February 12 - 9 AM Connect Service Bulletin

February 12, 2023 / 6th Sunday after Epiphany

9 a.m. Connect Worship Service

Rev. Jeanie Barnes 

Gathering and Welcome - Gretchen Letterman

1st Gathering Song: “Rising” - FPC Praise Band 

2nd Gathering Song: “How Can I Keep from Singing” - FPC Praise Band

Call to Worship (based on Psalm 119:1-8) - Rev. Jeanie Barnes

Happy are those who walk in the law of the Lord and seek God with their whole heart.

We are blessed when we follow God’s directions.

We thank you, O God, for speaking straight from your heart as we learn the pattern of your righteous ways.

Here we are! We come to worship God together!

Prayer of the Day - Jeanie Barnes

Holy God, how grateful we are to be called your children and your people.  We thank you for all the ways you teach us your Word. Help us be steady and strong so we don’t have regrets in living the life you give us.  Where we have veered off the road, where we have failed you and one another, forgive us, change us, renew us, even as we pray these words:

“Change our hearts, O God, make us ever true, change our hearts, O God, may we be like you. You are the potter, we are the clay, mold us and make us, this is what we pray. Change our hearts, O God, make us ever true, change our hearts, O God, may we be like you.”  Amen.

Passing of the Peace - Jeanie Barnes

…May the peace of Christ be with you always!  And also with you.

Response: “Change My Heart, O God” - FPC Praise Band 

Moment for All Ages - Rev. Ginny Ellis 

Worship Song: “Grace Greater” - FPC Praise Band  

Invitation to Offering - Becky Higman

…Please join me in a unison Prayer of Dedication:      

Holy God, we present ourselves and these offerings to you in faith. We trust you to bless and use these gifts to further Christ’s ministry here in St. Petersburg and around the world. May both our gifts and our lives bless those we know who are suffering as well as those known only to you. In Christ we pray.  Amen.

Offertory Song: “Holy Water” - FPC Praise Band

Prayer for Illumination - Becky Higman

1st Scripture: I Corinthians 3:1-9 - Becky Higman                       

Sermon Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:15-20 - Jeanie Barnes         

Sermon: “Telling It Like It Is?” - Jeanie Barnes  

Prayers of the People and the Lord’s Prayer - Ginny Ellis 

Minute for Mission: Our Honduras Mission Work - Dr. César Dávila

Announcements - Ginny Ellis

Final Song: “God Is Great” - FPC Praise Band 

Blessing - Jeanie Barnes