Sunday, March 12th - Daylight Saving Time Begins Remember to set your clocks FORWARD one hour on Saturday night!
Sunday, March 12th - Music Team Rehearsal Our Music Team will rehearse this morning at 8:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 12th - Prayer in the Church Office at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday, March 12th - Morning Worship and Sunday School We invite everyone to join us for our Morning Worship Service. Johnny and Georgeanne Smith will lead Little Worship. If you are unable to attend the Service, please click here to watch our LiveStream. We will have Sunday School for all ages immediately following our Worship Service.
Sunday, March 12th - NO Men's Gathering This Week We will resume next Sunday, March 19th.
Monday, March 13th - NO Evening Women's Bible Study We will resume next week, March 20th.
Wednesday, March 15th - Lenton Luncheon at First Methodist Church at 12:00pm
Wednesday, March 15th - NO Mid-Week Studies We will resume next week.
Thursday, March 16th - NO Morning or Noon Women's Bible Studies This Week
Join us on the third Tuesday of each month for our Women's Book Club at Turnrow Books. Our book for March is Holier Than Thou by Jackie Hill Perry. Mention that you're a part of this Book Club to receive 10% off of your order at Turnrow.
Meeting Sunday, February 19th
We will be ordering a limited number of Westminster coffee mugs. If you would like to pre-order one (or several!), please email Kathryn Dyksterhouse.
Cyndi Savage - Prayer for stamina and healing as she undergoes cancer treatment
Rebecca Seawright - healing from Shingles and it's complications
Gene & Jere Stansel
Friends of WPC Prayer Needs
Dr. Mike Boler - Treatment for cancer
Jan Champion (Widow of Bobo, friend of Johnny & Georgeanne Smith) - Prayers for Jan and her family as she battles cancer
Stephen and Jessi Belk (Son and Daughter-in-Law of Darrell and Theresa Belk) - Prayers for a healthy pregnancy after previous complications
Christine Boye, friend of Derek & Elizabeth Hinckley - prayer for Christine and her family during treatment of metastatic breast cancer
Ben Downs, Son of John and Mary Nell Downs - Prayers for recovery from a stroke
Jenna Hoover, Niece of Betty Boyd - Prayers for healing and comfort as she battles renal cancer
Kevin Kendall - Prayers for encouragement, healing and guidance
Sawyer Kimbriel - He has a rare lymphatic abnormality
Page Whites - Cancer treatment
Expecting Parents
Jarrett & Anna Mills (adopting)
Adron & Betsy Belk (due July 15, 2023)
Shut-Ins
Betty Morgan (Indywood, Room 127)
Community Prayer Needs
Greenwood-Leflore Hospital - Their employees and families of their employees as they navigate the possibilities of continuing to serve our community.
Praise 2 Corinthians 4:17-18 For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
Introit - “Now Why This Fear”
Now, why this fear and unbelief? Has not the Father put to grief
His spotless Son for us? And will the righteous Judge of men
Condemn me for that debt of sin now canceled at the cross?
Jesus, all my trust is in Your blood. Jesus, You've rescued us through Your great love.
Complete atonement You have made, and by Your death have fully paid
The debt Your people owed. No wrath remains for us to face,
We're sheltered by Your saving grace and sprinkled with Your blood.
How sweet the sound of saving grace;
How sweet the sound of saving grace; Christ died for me
Be still my soul, and know this peace; The merits of your great High Priest
Have bought your liberty. Rely then on His precious blood,
Don't fear your banishment from God since Jesus sets you free.
‡The Call to Worship – (From Psalm 66 and Hosea 6)
Pastor: Come, let us return to the Lord; for He has torn us, that he may heal us. Congregation: He has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
Pastor: Shout for joy to God, all the earth; sing the glory of his name; give to him glorious praise! Congregation: All the earth worships you and sings praises to your name.
Pastor: Come and see what God has done. Congregation: He is awesome in his deeds toward the children of man.
Pastor and Congregation: Come and worship, all you who fear God!
‡The Hymn No. 100 - “Holy, Holy, Holy!”
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! Early in the morning our song shall rise to Thee. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
Holy, holy, holy! All the saints adore Thee, casting down their golden crowns around the glassy sea; Cherubim and seraphim falling down before Thee, who wert, and art, and evermore shalt be.
