Decatur Presbyterian Church, p.c.a.a Community of Grace

For what we proclaim is not ourselves,but Jesus Christ as Lord,

with ourselves as your servantsfor Jesus’ sake.2 Corinthians 4:5

The Worship of Father, Son, and Holy SpiritApril 15, 2012The Lord’s Day

Welcome in the name of the Lord Jesus! If you are a guest with us, please be sure to sign our Welcome Pads when they arepassed around before the service. Children are welcome in our worship. We have a nursery available for children 3 andunder. Children 4 to 6 years of age may be dismissed to Godly Play prior to the sermon. Thank you for joining us todayand may the Lord richly bless you.

Song of Assembly1

Glory In The Highest TomlinYou are the first, You go before, You are the last, You reign forevermore

Your name’s in lights for all to see, the starry host declare Your glory

Glory in the highest, glory in the highest, glory in the highest

Apart from You there is no God, light of the world, the bright and morning starYour name will shine for all to see, You are the one, You are my glory

And no one else could ever compare to You, LordAll the earth together declares.....

Glory in the highest, glory in the highestGlory in the highest to You, Lord, to You, Lord

(Alternate chorus)All the earth will sing Your praise, the moon and stars, the sun and rain

Every nation will proclaim You are God and You will reignGlory, glory Hallelujah, glory, glory to You, Lord

Glory, glory Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Welcome and Preparation for WorshipThe enjoyment of [God] is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. To go to heaven, fully to enjoy God,is infinitely better than the most pleasant accommodations here. Fathers and mothers, husbands, wives, or children, or thecompany of earthly friends, are but shadows; but God is the substance. These are but scattered beams, but God is the sun.These are but streams. But God is the ocean. ~ Jonathan Edwards

You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore. ~ Psalm 16

Report of the Living Church Carol Godwin

1 All songs used by permission or covered under CCLI license # 391165.

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THE LORD GIVES US HIS PRESENCE

Call to Worship2 Psalm 81:1Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!

Prayer of Adoration & Praise Based on Psalm 133

Hymn of Praise

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee Van Dyke/ClowneyJoyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love;

Hearts unfold like flowers before Thee, opening to the sun above.Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, drive the dark of doubt away;

Giver of immortal gladness, fill us with the light of day.

God of glory, power, mercy, all creation praises Thee;We, Thy creatures, would adore Thee now and through eternity.Saved to magnify Thy goodness, grant us strength to do Thy will;

With our acts as with our voices thy commandments to fulfill.

The Sacrament of Holy Baptism Brooke Makenzie & Drew Hardy Smith

Solemn Vows (PCA Book of Church Order §57-5)Do you acknowledge yourself to be a sinner in the sight of God, justly deserving His displeasure, and without hope except throughHis sovereign mercy?

Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and Savior of sinners, and do you receive and rest upon Him alone forsalvation as He is offered in the Gospel?

Do you now resolve and promise, in humble reliance upon the grace of the Holy Spirit, that you will endeavor to live as becomesa follower of Christ?

Do you promise to support the Church in its worship and work to the best of your abilities?

Do you submit yourself to the government and discipline of the Church, and promise to study its purity and peace?

Prayer for the Smith Children Elder Mike McMahan

THE LORD GIVES US HIS GRACE

We Confess Our Sins TogetherOur Father, in your great power you raised Jesus from the dead on the third day, because death could never holdhim! And in your rich mercy you raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly places. You havere-created us in Christ Jesus, in order that we should walk in newness of life. But we confess that we have beenunfaithful to you. We have sinned against you every day in our thoughts, words, and deeds. Gracious God, have2 We believe that God always initiates with sinners, so we begin worship with his invitation and command to us to gather in His name.

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compassion on us for the sake of your dear Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. And grant to us each day the grace of yourHoly Spirit that we would, more and more, die unto sin and live unto righteousness. ...Silent & Personalized Confessionof Sin... Amen!

Words of Assurance Romans 5:1Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Worship with Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs

Father, Long Before Creation BarnesFather, long before creation, Thou had’st chosen us in love,

And that love so deep, so moving, draws us close to Christ above.Still it keeps us, still it keeps us, firmly fixed in Christ alone.

God’s compassion is my story, is my boasting all the day;Mercy free and never failing, moves my will, directs my way.

