with church this week.
May 9, 2021 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
May 9, 2021 Morning Worship At-A-Glance “It is You” “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High” “We Will Glorify” “Alleluia” AN ALMOST POST-PANDEMIC MOTHER’S DAY Welcome & Offertory Prayer “I Will Walk” “Create in Me a Clean Heart” “Amazing Grace - My Chains are Gone” “Amazing Grace” Perfect Love I Corinthians 13:4-7
“Change My Heart, Oh God” “I Will Walk” 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.
Senior Pastor Terrell Eldreth: 928-277-4769 Cell: 619-244-6265 PastorTerrell@firstsouthernpv.org Executive Pastor Ken Kopal: 602-738-0532 PastorKen@firstsouthernpv.org Worship Pastor Bart Young 928-254-8713 PastorBart@firstsouthernpv.org TO RECEIVE OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER THROUGH YOUR EMAIL SIMPLY MARK THE FRONT OF YOUR CONNECTION CARD. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO RECEIVE CURRENT INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS. To be removed from future mailings, please reply to this email and type “unsubscribe” in the Subject line.
with Pastor Bart
“Through Him then, let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, The fruit of lips praising His name.” Hebrews 13:15 NASB2020 Pastor Terrell asked me to write the newsletter article for this week, so I thought I would share some years-long studied thoughts about worship. Let me say right away that I will NOT be talking about music. Worship and music are not necessarily the same subject. Music is a tool to help us worship, but is not the only tool. I have in my library, in the neighborhood of, about 50 books on the subject of worship, and most of them never mention music. One can sing out loud all of the songs done on Sunday morning, even singing with great gusto, but if the heart is not directed toward God in humble adoration of His greatness and all He has done for us, then, for that person, it is not worship, it is merely singing. Yes, I know that some have developed the habit of not joining in on the singing because they think they don’t sing very well. God looks on the heart, not on the quality of the voice of the one singing to Him, so I encourage you to give your praise to Him with your lips and voice, as Scripture says that we should do that for the glory of God. Whoops! I said I wouldn’t talk about music, but I couldn’t help putting that encouragement in! True worship is costly! The concept of giving to God as a part of worship can be seen throughout the Bible. The entire Old Testament sacrificial system was set up as a means of giving to the Lord. People brought their animals, which they had spent time and energy nurturing and caring for, to offer as a sacrifice to God. Their worship offered something of value to God. King David understood this principle of worship being costly. When the prophet told David to go up and build an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor that belonged to Araunah and sacrifice to the Lord, the Bible tells us that Araunah offered to give David the floor, the oxen, and the wood on which to burn the sacrifice. David, however, understood that simply taking something from someone else to offer to God was not acceptable. David’s response was simple, “No, I insist on paying you for it. I will not sacrifice to the Lord my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” David refused to offer up a sacrifice in which he had no real investment. [see 2 Samuel 24] Although we no longer offer burnt offerings in our day, the word “sacrifice” has come to mean “giving up of something for the sake of another.” We offer our “sacrifice” of praise to the Lord. continued