Sunday Service for August 18 Also: Last Play Date of the Summer

"We're on a mission from God!" If you remember the Blues Brothers from 1980's Saturday Night Live, you will remember that famous quote. I never figured out what mission the Blues Brothers were on but I think they may have been onto something. The reality is that if we profess to be a church, we are "on a mission from God" because we are all called to the work of carrying the light of God's love into the dark corners of life. As we near the conclusion of our summer series on the long range plan for FCC, we come to the place where we put into action all the values, purpose and vision statements that we have been learning about over the past two months. The question now is "what is our mission" and "are ready to accept it?" This Sunday's worship experience puts those questions before us. Are we really "on a mission from God?" Each one of us has to answer that question, for ourselves and for our church.


This Sunday, David Nussmann will be sharing two favorite hymns both with words by Erena Murray. The Anthem will be Sing a Happy Alleluia by Tracy Shirk, and the offering will be For the Music of Creation sung to the tune Ode to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven. Organist, Gavin Craig, will play Paraphrase sur une mélodie de Beethoven by Marcel Dupré and Nun lob mein Seel de Herrn by Johann Christoph Bach. Our congregational hymns will be O God of Every Nation (LLANGLOFFAN); God of Grace and God of Glory (CWM RHONDDA); and By Gracious Powers (BONHOEFFER).

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Our last FCC Play Date will be Monday, August 19. Parents will need to bring a lunch for themselves and their kiddos if you want to eat. Plenty of water is encouraged as well. This is a great chance to get our kids together, but also to hang out with other parents! Contact Rev. Katelin Warren at katelin@fcc-houston.org with questions. Hope to see you there!!

  

Please Note:  This is not a "love 'em and leave 'em play date." You are responsible for the care and feeding of your children while they are here.  Please do not plan on dropping them off and leaving.  We want to get to know our parents as much as our kids want to play together.