August 4 - 9 AM Connect Service

August 4 – 9 a.m. Connect Worship Service 

Eleventh Sunday After Pentecost / Lord’s Supper 

Rev. Ginny Ellis 

Gathering and Welcome - Kevin Clark

1st Gathering Song: “You Are My Vision” - FPC Praise Band 

2nd Gathering Song: “Everlasting God” - FPC Praise Band

Call to Worship - Tai Specie

Enter the garden of the Lord with thanksgiving and the courts of God with praise.

Give thanks and bless God's holy name!

For the Lord is good; God's love is eternal. 

And God's faithfulness has no end.

Lighting the Peace Candle and Passing the Peace - Tai Specie

…The peace of Christ be with you. / And also with you.

Response: “Doxology (Amen)” - FPC Praise Band

Moment for All Ages - Ginny Ellis  

3rd Worship Song: “Good, Good Father” - FPC Praise Band 

Minute for Mission: 2024-2025 Concert Series – Matt Clear                                                                            

Presentation of our Gifts – Invitation and Prayer - Tai Specie                                           

…Please join me in our unison prayer:  

O God, as we come to receive your gifts of bread and cup, we bring gifts for the church to use in your name. These gifts came from your own hand, and we return them to you. Use them, even as you use us, to accomplish your purposes in Jesus Christ, the head of the church and the Lord of our lives, for we are yours, we ourselves along with all we have. Amen.

Offertory Song: “The Heart of Worship” - FPC Praise Band 

Prayer for Illumination - Tai Specie

First Scripture: Psalm 1:1-3 - Tai Specie                 

Sermon Scripture: Matthew 13:1-8 - Ginny Ellis

Sermon: “Where is the Good Dirt?” - Ginny Ellis

The Lord’s Supper

Invitation to the Table 

The Great Thanksgiving  

The Lord be with you. / And also with you. 

Lift up your hearts. / We lift them to the Lord. 

Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. / It is right to give our thanks and praise.

Prayer of Consecration and The Lord’s Prayer 

Words of Institution 

The Bread and the Cup 

  Prayer of Thanksgiving (unison):  

God of grace, you renew us at your table with the bread of life. May this food strengthen us in love and help us to serve you in each other. We ask this in the name of Jesus our Lord. Amen. 

Announcements (for complete list, please see below) - Ginny Ellis 

Final Worship Song: “My Lighthouse” - FPC Praise Band

Benediction - Ginny Ellis

Praise Band tag 

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Announcements:

Today, August 4

  • A Stephen Minister is available at the close of this service

Monday, August 5

  • Lectio/Visio Divina, 10 a.m., via Zoom

  • Craft Fellowship, 7 p.m., Room N-123

Tuesday, August 6

  • Ladies’ Bible Study, 9 a.m., Youth Center

Wednesday, August 7

  • Praise Band Rehearsal, 7 p.m., Youth Center

Friday, August 9

  • Men's Lunch Bible Study, 12 p.m., via Zoom

Sunday, August 11

  • Childcare available 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Pickups, Room S-203

  • Connect Service, 9 a.m., Youth Center

  • Children’s Sunday School, (Pre-K-5th), 10 a.m., Room S-202

  • Faith Journey class, 9:45 a.m., Chapel

  • Power Hour class, 10 a.m., Youth Center

  • “Next” Adult class, 10 a.m., Room N-123

  • Back-to-School Pool Party, 5-7 p.m., North Shore Aquatic Complex. For FPC and SPPS family and friends of all ages! Email Carol Riley for more info: criley@fpc-stpete.org

Upcoming Events:

  • Saturday, August 17, 4:10 p.m. Join us for Faith Day with the Rays! We already have group seating reserved, and we’ll be carpooling from the church at 2 p.m. (via FPC bus). See Dave Aumack before August 5 for more info or to order your tickets, or you can visit www.fpcstpete.com/rays.

  • Sunday, August 18, both worship services, Blessing of the Backpacks

  • Sunday, August 18, 10 a.m., New Member Inquirer’s Class, Church Office Conference Room 

Amy McCutcheon