"The Futility of Fighting God"

Welcome to the Morning Worship at College Heights Baptist on December the eleventh, 2022 the third Sunday of Advent - JOY service begins at 10:30 AM So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him! Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure! Psalm 31:11(NLT) Prelude with announcements Music “My Soul Magnifies the Lord” Welcome & Announcements Scripture & Prayer Music Luke 2:8-11 Debbie Cobb 87 77 “Joy to the World” “Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus” Mission Video Scripture & Prayer Message Lentz Upshaw “Serving Gods to Serving Jesus” Acts 7:44-8:3 David Cobb “The Futility of Fighting God” Lentz Upshaw (Acts 7:44-8:3) Response “He Has Come for Us (God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen)” Benediction Revelation 22:20-21 Postlude There is a joy which is not given to the ungodly, but to those who love Thee for Thine own sake, whose joy Thou Thyself art. And this is the happy life, to rejoice to Thee, of Thee, for Thee; this it is, and there is no other. AUGUSTINE (354-430) Calendar for this week Today 9:15 am Bible Study Classes 10:30 am Morning Worship live and online Nursery is provided during worship for preschool-aged children. Wednesday 9:30 am Ladies Bible Study (in recess until 1/11) 6:30 pm Conversational English Classes Saturday 8:00 am Ladies Acct. Grp. (in recess until 2023) Announcements, etc. International Missions Everyday over 150,000 people enter eternity without the hope of Jesus as Savior. Please join us as we observe the Week of Prayer for International Missions, where So. Baptists pray for IMB missionaries, their ministries, the unreached people, and the places they serve. In the foyer there are daily prayer guides giving you specific requests from missionaries around the world. One hundred percent of the gifts to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goes to support missionarie s p ro vid in g G o sp e l transformation to the unreached. Our goal this year is $4000 – but regardless of that, what is God calling on you to give? Monthly Business Meeting immediately following this service in the Church Parlor We are all strings in the concert of God’s joy. Deacons Scott Bowman . . . . . . . 936-718-6182 David Cobb . . . . . . . . . 620-210-1584 John Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-2365 Robert Murphy . . . . . . . . . . . 564-2526 Travis Pick . . . . . . . . . . 415-320-4575 George Wyatt . . . . . . . . . . . . 587-7671 Angel Tree Christmas Ministry This year we will be participating in the Angel Tree Christmas Ministry to provide gifts for the families of those who are incarcerated. You may pick up tree tags in the foyer. At the time of this printing, there were two gifts still left to be chosen. Some of the Angel Tree families will be attending our Open House (see below). Christmas Open House Wednesday, December 21, 6-9 PM Fellowship Hall Please bring one of your favorite fingerfoods to share. There will be a brief Angel Tree program beginning at 6:30. Joy is peace dancing and peace is joy at rest. F. B. MEYER (1847–1929) COLLEGE HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH 2320 Anderson Avenue 785.537.7744 email: office@collegeheightsbaptist.org website: collegeheightsbaptist.org facebook: college heights baptist manhattan Lentz Upshaw, pastor lentz@collegeheightsbaptist.org