608 E 6th Street
Prairie City, Iowa 50228
Phone - (515) 994-2184
email - prairiecitycrc@gmail.com
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9-24-2023
MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
9:30 am
Welcome
Announcements
Offering YAC
Birthday
26 Darin G
Anniversary
9-28-13 Eric & Casey D
* God’s Greeting
* Greeting of one another
* Opening Time of Singing
Your Grace Is Enough
Verse 1
Great is Your faithfulness O God
You wrestle with the sinner's restless heart
You lead us by still waters into mercy
And nothing can keep us apart
Pre-Chorus
(So) remember Your people
Remember Your children
Remember Your promise O God
Chorus 1
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough
Your grace is enough for me
Verse 2
Great is Your love and justice God of Jacob
You use the weak to lead the strong
You lead us in the song of Your salvation
And all Your people sing along
Chorus 2
Yeah Your grace is enough
Heaven reaches out to us
Your grace is enough for me
God I sing Your grace is enough
I'm covered in Your love
Your grace is enough for me for me
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If The Lord Builds The House
Verse 1
I’ve built up my own name
But the walls couldn’t stand
I’ve trusted my own strength
But it was sinking sand
So I put my ruins into Your hands
And watch You restore them
Like only You can
Chorus
If the Lord builds the house
Nobody can tear it down
If the Lord builds the house
Nobody can tear it down
When it’s built on his name there’s
Nothing gonna shake this ground
If the Lord builds the house
Nobody can tear it down
Interlude
Ooo ooo
Verse 2
The bricks may be weathered
Through storm and through fire
But what God holds together
It stands firm every time
'Cause my life is anchored on this solid truth
That whatever God's building
No it can’t be moved
Bridge
As for me and my house
We’re gonna serve You Lord
So here’s the keys come on in
Everything we have is Yours
(REPEAT)
Here’s the keys won’t You come on in
Everything we have is Yours
Tag
If the Lord builds the house
Nobody can tear it down
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You Say
Verse 1
I keep fighting voices in my mind
That say I'm not enough
Ev'ry single lie that tells me
I will never measure up
Verse 2
Am I more than just the sum of
Ev'ry high and ev'ry low
Remind me once again just who I am
Because I need to know oo oh
Chorus
You say I am loved when I can't feel a thing
You say I am strong when I think I am weak
You say I am held when I am falling short
And when I don't belong oh You say I am Yours
And I believe oh I believe
What You say of me I believe
Verse 3
The only thing that matters now
Is ev'rything You think of me
In You I find my worth
In You I find my identity
Bridge
Taking all I have and now I'm laying it at Your feet
You'll have ev'ry failure God
You'll have ev'ry victory
Ending
Oh I believe yes I believe
What You say of me I believe
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The World says: Maintain your image. Show all the great things about your life because people will love, respect, and honor you. If you can’t
find great things about your life that is ok just tare someone down below you because then you look great. But when we lie about our life and
we lie about others by telling half truths we are seeking to protect our fragile image. Our image shapes our choices and our interactions with
people. Our image must be maintained at all costs, says the World.
God’s Word says: in Philippians 2:1-4 (CSB)
If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 2 make my
joy complete by thinking the same way, having the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or
conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. 4 Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the
interests of others.
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Php 2:1–4.
Congregational Prayer
Celebration of the Lord’s Supper
[The people stand.]
Minister: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them up to the Lord.
Minister: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right for us to give thanks and praise.
Minister: [reading one of the following thanksgiving prayers]
With joy we praise you, gracious God,
for you have created heaven and earth,
made us in your image, and kept covenant with us--
even when we fell into sin.
We give you thanks for Jesus Christ, our Lord,
and for the pouring forth of your Holy Spirit,
who equips us for service and leads us into your truth.
Therefore we join our voices
with all the saints and angels and the whole creation
to proclaim the glory of your name.
