with our worship
October 15, 2023
with Pastor Terrell
A Life Giving Church … Giving Life
Morning Worship at a glance “Because We Believe” “The Wonderful Cross” “No One Like You, Lord”
Welcome & Offertory Prayer Kidz4Christ dismissed
“My Savior, My God” “Holy Forever”
FIRST CORINTHIANS
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
Advancing the Kingdom of God one heart at a time.
Good News for the Not-So-Good The Message of the Cross 1 Corinthians 1:18-31
“The Solid Rock” 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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EMERITUS: adj [to serve out one’s term + to earn, deserve, serve] 1. Holding after retirement an honorary title corresponding to that held during active service. — (Webster’s Dictionary) It’s been almost nine years now that I have had the pleasure of being your Senior Pastor — and I do mean pleasure. There is so much to enjoy about serving here at First Southern. Getting to know each of you. Hearing your stories of how God has worked in your lives. Getting to share life with you. Barbara and I really appreciate that honor! Preaching and teaching each week to groups of people who are receptive to God’s Word and engaged. What pastor wouldn’t love that? Getting to work with an incredible staff. They truly make coming to work a joy! So many volunteers — in every area of ministry and service. Just living out what it means to be the church. But today, I want to talk for a minute about a special group of volunteers who give service to all of us here at FSBCPV — OUR DEACONS! I don’t know that I can commend them highly enough. I am constantly amazed at the love they demonstrate for the body of Christ and the community God has placed us in. Service is in their DNA. As I sit with them in their monthly meeting — service is the topic. How are they serving? How can they serve better? Are they missing anyone they should be serving right now? Those are the topics they spend time on. They minister to Barbara and I. They pray for us like no other group of deacons have ever done in our ministry before arriving here, and I pray it never ends! Most importantly, they serve all of us. I have officially given up trying to be the first one to the hospital when a member is sick or having surgery. They will always beat me. I seldom have to share the need of a member with them — it is usually the other way around. God has truly blessed our church with the five active deacons who presently serve this year and the two who are off rotation at this present time. That still leaves one man who has served and who is now in semi-retirement status as a deacon. continued