God so loved us, God so loved us, that His only Son He gave.

Loving Father now before Thee, we will ever praise Thy love,And our songs will sound unceasing, ’til we reach our home above,

Giving glory, giving glory, to our God and to the LambGiving glory, giving glory, to our God and to the Lamb.

Holy Is the Lord, God Almighty TomlinHoly is the Lord God Almighty, the earth is filled with His glory!Holy is the Lord God Almighty, the earth is filled with His glory!

The earth is filled with His glory!

We stand and lift up our hands,For the joy of the Lord is our strength.We bow down and worship Him now,

How great, how awesome is He.And together we sing, everyone sing.

It is rising up all around,It’s the anthem of the Lord’s renown.

It’s rising up all around,It’s the anthem of the Lord’s renown.

Holy, Holy is the Lord Almighty, Holy, Holy

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Satisfied DigernessAll my life long I had panted

For a drink from some cool springThat I hoped would quench the burning

Of the thirst I felt within.

Hallelujah! He has found me,The One my soul so long has craved!

Jesus satisfies all my longingsThrough his blood I now am saved.

Poor I was and sought for riches,Something that would satisfy;

But the dust I gathered ’round meOnly mocked my soul’s sad cry.

Well of water ever springing,Bread of Life so rich and free;

Untold wealth that never faileth,My Redeemer is to me.

Prayers of Thanksgiving & Petition Elder George Godwin

His Tithes & Our Offerings

Anthem Trust in the Lord Dare 2 Declare

THE LORD GIVES US HIS WORD

Sermon3 Pastor Roy Hubbard“The Gospel According to Zechariah”

Zechariah 3:1-7

We Respond Zechariah 9:16,17Pastor: On that day the Lord their God will save them,

People: as the flock of his people!

Pastor: For like the jewels of a crown

People: they shall shine on his land!

All: For how great is his goodness, and how great his beauty!

3 4, 5, & 6 year-old children may be dismissed before the sermon to Godly Play in room 173.4

THE LORD GIVES US HIS SACRAMENT

The Sacrament of the Lord’s SupperCommunion, also called The Lord’s Supper or Eucharist, is the family meal of Christians. We invite all committedfollowers of Jesus Christ to share in this sacrament: those who are baptized members of a congregation that proclaims thegospel, who are at peace with God and their neighbor, and who seek strength to live in a deeper communion with Jesus.If you are not a Christian, or you are not prepared to share in this meal, we encourage you to spend this time in prayer.We hope that this time is helpful to you as you consider your relationship with Jesus Christ and with his people, the Church.

The Power of the Cross Getty/TownendOh to see the dawn of the darkest day.

Christ on the road to Calvary.Tried by sinful men, torn and beaten then.

Nailed to a cross of wood.

This, the pow’r of the cross.Christ became sin for us.

Took the blame, bore the wrath.We stand forgiven at the cross.

Oh to see the pain written on Your face.Bearing the awesome weight of sin.Ev’ry bitter thought, ev’ry evil deedCrowning Your bloodstained brow.

Now the daylight flees, now the ground beneathQuakes as its maker bows His head.

Curtain torn in two, dead are raised to life.“Finished!” the vict’ry cry.

Oh to see my name written in Your wounds,For through Your suf'fring I am free.

Death is crushed to death, life is mine to live,Won through Your selfless love!

This the pow’r of the cross.Son of God slain for us.What a life, what a cost.

We stand forgiven at the cross.

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THE LORD GIVES US HIS BLESSING

Benediction4 2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Jesus Messiah TomlinHis body the bread His blood the wine

Broken and poured out all for loveThe whole earth trembled and the veil was torn

Love so amazing love so amazing

Jesus Messiah Name above all namesBlessed Redeemer Emmanuel

The Rescue for sinnersThe Ransom from heavenJesus Messiah Lord of allJesus Messiah Lord of all

4 Just as God called us into His presence at the beginning, so now He commands His blessing upon us as we depart. We look up and extend our handsin a posture of thanksgiving as we receive this great gift. Our final response to God’s assurance of His peace and presence upon those who are in Christis a chorus of joyful song.

