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FBC Forest Park Radio

God speaks through music! Our incredible music team works hard every week to help us focus our hearts on God, usher us into His presence, and lead us as we worship Him! But that song in our heart does not have to stop playing on Sunday. Follow along throughout the week on FBC Forest Park Radio. Click the link below for our custom playlist.


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Order of Worship

Call to Worship

We offer a song of praise celebrating who God is and all He has done!

  • What He's Done



Welcome and Announcements 

Visit The Leaf so you can keep us with all the things to know and our Church Calendar to see all that's happening at FBC Forest Park .



Prayer of Illumination 

We invite the Holy Spirit to minister to each of us as He intercedes on our behalf, corrects and encourages us in our relationship with The Father through The Son, and illuminates God’s word in our hearts through the reading and teaching of Scripture. 



Song of Adoration and Thanksgiving

We sing songs that extol God’s grace and truth, strengthen our faith, and encourage our love for Him and others. 

  • This Is Amazing Grace



Reading of the Law

  • Romans 6:15-16
  • Well then, since God’s grace has set us free from the law, does that mean we can go on sinning? Of course not! Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living.



Confession of Sin - Song

God’s holiness exposes our corporate and individual sins. God's grace, displayed most prominently through Jesus’ death on the cross, invites us to be reunited with The Father through the regular confession of sin. Repentance is an invitation into His grace. 

  • Turn Your Eyes



Offering of Forgiveness and Reconciliation

We recognize our sins were forgiven by Christ’s death on the cross and, therefore, we are called by God to forgive others who sin against us. We offer others our forgiveness and pray for reconciled relationships.

  • Colossians 3:13
  • Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.



Offering of Forgiveness and Reconciliation - Song

  • Thank You Jesus For The Blood



Personal Prayer

We pause to pray and reflect on all God has revealed to us through worship, the reading of His word, and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. We prayerfully respond with courage, honesty, and obedience.



Assurance of Pardon

God declares from his Word and through his Church that all who repent and believe in Jesus Christ are forgiven of their sins.

  • Romans 7:6
  • But now we have been released from the law, for we died to it and are no longer captive to its power. Now we can serve God, not in the old way of obeying the letter of the law, but in the new way of living in the Spirit.



Family Prayer

We intercede before God on behalf of our church and our community. 



Scripture Reading and Sermon

God addresses His people through the reading and preaching of His word to edify believers and exhort all people to make sense of, make much of, and make use of the Good News of Jesus Christ. 



Offertory and Response 

We offer an opportunity for you to make public your decision to follow Jesus, your desire to be baptized, your interest in joining our church, or any other significant spiritual decision you have made during our service. 


We also give back to God recognizing He is the source of all things and blesses us through His providence and sovereignty. It is our honor to return our tithes and offerings to Him in recognition of His grace.



Doxology - Congregational Singing

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Praise Him all creatures here below.

Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts.

Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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Let us know how God is working in your life.

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Sermon Notes

Fans and Followers - Part 1



Being a fan is very different from being a player. 


Jesus had many fans...


Luke 13:24-27 - Believing in Jesus and following Him are not the same

Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem. 23Someone asked him, “Lord, will only a few be saved?”

He replied, 24“Work hard to enter the narrow door to God’s Kingdom, for many will try to enter but will fail.25When the master of the house has locked the door, it will be too late. You will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Lord, open the door for us!’ But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’26Then you will say, ‘But we ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’  27And he will reply, ‘I tell you, I don’t know you or where you come from. Get away from me, all you who do evil.’



So what is the difference between a believer in Jesus and a follower?

  • Zach Zehnder - "Red Letter Challenge"
  • Jesus taught and modeled 5 principles 
  • Being
  • Forgiving
  • Serving
  • Giving
  • Going


John 15:1-4 - Being Leads to Doing

“I am the true grapevine, and my Father is the gardener.  2He cuts off every branch of mine that doesn’t produce fruit, and he prunes the branches that do bear fruit so they will produce even more.  3You have already been pruned and purified by the message I have given you.  4Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.


Matthew 7:21-23 - Doing does not lead to being

  “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.  22On judgment day many will say to me, ‘Lord! Lord! We prophesied in your name and cast out demons in your name and performed many miracles in your name.’23But I will reply, ‘I never knew you. Get away from me, you who break God’s laws.’


John 5:5-8

“Yes, I am the vine; you are the branches. Those who remain in me, and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing.  6Anyone who does not remain in me is thrown away like a useless branch and withers. Such branches are gathered into a pile to be burned.  7But if you remain in me and my words remain in you, you may ask for anything you want, and it will be granted!  8When you produce much fruit, you are my true disciples. This brings great glory to my Father.


The balance seems hard to find. 

How do you learn something new? ...especially if it's difficult? 

  • You learn from someone who knows more than you!


1 Corinthians 10:31-33

So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 32Don’t give offense to Jews or Gentiles or the church of God. 33I, too, try to please everyone in everything I do. I don’t just do what is best for me; I do what is best for others so that many may be saved.


1 Corinthians 11:1

Follow me as I follow Christ. (MEV)

And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ. (NLT)

Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ. (NIV)


Role Model Revolution 

  • Starts Wednesday
  • The Forge movie 
  • Learn how to lead (role models)
  • Learn to follow 
  • We will all learn what it means to be a follower of Jesus!


I Have Decided…


…to be a follower. 

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Weekly Budget Update


Last week's giving:

  • $4,954.00


Amount needed each week to make full budget of $676,572.00 by year end:

  • $12,644.18


Total funds needed YTD:

  • $55,576.72


Total giving received YTD:

  • $18,339.51


Difference in funds needed vs funds received:

  • -$32,237.21


Percentage of giving received vs. funds needed YTD:

  • 36%



Our Faith Offering is designated giving specifically for missions over and above our normal tithes.


Last week's Faith Offering:

  • $445.00


Total Faith Offering YTD:

  • $730.00

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