2024-02-25
The Acts of Stephen
- Welcome | Announcements
- Mon @ 6:30pm – 5Qs Bible study
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School & Adult Sunday School
- Mar 1 – Heifer Project deadline
- Mar 1 – Easter Lilies deadline
- Mar 28 @ 7pm – Maundy Thursday – Stations of The Cross
- Mar 29 @ 7pm – Good Friday Service
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Hebrews 12:1-2 ESV
- 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
- 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Worship Hymns
- We Believe – © Integrity Worship Music; Integrity’s Praise! Music; Life Worship; Travis Ryan Music
- UMH 529 – How Firm A Foundation
- UMH 641 – Fill My Cup Lord
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- TFWS 2215 – Cares Chorus x2
- Intercessory Prayer
- Reading – Acts 7:1-53 ESV
- Sermon – “The Acts of Stephen” – [Acts 7 ESV]
- 1 And the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
- 2 And Stephen said: “Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- 3 and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’
- 4 Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living.
- 5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot’s length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
- 6 And God spoke to this effect–that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.
- 7 ‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.’
- 8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
- 9 “And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
- 10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
- 11 Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.
- 12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit.
- 13 And on the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
- 14 And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
- 15 And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers,
- 16 and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
- 17 “But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt
- 18 until there arose over Egypt another king who did not know Joseph.
- 19 He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.
- 20 At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God’s sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house,
- 21 and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.
- 22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
- 23 “When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
- 24 And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.
- 25 He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.
- 26 And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’
- 27 But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
- 28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
- 29 At this retort Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
- 30 “Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
- 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord:
- 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
- 33 Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
- 34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
- 35 “This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’–this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
- 36 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
- 37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.’
- 38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.
- 39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,
- 40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
- 41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.
- 42 But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
- 43 You took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship; and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
- 44 “Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen.
- 45 Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,
- 46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
- 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
- 48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
- 49 “‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
- 50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
- 51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
- 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
- 53 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”
- 54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
- 55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
- 56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
- 57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him.
- 58 Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
- 59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
- 60 And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- TFWS 2165 – Cry Of My Heart
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2024-02-18
Who’s Job Is It?
- Welcome | Announcements
- Mon @ 6:30pm – 5Qs Bible study
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Sun @ 9am – Adult Sunday School
- Mar 1 – Heifer Project deadline
- Mar 1 – Easter Lilies deadline
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Mark 10:43-45 ESV
- 43 But it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant,
- 44 and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.
- 45 For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
- Worship Hymns
- TFWS 2130 – The Summons
- UMH 569 – We’ve A Story To Tell To The Nations
- UMH 507 – Through It All
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- TFWS 2203 – In His Time
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Who’s Job Is It?” – [Acts 6:1-7 ESV]
- 1 Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution.
- 2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables.
- 3 Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty.
- 4 But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
- 5 And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.
- 6 These they set before the apostles, and they prayed and laid their hands on them.
- 7 And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 555 – Forward Through the Ages
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2024-02-11
The Name
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Sun @ 9am – Adult Sunday School
- Feb 12 @ 6:30pm – 5Qs Bible study
- Feb 14 @ 5:30pm – Soup and Bread Supper
- Feb 14 @ 7pm – Ash Wednesday Service
- Mar 1 – Heifer Project deadline
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Special Music
- Reading – Acts 5:17-30 ESV
- 17 But the high priest rose up, and all who were with him (that is, the party of the Sadducees), and filled with jealousy
- 18 they arrested the apostles and put them in the public prison.
- 19 But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and brought them out, and said,
- 20 “Go and stand in the temple and speak to the people all the words of this Life.”
- 21 And when they heard this, they entered the temple at daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest came, and those who were with him, they called together the council, all the senate of the people of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
- 22 But when the officers came, they did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported,
- 23 “We found the prison securely locked and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them we found no one inside.”
- 24 Now when the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them, wondering what this would come to.
- 25 And someone came and told them, “Look! The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people.”
- 26 Then the captain with the officers went and brought them, but not by force, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people.
- 27 And when they had brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,
- 28 saying, “We strictly charged you not to teach in this name, yet here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man’s blood upon us.”
- 29 But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.
- 30 The God of our fathers raised Jesus, whom you killed by hanging him on a tree.