Minister: We give thanks to God the Father that our Savior, Jesus Christ, before he suffered, gave us this memorial of his sacrifice, until he comes
again. At his last supper, the Lord Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it [here the minister breaks the bread] and said,
"This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." In the same way, he took the cup after supper [here the minister pours the
wine] and said, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this in remembrance of me." For whenever we eat this bread and drink this cup,
we proclaim the Lord's death until he comes (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Therefore we proclaim our faith as signed and sealed in this sacrament:
People: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Minister: Lord, our God, send your Holy Spirit so that this bread and cup may be for us the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. May we
and all your saints be united with Christ and remain faithful in hope and love. Gather your whole church, O Lord, into the glory of your kingdom.
We pray in the name of Jesus, who taught us to pray,
All: ”Our Father who art in heaven hallowed be your name, your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven, give us today our
daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for your’s is the kingdom,
and power, and glory, forever. Amen.
Minister: Congregation of Jesus Christ, the Lord has prepared his table for all who love him and trust in him alone for their salvation. All who are
truly sorry for their sins, who sincerely believe in the Lord Jesus as their Savior, and who desire to live in obedience to him as Lord, are now
invited to come with gladness to the table of the Lord.
[Indicating the elements, the minister proclaims,]
The gifts of God for the people of God!
The Communion
Take, eat! Remember and believe that the body of Christ is the bread of heaven for us.
Take, drink! Remember and believe that the blood of Christ is the cup of our salvation.
Prayer
Prayer of Thanksgiving
Children’s Sermon (OPTIONAL) NO
Bible Reading: 1 Peter 2:4-12
Sermon: Living in an Upside Down World: Identity
Prayer
* God’s Blessing
13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy
Spirit.
* Song of Going Out
If The Lord Builds The House
Verse 1
I’ve built up my own name
But the walls couldn’t stand
I’ve trusted my own strength
But it was sinking sand
So I put my ruins into Your hands
And watch You restore them
Like only You can
Verse 2
The bricks may be weathered
Through storm and through fire
But what God holds together
It stands firm every time
'Cause my life is anchored on this solid truth
That whatever God's building
No it can’t be moved
Chorus
If the Lord builds the house
Nobody can tear it down
If the Lord builds the house
Nobody can tear it down
When it’s built on his name there’s
Nothing gonna shake this ground
If the Lord builds the house
Nobody can tear it down
Postlude
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10-1-2023
MORNING WORSHIP SERVICE
9:30 am
Welcome
Announcements
Offering New Life Prison Church - Admiral
Birthday
1 Jennifer VDH
4 Jodi VN
6 Brett N, Jake D
Anniversary
* God’s Greeting
* Greeting of one another
* Opening Time of Singing
What the World says: Family is the most important. As a parent you must attend every extra curricular activity of all your kids, plays, concerts,
sporting events, 4h, FFA, etc. If you don’t then obviously your family is not one of your priorities and you need to change your life. The World
says work is the mot important. You must sacrifice time and energy and advance in your field. You must set your sights on the prize of a bigger
paycheck, more responsibility, and a bigger office. The World says your comfort is the most important. Go into debt to take that vacation. Find
what you enjoy and do that all of the time. The world says everything is the most important. So in an exhausted and erratic life we wonder
where the time has gone and what we have gained.
What God’s Word says: in Ecclesiastes 12:13 (CSB), “13 When all has been heard, the conclusion of the matter is this: fear God and keep his commands, because this is for all humanity.”
Christian Standard Bible (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2020), Ec 12:13.
Congregational Prayer
Children’s Sermon (OPTIONAL) YES
Bible Reading: Luke 10:38-42
38 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. 39 She had
a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord’s feet listening to what he said. 40 But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be
made. She came to him and asked, “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her to help me!”
41 “Martha, Martha,” the Lord answered, “you are worried and upset about many things, 42 but only one thing is needed. Mary has chosen
what is better, and it will not be taken away from her.”
The Holy Bible: New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1984), Lk 10:38–42.
Sermon:Living in an Upside Down World: Priorities
Prayer
* God’s Blessing
20 Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus—the great Shepherd of the sheep—through the blood of the
everlasting covenant, 21 equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom
be glory forever and ever. Amen.
* Song of Going Out
Postlude
Parking - Handicapped accessibility
Nursery
Cross Training - 10:45 - 11:30am
Ages 3yrs - Adult, September - April
Praise Teams
Greeter Schedule
