A Healing Community
August 13, 2023

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Prayer of Confession
Almighty and most merciful Father,
We have erred and strayed from your ways like lost sheep.
We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts.
We have offended your holy laws.
We have left undone what we ought to have done,
and we have done what we ought not to have done,
and there is little health in us.
Yet, good Lord, have mercy on us:
restore those who are penitent,
according to your promises declared to us in Jesus Christ our Lord.
And grant, merciful Father, for his sake,
That we may live a godly, righteous, and obedient life,
to the glory of your holy name. Amen.

Response to Assurance of Pardon
Alleluia. Alleluia
Alleluia. Alleluia. Alle - lu - ia.
Alleluia. Alleluia
Alleluia. Alleluia. I am free.

John 5:1-15
1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed, and they waited for the moving of the waters. 4 From time to time an angel of the Lord would come down and stir up the waters. The first one into the pool after each such disturbance would be cured of whatever disease they had. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight
years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a long time, he asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
7 “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.”
8 Then Jesus said to him, “Get up! Pick up your mat and walk.” 9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath, 10 and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.” 11 But he replied, “The man who made me well said to me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” 12 So they asked him, “Who is this fellow who told you to pick it up and walk?” 13 The man who was healed had no idea who it was, for Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.
14 Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you.” 15 The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.

"See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of HEALING by that one Spirit... 1 Corinthians 12:7-9

God Is Good
Jonathan McReynolds
May your struggles keep you near the cross
And may your troubles show that you need God
And may your battles end the way they should

And may your bad days prove that God is good
And may your whole life prove that God is good
May your bad days prove that God is good
May your whole life prove that God is good
May your bad days prove that God is good
And let your whole life prove that God is good

© 2018 Jmcreynolds, Tyscot Music, Fair Trade Music Publishing, Small Stone Media, Song Solutions Limited, ARR, ICS, UBP.

BEYOND SUNDAY
What does it mean to be the church of Jesus Christ? During this 8-week series, we will focus on what it means to be the community of believers. This week, our focus is on recognizing our forgiveness and who we are called to be as a healing community.

1. Do you want to be well? Life is more than our physical well being, but when something is not right, focus on our bodies captures our attention. There are four important gauges in our lives: physical (condition, strength, rest), mental, emotional, relational, spiritual. From 0 to 10 (empty to full) how are we doing in each of those areas of life? Are there other areas in your life other than the one that has your attention that God wants to touch you?

2. The lame man complained he had no one to help him into the healing water at the right time. It became a tape that he constantly used so much so that he couldn't even hear the question Jesus asked. What are the "tapes" in your life that prevent you from hearing Jesus asking you, "Do you want to be well?"

3. Do you recognize when Jesus heals you be it your physical body, mental health, emotions, relationships, spiritual? Do you, like the lame man, tell others that it was Jesus? If not, why not?

4. What is your normal response when someone shares that they are hurting? Sympathize? Empathize? Offer words of encouragement? Say, "I'll put you on the prayer chain?" Or "I will pray for you." Or do you instinctively pray right then and there to ask for God's mercy, grace, and healing power?

5. Share a story in which it became clear that you were a part of God's healing power or where you witnessed the signs and wonders of God.

For PCC's budgeted giving year
(June 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024)

Annual Budget: $3,100,000

Giving Update (as of 8/8/23)
Needed to Date: $775,000
Giving to Date: $342,602

Shortfall to Date: $432,398