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16523 SE 76th Chatham Avenue, The Villages, FL 32162 February 19, 2023
352.205.7114 ˑ fbcvillages.org ˑ Email: info@fbcvillages.org
We are blessed that you chose to worship BUT WE SEE JESUS! OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST, PART 4
with us today! We hope you will feel right at
home. If you need assistance or have a ques- SERMON NOTES AND NEXT STEPS
tion, please ask any of our folks who are FEBRUARY 19, 2023
To Our Guests! wearing a yellow lanyard or visit The Guest HEBREWS 8:1-13
Welcome Counter just inside the main doors or The Information Counter in
the center of the Gathering Hall.
We pray your worship experience today is uplifting and enriching and that SERMON NOTES
you will consider our church family your church family. Hebrews 8:1-13, Jesus’ Superior Ministry and Covenant
Just FYI: Restrooms are located in either corridor leading off The Gathering • Main Point, 8:1-2
Hall. Our Worship Center is equipped with a Hearing Induction Loop. If “We do have such a high priest.”
needed, more information is available at the A/V area in the back of the • Key Verse, 8:6
Worship Center. We also have a Medical Response Team ready to assist you
if needed during the Worship Service. “The ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs
as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to
the old one.”
GLORIFYING GOD. ENGAGING PEOPLE. BEING CHURCH. • The Heavenly Ministry of Jesus is Superior to the Earthly Minis-
try of Earthly Priests, 8:2-5
Each Sunday, between wor-
ship services, Community
Group Gatherings Heavenly Sanctuary vs. Earthly Sanctuary
Jesus’ Service vs. Earthly Priest’s Service
Jesus’ Sacrifice vs. Earthly Priest’s Gifts and Sacrifices
Groups meet in The Commons for just a few moments of fellowship. It’s
a great way to get to know your nearby neighbors! • The New Covenant of Jesus is Superior to the Old Testament
Covenant, 8:7-13
COMMUNITY GROUPS MEETING TODAY, FEBRUARY 19:
Group 1—Buttonwood, Tamarind Grove, Wildwood, St. James Internal vs. External
Group 3—Amelia, Bonita, Trinity Springs Memory Care Experienced vs. Declared
MEETING NEXT WEEK—FEBRUARY 26 Personal vs. Impersonal
Group 4—Ashland, Belvedere, Bonny Brook, Tall Trees, Lakeside Landing,
Lynn Haven, Willows Assisted Living, Winifred. Forgiveness vs. Reminder
Group 5—Belle Aire, Buffalo Crossing Assisted Living, Glenbrook,
Harmeswood, Sunbury, Alhambra, The Willows, Carriage House NEXT STEPS
• Read Hebrews 9:1—10:18 and look to “See Jesus” our “Great
High Priest.”
CHRISTMAS 2022 DVD’S ARE NOW AVAILABLE! Ask God to show you the impact of Jesus’ Superior
Sacrifice and Offering.
It was a great Christmas and Sing Gloria! was
sung for two sold-out performances!
A DVD of the program has been made. If you
would like to have a copy of wonderful music
for next Christmas, you may order one (or
more!) at The Information Counter in the Gath- All scripture readings are taken from the New International Version of The Bible.
ering Hall. DVD’s are $10 each. It is available in print at most booksellers or as an online app at “You Version.”
Jesus’ command to “go and make disciples” is for everyone. For some, “go”
might mean full-time missionary service overseas. For others, it might mean
making disciples right here at home in our own community. However God
directs your participation, the International Mission Board and the North
American Mission Board, together with your prayers and gifts, supports
thousands of missionaries and their work around the world. Every day, lives
February 1-28 are being impacted and transformed.
• John 15:1-8: Jesus calls for his followers to “remain in me” in order to
“bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples”.
The North American Mission Board
• Read, reflect on, and pray through this Scripture Passage throughout the month. (NAMB) is the Southern Baptist entity em-
powered to assist churches in reaching
February 19-25 North America for
• Acts 4:23-31: Pray for Boldness in Presenting the Gospel. Christ. It serves a diverse region comprised of United
• Read, reflect on, and pray through this Scripture Passage each day, States, Canada, and the US Territories of Puerto Ri-
February 19-25. co, Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
• Pray specifically for The North American Mission Board and the The NAMB Easter Offering was named in honor of
International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Annie Armstrong who was a bold missions advo-
cate in the 1800s. Today, more than $2 billion has
been donated by Southern Baptist churches and
individuals to support thousands of missionaries in
church planting and compassionate ministries.
The primary way you can support the NAMB and the IMB is through contri-
butions made to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering and the Annie Arm-
strong Easter Offering. Here at First Baptist Church At The Villages we com- The International Mission Board exists to
bine our special “Missions” giving, including gifts to Lottie Moon and Annie address today’s greatest problem—
Armstrong, into one month—our Missions Emphasis Month. hundreds of thousands of people who will
die without the hope of Jesus. Fifty-nine
percent of the world today is considered unreached—meaning Jesus is large-
• During February, you are encouraged to give financially—“over and ly unknown among 4.7 billion people! To solve this problem, IMB is sending
above” your regular tithes and offerings—to support specific mission initia- missionaries to the nations to share the good news of Jesus.
tives and activities.
• Your generous giving will be directed to: Well over 100 years ago, a single missionary named
The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Mis-
Lottie Moon, while serving in China, began writing
sions with the Southern Baptist Convention
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering for International Missions
letters challenging the American churches to send
with the Southern Baptist Convention and support more workers to go there. After her
Mission trips by our church family to Mission City Church in death, her challenge was heeded in the formalization
Jacksonville, FL and Treasuring Christ Church in Ann Arbor, MI of an offering in her name. Her life is a reminder of
Special needs that arise among our missions partners. why we give to send and support missionaries serving
among unreached peoples in unreached places. We
• You may give by adding your offering to your regular giving check and honor her devotion to God’s work each year with
making a note on the memo line of the amount to go to “Missions.” You gifts to The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
may also write a separate check and note that it is for “Missions.” You
may give online at fbcvillages.org. Giving envelopes are available at The
Information Counter for cash offerings. ...Good News About Jesus
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