Ponce Worship Bulletin | February 13th 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS

DUE TO THE CITY-WIDE MASK MANDATE, PONCE WILL NOW REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS TO WEAR MASKS


UPCOMING PONCE NOMINATIONS
As members of the Body of Christ, we have a great privilege and responsibility to participate in the nomination and election of the leaders of Christ's Church. This process is important because it is a means by which Christ designates who will shepherd His flock into greater maturity until He returns. Therefore, it is the duty of our present Session to inform you of your upcoming opportunity and duty to participate in this process. As such, nominations for deacon and elder will begin on Feb. 27th and will end on March 27th. Qualifications for both offices can be located in Titus 1:5-9 & 1 Timothy 1:1-13. Please prayerfully read these biblical criteria as you consider who amongst our members you would like to nominate for either elder or deacon. An online mechanism will be made available for all of our members to see who is eligible for these offices and to make their nominations known. Following March 27th, the Ponce Session will inform the various nominees of their nomination and will engage them to ascertain their interest, inform them of the process of discernment, and prayerfully discuss their eligibility for the office. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Staff or Session and we will be glad to help.

FEBRUARY SUNDAY SCHOOL SERIES: WORK | 9:20 AM

BE THE BRIDGE FIELD TRIP | 2.19

As a continuation of Ponce's Be The Bridge, Pat & Tessa are inviting Ponce to meet at the National Center for Human and Civil Rights on Saturday February 19 followed by a lunch and discussion at Ponce. So we can gain an accurate count, sign-up here! Questions? Contact Pat here.

SURVEY NEIGHBORHOOD MINISTRY FOLLOW-UP WITH HACE | 2.27

Thanks to the many of you who filled out the recent survey about ministry to neighbors experiencing homelessness or other material needs! As we continue planning, we want to invite everyone who filled out the survey (and those who did not but are still interested!) to a brief meeting after church on February 27. Please join us to dream, plan and pray about how God might have us serve our neighbors!

ASH WEDNESDAY SERVICES | 3.2 | 12PM + 6PM

Details to come.

CITYWIDE PRAYER SERVICE | 3.6

Ponce Church is in the process of massaging into our DNA the spiritual practice of prayer. Our desire is to develop Ponce Church into a House of Prayer, where God's people are communing, enjoying, and glorifying our Triune God together. As many of you know, we have started nearly 13 prayer cells throughout the church, with more to start in the near future. However, we are not the only churches in the city pursuing this dimension of growth. In fact, we will be joining 5 other midtown churches on Sunday, March 6th for an evening of worship and prayer. This will be a wonderful time of worship, fellowship, and prayer with some of our sister churches who are also seeking to make their churches Houses of Prayer for the glory of God and the growth of His kingdom in Atlanta. Please join us for this special night. More information will be forthcoming.

MEMBERSHIP ORIENTATION | 3.12

Let Hace know if you are interested.  

SIMEON TRUST MARCH WORKSHOP | 3.17-19

Women of Ponce, are you interested in learning more about how to study the Bible? If so, consider attending a Simeon Trust Workshop to be held in Atlanta March 17th-19th. This is an opportunity to learn how to study the Bible with a focus on the Epistles (1 Peter) from a gospel-centered perspective. See details here: https://simeontrust.org/workshop/atlanta-2022-women/

PARKING

If you are a member or regular attender, please do not park in the parking lot. Please park along the back wall at the BP, along the street on Ponce and Piedmont, or at Fastsigns across from Publix. See this map for more reference. 

WELCOME  

INVOCATION

CALL TO WORSHIP

”Sing For Joy”

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord

Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord

Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation

Let us come before him with thanksgiving

And extol him with music and song

For the Lord is the great God

The great King above all gods

In his hands are the depths of the earth

And the mountain peaks belong to him

Come let us sing for joy to the Lord

Come let us sing for joy to the Lord

Come let us sing for joy to the Lord

Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord

Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation

Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord

Let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation

“Every Praise”

Chorus

Every praise is to our God

Every word of worship with one accord

Every praise every praise is to our God

Sing hallelujah to our God

Glory hallelujah is due our God

Every praise every praise is to our God

Bridge

God my Savior

God my Healer

God my Deliverer

Yes He is yes He is

Every praise is to our God

Every word of worship with one accord

Every praise every praise

Every praise every praise

Every praise every praise is to our God

“Surrounded (This is how I fight My Battles)”

“Rodeado (Asi Peleo Mis Batallas)”

Verse 1

There's a table that You've prepared for me

In the presence of my enemies

It's Your body and Your blood You shed for me

This is how I fight my battles

(Pre-Chorus)

And I believe You've overcome

And I will lift my song of praise

For all You've done

Chorus 1

This is how I fight my battles (3X)

(This is how)

This is how I fight my battles (3X)

(This is how)

Verse 2

In the valley I know that You're with me

And surely Your goodness and Your mercy

follow me

So my weapons are praise and thanksgiving

This is how I fight my battles

(Bridge)

It may look like I'm surrounded

But I'm surrounded by You

Children's Church Dismissal + Blessing*

*(Children 3 years old - Kindergarten)

PASTORAL PRAYER

SERMON TEXT | 1 PETER 3:13-22 ESV

13 Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, 16 having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. 17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.

18 For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, 19 in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, 20 because they formerly did not obey, when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. 21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, 22 who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers having been subjected to him.

SERMON | Rev. T. Wills

Title: “Suffering In Light of Eternity: Graciously Putting Forth Christ’s Lordship"

TITHES + OFFERINGS*

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

“Better Word”

Your blood is healing every wound

Your blood is making all things new

Your blood speaks a better word

Your blood, the measure of my worth

Your blood, more than I deserve

Your blood speaks a better word

Speaks a better word

Chorus

It's singing out with life

It's shouting down the lies

It echoes through the night

The precious blood of Christ

Speaks a better word

Speaks a better word

Your blood, a robe of righteousness

Your blood, My hope and my defense

Your blood, Forever covers me

It's singing out with life

It's shouting down the lies

It echoes through the night

The precious blood of Christ

Speaks a better word

Speaks a better word

It's calling out my name

It's breaking every chain, yeah

It's making all things right

The precious blood of Christ

Speaks a better word

Speaks a better word

Bridge

It's rewriting my history

It covers me with destiny

It's making all things right

The precious blood of Christ

The precious blood of Christ

Woah, woah

Woah, woah

It's making all things right

The precious blood of Christ

Speaks a better word

Speaks a better word

COMMUNION

“God Is Good”

May your struggles keep you  near the cross 

And may your troubles show that  you need God 

And may your battles end the  way they should 

And may your bad days prove that  God is good 

And may your whole life prove that  God is good

BENEDICTION

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Sunday:

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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