Ponce Worship Bulletin | May 1st 2022

ANNOUNCEMENTS

MAY SUNDAY SCHOOL | 9:20 AM Join us as we study Irwin Ince’s BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY. We’ll be meeting May 1st, 15th, 22nd, and 29th. Children’s Sunday School will also be available.

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!

MAY 8TH BAPTISMS/MEMBERSHIP JOINING
Please let Ashley know if you would be interested in including your baby for the baptism! Or if you would like to join the church!

WEEKLY NEIGHBORHOOD BIBLE STUDY | 8 AM | THUR + FRI
We are looking for bible study leaders for our new weekly Neighborhood Bible Study. Reach out to Hace if you are interested.

CHURCH WORK DAY | 5.21 | 9:30-12:30 PM Hey Ponce Fam! Do you love mulching, planting, cleaning, and tidying with friends? Mark your calendars and join us for a church work day the morning of May 21st, 9:30AM-12:30PM.

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

“Open The Eyes of My Heart”

Open The Eyes of My Heart Lord

Open the eyes of my heart

I want to see You, I want to see You

Open the eyes of my heart Lord

Open the eyes of my heart

I want to see You, I want to see You

Abre mis ojos oh Cristo, abre mis ojos Señor

You quiero verte yo quiero verte

Abre mis ojos oh Cristo, abre mis ojos Señor

Yo quiero verte, yo quiero verte

Chorus

To see You high and lifted up

Shining in the light of Your glory

Pour out Your power and love

As we sing holy holy holy

Yo quiero verte enaltecido oh Dios

Radiante en toda tu gloria

Derrama tu amor y poder

Cantamos Santo, Santo, Santo

Vamp

Holy holy holy, holy holy holy

Holy holy holy, I want to see you

Santo santo santo, santo santo santo

Santo santo santo, yo quiero verte

I want to see you, I want to see You

Yo quiero verte, Yo quiero verte

”Jerusalem (Sing Alleluia)” Kids Song

Chorus

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing

Behold the King

Who rides triumphant through Jerusalem

Behold the King

Who comes in meekness not in might

The city gates are open wide

The promised Savior has arrived

And people shout Hosanna King

Jerusalem!

Chorus

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing

Behold the King

Whose friends are waiting in Jerusalem

Behold the King

Who knows they will not understand


That to walk the path of shame

Will bring glory to God’s name

And salvation will resound

Jerusalem

Bridge

There is hope and there is joy in Jerusalem

As the banners wave, the cheering has begun

And the music starts, there’s singing in Jerusalem

Hear the trumpets sound, the King has come

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Singing Alleluia let’s sing

Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing

“Yet Not I But Through Christ In Me”

What gift of grace is Jesus my redeemer

There is no more for heaven now to give

He is my joy, my righteousness, and freedom

My steadfast love, my deep and boundless peace

 

To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus

For my life is wholly bound to His

Oh how strange and divine, I can sing, "All is mine"

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

 

The night is dark but I am not forsaken

For by my side, the Saviour He will stay

I labour on in weakness and rejoicing

For in my need, His power is displayed

 

To this I hold, my Shepherd will defend me

Through the deepest valley He will lead

Oh the night has been won, and I shall overcome

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

 

No fate I dread, I know I am forgiven

The future sure, the price it has been paid

For Jesus bled and suffered for my pardon

And He was raised to overthrow the grave

  

To this I hold, my sin has been defeated

Jesus now and ever is my plea

Oh the chains are released, I can sing, "I am free"

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

 

With every breath I long to follow Jesus

For He has said that He will bring me home

And day by day I know He will renew me

Until I stand with joy before the throne

 

To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus

All the glory evermore to Him

When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

 

To this I hold, my hope is only Jesus

All the glory evermore to Him

When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

When the race is complete, still my lips shall repeat

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Yet not I, but through Christ in me

Children's Church Dismissal + Blessing*

*(Children 3 years old - Kindergarten)

INTERCESSORY PRAYER

SERMON TEXT | ESTHER 4 ESV

Esther Agrees to Help the Jews

4 When Mordecai learned all that had been done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and he cried out with a loud and bitter cry. 2 He went up to the entrance of the king's gate, for no one was allowed to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 And in every province, wherever the king's command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.

4 When Esther's young women and her eunuchs came and told her, the queen was deeply distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, so that he might take off his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs, who had been appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was. 6 Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate, 7 and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. 8 Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and command her to go to the king to beg his favor and plead with him on behalf of her people. 9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to go to Mordecai and say, 11 “All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law—to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter so that he may live. But as for me, I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”

12 And they told Mordecai what Esther had said. 13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not think to yourself that in the king's palace you will escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” 15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish.” 17 Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.

SERMON | Rev. T. Wills

Title: “Stuck In A False Story: A Point of Decision"

TITHES + OFFERINGS*

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

“En La Cruz”

Me hirió el pecado, y fui a Jesús,

Mostrele mi dolor; Perdido,

Errante, vi su luz, bendijome en su amor.

Coro

En la cruz, en la cruz, do primero

Vi la luz, Y las manchas de mí

Alma yo lave: fue allí por fe do vi

A Jesús, Y siempre feliz por el seré.

Sobre una cruz, mi buen señor,

Su sangre derramo, Por este

Pobre Pecador a quien allí salvo

Venció la muerte con poder, y al

Cielo se exalto; Confiar en él es

Mi placer, morir no temo yo.

Aunque el se fue solo no estoy,

Mando al consolador,

Divino Espíritu, que hoy

Me da perfecto amor.

COMMUNION

“Doxology”

Praise God from whom all blessings flow

Praise Him, all creatures here below

Praise Him above the Heavenly host

Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost

Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen

BENEDICTION

COMMUNITY GROUPS

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*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