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“To live by Faith, to be known by Love, and to be a voice of Hope.”

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SANFORD TRADITIONAL WORSHIP SERVICE

SERVICE FOR THE LORD’S DAY

To Our Guests: First Presbyterian is a community of people gathering for worship, fellow-

ship, and service. We are pleased that you are with us today. We trust you will receive

warmth, compassion, hope, challenge, and encouragement. Please share your visit with us

by signing and completing the Visitor Information in the bulletin, and placing it in the offer-

ing plate when passed. To our congregation, if you notice a new face, please take a moment

to greet them and welcome them to First Presbyterian.

The Third Sunday of Lent March 4, 2018

Prelude

Chiming of the Hour

Welcome and Announcements

Mission Moment

The Passing of the Peace

Chanson Religioso Young

GATHERING TO WORSHIP GOD

Choral Introit Our God, to Whom We Turn Fritch/Bach

*Call to Worship

*Invocation

IN PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING

*Hymn Help Us Accept Each Other #358

Call to Confession (The water of baptism is poured as we remember our baptism of Christ.)

Prayer of Confession

Merciful God, how fickle we are; we sin against you without even knowing it. Cleanse us,

we pray, of any unknown sin, and save us from willfully ignoring your way. Let your

commandments rule and guide us. Forgive us for worshiping anyone or anything except

you; keep us faithful. Forgive us for failing to honor all our relationships—with those

closest to us and those who are distant neighbors. Help us to speak words of blessing and

kindness, rather than words that belittle or destroy. Turn us away from violence and

selfishness. Forgive us for thinking everything depends on our efforts and power, for you

are the God who made us, led us out of slavery, and has brought us into the community of

faith. Help us to depend on you alone and to rest in your peace. In Christ’s name we

pray. Amen.

SILENCE (In the silence pray for forgiveness of personal sin).

Declaration of Forgiveness

*Hymn Open My Eyes That I May See #324

PROCLAIMING GOD’S WORD

Prayer of Illumination

The Reading of the Psalter

The Gospel Reading

Pew Bible, page 498

Pew Bible, page 93

Psalm 19

John 2:13-22

Choral Anthem Great is thy Faithfulness Courtney

Sermon RIGHTEOUS ANGER Reverend Benton

RESPONDING TO THE WORD OF GOD

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer

Choral Response

*The Apostles’ Creed (Traditional)

I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ his

only Son our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suf-

fered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; he descended into hell; the

third day he rose again from the dead; he ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right

hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the

dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy catholic church; the communion of saints; the

forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body; and the life everlasting. Amen.

*Gloria Patri #579

Invitation to the Offering

Offertory

*The Doxology

God Lead Us Along

Young/Rogers

#591

*Prayer of Thanksgiving and Dedication

*Hymn O for a World #386

*Charge and Blessing

Choral Response

Postlude Postlude in C Smart

*Denotes points during the service when the congregation stands as able.

A nursery is available with trained nursery staff. Please see an usher if you need directions.

WELCOME TO FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

The flowers in the sanctuary are given to the Glory of God!

Our Koinonia Book Club will resume in March! Join us as we read Daring Greatly by Brene Brown. Books are available for $14 in Jenny’s office or at your favorite retailer. We’ll gather on March 27at 7pm at Bucky Holmes’ house to reflect on the book. Our church is hosting another Book Fair! This is a great opportunity to stock up on faith-filled books for the children in your life. Stop by the display in the colonnade to see some samples and get an order forms. Contact Jenny with questions. Orders will be returned before Easter. Easter Sunday is April 1. If you would like to purchase a lily plant, in honor or memory of someone the price is $12.50 and the deadline is Friday, March 23. Please use the lily envelope in your bulletin to place your order and then place your envelope in the offering plate or drop it off to Pat in the church office. A very special thank you to John Foushee at Big Bloomers for the donations of flowering plants. The four large containers just outside the sanctuary are now showing Spring colors! We do appreciate John’s generosity and the gift of beauty from our Creator. Thanks also to Emily Kelly for transforming the planters. Each Wednesday during Lent, we will gather at 7:00 PM in the chapel for a 30 minute service of prayer, word, and worship. Please join us as we journey to the cross with Jesus. If you have been waiting for that calling to serve the church in a very special way, your time has come. On Monday, March 5th, at 6:00 PM there will be a meeting in the Harper Center to form the Emergency Preparedness Committee. This group will work together to prepare our facility and congregation for medical, fire, weather, and security emergencies. We would like to see a good turnout for this meeting so that the planning can be divided into sub-committees. The church needs your help in making our family safer. We would like to compile a list of members who have medical training or are certified in CPR. This list would be shared with church staff, Elders, and Deacons to become familiar with our members who have experience in the medical field and first response. The intent is to pro-vide the best possible response to medical emergencies. If you are willing to share your medical and first response skills, please email Heather at fpcsecretary11@gmail.com. We will also add this information to your profile in the church database. Youth parents, registration for summer camp trips is now open. Passport Kids (3rd through 5th graders) will be July 2-5, and Passport Camp (6th through 12th graders) will be July 8-13th. Please sign up in the church office. Sunday Worship Bulletins are now published on our church website!

