Sunday Link

OPENING SONG OPENING PRAYER   OPENING COMMENTS Today is the first Sunday of this Christmas season. Our focus will be on how God enters human history with compassion and solidarity. The selected readings — as per the RCL — are listed below … Our call to worship psalm, Psalm 148:1–14, is a call to all […]

  OPENING COMMENTS Today is Advent 4.  As we continue through this season of waiting for the coming of the Lord, we realize everything God does is done in love — including the “three comings” of Jesus.  These include his arrival in history as the babe born of the virgin Mary, his glorious return at

OPENING COMMENTS As we continue through this season of waiting for the coming of the Lord, we come today to Advent 3.   Advent focuses on three “comings” — Jesus’ arrival in history as the babe born of the virgin Mary, his glorious return at the end of the age, and his intermediate entrance into and

OPENING COMMENTS As we continue through this season of waiting, we wait for the coming of the Lord.  Advent focuses on three “comings” — Jesus’ arrival in history as the babe born of the virgin Mary, his glorious return at the end of the age, and his intermediate entrance into and presence in our personal

A Message from Our Home Office Program Transcript … A new year begins not with fanfare or fireworks, but with a flicker — a single flame lit in the darkness.  This is how the Church begins its calendar: in quiet expectation.  Advent invites us into a rhythm of looking back and looking forward.  It’s a

OPENING CHORUSES OPENING PRAYER OPENING COMMENTS WELCOME and THANKS ANNOUNCEMENTS Today … after this fellowship meeting … we plan to have our discipleship class, with a focus on The Essentials of The Gospel … What is it that a person NEEDS to believe in order to be considered a believer? Next Sunday, November 30 …

OPENING SONGs/Choruses   OPENING PRAYER   OPENING COMMENTS    Isaiah 12:1-6 • Isaiah 65:17–25 • 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 • Luke 21:5–19 The theme for this week is the Lord’s work. The sermon is based on 2Thessalonians 3:6-13, which recounts Paul’s address on the problem of those living irresponsibly and meddling in the affairs of others. BIBLE PASSAGE 2Thessalonians 3:6-13 6 But we

OPENING SONG   OPENING PRAYER OPENING COMMENTS The theme for this week is the hope of the Lord. The keynote passage for today’s sermon is in 2Thessalonians 2:1-5,13-17, where Paul reassures a group of new believers that they have not missed out on Jesus’ return.     BIBLE READING 2 Thessalonians 2:1-5, 13-17 Now, brethren, concerning

    OPENING SONG OPENING PRAYER OPENING COMMENTS The theme for this week is God’s faithful righteousness.  The keynote passage for today’s sermon is 2Thessalonians 1:1–4,11–12, which is a salutation that includes a thanksgiving for the recipients’ growing faith and love during persecution and confusion along with the confident hope that God will continue to make

  OPENING COMMENTS Welcome to our fellowship meeting … online only.  Thanks for joining us. There will be NO discipleship class or Sunday School today.   Some may have been anticipating our discipleship class … but, given the presence of a hurricane in the region, I thought we should have a short prayer meeting instead. The