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Order of WorshipSUNDAY, AUgUSt 7, 2016
Prelude Derek Schlabach, Piano“Maybe” by Yiruma
Introit Judy Glass and Sigrid Luther*Adult Choir
“The Sure Foundation” by Joseph Martin
Sung Call to Worship No. 521 (vv. 1,3,4)“My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less”
Prayer of Adoration Rev. Tim Tinsley
Hymns bulletin (vv. 1,3,4)“Jesus, I Am Resting, Resting”
No. 500(v. 1 All, 2 Women, 3 Men, 4 All)
“Rock of Ages”
Affirmation of Faith (To be read responsively) Rev. Tim TinsleyMatthew 25:31-36Pastor: When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with
Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. Before Him will be gathered all the nations, and He will separate people one from an-other as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And He will place the sheep on His right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on His right, “Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. . .
People: . . . For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed Me, I was na-ked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.”
To all who are spiritually weary and seek rest, to all who mourn and long for comfort, to all who struggle and desire victory, to all who sin and need a Savior,
to all who are strangers and want fellowship, to all who hunger and thirst after righteousness,
and to all who will come, this church opens wide her doors and offers welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Confession of Sin (To be read in unison) Rev. Robert RowI am always going into the far country and always returning home as a prodigal, always saying, “Father, forgive me.” And You are always bring-ing forth the best robe. Every morning let me wear it, every evening return in it, go out to the day’s work in it, be married in it, be wrapped in death in it, stand before the great white throne in it, enter heaven in it shining as the sun. grant me to never lose sight of the exceeding sinfulness of sin, the exceeding righteousness of Christ, the exceeding grace of god, the exceeding beauty of holiness, and the exceeding wonder of grace.
Silent Confession of Sin
Prayer of Assurance Rev. Tim Tinsley
The Lord’s Prayer Rev. Tim TinsleyOur 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. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil; for Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.
Gloria Patri No. 734glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen, amen.
Greeting & Dismissal of Children *Children in Pre-K and Kindergarten are dismissed through the front side doors. Leaders will meet the children in the hallway behind the Sanctuary.
Offertory Prayer Rev. Robert Row
Offertory Amy Smith“Keep Me from Sinking Down” arr. by Philip Philips
*Adult Choir“Great Is Thy Faithfulness” arr. by Jay Rouse and Camp Kirkland
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God, my Father! There is no shadow of turning with Thee. Thou changest not; Thy compassions, they fail not. As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be.
ChorusGreat is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided. Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me.
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest, sun, moon, and stars in their courses above join with all nature in manifold witness to Thy great faithfulness, mercy, and love.
Chorus
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth, Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide, strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow, blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
Chorus
Reading of Holy Scriptures Rev. Tim TinsleyMatthew 7:15-27 (pg. 812 in pew Bible)
Sermon Rev. Tim Tinsley“Two Foundations”
Closing Hymn No. 32 (vv. 1&3)“Great Is Thy Faithfulness”
The Benediction Rev. Tim Tinsley
Postlude Judy Glass, Organ“Psalm 43” by Bolt
The Congregation will please stand.
*10:55 service
The flowers today are given to the glory of God and in loving memory of Christine Young Cooper by David and George Cooper. (Flowers will be arranged and deliv-ered following the late worship service today by the Nuggets Sunday School Class. All volunteers are welcome.)
Announcements are available at the entrances or www.FPCChatt.com.
Entrance into the kingdom, then, does turn on obedience after all—not the obedience which earns merit points, but which bows to Jesus’ lordship in everything and without reservation. Such obedience necessarily blends with genuine repentance, making the two almost one. Within this framework, the issue of obedi-ence is everything. The previous verses [Matthew 7:21-23] have just shown this to be so; and now Jesus draws the Sermon on the Mount to a close with a paragraph introduced by a telling “There-fore.” Because only the one who does the will of his Father will enter the kindgom, Jesus says—
“24Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock. 26But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash” (Matt. 7:24-27).
—D.A. Carson
Sermon Notes: this Week at FPCCSunday, August 7
8:30 AM Early Worship Service9:00 AM Rapha Fellowship Classes, Tower 301/59:45 AM Sunday School
10:55 AM Late Worship Service12:15 PM Coffee Fellowship, Nell Davis
Flower Arranging/Delivery, Nell Davis
Monday, August 810:00 AM Women’s Prayer Time, Session Room
4:30 PM Adult Enrichment MT Mtg, Tower 403
tuesday, August 912:00 PM Beatitude Living, Tower 404
Wednesday, August 105:00 PM World Missions Prayer Time, Tower 4045:30 PM Rapha Dinner & Classes, Tower 301/5
thursday, August 11
Friday, August 128:30 AM Samaritan’s Road
10:00 AM Card-E-Ology, Tower 10th Floor
Saturday, August 13
Pastors Tim Tinsley, Senior Pastor (423) 648-7919 tim.tinsley@1stpresbyterian.com
Chris Bowen, Assimilation & Outreach Pastor (423) 648-7939 chris.bowen@1stpresbyterian.com
Chris Ehlers, Congregational Care Pastor (423) 255-9198 chrisehlers@1stpresbyterian.com
Robert Row, Families Pastor (931) 510-2927 robertrow@1stpresbyterian.com
Church AdministratorDon Holwerda
(423) 648-7931 don@1stpresbyterian.com
DirectorsTim Bond, Camp Vesper Point (423) 648-7945 tbond@vesperpoint.org
Mike Haberkorn, Youth (423) 648-7917 mike@1stpresbyterian.com
Dana Lail, Children’s Ministry (423) 648-7903 dlail@1stpresbyterian.com
Sandy Pierce, World Missions (423) 648-7906 spierce@1stpresbyterian.com
Kelly Stultz, Music and the Arts (423) 648-7912 kstultz@1stpresbyterian.com