October 11, 2020Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
And again Jesus spoke to them in parables, saying, “The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son, and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding feast, but they would not come. Again he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those who are invited, “See, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding feast.”‘ But they paid no attention and went off, one to his farm, another to his business, while the rest seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and killed them. The king was angry, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burned their city. Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those invited were not worthy. Go therefore to the main roads and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find.’ And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.
“But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw there a man who had no wedding garment. And he said to him, ‘Friend, how did you get in here without a wedding garment?’ And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, ‘Bind him hand and foot and cast him into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’ For many are called, but few are chosen.”
As We Gather
Pentecost 19 Bulletin 10-11-20
Announcements 10-11-20
Video of the service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.
For those who would prefer not to attend in-person yet, we offer the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning.
Pentecost 19 – Adult Bible Study
Pentecost 19 – Sunday School
October 4, 2020Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
The vineyard is frequently used in Scripture to denote a special place in God’s creation. To have a vineyard and enjoy its fruit is a blessing. When the prophet Isaiah speaks of the goodness of the Lord, he says that God’s favored people “shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit” (Isaiah 65:21). Vineyards were planted with a fruitful harvest in mind. We are the Lord’s planting, and we eagerly await our harvest home.
As We Gather
Pentecost 18 Bulletin 10-04-20
Announcements 10-04-20
Video of the service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.
For those who would prefer not to attend in-person yet, we offer the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning.
Pentecost 18 – Adult Bible Study
Pentecost 18 – Sunday School
September 27, 2020Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost |
“Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why will you die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone, declares the Lord God; so turn, and live.”
Ezekiel 18:30-32
Pentecost 17 Bulletin 09-27-20
Announcements 09-27-20
Video of the service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.
For those who would prefer not to attend in-person yet, we offer the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning.
Pentecost 17 – Adult Bible Study
Pentecost 17 – Sunday School
Sunday School, Adult Bible Study and Worship Services Now In-person and Onsite
Our weekly Worship Schedule is as follows:
Friday Service at 10:00 AM – This service is designated for those members who are over 65 years old and/or have an illness that could compromise their health. We wish to keep this service closed to those who are not in this category to ensure a protected environment for those who need it.
Sunday Services at 8:00, 9:30 & 11:00 AM – The Sunday morning services are open to all. We do practice social distancing <<and recommend face coverings>>.
Be sure to visit our YouTube and Facebook pages for both new and old content.
SAFETY GUIDELINES FOR OUR RE-OPENING
The following are guidelines that the church Elders have compiled in order to keep everyone safe and healthy during our transition back to live services. The plan is to provide the safest environment we can for holding a service with a controlled number of people in the sanctuary. We are asking that our members do their part in helping by adhering to these procedures.
Upon entering the church, we request that everyone wear a mask of some type. We will have some masks available as needed, made by our craft ladies. Please bring your own if you have one.
An Elder or Usher will open the door to reduce the number of people touching the doors.
We ask that people maintain their social distancing as they enter.
Some chairs have been removed to allow for distancing in the sanctuary. We do not want all chairs to be filled. Families may sit together but everyone else needs to distance at least one empty chair away from others.
We have removed all hymnals and the full service will be in the bulletin and in the PowerPoint presentation. Please take your bulletin home or throw it away after the service.
The church will be cleaned and sanitized once a week.
Communion will be done on a walk-by procedure. People will be ushered up the middle aisle. Pastor will supply the bread and then they will walk left or right to an Elder holding the individual cup trays. Members will dispose of their cups and return to their seats. We remind everyone to self -distance as they process.
Offerings will be taken on your way out of the sanctuary.
When service is over, we request that members depart immediately to the portico or parking lot. If they choose to get together and talk in the parking lot that is up to them but we remind them to self- distance remembering that just because you want to talk does not mean the person you are talking to wants to talk. So, please respect everyone’s space and wishes.
We will not be offering coffee and snacks between services.
We will continue to offer the online services.
Please, no hugging, hand shaking or passing the peace.
September 20, 2020Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
A part of us expects justice from God. We think that fairness ought to reign—that each of us should get what we deserve. But this is a dead end. God does not give us what we deserve but acts with mercy and grace beyond belief. He is scandalously generous and lavish with us—giving us what we do not deserve and have not earned. We are tempted to ask God for equity and what we deserve, but God is determined to give us so much more in Christ. Only in faith can we learn to let God be God, to honor His generosity with the only response He desires: faith and thanksgiving. Today we pray the Lord to break through to our hearts and minds with His abundant grace and to rejoice that He is more than fair—He is merciful!
As We Gather
Pentecost 16 Bulletin 09-20-20
Announcements 09-20-20
Video of the service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
GREAT NEWS: In-person worship services and Sunday School classes have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday School and Adult Bible classes are meeting in Grace Hall at 9:30 a.m.
Though we have resumed onsite worship services and, as of Sept. 20, Sunday School and adult Bible classes, for those who would prefer not to attend in-person yet, we offer the following lessons to help you to continue learning.
Pentecost 16 – Adult Bible Study
Pentecost 16 – Sunday School
September 13, 2020Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.”
Matthew 18:21-22
Pentecost 15 Bulletin 09-13-20
Announcements 09-13-20
Video of the service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class, but Sunday School and Adult Bible Classes, including Dare to Read, will resume on September 20.
We offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 15 – Sunday School
Pentecost 15 – Adult Bible Study
September 6, 2020Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
Romans 13:1-10 (ESV)
Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment. For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Would you have no fear of the one who is in authority? Then do what is good, and you will receive his approval, for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing. Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed, honor to whom honor is owed. Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Pentecost 14 Bulletin 09-06-20
Announcements 09-06-20
Video of the service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class, but Sunday School and Adult Bible Classes, including Dare to Read, will resume on September 20.
Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 14 – Sunday School
Pentecost 14 – Adult Bible Study
August 30, 2020Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost |
Romans 12:9-21 [ESV]
9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one another in showing honor. 11 Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord. 12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer. 13 Contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.
14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. 15 Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. 16 Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. 17 Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. 18 If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. 19 Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” 20 To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Pentecost 13 Bulletin, 08-30-20
Announcements 08-30-20
Video of service
This service was pre-recorded on Friday.
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class.
Sunday School
Though we have resumed onsite worship services as the coronavirus quarantine is gradually lifted, we have yet to resume Sunday School or adult Bible Study. Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 13 – Children’s Materials
Pentecost 13 – Adult Bible Study
August 23, 2020Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost |
Matthew 16:13-20 [ESV]
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class.
Sunday School
Though we have resumed onsite worship services as the coronavirus quarantine is gradually lifted, we have yet to resume Sunday School or adult Bible Study. Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 12 – Adult Bible Study
Pentecost 12 -Children’s Materials
August 16, 2020Eleventh Sunday
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Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and was crying, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely oppressed by a demon.” But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.” He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.” But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.” And he answered, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.
Matthew 15: 21-28
Pentecost 11 Bulletin 08-16-20
This service was pre-recorded on Friday. You may want to download and print the bulletin so you can follow along with the service.
REMEMBER: In-person worship services have resumed with social distancing precautions. Services begin at 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. There is currently no Sunday School or adult Bible class.
Sunday School
Though we have resumed onsite worship services as the coronavirus quarantine is gradually lifted, we have yet to resume Sunday School or adult Bible Study. Therefore, we offer you the following adult Bible Study and children’s Sunday School lessons to help you to continue learning for adults and children.
Pentecost 11 – Children’s Materials
Pentecost 11 – Adult Bible Study