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Sermon Series:

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Welcome Announcements G ATHERING A ROUND THE W ORD

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P RAYER R EQUESTS Prayers for those in our nearby community: Mary Johnson (Julias mom had last chemo treatment), Anthony Barges family (Carrollton BB Coach killed in motorcycle accident) Prayers for our members: Barbara Meigs (shaking, memory, and correct meds), Kit Fordham (in Jordan for 7 weeks to learn Arabic), Paul Blaum (Pursuing becoming a Chaplain), Anna Schrews (diabetes fluctuations), Randy Worley (vision), D, Horace Robinson (health concern) Prayers for those further away: Marsha (Steves friend who needs a job), Linda Miller Family (fathers health issues Mandys friend), Sue Marini (Camilla & Franks sister-in-law, shingles in her eye), Buddy Hendricks (Jimmy Coopers Friends Father. Complications from emphysema that need to be resolved before he can have tests on his heart) General Requests: Those without Job Security, Veterans who are reintegrating into home life and need jobs, Those God is calling us to share our faith with and for us that we will share it, Our church.

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C ALL TO W ORSHIP (from Amos 5:8) Please Stand and Read Responsively Seek Him who made the cluster of stars called Pleiades and the constellation Orion, Who turns the shadow of death or deep darkness into the morning? And who darkens the day into night? Who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth? Jehovah is His name!

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Praise Song Please remain Standing Lord I Lift Your Name On High

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Lord I lift your name on high, Lord I love to sing your praises Im so glad youre in my life, Im so glad you came to save us. You came from heaven to earth to show the way From the earth to the cross my debts to pay From the cross to the grave, from the grave to the sky Lord I lift your name on high.

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T IME OF C ONFESSION Please Be Seated P RAYER OF C ONFESSION (Please Read In Unison) Almighty and Merciful God, Forgive us when our faith grows dim, when we grow weary in doing justice, when we tire of feeding the hungry, when we want the poor and unclean to stay far from us, when we fail to give witness to your great love for us. In your mercy, remind us that you give us the vision and power to bring justice, to feed the hungry, to clothe and house the poor, to speak the gospel truth to others. Time of Silent Confession

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T IME OF C ONFESSION (Continued) A SSURANCE OF F ORGIVENESS (From Numbers 14:17) The Lord is long-suffering and slow to anger, and abundant in mercy and loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Amen.

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Praise Song Please remain Standing Open the Eyes of My Heart

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Open the eyes of my heart, Lord Open the eyes of my heart I want to see you, I want to see you. To see you high and lifted up, Shining in the light of your glory Pour out Your power and love As we sing holy, holy, holy, Holy, holy, holy, I want to see you.

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Please be Seated for the Prayer for Illumination P ROCLAIMING T HE W ORD

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C HILDREN S S ERMON Don't miss the boat. Remember that we are all in the same boat. Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark. Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big. Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job. Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs. When you're stressed, float a while. Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals. No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

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Noahs Ark Genesis 6:5-8

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The Story Begins The LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. Genesis 6:5 Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence. And God saw that the earth was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its ways upon the earth. Genesis 6:11-12

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"I will blot out from the earth the human beings I have created-- people together with animals and creeping things and birds of the air, for I am sorry that I have made them." Genesis 6:7 And God said to Noah, "I have determined to make an end of all flesh, for the earth is filled with violence because of them; now I am going to destroy them along with the earth. Genesis 6:13 For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. Genesis 6:17

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And the LORD was sorry that he had made humankind on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. Genesis 6:6

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Nancy and Pete

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Noah! Noah found favor in the sight of the LORD. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:8-9 For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die. But I will establish my covenant with you Genesis 6:17-18

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In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. The rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. Genesis 7:11-12

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17 The flood continued forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it rose high above the earth. 18 The waters swelled and increased greatly on the earth; and the ark floated on the face of the waters. 19 The waters swelled so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered; 20 the waters swelled above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. 21 And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all human beings; 22 everything on dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. 23 He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, human beings and animals and creeping things and birds of the air; they were blotted out from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those that were with him in the ark. 24 And the waters swelled on the earth for one hundred fifty days. Genesis 7:17-24

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But God remembers Noah God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and all the domestic animals that were with him in the ark. And God made a wind blow over the earth, and the waters subsided; 2 the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the rain from the heavens was restrained, 3 and the waters gradually receded from the earth. Genesis 8:1-3

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"I will never again curse the ground because of humankindnor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done. As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:21-22

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God said, "This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I have set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant that I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth. Genesis 9:12-17

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R ESPONDING TO THE W ORD

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P RAYERS OF THE P EOPLE Please remain seated. The pastor will pray first and then invite the congregation to pray the Lords Prayer afterwards. T HE L ORD S P RAYER Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your 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 yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.

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O UR O FFERINGS I NVITATION TO G IVE A N O FFERING P RAYER O F D EDICATION

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A FFIRMATION OF F AITH : A POSTLE S C REED Please Stand and Read in Unison We believe in God, the Father Almighty, the Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord: Who was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and buried. He descended into hell. The third day He arose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty, whence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting. Amen.

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Praise Song Please remain Standing Sanctuary

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Lord prepare me to be a sanctuary, Pure and holy, tried and true. With thanksgiving, Ill be a living Sanctuary for you.

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Charge to the Congregation F OLLOWING THE W ORD INTO THE W ORLD