- Call To Worship – Philippians 2:8-11 ESV
- 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
- 9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
- 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Worship Hymns
- In Christ Alone – © 2001 Thankyou Music
- Jesus Messiah – © 2008 sixsteps Music
- UMH 171 – There’s Something About That Name
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 526 – What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “The Name”
- [Acts 5:31-42 ESV]
- 31 God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
- 32 And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him.”
- 33 When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.
- 34 But a Pharisee in the council named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law held in honor by all the people, stood up and gave orders to put the men outside for a little while.
- 35 And he said to them, “Men of Israel, take care what you are about to do with these men.
- 36 For before these days Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a number of men, about four hundred, joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing.
- 37 After him Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and drew away some of the people after him. He too perished, and all who followed him were scattered.
- 38 So in the present case I tell you, keep away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or this undertaking is of man, it will fail;
- 39 but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them. You might even be found opposing God!” So they took his advice,
- 40 and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- 41 Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
- 42 And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not cease teaching and preaching that the Christ is Jesus.
- [Ezekiel 20:14, 44 ESV]
- 14 But I acted for the sake of my name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out.
- …
- 44 And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I deal with you for my name’s sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- [Isaiah 48:9, 11 ESV]
- 9 “For my name’s sake I defer my anger; for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off.
- …
- 11 For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it, for how should my name be profaned? My glory I will not give to another.
- [Isaiah 66:5 ESV]
- 5 Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at his word: “Your brothers who hate you and cast you out for my name’s sake have said, ‘Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy’; but it is they who shall be put to shame.
- [Psalm 25:11 ESV]
- 11 For your name’s sake, O LORD, pardon my guilt, for it is great.
- [Acts 9:16 ESV]
- 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
- [Luke 21:17 ESV]
- 17 You will be hated by all for my name’s sake.
- [John 15:21 ESV]
- 21 But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 536 – Take The Name Of Jesus With You
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2024-02-04
We Can’t Hide The Truth
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Sun @ 9am – Adult Sunday School
- Feb 5 @ 6:30pm – 5Qs Bible study
- Feb 14 @ 5:30pm – Soup and Bread Supper
- Feb 14 @ 7pm – Ash Wednesday Service
- Mar 1 – Heifer Project deadline
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Choral Introit
- Reading – Colossians 3:8-10 ESV
- 8 But now you must put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and obscene talk from your mouth.
- 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices
- 10 and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator.
- Call To Worship – Psalm 139:1-6 ESV
- To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David.
- 1 O LORD, you have searched me and known me!
- 2 You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.
- 3 You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.
- 4 Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.
- 5 You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me.
- 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it.
- Worship Hymns
- TFWS 2002 – I Will Call Upon The Lord
- Your Grace Is Enough – © 2003 Thankyou Music; spiritandsong.com
- TFWS 2039 – Holy Holy
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- TFWS 2164 – Sanctuary
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “We Can’t Hide The Truth”
- [Acts 5:1-11 ESV]
- 1 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property,
- 2 and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land?
- 4 While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”
- 5 When Ananias heard these words, he fell down and breathed his last. And great fear came upon all who heard of it.
- 6 The young men rose and wrapped him up and carried him out and buried him.
- 7 After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
- 8 And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.”
- 9 But Peter said to her, “How is it that you have agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out.”
- 10 Immediately she fell down at his feet and breathed her last. When the young men came in they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.
- 11 And great fear came upon the whole church and upon all who heard of these things.
- [Exodus 17:1-7 ESV]
- 1 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.
- 2 Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water to drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?”
- 3 But the people thirsted there for water, and the people grumbled against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?”
- 4 So Moses cried to the LORD, “What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me.”
- 5 And the LORD said to Moses, “Pass on before the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel, and take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go.
- 6 Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
- 7 And he called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
- [Leviticus 10:1-3 ESV]
- 1 Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them.
- 2 And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.
- 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.'” And Aaron held his peace.
- [Numbers 20:1-13 ESV]
- 1 And the people of Israel, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. And Miriam died there and was buried there.
- 2 Now there was no water for the congregation. And they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.
- 3 And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD!
- 4 Why have you brought the assembly of the LORD into this wilderness, that we should die here, both we and our cattle?
