1. Bayshore Gardens Community Church
Believing, Again
Gaining Hope
Caring Relationships
Christ Jesus

2. WE EXTEND A WARM WELCOME TO
MEMBERS,
REGULAR ATTENDERS,
and
THOSE VISITING TODAY.
If you are visiting with us,
we welcome you to our church!
You are no longer a stranger
for you are with the people of God.

3. THE WHITE ATTENDANCE PAD so that we may celebrate your
WE INVITE YOU TO SIGN
THE WHITE ATTENDANCE PAD
so that we may celebrate your
presence with us today!
Please pass it on
to the next person
and then back down the row

4. and Read the Announcements for fellowship and service
Please Take
Your Bulletins Home
With You
and Read the Announcements
We invite you to
take advantage
of the Opportunities
for fellowship and service

5. NOVEMBER
CONSISTORY MEETING
THIS TUESDAY,
NOVEMBER 8
7:00 PM
Room 3 - Education Bldg

6. Bayshore Gardens Community Church
Believing, Again
Gaining Hope
Caring Relationships
Christ Jesus

7. [ Pastor / CONGREGATION ]
THE CALL TO WORSHIP
Based on Romans 11:33-36)
[ Pastor / CONGREGATION ]
How deep and profound
is the wisdom and knowledge
possessed by God;
HIS DECISIONS
CANNOT BE COMPREHENDED
BY MERE MORTAL BEINGS.

8. It is impossible for God’s paths
to be traced by human ways.
NO ONE CAN KNOW
THE MIND OF THE LORD,
NOR DOES HE SEEK OUR ADVICE.
God does not need anything we have
for all we possess
already belongs to Him;

9. EVERYTHING WAS CREATED BY HIM
AND ALL THINGS EXIST
THROUGH HIM AND FOR HIM.
To God be the glory forever and ever!
TO GOD BE THE GLORY,
GREAT THINGS HE HAS DONE!

10. **THE OPENING HYMN
#56

11. (1a)
To God be the glory,
Great things He has done.
So loved He the world that
He gave us His son
Who yielded His life
An atonement for sin,
And opened the Life-Gate
That all may go in.

12. (1b)
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father
Through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory,
Great things He has done.

13. (2a)
O perfect redemption,
the purchase of blood,
To every believer
The promise of God;
The vilest offender
Who truly believes,
That moment from Jesus
A pardon receives.

14. (2b)
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father
Through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory,
Great things He has done.

15. (3a)
Great things He has taught us,
Great things He has done,
And great our rejoicing
Through Jesus the Son;
But purer and higher
And greater will be
Our wonder, our transport,
When Jesus we see.

16. (3b)
Praise the Lord, Praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father
Through Jesus the Son,
And give Him the glory,
Great things He has done.

17. THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION
SILENT PRAYERS OF
THANKSGIVING AND CONFESSION
Psalm 51:1,7
Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your unfailing love; In Your great compassion, blot out my transgressions; Remove my sin, and I will be clean; Wash me and I will be whiter than snow.

18. THE SONG OF RESPONSE
#575

19. What a fellowship, (1)
what a joy divine, Leaning on the everlasting arms; What a blessedness,
what a peace is mine, Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Leaning, leaning,
safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms.

20. Oh, how sweet to walk (2)
in this pilgrim way, Leaning on the everlasting arms; Oh, how bright the path
grows from day to day, Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Leaning, leaning,
safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms.

21. What have I to dread, (3)
what have I to fear, Leaning on the everlasting arms? I have blessed peace
with my Lord so near, Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Leaning, leaning,
safe and secure from all alarms; Leaning, leaning,
leaning on the everlasting arms.

23. A TIME OF SHARING WITH
GOD’S CHILDREN
OF ALL AGES

24. THE HOLY SCRIPTURE Luke 16:1-13
Jesus told his disciples a story: There was a master whose manager was accused of wasting the master’s possessions. So the master called in the manager and asked him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.’ The manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg.

25. I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.’
So the manager called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ ‘Eight hundred gallons of olive oil,’ he replied. So the manager told him, ‘Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred.’
Then he asked the second, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A thousand bushels of wheat,’ he replied. Then the manager told him, ‘Take your bill and make it eight hundred.’

