Posted on Aug 10, 2024 in Bulletin |
Is Jesus Enough for Salvation? Some Say No
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Sep 14 @ 3pm – Softball Game @ dome
- Sep 20 & 21 – Mission Opportunity
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – OGRP 698 – Gloria
- Glory to God in the highest, and peace to his people on earth.
- Lord God, heavenly King, almighty God and Father, we worship you, we give you thanks, we praise you for your glory.
- Lord Jesus Christ, only Son of the Father, Lord God, Lamb God, you take away the sin of the world:
- have mercy on us;
- you are seated at the right hand of the Father:
- receive our prayer.
- For you alone are the Holy One, you are alone are the Lord,
- you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 657 – This Is the Day
- UMH 545 – The Church’s One Foundation
- Living Hope – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 351 – Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Is Jesus Enough for Salvation? Some Say No” – [Acts 15:1-14 ESV]
- 1 But some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
- 2 And after Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and debate with them, Paul and Barnabas and some of the others were appointed to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and the elders about this question.
- 3 So, being sent on their way by the church, they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and brought great joy to all the brothers.
- 4 When they came to Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they declared all that God had done with them.
- 5 But some believers who belonged to the party of the Pharisees rose up and said, “It is necessary to circumcise them and to order them to keep the law of Moses.”
- 6 The apostles and the elders were gathered together to consider this matter.
- 7 And after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe.
- 8 And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us,
- 9 and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
- 10 Now, therefore, why are you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
- 11 But we believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, just as they will.”
- 12 And all the assembly fell silent, and they listened to Barnabas and Paul as they related what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles.
- 13 After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.
- 14 Simeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 362 – Nothing but the Blood
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Aug 3, 2024 in Bulletin |
Miracles, Confusion, & Violent Opposition
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Sep 14 @ 3pm – Softball Game @ dome
- Sep 20 & 21 – Mission Opportunity
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Joshua 1:5-8 ESV
- 5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
- 6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land that I swore to their fathers to give them.
- 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to do according to all the law that Moses my servant commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
- 8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 368 – My Hope Is Built
- UMH 178 – Hope of the World
- Our God – © 2010 Atlas Mountain Songs
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 351 – Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Miracles, Confusion, & Violent Opposition” – [Acts 14:8-23 ESV]
- 8 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet. He was crippled from birth and had never walked.
- 9 He listened to Paul speaking. And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,
- 10 said in a loud voice, “Stand upright on your feet.” And he sprang up and began walking.
- 11 And when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in Lycaonian, “The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!”
- 12 Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker.
- 13 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds.
- 14 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd, crying out,
- 15 “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.
- 16 In past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways.
- 17 Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.”
- 18 Even with these words they scarcely restrained the people from offering sacrifice to them.
- 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
- 20 But when the disciples gathered about him, he rose up and entered the city, and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derbe.
- 21 When they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
- 22 strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying that through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
- 23 And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 57 – O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jul 27, 2024 in Bulletin |
The Word and Song
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 28 – School Supplies deadline for Kendall County Community Food Pantry
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Sep 14 @ 3pm – Softball Game @ dome
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Scripture – Jeremiah 23:5-6 ESV
- 5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- 6 In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ‘The LORD is our righteousness.’
- Music
- UMH 156 – I Love to Tell the Story
- Scripture – Luke 2:1-13 ESV
- 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered.
- 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria.
- 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town.
- 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David,
- 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child.
- 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth.
- 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
- 8 And in the same region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- 9 And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear.
- 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.
- 11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
- 12 And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.”
- 13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
- Music
- UMH 196 – Come Thou Long Expected Jesus
- Offering
- Scripture – Luke 9:23-27 ESV
- 23 And he said to all, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.
- 24 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
- 25 For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself?
- 26 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
- 27 But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God.”
- Music
- UMH 246 – Joy to the World
- TFWS 2167 – More Like You
- Intercessory Prayer
- Communion
- TFWS 2266 – Here Is Bread, Here Is Wine
- Scriptures
- [1 Corinthians 15:3-6 ESV]
- 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures,
- 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
- 5 and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve.
- 6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.
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- [Acts 10:40-42 ESV]
- 40 but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear,
- 41 not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.
