Wednesday, March 28, 2012

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 4/1/2012

Bless the Lord oh my soul and all that is within me, bless His holy name. It is my prayer that you are today basking in the love of God. He loves you with a great and unconditional love. Please remember that in every one of life's situations.  This week we will celebrate Palm Sunday and Rev Shprecher will bring the word.  Here is his text...

John 12:12-16 (NIV)
12The next day the great crowd that had come for the Feast heard that Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem.
13They took palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting,
   “Hosanna!”
   “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!”
   “Blessed is the King of Israel!”
14Jesus found a young donkey and sat upon it, as it is written,
15 “Do not be afraid, O Daughter of Zion; see, your king is coming, seated on a donkey’s colt.
16At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that they had done these things to him.

TITLE:  "The Other Possibility: Far From the Madding Crowd"

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT:  "How distance from the crowd might help us to make the choice to truly worship the Lord."

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to sometimes get alone with God in prayer.

RESPONSIVE READING: 612 God's Everlasting Mercies
 
APRIL MEMORY VERSE: Matthew 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."

Bless you saints as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, learning to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ.
Yours in Christian Love and service,
Pastor W. C. Hill

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 3/25/2012

Praise the Lord people of God! This is a day that the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it. This Sunday, in the preaching, I will move to Part 3 of the series "Drawing Closer to God." So far we have been encouraged to assess our attitudes before going into prayer and fasting, we have taken a deeper look into the spiritual discipline of fasting, and this week we will consider prayer. Here is the text for this week...

Luke 11:9 “And so I tell you, keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.(NLT)

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The why, how, what, and when of prayer.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to ask God for what they NEED in prayer. (distinguish needs from wants)

RESPONSIVE READING: 588 the Model Prayer

MARCH MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:6 "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths."

Bless you saints as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together, learning to love one another with the love of Jesus Christ.

NOTE: This is the last Sunday before we begin our Daniel Fast (March 28-April 6)...get ready, get ready, get ready.

Yours in Christian Love and service,

Pastor W. C. Hill

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 3/18/2012

Bless you the people of God. Let us remember that we are blessed to be a blessing, bless someone today in some way. This Sunday, in the preaching, I will move to Part 2 of the series "Drawing Closer to God." Last week we were encouraged to assess our attitudes before going into prayer and fasting, this week we will look deeper into the spiritual discipline of fasting. Here is the text for this week...

Daniel 1:1-17
1 During the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah,[a] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave him victory over King Jehoiakim of Judah and permitted him to take some of the sacred objects from the Temple of God. So Nebuchadnezzar took them back to the land of Babylonia[b] and placed them in the treasure-house of his god.
3 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief of staff, to bring to the palace some of the young men of Judah’s royal family and other noble families, who had been brought to Babylon as captives.
4 “Select only strong, healthy, and good-looking young men,” he said. “Make sure they are well versed in every branch of learning, are gifted with knowledge and good judgment, and are suited to serve in the royal palace. Train these young men in the language and literature of Babylon.”
5 The king assigned them a daily ration of food and wine from his own kitchens. They were to be trained for three years, and then they would enter the royal service.
6 Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah were four of the young men chosen, all from the tribe of Judah.
7 The chief of staff renamed them with these Babylonian names: Daniel was called Belteshazzar. Hananiah was called Shadrach. Mishael was called Meshach. Azariah was called Abednego.
8 But Daniel was determined not to defile himself by eating the food and wine given to them by the king. He asked the chief of staff for permission not to eat these unacceptable foods.
9 Now God had given the chief of staff both respect and affection for Daniel.
10 But he responded, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has ordered that you eat this food and wine. If you become pale and thin compared to the other youths your age, I am afraid the king will have me beheaded.”
11 Daniel spoke with the attendant who had been appointed by the chief of staff to look after Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
12 “Please test us for ten days on a diet of vegetables and water,” Daniel said.
13 “At the end of the ten days, see how we look compared to the other young men who are eating the king’s food. Then make your decision in light of what you see.”
14 The attendant agreed to Daniel’s suggestion and tested them for ten days.
15 At the end of the ten days, Daniel and his three friends looked healthier and better nourished than the young men who had been eating the food assigned by the king.
16 So after that, the attendant fed them only vegetables instead of the food and wine provided for the others.
17 God gave these four young men an unusual aptitude for understanding every aspect of literature and wisdom. And God gave Daniel the special ability to interpret the meanings of visions and dreams.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: The process and benefits of biblical fasting.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to learn to like food and other things that is good for them.

