Order of Worship

Sunday, November 29, 2020

We extend a warm welcome to all our visitors this morning! Visitors, please complete the Welcome card in the pew rack and put it in the offering plate, so we may know how best to minister to/with you. Let’s prepare our hearts with silent Bible reading, meditation, and prayer before the service begins.

PRAISE (We Acknowledge God’s Majesty)

ADVENT WREATH LIGHTING                                Isaiah 9:2,6-7

PRELUDE                     How Glorious the Love of Heaven

*HYMN 263                  Lift High The Cross!

*CALL TO WORSHIP                 Psalm 98:2-4a, 7-9

Leader: The Lord has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. 

All: He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 

Leader: Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth…

All: Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it! 

Leader: Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. 

All: He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

*PRAISE SONGS               There Is A Redeemer

                                                Fullness of Time                                                       

*INVOCATION

PRAYER OF CONFESSION

All: We confess and acknowledge one God alone, to whom alone we must cleave, whom alone we must serve, whom only we must worship, and in whom alone we put our trust.  Who is eternal, infinite, immeasurable, incomprehensible, omnipotent, invisible; one in substance and yet distinct in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.  By whom we confess and believe all things in heaven and earth, visible and invisible, to have been created, to be retained in their being, and to be ruled and guided by His inscrutable providence for such end as His eternal wisdom, goodness, and justice have appointed, and so the manifestation of His own glory, Amen. 

SILENT CONFESSION

ASSURANCE OF PARDON                         Psalm 37:39-40

“The salvation of the righteous is from the Lord; he is their stronghold in the time of trouble. The Lord helps them and delivers them; he delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they take refuge in him.”

CONSECRATION (We Surrender Our Lives to Christ)

*HYMN 198       Lift Up Your Heads You Mighty Gates!                         

THE OFFERING                                            Proverbs 11:28

“Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf.”

Doxology: Hymnal, p. 731

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.

PRAYERS OF THE PEOPLE                                        Matt Yost

SCRIPTURE TEXT                                               Genesis 3:1-24

SERMON                          “The Fall”                     John Armstrong

*HYMN 194               O Come, O Come, Emmanuel

*BENEDICTION

*POSTLUDE                                                                                              

For 2020, we are continuing to provide a basic Family Worship plan to help enable our families more regularly worship together during the week. In each weekly bulletin, we will provide a Daily Bible Reading plan from “M’Cheyne Daily Bible Reading Plan”, weekly questions from the Westminster Shorter Catechism, and a hymn for you to learn together.

Week 48:

Weekly Hymn:   196 O Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus

                                    https://youtu.be/NOxJFN-9_vs

Shorter Catechism–

Answer: The Lord’s Supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ’s appointment, his death is showed forth; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment, and growth in grace.

Bible Reading:

Mon –11/30 – 2 Chronicles 1, 1 John 1, Micah 7, Luke 16

Tue – 12/1 – 2 Chronicles 2, 1 John 2, Nahum 1, Luke 17

Wed – 12/2 – 2 Chronicles 3, 4, 1 John 3, Nahum 2, Luke 18

Thurs – 12/3 – 2 Chronicles 5, 6:1-11, 1 John 4, Nahum 3, Luke 19

Fri – 12/4 – 2 Chronicles 6:12-42, 1 John 5, Habakkuk 1, Luke 20

Sat – 12/5 – 2 Chronicles 7, 2 John 1, Habakkuk 2, Luke 21

Sun – 12/6 – 2 Chronicles 8, 3 John 1, Habakkuk 3, Luke 22

A Look at Next Week

Sermon Text: Genesis 3:8-19

Praise Music:          How Glorious the Love of Heaven

                                    What Child id This?

Hymns:   193 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hearing assistance and large print pew Bibles are available during the worship service.  Please contact an usher for assistance.

Women in the Church – All women in the church are invited to participate in an upcoming new Women’s Bible study on the book of I Peter – A Living Hope in Christ by Jen Wilkin. We will utilize Zoom video conferencing to conduct the study.  Our next study will be Saturday, December 5th at 9:00 am and will continue to meet on the following dates January 16 and 30th.   

If you have any questions, please contact Christine Stalnaker (CStalnaker786@cs.com) 

Communion – We are having communion next Sunday, December 6^th.  

Holiday Donation Opportunities – Faith Church is supporting two donation opportunities this holiday season, one for Bethany Tuel (Homeless Outreach Program) and one for Maria Rochford (Genesis Healthcare). Collections will continue through the end of December. Please place your donations in the appropriately marked box in the narthex.

1)Homeless Outreach Program: In need of items for men and women: winter coats, winter boots, socks, underwear (boxers, size medium and up), gloves, hats, scarves, sneakers, combs/brushes, razors, pre-packaged snacks (chips, crackers, granola bars, etc.),jeans. Underwear, hygiene products, and food should be new; everything else can be gently used. Contact Bethany for more info:240-405-9549.

2)Genesis Healthcare (nursing home facility):In need of: large print books, magazines, word search and puzzle books, bingo prizes (crocheted blankets, shawls, pens, cute pads of paper, hand cream, lip balm), and simple craft kits. No glass or candles. Contact Maria for more info:240-439-1218.

Ministry to Whittier elementary school – Last year our church family had the ministry opportunity to provide winter coats to Whittier Elementary school. The school has contacted Faith to see if we would be willing to help again this year as their needs are even greater this year

This year’s needs are as follows:

New Meal Ministry Coordinators –  Monica Paire has stepped down as coordinator of Faith’s Meal Ministry.  The new team is Maria Rochford, Anna Newman, and Ellen Nicodemus.  Please contact them via email, text, phone, or Slack with any meal requests or questions.  And please join us in thanking Monica for her many years of faithful service to this ministry.