- 42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
- Music
- Scripture – Matthew 28:18-20 ESV
- 18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
- 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
- 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
- Music
- UMH 310 – He Lives
- UMH 77 – How Great Thou Art
- UMH 701 – When We All Get to Heaven
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jul 27, 2024 in Bulletin |
Praise the Lord, the Potter Broke the Mold
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 28 – School Supplies deadline for Kendall County Community Food Pantry
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Sep 14 @ 3pm – Softball Game @ dome
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Psalm 146
- 1 Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul!
- 2 I will praise the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have being.
- 3 Put not your trust in princes, in mortals, in whom there is no help.
- 4 Their breath departs, they return to the earth; on that very day their plans perish.
- 5 Happy are those whose help is in God of Jacob,
- whose hope is in the Lord, their God,
- 6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
- who keeps faith for ever;
- 7 who executes justice for the oppressed; who gives food to the hungry.
- The Lord sets the prisoners free;
- 8 the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.
- The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;
- the Lord loves the righteous.
- 9 The Lord watches over the sojourners,
- and upholds the widow and the orphan; but the Lord brings the way of the wicked to ruin.
- 10 The lord will reign for ever, your God, O Zion, from generation to generation.
- Praise the Lord!
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 158 – Come Christians Join To Sing
- UMH 522 – Leave It There
- TFWS 2023 – How Majestic Is Your Name
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- TFWS 2086 – Open Our Eyes
- Intercessory Prayer
- Prayer Hymn
- TFWS 2152 – Change My Heart Oh God
- Sermon – “Praise the Lord, the Potter Broke the Mold”
- [Isaiah 64:8 ESV]
- 8 But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
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- [Jeremiah 18:1-6 ESV]
- 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
- 2 “Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will let you hear my words.”
- 3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was working at his wheel.
- 4 And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter’s hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do.
- 5 Then the word of the LORD came to me:
- 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter has done? declares the LORD. Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.
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- [Romans 9:19-21 ESV]
- 19 You will say to me then, “Why does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
- 20 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”
- 21 Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?
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- [John 9:1-7 ESV]
- 1 As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth.
- 2 And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
- 3 Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
- 4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
- 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”
- 6 Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud
- 7 and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing.
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 382 – Have Thine Own Way
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jul 27, 2024 in Bulletin |
What Are We To Make Of This
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- July 28 – School Supplies deadline for Kendall County Community Food Pantry
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Excerpt from Vanderbilt Divinity Library
- Steadfast God, your prophets set the plumb line of your righteousness and truth in the midst of your people.
- Grant us the courage to judge ourselves against it.
- Straighten all that is crooked or warped within us until our hearts and souls stretch upright, blameless and holy, to meet the glory of Christ.
- Amen.
- Worship Hymns
- TFWS 2022 – Great Is The Lord
- TFWS 2032 – My Life Is In You
- OGRP 29 – Wonderful Merciful Savior
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “What Are We To Make Of This”
- [2 Samuel 6:1-5 ESV]
- 1 David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.
- 2 And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the LORD of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.
- 3 And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart,
- 4 with the ark of God, and Ahio went before the ark.
- 5 And David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and castanets and cymbals.
-
- [Psalm 24:1-10 ESV]
- A Psalm of David.
- 1 The earth is the LORD’s and the fullness thereof, the world and those who dwell therein,
- 2 for he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
- 3 Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his holy place?
- 4 He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to what is false and does not swear deceitfully.
- 5 He will receive blessing from the LORD and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
- 6 Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of the God of Jacob.
- Selah
- 7 Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
- 8 Who is this King of glory? The LORD, strong and mighty, the LORD, mighty in battle!
- 9 Lift up your heads, O gates! And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.
- 10 Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory!
- Selah
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- [Amos 7:7-15 ESV]
- 7 This is what he showed me: behold, the Lord was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.
- 8 And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?” And I said, “A plumb line.” Then the Lord said, “Behold, I am setting a plumb line in the midst of my people Israel; I will never again pass by them;
- 9 the high places of Isaac shall be made desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.”
- 10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
- 11 For thus Amos has said, “‘Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel must go into exile away from his land.'”
- 12 And Amaziah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there,
- 13 but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it is a temple of the kingdom.”
- 14 Then Amos answered and said to Amaziah, “I was no prophet, nor a prophet’s son, but I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore figs.
- 15 But the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
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- [Psalm 85:8-13 ESV]
- 8 Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints; but let them not turn back to folly.
- 9 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
- 10 Steadfast love and faithfulness meet; righteousness and peace kiss each other.
