with our worship
January 28, 2024
with Pastor Bart
Morning Worship at a glance “Take us to the River” “Build Your Kingdom Here” “My Jesus, I Love Thee” LOVED DEFINED Welcome & Offertory Prayer Kidz4Christ dismissed
“Shout to the North” “Jesus Messiah” “Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine”
A Life Giving Church … Giving Life 2820 N. Pleasant View Drive Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 928-772-7218 fsbcpv@firstsouthernpv.org www.firstsouthernpv.org Church Office Hours: Monday - Thursday, 8:30AM - 2:30PM
Senior Pastor Terrell Eldreth: 619-244-6265 PastorTerrell@firstsouthernpv.org Worship Pastor Bart Young 928-254-8713 PastorBart@firstsouthernpv.org
FIRST CORINTHIANS
Advancing the Kingdom of God
Good News for the Not-So-Good
one heart at a time.
What Every Marriage Needs 1 Corinthians 7:1-16 “Create in Me a Clean Heart” “Shout to the North” Offerings and Connection Cards will be collected in the Offering Boxes located just inside the two main entrances into our Worship Center, as well as in the Office Hallway.
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This past September, we as a church body, voted to spend the money needed to replace our entire sound system. As time goes by, things continue to break down. So, we need to get this done! That means raising the funds necessary, which means asking you to give! I thought I would share some light hearted thoughts along those lines that were gleaned from Dr. Charles Lowery. “Money? We are good at spending it. One guy said, “I don’t spend more than I make, I just spend it faster than I make it.” My family says they don’t overspend, but that I underdeposit. The problem is that it is difficult to get people to give. The easiest way to get 300 people to lie at the same time is to have them sing, “Take my silver and my gold, not a mite would I withhold,” then pass the offering plate! Most people will give God credit but not cash. How does a pastor keep from feeling like his life’s verse is, “So it was that the beggar died” (Luke 16:22a)? Most fundraising projects aren’t much fun. I heard about a pastor who had a building program going. He told each couple to pray individually that God would reveal to each of them what God would want them to give together. Then they were to get together and find out how close they were. The next Sunday, one man stood up and gave a testimony. He said, “My wife and I continued