FLC Bulletins

  WELCOME, SONG: Here in this place………………………..Red 532 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS    SONG: Be the Centre God, who is rich in mercy, loved us even when we were dead in sin, and made us alive together with Christ. By grace you have been saved. In the name of   Jesus Christ, your sins are forgiven. Almighty God strengthen you with power through the Holy Spirit, that Christ may live in your hearts through faith. Amen. GREETING, KYRIE, SONG: Blest are They………………….Red 728 PRAYER: O Lord God, we bring before you the cries of a sorrowing world. In your mercy set us free from the chains that bind us, and defend us from everything that is evil, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Psalm 42 As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.   My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me continually, “Where is your God?” ...

  WELCOME AND ANNOUNCMENTS,  HYMN: Holy, Holy. Red 413 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS  HYMN: You Are Mine…………………………………………..Red 581 GREETING, KYRIE - spoken PRAYER:  Almighty Creator and ever-living God, we worship your glory, eternal Three-in-One, and we praise your power, majestic One-in-Three. Keep us steadfast in this faith, defend us in all adversity, and bring us at last into your presence, where you live in endless joy and love, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen. HYMN:  Great Is Thy Faithfulness…………………………..Red 733     Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31  In the Bible, wisdom has many faces. It is portrayed in terms sometimes human and sometimes divine. Often it is personified as feminine. In this passage, wisdom is depicted not only as a creation of God, but also as part of God's creative activity.  Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights, beside the way, ...

  WELCOME AND ANNOUNCMENTS HYMN: Light the Fire   Acts 2:1-21 1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. When they heard this sound, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. Utterly amazed, they asked: "Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans? Then how is it that each of us hears them in his own native language?...—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!" Amazed and perplexed, they asked one another, "What does this mean?" Some, however, made fun of ...