“And when you fast, don’t put on a sad face like the hypocrites. They distort their faces so people will know they are fasting. I assure you that they have their reward. When you fast, brush your hair and wash your face. Then you won’t look like you are fasting to people, but only to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees in secret will reward you. (Question: Do you ever worry about what others will think of you?)

Hymn 475 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (In Person Only)

(verse 1)

Matthew 6:19-21

“Stop collecting treasures for your own benefit on earth, where moth and rust eat them and where thieves break in and steal them. Instead, collect treasures for yourselves in heaven, where moth and rust don’t eat them and where thieves don’t break in and steal them. Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. (Question: What are the things you focus upon to help you but end up leaving you feeling empty?)

Matthew 6:22-24

“The eye is the lamp of the body. Therefore, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how terrible that darkness will be! No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be loyal to the one and have contempt for the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. (Question: What are the things that take your energy and don’t enrich your life?)

Hymn 475 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (In Person Only)

(verse 2)

Matthew 6:25-27

“Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds in the sky. They don’t sow seed or harvest grain or gather crops into barns. Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth much more than they are? Who among you by worrying can add a single moment to your life? (Question: What do you worry about the most?)

Hymn 475 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (In Person Only)

(verse 3)

Matthew 6:28, 31-34

And why do you worry about clothes? Notice how the lilies in the field grow. They don’t wear themselves out with work, and they don’t spin cloth. Therefore, don’t worry and say, ‘What are we going to eat?’ or ‘What are we going to drink?’ or ‘What are we going to wear?’ Gentiles long for all these things. Your heavenly Father knows that you need them. Instead, desire first and foremost God’s kingdom and God’s righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore, stop worrying about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Question: What have you worried about that never came to fruition?)

Anthem Day By Day (In Person Only)

Responding to the Word

Our (LPPC) Story (responsive)

We show up for each other:

By being real about life’s struggles & joys,

Even when we disagree,

In our imperfections,

Through grace, acceptance, affirmation & encouragement.

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)

*Closing Hymn 839 Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine! (In Person Only)

*Benediction

Hymn List

307 God of Grace and God of Glory

458 Thy Word Is a Lamp unto My Feet

475 Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

839 Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine!

Sermon Series

Experiencing God – How do you experience God…

Jan 22nd – when you don’t know what to say?

Jan 29th – when you feel like there isn’t enough time?

Feb 5th – when relationships are hard?

Feb 12th – when life is demanding?

Feb 19th – when all you want to do is celebrate?

You are encouraged over the next month to pray this prayer.

Creative God, may I know your presence this day in my life and be able to convey that love to others through my words and actions. May we experience your love in our lives so that we are able to be a healing presence, extend forgiveness, and have confidence in you being forever present. Amen.

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Sunday, January 8, 2023 - How do you experience God right here, right now?

January 08, 2023 / info church

Online Playlist

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)

Our (LPPC) Story (responsive)

We show up for each other:

By being real about life’s struggles & joys,

Even when we disagree,

In our imperfections,

Through grace, acceptance, affirmation & encouragement.

Invitation to the Offering (In Person Only)

How will you offer your life to God this week?

Offering Our Lives, Resources, Time to God

*Hymn 469 Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying (In Person Only)

(sing through once)

Hearing the Word

Prayer for God’s Guidance (responsive)

Luke 17:3-4 Common English Bible Translation

Watch yourselves! If your brother or sister sins, warn them to stop. If they change their hearts and lives, forgive them. Even if someone sins against you seven times in one day and returns to you seven times and says, ‘I am changing my ways,’ you must forgive that person.” (Question: What are the things you need to let go of?)

Hymn 19 God of Great and God of Small (In Person Only)

(verse 1)

Luke 17:5-6

The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. (Question: What do you wish you had more confidence in that is connected to God?)

Hymn 19 God of Great and God of Small (In Person Only)

(verses 2 & 4)

Luke 17:7-10

“Would any of you say to your servant, who had just come in from the field after plowing or tending sheep, ‘Come! Sit down for dinner’? Wouldn’t you say instead, ‘Fix my dinner. Put on the clothes of a table servant and wait on me while I eat and drink. After that, you can eat and drink’? You won’t thank the servant because the servant did what you asked, will you? In the same way, when you have done everything required of you, you should say, ‘We servants deserve no special praise. We have only done our duty.’” (Question: What do you think is the minimum God asks of you?)

Luke 17:11-14

On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten men with skin diseases approached him. Keeping their distance from him, they raised their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, show us mercy!” When Jesus saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priest.” As they left, they were cleansed. (Question: How do you think God is calling you to live beyond the bare minimum?)

Hymn 152 What Star Is This, with Beams So Bright (In Person Only)

(verse 3)

Luke 17:15-19

One of them, when he saw that he had been healed, returned and praised God with a loud voice. He fell on his face at Jesus’ feet and thanked him. He was a Samaritan. Jesus replied, “Weren’t ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? No one returned to praise God except this foreigner?” Then Jesus said to him, “Get up and go. Your faith has healed you.” (Question: How have your words or actions created space for others to be healed?)

