June 29, 2014 - First Christian Church

June 29, 2014
WELCOME TO
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
On behalf of FCC, we want to extend a warm
welcome to you and your family this morning.
We’re glad you’ve chosen to worship with us!
Whether you are a first-time guest today or
already part of our church family, our hope is not
that you would find perfect people or a perfect
building; our hope is that you are drawn closer
to our Perfect God. During our service you’ll
experience worship in a number of ways: through
song, Scripture, giving, prayer, fellowship, and
study. But through it all our focus is on the one
who makes all things possible–Jesus Christ!
JUSTIN WHITE Senior Minister
If this is your first time
here, thanks for joining
us! Stop by Guest
Connections and pick
up a gift bag with some
home baked goodies
along with information
about the church.
The folks at Guest
Connections at the
Lafayette Ave. or
Fifth St. entrances are
happy to answer any
questions you have or
point you in the right
direction.
Attendance Cards
It helps us out when you fill out an attendance card found in the pew and place it in
the offering basket as it is passed.
Communion
If you have any
additional questions
about the church or
want to speak with
a minister about
membership, call
Christy, 379.4491, to
make an appointment.
UPCOMING SERMONS
TODAY
ECCLESIASTES: LIFE UNDER THE SUN
Dealing with Aging
JULY 6
As the bread & juice are passed, eat and drink
as you are ready. In Traditional Worship, we
take the cup together.
Dealing with Wisdom
Offering
JULY 13
Giving back to God through tithes is one of
the privileges of being a member of God’s
family. We want our guests to feel no pressure to give.
ECCLESIASTES: LIFE UNDER THE SUN
ECCLESIASTES: LIFE UNDER THE SUN
Here’s the Big Deal
PRAYER
ACCESS THE POWER OF GOD
THIS WEEK, PRAY FOR:
Our Worship Minister Search
Our Nations Leaders
PRAYER COUNSELORS
AVAILABLE EACH SERVICE
At the end of each service, our elders and
prayer team members are available to
pray with you. Private prayer locations
are available if necessary.
SUNDAY MORNING
SERVICE TIMES
9:00 - Traditional Worship
10:30 - Family Worship
A variety of Adult Bible Fellowship & Sunday School classes meet during each service.
CHILDREN (BIRTH - 4TH GRADE)
9:00
Nursery and Toddlers
Wee Worship in Room 105 (3-5 year olds)
kid.nect Small Groups in Fellowship Hall
10:30
Nursery and Toddlers
Wee Grow - Bunny, Kitten, and Puppy Classes in Rooms 104-108
kid.nect Worship in Fellowship Hall
Children start in Family Worship with parents.
They are dismissed during the worship service.
STUDENTS (5TH GRADE - HIGH SCHOOL)
9:00
The Edge (5th & 6th Grade) in Room LL15
Middle & High School Classes in the Youth Center
10:30
In Family Worship Service
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THE BIG 3
Sidewalk Sunday
School
North American
Christian Convention
Before I Die...
Friday evenings at Pence
Park
July 8-11
Indianapolis
What’s on your bucket
list?
Details on back page
Details to the right
Details to the right
MILESTONES
Attendance for 6/22
Worship – 671
Bible Fellowship Classes – 306
New Members:
Mark & Myra Woods, 402 Market Street,
Jonesville, 47280, transferred their
membership on June 22.
Schedule a room at FCC
Email [email protected]
Need Prayer
Email [email protected]
June 22, 2014 Financials
Income Needed to Support Budget
$26,583
Income Received
$27,749
Year to Date (July 1 - June 22)
Income Needed to Support Budget
$1,423,442
Income Received
$1,369,133
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Questions about Missions
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OPEN PRAYER
Chapel
July 10 at Noon
The prayer team will be leading a time of Open Prayer in the Chapel on Thursday, July 10.
Everyone is invited to attend as we offer prayer to our Mighty God and Expect God to move
boldly in this church, this city and the world.