- 5 And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us to this evil place? It is no place for grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, and there is no water to drink.”
- 6 Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. And the glory of the LORD appeared to them,
- 7 and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
- 8 “Take the staff, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to yield its water. So you shall bring water out of the rock for them and give drink to the congregation and their cattle.”
- 9 And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
- 10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, “Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?”
- 11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
- 12 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them.”
- 13 These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and through them he showed himself holy.
- [Proverbs 6:17 ESV]
- 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- [Proverbs 12:22 ESV]
- 22 Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
- [Ephesians 4:21-25 ESV]
- 21 assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,
- 22 to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires,
- 23 and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds,
- 24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.
- 25 Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- TFWS 2173 – Shine Jesus Shine
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2024-01-28
Prayer Is Non-negotiable
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Sun @ 9am – Adult Sunday School
- Jan 29 @ 6:30pm – 5Qs Bible study
- Mar 1 – Heifer Project deadline
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Reading – Acts 4:1-10 ESV
- 1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,
- 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.
- 3 And they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening.
- 4 But many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
- 5 On the next day their rulers and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem,
- 6 with Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly family.
- 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they inquired, “By what power or by what name did you do this?”
- 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders,
- 9 if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,
- 10 let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead–by him this man is standing before you well.
- Call To Worship – Romans 12:11-12 ESV
- 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.
- 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 657 – This Is the Day
- UMH 474 – Precious Lord, Take My Hand
- Lord, I Need You – © 2011 sixsteps Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 496 – Sweet Hour of Prayer
- Intercessory Prayer
- Special Music
- Sermon – “Prayer Is Non-negotiable”
- [Acts 4:23-31 ESV]
- 23 When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
- 24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything in them,
- 25 who through the mouth of our father David, your servant, said by the Holy Spirit, “‘Why did the Gentiles rage, and the peoples plot in vain?
- 26 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers were gathered together, against the Lord and against his Anointed’–
- 27 for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
- 28 to do whatever your hand and your plan had predestined to take place.
- 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness,
- 30 while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
- 31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
- [1 Thessalonians 5:17 ESV]
- 17 pray without ceasing,
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 352 – It’s Me, It’s Me, O Lord
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2024-01-21
Are We Seeing?
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Jan 22 @ 6:30pm – 5Qs Bible study
- Jan 28 to Feb 4 @ 9am – Adult Sunday School
- Mar 1 – Heifer Project deadline
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Reading – Luke 13:10-13 ESV
- 10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath.
- 11 And behold, there was a woman who had had a disabling spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not fully straighten herself.
- 12 When Jesus saw her, he called her over and said to her, “Woman, you are freed from your disability.”
- 13 And he laid his hands on her, and immediately she was made straight, and she glorified God.
- Call To Worship – Psalm 1:1-6 ESV
- 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers;
- 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.
- 3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
- 4 The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.
- 5 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous;
- 6 for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 378 – Amazing Grace v 1,3,4,6
- UMH 451 – Be Thou My Vision
- Our God – © 2010 Atlas Mountain Songs
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 349 – Turn Your Eyes upon Jesus x2
- Intercessory Prayer
- Special Music
- Sermon – “Are We Seeing?” – Acts 3:1-10 ESV
- 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
- 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple.
- 3 Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive alms.
- 4 And Peter directed his gaze at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.”
- 5 And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
- 6 But Peter said, “I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!”
- 7 And he took him by the right hand and raised him up, and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
- 8 And leaping up, he stood and began to walk, and entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
- 9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God,
- 10 and recognized him as the one who sat at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, asking for alms. And they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 474 – Precious Lord, Take My Hand
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2024-01-14
Words, Witness, Salvation
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Jan 21 to Feb 4 @ 9am – Adult Sunday School
- Jan 22 @ 6:30pm – Bible study
- Mar 1 – Heifer Project deadline
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Reading – Acts 4:32-37 ESV
- 32 Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything in common.
- 33 And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.
- 34 There was not a needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses sold them and brought the proceeds of what was sold
- 35 and laid it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to each as any had need.
- 36 Thus Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a native of Cyprus,
- 37 sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
- Call To Worship – Philippians 1:12-14 ESV
- 12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,
- 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.
