Announcements

Prepare Your Hearts
O God, help us recognize your voice and respond,
“Your servant is listening” (I Samuel 3:9)
Responsive Reading

Sing Praise
How Great Thou Art (hymnal p.38)
How Great Is Our God
At Calvary (hymnal p.363)
Near The Cross (hymnal p.251)
Your Grace Still Amazes Me

Offering/Special Music
“So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver.”

A Word from God
Title: Turn the Page
Text: I Kings 19:1-8
Theme:  Defeat/Perspective/Comfort
Big Idea:  When all is lost, God has not forgotten you.

Sing Praise
Hear Us From Heaven

Announcements

Prepare Your Hearts
Sometimes we come to worship carrying heavy burdens and unclean spirits.  Jesus, assure us that you are stronger than our worries and sins so we may worship you in peace.

Responsive Reading

Sing Praise

• We Will Run to You
• Desert Song
• How Great is Our God
• I Have Decided to Follow Jesus

Offering/Special Music
“I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than receive.’ ”  Acts 20:35

A Word from God

• Title: GPS of Forgiveness
• Text: Ephesians 4:25-32
• Theme:  Forgiveness / Relationships
• Big Idea:  The kindness of Christ is the road to redemption in our relationships.

Sing Praise

• Revelation Song

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL, NEXT!

This Week

• Tue – Basement Repair Work Night, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
• Wed – Kidz Club – 6:30 PM, Fellowship Center
• Wed – Bible Study / Prayer Meeting, 7:00 PM in the Chapel.

Next Sunday, February 5
A quick  Business Meeting between the Worship Service and Sunday school to choose a Member to work with the Nominating Committee.

Change for Life
Have you ever been inspired by something?  Has anyone ever inspired you?  At Life Choices Center, we strive to Inspire Life in other people.  You can join us in this endeavor by participating in our Change for Life campaign.  To help out, pick up a baby bottle, fill it with coins, cash, or a check, and return it by March 4.  Be sure to write your name on the sign-out sheet for any bottles you take.  Last year the Change for Life campaign brought in $36,000 – all money that helps women and men in our community before, during, and after an unplanned pregnancy.  Last year our church raised $495.00.  Let’s see if we can beat that this year and Inspire Life together!
Special Note: As you watch the video from Life Choices you should note that the families you see in the pictures are the folks that you so generously purchased gifts for at Christmas.  The adults of those families were especially touched by the fact that you gave them gifts as well as the children.

Church Directory
If we do not have your correct address, phone number & e-mail address, please send corrections/additions to fcc.Kirkwood@yahoo.com or clearly write your corrections/additions on paper & leave it on the secretary’s desk.

Thanks for attending First Christian today, please come again!

Announcements

Prepare Your Hearts
O God, help us recognize your voice and respond, “Your servant is
listening” (1 Sam. 3:9).

Responsive Reading

Sing Praise

Offering/Special Music
“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this”, says the Lord of hosts; “if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.” Malachi 3:10

A Word from God

• Title: Under the Assumption
• Text:  Matthew 6:1-4
• Theme:  Charity & Giving
• Big Idea: If you help the needy inconspicuously, God won’t forget you.

Love Offering
For the Lameroux Family who lost their home in a fire.

Without Fail
I was once young and now I am old, but not once have I been witness to God’s failure to supply my need when first I had given for the furtherance of his work. He has never failed in his promise, so I cannot fail in my service to him. –William Carey

Sing Praise

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL, NEXT!

This Week

• Tue – Basement Repair Work Night, 6:30 – 8:30 PM
• Wed – Kidz Club – 6:30 PM, Fellowship Center
• Wed – Bible Study / Prayer Meeting, 7:00 PM in the Chapel.

New Temporary Address
John & Kim Llewellyn -153 Matthews St. Binghamton, NY  13905

Church Directory
If we do not have your correct address, phone number & e-mail address, please send corrections/additions to fcc.Kirkwood@yahoo.com or write your corrections/additions on paper & give it to Terry or Mindy or leave it on the secretary’s desk.

