Welcome to our online worship for Sunday, August 9, 2020
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Faith and Deeds ​​
The Season of Pentecost
Prelude
Brian Turner
Invocation/Sweet Hour of Prayer
arr. by Turner
Special Music
Andrea Bailey and Brian Turner
Peace of Our Praying

Peace of our praying, Song of our singing,
Truth of our telling, Love of all loves,
Health of our healing, Gift of our giving, 
Life of our living, Light of all Lights.

Peace of our praying, Christ of our crying, 
Strength of our striving, Heart of our heart,
Bread of our breaking, Wine of our waiting,
Blood of our boasting, Death of all death.

Peace of our praying, Faith of forgiving,
Way of our walking, King of all kings,
Breath of our breathing, Courage of caring, Hope of our hoping, Life of all life.
A Prayer for Strength 
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God, our creator,  you have given us work to do and call us to use our talents for the good of all.Guide us as we work, and teach us to live in the Spirit who made us sons and daughters, in the love that made us sisters and brothers, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

​Scripture
James 2:14-26 NIV
Faith and Deeds
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14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? 15 Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. 16 If one of you says to them, “Go in peace; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? 17 In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.

18 But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.”Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds. 19 You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder.

20 You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? 21 Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? 22 You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. 23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called God’s friend. 24 You see that a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.
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25 In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? 26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.
BEING A DOER OF THE WORD
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The heart of the book of James is putting our faith into practice.What are some practical ways you can put your Christian faith into practice this week? James says these acts of kindness demonstrate our faith in Christ.
Message 
Pastor John Fowler
Faith and Deeds ​


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Offertory
Andrea Bailey and Brian Turner
More Than Anything


I know if you wanted to you could wave your hand
Spare me this heartache and change your plan
And I know when he said that you could take my pain away But even if you don't I pray

Chorus:
Help me want the healer more than the healing
Help me want the savior more than the saving
Help me want the giver more than the giving
Oh help me want you Jesus more than anything

You know more than anyone that my flesh is weak
And you know I'd give anything for a remedy
And I'll ask a thousand more times to set me free today. Oh but even if you don't I pray

Chorus

Oh when I'm desperate and my heart's overcome
All that I need you've already done, oh
When I'm desperate and my heart's overcome
All that I need you've already done
Oh Jesus help me want you more than anything

Chorus

Kid's Message 
Kim Garland 
(2 videos)
Postlude 
Brian Turner
Something Beautiful 
arr. by Dino
​Life is short.
And we have little time
to Gladden the Hearts
of those who Travel with us.
So Love quickly, and
make haste to be Kind. 
May the Christ who loves us,
also travel with us,
and give us PEACE.