Prelude: “Aleggro non troppo” (C P E Bach) Welcome / Announcements / Prayer with Lord’s Prayer (Mary Lou Jarrell) Mission Moment: Scouting Ministry (Will Burgin) Hymn: “Love Divine” (Hymn #384) Apostles’ Creed (Ben, Sam, Christy, and Carson Hubbard) Sacrament of Baptism: Anne Ralston Evans Special Music: “Hosanna” (Eric Buchanan, Jay Davis, Joy Sloan, Sarah Teel, Connor Davis, and Eric Jones) Reading of Scripture (John and Erin Flowers) Children Sermon (Sally Key Bowden) Anthem: “I Am With You” (Wayne and Jeanne Martz | C. Courtney) Sermon: “Centering Down (Part 1)” (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Hymn: “Lord, I Want to be a Christian” (Hymn #402) Benediction (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Postlude: “A Mighty Fortress” (Kuntze)
In This Episode: When we have these amazing moments of faith like Elijah calling down fire from heaven or out running a chariot, it is almost always followed up by a crisis where you end up deflated, depleted, or defeated. Revisit the refreshing presence of God that’s new each morning.
G. K. Chesterton wrote, “The Christian ideal has not been tried and found lacking. It has been found difficult and left untried.”
Prelude: “Adagio” (Loeillet) Welcome / Announcements / Prayer with Lord’s Prayer (Mary Lou Jarrell) Hymn: “O Church of God United” (Hymn #547) Apostles’ Creed (Stefan and Katie Burkhalter) Reading of Scripture (Logan and Roy Ogletree) Children Sermon (Sally Key Bowden) Anthem: “The Lord Is My Shepherd” (Wayne and Jeanne Martz) Sermon: “Spiritual Sign of Maturity” (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Hymn: “Go Make of All Disciples” (Hymn #571) Benediction (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Postlude: “Cantabile” (Telemann)
Celebration and joy comes when we let God redeem our ordinary life. Quote from C. S. Lewis: “Good things as well as bad, you know, are caught by a kind of infection. If you want to get warm you must stand near the fire; if you want to be wet you must get into the water. If you want joy, power, peace, eternal life, you must get close to, or even into, the thing that has them. They are not a sort of prize which God could, if He chose, just had out to anyone. They are a great fountain of energy and beauty spurting up at the very center of reality.”
Scriptures: Proverbs 3:5-6; 1 Kings 19; Luke 2:10; Nehemiah 8:10; 1 Peter 5:7; Revelation 3:20; Romans 12:1-2; John 10:10; Lamentations 3:22-23; Exodus 14:13-14
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Prelude: “Auf meinen lieben Gott” Welcome / Announcements / Prayer with Lord’s Prayer (Mary Lou Jarrell) Hymn: “My Hope Is Built” (Hymn #368) Apostles’ Creed (Angela, Sarah, and Richard Sims) Reading of Scripture (Steve and Stevie Lorentz) Children Sermon (Caroline Green) Anthem: “Amazing Grace” (arr. Mark Hayes) Sermon: “Love and Truth in Balance” (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Hymn: “Grace Greater than our Sin” (Hymn #365) Benediction (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green) Postlude: “Father in Highest Heaven” (J. S. Bach)
In This Episode: As you consider the Kingdom of God from another vantage point, what do you see as God’s motivation for intentionally inviting us to be a part of His family? The Westminster Catechism says that we are created to bring glory to God … and … to enjoy Him forever.
In his benediction to the Corinthian church, Paul writes, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Corinthians 13:14). When we talk about enjoying God forever, there is a connection to the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Join us as we explore this creative work of the Holy Spirit to form and fill the emptiness of our lives. Our hope that comes from this is unfathomable. But that internal hope is directly connected to the level of our confidence that we believe God loves us. When God see us through the lens of His love, He sees past the chaos and sees potential.