Holy, holy, holy! Though the darkness hide Thee, though the eye of sinful man Thy glory may not see, only Thou art holy; there is none beside Thee perfect in pow’r, in love, and purity.
Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All Thy works shall praise Thy name in earth and sky and sea. Holy, holy, holy! Merciful and mighty! God in three persons, blessed Trinity!
‡The Prayer of Invocation
The Old Testament Reading Psalm 36:7-9; Psalm 57:1-3; Psalm 63:1-8 --- Roger Day
How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 8 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights. 9 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light do we see light.
Psalm 57:1-3 Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms of destruction pass by. 2 I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. 3 He will send from heaven and save me; he will put to shame him who tramples on me. Selah God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!
Psalm 63:1-8 O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory. 3 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 4 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. 5 My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips, 6 when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night; 7 for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy. 8 My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me.
‡The Hymn – “Jesus, Draw Me Ever Nearer” (RUF)
Jesus, draw me ever nearer as I labor through the storm.
You have called me to this passage, and I'll follow, though I'm worn.
May this journey bring a blessing, may I rise on wings of faith;
And at the end of my heart’s testing, with your likeness let me wake.
Jesus, guide me through the tempest, keep my spirit staid and sure.
When the midnight meets the morning, let me love You even more.
May this journey bring a blessing, may I rise on wings of faith;
And at the end of my heart’s testing, with your likeness let me wake.
Let the treasures of the trial form within me as I go -
And at the end of this long passage, let me leave them at Your throne.
May this journey bring a blessing, may I rise on wings of faith;
And at the end of my heart’s testing, with your likeness let me wake.
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The New Testament Reading and Congregational Prayer: Philippians 2:1-11 --- John Downs
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, 2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. 3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. 4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. 5 Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, 6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Confession of Faith (Heidelberg Catechism #1)
Pastor: What is your only comfort in life and death?
Congregation: That I, with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who with His precious blood has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; andso preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must besubservient to my salvation, wherefore by His Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life, and makes me heartily willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto Him.
Offertory Prayer
‡The Hymn No. 562 – “All to Jesus I Surrender”
All to Jesus I surrender, all to Him I freely give;
May I ever love and trust Him, in His presence daily live.
Refrain I surrender all, I surrender all.
All to Thee, my blessed Savior, I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender, humbly at His feet I bow,
Worldly pleasures all forsaken, take me, Jesus, take me now. (Refrain)
All to Jesus I surrender, make me, Savior, wholly Thine;
May thy Holy Spirit fill me, may I know Thy pow’r divine. (Refrain)
All to Jesus I surrender, Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power, let Thy blessing fall on me. (Refrain)
Children dismissed for Little Worship at this time (K4 – K5)
Reading of the Holy Scripture: Luke 13:31-35
At that very hour some Pharisees came and said to him, “Get away from here, for Herod wants to kill you.” 32 And he said to them, “Go and tell that fox, ‘Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I finish my course. 33 Nevertheless, I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that a prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 35 Behold, your house is forsaken. And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, ‘Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
The Sermon – “Luke #59: Jesus’s Mission, Jesus’s Heart” - Richard Owens
‡The Hymn – “O Church Arise”
O Church, arise, and put your armor on; Hear the call of Christ our Captain.
For now the weak can say that they are strong, in the strength that God has given.
With shield of faith and belt of truth, we'll stand against the devil's lies;
An army bold, whose battle cry is love, reaching out to those in darkness.
Our call to war, to love the captive soul, but to rage against the captor;
And with the sword that makes the wounded whole, we will fight with faith and valor. When faced with trials on ev'ry side, we know the outcome is secure;
And Christ will have the prize for which He died, an inheritance of nations.
Come see the cross, where love and mercy meet, as the Son of God is stricken;
Then see His foes lie crushed beneath His feet, for the Conqueror has risen.
And as the stone is rolled away and Christ emerges from the grave,
This vict'ry march continues till the day ev'ry eye and heart shall see Him.
So Spirit, come, put strength in every stride, give grace for ev'ry hurdle;
That we may run with faith, to win the prize of a servant, good and faithful.
As saints of old still line the way, retelling triumphs of His grace,
We hear their calls, and hunger for the day when, with Christ, we stand in glory.
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