St. Paul United Methodist Church
Growing the Faith of the People
Hosts: Emily Trotter and John Fugh, Jr.
In The Episode: What if for the next 10 minutes you allowed yourself to acknowledge the presence of the Holy Spirit?
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Hosts: Tommy Bridges and John Fugh, Jr.
In This Episode: What’s controlling you? Are you content with being a child of God? Foster defines the Discipline of Simplicity as “an inward reality that results in an outward lifestyle … We deceive ourselves if we believe we can possess the inward reality without its having a profound effect on how we live. To attempt to arrange an outward lifestyle of simplicity without the inward reality leads to deadly legalism.” Our lust for status in things produces within us anxiety and worry. Three inward attitudes that produce in us that outward reality of how we live: (1) What we have we receive as a gift from God, (2) What we have is cared for by God, (3) What we have is available to others.
This Week’s Service:
Prelude: “Prelude: Merifield” (Wayne Martz, Organ | by J. Correll)
Welcome / Announcements / Lord’s Prayer (Logan Ogletree)
Hymn: “Here I Am, Lord” (Hymn 593)
Apostles’ Creed (David and Mary Varner)
Special Music: “Lead Me to the Cross” (Joy Sloan, Sarah Teel, Jay Davis, Eric Buchanan, Connor Davis, Eric Jones, & Ken Posey)
Reading of Scripture (Laura Marvets)
Children Sermon (Sally Key Bowden)
Anthem: “Here I Am, Lord” (Sung by Alex Burgin, Louise Gudger, and Rece Gudger)
Sermon: “Waiting with a Purpose” (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green)
Hymn: “Take My Life” (Hymn 399)
Benediction (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green)
Postlude: “Ach, Gott und Herr” (Wayne Martz, Organ | by J. S. Bach)
HOSTS: Emily Trotter and John Fugh, Jr.
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Scripture: Acts 3, Matthew 5:6, 2 Corinthians 12:8-10
Referenced In This Episode:
A. W. Tozer’s sermon to students at Wheaton College on October 2, 1952 (“Tozer Speaks to Students”)
Settle in your mind before embracing the filling of the Holy Spirit: (1) Know you can be filled, (2) Know God wants you to be filled, and (3) Desire it. When you settle these things, then present yourself to God as an empty vessel ready to be filled. (Matthew 5:6)
This Week’s Service:
Prelude: “Finlandia” (Anne Walton, Piano & Wayne Martz, Organ | Recorded October 11, 2020)
Welcome / Announcements / Lord’s Prayer (Laura Marvets)
Hymn: “Come, Thou Almighty King” (Hymn 61)
Apostles’ Creed (Homer and Pam Shuler)
Sacrament of Baptism: Robert David “Bo” Bleke (Son of Michael and Campbell Bleke)
Special Music: “It Is Well” (Eric Buchanan, Connor Davis, Jay Davis, Sarah Teel, Joy Sloan, and Ken Posey)
Reading of Scripture (Guillermo, Randilynn, Maddie, James, and Christian Cornavaca)
Children Sermon (Sally Key Bowden)
Anthem: “How Firm a Foundation” (Wayne and Jeanne Martz | arr. George Keith)
Sermon: “It’s OK to Raise Your Hand” (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green)
Hymn: “A Charge to Keep I Have” (Hymn 413)
Benediction (Rev. Dr. P. Shane Green)
Postlude: “Vater unser im Himmelreich” (Wayne Martz, Organ | Martin Luther)
This Week: The Discipline of Study
The Inward Discipline of Study demands that we ask ourselves this question, “What does this mean to me?” According to Foster, there are four steps involved in the Discipline of Study: Repetition, Concentration, Comprehension, and Reflection. Listen to our discussion about this Discipline.
Hosts: Tommy Bridges and John Fugh, Jr.
Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth is a spiritual guidebook explaining the twelve Spiritual Disciplines and how they can bring a person closer to God. The disciplines are divided into three groups, Inward, Outward, and Corporate. The twelve disciplines are meditation, prayer, fasting, study, simplicity, solitude, submission, service, confession, worship, guidance, and celebration. The discussion of each discipline is supported with Scriptures and scholarly quotes that help readers grow closer to God.
