Sermon Notes Welcome! About New Hope New Hope was founded in 2008 and currently rents this space from the Brazilian Assembly of God Church. We have purchased 20 acres of land on the corner of Colonial Blvd. and Plantation Road and are planning to build a church campus there in the spring of 2016. Nursery The Nursery is available for all services in Room 101. A Wiggle Room is available at the back of the sanctuary. Prayer & Praise Please come forward after the service if you would like prayer and/or the anointing of oil for healing by a pastor or to discuss how to have a personal relationship with Jesus. Prayer Request Forms are available in the Friendship Pads. Please keep the following people in your prayers: Bill Gold - pneumonia Todd Hayes- father passed away Joyce Maederer- low sodium/potassium Talbert Melton- receiving Hospice Care Bobbie Neidig - Joe passed away Jim Ritsema - mom passed away Esther Ritsema - mom passed away MJ Thurmon - hip surgery in January Thank you for praying for my brother-in-law, Doug Kirk. He is finished with his three deep brain stimulation surgeries for his Parkinson’s. The surgeries all went well and he had no complications. Blessings in Christ, Sabrina McGary Dear New Hope Family, Talbert and I thank you for all of the prayers, cards, and visits. Gratefully in Christ, Carolyn Melton If you have a prayer request or would like to be a part of our email prayer chain, please email [email protected] or call the church office at 239.274.1230. New Hope Presbyterian Church 3825 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33901 • 239.274.1230 Weekend Pastoral Emergency Numbers: Stu 239.410.2352 Eddie 239.450.3331 email: [email protected] www.newhopefortmyers.org Follow us on Twitter: @newhopefm Like us on Facebook: New Hope Fort Myers Preschool Preschool and Toddler Sunday School is offered at 9:30 and 11:00am in Rooms 101, 103, 104, and 201. See the Advance for details. Elementary Elementary kids are invited to X-Factor from 9:15-10:30am upstairs in Rooms 212-216 and ReMix at 11am in Room 216. Middle & High Middle & High school students are welcome to join us at SoulStation today from 9:30-10:30am in Fellowship Hall. Adults Sunday Adult Classes are available at 8:00, 9:30, and 11am. We also have Life Groups that meet throughout the week. For a complete listing, please pick up an Adult Discipleship brochure at the Event Tent. Stephen Ministry If you or someone you know is going through a difficult time, a trained Stephen Minister can provide confidential, Christian care. For more information, please contact Pastor Stu at 239.274.1230. Financial Report General Operating Income YTD as of 10/31/14: $1,212,883 General Operating Expenses YTD as of 10/31/14: $1,098,256 Building Funds Income as of 10/31/14: $1,194,568 Proposed New Church Building Cost: $6,620,000 Worship Attendance on 11/16/14: 536 Welcome Welcome to New Hope Presbyterian Church! We’re glad you’re here. If this is your first time worshiping with us, please visit the Welcome Center in the foyer at the back of the sanctuary to receive information about our many ministries, as well as a gift of our appreciation for your presence! 8am service November 23, 2014 Traditional 8:00am Welcome & Announcements Pastor Eddie Spencer Prelude Darlene Starner, Flute A Thanksgiving Prelude for Flute and Organ By Charles Callahan *Call to Worship Pastor Stu Austin Adapted from Psalm 33:18-22 Leader: Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him, on those who hope in His steadfast love, to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. People: Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and shield. Our heart is glad in Him, because we trust in His holy name. Let Your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us, even as we hope in You. All: Let us worship Him! *Hymn 715 Come, Ye Thankful People, Come ST. GEORGE’S, WINDSOR *Prayer of Adoration Confession Adapted from Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation, March 30, 1863 Leader: Whereas it is the duty of nations as well as of men, to own their dependence upon the overruling power of God, to confess their sins and transgressions, in humble sorrow, yet with assured hope that genuine repentance will lead to mercy and pardon; and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations only are blessed whose God is the Lord. Insomuch as we know that, by His divine law, nations like individuals - are subjected to punishments and chastisements in this world, may we not justly fear that awful calamity which now desolates the land, may be but a punishment, inflicted upon us, for our presumptuous sins, to the needful end of our national reformation as a whole People? We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved, these many years, in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power, as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own. Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us then, to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness… Adapted from Psalm 130:1-8 Leader: Out of the depths we cry to you, O Lord. People: Lord, hear my voice! Leader: Let your ears be attentive to the voice of our supplications! People: If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, Lord, who could stand? Leader: But there is forgiveness with You, so that You may be revered. People: We wait for the Lord, our souls wait, and in His word we hope; Leader: My soul waits for the Lord Holy God, We Praise Thy Name New Hope Singers and Brad Starner, organ Paraphrase of Te Deum by Ignaz Franz Translated by Charles Walworth more than those who watch for the morning, People: more than those who watch for the morning. Leader: O people of God, hope in the Lord! Arr. Robert Lau Thee; All on earth Thy scepter claim, all in heav’n above adore Thee; Infinite Thy vast domain, everlasting is Thy reign. Choir: Hark, the loud celestial hymn angel choirs above are raising; Cherubim and seraphim, in unceasing chorus praising, Fill the heav’ns with sweet accord: holy, holy, holy Lord! Lo, the apostolic train join, thy sacred name to hallow; For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with Him is great power to redeem. Prophets swell the loud refrain, and the white-robed martyrs follow; And, from morn to set of sun through the Church the song goes on… People: Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Three we name Thee; While in essence only One, undivided God we claim Thee; Then, adoring, bend the knee and confess the mystery! *Scripture Reading Sermon Gospel Identity Colossians 3:12 (pg. 834) *Hymn 98 Now Thank We All Our God People: It is He who will redeem us from all our iniquities. *Benediction *Hymn 716 *Postlude Now Thank We All Our God Sing to the Lord of Harvest Grosser Gott People: Holy God we praise Thy name, Lord of all, we bow before Prayers of Confession Leader: Let us confess our sins… [see insert] Assurance of Pardon *Tithes, Offerings, Prayer and Music Please pass the Friendship Pads Local Mission: Kevin Cummings, Teen Challenge of Southwest Florida National Mission: Mark & Mylissa Horrocks, Habitat for Hope, Memphis World Mission: New Missions Systems International, Middle East WIE LIEBLICH IST DER MAIEN Pastor Eddie Spencer NUN DANKET New Hope Baroque Ensemble Darlene Starner, flute; Linda Hart, cello; Phil Chandler, organ Pastoral Prayer Choral Response Ten Thousand, Thousand Precious Gifts New Hope Singers [Verse 4 from When All Your Mercies, O My God, Hymnal 56] *Doxology LASST UNS ERFREUEN Praise God from whom all blessings flow. Praise Him all creatures here below. Alleluia! Alleluia! Praise Him above ye heavenly host. Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia! by J.S. Bach * Please stand Flowers The flowers decorating the sanctuary today are given by Ed & Heide Frost in memory of Ed’s mother; and by Chuck & Suzanne Stewart in memory of their parents.