What joy for those you choose to bring near, those who live in your holy courts. What festivities
await us inside your holy Temple. You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds, O God
our savior. You are the hope of everyone on earth, even those who sail on distant seas. You formed
the mountains by your power and armed yourself with mighty strength. Psalm 65:4-6
ALL CHURCH NEWS & EVENTS
Before I Die...
Help us visually with our Sermon today, “Dealing with Aging”. We have hung paper on the
side wall in the Worship Center with the title “Before I Die….” You can help create our mural
by writing 1 or 2 things that are on your Bucket List today. Questions, see Dan Wallace.
Fall Kick-Off Picnic - Sunday, August 10
Save the date for our annual fall picnic. Have lunch with your friends, learn about what is
happening at FCC this fall and have fun! Be sure to mark your calendars.
Kid.nect (K-4th Grade) -Friends serve each other.
We are learning what the New Testament letters say about Friendship - treating others the
way you want to be treated. An important part of friendship is serving others. Today the kids
saw how Galatians 5:13b teaches that relationships aren’t all about just us.
Student Ministry - FISH Nights - Fellowship in Someone’s Home
Middle School - July 2 at 1050 Westlake Dr. Bring a swimsuit and/or a game to play!
55 Fellowship - The Greatest Generation - July 8 at Noon at the Zaharako’s House
It will be a picnic style lunch, what a great way to spend a laid back July afternoon! Meet at
2554 Chestnut Street (Charlie & Diana Zaharako’s). Our program will be the White Family Justin, Michelle, Leyton, Lance, and Lila. Sign up at Family Connections. A donation of $6 is
suggested. Questions? Contact Mary Burns, 376-3462 or Dan Wallace, 379-4491 ext. 239.
Young Adults - CANA Group - Tuesdays at 8p
This is a small group designed specifically for College Age New Adults. Plan to join us while you
are home from college at the Jarvis home (613 5th Street).
Questions? Contact Tyler, [email protected]
Blood Drive- July 1 - Reception Room
Mark your calendars for Tuesday, July 1 for a CEHS Blood Drive here at FCC. It will be from
2-7 in the Reception Room. Contact Tony Pottorff ([email protected]) with any questions and to schedule your appointment.
NORTH AMERICAN CHRISTIAN CONVENTION
July 8-11, Indianapolis
At this year’s NACC, President Tim Harlow will challenge you to a new urgency
in reaching the lost and renew your passion for the call. Speakers will include Rick
Warren, Liz Curtis Higgs, Craig Groeschel, Lisa Harper, Tim Hawkins, Lee Strobel and
Steve White (that’s right, Justin’s dad is one of the speakers!).
You can register for events or the week at www.gotonacc.org. The full schedule is
listed there as well. There are also some brochures on the wall by the 4th Street doors
- pick one up and share with your friends. You don’t want to miss the NACC this year.
FCC is NOT providing transportation to NACC this year.
HOW ARE YOU SHOWING GOD’S LOVE?
Traditional Worship Service
Order of Service
PRELUDE
Dan Wallace, Organ
WELCOME
Nancy Lewis
OPENING HYMN “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven”
Praise, my soul, the King of heaven; To His feet your tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, Evermore His praises sing.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise the everlasting King!
Praise Him for His grace and favor To our fathers in distress;
Praise Him, still the same as ever, Slow to chide and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Glorious in His faithfulness!
Fatherlike, He tends and spares us; Well our feeble frame He knows.
In His hands He gently bears us, Rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Widely yet His mercy flows.
Angels in the height, adore Him; You behold Him face to face.
Saints triumphant, bow before Him; Gathered in from every race.
Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise with us the God of grace!
Text: Henry F. Lyte; Music: Mark Andrews
©1930 (Renewed) by G. Schirmer, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission CCLI #273252
PRAYER & GREETING
Bob Parker, Worship Leader
*
WORSHIP ARTS
Vanessa Edwards , Violin
“Millionaire’s Hoedown” Arr. Clebanoff
“Fairest Lord Jesus” Arr. Holcombe & Giammario
COMMUNION HYMN “He Leadeth Me”
He leadeth me! O blessed thought! O words with heav’nly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be, Still ‘tis God’s hand that leadeth me.
