Ponce Worship Bulletin | April 3rd 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS

EASTER EGG HUNT SIGN-UP | 4.16 | 9:30-11:30 AM
Sign-up your family here for our Annual Easter Egg Hunt!

CALLING ALL COLLEGE STUDENTS
Are you a college student who will be in Atlanta for the summer? Do you know any college students who will be in Atlanta for the summer? Ponce is organizing plans to host a unique summer experience for students who are working or taking classes in Atlanta in June and July. We look forward to providing social gatherings, small groups, service opportunities, professional coaching and more! Contact Hace (hace@poncechurch.org) if you or someone you know might be interested!

GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE | 4.15 | 7 PM

MEN’S MINISTRY DINNER | 4.23 | 6 PM | CHAPEL
Come for fellowship and thanksgiving as we appreciate Christ during this Easter Season for His sacrifice and also declaring all foods are clean to eat as we enjoy one of his finest creations in the form pulled pork BBQ. RSVP by April 17th so we can have a headcount to order enough food. Cost is $10 and can be paid the day of the event. RSVP to Clay Jeffreys at claygj@gmail.com.

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!!!

MAY SUNDAY SCHOOL: BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY

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

”Emmanuel”

Come, come let us adore Him,

Kneel down before Him,

Worship and adore Him.

Chorus

Emmanuel, Emmanuel,

Emmanuel, Emmanuel

We worship You,

We worship You.

Emmanuel, Emmanuel,

Emmanuel, Emmanuel.

We worship You,

We worship You.

“All I Need”

You’re all I need, every breath You breathe through me

You’re all I need,

let Your rivers flow through me

You’re all I need, every breath You breathe through me

You’re all I need, let Your rivers flow through me

You’re all I need

You’re all I need

You’re all I need

You’re all I need

He said if I be lifted I’ll draw all men to me

You’re my closest friend, in you I live,

have my being

I wanna draw closer

(Need to draw closer)

Said if I be lifted I’ll draw all men to me

You’re my closest friend, in you I live,

have my being I wanna draw closer,

need to draw closer

I wanna draw closer to Thee, to Thee

I need you,

I need you,

I need you

You’re all I need

I need you,

I need you

I need you

You’re all I need

I need you, I need you

“He’s Able”

Exceedingly, Abundantly

Above all, all you could ask or think

According to, the power

That worketh in you, you

God is able to do

just what he said he would do

He's gonna fulfill every promise to you

Don't give up on God,

cause he won't give up on you

He's able

Oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh

He's able

He's able

He's able

He's able

He's able

Children's Church Dismissal + Blessing*

*(Children 3 years old - Kindergarten)

INTERCESSORY PRAYER

SERMON TEXT | Esther 2 ESV

Esther Chosen Queen

2 After these things, when the anger of King Ahasuerus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. 2 Then the king's young men who attended him said, “Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king. 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the citadel, under custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women. Let their cosmetics be given them. 4 And let the young woman who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti.” This pleased the king, and he did so.

5 Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite, 6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away. 7 He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother. The young woman had a beautiful figure and was lovely to look at, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. 8 So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many young women were gathered in Susa the citadel in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai, who had charge of the women. 9 And the young woman pleased him and won his favor. And he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her portion of food, and with seven chosen young women from the king's palace, and advanced her and her young women to the best place in the harem. 10 Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mordecai had commanded her not to make it known. 11 And every day Mordecai walked in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what was happening to her.

12 Now when the turn came for each young woman to go in to King Ahasuerus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women— 13 when the young woman went in to the king in this way, she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. 14 In the evening she would go in, and in the morning she would return to the second harem in custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch, who was in charge of the concubines. She would not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.

15 When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther was winning favor in the eyes of all who saw her. 16 And when Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus, into his royal palace, in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign, 17 the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she won grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. 18 Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther's feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.

Mordecai Discovers a Plot

19 Now when the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. 20 Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. 22 And this came to the knowledge of Mordecai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mordecai. 23 When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows. And it was recorded in the book of the chronicles in the presence of the king.

SERMON | Rev. H. Cargo

Title: “Stuck In A False Story: Placed In a Position of Influence"

TITHES + OFFERINGS*

Click to give here.

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

“Good Good Father”

Verse

I've heard a thousand stories

Of what they think You’re like

But I've heard the tender whisper

Of love in the dead of night

You tell me that You’re pleased

And that I'm never alone

Chorus

You're a Good Good Father

It's who You are It's who You are It's who You are

And I'm loved by You

It's who I am It's who I am It's who I am

Verse

I've seen many searching for answers Far and wide

But I know we're all searching for answers Only You provide

Because You know just what we need

Before we say a word

Bridge

You are perfect in all of Your ways

You are perfect in all of Your ways

You are perfect in all of Your ways to us

Verse

Love so undeniable I can hardly speak

Peace so unexplainable I can hardly think

As You call me deeper still As You call me deeper still

As You call me deeper still

Into love love love

CHORUS

CHORUS

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