Bulletin and Sermon Notes August 14, 2022
August 10, 2022

GATHERING TO PRAISE GOD Sunday, August 14, 2022

Prelude

Praise Song

Choral Introit

Welcome

The People Gather
L: Sing to the Lord a new song!
P: We sing a song of peace and hope!
L: Sing to the Lord a song of strength.
P: Our strength is in the Lord of hosts!
L: Sing to the Lord a song of joy!
P: Our song is a song of faith in God’s presence. AMEN.

Hymn

Reception of Paige Treadway into membership

The People Pray
Lord of all creation, you have called us this day to open our hearts, our minds, our spirits to hear your words of encouragement, healing, and hope. Give us patience and willingness to seek you in all that we do. In Jesus’ Name, we pray. AMEN.
Special Music

Children’s Moment

The Word of God for the People of God

Scripture 1 Samuel 17:19-27
They are with Saul and all the Israelite troops fighting the Philistines in the Elah Valley.
20 So David got up early in the morning, left someone in charge of the flock, and loaded up and left, just as his father Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp right when the army was taking up their battle formations and shouting the war cry. 21 Israel and the Philistines took up their battle formations opposite each other. 22 David left his things with an attendant and ran to the front line. When he arrived, he asked how his brothers were doing.23 Right when David was speaking with them, Goliath, the Philistine champion from Gath, came forward from the Philistine ranks and said the same things he had said before. David listened.24 When the Israelites saw Goliath, every one of them ran away terrified of him. (25 Now the Israelite soldiers had been saying to each other: “Do you see this man who keeps coming out? How he comes to insult Israel? The king will reward with great riches whoever kills that man. The king will give his own daughter to him and make his household exempt from taxes[a] in Israel.”)
26 David asked the soldiers standing by him, “What will be done for the person who kills that Philistine over there and removes this insult from Israel? Who is that uncircumcised Philistine, anyway, that he can get away with insulting the army of the living God?”

27 Then the troops repeated to him what they had been saying. “So that’s what will be done for the man who kills him,” they said.

Message A Tale of a Giant and a Boy

Pastoral Prayer

The People Bring Their Gifts
Please use the baskets in the back of the sanctuary or or use one of our various electronic methods.

The People Go into The World

Praise Song

Benediction

Postlude

Slides
1. Israel was at war with the

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2. Goliath taunted the Israelites for days and .
3. Saul’s first response to David was to .
4. David did not see himself as an .
5. David was confident because he knew who was, and he knew was .
6. David did not see a giant he saw .
7. God sees even when others don’t.
8. God calls the to do the .

The mission statement of our church is?

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When you face a “giant” person or problem, do you feel more like Saul’s army, or like David?

How, if at all, does faith in God shape how you face the “giant”?

What can you do?

What are you capable of?

Where do you see possibilities for our church?