WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 02/27/2011

Praise God saints...In all things; let’s give God the highest praise, for he is worthy.
This coming Sunday, we will be blessed with the preached word from Rev. Shprecher, as we are moving through the Gospel of Mark, with this week’s lesson from Mark 13. Here is the text…

TEXT: Mark 13:14-27, 31

14 “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 15 Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.
16 Let no one in the field go back to get their cloak.
17 How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers!
18 Pray that this will not take place in winter,
19 because those will be days of distress unequaled from the beginning, when God created the world, until now—and never to be equaled again.
20 “If the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would survive. But for the sake of the elect, whom he has chosen, he has shortened them.
21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or, ‘Look, there he is!’ do not believe it.
22 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
23 So be on your guard; I have told you everything ahead of time.
24 “But in those days, following that distress, “the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;
25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’
26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.
27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens.
31 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: How God wants us to be able to see where our journey as Christians is leading.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s help our children to expect God to be there in the time of our trouble.

RESPONSIVE READING: #594 The Christian Hope

NOTE: As many of you know I have expressed the need for a little break, so this week I am trying to get some R&R. Please let non-emergency matters that I need to be involved in wait until next week. Thank you to those have agreed to fill in for me in various roles.

Bless you all,

Pastor W. C. Hill

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 02/20/2011

Praise the Lord Saints! My prayer is that you are all well. This week in the preaching /teaching focus, we are moving forward from were we left off last week in the book of Mark, this week the tenth chapter. Here is the text…

TEXT: Mark 10:35-45
35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. “Teacher,” they said, “we want you to do for us whatever we ask.”
36 “What do you want me to do for you?” he asked.
37 They replied, “Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory.”
38 “You don’t know what you are asking,” Jesus said. “Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?”
39 “We can,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with,
40 but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared.”
41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.
42 Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.
43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant,
44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all.
45 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: What it means to be “great” in the Kingdom of God.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: How to be considered “great” in the sight of God.

RESPONSIVE READING: #619 The Beatitudes

NOTE: A big "thank you" for all that helped to make Mother Carrington's home-going celebration a wonderful event. I appreciate you and thank God for you. Our prayers are with the Carrington family.

Pastor W. C. Hill

Men's and Women's Bible Study Resume

Here's Deacon Anthony Walker addressing the church annual meeting last Tuesday, February 8th. And it didn't snow.

Next Tuesday February 15th we will resume our men's and women's bible study at 7pm. We have been encouraged by the attendance. Please attend and bring a friend.

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 02/13/2011

Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ…to God be the glory for the great things he has done! In the preaching /teaching focus, we are picking up were we left off last week in the book of Mark, ninth chapter. Here is the text:

TEXT: Mark 9:2-13 (NIV)
2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them.
3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them.
4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking with Jesus.
5 Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
6 (He did not know what to say, they were so frightened.)
7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!”
8 Suddenly, when they looked around, they no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus.
9 As they were coming down the mountain, Jesus gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
10 They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.
11 And they asked him, “Why do the teachers of the law say that Elijah must come first?”
12 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah does come first, and restores all things. Why then is it written that the Son of Man must suffer much and be rejected?
13 But I tell you, Elijah has come, and they have done to him everything they wished, just as it is written about him.”

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The impact that seeing “God’s glory” should have on our lives.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s teach our children how knowing God should impact their life decisions.

RESPONSIVE READING: #606 The Majesty of God

NOTICE:
As you know we lost our faithful member Helen Carrington last week. The arrangements for her funeral service are as follows:

Thursday (Feb. 10th)
WAKE 4-6PM at Zion Baptist Church
FUNERAL 6-8 PM Zion Baptist Church
REPAST 8 PM Zion Baptist Church
Friday (Feb. 11th)
Internment----11 AM----Oak Grove Cemetery Medford MA (Family)

Thank you to all of you that are already helping to make this life celebration a proper “so long” to such a faithful servant. I thank God for each of you.

Pastor W. C. Hill

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WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 02/06/2011

Praise God saints...It is my prayer that each of you are fairing well through the snow. A challenging start to winter, but we will make it. Be encouraged.
This week’s preaching and teaching theme is “Assuring Hope: The Fulfillment of God’s Promise.” We are moving to the gospel of Mark and this week’s lesson is from Mark 8:27 – 9:1 and will focus on the identity and suffering of Christ.

Here is the text….
TEXT: Mark 8:27-9:1
27 Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”
28 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
29 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Messiah.”
30 Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about him.
31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests and the teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again.
32 He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
33 But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. “Get behind me, Satan!” he said. “You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” The Way of the Cross
34 Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me.
35 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.
36 What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?
37 Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul?
38 If anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his Father’s glory with the holy angels.”
9:1 And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: How our understanding of who Jesus is and the nature of his ministry should impact our Christian lives.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s help our children to learn "how to know" and "do" the things that are pleasing to God.

RESPONSIVE READING: #589 Growing in Grace

FEBRUARY MEMORY VERSE: Acts 1:8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” (NIV)

Bless you and stay safe...
Pastor W. C. Hill