Sunday, October 9, 2022 - Facing Barriers-> Flourishing: Situations

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Welcome

*Hymn 65            Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah      (In Person Only)

(verse 1)

 

*Awakening to God’s Presence                             (In Person Only)

*Hymn 65           Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah       (In Person Only)

(verses 2-3)

Prayer for God’s Guidance    (responsive)

1 Kings 17:8-12                              Common English Bible Translation

The Lord’s word came to Elijah: Get up and go to Zarephath near Sidon and stay there. I have ordered a widow there to take care of you. Elijah left and went to Zarephath. As he came to the town gate, he saw a widow collecting sticks. He called out to her, “Please get a little water for me in this cup so I can drink.” She went to get some water. He then said to her, “Please get me a piece of bread.” As surely as the Lord your God lives,” she replied, “I don’t have any food; only a handful of flour in a jar and a bit of oil in a bottle. Look at me. I’m collecting two sticks so that I can make some food for myself and my son. We’ll eat the last of the food and then die.” (Question: Have you ever felt hopeless by a situation you find yourself facing?)

Hymn 761       Called as Partners in Christ’s Service    (In Person Only)

(verse 1)

1 Kings 17:13-16

Elijah said to her, “Don’t be afraid! Go and do what you said. Only make a little loaf of bread for me first. Then bring it to me. You can make something for yourself and your son after that. This is what Israel’s God, the Lord, says: The jar of flour won’t decrease and the bottle of oil won’t run out until the day the Lord sends rain on the earth.” The widow went and did what Elijah said. So the widow, Elijah, and the widow’s household ate for many days. The jar of flour didn’t decrease nor did the bottle of oil run out, just as the Lord spoke through Elijah. (Question: How have others helped you through difficult situations?)

1 Kings 17:17-18

After these things, the son of the widow, who was the matriarch of the household, became ill. His sickness got steadily worse until he wasn’t breathing anymore. She said to Elijah, “What’s gone wrong between us, man of God? Have you come to me to call attention to my sin and kill my son?” (Question: Do you ever feel like you are waiting for the other shoe to drop?)

Hymn 451          Open My Eyes, That I May See     (In Person Only)

(verse 1)

1 Kings 17:19-22

Elijah replied, “Give your son to me.” He took her son from her and carried him to the upper room where he was staying. Elijah laid him on his bed. Elijah cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, why is it that you have brought such evil upon the widow that I am staying with by killing her son?” Then he stretched himself over the boy three times and cried out to the Lord, “Lord my God, please give this boy’s life back to him.” The Lord listened to Elijah’s voice and gave the boy his life back. And he lived. (Question: How have others given you life?)

Anthem       (In Person Only)

1 Kings 17:23-24

Elijah brought the boy down from the upper room of the house and gave him to his mother. Elijah said, “Look, your son is alive!” “Now I know that you really are a man of God,” the woman said to Elijah, “and that the Lord’s word is truly in your mouth.” (Question: What helps you know that is with you?)

Reflection Together    (In Person Only)

Invitation to the Offering   (In Person Only)

How will you offer your life to God this week?

Offering Our Lives, Resources, Time to God

Offertory

*Doxology 606

              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.

*Prayer of Gratitude (responsive)

*Hymn 761     Called as Partners in Christ’s Service    (In Person Only)

(verse 2)

Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread,

And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors;

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

For thine is the kingdom and the power

and the glory, forever. Amen

*Closing Hymn 611   Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee   (In Person Only)

*Benediction

Hymn List

65 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

451 Open My Eyes, That I May See

611 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee

761 Called as Partners in Christ’s Service

Sermon Series

Theme: Changed Heart – Changed Life

Oct 16th – Time

Oct 23rd – Abilities

Oct 30th – Conversations

Nov 6th – Attitude

Nov 13th – Choices

Nov 20th - Celebrations