Ponce Worship Bulletin | November 28 2021

ANNOUNCEMENTS

DUE TO THE REMOVAL OF THE MASK MANDATE IN THE CITY OF ATLANTA, PONCE WILL NOT REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO WEAR MASKS OR SIGN-UP FOR ATTENDANCE. ALSO, FB LIVE WILL CEASE.

KIDS’ CHRISTMAS CHOIR

Attention parents of kids ages 3 and up! The 2021 special Christmas service is Sunday, December 12th at 5pm and we are restarting the kids' and youth choirs! Rehearsals start in the chapel this coming Sunday during the Children's Church hour. If we are done rehearsing before the sermon is over, we will dismiss kids back to their respective classes or back to their parents. Please email stefaniebagby@gmail.com with your child's age if they want to participate this year. You will receive a follow up email later this week with more information.

WOMEN’S CHRISTMAS GATHERING | 12.11 | 10-12PM | LARRIE’S HOUSE
Ladies, join us for a special time of fellowship, food, and focused discussion this Christmas season. RSVP and sign-up to bring a brunch item via the signup genius link in the church weekly email. We are also encouraging all attendees to bring a toy or non-perishable food item/grocery gift card to serve kids and families in need via our Summerhill Outreach. Contact Larrie at larrierfisher@gmail.com with any questions! Sign-up to bring something here! A donation box will also be located in the chapel for donations.

PONCE CHRISTMAS PROGRAM | 12.12 | 5PM

PONCE CHRISMAS EVE SERVICE | 12.24 | 5PM

WELCOME  


INVOCATION


CALL TO WORSHIP

 

“Great Jehovah”

Verse 1

Before there was life, You were seated on high

From there You spoke time

And we were already on Your mind

Can't explain Your love

Verse 2

Without performance, You called us Your own

Couldn't afford it, so with Your blood

You bought our freedom

Can't explain Your love

Pre- chorus

Ruler of everything

Worthy of all that we could bring

You are Great Jehovah, all power is Yours

Tag

No song we sing, can explain Your love of me

You are, You are Great Jehovah all power

Chorus

Great Jehovah, ruler of everything

Our defender, You are the Most High King

Great Jehovah, ruler of everything

Our defender, You are the Most High King

Chorus 2

No word good enough,

no song loud enough

to Explain Your love, it amazes us Jehovah

No sin strong enough,

no weapon against us can

Contain Your love, it's alive in us Jehovah

”Gloria”

Verse

Gloria aleluya Padre del cielo

Adorarte quiero Sólo a ti

Dios majestuoso Del universo

Adorarte quiero Sólo a ti

Chorus 1

Que tu nombre

Sea exaltado eternamente

Tú eres el mismo hoy y siempre

A ti doy la gloria sólo a ti

Verse

Chorus 1

Chorus 2

Poderoso

Tuyos son los cielos y la tierra

Tuyos son los mares, las estrellas

A ti doy la gloria sólo a ti

Gloria, gloria, aleluya

Gloria, gloria, aleluya

Gloria, gloria, aleluya

”Holy Ghost”

Verse 1

Consuming fire. My heart’s desire

Oh how I need you more A fresh outpour

With no resistance, I give permission

So come now invade my heart, This life is yours

Chorus

Come fill me up Holy Ghost.

Shine bright until the whole world

knows Your love, Your love

Come set me on a holy fire

Burn bright until the whole world

Finds your love, Your love

Bridge

This is my one desire And only this I seek

To be a living fire Consumed completely x4

ADVENT CANDLE LIGHTING

Theme: Hope

Text: Luke 1:26-38

Readers: Guzmán Family

Children's Church Dismissal + Blessing*

*(Children 3 years old - Kindergarten)

PASTORAL PRAYER

SERMON TEXT | 1:5-17, 67-80 (ESV)

5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah,[a] of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years.

8 Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside at the hour of incense. 11 And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. 12 And Zechariah was troubled when he saw him, and fear fell upon him. 13 But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. 14 And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, 15 for he will be great before the Lord. And he must not drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb. 16 And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, 17 and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”…

Zechariah's Prophecy

67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,

68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
    for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
    and to remember his holy covenant,
73 the oath that he swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
74     that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
75     in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
77 to give knowledge of salvation to his people
    in the forgiveness of their sins,
78 because of the tender mercy of our God,
    whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
79 to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
    to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

80 And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.

SERMON | REV. H. CARGO

Title: “Advent: A People Prepared”

TITHES + OFFERINGS*

*Parents can pick up their children from Children’s Church

“Thank You Jesus For The Blood”

Verse 1

I was a wretch I remember who I was

I was lost I was blind I was running out of time

Sin separated the breach was far too wide

But from the far side of the chasm

You had me in Your sight

Verse 2

So You made a way across the great divide

Left behind Heaven's throne to build it here inside

There at the cross You paid the debt I owed

Broke my chains freed my soul

For the first time I had hope

Chorus 1

Thank You Jesus for the blood applied

Thank You Jesus it has washed me white

Thank You Jesus You have saved my life

Brought me from the darkness into glorious light

Verse 3

You took my place laid inside my tomb of sin

You were buried for three days

But then You walked right out again

And now death has no sting and life has no end

For I have been transformed by the blood of the Lamb

(Bridge)

There is nothing stronger

Than the wonder working power

Of the blood the blood

That calls us sons and daughters

We are ransomed by our Father

Through the blood the blood


COMMUNION

“O Give Thanks”

Oh give thanks unto the Lord

For he is good yes he is good

Oh give thanks Unto the Lord

For he is good yes he is good

Oh give thanks unto the Lord

For he is good yes he is good

Oh give thanks Unto the Lord

For he is good yes he is good

For he is worthy, worthy

For he is good, yes, he is good

For he is worthy, worthy

For he is good, yes, he is good

 BENEDICTION

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Sunday:

Monday:

Wednesday:

Thursday:

*cc (child friendly)

 

CHURCH STAFF

ELDERS

  • Matthew Brittingham

  • Jay Duff

  • Aaron Eide

  • Phil Ellen

  • Pat Pickren

DEACONS

  • Katelyn DiGioia

  • Jonathan DiGioia

  • Jon Gilliam

  • Charlton Hughes

  • Chris Sobata