First Christian Church St. Francis, Kansas
May 27th, 2018
Serving Today

Greeters: Todd and Teri Shively

Pianist: Jeff Landers

Song Leader: Margaret Poling

Elder: Royce Cook

Deaconess: Teri Shively

Older Children's Church: Keely Loyd and Makaila Matthies

Younger Children's Church: Teri Shively and Carter Matthies

Call to Worship

Psalm 107:43ESV

Opening Worship Songs
  • I Stand Amazed - Hymn #223
  • Think About His Love
  • O the Deep, Deep Love of Jesus
Confession of Our Christian Faith

Pastor: What is the fifth petition?

 

Congregation: Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. That is: For the sake of Christ’s blood, do not impute to us, wretched sinners, any of our transgressions, nor the evil which still clings to us, as we also find this evidence of Your grace in us that we are fully determined wholeheartedly to forgive our neighbor.

Prayer
  • Joys and Concerns (scroll down for information on persecuted Christians in Laos and Tita and Rosa, who are in need of adoption)
  • Silent Prayer
  • Pastoral Prayer
  • The Lord's Prayer
  • Prayer for Offering
Offering

Click the following link to give online: Give Online

Communion
  • Communion Prayer
  • Communion Song - The Power of the Cross
  • Communion
Message

Genesis 4:8-16ESV

Conclusion of Worship
  • Song of Response - Blest Be the Tie That Binds - Hymn #560
  • Announcements
  • Benediction
  • Choral Response - God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again
Prayer Requests

Special Prayer is requested for Dave and Jenny Wright and their family. Dave's son, Rob, recently died unexpectedly.


Special Prayer is also requested for Gerri McCurry. She was moved from the hospital to the Good Samaritan Village on Thursday, May 24th.


Special Prayer is also requested for Emileigh Dinkel. Emileigh had surgery on Wednesday, May 23rd, in Kearney, Nebraska, to repair a ligament in her ankle. Her recovery is expected to take three-and-a-half months.


Amanda (Susie Walz's daughter; spinal troubles), Barb Barnhart (recovering from a broken femur; now back home), Keith Bracelin (ongoing chemotherapy treatments), Rodney Bracelin (continual health), Compassion kids in Brazil, Esther Confer (breast cancer), Dean Dinkel (cancer surgical recovery), Henry Dinkel (cancer), Ron Donner (Paula Keller's brother-in-law; health concerns), Rebecca Dranchak (surgical recovery), Ron Ewing, Tina Fort (Shirley Watson's daughter; cancer), Tori Gano (surgical recovery), Doyle and Doloris Hall (Fort Collins), Wyatt Hilt (recovery from motorcycle accident), Dan and Sheree Keller and Campus Crusade staff, Tanner Kinen (recovery from accident with a bull), Pete and June Lauer (Brad Matthies’s and Leisha Hilt’s grandparents; health issues), Leonard Matthies (Brad Matthies's and Leisha Hilt's grandfather; now recovering in Burlington from hip replacement surgery), Julia McCurry (eye problems), Megan (radiation treatments), Laura Meireis (Laura Pugh's daughter; ongoing chemotherapy treatments), Patricia Nichols (Laura Pugh's daughter; currently has a brain shunt); Laura Pugh (surgical recovery), family of Lavona Rand (Keely's mother; died, April 15th), Kevin Ritchey (continual recovery after motorcycle accident), Rolle Stephens (friend of Brad Matthies; pancreatic trouble), Taven (in need of adoption), Jo Turbeville (recovery of health), Cole Vap (Perry and Paula Keller's nephew; health concerns), Shirley Watson (surgical recovery), Carol Weeks (stage four melanoma cancer), and Rob Webb (health concerns)


*Those residing in care/assisted care facilities: Gladys Cullum (St. Francis), Joan FINLEY Davis (California), Janetta Evins (St. Francis), Ron and Dot Hill (Greeley, Colorado), Margaret Hilt (St. Francis), Ella Mae Keller (St. Francis), Don Love (Kansas City), Debra McCurry (St. Francis), Jane Milner (Goodland), Florence Peacock (St. Francis), Fleda Raile (Goodland), and Kenneth Roberson (St. Francis)

Offering Report

April Expenses: $5,889.08

April Offerings: $6,253.25

Last Sunday’s Offering (May 20th): $1,016.00

May Offerings (to date): $3,328.25

Let's continue to get ready for this year's Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing party. For June, we're looking for donations of toys. You can drop your donation off in the basket in the lobby.

June Mowing Volunteers

Saturday, June 2nd - Seth and Deb Hilt

Saturday, June 9th - Eddie and Julie Brunk

Saturday, June 16th - Kyle and Crystal Schultz

Saturday, June 23rd - Weeter Family

Saturday, June 30th - Tim and Robyn Raile

Baby Bottles Available

Baby bottles from the Kansans for Life are available in our lobby. If you have not done so already, pick one up and fill it with loose change. Then bring it with you to worship on Sunday, June 17th, Father's Day. The funds raised will help the Kansas for Life continue to share the much-needed message that every human life, from conception to the oldest among us, is sacred.