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Welcome, Pastor Roy Hubbard!Roy Hubbard, RUF Campus Minister at Alabama A&M. Roy grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana wherehe was one of 5 children. From there he attended Louisiana State University where he earned a degree inElementary Education. While at LSU, he was involved with RUF and was a member of South Baton RougePresbyterian (PCA). In July of 2005, he began the Masters of Divinity degree at Reformed TheologicalSeminary in Jackson and finished in May of 2008. While in seminary, Roy married Emily Chapman ofStarkville, Mississippi in March of 2007. They have one daughter, Iris, and a son, Jonas, and are expectingtheir 3rd child in July.

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“The Gospel According to Zechariah”Zechariah 3:1-7

Pastor Roy HubbardI. The Gospel Addresses Our Sin

II. The Gospel Addresses Our Righteousness

III. The Gospel Addresses Our Works

Sermons are available at the church web site www.decaturpca.org

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7:00pm YBR at the Schmidts’

TODAY

May 3 National Day of Prayer May 5 Decatur Steeplechase 8K May 6 Graduation Sunday May 6 Newcomers’ Lunch May 9 Kids Choir End of Year Parties May 13 DPC Mother’s Day Breakfast May 13 Ever After: Building Stronger Marriages May 16 Worship Choir & Band Music Appreciation Banquet June 25-29 VBS July 9-14 RYM August 26 Call Family Missionary Visit

FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Tuesday, 9:30am Women’s Bible Study @ DPC (nursery provided) Wednesday, 11:30am Men’s Bible Study @ ADTRAN 5:30pm Dinner / Guests Welcome 6:00pm Kid's Choirs: 5 Year Olds - 2nd Grade / Kids of the King 3rd Grade - 8th Grade / Dare 2 Declare YBR Small Groups (9th - 12th Grade) 6:15pm Midweek Bible Study Worship Choir Practice 6:30pm 4 Year Olds & Kindergarten / Kid's Quest 1st -2nd Grade / Discovery Club 3rd -5th Grade / Discovery Club Stampede (6th - 8th Grade) 7:45pm Praise Band Practice Thursday, 12:00pm Women’s Bible Study @ Neighborhood Christian Center Friday, 6:30am Men’s Bible Study @ Temple, Inc.

THIS WEEK

Medical MissionTrip to DR

PLEASE PRAY!Dr. Jay Suggs (medical)& Dr. Dale Hambright(dental) are leading amedical mission trip tothe Dominican RepublicApril 20 - 27. They are

working with DPC supported missionary, Dr.Silvia Martinez. Pray for physical needs to bemet in order to open the door to meet spiritu-al needs.Many of you may have seen the email last weekregarding Dr. Martinez’s urgent need for $3200 topurchase much needed medicine! Praise the Lordthat He has seen fit to meet that need through thepeople of DPC! Thank you for your faithfulness tomeet the needs of a lost and dying world thatdesperately needs the Gospel! If you feel Godleading you to help with this need, you may still doso through a check to DPC, but please include the“DR Medicine” on the memo portion of your check.

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DPC ANNOUNCEMENTSA Note From Elder Blake Temple

Dear Church Family,One of the many things that have impressed meabout the PCA, is that we have a system of churchgovernance that allows the local church to run theirchurch while at the same time providing help andoversight from Presbytery during times of need.Southwood Presbyterian Church’s congregation re-cently requested assistance from the Presbytery andas a consequence the Presbytery has appointed acommission of Teaching and Ruling Elders to serveSouthwood’s congregation as a temporary Session.The temporary Session will assist them in theirreconciliation efforts within their local church bodyand assist them in their process of nominating,training, and electing their next group of RulingElders. The temporary Session will be in place nolonger than (180) days, which began on April 1st.I am one of the Ruling Elders appointed to be onthe temporary Session for Southwood. As a result, Iwill not be in regular Sunday attendance at DPC, asI will need to be at Southwood in order to betterassist them for the next six months.So, I humbly ask that you pray for Southwoodduring this time as well as for wisdom and discern-ment for the temporary Session as we serve theirchurch. I will miss seeing you on Sunday morningsand the ability to be physically present with you aswe unite in the worship of our King.Thank you for your prayers and support.Blake

Faith Promise 2011-2012 UpdateAt DPC our support of world missions comes from a sepa-rate fund than that of the general budget. Our global mis-sionaries are supported from the Faith Promise budget. Ifyou’d like to make a gift to Faith Promise, just designate itso on your check. Pledge Total: $66,920 Pledged Given YTD: $56,021 Unpledged Given YTD: $34,495

Please join us for aBridal Tea Honoring

Lauren BarbareeBride-elect of Dan StephensonSunday, April 29 @ 2:00pmat the home of Margie Thompson

2319 Meadowbrook Road, SESelections at Pottery Barn,

Target & Belk

Thursday, May 324 HR Prayer Chain

“Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord”Psalm 33:12

“Sign up for a 30 minute slot to pray for ourNation! Email Bill before all the “good” timesare gone!”

