GRACE EVANGELICAL CHURCH

SUNDAY JUN. 30, 2013

The organ prelude marks the beginning of the worship service. It calls us to quiet ourselves and to direct our hearts and minds toward Him.

Prelude “Praise Him with Trumpets” by Richard Blake

Call to Worship “The Star-Spangled Banner” 528

Invocation

Gloria Patri Insert

Announcements

Hymn “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” 529

Hymn “America the Beautiful” 531

Hymn “Battle Hymn of the Republic” 530

Praise and Prayer John Bottomley

In His Word “The Need for Peace” Dt. 4:1-26

Benediction

Closing Chorus “Freely, Freely” Insert

********************* “God hath called us to peace”

I Corinthians 7:15

********************* Pastor David M. Pointer Organist JoAnn Pointer

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PEACE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

O Lord, our God, Thy mighty hand

Hath made our country free;

From a;; her broad and happy land

May praise arise to Thee.

Fulfill the promise of her youth,

Her liberty defend;

By law and order, love and truth,

America befriend!

The strength of every state increase

In Union’s golden chain;

Her thousand cities fill with peace,

Her million fields with grain.

The virtues of her mingled blood

In one new people blend;

By unity and brotherhood

America befriend!

O suffer not her feet to stray;

But guide her untaught might,

That she may walk in peaceful day,

And lead the world in light.

Bring down the proud, lift up the poor,

Unequal ways amend;

By justice, nation-wide and sure,

America befriend!

Through all the waiting land proclaim

Thy gospel of good-will;

And may the music of Thy name

In every bosom thrill.

O’er hill and vale, from sea to sea,

Thy holy reign extend;

By faith and hope and charity,

America befriend!

Henry van Dyke

ANNOUNCEMENTS.................

06/30 Sun. 10:30 AM Sunday School

11:30 AM Fellowship & Refreshments

11:45 AM Morning Worship

07/03 Wed. 7:00 PM Mid-Week Services

Prayer, Praise, and Bible Study

Adult Study; “The Gospel of Luke”

Kids Club “Beginner Explorers”

Tens; “Teen Talk”

07/07 Sun. 2:00 PM Sunday Dinner with The Least.

Remember soup collection for Metropolitan Ministries.

On the table at the entrance to the sanctuary you will find visitor cards, prayer cards,

the attendance register, and the offering box. If you have never completed a visitor

card, please complete one and place it in the offering box. If you have completed a

visitor card on a previous visit, please register your attendance today by signing the

attendance register.

A MERRY HEART DOETH GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE

SMILE

KENTUCKY HISTORY Lake Cumberland has more miles of shoreline than the state of Florida.

TENNESSEE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Some people in Tennessee have trouble with all those shall's' and shall not's in the

Ten commandments. Folks just aren't used to talking in those terms. So, some folks

in middle Tennessee got together and translated the 'King James' into Jackson

County language The Hillbilly's Ten Commandments posted on the wall at Cross

Trails Church in Gainesboro, TN

10. Don't be hankerin' for yer buddy's stuff

TWENTY THINGS TO REMEMBER.

16. We do not remember days but moments.

\Life moves too fast so enjoy your precious moments.

THE VERY BEST TOTALLY WRONG TEST ANSWERS

Biology

What happens during puberty to a boy?

He says goodbye to his childhood and enters adultery.

PROVERBS FOR LIVING “ He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed;

for he giveth of his bread to the poor.”

Proverbs 22:9

“The Need for Peace”

Deuteronomy 4:1-26

I Corinthians 7:15

(Deu 7:6-26) For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God

hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the

face of the earth.

(Mal 3:12) And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land,

saith the LORD of hosts.

(Deu 4:5) Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God

commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.

(Deu 4:6) Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding

in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great

nation is a wise and understanding people.

(Deu 4:7) For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the

LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

(Deu 4:8) And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so

righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

(Pro 14:34) Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.

(Psa 33:12) Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath

chosen for his own inheritance.

(Luk 21:26) Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which

are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

(1Co 7:15) But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under

bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace.

(Joh 14:27) Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth,

give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

(Rom 14:17) For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and

peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

(Luk 12:32) Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the

kingdom.

(Luk 17:21) Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of

God is within you.

(Col 3:15) And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in

one body; and be ye thankful.

(Php 4:7) And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts

and minds through Christ Jesus.

(Isa 26:3) Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he

trusteth in thee.

(Isa 9:6) For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be

upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God,

The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

GOD, GIVE US MEN!

God, give us men! A time like this demands

Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands;

Men whom the lust of office does not fill;

Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy;

Men who possess opinions and a will;

Men who have honor; men who will not lie;

Men who can stand before a demagogue

And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking!

Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog

In public duty and in private thinking;

For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn creeds,

Their large professions and their little deeds,

Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps,

Wrong rules the land and waiting Justice sleeps. Josiah Gilbert Holland

FOUR THINGS

Four things in any land must dwell,

If it endures and prospers well;

One is manhood true and good;

One is noble womanhood;

One is child life, clean and bright;

And one an altar kept alight.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right. Prime Minister William Gladstone