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Call to Worship:  taken from Hebrews 13:8; Psalm 119:90; Isaiah 40:26

• Leader: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
• All: The LORD is faithful to all generations
• Leader: Lift up your eyes on high and see: who created these He who brings out their host by number, calling them all by name.
• All: Not one is missing — our God never fails.
• Leader: Come, let us worship the God whose Spirit empowers His people in every generation
• All: The LORD is our God; we will worship Him together.

Your Grace Is Enough

Psalm 34 Taste and See

Prayer of Confession: Isaiah 53:6

• Leader: All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all

Silent Confession

Assurance of Pardon: Titus 3:4–7

• Leader: But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life

His Mercy Is More

Greeting and Announcements

Missions Moment: JJ and Susan Foster

Let The Nations Be Glad (children dismissed)

Congregational Prayer

Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 2:1-4, 6-14

Sermon: Anthony Gammage “The Farewell Tour”

General Offering

Is He Worthy

Benediction

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Title: “The Farewell Tour”
Preacher: Anthony Gammage

Text: 2 Kings 2:1-4, 6-14

2 Now when the Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. 2 And Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me as far as Bethel.” But Elisha said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So they went down to Bethel. 3 And the sons of the prophets who were in Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, “Do you know that today the Lord will take away your master from over you?” And he said, “Yes, I know it; keep quiet.”

6 Then Elijah said to him, “Please stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan.” But he said, “As the Lord lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you.” So the two of them went on. 7 Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood at some distance from them, as they both were standing by the Jordan. 8 Then Elijah took his cloak and rolled it up and struck the water, and the water was parted to the one side and to the other, till the two of them could go over on dry ground.

9 When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” And Elisha said, “Please let there be a double portion of your spirit on me.” 10 And he said, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it shall be so for you, but if you do not see me, it shall not be so.” 11 And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 12 And Elisha saw it and he cried, “My father, my father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” And he saw him no more.

Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. 13 And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. 14 Then he took the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and struck the water, saying, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” And when he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.

Sermon Outline

1. God’s Hand in Change (1–6)
– Place (1–2, 4
-Perserverance (2–6)
2. God’s Succession Plan (7–10)
– God confirms His work through succession (7–8)
– God provides His Spirit for the mission (9–10)
3. God’s Power Persists (11–14)
– Leaders Go, but the Lord Remains (11–12)
-The Mantle Falls, but the Spirit Stays (13–14)

Adult School of Discipleship

• Glimpses of our Identity as Christ’s People – meets in the auditorium
• Weekly Prayer Meeting – meets in room 101

Young Adults (18 – 30 year olds)

• meets upstairs in room 303
• contact Michelle Yardumian for more information

Senior High Youth (9 – 12th grade)

• meets upstairs in room 306
• contact Dave Hopping for more information

Junior High Youth (6 – 8th grade)

• meets upstairs in room 307
• contact Sydney Becker for more information

Children (0 – 5th grade)

• There is no Sunday School for 3 years old – 4th grade in July or August. Nursery is available for 0-2 years old. Read more about our children’s ministry HERE.

At New Life Dresher, we warmly welcome individuals of all ages with special needs, whether they are children, young adults, or adults. Contact Amy Gill for more information.

For JJ and Susan Foster serving in Spain: 

• ⁠Pray for our atheist/agnostic friends. We’ve been having some deeper conversations lately, but they seem so far away from considering Jesus. 
• Ask God to sustain and encourage the pastors we work with, as well as their families. Recently, one pastors wife, amid yet another church conflict situation, said to Susan, “Sometimes we wonder if it’s worth it.” Pray for Jesus to sustain them with a bigger sense of His worthiness, and for them to know Him as their refuge
• ⁠Pray for us and our boys. We just dropped our oldest off for his first year at Anderson University. And we will be leaving our middle son at Black Forest Academy this coming Wednesday.  
• Pray that we would know Jesus intimately ourselves, and tend to our own relationships with Him.