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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2023 | 10:00 AM
THE PRAISE AND WORSHIP
THE DOXOLOGY
“Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow”
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Minister: I was glad when they said unto me, let us go into the house of the Lord. Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
People: For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Minister: Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek thy good.
People: Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
Minister: Blessed are they that dwell in thy house. Lord, I have loved thy habitation and the place where thy honor dwelleth.
People: For the Lord is in His holy temple, let all the earth keep silence before Him.
Minister: Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
People: O sing unto the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth, and sing praises.
THE OPENING HYMN
"Lift Every Voice and Sing"
Lift every voice and sing Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us,
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod, Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat, Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears have been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the
blood of the slaughtered, Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years, God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, Our God, where we met Thee;
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand, May we forever stand.
True to our GOD, True to our native land
THE PRAYER
THE SCRIPTURE
I Corinthians 3:1-9
Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for it. Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos? And what is Paul? Only servants, through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. 9 For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building.
Minister: This is the Word of the Lord to the people of God.
People: Thanks be to God!
THE INTROIT TO THE DECALOGUE
From all that dwell below the skies, let the Creator's praise arise;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung, through every land by every tongue.
THE SUMMARY OF THE DECALOGUE
Leader: Hear the Commandments of God to God’s people: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of bondage; you shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself any idol. You shall not invoke with malice the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath Day and keep it holy. Honor your father and mother. You shall not commit murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not be a false witness. You shall not covet anything that belongs to your neighbor.”
Response: Lord, have mercy upon us, and incline our hearts to keep this law.
Nearer, my God to Thee! E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me;
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God to Thee;
Nearer my God to Thee, nearer to Thee!
Leader: Hear what Christ our savior says: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and great Commandment. And the second is like it. You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”
THE 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.
THE FOUNDER'S DAY PRESENTATION
THE MINISTRY OF GIVING
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PREACHER
Reverend Dr. David W. Green, Sr.
THE MINISTRY OF MUSIC
THE SERMON
Presiding Elder Karl V. Smith, Sr.
Super South District
THE INVITATION TO DISCIPLESHIP
THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF VISITORS
THE ANNOUNCEMENTS
THE DOXOLOGY
THE BENEDICTION
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