Sermon Notes:
January 1, 2017
Epistle Text ............................................... Romans 1:1-5; 16:25-27
“The Obedience that Comes From Faith”
Pastor Jeffrey Anderson
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Christmas Season
January 1, 2017
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Edmonds WA 98020-2606
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Worship Service
First Sunday After Christmas
January 1, 2017
Announcements
Welcome and Announcements ................................. Gary Stueckle
Call to Worship ............................................................... Psalm 111
Invocation
Hymn: 18 ............................... Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come!
Old Testament Lesson .............................................. Isaiah 63:7-14
Gospel Lesson ...................................................... Matthew 2:13-23
Hymn: 30 ..................................... All My Heart This Night Rejoices
Offering
Offertory
Hymn: 27, vs 1-4, ………….. From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Congregational Prayer
Epistle Text ............................................... Romans 1:1-5; 16:25-27
“The Obedience that Comes From Faith”
Pastor Jeffrey Anderson
Hymn: 27, vs 5-8, ………….. From Heaven Above to Earth I Come
Holy Communion
Grace Week | A Ministry and Prayer Calendar
January 2nd through January 8th
Monday: 2nd
10:00 AM
Women of Grace
Our next meeting is Monday, January 2nd at 10:00 AM. The
chapter for this month is Priscilla on page 411---in case you
want to check it out ahead of time.
Friday: 6th
1:00 PM
The Epiphany of Our Lord
Church Cleaning. All who are willing
and able are welcome to come.
Sunday: 8th
9:15 AM
All Sunday School Opening
Winter Rally Day
Worship Service
Pastor Dave Passey, speaking
10:30 AM
Next Sunday’s Scriptures: January 8th
Psalm 45: 7-9, Isaiah 49:1-7, Matthew 3:13-17
Romans 6:1-11
Benediction
Doxology
Postlude
Other Opportunities
For all women of Grace - a district get together "A Midwinter Tea"
for friendship and encouragement. Saturday, January 21st - at
Community Church of Joy in Sammamish, WA. Speaker is Trisha
Ericson, and the time is from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. More info on postcards in the narthex. Please take one home with you.
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.
Thank you for joining us at Grace Lutheran today,
May the Lord bless you throughout this coming week.
Planning Ahead
January 2017:
Please join us for a time of refreshments and fellowship downstairs
following the service.
20th,
9th,
11th,
21st,
Our Grace Mission
is to glorify God as instruments of His love through which our world will come
to know Jesus as Savior and follow Him as Lord.
gracelbc.com
1:00 PM
23rd, 4:00 PM
5:00 PM
7:30 AM
Church Cleaning
Prayer Shawl Meeting
Weekly Bible Study Resumes
Planning Council
PRAYER NOTES:
A New Year's Poem
Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old
has gone, the new is here!"
As we begin this new year we confess our need of Your presence and
Your guidance as we face the future.
Laila Simokat's brother Tom Olsen's tumor has grown and started
chemotherapy treatments again. Also, Laila's sister in law, Joyce had a
stroke which effected her speech. Help her speech to improve as she
receives speech therapy. Be with Laila's other sister in law, Lynn who
had surgery for cancer, and is now home recovering.
Be with Erna Miller as she prepares for open heart surgery on January
10th.
Be with Robyn King as she continues with her dialysis treatments and
give her peace and strength as she manages her daily pain.
We ask for continued prayer for Michelle Bishop's brother Matthew
Hinckle, as his heart valve replace-ment surgery is more urgent. Help
him to have the right doctor who understands his unique heart.
We also pray for Michelle's mom who is experiencing poor eyesight and
now numbness in her hands from a recent stroke.
Be with Jackie Severson, Dave Severson's sister in law, as she is losing
sight in one eye. She did not qualify for the experimental study. The
Tuesday before Christmas she became ill with a mix of issues, and was
admitted into the hospital. We pray for complete healing and recovery
and that she will be able to return home soon.
Give Sharon Passey and Pastor Dave Passey peace and comfort as
Sharon battles an aggressive form of cancer.
Lon Davidson has been having small seizures which has given him
speech loss and use of his right arm / hand function. He was admitted
and then released from the hospital just before Christmas. Help Lon to
get stronger and show greater improvement at home as he works threw
his occupational therapy and his support system at home.
Be with Gerri Lake as she continues to be treated for cancer.
As we deal with life’s inevitable disappointments and heartaches, help
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light;
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow;
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind,
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rimes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.