for the homeless in our area.

A Deacon’s Fund offering will be collected NEXT SUNDAY. Please use the envelope provided in your bulletin.

For information about First Church and our activities, please visit our website: fpcoh. org