RESPONSIVE READING: 590 Christian Commitment
 
MARCH MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:6  "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths."

Bless you saints as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together.

Yours in Christian Love and service,

Pastor W.C. Hill

Wednesday, March 07, 2012

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 3/11/2012

Praise the Lord people of God! I'm not sure how your day is going, but I want to remind you that your heavenly Father loves and knows what is best for you, and if he brings you to it, he will bring you through it, and you will be stronger on the other side. Praise him!
This Sunday, in the preaching, I will start a 3-part series that will help us achieve the spiritual success we are seeking this year. Over the next three weeks and leading up to Resurrection Sunday celebration, our focus will be on prayer and fasting. I am also calling for a Church-wide fast later this month (more info to follow). Here is the text for this week...
 
TEXT:Isaiah 58:1-9a
1 “Shout with the voice of a trumpet blast.
      Shout aloud! Don’t be timid.
   Tell my people Israel[a] of their sins!
    2 Yet they act so pious!
   They come to the Temple every day
      and seem delighted to learn all about me.
   They act like a righteous nation
      that would never abandon the laws of its God.
   They ask me to take action on their behalf,
      pretending they want to be near me.
3 ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say.
      ‘Why aren’t you impressed?
   We have been very hard on ourselves,
      and you don’t even notice it!’
   “I will tell you why!” I respond.
      “It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves.
   Even while you fast,
      you keep oppressing your workers.
4 What good is fasting
      when you keep on fighting and quarreling?
   This kind of fasting
      will never get you anywhere with me.
5 You humble yourselves
      by going through the motions of penance,
   bowing your heads
      like reeds bending in the wind.
   You dress in burlap
      and cover yourselves with ashes.
   Is this what you call fasting?
      Do you really think this will please the LORD?
6 “No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
   Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
      lighten the burden of those who work for you.
   Let the oppressed go free,
      and remove the chains that bind people.
7 Share your food with the hungry,
      and give shelter to the homeless.
   Give clothes to those who need them,
      and do not hide from relatives who need your help.
8 “Then your salvation will come like the dawn,
      and your wounds will quickly heal.
   Your godliness will lead you forward,
      and the glory of the LORD will protect you from behind.
9 Then when you call, the LORD will answer.
      ‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.


WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: Preparing to be spiritually successful

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to depend on God to help them overcome the challenges in their lives.

RESPONSIVE READING: 595 Spiritual Warfare
 
MARCH MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:6  "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths."

Bless you saints as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom together.

Yours In Christian Love,

Pastor W C Hill

PS: Don't forget to turn you clock ahead Saturday night or you will be late for church :)

Thursday, March 01, 2012

WORSHIP SERVICE INFORMATION FOR SUNDAY 3/04/2012

Giving honor to God who is the head of our lives, I greet you in the name of Jesus Christ. It is my prayer that you walk in the grace and instruction of the Lord. This week, in the preaching, I will continue in the book of Exodus as we consider the issue of: "under whose authority we will operate?" We'll explore the actions and ramifications of two Hebrew midwives in Egypt. Here is the text...
 
TEXT:Exodus 1:8-17
Exo 1:8  Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
Exo 1:9  And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
Exo 1:10  Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
Exo 1:11  Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Rameses.
Exo 1:12  But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
Exo 1:13  And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:
Exo 1:14  And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor.
Exo 1:15  And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
Exo 1:16  And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live.
Exo 1:17  But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive.

WHAT THE SERMON IS ABOUT: Choosing who and what to serve.

SUGGESTED CHILDREN'S MESSAGE: Let’s encourage our children to evaluate their choices and choose to do what is pleasing to God.
 
RESPONSIVE READING: 590 Christian Commitment
 
MARCH MEMORY VERSE: Proverbs 3:6  "In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and he shall direct thy paths."

I thank God for you, your commitment to ministry, and your support for the church, as we seek to glorify God and advance His Kingdom.

Yours In Christian Love,

Pastor W. C. Hill