Ponce Worship Bulletin | March 6th 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MASKS ARE NOW OPTIONAL

CALLING ALL BARISTAS
Interested in serving on the hospitality team? We are looking for team members who can arrive early before the service on Sunday mornings to prepare coffee for the congregation. If you would like to join the team, please fill out this form. We will have a brief training session following the services on March 20. You only have to attend one training session. No prior coffee-making experience is required! Contact Brooke with any questions.

PONCE OFFICER NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN
Be on the lookout for the Ponce Nomination Forms in your email! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Staff or Session and we will be glad to help.

CITYWIDE PRAYER SERVICE | CITY CHURCH EASTSIDE | 3.6 | 7 PM

MEMBERSHIP ORIENTATION | 3.12 | 9-1 PM RSVP to Hace by the 10th if you are attending and need childcare. Lunch and childcare provided.

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/

CHURCH-WIDE LUNCHEON | 3.20 | POST CHURCH
Ponce will provide drinks and main dish. Sign-up here to bring a side or dessert!

WOMEN’S SERVICE PROJECT | 3.26 | 1-3 PM | CHAPEL
LADIES! Come and join us for an afternoon filled with flowers, fellowship, and loving on our neighbors in Clarkston. We will be making mini flower bouquets that will in turn be used as teacher appreciation gifts for the teachers at Friends of Refugee’s Refugee Family Literacy Program. Cost is $10 (covers materials/can be paid on day of!). Contact Larrie at larrierfisher@gmail.com with any questions!

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE | 4.15 | 7 PM

WOMEN’S MINI-RETREAT | 4.30 | 9-1 PM | CHURCH
Calling ALL women (and any friends/neighbors you want to invite)! Join us as we welcome licensed counselor Mazi Robinson fora morning of praise, study, discussion and prayer around the topic: Understanding Anxiety. Cost is $30 a person (Scholarships are available if needed!). Lunch will be provided. Register via the link in the church email. Contact Larrie at larrierfisher@gmail.com with any questions. Sign-up here!!!

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

”Lord You Are Awesome”

Lord, you are awesome 

Lord, you are awesome 

Lord, you are awesome 

Lord, you are awesome 

 

If wasn't for your love 

Wasn't for your grace 

I don't know where I'd be without you 

 

If wasn't for your love 

Wasn't for your grace 

I don't know where I'd be without you 

 

You are awesome 

You are awesome 

You are awesome 

You are awesome

“Hymn Medley”

There is power, power

no equal power

In Jesus who died

There is power, power

no equal power

in the blood of Jesus

There is no God as great as You

there isn't

there isn't

There is no God as great as You

there isn't

there isn't

There is no God who can do the works

Like the ones you do

There is no God who can do the works

Like the ones you do

[Verse]

It's not with a sword

not with armies

But with his Holy Spirit

It's not with a sword

not with armies

But with his Holy Spirit

[Pre Chorus]

And those mountains will move

And those mountains will move

And those mountains will move

But with his Holy Spirit


[chorus]

I will praise I will praise

I will praise my Lord

I will praise (I will praise) I will praise...

I will praise my Lord

John saw the number of the redeemed

And everyone praised the Lord

Some sang others prayed

But everyone praised the Lord

I will praise I will praise

I will praise my Lord

I will praise (I will praise) I will praise...

I will praise my Lord

(Chorus)

a look of faith

a look of faith

It is the one that can save the sinner

a look of faith

a look of faith

It is the one that can save the sinner

And if you come to Christ Jesus

he will forgive you

Because a look of faith

It is the one that can save the sinner

is the one that can save you

“I Surrender”

(Verse)

Here I am 

Down on my knees again 

Surrendering all 

Surrendering all 

And find me here 

Lord as You draw me near 

I'm desperate for You 

I'm desperate for You 

I surrender 


(Verse)

Drench my soul 

As mercy and grace unfold 

I hunger and thirst 

I hunger and thirst 

With arms stretched wide 

I know You hear my cry 

Speak to me now 

Speak to me now 


(Chorus)

I surrender 

I surrender 

I wanna know You more 

I wanna know You more 

(Bridge)

Like a rushing wind 

Jesus breathe within 

Lord have Your way 

Lord have Your way in me 

 

Like a mighty storm 

Stir within my soul 

Lord have Your way 

Lord have Your way in me 

Chorus 

I surrender 

I surrender

I wanna know You more 

I wanna know You more 

I surrender

I surrender 

I wanna know You more 

I wanna know You more 

Children's Church Dismissal + Blessing*

*(Children 3 years old - Kindergarten)

PASTORAL PRAYER

SERMON TEXT | 1 PETER 4:12-19 ESV

Suffering as a Christian

12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. 17 For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? 18 And

“If the righteous is scarcely saved,
    what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

19 Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.

SERMON | Fraser Perrett

Title: “Suffering In Light of Eternity: ?"

TITHES + OFFERINGS*

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

“Jesus Paid It All”

Verse 

And I hear the Savior say

Thy strength indeed is small

Child of weakness watch and pray

Find in Me thine all in all

Chorus 

'Cause Jesus paid it all

All to Him I owe

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

Verse 

Lord now indeed I find

Thy pow'r and Thine alone

Can change the leper's spots

And melt the heart of stone

Chorus

Verse 

And when before the throne

I stand in Him complete

Jesus died my soul to save

My lips shall still repeat

Chorus

Bridge

Sin had left a crimson stain

He washed it white as snow

He washed it white as snow

He washed it white as snow

Vamp

Oh praise the One Who paid my debt

And raised this life up from the dead

COMMUNION

“How Great Is Our God”

Verse

The splendor of the King

Clothed in majesty

Let all the earth rejoice

All the earth rejoice

He wraps Himself in light

And darkness tries to hide

And trembles at His voice

And trembles at His voice

Chorus

How great is our God

Sing with me

How great is our God

And all will see how great

How great is our God

Verse 

And age to age He stands

And time is in His hands

Beginning and the End

Beginning and the End

The Godhead three in one

Father Spirit Son

The Lion and the Lamb

The Lion and the Lamb

Bridge

Name above all names

Worthy of all praise

My heart will sing

How great is our God

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