Sunday Service Program
SERVICE SCHEDULE
Opening Praise
Grace Church Worship Team
Corporate Prayer & Apostles’ Creed
Scripture Reading
John 4:1-30 (ESV)
Sermon
”Come and See”
Rev. Gus Kim
Announcements
Rev. Gus Kim
Benediction
Rev. Gus Kim
LORD’S PRAYER
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins,
as we forgive those who sin against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom,
the power, and the glory are yours
now and forever.
Amen.
APOSTLES’ CREED
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and earth.
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried.
He descended into hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
and sits on the right hand of God
the Father Almighty.
From there he will come to judge
the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Holy catholic* Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.
*universal
SCRIPTURE
John 4:1-30 (ESV)
1 Now when Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John
2 (although Jesus himself did not baptize, but only his disciples),
3 he left Judea and departed again for Galilee.
4 And he had to pass through Samaria.
5 So he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the field that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
6 Jacob's well was there; so Jesus, wearied as he was from his journey, was sitting beside the well. It was about the sixth hour.
7 A woman from Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, “Give me a drink.”
8 (For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Samaria?” (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
10 Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
11 The woman said to him, “Sir, you have nothing to draw water with, and the well is deep. Where do you get that living water?
12 Are you greater than our father Jacob? He gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his livestock.”
13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,
14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
15 The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”
16 Jesus said to her, “Go, call your husband, and come here.”
17 The woman answered him, “I have no husband.” Jesus said to her, “You are right in saying, ‘I have no husband’;
18 for you have had five husbands, and the one you now have is not your husband. What you have said is true.”
19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”
21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father.
22 You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father is seeking such people to worship him.
24 God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”
25 The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ). When he comes, he will tell us all things.”
26 Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he.”
27 Just then his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?”
28 So the woman left her water jar and went away into town and said to the people,
29 “Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?”
30 They went out of the town and were coming to him.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Welcome to Grace Church
We welcome you to our Sunday worship service. If you are new or visiting, we would love to connect with you. Please fill out the connection card by the welcoming desk or on our website at graceny.org/connect. Also, follow us on Instagram @gracenychurch and subscribe to our YouTube channel at youtube.com/graceny.
2. Neighborhood Gift Giving (Dec. 18th)
We will be giving out gifts to the neighbors of Grace Church today. We ask all volunteers to gather in the back of the cafeteria at 3:15 P.M. to pray for our neighbors and to visit their homes. Please contact Chaerin Kim or Taegi Kim if you wish to volunteer.
3. Christmas Sunday Service (Dec. 25th)
A joint service with Haeun Church will take place next week at 11:00 A.M. Please prayerfully invite your family and friends to join us as we celebrate our Lord, Jesus Christ. The service address is Holy Cross High School (26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd Flushing, NY. 11358).
4. New Year’s Worship Service (Jan. 1st)
Given that the New Year falls on a Sunday, our New Year’s prayer will be part of our Sunday worship service. If you would like to receive prayer from the elders and Pastor Gus, you may come to the front of the auditorium immediately after service that day.
5. Baptism Ceremony (Jan. 1st)
The following individuals will be baptized/confirmed on Sunday, January 1st. Please keep them in your prayers.
Infant baptism: Elia Kim (the daughter of Andrew and Lauren Kim), William Eru Yoo (the son of Thomas and Tara Yoo)
Confirmation: Jonathan Ha
6. 2023 Vision T-Shirt Design Contest Voting
Thank you for your participation in the t-shirt design contest! Please vote on your favorite design (besides your own) by the 1st floor fellowship hall before heading in for lunch. The winning Life Group and design will be announced on January 1st!
9. Pray with Us
Here are some prayer topics that we ask you to keep in your prayers:
1. Covid-19
2. Ukraine
3. Missionaries and partnering churches
- Chris Ko (Simplicity, New York)
- Emmanuel Muhammed (Hebron, Nigeria)
- Esther Lee (Cru, New York)
- Nicholas Song (YWAM, Hawaii)
- Paul Smethurst (Hope-Gobaith, Wales)
- Peter Cho (Tabernacle, Wales)
- Young Rok Kim (YWAM, Haiti)
You may also share your prayer requests at graceny.org/prayer.
This Week on Grace Church
Daily Bible Reading Plan: 1 Peter / 1 & 2 John
Mon. BRF (Bible Reading & Fellowship): 2 Samuel
Tue. Book Club: TBA
Thurs. Bible Study: Hebrews
Meeting Room #1 — Zoom ID: 9172223333 / PW: 3333
Wed — Wednesday Prayer Room: 8:00 P.M.