FLC Bulletins

WELCOME,  HYMN: Gather Us In…………………………...RED 532 PSALM 111 Hallelujah! I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, in the congregation. Great are your works, O LORD, pondered by all who delight in them.   Majesty and splendor mark your deeds, and your righteousness endures forever. You cause your wonders to be remembered; you are gracious and full of compassion. You give food to those who fear you, remembering forever your covenant. You have shown your people the power of your works in giving them the lands of the nations. The works of your hands are faithfulness and justice; all of your precepts are sure. They stand fast forever and ever, because they are done in truth and equity. You sent redemption to your people and commanded your covenant forever; holy and awesome is your name.  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who practice this have a good understanding. God's praise endures forever. HYMN: Blessed Be t...

  WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS HYMN: Give me Jesus……………………………………………Red 770 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS SONG: All I Need GREETING, KYRIE, HYMN: In Christ Alone PRAYER:   Benevolent, merciful God: When we are empty, fill us. When we are weak in faith, strengthen us. When we are cold in love, warm us, that with fervor we may love our neighbors and serve them for the sake of your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. STEWARDSHIP MOMENT Habakkuk 1:1-4;2:1-4 The injustices of the Judean king and the violence of the Chaldeans (Babylonians) move this prophet to write during the years leading up to the Babylonian exile of Judah. The central issue for the prophet is: How can a good and all-powerful God see evil in the world and seemingly remain indifferent?     The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you "Violence!" and you will not save? Why do you make me see wrong-doing and ...

  WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS HYMN: Beautiful Savior …………………………………..Red 838        CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS GREETING, LITANY   from page 46 With One Voice HYMN: We Praise You…………………………………….Red 870 PRAYER: O God, rich in mercy, you look with compassion on this troubled world. Feed us with your grace, and grant us the treasure that comes only from you, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Amos 6:1a, 4-7 The prophet Amos announces that Israel's great wealth is not a cause for rejoicing but rather for sorrow, because God's people have forgotten how to share their wealth with the poor.   Alas for those who are at ease in Zion, and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, Alas for those who lie on beds of ivory, and lounge on their couches, and eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the stall; who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp, and like David improvise on instruments of music; who drink wine from bowls, and ...

  WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS, HYMN: Borning Cry...Red 732 CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS, PSALM 113   Hallelujah! Give praise, you servants of the LORD; praise the name of the LORD. Let the name of the LORD be blessed, from this time forth forevermore. From the rising of the sun to its going down let the name of the LORD be praised. The LORD is high above all nations, God's glory above the heavens.   Who is like the LORD our God, who sits enthroned on high, but stoops to behold the heavens and the earth? The LORD takes up the weak out of the dust and lifts up the poor from the ashes, Hallelujah! Hallelujah! STEWARDSHIP MOMENT, HYMN: Take My Life……….Green 406 BIBLE SUNDAY, PRAYER OF THE DAY God among us, we gather in the name of your Son to learn love for one another. Keep our feet from evil paths. Turn our minds to your wisdom and our hearts to the grace revealed in your Son, Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. Amen. Amos 8:4-7 Amos was called by God to prophesy in t...

  WELCOME AND ANNOUNCEMENTS SONG: Amazing Grace/Chains Gone CONFESSION AND FORGIVENESS PSALM: 51:1-10 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; in your great compassion blot out my offenses. Wash me through and through from my wickedness, and cleanse me from my sin. For I know my offenses, and my sin is ever before me. Against you only have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight; so you are justified when you speak and right in your judgment.    Indeed, I was born steeped in wickedness, a sinner from my mother's womb.        Indeed, you delight in truth deep within me, and would have me know       wisdom deep within. Remove my sins… and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be purer than snow. Let me hear joy and gladness; that the body you have broken may rejoice. Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my wickedness.   Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right...