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FEBRUARY 13, 2022
First United
Presbyterian Church
Houston, PA 15342
724-746-3040
houstonpresbyterian.org
“We know we were made for so much more than ordinary lives
It's time for us to more than just survive
We were made to thrive.”
― Casting Crowns
“We Were Made To Thrive”
PASTOR—BEN LIBERT
First United Presbyterian Church
102 North Main Street, Houston, PA 15342
724-746-3040
February 13, 2022 -
“We will share the love of our Lord, building on our past,
reaching in faith toward our future.”
GATHERING AROUND THE WORD
Welcome & Announcements
Meditation Music: “It is well” . . . . . . . . . . . Arr. – Kristen Dimarco
(Solo: Terri Jeffers)
Call to Worship
L: Love is patient;
P: Love is kind;
L: Love is not envious or boastful or arrogant or rude.
P: Love does not insist on its own way;
L: Love is not irritable or resentful;
P: Love does not rejoice in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the
truth.
L: Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things,
endures all things.
P: Love never ends
L: And now these three remain, faith, hope, and love.
P: And the greatest of these is love.
L: Let us worship the God who is love.
*Hymn: #475 - “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Call to Confession
L: Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes in Life Together “he who is alone with
his sin is utterly alone…But it is the grace of the gospel, which is
so hard for the pious to understand, that confronts us with the truth
and says: You are a sinner, a great, desperate sinner; now come
as the sinner you are, to the God who loves you.” Let us trust in
God’s love as we confess our sin together.
Prayer of Confession
L: Holy God, the Apostle Paul teaches us that love is patient and
kind.
P: We confess the times that we have been hasty and mean
to others.
(Silent Confession)
L: Your scriptures teach us that love is not envious, boastful,
arrogant, or rude.
P: We confess that we have so often been selfish and
prideful.
(Silent Confession)
L: The Bible reminds us that love does not demand its own way,
nor is it irritable or resentful.
P: Holy God forgive us that we are so often full of our own
desires and angry when we don’t get what we want right
when we want it.
(Silent Confession)
L: Remind us that love never ends,
P: because you, O God, are the Alpha and the Omega, the
beginning and the end.
In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.
Assurance of Pardon
L: Hear these words from 1 John 4: “God is love. God’s love was
revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the
world so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we
loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning
sacrifice for our sins.” My friends, believe the good news of the
Gospel,
P: In Jesus Christ we are all forgiven. Amen!
*Gloria Patri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
*Passing the Peace of Christ
L: The peace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
P: And also, with you.
L: Let us pass the peace of Christ by waving the right hand of
friendship to one another.
SPECIAL MUSIC: “Let the Praise Go Round” . . . . .By -Hopson
(Chancel Choir)
THE WORD
Jeremiah 17:5-10 Page (1203)
1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Page (1788)
L: This is the Word of the Lord
P: Thanks be to God!
SERMON: “We Were Made to Thrive”
RESPONDING TO THE WORD
*Hymn: #623 - “I’ve Got Peace Like a River ”
Prayers of the People and The Lord’s Prayer
Invitation to the Offering
*Doxology: . . . . . . . “Praise God from Whom” . . . . . . . . . 606
*Prayer of Dedication
*Benediction
*Hymn: “Glory to God, Whose Goodness Shines” . . . . . . . . .582
Postlude
Ministering to us today:
Liturgist . . . . . . . . . . .Stacey Simpson
Music . . . . . . . . . . . . .Karen Jones
Audiovisual . . . . . . . .Leon & Linda Young,
Brian Jeffers and
Grier Adamson
Money Counters . . . .Stacey Simpson and
Karen Jones
Nursery . . . . . . . . . . . Vicky Lesjak
Greeters . . . . . . . . . . Virginia Bayne, Haley Steere
and Emily Homitz
PRAYER LIST
ONGOING PRAYER REQUESTS:
Tim Lynch, Melanie Donahoo, Dolores Abruzzi, Mae McClure,
Gary S. Swarrow, Jess Mal Young, William Young,
Patti Nagy, Ronnie Casper, JoAnn Pitcock, Amanda,
Matthew Scears, Brad Pitcock, Brian Baumgardner,
Bill Brown, Sophia Desmond, Bill Ensley, and Audra Young.
FEBRUARY PRAYER REQUESTS:
Darren Spiker, Darlene Dunn, Rev. Don Austin, Kristie
CONDOLENCES
Coppola, Dana, Michael Knotz, Frank Zaccone, Cindy Culp,
Jacob Braun, Roger Nixon, Cat Morgan, Cory Clark,
Kayleigh Valley, Jack Simpson, and Carole Borda.
PLEASE ALSO PRAY FOR:
Pastor Ben and our Houston Church leaders
Our Nation and our Nation’s Leaders
All unspoken requests of our church family
Happy Valentine’s Day! - The Flowers
in our Sanctuary today have been
donated by the Shober Family.
__________________________________
Session is calling for the Annual
Meeting of the Congregation of First
United Presbyterian Church in
Houston, PA immediately following
Worship today, February 13, 2022. We
will receive the budget, committee
reports, vote on pastor Ben’s Terms of Call, and
elect Elders and Deacons.
______________________________________
SAVE THE DATE
This year, the Mission Trip will be
in Summerville, West Virginia on
June 27 through July 2. For more information,
please see Leon or Linda Young, or go to
WVMAW.org.
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GAME NIGHT
Join us for a night of fun and
fellowship, February 20, 2022
from 5:00-8:00pm, held in our
Church Social Hall. Bring
your favorite games, family
and friends. Pizza and drinks
will be provided.
JUDGES WINNERS POPULAR VOTE WINNERS DUKE BRUNETTI BO LESJAK NANCY ISIMINGER KEN PAXTON MIKE FENDYA BUNNY PATSCH BEN WALLACE LALA PATSCH VIRGINIA BAYNE
Regular Events
Worship—11:00 AM
FEBRUARY— 2022 Bible Study—Tuesday 10:30am
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
January 30 January 31 1-Bible Study 2-Bells 6pm 3- 4- 5-P.J. Party
SGP Mtg. After 10:30am -Choir 7pm 5:30pm
Worship
Deacons Mtg.
6pm
6-Chili Cook- 7- 8-Book Study 9-Bells 6pm 10-Property 11- 12-
off After 6pm -Choir 7pm Mtg. 6:30pm
Worship 1:00
13-Annual 14-Mission & 15-Book Study 16-Bells 6pm 17-Christian Ed. 18- 19-
Congregation Nurturing Mtg. 6pm -Choir 7pm 6:30pm
Mtg. After 6:30pm
Worship
20-Installation 21-Session 22-Book Study 23-Bells 6pm 24- 25- 26-
of Officers Mtg. 6:30pm 6pm -Choir 7pm
Game Night Open Door
5-8pm Nursery - Off
27- 28-
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