- 11 Faithfulness springs up from the ground, and righteousness looks down from the sky.
- 12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
- 13 Righteousness will go before him and make his footsteps a way.
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- [Ephesians 1:3-14 ESV]
- 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
- 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
- 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
- 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
- 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
- 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
- 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ
- 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
- 11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
- 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.
- 13 In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
- 14 who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.
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- [Mark 6:14-29 ESV]
- 14 King Herod heard of it, for Jesus’ name had become known. Some said, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead. That is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.”
- 15 But others said, “He is Elijah.” And others said, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
- 16 But when Herod heard of it, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has been raised.”
- 17 For it was Herod who had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because he had married her.
- 18 For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.”
- 19 And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not,
- 20 for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
- 21 But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee.
- 22 For when Herodias’s daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, “Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you.”
- 23 And he vowed to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”
- 24 And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
- 25 And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, “I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”
- 26 And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.
- 27 And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. He went and beheaded him in the prison
- 28 and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother.
- 29 When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- TFWS 2282 – I’ll Fly Away
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jul 27, 2024 in Bulletin |
The Gospel Received and Opposed
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 8 – 11 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- July 28 – School Supplies deadline for Kendall County Community Food Pantry
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – 2 Timothy 3:8 ESV
- 8 Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 696 – America The Beautiful
- UMH 698 – God Of Our Fathers
- We Believe – © Integrity Worship Music; Integrity’s Praise! Music; Life Worship; Travis Ryan Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 452 – My Faith Looks Up To Thee
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “The Gospel Received and Opposed” – [Acts 14:1-7 ESV]
- 1 Now at Iconium they entered together into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a great number of both Jews and Greeks believed.
- 2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
- 3 So they remained for a long time, speaking boldly for the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
- 4 But the people of the city were divided; some sided with the Jews and some with the apostles.
- 5 When an attempt was made by both Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,
- 6 they learned of it and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the surrounding country,
- 7 and there they continued to preach the gospel.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 431 – Let There Be Peace On Earth
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jul 27, 2024 in Bulletin |
Gentiles Receive The Gospel
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 8 – 11 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – 2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV
- 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,
- 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 64 – Holy Holy Holy
- UMH 170 – O How I Love Jesus
- 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- Lord, I Need You – © 2011 sixsteps Music
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Gentiles Receive The Gospel”
- [Acts 13:42-52 ESV]
- 42 As they went out, the people begged that these things might be told them the next Sabbath.
- 43 And after the meeting of the synagogue broke up, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who, as they spoke with them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.
- 44 The next Sabbath almost the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
- 45 But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began to contradict what was spoken by Paul, reviling him.
- 46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken first to you. Since you thrust it aside and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
- 47 For so the Lord has commanded us, saying, “‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'”
- 48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord, and as many as were appointed to eternal life believed.
- 49 And the word of the Lord was spreading throughout the whole region.
- 50 But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.
- 51 But they shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium.
- 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
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- [John 3:16-21 ESV]
- 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
- 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
- 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
- 19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.
- 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.
- 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”
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- [Luke 2:32 ESV]
- 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”
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- [Luke 9:5 ESV]
- 5 And wherever they do not receive you, when you leave that town shake off the dust from your feet as a testimony against them.”
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- [Isaiah 49:6 ESV]
- 6 he says: “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to bring back the preserved of Israel; I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jul 27, 2024 in Bulletin |
Gentiles Hear The Gospel
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 8 – 11 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Romans 1: 16-17 ESV
- 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
- 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
- Worship Hymns
- TFWS 2196 – We Walk By Faith
- TFWS 2002 – I Will Call Upon The Lord
- TFWS 2071 – Jesus Name Above All Names
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- TFWS 2158 – Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Intercessory Prayer
- Baptism – Charlotte Kay Miller
- Sermon – “Gentiles Hear The Gospel” – [Acts 13:30-41 ESV]
- 30 But God raised him from the dead,
- 31 and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
- 32 And we bring you the good news that what God promised to the fathers,
- 33 this he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm, “‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’
- 34 And as for the fact that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken in this way, “‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’
- 35 Therefore he says also in another psalm, “‘You will not let your Holy One see corruption.’
