First
Congregational Church of North Collins
Conservative Congregational Christian
Conference
10385 Main Street, North Collins, New
York 14111
337-9811 Church Office / 337-4303 Parsonage
Pastor / Teacher Derek S. Yoder
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Sunday
School 9:30 am
Prelude
Welcome and Announcements
Choral Introit ……………………….………………… With
Grateful Heart My Thanks I Bring
*Call to Worship ……………………………………………….………………
Psalter Reading 27, p.
793
*Hymn of Adoration & Praise #263 ……………………………………....
Lift
High the Cross
*Invocation
Worship Through
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs
Choral
Anthem
*Hymn #242
…………………………………………………………….……… Not All the Blood of Beasts
*Hymn of
the Month #46 …………………….…………
Round the Lord in Glory Seated
Scripture
Lessons
Old
Testament ……………………...………………………
Proverbs 26:1-28 (Pew Bible 1023-1024)
New
Testament …………………….……………………….… John 1:19-34 (Pew
Bible p. 1636-1638)
Memory
Verse ……………………………...….…………….…………………
Matthew 5:2-12 (see insert)
Fellowship
of Welcome
Sermon
Text …………………………………………………….…….….………………….……
Ephesians 2:1-10
Sermon ………………………………………………………………….………………………………………. Derek Yoder
The Undiscovered Country
“Death” separates from the living God.
Jesus has come to reconcile us
to the Father, that we might have life – and have it abundantly!
*Hymn of Faith #465 …………….………………
Marvelous Grace of Our Loving Lord
Prayer Requests and Testimonies
Pastoral
Prayer
Tithes and Offerings – On Communion Sundays, our 2nd offering helps the benevolent
ministries of the Diaconate
Offertory
*Doxology #735 ……………………………………………………………………………………………
Gloria Patri
“Glory 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.”
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
*Hymn
#430 …………………………….…………………………….……….…………… I Hunger and I Thirst
*Benediction
*Congregation invited to stand
Announcements
The Church
Board has approved the installation of a commemorative window to mark our
church’s bicentennial in June 2017. The
projected cost is $5,000. If you are
interested in being part of this project, make your contributions out to The First Congregational Church and designate them “Bicentennial
Window”.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
We
want to thank you all so much for the wedding gift. The quilt is so beautiful and looks wonderful
in our living room. We feel so
blessed! Thank you for your thoughts and
prayers as we start our new life together!!
God
bless, John & Caila Brown
(16 Downing St,
Buffalo, NY 14220)
There is a
dedication of the Eden-North Collins Food Pantry’s new building at 2059
Franklin Street here in the Village and we are invited. The ceremony is on Saturday, September 17th
at 11:00 am. RSVP @ 992-3753.
We hope you can join us
for a fellowship meal
following this morning’s
service!
Calendar
Wednesday, September 7th
Choir practice at the church at 6:00
pm.
Join us for Bible study and prayer
meeting at 7:00 pm. We’re continuing our survey of the great themes of Genesis. We’re studying the story of Jacob and his exodus-like
flight from Uncle Laban in Chapter 31. It’s
a great time to join us!
Saturday,
September 10th
ISI
Welcome Back Picnic at Russell Joy Park in Fredonia from 11:00 am to 2:00
pm. It’s a wonderful opportunity to meet
students and possibly becoming a friendship partner, as well as just have a
fun, relaxing time getting to know internationals and they getting to know
Americans.
NEXT SUNDAY!
September 11th
Don’t
forget! Fall schedule
resumes with Sunday School at 9:30 am followed by family worship at 10:45
am. We’ll begin the new academic year by
meeting in the sanctuary for opening exercises for all at 9:30, followed by our
fall Concert of Prayer for the adults and teens.
Thursday, September
15th
Dewey
Missionary Society meets from 10 am to noon.
College
Addresses
Katie
Yoder Rebekah Yoder
Geneva
College, Box 2404 Calvin
College
3200
College Avenue Noordewier 125
Beaver
Falls, PA 15010 Grand Rapids, MI 49546-4417
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