Psalm 148 — Bro. Finney Premkumar

Order of Worship

April 28th, 2013 Worship Service

Welcome & Greetings

Praise Songs/Choruses UECF Choir

*Call to Worship(Responsive Reading):

Leader: Praise the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights!

People: Praise him all his angels; praise him all his host!

Leader: Praise the Lord, sun and moon; praise him all you shining stars!

People: Praise him you highest heavens, and you waters above the heavens!

Leader: The Lord commanded and they were created. By his word they came into being.

People: He established them forever and ever. He fixed their bounds, which cannot be passed.

Leader: Let everything and everyone praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted;

People: God’s glory alone is above earth and heaven.

*Opening Hymn ‘Love Divine All Loves Excelling ’ RCH#92

*Opening Prayer (in Unison) Gracious Lord, you have promised to meet those who seek Your face. Come now, as we worship you with prayer and song, be present as we read and hear you Scriptures, as we celebrate your love and ask your blessings to be upon all people. Bless us to be a blessing to our families, our communities, and the world you have given, both now, and forevermore. Amen!

Program Details

Old Testament Lesson Psalm 148

Epistle Lesson Romans 12 1-8

Worship Songs in Telugu UECF Choir

Intercessory Prayer & Lord's Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Offertory

*Doxology

Offertory Prayer Pastor Ravinder

Gospel Lesson John 13 31-35

Sermon Bro. Finney Premkumar

Holy Communion

*Closing Hymn ‘I am Thine, O Lord’ RCH#358

*Closing Prayer & Benediction Pastor Ravinder

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Thanks to Rev. Dr. David Ravinder and Bro. Finney Premkumar for ministering to us today.
Next week, Bro. Vijay Benedict will bring the Special Music (Concert) and the Word of God.
UECF Mothers Day will be celebrated on May 12^th. Please invite your family and friends for this special event. Please sign-up the Fellowship Roster if you would like to bring any food item.
Mrs. Jayasudha(Film Actress and Secunderabad MLA) will share her testimony on April 19^th . Please invite your family and friends for this special event.
Last Sunday’s Offering was $876:00. We thank you for your support.
Today’s Fellowship Hour is hosted by PAGADALAs.
Please sign-up the Fellowship Roster if you would like to volunteer to host the Fellowship Coffee Hour.

Apr

UECF Women

DEVIs

21
UECF

28
PAGADALAs

May

UECF Men

19
UECF Families

June

16
UECF Women

Birthdays:

- Mr. Martin Ravoori 28^th April
- Mrs. Rajani Ravoori 01^st May
- Prashanth Borugadda 02^nd May
- Sonali Koduri 03^rd May

Anniversary:

Mrs. Daizy & Mr. Ravi Rapaka 30^th April
Mrs. Suneela & Mr. Clarence Ponnapalli 02^nd May
Mrs. Kavitha & Mr. Joshua Shaik 05^th May

Birth Announcement:

Mrs. Preethi & Mr. Joshua(Phani) Pilli are blessed with a baby girl. Joha Aastha Pilli was born on Saturday, April 20^th 2013 at 11:00 PM in JFK Medical Center. She weighed 8lbs and 22’’ long. Congratulations to the PILLIs!

About Mr. Finney Premkumar

Mr. Finney Premkumar currently works as Account Executive for Unlimited Innovations (UI), a software development firm located in Anaheim Hills, CA. UI provides business software solutions within the Healthcare, Financial and Aerospace sectors. Mr. Premkumar is particularly focused on the aerospace domain and works closely with Tier 1 companies like Northrop Grumman, Boeing and Lockheed Martin. He writes, “God has graciously provided the opportunity and privilege for me to preach at various churches: Arcadia Presbyterian Church, CSI Church of Los Angeles, New Beginnings Christian Fellowship, Houston Tamil Church, Austin Christian Fellowship of India, Malayali Christian Fellowship of Nashville, Indo-Pak Church in Phoenix and the extraordinary privilege of addressing a gathering of Methodist, Presbyterian, Evangelical churches/ Researchers at the National Institute of Health (NIH)/ Members of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Washington D.C.”
Mr. Premkumar has published academic papers and presented lectures at various leading academic institutions including:
1. Yale University: “Validating Other Minds: The Tacit Empathetic Dimension of Participatory Indwelling”
2. UC Berkeley: "Science, Methodology and the Social Context"
3. University of Chicago: "Common Theoretical Themes within Jewish and Islamic Kalam that influenced Christian Theology and Western Metaphysics"
4. Rice University: "The Limitations of Science and the Public Good"
5. Georgetown University: "Problem of Religious Pluralism - Conceptual Necessity and Ontological Reality"
6. Vanderbilt University: "Looking Back: Re-descriptions of History and the Displacement of the Real"
7. University of Texas Dallas: " Re-engaging the Academy: The Humanities as an Unarticulated Constituent and the Emergence of a Truly Interdisciplinary Perspective"
8. Ohio State University: "The Science of Madness and the Madness of Science"
9. Baylor University: "Recovery of Wisdom - Disciplinary Constraints and the Displacement of the Scientific Ideal"
10. Arizona State University: "Changing the Paradigm - Toward a Post-Critical Philosophy"
11. University of North Texas: "Religion as the Basis for Technology"
12. Taylor University (C.S. Lewis Institute): "Arguing for God - The Unarticulated Constituent and the Emergence of a Moral Grammar"
13. Azusa Pacific University: "The Limitations of the Scientific Method"
His other publications include:
1. Primary Research Assistan for Christianity and Western Thought: Volume II, authored by Dr. Alan Padgett (D.Phil., Oxford University) and Dr. Steve Wilkens (Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary).
2. "Can computers really think?" published in The Clause.
Mr. Premkumar is in New Jersey for the week-end after presenting a lecture at Yale University.

Announcements

April 28th, 2013 Worship Service