Luke 17:20-21

Pharisees asked Jesus when God’s kingdom was coming. He replied, “God’s kingdom isn’t coming with signs that are easily noticed. Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ Don’t you see? God’s kingdom is already among you.” (Question: How have you noticed God’s presence with you?)

Anthem Be Thou My Vision (In Person Only)

Responding to the Word

Installation of Elders and Deacons (In Person Only)

Constitutional Questions

Laying on of Hands

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 838 Standing on the Promises (In Person Only)

*Benediction

Hymn List

19 God of Great and God of Small

65 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah

152 What Star Is This, with Beams So Bright

469 Lord, Listen to Your Children Praying

838 Standing on the Promises

Sermon Series Starting January 8th

Experiencing God – How do you experience God…

Jan 15th – when worry is abundant?

Jan 22nd – when you don’t know what to say?

Jan 29th – when you feel like there isn’t enough time?

Feb 5th – when relationships are hard?

Feb 12th – when life is demanding?

Feb 19th – when all you want to do is celebrate?

You are encouraged over the next month to pray this prayer.

Creative God, may I know your presence this day in my life and be able to convey that love to others through my words and actions. May we experience your love in our lives so that we are able to be a healing presence, extend forgiveness, and have confidence in you being forever present. Amen.

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Sunday, January 1, 2023 - Changing a Life: living anew

January 01, 2023 / info church

What about your life do you want to change?

Revelation 21:1-6a

2 Corinthians 5:17-18

John 13:34

Some technical difficulties provided an opportunity to think rethink filming for this Sunday.

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Christmas Day - Recognizing and Sharing in the Blessings of God

December 25, 2022 / info church

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Christmas Eve - Changing Lives: the Possibilities

December 24, 2022 / info church

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Sunday, December 18, 2022 - Practicing Celebration When it's Complicated

December 18, 2022 / info church

Do you ever feel like the closer we get to Christmas the more complicated life gets?

Welcome

*Hymn 132 Good Christian Friends, Rejoice (In Person Only)

(verse 2)

*Lighting the Advent Candles: Hope, Peace, Joy, Love (In Person Only)

*Hymn 110 Love Has Come (In Person Only)

(verse 1)

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

*Passing the Peace (responsive)

The peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. And also with you.

Hearing the Word

Prayer for God’s Guidance (responsive)

Hymn 147 The First Nowell (In Person Only)

(verse 3)

Matthew 2:1-3 Common English Bible Translation

After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in the territory of Judea during the rule of King Herod, magi came from the east to Jerusalem. They asked, “Where is the newborn king of the Jews? We’ve seen his star in the east, and we’ve come to honor him.” When King Herod heard this, he was troubled, and everyone in Jerusalem was troubled with him. (Question: What kinds of situations are unsettling to you?)

Hymn 151 We Three Kings of Orient Are (In Person Only)

(verse 1)

Matthew 2:4-6

He gathered all the chief priests and the legal experts and asked them where the Christ was to be born. They said, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote: You, Bethlehem, land of Judah, by no means are you least among the rulers of Judah, because from you will come one who governs, who will shepherd my people Israel. (Question: What do you tie your worth to in life?)

Matthew 2:7-9

Then Herod secretly called for the magi and found out from them the time when the star had first appeared. He sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search carefully for the child. When you’ve found him, report to me so that I too may go and honor him.” When they heard the king, they went; and look, the star they had seen in the east went ahead of them until it stood over the place where the child was. (Question: How do you handle those who are not upfront with you?)

Hymn 151 We Three Kings of Orient Are (In Person Only)

(verse 2)

Matthew 2:10-12

When they saw the stary, they were filled with joy. They entered the house and saw the child with Mary his mother. Falling to their knees, they honored him. Then they opened their treasure chests and presented him with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. Because they were warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by another route. (Question: What gifts have filled you with joy?)

Hymn 152 What Star Is This, with Beams So Bright (In Person Only)

(verse 1)

Matthew 2:13-15

When the magi had departed, an angel from the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up. Take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I tell you, for Herod will soon search for the child in order to kill him.” Joseph got up and, during the night, took the child and his mother to Egypt. He stayed there until Herod died. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: I have called my son out of Egypt. (Question: What are you willing to do to practice celebration?)

Anthem (In Person Only)

Responding to the Word

Our (LPPC) Story (responsive)

We show up for each other:

By being real about life’s struggles & joys,

Even when we disagree,

In our imperfections,

Through grace, acceptance, affirmation & encouragement.

Hymn 145 What Child Is This (In Person Only)

(verse 3)

Receiving New Members

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)

*Closing Hymn 105 People, Look East (In Person Only)

(verses 1, 4, 5)

*Benediction

Hymn List

105 People, Look East

110 Love Has Come

132 Good Christian Friends, Rejoice

145 What Child Is This

147 The First Nowell

151 We Three Kings of Orient Are

152 What Star Is This, with Beams so Bright

Upcoming Sundays

Dec 25th – Lessons and Carols (In Person Only) – Meditation (Only Online)

January 1st – Online Only – Changing a Life – Living Anew

Sermon Series Starting January 8th

Experiencing God – How do you experience God?

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