26. The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the ‘people of the light.’
I tell you, use your worldly wealth to gain friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings. Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much. And whoever is dishonest with very little, will also be dishonest with much.

27. So if you have not been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will trust you with true riches? And if you have not been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you property of your own?
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and worldly possessions.

28. THE SONG OF PREPARATION
‘INTO MY HEART’
Into my heart,
Come into my heart, Lord Jesus.
Come in today,
Come in to stay,
(Repeat)

29. A DISHONORABLE MANAGER’
THE SERMON
‘HONORABLE LESSONS
LEARNED FROM
A DISHONORABLE MANAGER’
Luke 16:1-13
Rev. Dr. Daniel Herlein

30. The FIRST honorable Lesson
from the dishonorable manager
THINK before
you ACT!

31. The SECOND honorable Lesson From the dishonorable Manager
Be HONEST when you have made a mistake
and
be HONORABLE in resolving the error.

32. The THIRD honorable Lesson From the dishonorable Manager
The more we try to COVER UP our sins
the DEEPER we have
to dig the hole.

33. The shocking ‘punch line’ of this parable is found in verse 8a . . .
‘The wealthy man COMMENDED the dishonest manager because he had acted SHREWDLY.’ (φρόνιμος)
That’s astounding ! ! !
Why would Jesus say that?
Hint: See verse 8b

34. For the people of this world are more shrewd
Verse 8b
For the people of this world
are more shrewd
in dealing with their own kind
than are the people of the light.

35. The FOURTH honorable Lesson from the dishonorable manager
Our Christian faith
will be what we say it is
with our WORDS,
ONLY when our
PRIORITIES show it
with our ACTIONS.

36. in the FUTURE by the wise use of our PRESENT possessions.
The FIFTH honorable Lesson
from the dishonorable Manager
We are expected to invest
in the FUTURE
of Gods Kingdom
by the wise use of our PRESENT possessions.
(Luke 16:9)

37. The SIXTH honorable Lesson from the dishonorable manager
USING our possessions
and LOVING people
is the honorable way it ought to be
… BUT …
LOVING our possessions
and USING people
only leads to dishonor and misery.

38. The Pastoral Prayer and The Lord’s Prayer
OUR FATHER, WHO ART IN HEAVEN,
HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE,
ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD,
AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS;
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM,
AND THE POWER, AND THE GLORY FOREVER
AMEN.

39. As A Tangible Expression To Financially Support
OUR OFFERING
As A Tangible Expression
Of Our Gratitude To God,
We Joyfully Offer Our
Monetary Gifts
To Financially Support
God's Work At
Bayshore Gardens
Community Church

40. Harriet Hoeksema and Pastor Dan
OFFERTORY MUSIC
I Am Thine, O Lord
Harriet Hoeksema and Pastor Dan

41. THE DOXOLOGY PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW;
PRAISE HIM ALL CREATURES HERE BELOW;
PRAISE HIM ABOVE YE HEAVENLY HOST;
PRAISE FATHER, SON AND HOLY GHOST.
AMEN

42. THE CLOSING HYMN
#410

43. (1a)
Standing on the promises
of Christ my King,
Through eternal ages
let His praises ring,
Glory in the highest,
I will shout and sing,
Standing on the
promises of God.

44. (1b)
Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises
of God my Savior;
I’m standing
on the promises of God.

45. (2a)
Standing on the promises
that cannot fail,
When the howling storms
of doubt and fear assail,
By the living Word of God
I shall prevail,
Standing on the
promises of God.

46. (2b)
Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises
of God my Savior;
I’m standing
on the promises of God.

47. (3a)
Standing on the promises
of Christ, the Lord,
Bound to Him eternally
by love’s strong cord,
Overcoming daily
with the Spirit’s sword,
Standing on the
promises of God.

48. (3b)
Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises
of God my Savior;
I’m standing
on the promises of God.

49. (4a)
Standing on the promises,
I cannot fall,
Listening every moment
to the Spirit’s call,
Resting in my Savior
as my all in all,
Standing on the
promises of God.

50. (4b)
Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises
of God my Savior;
I’m standing
on the promises of God.

51. THE PASTORAL BENEDICTION
Go forth from this place
as God’s elect and covenant people . . .
AMEN