Living Above the Weather
Have you ever boarded an airplane in a snowstorm?  The sky is gray with heavy clouds. Snow is coming down hard, with no sign of letting up.  Plows clear the runway and unfamiliar machinery de-ices the wings. Passengers might consider it madness to fly in such weather.
But the pilot knows the storm is earthbound.  Past the clouds is glorious sunshine. The plane can fly above the weather, if only it can get off the ground.
When troubles over take us like a storm, we may wonder in the midst of the darkness if God still cares or if he is even there at all. But if we believe that God, like the sun, is unchanged in good weather and in bad, we can ride it out.  For storms are earthbound, but we are not.    –Kari Myers

Thanks for attending First Christian today, please come again!

Announcements

Prepare Your Hearts
As God addressed Jesus at His baptism, He also calls us His beloved. What a blessing to live in God’s love!

Responsive Reading

Sing Praise

• How Great
• King of Glory
• My Heart Your Home
• Refiner’s Fire
• Take My Life and Let It Be  (hymnal p. 400)

Offering/Special Music
“Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering, and     come into His courts.”    Psalm 96:8

A Word from God

• Title: GOT A LIGHT?
• Text: Psalm 119:105 – 112
• Theme: New Year, New You, Bible Study

Sing Praise

• I’d Rather Have Jesus (hymnal p. 454)

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL, NEXT!

This Week

• Mon – Deacon’s meeting
• Wed – Kidz Club – 6:30 PM, Super Bowl Party, meeting in the Fellowship Center.
• Wed – Bible Study / Prayer Meeting, 7:00 PM in the Chapel.

Stewardship Update

• December Offerings    ……………    $ 9,244.41
• December Disbursements  …………    $ 9,097.24
• Balance Forward    ……………    $ 2,359.16
• Savings Account    ……………    $30,884.87
• Building Fund        ……………    $25,778.65

New Temporary Address
John & Kim Llewellyn -153 Matthews St. Binghamton, NY  13905

Love Offering Next Sunday
We will be taking up a love offering next Sunday morning for the Lameroux Family who lost everything in a fire.

Encouraging Predictions for 2012
1.    The Bible will still have all the answers.
2.    Prayer will still be the most powerful thing on earth.
3.    The Holy Spirit will still move.
4.    God will still honor the praises of His people.
5.    There will still be God-anointed preaching.
6.    There will still be singing of praise to God.
7.    God will still pour out blessings upon His people.
8.    There will still be room at the Cross.
9.    Jesus will still love you.
10.    Jesus will still save the lost when they come to Him.

Isn’t it great to remember who is really in control? And that; “the Word of the Lord endures forever.”  (1 Peter 1:25)

Thanks for attending First Christian today, please come again!

Prepare Your Hearts
As Joseph and Mary presented the newborn Jesus in the temple, we present ourselves to You, O God.

Responsive Reading

Sing Praise

Offering/Special Music
“Bring all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and try Me now in this.” Says the Lord of hosts, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”  Malachi 3:10

A Word from God

Sing Praise

PLEASE STAY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL, NEXT!

This Week

• Wed – Kidz Club -  6:30 PM meeting in the Fellowship Center.
• Wed – Bible Study / Prayer Meeting, 7:00 PM in the Chapel.
• Sat – Taking down the greens, 9:00 AM  Can you help?

Upcoming Events

• Jan 15 – Budget letters are due on Pastor’s desk.
• Jan 16 – Deacon’s Meeting

Lost & Found – If you are missing a jacket, please check the coat racks. We have 2 or 3 that have been left behind.
Christmas Cards – Please check with the Ushers or look on the foyer cabinet to see if you have any cards addressed to you. If you don’t pick them up this week they will be discarded.
Offering Envelopes – Please pick up a new box of envelopes for 2012.“Give to the Lord, O families of the people… “Bring an offering, and come into His courts.” Psalm 96:7, 8b

Thanks for attending First Christian today, please come again!