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Sunday, August 24, 2025
10:30am – Order of Worship
- Gathering Hymn – Nothing But the Blood
- Announcements
- Call to Worship – Psalm 119:105-112
- Invocation
- Hymn – King of Kings
- Hymn – In Christ Alone
- Responsive Reading – Selected Passages
- Prayers of the People
- Children & Nursery Dismissal, Greeting
- Sermon – Exodus 13-17
- Hymn – Yet Not I But Through Christ in Me
- Benediction
Prayer List
- Church Family – this week, pray for: TAPLEY (Alesha, Lily, J.D.), VASQUEZ (Norma), WEATHERS (Rashad, Bri, Nyke, Ariyana, Chace)
- Meeting Location – We have outgrown our space! Pray for God’s provision of a new location.
- Whittens – pray for the Whittens as they move to Florida!
- Accardy – pray that Chris and Shelley’s home in Grenada would sell quickly.
- Moorhead – pray for Jason and Julie as they prepare to foster a child.
- Ángel David Pérez – pray for Ángel (16) as he recovers from amputation and ongoing treatment for osteosarcoma at St. Jude. Angel is recovering from surgery to close the incision on his leg.
- Expecting Moms – Betty Duffey
- Immigration – There are several families connected to CFC that are legally seeking residence in the US. Pray for this process.
- Addiction – Numerous loved ones connected to our church continue to struggle with chemical dependencies.
- Seriously Ill: Jeff Brady, Virginia Gardner
Announcements
- Children’s Church – Today
- Family Night – Aug 27, 6pm
- Women’s Fellowship – Sep 6
- Lord’s Supper – Sep 7
- Folklorico – Sep 13
- Nursery Volunteer Training – Sep 21
If you’re hungry for more connection, consider signing up for Dinner Groups! These groups of 6-8 people will meet monthly in rotating homes and will be randomly assigned. If that sounds like fun, sign-up here.
We are in need of nursery volunteers! See Jessie or use this form to sign-up. Thanks!
Our annual Folklorico will be held on Saturday, September 13 in Senatobia between 1:00-7:00pm. Wear clothing and bring food that represents your cultural heritage. There will also be an opportunity to sing or dance if you want!
Family Night is back, Wednesdays at 6:00pm. Join us for dinner, fellowship, games, and programs for all ages! This week is brown-bag (bring your own food) and the topic is “God’s Covenant with Man”.
Upcoming Women’s Events: Women’s Fellowship, September 6 at 10am. Women’s Prayer Time, September 14 at 10am.
Caleb is working on a new Church Directory. Look for an email or update your photo and information on Church Center.
Join us every Sunday at 10:00am for Coffee & Treats in Bay 5! If you would like to volunteer to bring treats and help host, use this link.
The Church Calendar is moving to the Church Center app. Use this link to download.
To better serve Desoto County, we created a brief Gift Survey. Help us do our job “to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ…” (Ephesians 4:12) (www.cfpca.org/serve)
We provide a Weekly Devotional using the sermon manuscript: (www.cfpca.org/devotional) We also have a Book Table! Prices are suggested donations.
Looking for another way to serve the local community? Consider volunteering with the Dream Center! Use this link to sign-up: https://www.desotodreamcenter.org/volunteer
Our elders feel called to help plant a new church in Southaven. Specifically, we are praying for an African-American church planter. This work is in the very early stages. Please pray for God to send the right man to lead it!
Giving to the church is an act of worship. “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” (2 Cor. 9:7) If you are committed to this church and would like to support the ministry financially, there’s an offering box on the entry table. You may also give online (www.cfpca.org/give) or text GIVE and any dollar amount to: (833) 789-8739
| Financial Snapshot | Year to Date | ||
| Year to Date | Better/(Worse) | ||
| Jul ’25 | Jul ’25 | than Budget | |
| Expenses | $ 26,540 | $ 26,540 | 1,117 |
| Offerings | 17,685 | 17,685 | (7,315) |
| Net Surplus(/Deficit) | $ (8,855) | $ (8,855) | $ (6,198) |
| Outside Giving | 2,165 | 2,165 | 1,165 |
| Total Surplus/(Deficit) | $ (6,680) | $ (6,680) | $ (5,023) |
| Ending Church Balance | $ 118,519 |