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Lasagna / Garden SaladRolls

Tea & LemonadeKids: Nuggets

Tear here and place in the offering plate

Please e-mail your dinner reservations and/or changesto debbie@decaturpca.org or call the church office @351-6010 ext. 2.

Name: ________________________________________

No. of meals: Adult _________ Kids ________

Name: ________________________________________

Date: _________________________________________

No. of meals: Adult __________ Kids ________

VBS ANNOUNCEMENTMark your calendars!

ForChildren

Rising K - 5th

June 25 - 29

“The one concern of the devil is to keepChristians from praying. He fears nothing fromprayerless studies, prayerless work, andprayerless religion. He laughs at our toil,mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when wepray.” ~Samuel Chadwick

Terrific Tuesdays in April!Ladies, join us in the Food Court onTuesday, April 17 at 9:30am for aspring Bible study:

based on Proverbs 31 led byPastor Tommy Lee!

Child care available!

DPC UPDATE:DPC WORLD MISSIONS

Christ commands us to proclaim the Gospel to all the nations (Matt 28:19-20, Mark 16:15, Luke 24:45-47). A church is directly involved in God’s “World Mission” in its local area. However, we are also calledto support the spread of the gospel throughout the rest of the world, through both spiritual and materialsupport of churches and church planters.

DPC currently follows God’s calling to World Missions by supporting six missionaries: Daniel Cohee(church pastor in Taiwan); Joel and Judy Linton (church planter in Taiwan); Ray and Michelle Call (churchplanter in Mexico); Bill and Cheryl Nikides (pastor supporting churches in Muslim countries and commu-nities); Wayne and Amy Newsome (church planters in Japan); and Dr. Silvia Martinez (serves the Domin-ican Republic through health and medical ministries). We will be mailing prayer cards to the congregationshortly so that you can keep each in your prayers.

DPC’s philosophy is to significantly support a limited amount of missionaries (roughly 10% of their totalbudget) in order to 1) give the missionaries some stability and reduce the number of churches they needto stay in contact with and 2) to give our congregation the ability to develop deep relationships with ourmissionaries so that we can be a more real part of their lives and ministries. In order to stay in contactand develop those relationships, each Care Group is assigned a missionary family to keep in touch with,update the congregation on, pray for, and actively support.

A large part of what DPC has been involved with for many years are annual short term mission trips tothe Dominican Republic to work with Dr. Martinez. We ask that each member of DPC pray about andconsider going on one of these trips. God has used these trips to have a great impact in both the lives ofthe Dominicans and the Americans involved. Carol Godwin is leading several trips from May 28th to June25th. Please be in prayer for these trips.

Also, Dr. Jay Suggs and Dr. Dale Hambright are going on a medical missions trip to the Dominican RepublicApril 20-27. They also are raising money for the medicine they will be taking with them. Please be inprayer for them.

All World Missions support at DPC is funded through Faith Promise. This time every year the congrega-tion is asked to pledge in faith an amount to give to world missions through the year. This is money thatGod will provide above your tithe (sometimes it’s an unexpected windfall, sometimes it’s purposefullydoing without something throughout the year). Pray that God gives us the courage to follow His call tosupport those spreading His Gospel to all nations.

Please be in prayer about how you can support God's work around the world through giving throughFaith Promise, going on a short term trip, praying for our missionaries, or joining the DPC World MissionsTeam. If you would like to know more about the DPC World Missions Team please see any of the currentmembers: David and Kendra Mulligan; Greg and Debbie Smith; John Eyster; Scott and Julie Missildine;Lucinda Beddow; Wally and Linda Keasler; Wade and Leigh Littrell; Mike and Leslie Sexton.