- 36 For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
- 37 but he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
- 38 Let it be known to you therefore, brothers, that through this man forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you,
- 39 and by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
- 40 Beware, therefore, lest what is said in the Prophets should come about:
- 41 “‘Look, you scoffers, be astounded and perish; for I am doing a work in your days, a work that you will not believe, even if one tells it to you.'”
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- TFWS 2173 – Shine Jesus Shine
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jul 27, 2024 in Bulletin |
The Gospel Continues to Spread
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 8 – 11 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Psalm 145:1-3 ESV
- 1 I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever.
- 2 Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever.
- 3 Great is the LORD, and greatly to bepraised, and his greatness is unsearchable.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 710 – Faith Of Our Fathers
- UMH 261 – I Danced In The Morning
- UMH 334 – Sweet Sweet Spirit
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 472 – Near To The Heart Of God
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “The Gospel Continues to Spread” – [Acts 13:13-27 ESV]
- 13 Now Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John left them and returned to Jerusalem,
- 14 but they went on from Perga and came to Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down.
- 15 After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent a message to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, say it.”
- 16 So Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.
- 17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
- 18 And for about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.
- 19 And after destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
- 20 All this took about 450 years. And after that he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.
- 21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
- 22 And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
- 23 Of this man’s offspring God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, as he promised.
- 24 Before his coming, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
- 25 And as John was finishing his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
- 26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation.
- 27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not recognize him nor understand the utterances of the prophets, which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 170 – O How I Love Jesus
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jun 8, 2024 in News |
Monday, July 8 to Thursday, July 11 – 9am to 11am – “The Great Jungle Journey”
For all community children Preschool through 8th grade. Donation is $10 per child (includes t-shirt and snacks). Registration form below or pick up in office.
Posted on Jun 8, 2024 in Bulletin |
Testimonials
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 8 – 11 @ 9am – Vacation Bible School
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- Aug 18 – Ice Cream Social
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Joshua 1:9 ESV
- [9] Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.”
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 398 – Jesus Calls Us
- UMH 377 – It is Well with My Soul
- Jesus Messiah – © 2008 sixsteps Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 397 – I Need Thee Every Hour
- Intercessory Prayer
- Testamonials
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 672 – God Be with You till We Meet Again
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on Jun 1, 2024 in Bulletin |
Some Favorites Hymns
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – UMH 888 – Affirmation from 1 Cor 15:1-6 & Col 1:15-20
- This is the good news which we have received, in which we stand, and by which we are saved:
- Christ died for our sins, was buried, was raised on the third day, and appeared first to the women, then to Peter and the Twelve, and then to many faithful witnesses.
- We believe Jesus is the Christ, the Anointed One of God, the firstborn of all creation, the firstborn from the dead, in whom all things hold together, in whom the fullness of God was pleased to dwell by the power of the Spirit.
- Christ is the head of the body, the church, and by the blood of the cross reconciles all things to God. Amen.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 504 – The Old Rugged Cross v 1-3
- UMH 314 – In the Garden
- UMH 328 – Surely the Presence of the Lord
- Readings
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- Scripture
- [1 Chronicles 17:16-19 ESV]
- 16 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD and said, “Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me thus far?
- 17 And this was a small thing in your eyes, O God. You have also spoken of your servant’s house for a great while to come, and have shown me future generations, O LORD God!
- 18 And what more can David say to you for honoring your servant? For you know your servant.
- 19 For your servant’s sake, O LORD, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, in making known all these great things.
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- [Ephesians 2:8-9 ESV]
- 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,
- 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
- Intercessory Prayer
- Hymn
- UMH 133 – Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
- Scripture
- [Deuteronomy 33:27 ESV]
- 27 The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy.’
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- [2 Samuel 8:6 ESV]
- 6 Then David put garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Syrians became servants to David and brought tribute. And the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
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- [1 Corinthians 15:57 ESV]
- 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- [1 John 5:4-5 ESV]
- 4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world–our faith.
- 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
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- [John 14:1-4 ESV]
- 1 “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
- 2 In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
- 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
- 4 And you know the way to where I am going.”
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 370 -Victory in Jesus
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on May 25, 2024 in Bulletin |
The Send Off
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 ESV
- 13 Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
- 14 Let all that you do be done in love.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 697 – America (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee)
- TFWS 2191 – Eternal Father, Strong to Save
- TFWS 2071 – Jesus, Name above All Names
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 700 – Abide with Me v 1, 3, 5
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “The Send Off” – [Acts 13:1-12 ESV]
- 1 Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
- 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
- 4 So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.
