"It Is Better than You Think it Is!"

Welcome to the Morning Worship at College Heights Baptist on the sixth day of July, 2025 service begins at 10:30 AM You are my God, and I will praise you! You are my God, and I will exalt you! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good! His faithful love endures forever. Psalm 118:28, 29 (NLT) Prelude with announcements Music “Great Things” Welcome & Announcements Scripture & Prayer Music Lentz Upshaw Psalm 14 Bob Ridley “Come, Thou Fount, Come, Thou King” “King of Kings” Scripture & Prayer Ephesians 1:15-23 “It Is Better than You Think it Is!” Sermon John Ball Lentz Upshaw (Ephesians 1:15-23) Response “Jesus, Thank You” Benediction Ephesians 3:20, 21 Lentz Upshaw God’s blessings steal into life noiselessly. They are neither self-proclaiming nor even self-announcing. HENRY WARD BEECHER (1813-1887) Weekly Calendar Today 9:15 am Bible Study Classes 10:30 am Morning Worship live and online Nursery is provided during worship for preschool-aged children. 6:00 pm Hour of Prayer Monday 8:00 am Masculine Mandate Bible Study (in recess) Tuesday 3:30 pm Ladies Accountability Group 7:30 pm Young Women’s Bible Study Wednesday 7:00 am Masculine Mandate Bible Study (in recess) 9:30 am Ladies Bible Study (in recess) 6:45 pm Conver. Engl. (in recess) Announcements, etc. Vacation Bible School (July 14-17) • Prayer Team - If you would like to be on the VBS Prayer Team, please text Jaiden at 785-410-5970. • Decorating for VBS - The VBS Team needs help decorating next week, July 7th - July 13th. If you have some extra time next week and would like to help, please contact Amy Upshaw, text 785-473-3892. Ladies Summer Events Ladies, sign up in the foyer for the remaining classes, “Making Freezer Jams” led by Carol Wyatt on this Thursday, and “Learning to Make Sourdough Starter and Bread” led by Eva Sue Akins, July 22 AM. This is the last time to sign up!! Church Clean-Up THIS Saturday, July 12th, 9-11 AM Let John Ball know if you plan to attend. Think how good God is! He gives us the physical, mental, and spiritual ability to work in his kingdom, and then he rewards us for do it! ERWIN W. LUTZER (1941– ) God is so good that he only awaits our desire to overwhelm us with the gift of himself. FRANÇOIS FÉNELON (1651-1715) Deacons (this month’s) John Ball . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410-8168 Drew Holliday . . . . . . . . . . . 364-7426 Jerry Lawson . . . . . . . . 405-788-1317 John Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539-6374 Robert Murphy . . . . . . . . . . 410-6575 Business Meeting Next Sunday after worship. 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