- 14 And most of the brothers, having become confident in the Lord by my imprisonment, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 334 – Sweet, Sweet Spirit
- Jesus – © 2016 Capitol CMG Paragon
- Blessed Be Your Name – © 2002 Thankyou Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- TFWS 2167 – More Like You
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Words, Witness, Salvation” – Acts 2:42-47 ESV
- 42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
- 43 And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles.
- 44 And all who believed were together and had all things in common.
- 45 And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need.
- 46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts,
- 47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- TFWS 2279 – The Trees of the Field
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2024-01-07
Witnesses
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Jan 14 to Mar 1 – Heifer Project
- Jan 14 @ 9am – Adult Sunday School (4 weeks)
- Jan 22 @ 6:30pm – Bible study
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Reading – Luke 2:1-12
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Acts 2:29-33 ESV
- 29 “Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- 30 Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,
- 31 he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
- 32 This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.
- 33 Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 254 – We Three Kings
- UMH 219 – What Child Is This
- 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) – © 2011 Atlas Mountain Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 393 – Spirit Of The Living God
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Witnesses” – Acts 1:1-10 ESV
- 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
- 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
- 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.
- 4 And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me;
- 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
- 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?”
- 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority.
- 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
- 9 And when he had said these things, as they were looking on, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight.
- 10 And while they were gazing into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white robes,
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 251 – Go Tell It On The Mountain
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2023-12-31
Herod
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Jan 14 to Mar 1 – Heifer Project
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Malachi 1:11 ESV
- For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 249 – There’s A Song In The Air
- UMH 230 – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- How Many Kings – © 2006 Centricity Music Publishing, Germain And Martel Publishing
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 626 – Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Herod”
- [Matthew 2:1-18 ESV]
- 1 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
- 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
- 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;
- 4 and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born.
- 5 They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
- 6 “‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'”
- 7 Then Herod summoned the wise men secretly and ascertained from them what time the star had appeared.
- 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, “Go and search diligently for the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship him.”
- 9 After listening to the king, they went on their way. And behold, the star that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.
- 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy.
- 11 And going into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Then, opening their treasures, they offered him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
- 12 And being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they departed to their own country by another way.
- 13 Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you, for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him.”
- 14 And he rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed to Egypt
- 15 and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, “Out of Egypt I called my son.”
- 16 Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.
- 17 Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah:
- 18 “A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they are no more.”
- [Luke 2:22-38 ESV]
- 22 And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord
- 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)
- 24 and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.”
- 25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
- 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.
- 27 And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law,
- 28 he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said,
- 29 “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word;
- 30 for my eyes have seen your salvation
- 31 that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
- 32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”
- 33 And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him.
- 34 And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed
- 35 (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”
- 36 And there was a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years, having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,
- 37 and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
- 38 And coming up at that very hour she began to give thanks to God and to speak of him to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 228 – He Is Born (Il Est Ne)
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2023-12-24
Testimonies & Devotions
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Dec 24 @ 4pm – Family Christmas Eve Service
- Dec 24 @ 11pm – Christmas Eve Service
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Choral Anthem
- Opening Prayer
- Advent Reading
- 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 238 – Angels We Have Heard On High (Gloria)
- UMH 245 – The First Noel
- UMH 220 – Angels From The Realms Of Glory
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 242 – Love Came Down At Christmas
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Testimonies & Devotions”
- Testimony – Linda
- Devotion – Lorna
- Testimony – Liz
- Devotion – Jim
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 246 – Joy To The World
- Benediction
- Postlude
Family Christmas Eve Service – 4pm
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Choral Anthem
- Opening Prayer