- 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John to assist them.
- 6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus.
- 7 He was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.
- 8 But Elymas the magician (for that is the meaning of his name) opposed them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
- 9 But Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him
- 10 and said, “You son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, full of all deceit and villainy, will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord?
- 11 And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time.” Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
- 12 Then the proconsul believed, when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished at the teaching of the Lord.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 717 – The Battle Hymn of the Republic v 1, 2, 3
- Choral Anthem
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on May 18, 2024 in Bulletin |
Praying In Unbelief
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Tue @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- July 14 – Church Picnic
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Romans 2:9-11 ESV
- 9 There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek,
- 10 but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.
- 11 For God shows no partiality.
- Worship Hymns
- Here I Am To Worship – © 2000 Thankyou Music
- Your Grace Is Enough – © 2003 Thankyou Music; spiritandsong.com
- UMH 393 – Spirit of the Living God
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 420 – Breathe on Me, Breath of God
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Praying In Unbelief” – [Acts 12:6-19 ESV]
- 6 Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.
- 7 And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his hands.
- 8 And the angel said to him, “Dress yourself and put on your sandals.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
- 9 And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.
- 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.
- 11 When Peter came to himself, he said, “Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting.”
- 12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.
- 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
- 14 Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.
- 15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, “It is his angel!”
- 16 But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed.
- 17 But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.
- 18 Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.
- 19 And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- TFWS 2223 – They’ll Know We Are Christians by Our Love
- Benediction
- Postlude
Posted on May 11, 2024 in Bulletin |
Do Not Stand In God’s Way
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Tue @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School (Kids & Adults)
- May 19 – Last day of Sunday School until the fall
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Methodist Hymnal pg 509
- For A Devout Mind
- Almighty God, from whom every good prayer cometh, and who pourest out on all who desire it the spirit of grace and supplication, deliver us, when we draw nigh to Thee, from coldness of hearts and wanderings of mind: that with steadfast thoughts, and kindled affections, we may worship Thee in spirit and in truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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- For The Vision Of God
- Gracious God, in Thee we live and move and have our being. In Thy presence is fullness of joy. Break the spell of that which blinds our minds. Purify our hearts that we may see Thee. Renew our inward life through the unseen and eternal. Visit our spirits and witness with them that we are Thy children. Amen.
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- Our Heavenly Father, we adore Thee, whose name is love, whose nature is compassion, whose presence is joy, whose word is truth, whose spirit is goodness, whose holiness is beauty, whose will is peace whose service is perfect freedom, and in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life. Amen.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 695 – O Lord, May Church and Home Combine
- TFWS 2062 – The Lily of the Valley
- 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 445 – Happy the Home When God Is There
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Do Not Stand In God’s Way” – [Acts 11 ESV]
- 1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.
- 2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party criticized him, saying,
- 3 “You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
- 4 But Peter began and explained it to them in order:
- 5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, something like a great sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.
- 6 Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
- 7 And I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter; kill and eat.’
- 8 But I said, ‘By no means, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
- 9 But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’
- 10 This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.
- 11 And behold, at that very moment three men arrived at the house in which we were, sent to me from Caesarea.
- 12 And the Spirit told me to go with them, making no distinction. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered the man’s house.
- 13 And he told us how he had seen the angel stand in his house and say, ‘Send to Joppa and bring Simon who is called Peter;
- 14 he will declare to you a message by which you will be saved, you and all your household.’
- 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as on us at the beginning.
- 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
- 17 If then God gave the same gift to them as he gave to us when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I that I could stand in God’s way?”
- 18 When they heard these things they fell silent. And they glorified God, saying, “Then to the Gentiles also God has granted repentance that leads to life.”
- 19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews.
- 20 But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on coming to Antioch spoke to the Hellenists also, preaching the Lord Jesus.
- 21 And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord.
- 22 The report of this came to the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch.
- 23 When he came and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast purpose,
- 24 for he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great many people were added to the Lord.
- 25 So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,
- 26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians.
- 27 Now in these days prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.
- 28 And one of them named Agabus stood up and foretold by the Spirit that there would be a great famine over all the world (this took place in the days of Claudius).
- 29 So the disciples determined, every one according to his ability, to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.
- 30 And they did so, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- TFWS 2032 – My Life Is in You, Lord
- Benediction
- Postlude