CHURCH LIFE Week of March 4th

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

March 4: Phyllis Brewer, Susan Tickle March 5: Laura Rosser

March 6: Paul Kelly March 7: Kristina Hubmer, Hamilton James

OUR PRAYER LIST

AT HOME: Harold York, Tony Quick, Ben Ciliberto, Janice Cox. PARKVIEW: Belva Oelrich, Laura Rosser, Gladys Weaver. OUR FRIENDS & FAMILY: Jan Morgan (Steve Morgan’s mother), Fran Thomas (Genie Morgan’s mother), Jody Cuevas (Audrey Cuevas’ husband) Tim Smith (Dowe Smith’s son) Danny Craig and family (Joan Suddarth’s brother) Jennifer McFad-den Cox (Cynthia & Julian Philpott’s daughter), Blake West (Katrina Johnson’s neighbor).

CALENDAR

Sunday:

9AM: Contemporary Service

10AM: Sunday School

11AM: Traditional Service

2PM: Session Meeting

5PM: Youth Group

Monday:

8-2PM: Walking Track

Tuesday:

8-2PM: Walking Track

10AM: Bible Study

Wednesday:

8-2PM: Walking Track

8:30AM: Staff Meeting

6/7:30PM: Choir Practices

7PM: Lenten Worship

Thursday:

8-2PM: Walking Track

Friday:

8-12PM: Walking Track

We recently signed up for Reach Alert, a mass voice and text message alert program, in order to communi-cate important events and information to you more quickly and effectively. As good as this service is, if you don’t register, we can’t share important in-formation with you. All you need to do is: Go to www.reachalert.com and

click on MY ACCOUNT. Select CREATE ACCOUNT. Follow the prompts and enter

your preferred contact information. Network Name: type FPC San-

ford (click on our name when it appears).

Select “member.”

If you do not have access to a computer or if you experience any

difficulty registering, please contact REACH Alert at (877) 307-9313.

VISITOR INFORMATION AND PRAYER CARD:

Welcome! Guests, please use this card to share your contact information with us so we can reach out to you. We

also invite everyone to use this card to share special prayer concerns. Detach this section and place it in the

offering plate, or give it to an usher or minister as you leave.

NAME/FAMILY MEMBERS:__________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS:________________________________________________________________________________

PHONE:__________________________________________________________________________________

EMAIL:__________________________________________________________________________________

PRAYER REQUEST:________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________________

REMOVE A NAME FROM PRAYER LIST:_______________________________________________________

SESSION Moderator: Rev. Rick Martindale

Clerk: W.W. Seymour, Jr. Treasurer: Rick Paderick

Class of 2018 David Riddle Jr.

David Vann Russ Knight Susan King

Wanda Wazenegger

Class of 2019 Roy Cashion

Samantha Jeffries Bryson McAdams

Pam Patterson

Class of 2020 Joyce Kelly

Nancy Kimble Ronnie Lemon

Brad Marin Lee Thompson

DIACONATE Chairman: David Miller

Secretary/Treasurer: Renea Phillips

Class of 2018 Anita Slattery John Burrus David Miller

Joan Suddarth John Garris

Mary Proctor

Class of 2019 Phil Bruce

Alyce Clark Sharon Degon Julie Lemon

Renea Phillips Jeremy Thomas

Class of 2020 Bucky Holmes

Katrina Johnson Rudine Miller Suzanne Mills Randy Tyndall Jennifer Varga

I would like more information about the church. Send me the church e-newsletter.

OFFICE STAFF Pastor: Rev. Bruce Benton

Director of Youth and Education: Rev. Jenny Lee

Director of Music/Organist: David Almond Building Manager: Bennie Thompson

Bookkeeper: Pat Angel

Secretary: Heather Jopling CDC Director: Amy Cole

CDC Assistant Director: Karen Barnes