Younger Children’s Activity Pages
Older Children’s Activity Pages
Good morning! This page is intended to both serve as a continuing worship option for those participating in our worship service from home, and to serve in place of print resources during our in-person worship. Following the worship service on Sunday, one or more video recordings from the service will be placed on this page, including the sermon. This may take several hours, due to the time needed to process the videos. We will email the congregation when the recordings have been posted. If you would like to be added to our congregational email list, please contact pvcob.alive@gmail.com.
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Indoor seating is available in the sanctuary with the live stream of the service on the screen.
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The Wind and Word Bible study will resume this week, on August 31, at 7:00 PM. We will be starting at Acts 17.
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We will be celebrating our annual Worship in the Grove on September 12 at 10:30AM. Jeff Carter, president of Bethany Theological Seminary will join us to deliver a message on God’s “Windows and Doors.”
- We are resuming inviting children to come forward to participate in the Children’s Time during worship. Children’s Bulletins and crayons will also be available during worship each Sunday
- We are holding a Kids Connection at 9:00 am, each Sunday- continuing until children’s Sunday School restarts – Children can meet at the playground for some activities and social interaction for the half hour before worship
- Thank you all for your submissions to our September Newsletter. The deadline for including items in the October Newsletter will be September 24.
How beautiful is the house of God!
Our hearts yearn for God’s presence.
Heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God!
One day in God’s presence is better than a thousand alone.
The sparrows sing and flit from tree to tree.
The swallows gather twigs and build their nests.
Each are close to you.
Blessed are those who dwell in God’s house,
Who lift their voices in praise.
Let us sing our praises to the Lord!
My Testimony
Verse 1
I saw Satan fall like lightning
I saw darkness run for cover
But the miracle that I just can’t get over
My name is registered in heaven
Verse 2
I believe in signs and wonders
I have resurrection power
Still the miracle that I just can’t get over
My name is registered in heaven
My praise belongs to You forever
Chorus
This is my testimony from death to life
‘Cause grace rewrote my story I’ll testify
By Jesus Christ the Righteous I’m justified
This is my testimony
This is my testimony
Verse 3
Come together sons and daughters
Bought with blood and washed in water
Sing the praises of the Spirit Son and Father
Our God will finish what He started
Our God will finish what He started
Bridge
If I’m not dead You’re not done
Greater things are still to come
Oh I believe
Chorus
This is my testimony from death to life
‘Cause grace rewrote my story I’ll testify
By Jesus Christ the Righteous I’m justified
This is my testimony
This is my testimony
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Our souls long for you, O God.
Our hearts sing for joy to you.
You choose to be among us
and we find our life in you.
Send your Holy Spirit
to anoint us with your presence, in our worship,
that we might sense you …
trust you…
and find our strength in you…
O Lord God, hear our prayer.
Amen.
-Scriptureecho.com, adapted.
Ephesians 2:1-10 NRSV
You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work among those who are disobedient. All of us once lived among them in the passions of our flesh, following the desires of flesh and senses, and we were by nature children of wrath, like everyone else. But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the ages to come he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness towards us in Christ Jesus. For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God— not the result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are what he has made us, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life.
You Are Salt for the Earth
Verse 1
Salt For The Kingdom Of God!
Share The Flavor Of Life, Oh People:
Life In The Kingdom Of God!
Chorus
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of Peace.
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of Justice,
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of God!
Verse 2
Light For The City Of God!
Shine So Holy And Bright, Oh People:
Shine For The Kingdom Of God!
Chorus
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of Peace.
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of Justice,
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of God!
Verse 3
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of God!
Seeds Of Mercy And Seeds Of Justice,
Grow In The Kingdom Of God!
Chorus
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of Peace.
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of Justice,
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of God!
Verse 4
Bound For The Kingdom Of God!
Love Our Journey And Love Our Homeland:
Love Is The Kingdom Of God!
Chorus
Bring forth the kingdom of mercy,
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of Peace.
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of Justice,
Bring Forth The Kingdom Of God!
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When Solomon, king of Israel, had completed the furnishing of the temple, as God has commissioned him, he gathered the elders together, to pray and make offerings. Among others, he offered these words:
1 Kings 8:56-61 NRSV
‘Blessed be the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel according to all that he promised; not one word has failed of all his good promise, which he spoke through his servant Moses. The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors; may he not leave us or abandon us, but incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our ancestors. Let these words of mine, with which I pleaded before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, and may he maintain the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as each day requires; so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other. Therefore devote yourselves completely to the Lord our God, walking in his statutes and keeping his commandments, as at this day.’
How do we pray and seek God today?”
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Verse 1
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father
There is no shadow of turning with Thee
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not
As Thou hast been Thou forever wilt be
Refrain
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
Verse 2
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love
Refrain
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
Verse 3
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside.
Refrain
Morning by morning new mercies I see
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me
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Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Holy God, in this space, sanctified by your presence,
we join our hearts in prayer,
knowing that you hear us and that you want to hear from us.
We lean into your strength and your understanding.
In you, we find our purpose.
In you, we find hope and healing.
Our joy spills over, O Lord,
when we remember to be grateful and to count our blessings,
as individuals and as a community.
We praise you, O God, and thank you –
for the gift of life …
for each new day …
for the chance to
gather together in community …
for occasions to draw near to those close to us …
for meaningful
work and opportunities to serve …
for our church and for all that it means to each one of us.
We give you thanks and praise, O Lord.
And we share in the joy of those who celebrate this day.
We thank you for children and young people
in our lives who remind us how life is filled with possibility and with hope,
no matter one’s age.
We thank you for elders and their examples
of wisdom, humility, and compassion.
Remind us to tell our stories of faith.
Remind us to nurture and encourage.
Help us to help each other through each of the challenges of this year.
We lift our prayers of concern for those who need your healing and hope .
Meet each person at their point of need.
Attend them.
Encourage them and show us, each of us,
how we might offer encouragement and love.
And in this space, O God, we lift our hearts to you,
and we pray for ourselves,and for our own spiritual needs.
Hear us, as we speak to you, asking you to be with us.
in the specific ways that we need…
Protect us, O God,
and help us to turn to our faith in you for the strength and courage we need,
this day and every day.
We pray in the name of Jesus,
who has spoken to us words that are spirit and life. Amen.
-Scriptureecho.com, adapted.
And now go, strong in the Lord
and in the strength of God’s power.
May the love of God,
the grace of our Lord Jesus
and the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
be our shelter and joy every day. Amen