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January 10, 202110:30 AM

Prelude Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow John Hudson Rejoice, The Lord Is King Dan ForrestCarrie Smith, piano

WelcomeReverend Dr. Russell St. John, Lead Pastor

We Prepare Our Hearts for Worship O Day of Rest and GladnessCharis Baker, Kyrstan Brantley & Virginia McGuigan, flute; Bill Myers & Ariana Stout, guitar; Matt Brantley, bass; Rod Cunningham, keyboard; Greg Wagener, drums

O day of rest and gladness, O day of joy and light,O balm of care and sadness, most beautiful, most bright:On Thee, the high and lowly, through ages joined in tune,Sing holy, holy, holy, to the great God Triune.

New graces ever gaining from this, our day of rest,We reach the rest remaining to spirits of the blessed.To Holy Ghost be praises, to Father, and to Son;The church her voice upraises to Thee, blessed Three in One.

*God Calls Us to Worship Psalm 34:1-3, 8 David Barnes, Student Ministry Director

Pastor: I will bless the Lord at all times; People: His praise shall continually be in my mouth.Pastor: My soul makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble hear and be glad.People: Oh, magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together! Pastor: Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!All: Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him!

Worshiping Our God, Who Blesses the Church!

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*We Bless His Name Together!

*We Invoke His Presence

God Exposes Our Need 2 Timothy 2:1-2, 15 Reverend Dr. Russell St. John

You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

We Confess Our Sin

Stand Up and Bless the Lord

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Christ Provides for Our Need 2 Corinthians 4:13-15 Since we have the same spirit of faith according to what has been written, “I believed, and so I spoke,” we also believe, and so we also speak, knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence. For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.

*We Are Bought with Christ’s Own Blood!

1. Blessed are the sons of God, They are bought with Christ’s own blood;2. They are jus - ti - fied by grace, They en - joy the Sa - vior’s peace;3. They are lights u - pon the earth, Children of a heavenly birth;

They are ransomed from the grave, Life e - ter - nal they shall have:All their sins are washed a - way, They shall stand in God’s great day; One with God, with Je - sus one; Glo - ry is in them be - gun:

With them numbered may we be, Here and in e - ter -ni - ty.

Blessed Are the Sons of God

Words: Joseph Humphreys, 1743: alt.

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* God Reveals How He Builds Us Up in Love! Ephesians 4:11-16

Pastor: He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

People: Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

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*We Sing of Blessings Without Number!

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Words: vs. 1 & 3 - Michael Perry; vs. 2 - John Bakewell; Music: THAXTED, Gustav Holst; Text vs. 1 & 3 ©1982 Hope Publishing Co.All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under One License.net #A-715258.

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We Invoke His Help Psalm 28:6 Jim Benecke, Elder

Blessed be the Lord! For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.

We Prepare for God's Word! Blessed Be the Lord Rachel DeGroot, Shelly Hannaford, Rod Cunningham, Brian Roby

Chorus: Blessed be the Lord, a mighty fortress,Blessed by the Lord, my sword and shield;Blessed be the Lord, who reigns victorious,Blessed be the name of the Lord,Blessed be, blessed be the name of the Lord.

Your pow’r is like the raging sea.Your grace has brought it down to meAnd now I walk in victory. Blessed be the name of the Lord. (Chorus)

Your blood has set this captive free.Your love is giving life to meAnd now I’m Yours eternally.Blessed be the name of the Lord.

A mighty fortress is our God.A bulwark never failing, never failing. (Chorus)

Blessed be the name of the Lord!

Words & Music: Jeff Hamlin; Arr. Bruce Greer; ©1989 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.

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God Proclaims His Word Reverend Dr. Russell St. John, Lead Pastor Sermon Series “Acts” Scripture Text Acts 18:24-28 Sermon Title Blessing the Church

24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. 26 He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. 27 And when he wished to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he greatly helped those who through grace had believed, 28 for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, showing by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.

*All Your Blessing Comes That We May Praise!

May the Peoples Praise You

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we may praise, may praise the Name of ___ Je - sus.

we may sing the won - ders __ of the __ ris - en Christ. bound - less love and deep - est ___ joy, with __ end - less life. (Chorus) May the from Your hand we give to ___ You, to ___ make Christ known. songs of praise build lives of ___ grace to ___ spring Your Word. (Chorus) May the ev - ’ry na - tion, tribe and __ tongue Your __ church pro - claim. (Chorus) May the

1. You have called us out of dark - est night, in - to Your glo-rious light, that 2. May our ev - ’ry breath re - tell the grace that broke in - to our strife with 3. All the earth is Yours and all with - in, each har - vest is Your own, and 4. May the seeds of mer - cy grow in us for those who have not heard, may 5. This our ho - ly priv - ’lege to de - clare Your prais - es and Your Name to

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*Benediction

Postlude Reprise: May the Peoples Praise You!

peo - ples praise You, let the na - tions be __ glad! All Your bless-ing comes that

we may praise, may praise the Name of ___ Je - sus.

Ho - ly, Ho - ly, is the Lord Al - might - y. Wor - thy, wor - thy

is the Lamb who was slain. Ho - ly, Ho - ly, is the Lord Al -

might - y. All cre - a - tion praise Your glo - ri - ous Name. (Chorus) May the

Words and music: Keith & Kristyn Getty; Stuart Townend ©2016 Getty Music Publishing, Townend Songs & Alletrop Music. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission under CCLI #254738

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Sermon Notes

Blessing the Church Reverend Dr. Russell St. John, Lead PastorActs 18:24-28

How did God bless His Church through Apollos?

1. He equipped Apollos for ministry.

2. He employed Apollos in ministry.

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*Congregation please riseUnless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.