- Advent Reading
- Call To Worship – OGRP 695 – Magnificat
- My soul does magnify the Lord. And my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. For he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty has magnified me, and holy is his name. His mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He has shown strength with his arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts; He has put down the mighty from their seat and has exalted the humble and meek. He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich he has sent away empty. He, remembering his mercy, has taken hold of his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham, and his seed forever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
- Carols and Readings
- UMH 242 – Love Came Down At Christmas
- Reading: Isaiah 7:10-16, 9:6-7
- UMH 211 – O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Reading: Mark 1:1-3
- UMH 220 – Angels From The Realms Of Glory
- Reading: Luke 1:5-25
- UMH 234 – O Come All Ye Faithful
- Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
- UMH 246 – Joy To The World
- Reading: Luke 1:26-38
- UMH 230 – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- Reading: Luke 1:46-56
- UMH 251 – Go Tell It On The Mountain
- Reading: Luke 2:1-20
- UMH 237 – Sing We Now Of Christmas
- Childrens Message
- Benediction
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 239 – Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
Christmas Eve Service – 11pm
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Choral Anthem
- Opening Prayer
- Advent Reading
- Call To Worship – OGRP 695 – Magnificat
- My soul does magnify the Lord. And my spirit rejoices in God, my Savior. For he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty has magnified me, and holy is his name. His mercy is on them that fear him throughout all generations. He has shown strength with his arm; He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts; He has put down the mighty from their seat and has exalted the humble and meek. He has filled the hungry with good things and the rich he has sent away empty. He, remembering his mercy, has taken hold of his servant Israel as he promised to our forefathers, Abraham, and his seed forever. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
- Carols and Readings
- Reading: Genesis 3:8-15, 17-19
- UMH 242 – Love Came Down At Christmas
- Reading: Isaiah 7:10-16, 9:6-7
- UMH 211 – O Come O Come Emmanuel
- Reading: Isaiah 40:3, Mark 1:1-3
- UMH 240 – Hark The Herald Angels Sing
- Reading: Luke 1:5-25
- UMH 234 – O Come All Ye Faithful
- Reading: Matthew 1:18-25
- UMH 246 – Joy To The World
- Reading: Luke 1:26-38
- UMH 230 – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- Reading: Luke 1:46-56
- UMH 251 – Go Tell It On The Mountain
- Reading: Luke 2:1-20
- UMH 237 – Sing We Now Of Christmas
- Benediction
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 239 – Silent Night (Stille Nacht)
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2023-12-17
Shepherds of Advent
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
- Dec 24 @ 4pm – Family Christmas Eve Service
- Dec 24 @ 11pm – Christmas Eve Service
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Choral Anthem
- Opening Prayer
- Advent Reading
- Call To Worship – UMH 754 – Psalm 23
- [1] The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- [2] The Lord makes me lie down in green pastures,
- leads me beside still waters,
- [3] restores my life,
- leads me in right paths for the sake of the Lord’s name.
- [4] Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil;
- for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
- [5] You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
- you anoint my head with oil, my cup overflows.
- [6] Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
- and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord as long as I live.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 211 – O Come O Come Emmanuel
- UMH 216 – Lo How A Rose E’er Blooming
- Make Room – © 2017 Be Essential Songs; I Am A Pilgrim Songs; My Refuge Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 229 – Infant Holy Infant Lowly
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Shepherds of Advent” – Luke 2:15-20 ESV
- 15 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
- 16 And they went with haste and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
- 17 And when they saw it, they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child.
- 18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
- 19 But Mary treasured up all these things, pondering them in her heart.
- 20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 224 – Good Christian Friends Rejoice
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2023-12-10
Promise Made, Promise Kept
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
- Dec 24 @ 4pm – Family Christmas Eve Service
- Dec 24 @ 11pm – Christmas Eve Service
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Advent Reading
- Call To Worship – OGRP 696 – Benedictus
- Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; for he has come to his people and set them free.
- He has raised up for us a mighty savior, horn of the house of his servant David.
- Through his holy prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies, from the hands of all who hate us.
- He promised to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant.
- This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham: to set us free from the hand of our enemies
- free to worship him without fear, holy and righteous in his sight all the days of our life.
- You, my child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his way,
- to give his people knowledge of salvation by the forgiveness of their sins.
- In the tender compassion of our God, the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
- to shine on those who dwell in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be: world without end. Amen.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 203 – Hail To The Lord’s Anointed
- UMH 218 – It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
- UMH 217 – Away In A Manger
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- Choir
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “Promise Made, Promise Kept”
- [Isaiah 40:1-11 ESV]
- 1 Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
- 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received from the LORD’s hand double for all her sins.
- 3 A voice cries: “In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
- 4 Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.
- 5 And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”
- 6 A voice says, “Cry!” And I said, “What shall I cry?” All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.
- 7 The grass withers, the flower fades when the breath of the LORD blows on it; surely the people are grass.