Refrain: He leadeth me, He leadeth me; By His own hand He leadeth me:
His faithful foll’wer I would be, For by His hand He leadeth me.
Lord, I would clasp Thy hand in mine, Nor ever murmur nor repine,
Content, whatever lot I see, Since ‘tis Thy hand that leadeth me. Refrain
And when my task on earth is done, When, by Thy grace, the vict’ry’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee, Since God thro’ Jordan leadeth me.
Refrain
Text: Joseph Gilmore; Music: William B. Bradbury
COMMUNION MEDITATION & PRAYER
COMMUNION MEDITATION MUSIC
“Largo” by G. F. Handel
OFFERING PRAYER
Chad Pruitt, Elder
OFFERING MUSIC
** Arr. Adams
“Sacred Harp Medley”
SERMON Justin White, Senior Minister
“Ecclesiastes: Life Under the Sun - Dealing with Aging”
DECISION HYMN
“Lead On, O King Eternal”
Lead on, O King Eternal, The day of march has come;
Henceforth in fields of conquest Thy tents shall be our home.
Thro’ days of preparation Thy grace has made us strong;
And now, O King Eternal, We lift our battle song.
Lead on, O King Eternal, Till sin’s fierce war shall cease,
And holiness shall whisper The sweet amen of peace;
For not with swords’ loud clashing, Nor roll of stirring drums,
With deeds of love and mercy The heav’nly kingdom comes.
Lead on, O King Eternal, We follow, not with fears;
For gladness breaks like morning Where’er Thy face appears.
Thy cross is lifted o’er us; We journey in its light.
The crown awaits the conquest; Lead on, O God of might.
Text: Ernest W. Shurtleff; Music: Henry T. Smart
©1986 Word Music All rights reserved. Used by permission CCLI #273252
POSTLUDE
Martha Erickson, Piano
*We welcome Vanessa Edwards, Violinist to our worship service today. Vanessa
recently celebrated 25 years with the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic as Violinist and CIP
Production Coordinator. She is also the Education Director for the CIP which includes
teaching strings in our schools, bringing in guest clinicians, and directing the Youth
Orchestra. Vanessa enjoys playing with her mom (organ) at her home church, New Zion
Methodist Church, playing in the Handbell Choirs at First Baptist Church, and playing here
with us at First Christian Church. Vanessa has two children and recently became a “grand”
mother. Welcome Vanessa.
**Sacred Harp singing is a tradition of sacred choral music that originated in the
American South. The name is derived from The Sacred Harp, an historically important
tune book printed in shape notes. It’s distinctive American style developed over the period
1770 to 1820 from roots in New England, with a significant, related development under
the influence of “revival” services around the 1840s. This music was included in, and
became profoundly associated with, books using the shape note style of notation popular in
America in the 18th and early 19th centuries. Sacred Harp singers view their tradition as a
participatory one, not a passive one. Those who gather for a singing sing for themselves and
for each other, and not for an audience.
Ecclesiastes: Life Under the Sun
Dealing with Aging
Justin White, Senior Minister
When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember
there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless. Ecclesiastes 11:8
What is wrong cannot be made right. What is missing cannot be recovered. Ecclesiastes 1:15
Don’t let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth
before you grow old and say, “Life is not pleasant anymore.” Remember him before the light of
the sun, moon, and stars is dim to your old eyes, and rain clouds continually darken your sky.
Remember him before your legs—the guards of your house—start to tremble; and before your
shoulders—the strong men—stoop. Remember him before your teeth—your few remaining
servants—stop grinding; and before your eyes—the women looking through the windows—see
dimly. Remember him before the door to life’s opportunities is closed and the sound of work
fades. Now you rise at the first chirping of the birds, but then all their sounds will grow faint.