- 8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
- 9 Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good news; lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”
- 10 Behold, the Lord GOD comes with might, and his arm rules for him; behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
- 11 He will tend his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms; he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.
- [Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. LORD, you were favorable to your land; you restored the fortunes of Jacob.
- 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people; you covered all their sin. Selah
- …
- 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.
- [2 Peter 3:8-15 ESV]
- 8 But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.
- 10 But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.
- 11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
- 12 waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be set on fire and dissolved, and the heavenly bodies will melt as they burn!
- 13 But according to his promise we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.
- 14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
- 15 And count the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given him,
- [Mark 1:1-8 ESV]
- 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
- 2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,
- 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,'”
- 4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
- 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
- 6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
- 7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
- 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 234 – O Come All Ye Faithful
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2023-12-03
Genealogies? Why?
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Dec 9 @ 8:30am – Cookie Walk
- Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
- Dec 24 @ 4pm – Family Christmas Eve Service
- Dec 24 @ 11pm – Christmas Eve Service
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Choral Anthem
- Opening Prayer
- Advent Reading
- Call To Worship – OGRP 702 – The Collect for Purity
- Almighty God, unto you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid; cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 196 – Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
- UMH 213 – Lift Up Your Heads Ye Mighty Gates
- Make Room – © 2017 Be Essential Songs; I Am A Pilgrim Songs; My Refuge Music
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 230 – O Little Town Of Bethlehem
- Intercessory Prayer
- Baptism
- Sermon – “Genealogies? Why?”
- [Matthew 1:1-17 ESV]
- 1 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
- 2 Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers,
- 3 and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram,
- 4 and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon,
- 5 and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse,
- 6 and Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,
- 7 and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph,
- 8 and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah,
- 9 and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah,
- 10 and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah,
- 11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
- 12 And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
- 13 and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor,
- 14 and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud,
- 15 and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob,
- 16 and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
- 17 So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
- [Luke 3:23-38 ESV]
- 23 Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
- 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
- 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
- 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,
- 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri,
- 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,
- 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,
- 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,
- 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,
- 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon,
- 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,
- 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,
- 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah,
- 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,
- 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 716 – Rejoice The Lord Is King
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2023-11-26
One Final Reminder
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Dec 2 – Hanging of the Greens
- Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Isaiah 11:1-4 ESV
- 1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
- 2 And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD.
- 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge by what his eyes see, or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
- 4 but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 139 – Praise To The Lord The Almighty
- TFWS 2022 – Great Is The Lord
- TFWS 2036 – Give Thanks
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- UMH 102 – Now Thank We All Our God
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “One Final Reminder” – [Revelation 22:12-21 ESV]
- 12 “Behold, I am coming soon, bringing my recompense with me, to repay each one for what he has done.
- 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.”
- 14 Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life and that they may enter the city by the gates.
- 15 Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
- 16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.”
- 17 The Spirit and the Bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who desires take the water of life without price.
- 18 I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book,
- 19 and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city, which are described in this book.
- 20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
- 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen.
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 716 – Rejoice The Lord Is King
- Benediction
- Postlude
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2023-11-19
I am Coming Soon
- Welcome | Announcements
- Tue @ 6:45am – Men’s Bible Study
- Wed @ 7pm – Choir Practice
- Sun @ 9am – Sunday School
- Dec 2 – Hanging of the Greens
- Dec 19 @ 6:30pm – Charge Conference
- Welcoming the Light of Christ
- Opening Prayer
- Call To Worship – Luke 1:30-33 ESV
- 30 And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus.
- 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David,
- 33 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”
- Worship Hymns
- UMH 131 – We Gather Together
- UMH 694 – Come Ye Thankful People Come
- Your Grace Is Enough – © 2003 Thankyou Music; spiritandsong.com
- Offering
- Prayer Hymn
- Choir
- Intercessory Prayer
- Sermon – “I am Coming Soon” – [Revelation 22:6-11 ESV]
- 6 And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”
- 7 “And behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
- 8 I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed them to me,
- 9 but he said to me, “You must not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
- 10 And he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
- 11 Let the evildoer still do evil, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do right, and the holy still be holy.”
- Communion
- Closing Hymn
- UMH 664 – Sent Forth By God’s Blessing
- Benediction
- Postlude
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