Remember him before you become fearful of falling and worry about danger in the streets;
before your hair turns white like an almond tree in bloom, and you drag along without energy
like a dying grasshopper, and the caperberry no longer inspires sexual desire. Remember him
before you near the grave, your everlasting home, when the mourners will weep at your funeral.
Yes, remember your Creator now while you are young, before the silver cord of life snaps and
the golden bowl is broken. Don’t wait until the water jar is smashed at the spring and the pulley
is broken at the well. For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God
who gave it. Ecclesiastes 12:1-7
Solomon shares 3 ways to age meaninglessly:
1.
When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them
also remember there will be many dark days. Everything still to come is meaningless.
Ecclesiastes 11:8
2.
Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is gained by living a godly life. Proverbs 16:31
3.
For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave
it. Ecclesiastes 12:7
And I’ll sit back and say to myself, “My friend, you have enough stored away for years
to come. Now take it easy! Eat, drink, and be merry!”’ “But God said to him, ‘You fool!
You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
Luke 12:19-20
That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being
renewed every day. 2 Corinthians 4:16
FAMILY WORSHIP SERVICE - 10:30
Order of Service
Worship through Song
Worship through Communion
As communion is passed, take the bread and the juice when you are ready
Worship through Giving Gifts & Offering
Kids dismissed to kid.nect
Worship through Learning from God’s Word
Worship through Response to His Prompting
Come forward for prayer, to be baptized or to join the church
Elder in Today’s Worship - Chad Pruitt
Leading Today’s Worship – Dan & Sara Beth Merz
CIY (CHRIST IN YOUTH) TRIP
June 29 - July 4
We ask that you be in prayer this week for our trip to Holland, Michigan for CIY MOVE.
There are 29 of us going on this trip - Justin & Logan Abbott, Daniel Acton, Evan &
Mollie Allen, Lilly Barkes, Preston Barkes, Kat Baylor, Amelia & Logan Bush, Natalie Chirch,
Tim Farrell, Samm Hack, Emily Hales, Jacob Hendricks, Rachel Hensley, Gabe Hutton,
Austin Lewis, Cameron Logston, Tori Overfelt, Andrew Potter, Spencer Prather,
Elizabeth Riley, Jacob Zaring, DJ Butcher, Christy Farrell, Tyler Tolbert, Amy Allen and
Connie Kiviniemi-Baylor. Please pray that we have a safe trip to and from Michigan and
that the kids & adults hear what God wants them to hear this week and that God
touches lives during this youth trip. Thank you!
MISSED A MESSAGE?
HAVING TROUBLE HEARING?
Listen online. Click the “Sunday” link on our home page, www.fccoc.org.
Request a CD recording in the church office for a $3 donation.
Assisted Listening Devices are available at Guest Connections.
VBS-type program held at Pence Park
NEIGHBORHOOD BLITZ – *****Thursday, July 10 5:30p***** NEW DATE
SWSS PROGRAMS – FRIDAYS, JULY 11, 18, 25, 5:45-7:15P
CELEBRATION EVENT – FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 5:45P
DONATIONS NEEDED – (drop off at Family Connections)
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Water bottles (small ones)
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Single serve prepackaged snacks – mini-pretzels, Mini Oreos, Ritz Bits, Goldfish
crackers, Teddy Grahams, Cheez-It crackers, etc. (NO candy or sugary items)
For details and to fill out an interest survey visit www.fccoc.org/sunday_sidewalk.php
Questions? Call Tony & Margie Pottorff, 371–5280 or 371–5409
SERVICE TIMES:
9:00AM & 10:30AM
JUSTIN WHITE Senior Minister
531 Fifth St.
Columbus, IN 47201
NANCY LEWIS
Director of Involvement & Women’s Ministry
PHONE: 812.379.4491
FAX: 812.376.7648
www.fccoc.org
www.facebook.com/fccoc
DJ BUTCHER Student Minister
KATIE LOHMEYER
Director of Children’s Ministry
TYLER TOLBERT
Minister to Young Adults & Discipleship
DAN WALLACE
Worship & Generations Minister

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